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Show ' EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY ALL 5 Wireless Signal Sent Out by Ships In v Distress Is Universal Call . for Assistance. a In talking with the wireless operator many ship passengers ask the meaning of the three letters used in the dis-i dis-i tress signal. "S. O. S." . There seems ; to be a general opinion that the letters are the abbreviation of three separate words with a definite meaning. Per-!l Per-!l sons of an imaginative trend will tell ,! jou that the letters stand for "Save our ship," "Send out succor." "Sink or swim," or some such meaning. 5 The letters signify nothing hut that a ' ship is in distress and in need of as-. as-. sistance. The call is used by all nations na-tions as a universal code, so that any wireless operator, regardless of the language he speaks, can immediately intercept the call of distress. Inas- much as the call is in use by all coun-: coun-: tries, it can be seen that the signal -can have no meaning in any language. ; The character of the code makes it a ' call that can be picked out easily from ; other signals, being composed of three dots, three dashes, three dots. Ocean : Wireless News. T |