The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-14

shout loud enough to be heard around
the world, it would take more than
80 hours for the voice to circle the
globe. By telephone the voice can
travel the same route around the
world in about one-quarter of second.
Richmond Z. Virginia's state po-
lice teletypewriter system is proving
it's worth. A few minutes after the
teletypewriter machine at headquar-
tiers tapped out message for officers
to be on the lookout for car which
had been stolen in Alexandria after
two men had knocked its owner uncon-
scious, Officer ]. M. johnson appre-
hended the men with the stolen car as
they were entering the city.
Stockholm Swedish telephones
may now be equipped with a simple
and cheap device for indoor warnings
of afraid alarms. An electric door
bell is attached to the telephone line
and rings when the voltage goes above
a certain point. This causes all alarm
devices connected to the network to
operate simultaneously. The alarm
signal is of one minutes duration.
A large number of units are now be-
ing installed in Swedish dwellings,.
New York :. One of the most un-
usual libraries in New York is the
collection of current telephone direc-
tories maintained by the New York
Telephone Company for the use of the
public. Here are listed names, adj
dresses and telephone numbers of all
subscribers in the United States and
most Of those in the world. There are
1900 United States telephone direc-
tories in the collection. The biggest
single book is Chicago's. A staff of
seven girls under direction of the IL
brarian keeps the stock in order, waits
upon the customers, and sends out new
directories ordered by mail.
Chicago -. Long distance telephone
operators, in talking with each other,
use more than 200 routine codes and
authorizations which help speed the
service.
Parkersburg A mid-western
couple on their way to Washington,
D. c., will remember Parkersburg,
w. Va, for long time as this is the
place where long distance telephone
call to Chillicothe, Ohio, restaurant
located lost pocketbook containing
all their funds. Through the assist
ance of the local long distance tele-
phone operators they were able to
locate the lost pocketbook, even though
the couple did not know the name of
che restaurant or where it was located.
San Francisco There are now
over ITO transcontinental telephone
circuits on four different routes be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
There were only three circuits avail
able in 1915 when the first transcon-
tinental route was opened.
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HAWAII A dial telephone switch
board was recently installed at Wal
luku on the island of Maui, the con-
version from magnetic operation pro-
viding common battery dial service to
about 1000 telephones. The new dial
exchange serves the Wailuku, Kahului
and Puunene districts, and includes
equipment for individual, party-line
and private branch exchange service.
The equipment is housed in new
fireproof structure. Maui is the third
largest of five islands; the largest ex-
change is at Honolulu on the island Of
Oahu.
New York :. Through the nation
wide teletypewriter exchange service
Of the Bell System in 1889 record
breaking total of 4,176,00O written
messages were handled. Teletype-
writers, expediting the written word
through exchanges in much the same
way as telephones expedite the spoken
word, are connected by some $4,000
miles of circuits