SUNSPOT CAUSES STORM
(Rec. 9.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 1. A magnetic storm, apparently caused by a giant sunspot, disrupted shortwave radio-telephone communications between the United States and Europe. San Francisco reported that trans-Paciflc communications had likewise suffered, spasmodic interruptions causing traffic delays. Cables, telegraph and domestic telephone circuits were not affected. A Brooklyn astronomer succeeded in photographing the sunspot, which is visible to the naked eye. The phenomenon is expected to produce the aurora borealis.
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Southland Times, Issue 24682, 2 March 1942, Page 5
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