Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1944)

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7/5/44 DUNVILLE, NEW CROSLEY V.P. ; SHOUSE STUDIES POSTWAR NEEDS Elevation of Robert E, Dunville to the post of VicePresident of The Crosley Corporation and Ceneral Manager of Station WLW, was announced by James D, Shouse, Crosley Vice-President in Charge of Broadcasting. Mr. Dunville ' s promotion is expected to give Mr, Shouse an opportunity to devote more time to new develop¬ ments by WLW for the post-war period and for other expansion activ¬ ities. Also announced is the appointment of Eldon Park as Assist¬ ant General Manager and Marshall Terry, Director of a newly-created Promotion Activities Department. Mr. Park, formerly of Cincinnati, has been connected with WLW* s New York office during the last three years as Assistant General Manager, In his new position as Director of Promotion Activities, Mr. Terry will have general supervision over the Sales Promotion Department, the Public Relations Department, the Merchandising Department, and the Specialty Sales unit, Mr. Terry resigned as Vice-President in Charge of Sales and Public Relations Director of the Trailer Company of America to accept his new post. The Crosley Corporation has just formally applied for a transfer of Station WSAI*s license in the sale of that station for $550,000 to Marshall Field of Chicago, to comply with the Federal Communications Commission’s multiple ownership rule. The Crpsley Corporation has also applied for a construction permit for a new high frequency (FM) station to be operated on 46,100 kilocycles, XXXXXXXXX BELIEVED DEMOCRATS WILL TRY TO OUTDO GOP PJ^DIO PLANK There isn't any question but that the G, O.P. "free radio and free press” has put the Democrats on the spot and that they will try to go the rival party one better at their forthcoming convention. This was Indicated when Harrington Wimberly, State Democrat¬ ic Chairman in Oklahoma, called the Republican platform free press plank "inadequate”, and said he would carry to his party’s convention and urge its adoption a resolution voted by Oklahoma Democrats. Democratic endorsement of his free press plank is "one of the most important steps the party could take toward insuring future world peace", he said,* Mr. Wimberly said the Republican plank is "inadequate, narrow in scope and not inspired by an honest desire to write a declaration of Independence for the truth throughout the world which I hope to see achieved in the peace agreements. It makes no pledge of unequivocal support for this principle that I should like to see the Democratic party make 4