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Acme Commodity and Phrase Code
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<p><i>Acme Commodity and Phrase Code</i> is a <a href="/facts/Codebook/X78YE7AS">codebook</a> providing the general-purpose <a href="/facts/Commercial_code_(communications)/uvcnHpy2">commercial telegraph code</a> known as the <i>Acme Code</i>. It was published in 1923 by the Acme Code Company. The book provides a listing of condensed terms and <a href="/facts/Codes/CSntvnEo">codes</a> used to shorten <a href="/facts/Telegrams/JhRYDSDu">telegrams</a> and save money. The book was extremely popular amongst businesses in the 1930s. This code was one of the few telegram codes permitted by the Allied powers during the Second World War. </p>