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Heinl Radio News Service
11/17/48
RADIO STATIONS PILE CONTEMPT CASE ANSV/ERS
Pour of five Baltimore area radio stations cited for con~ tempt for handling of nev/s concerning the Eugene James murder case have now filed answers to the charges, according to an Associated Press report Monday, November 15*
The latest reply, from Station WITH and its News Editor James P, Connolly, charges the controversial Baltimore court rule under which the stations were held in contempt is unconstitutional*
Supreme bench Rule 904 prohibits publication or broadcast of information about an accused man if the information is obtained betv/een the time of his arrest and the time of his trial*
¥/ITH and Connolly contended that James, who was sentenced last week to b e hanged for the knife-slaying of ll-year old Marsha Brill, was not in custody of the court at the time the alleged con¬ tempt v/as committed*
They said the information they broadcast after James was arrested was obtained by telephone from a ’’responsible public offic¬ ial” at 7 P.M., July 8* James, they claimed,, was not formally charg¬ ed until 45 minutes later*
In addition, they contended the alleged offense did not con¬ stitute a ’’clear and present danger • • , to the impartial administr¬ ation of justice”; that Supreme Bench Rule 904 violates the declara¬ tion of rights and is a restrain on publication, that the rule is discriminatory*
In previous replies, WPBR and WCBM called the rule vague and indefinite and a violation of freedom of the press*
XXXXXXXXXXXX DECLINE IN CUBANS RADIO IMPORTS
Cuban imports of radio receivers during the first 8 months of 1948 totaled 56,275 units valued at fpl,497,914, compared with 90,303 units valued at ^^2,637,932 during the corresponding period of 1947, Of the total imported in the 1948 period, 55,546 sets were from the United States and 729 were from European sources, the U* S, Commerce Department reports*
The decline in imports ¥/as caused principally by the receipt of large numbers of 5 and 6-tube models in 1947, according to trade sources* Normal annual requirements for receiving sets are estimated at about 35,000 units, but the trade estimates that a maximum of 50,000 new units can be marketed in extraordinarily good years the average import rate per year in 1946, 1947, and 1948 (the latter bas¬ ed on data for the first 8 months) was roughly 100,000 sets, A drastic price reduction on present stocks is reportedly contemplated in order to step up sales and gradually permit the importation of newer models*
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