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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 4, December 1941

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FROM the . . .
STARPORT

by [[underline]]FRED W. FISCHER[[end underline]]

I recently came upon an old notebook which contained a goodly number of articles, both original and excerpted, on the subject of astronomy. There were also a few stray believe-it-or-don'ts which captivated my imagination years and years ago, such as:

CLAIMS RECEIPT OF MARS DISPATCH

London, Oct. 28, 1926. A message from Mars has been received on this sphere, according to Dr. Robinson, psychic expert, who yesterday paid commercial ratest o have a message to mars sent out by radio.

Dr. Robinson stated today that friends of his had picked up a Martian reply to his message. He declared that the answer was "MM", received on a 30,000 metres wave length.

Further than this Dr. Robinson declined to go and would not translate his message to Mars, which read "Opesti Nipitia Secomba."

You double takers might get to work on those three little words and just see what branch of the Ubangi dialect is represented. it looka rather like the unknown tongue to me, and the Martian message, "MM", isn't so clear, either, although it is sort of brief and to the point.
In the event that you have already siezed pencil and paper and gone off into a huddle with yourself in an effort to determine whether or not "Doc" Robinson was sending out anagrams over the airwaves, here's another queer newspaper item from the same source as the first. It's fully as fanciful and nearly as nutty, containing the same elusive element of mystery and startling stage-setting. 

SELF STYLED ENGINEER AND CHEMIST DECLARES HE WILL
FLY TO VENUS!

Miami Beach, Fla., Dec. 16, 1927 (A.P.): Notice of his intention to essay a journey to the planet Venus in a mysterious machine, with which, he said, he had been experimenting for 15 years was made public here today by Robert Condit, of Condit, Ohio, who described himself as an engineer and chemist. He withheld all details of the contraption, but said he would

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7 FROM the . . . STARPORT by [[underline]]FRED W. FISCHER[[end underline]] I recently came upon an old notebook which contained a goodly number of articles, both original and excerpted, on the subject of astronomy. There were also a few stray believe-it-or-don'ts which captivated my imagination years and years ago, such as: CLAIMS RECEIPT OF MARS DISPATCH London, Oct. 28, 1926. A message from Mars has been received on this sphere, according to Dr. Robinson, psychic expert, who yesterday paid commercial ratest o have a message to mars sent out by radio. Dr. Robinson stated today that friends of his had picked up a Martian reply to his message. He declared that the answer was "MM", received on a 30,000 metres wave length. Further than this Dr. Robinson declined to go and would not translate his message to Mars, which read "Opesti Nipitia Secomba." You double takers might get to work on those three little words and just see what branch of the Ubangi dialect is represented. it looka rather like the unknown tongue to me, and the Martian message, "MM", isn't so clear, either, although it is sort of brief and to the point. In the event that you have already siezed pencil and paper and gone off into a huddle with yourself in an effort to determine whether or not "Doc" Robinson was sending out anagrams over the airwaves, here's another queer newspaper item from the same source as the first. It's fully as fanciful and nearly as nutty, containing the same elusive element of mystery and startling stage-setting. SELF STYLED ENGINEER AND CHEMIST DECLARES HE WILL FLY TO VENUS! Miami Beach, Fla., Dec. 16, 1927 (A.P.): Notice of his intention to essay a journey to the planet Venus in a mysterious machine, with which, he said, he had been experimenting for 15 years was made public here today by Robert Condit, of Condit, Ohio, who described himself as an engineer and chemist. He withheld all details of the contraption, but said he would