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Medford, Jacksonville Phones Switched to Dial System
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGONT, SUNDAY. AUGUST 4. 1340.
CUT-OVER IDE
NEAR MIDNIGHT
IT
(0 itlniMd I rum Piga On:)
ths tint lot distsnc tint connect
ing California with Oregon ami
Washington. This ltns ran through
Medford and Asnlsnd and at the
tlrat tu ths longest stretch of tele
phone line anywhere in the world,
reaching from Spokane in Washing
ton to 6an Diego In southern Cali
fornia, and connecting upwards of
3.000 cities and towns.
Action at the Jacksonville office
was similar, but on a modified scale.
Following the cutovers, It Imme
diately became evident that many
Medford and Jacksonville customers
, waited up to try out their new dial
telephones aa equipment In both
offices started clicking merrily, Indi
cating many calls were being placed.
Cutover ceremonies were limited.
A number of city, county and civic
club officials, together with news
papermen, were Invited to watch the
proceedings. These Individuals were
Joined by several state and district
officials of the telephone company
and of the Western Electric company.
These Included R. B. Bacon, district
manager, of Eugene; R. F. Woodward,
district plant manager; C. B. Jordan,
district equipment superintendent;
L. W. Campbell, conversion coordi
nator; R. C. Caccla. equipment fore'
man. and others of the telephone
company from Portland; L. E. Web
ster, district superintendent of In
stallation for the Western Electric
company, from Seattle, and Charles
R. Burmel. state supervisor for West
em Electric from Portland.
Long Preparation
In April a year ago first announce
ment was made regarding the tele
phone company's decision to give Its
Medford and Jacksonville customers
modern, dial telephone service. Actual
work started almost a year ago, when
construction of an addition to the
Medford building at Fifth and Bart
lett streets got under way. A little
later a new building was erected at
Jacksonville and dial equipment was
Installed In both buildings.
Dial telephones replaced the man
ual telephones on all customers'
premises, and considerable outside
plant improvements and changes
were made, both In Medford and
Jacksonville. Total expenditure, ac
cording to Mr. Hammond, has been
In the neighborhood of 1300, 000.
Since early this year the Western
Electric company has had 33 men
busy Installing dlsl equipment, and
the telephone company has had 16
men. In addition to Its regular Med
ford forces, changing telephones to
dial and making necessary outside
plant Improvements.
Strang First Manager
The placing In operation of the
new dial telephone systems In Med
lord and Jacksonville marks a new
epoch in the communication history
of these two exchanges. Telephone
company records show that the
Medford exchange was established
September S, 189S. It was In Strang's
drug store, then located at 306 East
Main, and Charles Strang, who still
operates bis store here, was first
manager. The first operator was
Edna Elfert, now employed In postal
substation No. 1.
S.900 Telephones Vow
The Medford exchange on Janu
ary 1, 1899. served 33 customers. 1
By January 1, 190o. this number
had reached 171. In 1910 it was 703.
By 1930 the total had reached 3.394
and the latest figures show the Med
ford exchsnge serves almost 3.900
telephones. Including 111 rural line
stations.
The Jacksonville exchange was
established March 1, 1899, and had
10 telephones on January 1, 1901.
This number reached 19 In 1905.
and 87 by 1910. The Jacksonville
exchange now serves 136 telephones.
Including 74 rural line stations.
Both the Medford and Jacksonville
exchanges were established coinci
dental with completion In 1898 of
SAVED PILOT IN
PLANE COLLISION
ADHERES TO CODE
JAPAN WAR TALK 1M0ST
USED TO BOLSTER TO CONTINUE WORK
MORALE AT HOI AT LOCAL OFFICE
Seattle, Aug. 3. (IP) Less
than 24 hours after he para
chuted to safety from an air
plane wreck which cost two
lives, Dale Delanty, Seattle
aviation instructor, was flying
again today.
Still shaken from his expe
riences yesterday when a plane
he was piloting collided with
another above Boeing field, De
lanty nonetheless went aloft in
conformance with the airmen's
code to make sure the expe
rience would not unfit him for
further flying.
Roger T. Byron, of Blackfoot,
Idaho, student passenger in De
lanty's plane, and Leslie Corn
ford, of Portland, Ore., pilot of
the other ship, were killed in
the wreck. Byron was first
reported as having been at the
controls of one ship, but De
lanty said today he was pilot
ing it.
The civil aeronautics author
ity announced that a hearing
to Investigate causes of the late
afternoon crash will be held
next Friday.
SECY. EARLY SEES
IN DEFENSE PLAN
Experts Say Foreign Policy
Difficult Due to Strain
Of Chinese War.
FOR QUICK,
DEPENDABLE SERVICE
Dial 4923
Well bring your clothes
bark looking freh and new
Unique Cleaners
llotrl Allrn Bid.
Bull Lawrents, Manager
San Francisco, Aug. 3. (IP)
The "great effort to make Amer
ica invulnerable" is being car
ried out "by democratic proce
dures and with a real sense of
national unity," Stephen Early,
secretary to President Roose
velt, said in a nation-wide radio
broadcast tonight.
Early, who represented the
president, was one of several
persons who spoke from Treas
ure Island on a radio program
broadcast nationally (NBC-CBS)
hailing the opening tomorrow
of a joint convention of the Na
tional Association of Broadcast
ers and the Nationally Independ
ent Broadcasters.
Nationally known persons al
so on the program were James
Lawrence Fly, chairman of the
federal communications commis
sion; and Neville Miller, Wash
ington, D.C., president of both
broadcasters' organizations.
Early declared:
"When free men become
slaves , . ., vigilance requires
that we prepare to make cer-
tain that encroachment on lib
erty cannot happen here," and
"this nation is now engaged in
such preparation."
Regarding the convention.
Early said: "It seems singularly
fortunate that at a time when
the freedom of mankind is at
stake .... we can assemble here
to participate in a ceremony
which symbolizes liberty in
America."
Washington, Aug. 3. (IP)
Japan's announcement that she
will pursue a foreign policy de
signed to bring French Indo
China and the Netherlands In
dies under her domination Is
regarded by some veteran stu
dents here of the Far East as
designed primarily to bolster
morale at home.
They do not dismiss the pos
sibility that Japan might take
advantage of Britain's preoccu
pation with the threat of a Ger
man Invasion, and of American
concern over defenses in the
Atlantic, to put the policy Into
effort by early military action.
But, they contend, this would
be a difficult undertaking for
a nation already supporting
1,000.000 fighting men in China
and devoting a larte percent
age reportedly one-third of Its
national income to the army
and navy.
It appeared more likely, these
analysts said, that Tokyo would
attempt to bring Indo-Chlna and
the Netherlands Indies within
her orbit gradually by a process
of economic penetration.
This would include the send
ing of an increasing number of
traders into those countries to
get the raw materials which
Japan wants from them and to
exploit their markets for Jap
anese goods. The gradual ac
quisition of plantations in the
two regions would be another
possible means of peaceful pen
etration. In suggesting that the Japan
ese government's statement was
intended chiefly to strengthen
the home front, students of the
Far East said the Japanese -public
had been heavily burdened
by the long struggle against
China.
Few- Transferred to Other
Cities Medford Force 45
With $97,CO0 Payroll.
Although all local telephone
calls will be dialed starting to
day, most of the company's tele
phone operators still will be
on duty in the Medford office.
Nineteen of the operators will
be required, according to R. B.
Hammond, manager, to handle
calls for information, time of
day service, assistance calls and
calls for long distance.
The 19 who will continue
were listed as: Myrta Otterdale,
chief operator; Carol White, eve
ning chief operator; and Lola
Boomer, Aletha- Cantrell, Eliza
beth Culmer. Edyth Gault, Hel
en Levens, Elva Hamilton, Ruth
Herron. Lucille Merrifield. Jan
ette Tjoelker, Gladys Fiora.
Eloise Johnson, Genevieve
Loonie, Gladys Schultze, Wilma
Lemmon, Kathryn Seekatz, Haz
el Hclliwell. and Aletha Creag
er, all operators.
Of the other regular operators
seven will continue working in
other exchanges, and two, for
the time being, are taking fur
loughs. These are Clarita Ber-
nert, who goes to Portland fol
lowing a brief furlough; Frances
Maguin, to Portland; Mildred
Rogers, to Eugene; Mary
Swayne, to Salem; Thelma Van
Zandt, to Pendleton; Myrtle
Newland, to Klamath Falls;
Eleanor Burdell, to Corvallis,
and Wynetta Sabin and Mildred
Thornton, who are taking fur
loughs. .
With the conversion to dial
operation, the company's local
force will total 45 19 in the
operating department; 22 in the
plant department, two more
than in the past; and four, not
counting an occasional em
ployee, in the commercial de
partment. The total annual pay
roll is more than $97,000.
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Above Is the enlarged Medford telephone building at Fifth and Bartlett, which houses the business office, the new dial equip
ment, lha switchboard, and the long distance repeater and network broadcast equipment.
OLD AGE PENSION
RIGHT-NOT NEED
Social Security Director!
Forwards Check to Avoid
Contempt Action.
LOCAL FLIERS ON
GOODWILL FLIGHT
A dozen Medford aviation en
thusiasts travelling in seven
planes from the municipal air
port will make an inter-club
goodwill breakfast flight to
Yreka, Cal., this morning.
There will be Piper Cubs and
coupes and Fairchilds in the
flight to Yreka where the avia
tors will be guests at breakfast
of the Yreka Flying club. The
flight was to start from Med
ford municipal airport at 4:30
a.m. '
Represented on the good-will
flight will be the Medford Fly
ing club. Crater Flying club and
the Medford Air Service. An in
dependent flier in the party will
be Edward Tommy Tepper of
Shady Cove. In charge of the
flight will be Thomas A. Cul
berson, Jr., superintendent of
Medford municipal airport and
instructor in the CAA civilian
pilot training program.
Lithuania Accepts.
Moscow, Aug. 3. (IP) Lithu
ania was accepted today by the
Soviet supreme council as the
14th republic of the Soviet
union.
F. E. WAHL'
Announces the Opening of
The Wahl Agency
Room 7
Jackson County Bank Bldg.
Dial 4478
for
AUTO FINANCING
License No. M 274
INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE
VICTOR SETHER
la charge of Insurance Dept.
Lumber Production Up.
Washington, Aug. 3. (IP)
The National Lumber Manufac
turers association reported to
day that lumber production last
week was three per cent greater
than the previous week. Ship
ments were five per cent greater,
the associaiton said, and new
business ten per cent larger.
of Iowa
products
ITALIAN VIEW OF
BRITISH CHANGES
Rome, Aug. 3. (IP) The au
thoritative political review Re
lazioni Interrazionall conceded
today the "probability" that the
British empire "may still offer
lengthy resistance."
Nevertheless, the review said,
one must consider the "gradlal
weakening" of the British posi
tion, adding:
1. Cooperation of the domin
ions and overseas territories is
"tending to diminish."
2. France is out of combat
"for decades."
3. Prospects of Balkan sup
port for the British have van
ished "both among neutrals and
among those who may be con
sidered sympathizers in reserve
like Greece and Yugoslavia."
4. The Med iterrancan is
"blocked by Italy."
5. In the Pacific, "the do
minions can only keep silent in
the face of active, energetic pol
icy of the Japanese empire.
6. American policy "tends to
disconnect England from the
United States" while German
submarines are able to "nullify
the cash-and-carry formula."
Spokane. Aug. 3 (IP) Charles
F. Ernst, state director of social
security, today avoided being
tried for contempt of court by
settling the two-year-old Joanna
B. Conant case with a check
for $570.
The check Is for old age as
sistance for which Mrs. Conant
of Spokane sued in 1937, and
was received today by Spokane
County Clerk Frank Nash from
the state auditor.
Judge C. W. Greenough of
the Spokane county superior
court originally held that Mrs.
Conant was entitled to $30 a
month regardless of the fact
that she was living in ease and
comfort with a daughter and
son-in-law, as the then existing
law was that the aged were
entitled to state assistance as
a matter of right rather than
of need. The supreme court
upheld this decision.
The 1939 legislature changed
the law and Ernst refused to
make the Conant payment.
Judge Greenough then held that
Ernst could not be cited for
contempt of court for failure
to pay until a writ directing
him to pay had been served and
his refusal obtained.
The state appealed this deci
sion and the supreme court held
Mrs. Conant was entitled to the
contempt citation. Last week
Judge Greenough signed the
order commanding Ernst to pay.
wnicn ne am today, closing the
case.
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The 1939 income
farmers from farm
was 1626,748,000.
Cm Mall Tribune want ads.
Dial 3075
for
Auto Class
Window Claw
Auto Top
Seat Covert
Cushion
) Canva at canva work
Tarp
Door Lock Repairs
General Auto Trimming
Supplle
Hohlweg'sTop
& Glass Shop
ITH and BARTLETT
AUTOIST KILLED
TTOWN
New York, Aug. 3. (IP)
Young men of conscription age
advanced upon the Brooklyn
marriage license bureau today
in the biggest rush for licenses
the bureau has had since the
United States entered the world
war in 1917.
In four hour. 240 couples ob
tained licenses, 47 were married,
and 250 other couples were
turned away when the doors
closed one-hour later than nor
mal. Many applicants acknowledge
that they wanted to avoid con
scription. Some said they wore
making from $30 to S40 a week
Crescent City. Calif., Aug. 3.
(IP) William Lamox, 22, of
Portland, Ore., was killed In
an automobile accident south
of Crescent City today.
Two hitch-hikers riding with
him, Ellis Clark and Jerald
Smith, were injured, Smith seri
ously, when the car plunged
from the highway into an em
bankment while rounding a
curve.
Smith is at the Knapp hos
pital here. Clark was discharged
after treatment.
The new building (above), has been constructed at Jacksonville to house the Jacksonville dial
equipment.
B S M
A view el the new telephone business office al 145 N. Bartlett. The surveyors of "courteous
and friendly service" are in rear, left to right Robert B. Hammond, managar; Jack Creager, aa
sislant manager! Constance Ames, service representative, and front, left to right, Mabel Sherwoe4
and Lydia Smith, service representatives.
F.D.R. TO REST AT
E
Highland, N. Y., Aug. 3. (IP)
President Roosevelt arrived here
tonight from Washington, step-
in private Jobs and did not want j ping from his special train into
to go on a 121 -a month army ; a White House car to motor to
pavroll.
I The usual number of licenses
Issued by the bureau on a Sat
urday this time of year Is fewer
than 200.
Dial 2840
OLSON ELECTRIC
t . nartlatt
his home in near-by Hyde Park'
for perhaps a week tay.
Fence Kill Tot
Springfield, Ore., Aug. .
(IP) John Hugh Walker, 4; wa
killed last night as he touched l
a charged wire fence enclosing
livestock near hi home east ol
here. La re county official said
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a iha iiaaa eamhlnad Information and lona distance switchboard la the MUUf4
the only mark on the child falephon building Is shown above. Mis Myt Ot:rdsl. chief operator, standing. The operator,
body was a burned spot behind (rem left la ilehL are Edrthe Oault. Oladr flora. WUau Lemmon. Lucille Merrllield. aa4 Elva
JT one ear. I Hamilton.