NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1942)

Check connections also on nearby electrical appliances and lamps. Loose connections on nearby gadgets cause static. Sometimes moving a nearby appliance or lamp farther away will help recep¬ tion. If the radio crackles, check the aerial and ground wires to deter¬ mine whether they are broken in any place or are rubbing against other wires or trees or metals. If you liave not set up a ground connection and your radio is raucous, fix one up by connecting a wire from your radio’s ground post to a water or steam pipe. Do not use your gas pipe as a ground. If you have an outside aerial, make sure that it is equipped with a lightning arrester. Even small “static discharges” — not lightning — may ruin a set unless they are by-passed by the arrester. Check the set’s tubes, to see that they fit firmly in their sockets. Occasionally what may seem to be a bad tube is merely a good tube that is fitted loosely into its socket. Clean the dust out of your set often. \ hand vacuum cleaner w'ill help. If your radio’s performance is unsatisfactory and none of these home adjustments help, it’s time to call in the repairman. These points should be observed: Call in a repairman from a reputable firm — one with w'hich you are acquainted, if possible. Insist that he fix the set at your home. Most service firms have portable testing and repair equipment for home calls. If he insists on carrying the set to the shop, persuade him to give you an inventory of the adjustments he thinks will be necessary, and request the return of old parts which he finds necessary to replace. NAVY RELIEF CHAIRMEN The National Citizens Committee of the Navy Relief Society is rapidly completing state organization W'ork. Appearing below is the list of State Chairmen so far appointed. Navy Relief for the first time in its 40-year history is appeal¬ ing to the public for funds in the amount of $5,000,000. Some few states are already engaged in solicitations. It is suggested that broadcasters contact State Chairmen on receipt rather than wait for these volunteers to get in touch with them. Advantages are tw'o-fold: (1) It will spur State Chairmen to put extra effort behind their objective; and (2) It will get this campaign to its successful conclusion in a shorter period of time. It is recommended that any local radio campaign to help be not started until working committees are set. The objective of this campaign is to get $5,000,000. Do not waste ammunition until the committee is able to take full advantage of your help. Here are State Chairmen so far announced: Guy P. Gannett. President Gannett Publishing Company, Inc. 177 Federal Street Portland, Me. Frederic C. Church, Jr. Boit, Dalton & Church 89 Broad street Boston, Mass. Hon. Francis P. Murphy 88 Concord Street Nashau, N. FI. William S. Innis, Vice-President Rhode Island Flospital National Bank 15 Westminster Street Providence, R. I. Eugene W. Magnus 9 Randall Street Waterbury, Vt. Walter E. Batterson 240 Kenyon Street Hartford, Conn. Hon. Samuel L. Slover Chairman of Board Norfolk Newspapers 119 Plume Street Norfolk, Va. ■Arch Louis Metzner, Treasurer Hazel-Atlas Company Wheeling, W. Va. 188 — April 3, 1942 Mills B. Lane, Jr. Executive Vice-President Citizens & Southern National Bank Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Frederick M. Hanes Campus Road Durham, N. C. Robert M. Green, Vice-Pres. Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America Prudential Life Building Newark, N. J, Jerome D. Barnum, Publisher Herald Building Syracuse, N. Y. Frank E. Gannett, President Gannett Publications Times LJnion Building Rochester, N. Y. F. M. Donahue, Vice-President Wilmington Trust Co. 10th i Market Streets Wilmington, Del. George H. Pabst, Jr., Vice-President Pennsylvania Railroad Company Broad Street Station Philadelphia, Penn. Alester G. Furman, Jr. Alester G. Furman Company Woodside Building Greenville, S. C. Christie Benet Columbia, S. C. James R. Stockton, Pres. Telfair, Stockton & Company Graham Building Jacksonville, Fla. Edward A. Roberts, Pres. Waterman Steamship Corporation Merchants National Bank Building Mobile, Ala. Edward Wright Busby, Harrison & Wright, esqs. Little Rock, Ark. Garner H. Tullis Tullis, Craig Company 204 Marine Building New Orleans, La. Rex 1. Brown, President Mississippi Power & Light Co. Jackson, Miss. Neal Barrett, Chairman Navy Relief Society Oklahoma Citizens Committee 919 Braniff Building Oklahoma City, Okla. Gardner Cowles, Jr., Editor Register it Tribune Co. 715 Locust Street Des Moines, la. George H. Hamilton, Vice-President Fourth National Bank Wichita, Kansas Millard Cox 1022 Kentucky Home Life Building Louisville, Ky. Wendell W. Anderson 4072 Penobscot Building Detroit, Mich. J. Cameron Thomson, President Northwest Bank Corporation Northwestern Bank Building Minneapolis, Minn. Chapin S. Newhard Newhaid, Cook & Co. 400 Olive Street St. Louis, Mo.