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Show ' N Fire Siren . . . If you hear the fire seren at noon in the future, you are asked not to run to the telephone and ask the operator oper-ator where the fire is. Instead, In-stead, just look at your clock or watch to see if you have the correct time. Of course the time part of it is just Incidental. In-cidental. The siren is really being tested to see that it is in perfect working condition. condi-tion. This test is being made at the suggestion of fire-fighting authorities, states Councilman Coun-cilman Milton E. Moody. However it will have the advantage ad-vantage of giving the citizens citi-zens the correct Western Union time and those in cnarge nope that it will tend to get people out of the habit of immediately calling central cen-tral when the siren is sounded. sound-ed. Not that the telephone company is complaining, they say that is just part of their service, but it throws an added ad-ded burden on the operators. If you don't think so, manage man-age to be in the office the next time they sound the fire alarm. At any rate we will now have town-clock time, radio time and siren time take your choice. The service is being given . through the courtesy of the telephone ' company. II |