Telephone traffic shows big rise in trans ocean calls
Edwin F. Hill reports in Bell Telephone Quarterly that last year total telephone calls of 20,187 rose sharply from prior years. Atlantic calls reached 13,007 to Europe Asia Africa and Australia. 3,474 to the Americas. 1,255 across the Pacific to Hawaii the Philippines Java and Sumatra. 2,361 ship to shore calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elam Miller
Bell Telephone Quarterly
Artis Edwin F. Hill
Atlantic
European
Asia
Africa
Australia
South
Central America
Bermuda
Bahamas
Pacific
Hawaiian
Philippine Islands
Java
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Bell System
Telephone Courtesy Stressed By Editor
A magazine article urges better telephone manners in business. It praises clear, courteous speech, proper identification, attentive listening, and note taking, noting calls can be overheard and reflect on the organization and the speaker's ability.
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Jones
Tel No Adds 5 Percent To Letter Value
John Howie Wright editor urges business letterheads include a telephone number as part of the address. He argues that a complete letterhead should answer What Where Who and How to contact, aiding prompt communication and convenience for prospects and customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Howie Wright
Wright
Sweat Shops Defined as Factories in Homes
The term sweat shop refers to manufacturing goods for the market in tenement and dwelling houses. Workers perform labor on employer materials at extremely low wages under unsanitary conditions on the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citiea
Squaring of a Circle and Militate in Language
The text traces the squaring of the circle from the Rhind Papyrus around 2000 B C to Archimedes Huygens Newton and Leibniz. It then discusses the verb militate, its literary use over three centuries, and earliest examples in 1642 with Peters Heylyn. It notes an older sense meaning warfare used 17 years earlier.
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B. C
Ahmes
Archimedes
Huygens
Newton
Liebnitz
Peter Heylyn
Clemens
Don’t Stew This Summer Learn Canned Food Plan
Summer cooking guidance urges using canned foods to avoid stove time after a harsh winter. Emphasizes canned vegetables and fruits, evaporated milk, and tuna fish recipes, promoting outdoor time and a Tuna Fish and Vegetable Pie costing about forty-two cents.
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Florrie England
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N. J
Henrietta M. Pinneke
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Iowa
Francis O. Beaverbry
Edgewood
City Hall Park
New York City
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Adolf Hitter
Joseph Goebbele
Nazi Party
General von Blumberg
John Nicolson
Diettliere Company, Limited
Linden, N. J
Gordon
Burnett
Ida Lupino
Norge
Pohler
J.H. Nichols & CO
le Grande Food Stores
le Grande Food
Ing
Henry Ford
Associated Ford Dealers
LeGrande Food Stores
Mokay
Maxwell House Coffee
Musselman’s
O’lakes
Kellogg’s
Majestic Mayonnaise
Tani Wa
Hurff
High Rock Beverages
J.P. Fowler
Denton, Md
G. C. Cohee
Ivins Chocolate
Ivins
Fairmount
Libby
Dag
ASTOR
Mankind
WEAF
Oxydol
Peice
Latina
Pkg
P.& G. Soap
Wheaties
C. Biger
Ridgely, Md
Harvey Fleetwood
A. K. Wrightson
Preston, Md
Arnie’s Cash Grocery
T. L. Trice, JR
Preston
H. A. Porter
Burrsville
Milford
Kline
Hillsboro
J. F. Lane
Goldsboro
I. Calvin Butler
Greensboro
J. W. Sylvester
R. H. Gibson
Queen Anne
W. W. Griffin
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