Word: signaller
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last issue of TIME, comes the news of tumultuous scenes in the Czecho-Slovakian Chamber of Deputies. When the Speaker announced that the report of the committee of Constitutional Law on the Defence of the Realm Bill would be read, Dr. Smeral, leader of the communists, gave the signal for a deafening onslaught of noise from his party. A tattoo was drummed with despatch boxes on the desks. Whistles, large bells and trumpets joined in one concerted, inharmonious, deafening din. The parties opposing the communists, not to be outdone, mustered their vocal chords and poured forth a varied species...
...crystal detector as the best receiver of music. In speaking of the possible strength to which such sets can be developed, he mentioned the fact that Great Britain built a 19-stage regenerative amplifier in the late war which enabled her to hear the German Navy practicing its signal codes in the Kiel canal, while an ordinary instrument could not hav epicked up a message a half mile away. His points, were demonstrated by a set placed in the room by which he got in touch with stations in cities as far away as New York and Schenectady, in spite...
...line, practice consisted chiefly of falling on the ball and work on the charging machine. Later some of the simpler Harvard shifts were tried. The backfield candidates devoted most of their time to catching punts, and also went through a light signal drill. It is expected that teams will be picked for further signal practice either today or Monday...
Barring rain, Coach Fisher plans to begin work on the fundamentals of passing and falling on the ball. This will be continued until signal practice begins the first of next week. The last few days before the spring recess will be devoted in part to scrimmages and more intensive drill. If it proves impossible to start practice today, the spring season will probably continue after the vacation...
...transmitting station to Wainwright. Word will be carried over the intervening 400 miles by a chain of giant bonfires every fifteen miles, each tended by a team of Eskimos who will light the fire when they see the preceding beacon, and run on between stations to make sure the signal is not missed. In no other way could the news be transmitted in so short a time, the journey ordinarily taking several weeks. Business men of Nome are backing the explorer and are raising $5,000, besides providing volunteer assistance...