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Mechanix Illustrated The Fogfighters
Science News Letter
  May 23, 1942
'Big Bertha,' Air Raid Siren,
   Undergoes a Voice Test
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PENDING New York Times
  March 8, 1942; p.30
Siren Test in Jersey Heard in Manhattan;
  Upper West Side Residents Are Startled
  by Loud Wails  
PENDING Daily Mirror
  July 4, 1942
New Raid 'Howler'
PENDING Daily News
  July 4, 1942
Mechanical Paul Revere
PENDING New York Herald Tribune
  July 5, 1942
Hail Super-Siren Big Success in First Test
PENDING New York Journal-American
  July 5, 1942
Mighty Bellow of RCA Siren Awes Midtown
PENDING Sunday Mirror
  July 5, 1942
Super-Siren Sounds Ear-Pounding Alarm
PENDING New York Times
  July 11,1942; p.11
Raid Sirens to be Tested Today
PENDING New York Times
  July 12,1942; p.31
Raid Siren Noisier As It Gets New Test;
  Machine Is Made to Turn More Slowly for
  Louder Wail
New York Times
  August 2,1942 (p.34)
Super Raid-Siren Here Praised as
  Among Best
Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.1-2)
Chrysler-Bell Sirens Important Factor In Defense - Joseph A. O'Malley
Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.1)
Hot News! 
  The Why and Wherefore of Sirens
Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.2)
Columnist Praises Siren
Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.3)
Chrysler-Bell Siren Simple In Fundamental
  Principles
PENDING Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.4)
What Is Noise: A Brief Discussion of Some
  Basic Principles of Sound
- L.M. Ball
PENDING Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.8)
How Air-Raid Sirens May Be Spotted To
  Secure Coverage In City
PENDING Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.9)
Charts Show Coverage From Various
  Sirens
Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.10)
Chrysler Has Smaller
  Siren For Special Uses
PENDING Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.11)
This Is How Chrysler Came To Get Into The
  Business Of Manufacturing Air-Raid Sirens
PENDING Chrysler TONIC
  August 4,1942 (p.11)
This Simple Mechanism Is What Does The
  Business In Victory Siren
Wisconsin Council of Defense
  Circa 1942 (pp.66)
Manual for Air Raid Wardens
PENDING New York Times
  September 8,1942 (pp.1,18)
Raid Alarm Caused By A U. S. Bomber;
  Army Admits Lag in Explaining the Alert --
  Protective Units' Turnout Gratifies Mayor
New York Times
  September 27,1942 (p.30)
New 'Super-Siren' Tested; Bronxs 'Howler'
  Inaudible at Only 8 Points of 53 Locations
Popular Science
  January 1943
New York Air-Raid Siren
   Nears Top Limit on Noise
The Seattle Times
  February, 26 1952 (p.5)
Super Siren Will Get Final Test Tomorrow
  < reprint permission denied >
The Seattle Times
  February, 27 1952 (p.11)
Reports Vary on Downtown Test of Siren
  < reprint permission denied >
New York Times
  September 12,1952 (p.44)
Big Air Raid Siren In Ferryboat Test;
  Wallander Delighted With the $5,500
  Device --  Others Say Blasts Were Not
  Heard
The American City
  June 1952
Chrysler Sirens Tested In Detroit, Mich.
New York Times
  September 10,1952 (p.3)
New Air Raid Siren Test Set in Harbor
  Tomorrow
PENDING The American City
  June 1952
Three 180-HP Sirens for Kansas City
Los Angeles Examiner
  March 1, 1955
500 Calls in Air Raid Test
Trenton Times
  August 21, 1958
Tornado-Air Raid Siren Erecting Is Tricky
Horn & Whistle - #10 More on Loudest Sounds
  – James A. Carruthers
Horn & Whistle - #28
  July-August 1988
Remembering the Chrysler Air Raid Siren
  – Harry Barry
Horn & Whistle - #37
  January-February 1990
The Thrill of Firing Up A Big One
  – James R. Pritchard 
Horn & Whistle - #41 Motor Driven Sirens  – Harry Barry 
PENDING Horn & Whistle - #42 Mystery Siren < attempting to locate article >
Views
(published by Acustar, Inc.)
Chrysler Air Raid Siren Still A Blast For
   Collector
  – John Beattie 
Horn & Whistle - #49 My Chrysler Siren Project  – Harry Barry 
Horn & Whistle - #68
  Summer 1995
A History of the Chrysler Siren
  – Harry Barry 
Horn & Whistle - #88 Harry Barry and his Chrysler siren
  – Eric Larson
Horn & Whistle - #90
  Winter 2000-2001
My Chrysler Siren Adventures
  – Harry Barry
USA Today
  2000
The siren's song is hard to resist
  – Elizabeth Weise  < external link >
The Seattle Times
  July 8, 2002
Phinney Ridge community to decide fate
   of siren tower
  – Kennan Knudson
 
  <
external link >
Trenton Times
  December 17, 2002
Victory Bell siren lowered
  – Marla McMackin
American Heritage of Invention & Technology -
  Vol.18, No.3; Winter 2003
Feel the Noise  – Michael Lamm 
  < reprint permission requested >
Air & Space Smithsonian -
  Vol.17, No.6;  March 2003
"Turn It Down!"  – Ronald Ahrens 
  < reprint permission request pending >
The Engines of Our Ingenuity -
  
Episode 1792, May 2003
"Foghorns and Sirens"  – John H. Lienhard 
  < external link >
Forward: The American Heritage of DaimlerChrysler -
  Vol.4, Issue 1 (p.31)
"Blasts From The Past"  – Ronald Ahrens 
San Jose Mercury News
 
April 29, 2004
"With tech twist, civil defense systems return
  < external link >

 


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