INTERNATIONAL
SIGNAL SYSTEM!
CHANGES MADE;
New Dimensions Adopted
for Signal Code Effect
ive January 1934
Changes in the dimensions of
code Hags and pennants, adopted'
for the International Code of Sig-I
nals, are contained in a pamphlet;
issued by the Government and)
which may be obtained from thej
Hydrographic Office at Washing-,
ton, D. C„ for a nominal sum, it
was announced by Capt. J. M.j
Clark, of the local Board of Steam
boat Inspectors.
The pamphlet Is issued for the
convenience of mariners and others
interested. It contains the dimen
sions of flags, showing the flags
of all maritime nations, and the
flags and pennants of the Inter
national Code in color.
Candidates desiring licenses as
Master, First Class Pilots, Chief
Mates, Second and Third Mates,
both ocean and coastwise, will be
examined in the new code on and
after January 1, 1934, when it be
comes effective, Capt. Clark said.
Persons interested can obtain the!
dimensions from the United States
Local Inspectors. Bureau of Navi-I
gation and Steamboat Inspection.
Service, located in this city, at any j
time before June 6. The local
office will be closed from that date
until the local board returns from
its annual trip to Western Alaska,
about August 7.
FARM PRICES
ARE GOING UP
WASHINGTON, May 30. — Farm
prices are going up in the fastest
rise since the spring after the end
of the World War.
There has been a steady climb
since April 15.
