Daily Newspapers on Liners
WORLD news events are brought to passengers on the trans-Atlantic liners through the medium of a daily newspaper printed in tabloid form each "4 hours of the voyage from informi:ition réceived by radio. Usually the current news is condensed to about 2000 words, the rest of the ship paper being devoted to short features and advertising. In this condensed’ newspaper, howeyer, the ocean-going reader gets a fairly comprehensive glimpse of world. events. Part of the paper is prepared before sailing, the features and advertising being printed beforehand, with one or two pages left blank for the current news. This daily digést is sent to the vessels by radio after it has been edited to bare facts.
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Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 33, 26 February 1932, Unnumbered Page
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120Daily Newspapers on Liners Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 33, 26 February 1932, Unnumbered Page
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