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Identifier: belltelephonevol21mag00amerrich (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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ociated Companiesis a telephone service for thenation, free, so far ashumanly possible, fromimperfections, errors, ordelays, and enabling any-one anywhere to pick up atelephone and talk to any-one else anywhere else,clearly, quickly and at areasonable cost. VOL. XXI JUNE, 1942 NO. 2 The Role of the Telephone in the Civilian Defense Organization 61 F. Selwyn Gay Some Thoughts on Organization and Execu-tive Work 80 Walter S. Gifford Plowing Cables into the Ground 87 Temple C. Smith The Future of Transoceanic Telephony 109 Oliver E. Buckley What Number Are You CalHng, Please?. . 120Linnea II. Baiihan and George L. Goudy For the Record 132 The Bell System in War-time: President CufVordsstatement at the annual meeting of sto<kholders—This Is Your War: a talk by Vice PresidentArthur W. Iafre—Ser\ ire Opened to Dutch Guiana Contributors to This Issue 135 Puhhshed for the Bell System by the Information Department of American Telephone and Telegraph Company 195 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
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BLACKOUT PASSPORT THE ROLE OF THE TELEPHONE IN THECIVILIAN DEFENSE ORGANIZATION The Bell System Not Only Provides Communication Facilities But Has Trained Representatives Qualified to Act as Communication Advisers to Defense Organizations Throughout the Country By F. SELWYN GAY A IR-RAID sirens wail. Municipall\ and civilian protection groupsJL JL man their respective posts ofduty. Radio stations are silenced.Streets are cleared of traffic. Black-out is effected. The public takescover. Thus an American city pre-pares itself for a potential attack fromthe air. And with incredible speed—perhaps but a matter of a few minutes.Assume, then, that some enemy air-craft are able to break through ourair and ground defenses. Bomb burstscause damage and casualties. Alertair-raid wardens, on watch, reporteach incident promptly to defenseheadquarters. Emergency crews aredispatched to deal with individual in-cidents. Fires are extinguished, medi-cal attention is rendered, blockedstreets are cleare

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