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7/26/44
U.S. SURVEY SHOWS 28^ OF RADIO SETS NEED REPAIRS
In a review presented by the Office of Civilian Require¬ ments, WPB, of repair status, age and quantity in domestic uses of 23 household appliances, radios stand out as the Item most in need of repair, followed by oil cooking stoves, vacuum cleaners and wash¬ ing machines.
Although more than half of the appliances are five or more years old, the percentage found to be in working order ranges from 85 percent in the case of radios to 99 percent In the case of several Items of heating equipment.
Among radio-owning households, eight per cent have none in working order. Among households with gas or electric water heaters or hot air furnaces, only one per cent or fewer have none in order.
The extent of need for service and repairs found in the survey ranged from one per cent for electric water heaters to 28 percent for radios. Seventy-nine per cent is the highest proportion of success in obtaining repairs (for vacuum cleaners); 30 percent (for gas water heaters) is the lowest. For most items surveyed, the proportion recently in need of repair is less than 10 percent. The average of the percentage of success in obtaining repairs, for all items, is 61 percent.
In estimated number in households, radios lead the list of items, with more than 46,000,000 in homes of the country. Owners report that 85 percent of these radios are in working order, but 28 percent of the households with radios state they have needed some sort of repair since January 1, More than half reported they had no dif¬ ficulty in obtaining repairs. Only eight percent of households own¬ ing one or more radios say they have none in working order. Over 50 percent of the domestic radios in current use are five or more years old.
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BROADCASTERS FORESEE MORE HOME SET RADIO TUBES
Actual production of radio tubes for civilian home radio sets at a sharply increased rate is under way in the nation’s tube plants.
Arthur Stringer, National Association of Broadcasters* Director of Circulation, estimates that at least 100 percent and pos¬ sibly 200 percent more civilian radio tubes will be delivered in the last half of 1944 than in the first half.
Between 35 and 40 percent of thqdncreased production is expected to be shipped in July, August and September,
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