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Victor Output Reaches Peak Amid War Work Shortage
The Victor Talking Machine Company reports October output at a record level after wartime constraints. About 90 percent of a 36 million dollar investment supported war work, causing Victrola shortages. Armistice in 1918, plant clearance of war orders by March 1919, four months needed to manufacture per Victor standards. The firm touts its complete in-house plant, quality, and single standard Victrola as the sole genuine gramophone.
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