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Show No Phone Service for Channel Isles It Is Impossible to telephone from England to the Channel islands Jersey, Jer-sey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. They have always been In a state of splendid telephonic Isolation In spite of the fact that telephone conversations conversa-tions between that country and the United States and other distant countries coun-tries are going on every day. This "discovery" was made by a reporter re-porter who had an urgent message to convey to Jersey. "We have no telephonic tele-phonic communication nt all with the Channel islands, nnd we never have had," explained a post olllce official. "It Is possible that lines to Jersey nnd other places may he a development of the future, but we have none at present." pres-ent." Jersey has a population of 40,-4M 40,-4M nnd Guernsey 40,120. |