BIG HOAX WORKED
MESSAGE FROM NEW YORK JOY TURNED TO ANGER LONDON, Sunday. Vague rumours throughout Friday aroused widespread interest.
The climax came at night. The public was thrilled with anticipation when this dramatic message was flashed out by a news agency’s tape machines at 9.45 p.m.: “A direct telephone message from New York to Berlin announces the arrival of the Bremen at Mitchell Field, New York, three-quarters .of an hour ago. Ail enormous crowd greeted the flyers. Bands played the German and American National Anthems and the machine landed.” An uncontrollable crowd seized newspapers and rushed into cafes wildly proclaiming the Atlantic victory. After that a second report definitely announced that the Bremen had crossed the Atlantic, and was due at New York at 8 p.m. .Even broadcast stations sent out vivid descriptions of the supposed landing of the plane at New York, and the welcome news was also spread bythousands of loud-speakers in the parks and open places. But joy was turned to anger on the realisation that the reports were without foundation. The cruel wireless telephone rumour has so far not been # accounted for, but
it is attributed to some irresponsible people in New York who sought to set lingering doubts at rest.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 330, 16 April 1928, Page 1
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206BIG HOAX WORKED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 330, 16 April 1928, Page 1
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