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Identifier: belltelephonemag22amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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e country to put tele-phones where service men will findthem handy. From 1919 to 1927Vincent A. Droser held positionsin the traffic department of the NewYork Telephone Company, and forthe next four years in the traffic di-vision of the A. T. & T. Company.Then he moved over to the commer-cial division, and since the war he hasbeen in charge of a group which de-votes itself to planning services forthe Army, Navy, Government agen-cies, war industries, and civilian de-fense organizations. His first-handknowledge of service for service menhe obtains by frequent visits to manyof the places he tells about—and per-haps gets an extra kick out of visitingsome Navy base or training station,since he served all through the lastwar as a signal quartermaster in theNavy. When you know youre not for-gotten by the girl you cant forget isthe title of a popular song of anearlier day. Making sure that menin service are not forgotten, and thatthey have reason to know it, is just(Continued on page 7^)
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Military protection for telephone buildings in Washington was one quickconsequence of the attack on Pearl Harbor. While company guards havesince replaced soldiers, this picture is symbolic of the great importance ofcommunication there—and throughout the country. See How Washing-tons Telephones Went to War, beginning on page 51 Appraisal by Investors of Earnings, Financial Structure, and Reputation Will Influence Their Willingness to Provide the New Capital for Continuous Telepho?te Development Financing TelephoneGrowth Charles P. Cooper The follouiiig article is based in large part on testimonyof Mr. Charles P. Cooper, Financial Vice President ofthe American Telephone and Telegraph Company, be-fore the Federal Communications Commission on De-cember 17, 194.2. The Editors. The telephone business is one ofthe most dynamic in the UnitedStates, Almost from its infancy ithas been characterized by rapidgrowth and evolutionary change dueto the development of the telephoneart through resear

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