NEW S.O.S SIGNAL
Warns Radio Men When off Duty ADOPTION OPPOSED (Received 19, 8.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. The Federal Communications Cpmmission has disclosed the perfeetion oi an automatic radio S.O.S. signal system to be used on cargo ships and has announced that hearing will be held on Friday regarding ite adoption which is opposed by the Radio Operators' Union due to the fact that it will permifc the elimination of two of the three watchea now kept. The new system transmits an alarm signai which will either ring a bell or operate a light on any ship equipped to receive it.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 30, 19 February 1937, Page 4
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