Month: March 2019

She says “Please” and “Thank You”

On: By: Romeyn

She says “Please” and “Thank You”

The alert courteous voice of the telephone operator is known to all who use the telephone. To the little old lady in the shawl the man in the big house on the hill, or a tiny tot of 6, the words are the same, “Number, please” and “Thank you.” The Bell system appreciates your patronage and tries to deserve it. In everything that concerns telephone service, we hope you can say” “They’re nice people to do business with.”

BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM

170,000 Women are employed by the Bell System. More than half of the 315,000 employees of the Bell System are women. They are your friends and neighbors – living in every section of the country. Their average length of service is about 10 years. They play an importantpart in giving this country the best telephone service in the world.

Lucy Busts A Spy Ring

On: By: Romeyn

In 1942, while driving home from filming Du Barry Was a Lady with Red Skelton at MGM, Lucille Ball recounts intercepting a radio transmission through her temporary dental fillings.

All of a sudden, my mouth started jumping. It wasn’t music this time, it was Morse code. It started softly, and then de-de-de-de-de-de. As soon as it started fading, I stopped the car and then started backing up until it was coming in full strength. DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE DE-DE-DE-DE! I tell you, I got the hell out of there real quick. The next day I told the MGM Security Office about it, and they called the FBI or something, and sure enough, they found an underground Japanese radio station. It was somebody’s gardener, but sure enough, they were spies.