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![Telephone communication to Austria from United States is established. Telephone communication between the United States and Austria was inaugurated today when the Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg talked to the American Minister in Vienna Albert Henry Washb[...] and high Austrian officials. In the photograph, left to right, (sitting) J. Ruben Clark, Assistant Secretary of State; Secretar[...] of State Frank B. Kellogg; and the Austrian Minister Edgar Prochnik. Charles G. Clagt[...] General Manager of the Chesapeake and P[...] Telephone Company is standing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjgvMDEvMDEvdGVsZXBob25lLWNvbW11bmljYXRpb24tdG8tYXVzdHJpYS1mcm9tLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtaXMtZXN0YWJsaXNoZWQtdGVsZXBob25lLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Telephone communication to Austria from United States is established. Telephone communication between the United States and Austria was inaugurated today when the Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg talked to the American Minister in Vienna Albert Henry Washb[...] and high Austrian officials. In the photograph, left to right, (sitting) J. Ruben Clark, Assistant Secretary of State; Secretar[...] of State Frank B. Kellogg; and the Austrian Minister Edgar Prochnik. Charles G. Clagt[...] General Manager of the Chesapeake and P[...] Telephone Company is standing")
![[John W. Weeks, left] - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvam9obi13LXdlZWtzLWxlZnQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[John W. Weeks, left] - Public domain portrait photograph")
![Admiral William R. Shoemaker before House of Rep. Aircraft Com., [2/14/25]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvYWRtaXJhbC13bS1yLXNob2VtYWtlci1iZWZvcmUtaG91c2Utb2YtcmVwLWFpcmNyYWZ0LWNvbS0yMTQyNS0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Admiral William R. Shoemaker before House of Rep. Aircraft Com., [2/14/25]")
![Admiral William R. Shoemaker before House of Rep. Aircraft Com., [2/14/25]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvYWRtaXJhbC13bS1yLXNob2VtYWtlci1iZWZvcmUtaG91c2Utb2YtcmVwLWFpcmNyYWZ0LWNvbS0yMTQyNS0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Admiral William R. Shoemaker before House of Rep. Aircraft Com., [2/14/25]")
