The first wireless S.O.S. message was broadcast 13 years ago. Last year 1003 were transmitted, and of them 593 were successful. The Duchess of Kent never says “Thank you” when she is passed the salt. It is considered unlucky in Greece to do so.
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Southland Times, Issue 22999, 19 September 1936, Page 3
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