Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-05 | Page 1 | $300 is Limit First Day N. Y.-London Phoning

I I is' is mit First Day No N. Y Yo London Phoning First Come First S Served Is Rule Rule- Service Is Extended Extend Extend- ed to Other European Europea Coun Countries tries NEW YORK Jan 5 AP AP-An AP An international telephone sweepstakes sweepstakes sweep sweep- stakes with the prize the honor of being the first to t talk lk over the trans phon was under way today here and In Lon Lon- don Anticipating a. a rush of business when the service is formally opened to the public Friday the Am American rican Telephone and Telegraph COmpany company arranged to accept re reservations by telephone today for calls On the first come first serve served basis No NoOne None One ne be peri d' d t to taKe e than worth The charge Is 2 a with wi-tb a 7 minimum LONDON LONDON Jan 5 The AP-The British BrIt BrIt- ish is awaiting with great curio FrIdays FrIday's Inauguration ot of Atlantic radIophone service service ser ser- vice although few hope to est eat its possIbilities personallY ovin to the 25 a minute rate i Details of the project are given prominent place on the the front pages Of today's papers If If the service proves a success and the rates are are are- reduced the the p i it will soon become a common means of communication not only between America and Great Britain but also a large part palt ot of Europe Hopes that King George and President Coolidge would Inaugurate rate the the have have b ben ben- en given n up with the announcement that lesser lights will officiate The ser vice will begin at P. l' l 1 London London Lon Lon- don time lIme or 8 20 a. a m. m New m. Ne York time Friday EXTEND SERVICE lr with the announcement an- an ot of the date the postmaster post post- master master- general g announced that the new German German telephone cables are ale complete and that between England Eng and Germany Is is available DIrect circuits circuits cir cir- arc provided to Berlin Hamburg Han Ham burg Bromen Cologne Frankfort and It Is predicted that by April us- us Continued on page 8 Is Limit First Day N. N London Phoning Continued from page 1 ing the these e lines to London the whole of central Europe will be able to converse with New York The Vienna correspondent ot of the Westminster Gazette quotes the chief of the A Au telephone service service ser ser- vice as saying that he spoke with London Monday and hopes to talk to New York soon The linking ot of Germany and Austria Aus tria has already been completed and the larger cities ot of central Europe will shortly be connected by bya a network ot of under underground telephone telephone tele- tele phone cables which will be gradually extended to Budapest Belgrade Trieste and possibly Rome A Altogether engineers say ay 1927 Is likely meely to see a marvelous extension ot of telephone service throughout the world