Of current interest: Laying of first transoceanic telephone cable will span Atlantic from newfoundland to Scotland

LAYING of the world´s first transoceanic telephone cable, to span the Atlantic between Newfoundland and Scotland, began June 22. The transatlantic voiceways are to be extended 300 miles westward from Newfoundland to the eastern tip of Nova Scotia via another submarine cable, and from there to the United States over a 575-mile radio-relay system.