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Fantascience Digest, v. 2, issue 3, March-April 1939

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FANTASCIENCE DIGEST     Page 21

shevik. "The Terror of the Streets" by George McLociard, was excellent. Miles J. Bruer explained a novel code in "Buried Treasure."

The cover of the spring, 1929 Amazing Quarterly illustrated a satiricle novel, by Stanton A. Coblentz: "After 12,000 Years." That was ten years ago. Practically the same plot was used in "Lord of Tranerica," in Dynamic Science Stories, by the same author. Edmond Hamilton had "Locked Worlds," not utterly different from Nat Schachner's "Simultaneous Worlds" in Astounding recently. "The Cry from the Ether," and "The City of Eric," by Aladra Septama and Quien[?] Sabe, respectively, wasted some space.
(Editorial Note: Do you readers desire this department to be continued? Let us know.)

REPORT OF THE TWO-HOUR CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY INVESTIGATION
INTO THE AUTHENTICITY OF REFERENCES GIVEN IN FOOTNOTES
TO "WHERE IS ROGER DAVIS?" IN AMAZING STORIES
FOR MAY, 1939

By John A. Bristol

(The above-mentioned story, by David V. Reed, it will be remembered, purported to be only a slight revision of a manuscript sent the author by Roger Davis,to which the author appended, in footnotes, corrobotory evidence taken from newspapers, etc., supporting roger Davis' tale of invisible martians who came to New York City and raised havoc in more ways than one. --John A. Bristol.)

1. "(Following is a transcript of the Record of Employment. I copied it from the files of the Metropolitan Sight-Seeing corporation. - D.V.R.)"

Polk's Directory for New York lists no Metropolitan Sight-Seeing Corporation.

2. "From [[underline]]Variety[[end underline]], July 27, 1938. [[underline]]Gift of Gab Goes Ga-Ga[[end underline]]!. . . . ."

A search of the issue of the magazine in question fails to reveal any such headline. it is noted that, without mentioning any name, David V. Reed speaks of "the famous radio ventriloquist." There is a short article in this magazine on Edgar Bergen, which makes no mention of the incident.

3. "(Excerpt from the [[underline]]New York herald Tribune[[end underline]], August 4, 1938. Page 3.)
BANK TELLERS HELD IN DISAPPEARANCE OF $,000.00. . . . ."

Unfortunately, in this, the most specifically located reference, the issue of the Herald Tribune was being bound, and therefore not available.

4. "Roger Davis evidently refers here to the Cherry Street fire. ...on that black Friday of August 12, 1938. . . ."

Such a fire actually occurred, but on August 22, rather than August 12. (Note: Due to an oversight on the part of the committee of one, this was not looked into at the Library of Congress, but it is assumed that the New York Times Index in the Carnegie Library is just as authentic as the one, printed from the same plates, in the Congressional Library.)

5. "COUNCILMAN VELDON DIES ON FLOOR OF CHAMBER LEADING REVOLT AGAINST CHAIRMAN*
*[[underline]]Note[[end underline]]: Roger Davis here quotes almost verbatim the headline

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FANTASCIENCE DIGEST Page 21 shevik. "The Terror of the Streets" by George McLociard, was excellent. Miles J. Bruer explained a novel code in "Buried Treasure." The cover of the spring, 1929 Amazing Quarterly illustrated a satiricle novel, by Stanton A. Coblentz: "After 12,000 Years." That was ten years ago. Practically the same plot was used in "Lord of Tranerica," in Dynamic Science Stories, by the same author. Edmond Hamilton had "Locked Worlds," not utterly different from Nat Schachner's "Simultaneous Worlds" in Astounding recently. "The Cry from the Ether," and "The City of Eric," by Aladra Septama and Quien[?] Sabe, respectively, wasted some space. (Editorial Note: Do you readers desire this department to be continued? Let us know.) REPORT OF THE TWO-HOUR CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY INVESTIGATION INTO THE AUTHENTICITY OF REFERENCES GIVEN IN FOOTNOTES TO "WHERE IS ROGER DAVIS?" IN AMAZING STORIES FOR MAY, 1939 By John A. Bristol (The above-mentioned story, by David V. Reed, it will be remembered, purported to be only a slight revision of a manuscript sent the author by Roger Davis,to which the author appended, in footnotes, corrobotory evidence taken from newspapers, etc., supporting roger Davis' tale of invisible martians who came to New York City and raised havoc in more ways than one. --John A. Bristol.) 1. "(Following is a transcript of the Record of Employment. I copied it from the files of the Metropolitan Sight-Seeing corporation. - D.V.R.)" Polk's Directory for New York lists no Metropolitan Sight-Seeing Corporation. 2. "From [[underline]]Variety[[end underline]], July 27, 1938. [[underline]]Gift of Gab Goes Ga-Ga[[end underline]]!. . . . ." A search of the issue of the magazine in question fails to reveal any such headline. it is noted that, without mentioning any name, David V. Reed speaks of "the famous radio ventriloquist." There is a short article in this magazine on Edgar Bergen, which makes no mention of the incident. 3. "(Excerpt from the [[underline]]New York herald Tribune[[end underline]], August 4, 1938. Page 3.) BANK TELLERS HELD IN DISAPPEARANCE OF $,000.00. . . . ." Unfortunately, in this, the most specifically located reference, the issue of the Herald Tribune was being bound, and therefore not available. 4. "Roger Davis evidently refers here to the Cherry Street fire. ...on that black Friday of August 12, 1938. . . ." Such a fire actually occurred, but on August 22, rather than August 12. (Note: Due to an oversight on the part of the committee of one, this was not looked into at the Library of Congress, but it is assumed that the New York Times Index in the Carnegie Library is just as authentic as the one, printed from the same plates, in the Congressional Library.) 5. "COUNCILMAN VELDON DIES ON FLOOR OF CHAMBER LEADING REVOLT AGAINST CHAIRMAN* *[[underline]]Note[[end underline]]: Roger Davis here quotes almost verbatim the headline