RADIO CHANNELS

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 225, 20 June 1944, Page 5

RADIO CHANNELS

Communication With World Fronts (Received June 19, 8.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, June 18. Ultra-high speed radio channels keep the army high commands in Washington and London in instantaneous contact with the fronts throughout the world, according to the War Department. Orders can lie relayed directly to ships, planes, mechanized brigades in battle and infantry in the front lines. The War Department describes the communication system as unrivalled in the .’inniils of warfare. Circuits go out from a signal corps centre in Washington. A message can be sent round the. world in four relays in 3J minutes. For months before the invasion, the sen ice handled 6,0011,000 words daily. The traffic has increased enormously since in coping with Tress and radio ns well as military messages. LONDON-NORMANDY PHONE LONDON. June 18. If he wishes, Mr. Churchill can lift a telephone receiver on his desk in Downing Street and speak with General Montgomery in France. A new cable connecting France and Britain which has been laid since D-day is now open for telephone and teleprinter circuits, though the cables which were formerly used are still cut and silent. A.T.S. girls are now sitting before teleprinters in England and receiving operational reports from beadquarters in France and also sending instructions from S.H.A.E.F.