BLIND SOLDIERS AS OPERATORS.
It is an established fact, that the blind far excel in acuteness of hearing and sensitiveness of touch their fellow men who have unimpaiied sight. The French with their usual foresight, have taken this into consideration in planning occupations for French soldiers after the war, according to the ' Wireless Age. 1 French scientists, after careful investigation, have decided that blind soldiers will make good wireless operators. The qualities most needed by a wireless operator are highly developed faculties of touch and hearing. In most cases people who have . been . rendered blind not only retain- these two faculties intact, but develop them to a remarkable degree of acuteness and sensitiveness.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 October 1917, Page 2
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113BLIND SOLDIERS AS OPERATORS. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 October 1917, Page 2
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