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A few minutes later, he said, he picked up a second message, which he gave as follows: "Position 173 west longitude and 5 south latitude." | A few minutes later, he said, he picked up a second message, which he gave as follows: "Position 173 west longitude and 5 south latitude." | ||
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Luke Wright of the Tribune editorial staff immediately tuned in his set of 3105 kilocycles, and reported he heard a voice, presumably a man's, but could not distinguish the words. | |||
Coast Guard officials at San Francisco said the message appeared promising for two reasons. First, the longitude and latitude intersects a spot approximately where they believe the missing flyers are down. Second, the wording of the message sounded authentic. | |||
[[Category:Post-loss Radio Messages]] | [[Category:Post-loss Radio Messages]] | ||
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- Southeast Missourian, 8 July 1937.
Ray Havens, Conrad creamery worker, phoned the Great Falls Tribune that at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, he heard a man's voice giving a position and saying "all's well."
A few minutes later, he said, he picked up a second message, which he gave as follows: "Position 173 west longitude and 5 south latitude."
Newspaper Joins Hunt
Luke Wright of the Tribune editorial staff immediately tuned in his set of 3105 kilocycles, and reported he heard a voice, presumably a man's, but could not distinguish the words.
Coast Guard officials at San Francisco said the message appeared promising for two reasons. First, the longitude and latitude intersects a spot approximately where they believe the missing flyers are down. Second, the wording of the message sounded authentic.