Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 40, 3 February 1937 — Radio And Army Meets Emergency (Editorial in Honolulu Advertiser) [ARTICLE]

Radio And Army Meets Emergency

(Editorial in Honolulu Advertiser)

The Unitc<lStatoß!"irm.v enn be counted on to go to the resf-uc, in peaee as well war. īn aiiy emergency. "\vhere the hvcs of our people are in peril, \vhether thr<*atēned by invading nrmies or invading floods, these khid<i-el;i<l men will be found 011 the |ob. Whatever \vork there is to be done, they will do it, and with effieienc.y. They are organized, ready and willing, and performaikee of duty is thclr *-:;tchvvnril, The American people have ha.l reason more than onee in their history to thank the army for coming to tho rescue, When alI- other means of comiiiunication havc failed in tho mainland flood arens. rndio hns been able to carry on, onee ne'nin demonstrHting its vitūl plaee in community, nationnl and world life. Wires have broken. telephones and te]egwh t oles have gone down, power houses nre helpless, but n little box of tubcs and dials, with a few batterics ean sehd o«t messages to the workl, witnout the necessity of repairinfc wires, ielephone poles or p6wor houses. Onee again wo lift our hats to radio.