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Identifier: belltelephonemag26amerrich (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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Whittemore, who handled theCorp., representing Sosthenes Behn, administrative side of our office in ad-president of the International Tele- dition to work on the committees;phone and Telegraph Corporation; and F. M. Ryan, R. D. Campbell,and R. V. Howley, president of D. D. Donald, F. B. Llewellyn, andTropical Radio Telegraph Company. E. S. Hawley. Their knowledge andOur own group endeavored to be- energy were frequently of service tocome acquainted with the members the United States chairman as wellof the foreign delegations, particu- as to several of the foreign delegates.Larly from the countries where A. T. Someone was technically qualified to& T. has overseas connections, and assist the United States delegationwe had extremely pleasant evenings on almost any question that arosewith the British, French, Chinese, and, individually and as a group, theyRussian, Swedish, Portuguese, Danish, made appreciable contributions to theSwiss, and other groups. I per- work of the conferences.
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The Bell Telephone Laboratories at Murray Hill, N. /., were the last stop for conferencemembers before their return to Atlantic City opening of New York-Boston RadioRelay System Is Historic Event The Bell Systems radio relay systembetween New York and Boston, whichhurls telephone conversations and televi-sion images along a narrow path of spacewith energy-renewing boosts from stationson the tops of seven hills en route, wasopened for experimental use on November, 13, 1947- Simultaneous ceremonies in New York,Boston and Washington—including a tele-vision program carried on the longest tele-vision network in existence—were linkedby a circuit combining the new radio relayand the coaxial cable between New Yorkand Washington, D. C. The first tele-phone call, officially opening the radio re-lay system, was made by Walter S. Gifford,president of the American Telephone andTelegraph Company, who talked with JoeE. Harrell, president of the New EnglandTelephone and Telegraph Company, inBosto

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