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Show r 250 Utalms Will Patrol Air Waves """",MwfT5 ? rrwwejssassess fm :: i- 1 1 ' , i p4- f ( . ; i t Si.. " ' ONE OF UNCLE SAM'S 53,508 VOLUNTEER RADIO SPY HUNTERS Douglai Edredge lends aa ear to short-wave broadcasts Amateurs to Guard Radio Channels Against Spying Approximately 250 licensed amateur radio operators in Utah have received Instructions from the American Radio Relay league. West Hartford, Conn., on their duties in patrolling the short-wave rsdlo channels to prevent pre-vent use of the air waves for violation vio-lation of the neutrality of the United States, Raymond L. Larsen, president of the Utah Amateur Radio dub, said Tuesday. The move followed a conference 10 days ago between President Roosevelt and Kenneth B. Warner, managing secretary of the league. In which the 53,500 American amateurs ama-teurs in continental United States, Alaska, the Philippines and Pacific available as helpers to federal spy hunters. Jsy C Newman, special agent In charge of the federal bureau of investigation In SaH Lake City, said his office would act on any report from radio amateurs wljlch were concerned with espionage or sabotage. Reports of misuse of radio frequencies are to be addressed ad-dressed to Edwin 8. Heiser, inspector in-spector In charge for the federal communications commission, Denver. Den-ver. Amateur radio operators of Utah are preparing a petition to the state tax commission, department of motor vehicle registration, asking ask-ing that they be granted call letter license plates In 1940. The Michigan Michi-gan tax commission has been a leader In this project in recent years, while numerous other states have indicated their plans for Issuing Issu-ing the pistes to government licensed li-censed operators next year. The plan, it was said, permits easier identification of radio - equipped cars In times of emergency. |