Phone Company Clarifies Tax Stance in Subscriber Letter
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone of West Virginia says it pays its fair share of state and local taxes. General manager C A Robinson notes increases from 1933 laws and a 2.75 per hundred dollars gross revenue tax affect 1933 taxes, while earnings have fallen and dividends paused for 13 months.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
C. A. Robinson
Robinson
MDG
Supreme Court
Ang Loce
Saraligs
Aisemsec
Telephone tax burden shifts costs to service providers
The letter argues that telephone property taxes fall on the carriers burdening municipal county and state governments. It notes American Telephone and Telegraph stockholders in West Virginia and that 80 percent of revenues are spent in state. Despite challenges the company claims to maintain service quality and cooperate on improvement while revenues fail to cover rising costs.
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Robinson
West Virginia
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Dry Cleaners Branch Office Demolished In Crash
A car driven by Miss Lilian Crane of Garvin Avenue lost control on Tram State Street and smashed into the United Dry Cleaners branch on Summers Street. The vehicle sideswiped another car, and a tenant woman escaped serious harm by jumping to a wide wall. Clothing hung on racks was scattered and a wash basin was torn from the wall causing water gushing from broken pipes.
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United Dry Cleaners
Summers Street
Lilian Crane
Garvin Avenue
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Sheriff Thomas C. Wilcox sworn in three flying deputies led by Miss Margaret Spitz and her father Earl, along with C Burnett of the Marine Corps Aviation unit at Grosse Isle. Spitz plans target practice in case the sheriff calls on her.
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Detroit
Thormas C. Wilcox
Margaret Spitz
Earl
C. ¥. Burnett
Marine Corps Aviation
Grosse Te
Wilcox
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