[Commission] Big Red: Morning News
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Species Fox (Other)
Gender Female
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You got it! A good time to be on the other side of the world.
One hint was the lack of photographs on the front page; another, the triple-decker headline, not common for the Times in that era.
I set one of my stories ("The Red Network") at exactly this time, September, 1939, in New York City. Red might well be near my characters in that story.
I set one of my stories ("The Red Network") at exactly this time, September, 1939, in New York City. Red might well be near my characters in that story.
It's the front page of the September 3, 1939 edition, to be exact.
This is also the time that Red is living on Spontoon Island, so probably not.
This is also the time that Red is living on Spontoon Island, so probably not.
I wonder how long it takes for a copy of the New York Times to reach Spontoon Island?
Let's see...
San Francisco to Hawaii was 19 hours. The California to New York air speed record was about 7 hours in 1939. Adjusting up for location, route, heading, and trying to make a buck instead of a speed record, let's call it two days (at least).
San Francisco to Hawaii was 19 hours. The California to New York air speed record was about 7 hours in 1939. Adjusting up for location, route, heading, and trying to make a buck instead of a speed record, let's call it two days (at least).
One thing to keep in mind was that the Times was not generally sold outside of Greater New York and some adjacent counties until well after World War II. It didn't have out-of-town printing plants until much later, as well (there was a fiasco of a West Coast edition much later). So to get a Times copy, you'd probably need to ship it by rail (or possibly air) from New York to SF, as you allude to. Personally, I'd guess that it'd take a week unless you used heroic measures.
Yes, I was assuming by air, possibly by air mail or special courier. Even if not officially sent outside the immediate area, I'm sure there were services that would have NYC-based staff buy (or have subscriptions for) enough copies to be immediately sent off -- for a suitable fee, of course.
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