Show RADIO OPERATORS WANTED BY ARMY one of the most interesting of army enlistment assignments was wa S made available to applicants at the local army recruiting office in the ness building with the receipt today to day of war department authority to enlist qualified radio operators for the first signal service company U S army which has its headquarters in the federal building seattle washington this information was released by colonel B E grey chief of the army recruiting service in this area the only communication system of its kind in the army anny the first signal service company is perhaps more widely known as the alaska communication systems system and is credited with having laid the first cable between the alaska territory and the continental united states a service which it still actively operates and maintains A part of the system includes the operation and maintenance of one of the largest army radio nets in the pacific northwest embracing approximately twenty four remote radio outposts out posts scattered throughout alaska it is recalled that master sergeant stanley Mor morgan who is a member of this famous army communication unit is still in command of the isolated station at point barrows alaska from which he was able to communicate to the world the first news of discovery of the ill fated will rogers plane because of the type of duty involved only qualified radio operators will be accepted for enlistment in this organization of particular interest is the fact that this is the only military assignment now open for which married men are eligible 0 |