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Victor Talking Machine Co Highlights Wartime Output and Shortage
The Victor Talking Machine Company reports October output as the highest in history and notes wartime priority left Victrolas scarce. Armistice in 1918 and slow return to normal production in 1919 are explained by four months needed to manufacture Victrolas. The firm emphasizes its full in-house plant for standard gramophone-type talking machines and its role as original patent holder.
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