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Word: timbuctu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...first of its sort the world had ever heard. President Roosevelt heard it in his library at Hyde Park. A United Air Lines pilot, flying 11,000 feet over Nebraska, picked it up with his auxiliary receiver, relayed it in bits to his passengers. Jimmy's story reached Timbuctu and Berlin as well, putting the Propaganda Ministry's nose completely out of joint. In Washington, Jimmy's mother heard his voice-for the first time in years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Jimmy Tells the World | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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