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Identifier: belltelephonemag22amerrich (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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where ski troops are trained, is situ-ated over 10,000 feet up in the RockyMountains. The switchboards are either man-ual or dial, and vary In size from operating Army Switchboards 117 one-position installations requiringonly a few operators to those requir-ing as many as 45 operators. In normal times, these Armyswitchboards are manned by eitherSignal Corps men or by women civilservice employees. As the threat ofwar grew, in 1941, practically allsoldier operators were replaced bycivil service women. Now it is BellSystem operators who are handlingthe calls—although included among During World War I, at the re-quest of the United States ArmySignal Corps, the Bell System oper-ated many private branch exchangeslocated in Army mobilization cen-ters and cantonments—as they wereknown in those days. Some time be-fore the start of World War II, theSignal Corps again made preliminaryarrangements for this form of servicein those military establishments wheresuch operation might be desired if
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Phe Commanding Officer and the Camp Signal Officer inspect the posts switch-board as its operation is taken over by a Bell System force them are some of the women who, ascivil service operators, had beenworking at the same switchboardswhen the telephone companies werecalled on to take over the operation,supervision, and maintenance of theprivate branch exchanges. Army officers and men agree thatthe change from the broad-shoulderedsoldier operator to the slender girl isa welcome improvement. For hispart, the soldier is well pleased to betransferred to other duties. and when a major emergency shouldbe declared. This gave the telephonecompanies opportunity to make gen-eral plans for the operation of suchswitchboards when the Signal Corpsrequested. More detailed preparations weremade early in 1941, when representa-tives of the telephone companieswhich had military establishments intheir areas attended a traffic depart-ment meeting to discuss the provid-ing and training of operators, their

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