Show r T Takes Safeguards g s to to Prevent ture ure Invasion Flash Error jy y Associated Press ional safeguards with the approval of ot allied censor- censor have been put in the Lond London n office of Press Press' Pressas as a result of r Invasion flash sent senty ay y inadvertently by an in- in need iced girl operator and over all A A. A P P. P news s iL Sage Sunday from Robert Ie le chief of A. A P. P Pos P.'s z London s said id appropriate action en taken in full co ulta- ulta th the authorities to guar guar- Censorship control and scion si n supervision over oyer fa furnishing direct connect t lions lions' between A. A Pos s London and New York offices The erroneous flash saying that Gene General al Eisenhower's headquarters announced allied landings landings' in- in France w was s sent by a year old British girl Joan Ellis who had punched it out while practicing on a machine not at the time in operation All operators In Lon London on are under under un un- un- un der a formal written pl pledge dge of secrecy cy and additionally under formal an and full acknowledged in instructions In- In not to transmit any copy without the censo censors censor's s 's stamp Thus the only possible way for tor any unauthorized matter to move Continued on Past Pane Two Column Six 1 r a aAP 1 AP Takes Action to Prevent Future Flash Err Continued from Pin Pile On One on the transatlantic channel Is Isas isas is- is as happened In this Instance instance instance-by by byan an operator punching on the teletype teletype tele tele- type tape tl something having neither neith neith- er editorial nor censorship sane sane- ion tion Shortly after fter trying her hand at punching a practice flash Miss Ellis received from the censor the first take of a soviet for transmission She began punching this on the same perforator perforator perforator per per- tape used in practice but ne neglected to tear off oft the practice part before letting the tape run through the transmitter Consequently the erroneous Invasion invasion invasion in in- In- In flash was received In New NewYorK YorK and immediately transmitted transmit transmit- ted before the take of Russian news came through A London su supervisor supervisor su- su Irene Henshall was the first to detect the mistake and initiate corrective action The flash was timed at 39 p p. p m m. eastern war t time me a note to withhold it was sent two minutes later and London's London kill message was transmitted at The Interval was too brief for forthe forthe forthe the erroneous report to appear In print anywhere but radio networks networks networks net net- works immediately broadcast it it and most listeners apparently rushed to notify friends before hearing the kill that followed I The e report was announced in b a s e b ball a l l parks and theaters throughout the country and many church bells were rung Some clergymen began arranging for special prayer services There ere were reactions similar to these in many parts of the country Radio stations quickly broadcast broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast the kill km of the erroneous announcement and at intervals throughout Saturday night re repeated repeated repeated re- re the explanation of how it happened To prevent any recurrence of this almost unbelievable it has been arranged that henceforth henceforth hence hence- forth copy will be handed by the censor to the A A. A P. P traffic supervisor supervisor supervisor super super- visor who in turn will make malec sure that the transmitter Is clear and that no tape is hanging before gIving giving giving ing the dispatch to the t transmitting transmitting transmit transmit- ting operator Warnings given operators against pr practicing live cable channels have beer been Additionally w we w. Union whose transatlantic transatlantic- is used will wiIl check the head k i each message a as s It passes Its London office to make malt M et It a actually bears t th stamn Passed by censor |