Radio Makers Cut Output Drastically
The Associated Press reports the wartime shift in the American radio industry. Production of civilian receiving sets is expected to fall in 1942 while entertainment programming remains, as defense work dominates factory output and laboratories run around the clock. RCA notes an 80 percent defense backlog and pledges government cooperation, with 13 million sets produced in 1941 and a plan to reduce domestic production further.
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Associated Press
New York
Uncle Sam
America
United States
West Coast
Germany
Radio Corporation of America
R.C.A
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Coal Sales Monopoly Charged in Richmond
The Federal Trade Commission charged the Retail Coal Merchants Association and four coal wholesalers with restraining competition in Richmond retail coal sales. Officers and members named controlled 80 to 90 percent of local retail coal, operating a system of uniform prices and terms since 1936 to force membership.
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Associated Press
Washington
Richmond
Federal Trade Commission
Retail Coal Merchants Association
D. Walton Mallory
Edwin D. Newmann
A. Holland White
Charles H. Hall, Jr
L. D
Wingfield
James L. Hatcher
Wingfield-Hatcher Coal Company
A. M. Hungerford
Hungerford Coal Company
Massey-Wood and West
Sydnor-Howey and Company, Inc
D. W. Mallory and Company, Inc
Ellison and Hawes, Inc
W. FE. Seaton and Sons
Private Funeral Rites Held for Carole Lombard
Glendal e Calif. Cinema mourns star Carole Lombard with a private service for the actress and wife of Clark Gable. Her mother Elizabeth K Peters and 22 others who died in the Nevada airliner crash were also noted. services lasted under 15 minutes and were attended by family friends.
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Associated Press
Glendale
Calif
Carole Lombard
Clark Gable
Elizabeth K. Peters
Fort Wayne
Ind
Nevada
Indianapolis
Coal association uses boycotts to force dealers into price pact
The commission found that a Richmond area coal association pressured nonmembers and independent dealers by threats of losing coal supply. Wholesalers were urged to join and restricted from selling to noncompliant retailers. Despite campaign harassment, independent dealers faced coal shortages until joining. Four named wholesalers were cited in the complaint.
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Association
Richmond
Bluefield Coal and Coke Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Cabin Creek Consolidated Sales Company
Cincinnati
Red Jacket Coal Sales Company
Columbus
Ohio
Wyatt Coal
Sales Company In Charleston Linked To Conspiracy Case
A Charleston West Virginia sales company was involved in a so called combination and conspiracy case. The proceeding against them was ordered dismissed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mayor Swann says war hits Huntington budget
Huntington mayor Claude V. Swann warned that revenue could fall as much as one third due to the war, forcing city government to operate on a sharply reduced budget.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Claude V. Swann
Roosevelt Backs Murray in Labor Unification Clash
New York Times reports President Roosevelt agreed to back Philip Murray in the quarrel between Murray and John L. Lewis over labor unification. Murray was summoned to the White House for a secret conference, and Roosevelt sees Lewis proposals as isolationist plots aimed at undermining his control of organized labor.
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New York
The
New York Times
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
C.1.0
Mureray
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
C.I.0
Murray
White House
Times
Lewis
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