. Bell telephone magazine . partof the company this chap works with the Belgian Min-ister of Communications were speed-ily and agreeably concluded. Thencame the problem of how to returnto London. During the negotiations,by another stroke of luck, the com-pany representative had met a hlgh- Advances in the art of radio telephony havemade possible substantially reduced the years, rates have been loweredby successive steps from the original charge,in 192^, of $yS00 for a three-minute con-versation between New York and the last tivo years, under a world-widera
. Bell telephone magazine . partof the company this chap works with the Belgian Min-ister of Communications were speed-ily and agreeably concluded. Thencame the problem of how to returnto London. During the negotiations,by another stroke of luck, the com-pany representative had met a hlgh- Advances in the art of radio telephony havemade possible substantially reduced the years, rates have been loweredby successive steps from the original charge,in 192^, of $yS00 for a three-minute con-versation between New York and the last tivo years, under a world-widerate plan, telephone users in the UnitedStates may talk for three minutes almostanywhere for $ or less. For dis-tances less than 3,000 miles, the rates arelower than the $ figure; the ratefrom the U. S. mainland to Hawaii, forexample, is $ for a three-minute daycall. In many cases, there are lozuer ratesfor night and Sunday service. OVERSEAS TELEPHONE SERVICETHREE MINUTE WEEK DAY MESSAGE RATE NEW YORK — LONDON. Rates for overseas service have been reduceduntil $12 is now., with a Jew exceptioyis^the maximum charge for a ^-minute day-time call anywhere ranking American officer who, beforedeparting on a trip to the front,asked that a valuable lace tableclothbe delivered to his wrfe in Washing-ton. It happened that this officer wasentitled to a seat on any Britishplane, the only means of reachingLondon. By a bit of bluff, and withthe help of the officers sergeant, whowas anxious to have his chiefs pres-ent delivered, the British TransportOffice in Brussels was talked Intoassigning the plane seat of the Ameri-can Officer to the company represent-ative. So he flew back to Londonliterally on the lace tablecloth. Onlanding at Croydon, however, he hadto talk fast to explain to the Britishwhy he should be allowed to enter acountry which, according to the rec-ords, he had never left! 50 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING The lace tablecloth circuit intoBrussels, established soo
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