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Identifier: belltelephonemag19amerrich (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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tors, farmers exchanges, tributaryoffices, originating toll centers, inter-mediate toll centers, and the inwardtoll operators in Montgomery. Maxwell Field in Montgomery wassupplied with ten toll terminals,equipped with visual signals insteadof bells. The lights remained on un-til the army operator answered. Op-erators were enlisted men from the 51st Signal Battalion, Fort Mon-mouth, New Jersey. A preliminary test of the warningnetwork was made May 2. Part ofthe observers were given test mes-sages, and these were put through andthen checked for accuracy by compar-ing the Maxwell Field operators re-cording of each call with the original.This developed the fact that the NewJersey men did not always under-stand the soft Cajun dialect of thebayous, or the equally soft accents ofthe cotton belt natives. Experience,however, eliminated this difficulty. i HE reports of aircraft in formationreceived at the Information Center atMaxwell Field from observers wereevaluated by Army experts, who then
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TELETYPEWRITER ON WHEELS .4 Signal Corps sergeant operating a Bell System teletypewriter in an Army truck at the airfield base of the Red army at Lujkin, Tex. The instrument is shown as it receives a message from the Red army general headquarters at Jasper, Tex. 170 Bell Telephone Quarterly JULY notified friendly air bases by tele-phone, teletypewriter, or on the Armyradio, so that proper defensive stepscould be taken. Operation of the Aircraft WarningService was on Central StandardTime, and covered the following pe-riods, beginning Tuesday, May 7: dling of the Companys normal longdistance service, since the number offlash calls was relatively small, asshown by the following figures: MayMayMay May May 7—8 )—l :30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. :30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. :00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M., and 3:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. 10—7:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M., and 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. 11—5:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M., and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. State Messages Av. Length ofConversation Speed ofService Alabama Ark

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