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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1932
Page
6
Bell Telephone Laboratories engineers unveil a whispering transmitter for users who must speak softly. Demonstrated by J F Dalton, the device uses a wide mouth opening and duralumin diaphragm, originally for radio and aircraft use, now aiding speech impaired subscribers.
J Owen Knotts as assignee will public sale the two lots on Second Street in Denton Caroline County Maryland on April 12 1932 between 2 and 4 p m. The property includes a commodious dwelling with hot water heat electric lights bath water and a 2 car garage. It is described as Lots 1 and 2 bounded by Mary Anna Todd Spider and Allaband properties and fronts Second Street with 900 square feet of land. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two equal installments at six and twelve months bearing interest. Title at purchaser expense. Auctioneer James Temple.
Private branch exchange equipment has led to about 145000 operators, up from 140000 on central office switchboards in Bell System Companies. Nationwide PBX users make about 24000000 calls daily, 8000000 intercommunications, while total daily calls exceed 80000000.
Grace P. Kelly, AT&T foreign service chief in New York, outlines how operators handle overseas calls using eleven languages English Spanish French German Swedish Polish Italian Lithuanian Finnish Flemish and Magyar. Calls to London use English. continental calls mix languages by destination. Time zone differences affect scheduling with daylight saving shifts in Buenos Aires and other regions.
A satirical monologue drawn from real life incidents, set in Texas towns, features a jealous suitor at a locked door and a tense house. The tale includes a dangerous rival who refuses to back down and contemplates escape through a back window as outside danger looms. The vignette mixes racial caricature with stage craft in a minstrel performance.
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