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Identifier: bellvol25telephonemag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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can voices naming American townsand cities, relieved the tension con-siderably. This efficiently run unit, whichhandled as many as 3500 calls amonth, became a model for terminalswhich were later set up in other war-torn areas. When long distance linesbecame available to northern Italy,overseas telephone centers were alsoestablished at Udine and Leghorn. At Pontoise, near Paris, the re-treating Germans made a determinedeffort to destroy radio equipment, and particularly that formerly used forservice to America. This theysmashed into pieces no bigger than amans hand. They imprisoned thestaff, blew up one end of the building,set it afire, and withdrew. The French freed themselves, andsaved part of the building; but it wasnecessary for the Ministry of Posts,Telegraphs, and Telephones to ob-tain new equipment from the West-ern Electric Company in the UnitedStates before service could be re-stored. A Long Lines representativespent several months assisting theFrench Telecommunications Admin-
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An American soldier and his French bride, in Paris, talk with the formers parentsin the U. S.—the Parisienne reading a typed statement in English as her contribution to international good will 28 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING istration to install and test it. Heencountered many difficulties whileworking in buildings which were with-out adequate heat and light. Powerwas rationed, and subject to frequentinterruption, and little items, such asbolts and screws, which can be ob- ly crowded to telephones. Despitethe many handicaps resulting fromenemy invasion and occupation, theFrench telephone system had beensufficiently restored to permit inter-connection to the overseas system,thus making the service available to

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