The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

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Cairo Automatic telephone ex-
changes were first introduced in Cairo,
Egypt, in 1882 and in subsequent years
at Alexandria, Port Said, Tanta and
few other important provincial cities,
including Guizeh, near Cairo. The
policy is to extend gradually this sys-
tenn over the entire country, according
to the American Commercial Attache
at Cairo.
Hollywood When Hollywood
wants extras, it gets them by teie-
phone. The switchboard of central
casting bureau there handles as many
as 10000 calls day, bringing actors
and producers together.
Buenos Aires +. Argentina's prin-
cipal telephone company, the United
River Telephone Company, in Buenos
Aires, has just recently completed 81
years of existence. Starting in 1887
with a handful of employees, IL years
after Bells invention, the company
has grown as rapidly as the country
until it now has 100000 subscribers.
Argentina has AZ per cent of all the
telephones in South America. In the
international field the company has
made it possible for Argentine sub
scribers to be connected with 32,0O0,-
900 telephones in 65 countries.
Philadelphia . +. Telephone opera
tors are less susceptible to throat all
ments than are stenographers or al
most any other type of woman en-
ployee, according to a noted Philadel-
phia surgeon. GIVE never treated the
throat of a telephone operator who
talks quietly all day-there is no need
to shout into the telephone" Records
of the telephone companies reveal that
cases where it is necessary to relieve
an operator from duty because of
voice or throat ailments are extremely
rare. This is attributed to the fact
that each operator is given a course
of training in the proper use of the
voice and how to speak clearly and
without strain.
Jerusalem A dial telephone ex-
change with approximately $500 lines
was recently inaugurated at Tel Aviv,
Palestine, and it is reported that a
similar type of exchange to serve the
same number of subscribers and cap
able of ultimate extension to 5000
lines has been ordered for Haifa. 1t
is expected that the Jerusalem auto
matte exchange will also soon be
ready for service, according to the
American Consulate General there.
New York Although the tele-
phone is now sixty-two years old, more
than two-thirds of the telephone
plant in service in this country has
been built since the Great War.
Delhi :. =. That Delhi, India, is rap
idly becoming more telephone minded
is borne out by reports that over 400
new subscriber lines were added
during 1887, which necessitated the
transfer of some lines to the Con-
naught Place system. The two exist
ing Delhi exchanges, Lothian Road
and New Delhi, are already overloaded
due to the ever-increasing demand for
service, and the third exchange at
Connaught Circus, which is designed
to care for 5000 lines, will accordingly
be increased to facilitate an additional
5000, according to the American Trade
Commissioner at Calcutta.
Baltimore +. When a Baltimore,
Md, plumber mailed an advertisement
to 300 customers recently, he expected
large number of replies from the
self-addressed postal card which he
enclosed. None of the postal cards
was returned, but he did receive
twenty-three orders, to the amount of
$1,400 from the advertisements. They
came by telephone. He had placed his
telephone number on the return postal
card.