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Show SAILORS CLAIM RADIO AS OWN A N BW 7QRK March :4 Radio be- fc lonr to the illor That's what every mariner believes. H says Lieut. Commander D. C. Palter- 1 son. district communication Hupciln- h tendent of the navy department. b "lie has good cause for this be- H lief, too,' Kays I'atterson. H "It's practically the .only means of H communication he has. H "Our greatest service Is tenderel H to tiie mariner He recelVea not onl H news, both general and personal but H weather forecasts, i hronomotor lime H and reports of danger In hi- path at H "letters come In dally from nil the1 een seas tailing how the na-il radio has helped guide some ship to port." The radio amateur and broadcasting broadcast-ing stitlona are not In the way of these large naval radio depits. "Before the recent radio oonvea tion in Washington waa called,' Pat-terscn Pat-terscn said. the director of naval communication requested my views. I told him we suffered absolutely no Interference from the amateurs or broadcasting stations." |