The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-12

tion of the cream of current news. It is somewhat like typewriter and somewhat like stock ticker Instead of printing words it punches holes in a long ribbon of white paper The rib bon is inserted in the wireless send ing machine and the message clicked off automatically. Once released, it is caught by all of the radio stations along the coast and they relay it far. ther to other stations and to the ships. Vessels plying along the coast and many at sea catch the initial message sent from Arlington. For those far out in the Atlantic the relaying ser vice is necessary
 No cipher is used and the process is known as "broadcasting" It goes out to any and every vessel, battle ship or merchantmen, whose radio instrument is tuned to receive it.
 On small ships one bulletin board is usually enough to contain the news for those aboard. On a large man-of- war there may be ten or even more. One is ordinarily placed in the ward room, one in the junior officers mess room, one in the chief petty officers mess room. Several bulletin boards for the crew are located in conven- tent places about the ship. Besides the bulletin boards, copy of the news letter is given to the ships commander and, if there chances to be an admiral on board, special copy is prepared for him also.
 The news needs of men aboard a. battleship arc as various as their tastes and dispositions. All are inter- ested in war developments, but each seaman also has his particular hobby. One is eager to know what is hap pening in the theatrical world, another is chiefly concerned with the fluctua- tions of the stock market.
 The United States Navy Press rec ognizes this divergence of interests and caters to the different wants.
 Closely related to the interest in market reports is tho desire of the sailors to know about the financial standing of government bonds. A good many of them own Liberty Bonds. Al though they feel sure of the security of their investment, they like occa-I sional1y to be treasured. Among theI paragraphs which were sent out on April 6 the following appears:
 "NEW YORK, April 6.-The mar ket closed strong today. During late dealings many issues making new high records for the day The Atlantic Gulf and W. I. sold up to 1121a, an advance of 3 points, and steel commonI to 91R. Corn products moved up to 37 and Marine preferred advanced over two points to 94. Government bonds steady. Railroad and other bonds strong"
 Baseball, the national sport, is con stantly in the minds of the boys at sea. Although they are unable to play it themselves (for the deck of ship is poor place to knock flies and swat out three-baggers), they flock eagerly to the notices on the bulletin boards to read about the games that are played by the landlubbers. When the big-league season opens, reports of all the important games become al regular feature of the service. When a worlds series is on, or decisive game is to be played near the end of the season by closely matched teams, special wireless messages are sent out for the information of the jack-tars.
 It is not only the regular navy which benefits by the radio service. Steam ships of the merchant auxiliary and every sort of craft connected with the navy can pick up the news which goes by wireless. Not long ago the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company's boats were requisitioned by the United States navy. On board one of them is girl radio operator. Her name is Miss Elizabeth Duval, and she is probably the only woman wireless operator on any steamer in the world. Not long ago, when Miss Duval was in the office of the navy department at Washington, she took occasion to tell how much the governments news service means to the crew of the ship on which she is located.
 "It keeps us from feeling that we are out of it," Miss Duval said. ''When we can have the daily reports of what Washington officials are do- ing and what is happening on the French frontier it seems as though