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Show '.s-.vc, "sr rJsi . j i&v;,; 'i' -a. ar-Mill,,i,fci-Jlitli,.niMI. M"lf it m ilffli ' II II HUM .MO 111 ! WtM mi - World's longest and deepest underwater telephone cable system, stretching 2,400 miles between be-tween mainland of U. S. and Hawaii, was placed in service October 8. It provides 36 voice circuits. HMTS Monarch (inset) world's largest cableship teamed with another vessel to lay the twin cables during July, August and September. The $37,000,000 system is jointly owned by the Long Lines Department De-partment of American Telephone and ..Telegraph Co. and1 the Hawaiian Telephone Co. |