NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1943)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DOCKET Any NAB member wishing to have the full text of any of the FTC releases, printed in part below, should write to the NAB, referring to the number in parentheses at the end of each item. COMPLAINTS The Federal Trade Commission has alleged unfair competition against the following firms. The respondents will be given an opportunity to show cause why cease and desist orders should not be issued against them. Hillyard Optical ('onipaiiy. — Misrepresentation in the sale of eye glasses, lenses and frames is alleged in a complaint issued against Francis R. Hillyard, Sr., Bernard B. Hillyard, Francis R. Hillyard, Jr., and Frederick C. Hillvard, who operate optical stores in Washington, I). C., under the firm names Hillyard Optical Co., Hillyard’s Optical Service, Dr. F. Hillyard & Son, and F. R. Hillyard & Son. John Giddings, who was an employee of the Hilly ards prior to February 1, 1943, also is named a respondent in the complaint. (4984) Preferred Havana Tobacco Co., which has its principal office at 257 Fourth Ave., New York, is charged in a complaint with falsely representing that the cigars it manufactures at its Tampa, Florida, factory are made in Cuba and imported into the United States. The respondent company -trades under the names Bustillo Bros. & Diaz, Inc., Calixto Lopez & Co., Lopez Hermanos and Bances Y. Lopez. (4983) H. I). Sliipp Co.. Inc., 12 S. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, and its president, H. D. Shipp, are charged in a complaint with mis¬ representation in the sale of a drinking glass designated “Sneaker,” which is designed to eliminate the objectionable tastes of liquids drunk from it. (4986) I’nited .Art Studios, 1615 G St., S. E., Washington, D. C., and Benjamin Kadet and .Ada Kadet, trading as Kadet .Art and Frame Company, 909 Fifth .Avenue, Pittsburgh, have been ordered to cease and desist from the use of false and deceptive practices in the sale and distribution of photographic enlargements and frames produced by the Kadet Company and sold by the re¬ spondent Klein. (4924) I’nited States Forwarding System, Prudential Building, Buffalo, and Samuel Rosenthal, manager of the business, are charged in a complaint with misrepresentation in connection with the sale of postal card questionnaires used in obtaining informa¬ tion concerning alleged debtors of the firms and individuals who purchase the cards from the respondents. (4985) STIPULATIONS During the past week the Commission has announced the fol¬ lowing stipulations: Clear Springs Hatchery, Mc.Alisterville, Pa., entered into a stipulation to cease and desist from the use in advertising matter of any statement or representation which tends to convey the belief that the chicks he sells are hatched from eggs produced at his hatchery when actually they are hatched from eggs obtained from supplying farmers or poultry raisers, or which tends to create the impression that breeder stock of the Hanson or any other U.S.R.O.P. strain has been placed in the flocks of all supply¬ ing farmers; that all chicks sold by his hatchery reflect the strain of U.S.R.O.P. poultry; or that chicks sold under any specific trade designation as, for example, “Clear Spring Hanson Strain Leghorn Big Type,” are procured from J. A. Hanson or any other U.S.R.O.P. breeder. (3674) 298 — July 2, 1943 National .Academic Publications, 22 South St., Catherine Place, Atlantic City, N. J., engaged in the sale of yearbooks and school annuals, stipulated that he will discontinue representing that he operates a printing, engraving, lithographing or binding business or that he owns and operates or directly controls an establishment in which yearbooks or other publications are printed or produced. (3673) CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS The Commission issued the following cease and desist orders last week; Empire I’eat Soil Sponge Company. 1781 Riverside Drive, New York, has stipulated to cease and desist from using the words “peat moss” or “moss peat” to designate any peat not derived from Sphagnum moss, or otherwise representing that any of the peat he sells is moss peat when it is not derived from Sphagnum moss. (4641) Motion Picture .Advertising Service Co., Inc., et al. — Five corporations engaged in the production and distribution of com¬ mercial motion picture films used by national • advertisers, and two booking agencies and a trade association they organized, have been ordered to cease and desist from entering into, carrying out or continuing any planned common course of action or conspiracy which has the effect of unduly restraining trade or creating in the respondents a monopoly in the sale, lease, rental and distribu¬ tion of such films. Respondent distributors named in the order, who are said to control more than 90 percent of the business done in their in¬ dustry, are Motion Picture Advertising Service Co., Inc., 1032 Carondelet St., New Orleans; United Film Ad Service, Inc., 2449 Charlotte St., Kansas City, Mo.; Ray-Bell Films, Inc., 2269 Ford Parkway, St. Paul; .Alexander Film Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.; and A. V. Cauger Service, Inc., 109 Winner Rd., Independence, Mo. Their trade association is the respondent Association of .Advertising Film Companies. (4736) June Index Page AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS Neville Miller’s Statement 275 Petrillo Ban Referred to Conciliation Service . 275 Petrillo Comes Out of Hiding . 281 Transcription Group Statement . 275 BROADCAST ADVERTISING Department Store Business 286 Per-Inquiry and Free Time 286 Retail Promotion Plan . 286 Small Stations Committee 276 Standard Program Schedule Forms 286 ENGINEERING Electrical Indicating Instrument 272 FCC-NAB Technician Survey . 261 First Returns on FCC Manpower Survey 285 “MR” Tubes for Civilian Use 271 WHK-WCLE-Radio School . 261 60 Stations Employing Women Technicians 272 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Chain Broadcasting 259-278-287 Commissioner Durr’s Letter . 269 First Returns on Manpower Survey . 285 Post-War Plan 269 Rules Amended on War Emergency Service 269 GENERAL G. E. on Postwar Radio 272 OCR OK’s Farm Batteries . 259