All industry drive to end radio repair racket
An all industry campaign unites manufacturers distributors and service men to stamp out unscrupulous radio repair practices. The plan includes town meetings for technicians and a New York service men association that tests ethics issues and backs customers in disputes to curb needless repairs and inflated charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Oliver
NEW York
Radio Parts Industry Coordinating Committee
Radio Manufacturers Association
Association of Electronic Parts and Equipment Manufacturers
Sales Managers Club
West Coast Electronics Manufacturers Association
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York Association
Canadian CIO Attacks Reds at Convention
The Canadian Congress of Labor delegates voted about seven to one to add a strong foreign policy resolution condemning totalitarian activity in Soviet Russia and its satellites and the Berlin blockade to the program at the eighth annual convention in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Canadian Congress of Labor
CIO
Russia
Berlin
Skunk Keeper Appointed At Canton Lions Meeting
Canton Lions in Illinois enlist a live skunk as mascot to fight absenteeism. A member absent from the meeting will be named custodian of the animal for a week, chosen by lot from the absentees. A bank teller, Robert Moorehouse, was selected as skunk keeper for the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton, Ill
Canton Lions
Civic Club
Robert Moorehouse
Radio service scam exposed by Pittsburgh bureau
George H. Dennison of the Association of Better Business Bureaus described a probe into the radio service business in Pittsburgh. A Service Men's Association formed to curb abuses, with complaints dropping. The investigation showed gimmicks like loose wires and open circuits used to decommission radios, leading to inflated or unnecessary charges for repairs. A 13-year-old boy was asked to assess the three sets and found the decommissioning quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Dennison
Association of Better Business Bureaus
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Bureau
Dennison
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Max F. Emporium
The
Better Business Bureaus
Flint
Cruce
TYTUS
Lakeside
Ran Lafe
National Distillers Products Corporation
N. Y
Ohio
American Veterinary Medical Association
Charles Edward. Crider
Anna May Crider
Middletown
Charles Edward Crider
Butler County
Oscar R. Leiser
Del
Worcester
Enduro
Armstrong
Butler Tile & Flooring CO
Tailor Town
Foulard
Williamson-Ziegler
Broad ST
TailorTown
Arondac
Kenwood
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