The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-09

ages Tie OuSlIleSS. a new business
telephone cannot be installed on
priority basis in the name of a
service man or woman who is en-
ployed, but does not own a sub
Stantial share Of, a new business,
nor for one who owns a substantial
share of the business but is not
actively involved in its management
@. Is a returned service man or
woman entitled to priority installa-
ton of residence telephone service?
A. Yes, providing he had tele-
phone in the same or bordering ex-
change before entering the service
and providing he reapplies for
telephone within IL months Of his
discharge. He is included in group
for residence service.
@. Is the family of a man in the
service entitled to priority inStalla-
ton of a residence telephone?
A. Yes. A wife or widow of a Serv-
iceman or of a man in the Merchant
Marine receives preference in the
installation Of residence telephone
service providing the household con-
Sists OF only herself and one or
more children all under Is years
of age.
@. Is a serviceman's wife who is
pregnant given preference in the
installation Of a telephone?
A. Yes, if she lives alone, or if
the household consists of only her
self and children under 16 years
Of age.
@. Is the telephone company the
sole judge of who gets a telephone?
A. No. The applicant can request
an appeal to tn WPB.
@. VIII an order expire" after a
certain length of time?
A. No. The telephone company
keeps all orders for service in a
live" file until they can be filled.
@. There was a telephone in the
house when I moved in, but the
telephone company took it out. Why
couldn't they have connected that
for me?
A. 1t would have been easier, Of
course, but it would not have been
lair to those who have been waiting
longG. That telephone was used to
supply service to an essential user,
to a person with higher priority
or to one who had been waiting
longer in the applicants group.
@. Can an extension telephone
be installed In a home?
A No. WPB regulations forbid
the installation of an extension tele-
phone, except for certain nedS such
as professional requlrmentS of ply
sicianS.
@. Why must there be a priority
system to control the installation
of telephones?
A. From 1912 to 1915, practically
all the telephones and telephone
equipment that could be produced
went to the armed forces In addi-
ton, telephone factories had to
manufacture many other types of
communication equipment for Our
fighting men. That meant that CEN
trail offices could not be expanded;
additional wires and cables could
not be strung; new telephone in
Struments for civilian use could
not be made.
New telephone installations could
be made only by using rebuilt in
strumentS and telephones that had
been disconnected.
So long as telephone facilities are
inadequate to meet all demands for
service, it is only proper that most
essential needs be met first. The
WPB priority system assures that
such needs are met first.
@. Is the demand for telephone
service still great?
A. AS of June /, 1945, there were
about 10000 persons waiting for
telephone service in Michigan alone,
while throughout the nation, held
orders totaled nearly 100000.
@. Will telephones be available for
all as soon as the war ends?
A. New telephone service cannot
be made available as rapidly as most
new products. Manufacturing is not
the only process required to fur
nish additional telephone service.
New wires and cables must be
strung. New central offices must
be built and equipped. Such activ-
ity requires much hand work and
time. Accordingly, it may be two
years or so after wars demands have
been met before all who want tele-
phone service can obtain 1t.
@. Are the telephone companies
doing all they can to fill orders?
A. Yes. Until war demands per-
NIT the manufacture and installa-
ton of enough telephones, wires and
central office equipment, however,
the telephone companies will be UNI
able to meet all r quests for service.
The telephone industry plans a
tremendous postwar expansion pro-
gram to cost millions of dollars and
that will make it possible once again
to furnish telephone service to all
who want it, when and where they
want it.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING