AUTOMATIC SOS
SYSTEM PERFECTED OPPOSED BY OPERATORS' UNION press Association —By Telegraph Copyright WASHINGTON, February 18. The Federal Communications Commission disclosed the perfection of an automatic radio SOS signal system used on cargo ships. It is announced that a hearing will be held on Friday regarding its adoption, which is opposed by the Radio Operators’ Union, due to the fact that it would permit elimination of two of the three watches now kept. The new system transmits an alarm signal which will cither ring a bell or operate a light on any ship equipped to receive it.
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Evening Star, Issue 22577, 19 February 1937, Page 9
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97AUTOMATIC SOS Evening Star, Issue 22577, 19 February 1937, Page 9
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