Word: signalling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Congress trimmed the Navy's sails. Not until September 1940 did the Navy get the signal...
...whenever the light flashed. After the cats were conditioned to associate light with food, he shot a harmless blast of air into the cage at the moment the cat reached for the lid. This gale at mealtime frightened the cats. After repeated frustrations the animals associated the feedbox and signal light with fear. Frustration and the conflict between hunger and fright drove the cats quietly...
...about to happen, as though creation were about to occur and a new world were to be born." Said he: "I suggest that while the protective forces are on the physical alert all other residents of Westchester declare a spiritual alert between the warning siren and the all-clear signal so that persons may, in solemn unison, lift up their hearts in prayer for the safety of our armed forces and civilians alike in a mighty plea for victory." In the area's surprise black-out this week, prayers will be led by clergy of all faiths over...
...Army Signal Corps decided not to wait any longer for the petticoat army to materialize, started recruiting women radio and telephone operators along with men. They will serve (as men do) as civilian specialists...
Steer the ship from its various steering stations, take soundings with lead lines, sounding machine, and rathemeter, use a polars, and navigation rangeunder, obtain and plot bearings. Operate signals control apparatus and make emergency signals from the bridge, operate searchlights, use the anemometer, tide and current tables and use and correct sailing charts and sailing directions. Take care of the chronometer, identify stars, take sun and star sights and determine ship's position. Use dead reckoning radio bearings and soundings as navigational aids, and interpret weather signals. Send and receive international Code by blinker, searchlight and semaphore, and identify...