NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1942)

West Virginia Going Strong State Coordinator R. P. Davis, Dean of Engineering, West Vir¬ ginia University, Morgantown, reports that radio technician train¬ ing courses are in progress in: Beckley Bluefield Charleston Clarksburg Fairmont Huntington Logan Morgantown Parkersburg Welch Wheeling Montgomery Total enrollment for these classes is 408. A future course under the direction of West Virginia University is planned for Marietta, Ohio. The following radio engineers are among the instructors: A. J. Ginkel, radio station WJLS; P. T. Flanagan, radio sta¬ tion WHIS; Odes Walker, radio station WCHS; Conrad S. Clemans, radio station WBLK; John L. Yarnes, radio station WLOL; W. A. Sodaro, radio station WPAR; Louis Tulchin, radio station WBRW ; and Glenn G. Boundy, radio station WWVA. G. C. Blackwell is ESMDT Director for West Virginia University. Labor A. F. of M. Trouble Station WSIX, Nashville, was cut off the Mutual network Wednesday, April 1, when the American Federation of Musicians threatened to strike all MBS sustaining programs. The station and the Nashville local of the A. F. of M. have been unable to come to terms on the local’s demand for increased employment at the station. A. F. of L. Turns to Radio The American Federation of Labor announces it has given up trying to get a fair deal from the daily press and, in the future, will utilize radio, the labor press and pamphlets to tell labor’s story. Labor Board Case Hearst Radio, Inc., has entered into a stipulation with the Na¬ tional Labor Relations Board to settle a complaint of Wagner Act violation at Station WBAL. The charges had been brought by the American Communications Association (C. I. O.). Women Operators The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the A. F. of L. technicians’ union, is trying to work out some sort of a sys¬ tem to permit employment of women as control operators for the duration of the war. .-Vn early announcement can be e.xpected. The number of women to be employed, their initiation fees and dues and their pay scale are problems involved. TIRE RATIONING The new Tire Rationing Regulations of February 19 make no provision for allocation of inner tubes to Class B users (which includes radio). Steps have already been taken to secure a quota of tubes from WPB for List B users, and the regulations them¬ selves will have to be amended accordingly. It is anticipated that by the middle of April Local Rationing Boards will have been notified of the amendment and the quotas made available. Mean¬ while, used inner tubes are the only answer. War Programs Spring Cleaning Offensive The War Production Board has a suggestion for housewives at spring housecleaning time. The idea is to increase the supply of scrap materials vital to success in this war. WPB hopes that sta¬ tions will make use of these announcements as time permits. (1) Clean out your attic to clean up the axis! Spring cleaning this year is important, vital, and patriotic. . . . Clean out those hidden weapons in your home. . . . Just old paper, old rubber, old metal w'hen you sell ’em to the junk man, but after a little while: p.aper cartons to carry cartridges to lick the Germans! Rubber de-icers for high-flying planes! Scrap metal in the steel of a great gun barrel! . . . Make your Spring cleaning a Spring offensive! . . . This is an official announcement from the War Production Board. (2) Recipe for a Blitzkreig: Take one broom, one dust cloth, one determined soul, a sturdy back and good disposition. . . . Ascend to the attic, or go down to the cellar — Clean them out ! . . . Stack old paper carefully and tie it, fill a carton with old rubber, salvage old metal. Call your junkman and start this waste — that isn’t waste at all — on its way to reclamation for war ! . . . One ton of old paper will make 86,000 practice targets ... 29 pounds of old rubber will make a life raft for a navy plane ... 12 pounds of scrap metal is half the steel needed for a machine gun ! . . . Sweep out the Germans, dust off the Japs! Clean house this Spring for Victory ! This is an official announcement from the War Production Board. (3) Ladies, make your spring cleaning a spring offensiv'e ! Go after those old papers, broken tools, discarded rubber tires and tubes in the attic, the cellar, the garage. Sell them to a junkman as scrap to be reclaimed for war. . . . The waste paper you keep from being wasted can make the blueprint for a ship to sail the Pacific against the Rising Sun ! The old metal you salvage will run an open hearth furnace the few “more minutes’’ necessar>' to make steel for that last important bolt in a tank. The torn hot water bottle and worn rubber heels you unearth may go into the self¬ sealing lining of a gas tank in a plane over Tokyo! . . . Come on, ladies. Spring cleaning with a new incentive — Kill Two Japs with One Broom ! . . . This is an official announcement from the War Production Board. INVASION DATES Here is a list of the principal invasion dates which can be used in program building. Native music and a promise that the Yanks are coming might be used to advantage. The list furnished by OFF: Norway France Holland Belgium Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Greece Luxemburg Manchukuo Albania April 9, 1940 May 17, 1940 Mav 10, 1940 May 10, 1940 Sept. 1, 1939 Oct. 1, 1938 .\pril 6, 1941 Oct. 28, 1940 May 10, 1940 Sept. 18, 1931 April 7, 1939 CARE OF HOME RECEIVERS With the supply of new receiving sets gradually disappearing, here’s some material from the Consumer Division of OPA which might be made into a worth-while program or series of announce¬ ments: Make sure that the radio is not placed with its back flat against the wall. Tubes, transformers, and resisters heat up, and free cir¬ culation of air is required to prevent overheating. Leave an inch or so between the cabinet and wall. Check the set’s electric cord and plug. The plug should fit firmly into the wall socket and the wires leading to it should be intact. April 3, 1942— 187