Telephone directory : Los Angeles extended area ()

General Information for Customers IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES Employées of the Téléphone Company, whosc duties require thcm to enter the premises of subscribers, are supplied with identification cards. If you have any doubt as to the right of any pcrson to represcrit himself as an employée of this Company, please request him to présent his identification card. Please call or dial MIchigan 9111 and ask for the Chief Spécial Agent if any unauthorizcd person attempts to gain access to your premises to tamper wtth téléphone or other equipment. If you have any reason to Joubt the authenticity of the identification card prcsented, please call the Chief Spécial Agent's office. Métal identification badges are not used by téléphone employées. RULES AND REGULATIONS AND TARIFFS Copies of our Rules and Régulations and Schedules of Rates arc available for public inspection at locations dcsignated on notices posted in our Business Offices. RATES Information included in this directory is based upon the rates and practices in eflect at the time this directory was closed for printing and is subject to such changes as may be made from time to time. ATTACHMENTS TO TELEPHONES Xo apparatus or appliance not provided or authorized by the Company will be permitted for use in connection with its téléphones and Unes. The devices claimed by agents to eliminate noise, to destroy germs, supplant the directory, etc., are usually d'emmental and interfère with the rendition of good service. VISITORS WELCOME You are invited to call at any of our exchange buildings between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. to visit the operating rooms and learn about other interesting features of the téléphone business. Arrangements may be made for student groups, societies, etc., to visit an office in a body. Please call the Chief Operator or the Business Office for information. ORDERS FOR SERVICE To arrange for new service, please téléphone or call at our Business Office. If this is inconvénient, a letter will receive prompt attention. If you wïsh, you may give your order to any Téléphone Company employée. * Please notify us several days in advance if you wish service discontinued or an instrument moved to a différent location or addre^s. ADVERTISING TELEPHONE NUMBERS Business firms often find it useful to place their téléphone numbers on stationery, cards and advertising. We recommend doing this, but the growth of the city and the corresponding growth of téléphone facilities sometimes requires the change of numbers. It is therefore suggested that such stationery and cards which show the number not be printed in quantities that would involve a loss due to changes that might be necessary as a resuit of the number being changed with a subséquent directory. Firms that have more than one téléphone number will receive the greatest benefits from their service if the numbers are grouped or consécutive, and only the lowest number of the group îs advertised. How To Use the Téléphone OBTAIN CORRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER Please obtain the correct téléphone number from the current issue of the Téléphone Directory. If the listing is not found, call INFORMATION. TON ES AND SIGNALS Dial Tone — A continuous hum. Ringing Signal — A "burring" tone repeated every six seconds. Busy Signal — A continuously puisa ting "buzzing" tone. No-Such-Number Tone — An interrupted pulsating "buzzing" tone similar to the busy signal but with every third puise omitted. LISTEN FOR SIGNALS Aftcr placing a call, listen for the ringing signal, busy signal, no-such-number tone, or report from the operator. Please do not abandon the call until the called party has had a reasonable time to answer. When you hear the busy signal, please replace the receiver and call later. ANSWERING CALLS When answering calis, time will be saved if you give your own number or name. PUBLIC TELEPHONES Instructions regarding the use of public téléphones are posted on or near the téléphone instruments. Nq charge will be made on a local call which is not completed, or on a call for a number which has been changed, unless a connection is establïshed to the new number. Please report service diificulties or requests for refunds to the operator promptly. In case coins are collccted in error, piosc notify the operator promptly in order that proper adjustment may be arranged. Opération of the Dial Téléphone TO DIAL A NUMBER: Rcmove the receiver and listen for the dial tone. This tone is a continuous hum, its purpose being to announce that the equipment is ready to receive your call. If you arc calling from a party line, and you find the line in use, replace the minutes to allow the other partv to finish his While dialing. keep the receiver ofT. Find on the dial the first letter of the prefix you arc callîng. Place finger in opening above this letter. Pull dial around until finger strikes the stop. Rcmove finger and let dial return. Do the same with the second letter of the prefix; then each numéral. V/hcn you have dialed thèse letters and numerals the bell of the téléphone you are calling should ring. The ringing signal is i burring tone repeated every six seconds. If the CALLED NUMBER IS BUSY, a continuously pulsating "buzzing" tone will bc heard. This tone is also used in the event that ail the linw to the called office are busy. If an interrupted pulsating "buzzing" tone is rcceived while dialing. a mïstakc has occurred. If. aftcr redialing the number carcfully the same tone is rcceivcd again, the number should be verified by vearch in the téléphone directory or by dialing 113 (Information) or "Operator." Do not mistakc the BLACK letter "O" for the RED "ZERO." Do not mistake the BLACK letter "I" for the RED numéral "1." Do not TOUCH THE DIAL AFTER you have dialed your number while it is returning to normal position as this may resuit in a wrong number. If. before you finish dialing, you find that you have made an error, or if your finger slips out of the holc while dialing. replace the receiver for a few seconds before making another attempt. Do not MOVE THE DIAL VTHILE TAI KING as this may break the connection. Do not ATTEMPT TO DIAL OUT-OF-TOWN NUMBERS on your téléphone except as provided for in the instructions on Pages 6 and 7. TO CALL ANOTHER PARTY ON YOUR OWN LINE. If you know or think that your number and the one you wïsh to call are on the same line, dial "Operator" and ask her to assist you in complcting the call.