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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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operators were verydiligent and courteous in the handlingof all flash messages they had duringthis maneuver. One of the Army bulletins stated: The Southern Bell Telephone Com-pany accepted the responsibility of co- ordinating the activities of its affiliatedcompanies and all independent com-panies located within the WarningService Area. The officials of theSouthern Bell Telephone Companyhave worked untiringly in their effortsto provide the best communication sys-tem obtainable. Their cooperation hasbeen outstanding. The managers of the local telephoneexchanges throughout the entire areahave contributed their time and tech-nical knowledge toward assistingCounty Chiefs, observers and the Armyin selecting telephones which would bemost suitable for the service. All havegenerously devoted their energies to-ward providing the best communicationsystem possible. The cooperative in-terest which has been displayed by alltelephone officials has contributed to a 172 Bell Telephone Quarterly JULY
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CONTROLLING THE MAP LIGHTS These switchboards control electric lights on the large maps and descriptive panels in Itievisitors assembly tent—shown on the opposite page—and the flight evaluation room great extent to the development of theorganization as it stands today. Use of Toll Credit Cards ouccESSFUL use of regular Bell Sysrtem Toll Credit Cards was an inno-vation with the Third Army Maneu-vers. During such an extensive se-ries of military operations, Army of-ficers necessarily have to make use ofcommercial long distance telephonefacilities from various points. ArmyRegulations make no provision for re-imbursement for such expenditures,and collect calls are not alwayspracticable. Southern Bell therefore suggestedthe use of the credit cards, and thesuggestion was adopted. About 400such cards were issued in blank to theCorps Area Signal Officer at Ft. Mc-Pherson, Ga., who reissued the cardsto individual officers who were to actas umpires, control officers, or on tac-tical and adm

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