8:44
At 8:26 it landed on Eastern Island . A deluge of Venus despatches overwhelmed me . But the mail news , before I could even begin to handle my section of it , was far overshadowed . Venus , now at 8:44 was calling us by helio . The message came in the inter-planetary code , was decoded at National Headquarters , and from there flashed to us . The ruler of the Venus Central State was murdered ! An almost incoherent message .