Heinl radio business letter (Jan-June 1946)

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He Ini Radio News Service 6/5/46 DURR SEEN “WEEPING" OVER FM "CRIPPLING" CAUSED BY FCC The following has been received from a subscriber to this service : "In your May 82nd letter you mention that Commissioner Durr shed crocodile tears at the Ohio State radio meeting at Columbus because, as he says, only 9$ of the production indicated is to contain FM bands, It's interesting to see the Commissioners weeping over a condition that they are responsible for having caus¬ ed, through cippling FIJI, "Not only is this crippling measure a factor, but also I don't suppose it has occurred to Commissioner Durr that automobile radios do not contain FM, nor do portables and most table models and it would have been nice of Commissioner Durr to have indicated also that he did not hear from some of the largest manufacturers. " XXXXXXXXXX ADMIRAL ELLERY STONE DECORATED FOR HIS SERVICE IN ITALY Rear Admiral Ellery W. Stone, Chief Commissioner Commis¬ sioner of the Allied Commission, received the United States Navy Distinguished Service Medal from Rear Admiral Jules James, Commander of the United States Naval Forces in the Mediterranean, at a cere¬ mony in Naples last week. The citation attributed the Presidential award to "excep¬ tionally meritorious service to the Government of the United States in a duty of great responsibility as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission for Italy and chief civil affairs office of occup¬ ied territory under the Allied Military Government in Italy from May 1, 1945, to May 1, 1946. " Admiral Stone was formerly Vice President of Mackay Radio & Telegraph Company, All Americ Cable & Radio, Inc, , and President of the Postal Telegraph Company. XXXXXXXX PKILCO TV STATION WPTZ PRESENTS PROGRAM SPONSORED BY STORE Philco Station WPTZ and Gimbel Brotners made television history last week by presenting the first regularly scheduled tele¬ cast sponsored by a department store, a lively half-hour show start¬ ing at 8 P.M. EDST, that featured radio comedian Uncle Wip and a dozen children in a "Gay Nineties Revue", plus a fashion show and tips on gardening. XXXXXXXXX 5