Identifier: belltvol20elephonemag00amerrich (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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SUBMARINE TELEPHONE CABLE I.nid under an eastern river recently, this speechway is an important addition to com-munication facilities along the Atlantic coast 19^1 The Bell System and National Defense 17
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PLOWING CABLES INTO THE GROLND Pulled by two powerful tractors, the plow in the middle of this rig can cat a narrow slot inthe ground from 30 to ^8 inches deep, into which telephone cables from the two reels at therear are fed as the train moves along. Under favorable conditions, several miles of cable can be buried in a day reeled that employees of the Engi-neering and Plant Departments whoare chosen be assigned to the SignalCorps. For men called into the service un-der the terms of Public ResolutionNo. 96 (summoning the NationalGuard, Reserves, etc.) or the Selec-tive Service and Training Act of 1940,the Bell System provides, in brief,that employees will be granted ayears leave of absence, will receivecredit for System service during thatperiod, will have the protection of theBenefit Plan in the event of death,and will be offered re-employment inaccordance with the provisions of theSelective Service Act. In addition,each of the Companies makes anadjustment payment to employees,for p

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