NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1937)

RECOMMENDS AGAINST NEW CALI¬ FORNIA STATION Warren B. Worchester applied to the Federal Com¬ munications Commission for a permit to construct a new broadcasting station at San Diego, Calif., to operate on 1400 kilocycles with power of 250 watts night and 1 kilowatt until local sunset, unlimited time. Examiner George H. Hill in Report No. 1-490 recom¬ mends that the application be denied. He found that there are now two regional stations located in San Diego rendering primary service in that area and that there ap¬ pears to be no substantial need for another regional sta¬ tion in that city. He pointed out also that the proposed station would cause and be subject to objectionable inter¬ ference from Station KLO, Ogden, Utah, and that severe interference would result should the pending applications of Stations KDON and KLO be approved. NEW OHIO STATION RECOMMENDED William F. Maag, Jr., applied to the Federal Communi¬ cations Commission for a construction permit for a new broadcasting station at Youngstown, Ohio, to operate daytime on 1420 kilocycles, with 100 watts power. Examiner John P. Bramhall in Report No. 1-492 recom¬ mended that the application be granted. He stated that the applicant is fully qualified to construct and operate the proposed station, that a definite need for additional daytime service in the area has been shown and that inter¬ ference will not be caused to existing stations. He added that the grant should be subject to selection of a trans¬ mitter site satisfactory to the Commission. WKBH RENEWAL AND TRANSFER RECOMMENDED Broadcasting Station WKBH, La Crosse, Wise., ap¬ plied to the Federal Communications Commission for a renewal of its license and for authority to transfer con¬ trol of the corporation, WKBH, Inc., to Harry Dahl. Examiner George H. Hill in Report No. 1-495 recom¬ mended that the application be granted. He found that while the failure of the applicants to report the sale of capital stock of WKBH, Inc., was irregular and may have been a technical violation of Section 310, that there was no evidence of concealment or lack of good faith, the larger sale having been between existing stockholders of the corporation and smaller sales having been made to three local business firms, tie stated further that follow¬ ing the sale of stock and change in management, greatly improved service was rendered, new equipment installed, employees’ salaries increased and programs improved; that WKBH is the only station licensed to operate in the La Crosse area and to refuse a renewal would deprive the locality of meritorious service now being rendered it. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACTION Complaints The Federal Trade Commission has alleged unfair com¬ petition in complaints 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. No. 3219. Unfair methods of competition, including the use of lotteries or gift enterprises, in connection with the sale of clocks are alleged in a complaint issued against Irwin Scadron, 416 West Erie St., Chicago, trading as Metropolitan Distributing Com¬ pany. The respondent is charged with supplying dealers and customers with pushcards, the use of which involves the distribution of clocks to ultimate purchasers wholly by lot or chance. The pushcard, it is alleged, permits the drawing of a clock through selection of a name from among a group of names. No. 3220. Gus Stephens, 809 West Madison St., Chicago* trading as Tested Specialties Company, is charged with unfair methods of competition in connection with the sale of medicine for use in the treatment of dogs, cats and all fur-bearing animals. The medicine is designated “On the Nose” and is to be applied by rubbing on the noses or lips of animals. In advertising this preparation in newspapers, magazines, on labels and otherwise, the respondent allegedly represents, contrary to the facts, that “On the Nose” is effective in the treatment of dis¬ temper and works miracles every day, saving thousands of dogs doomed by so-called incurable afflictions; cures coughs and colds and builds up resistance against infectious diseases; is a general conditioner and a preventive of diseases, and is efficacious as a dewormer. No. 3222. False and misleading representation of a product advertised as a waterproofing material is alleged in a complaint issued against The Lumino Company, Inc., 515 Madison Ave., New York, manufacturer of Lumino. This product allegedly was advertised as being capable of water¬ proofing interior or exterior surfaces made of brick, concrete, cement or stucco. However, the complaint alleges, Lumino is not a true water-proofing material and will not cause brick and other surfaces to become impervious to water or dampness when applied as directed. Cease and Desist Orders The Commission has issued the following cease and desist orders: No. 2513. Trading as Pigro Chamois Company, Harry Neivert, Gloversville, N. Y., has been ordered to cease and desist from representing that leather products sold by him are made from chamois when they are not manufactured from the skin of the Alpine antelope, commonly known as chamois, or from fleshers or under-splits of sheepskin straight oil-dressed or tanned without the use of alum, chrome or formaldehyde. No. 3064. Trade Laboratories, Ine., 412 Halsey St., Newark, N. J., and its officers have been ordered to cease and desist from certain unfair methods of competition in connection with the sale of dental, shaving and facial creams and similar commercial prep¬ arations and toilet articles. Trade Laboratories, Inc., trades as Redd Chemical Company, Modern Brands, Inc., Perlox Laboratories, Inc., Pearl-White Laboratories, Inc., and Dr. Daily’s Laboratories, Inc. The respondent officers are J. C. Brush, president, C. R. Dickinson, vice-president, and C. V. Brush, secretary-treasurer. The order directs the respondents to cease representing, by marking an exaggerated or fictitious price upon the cartons in which their articles are sold, that the prices so marked are the regular or customary retail prices at which such products are usually sold or offered for sale. Nos. 3923 and 3046. Two Chicago concerns, Illinois Baking Corporation, 2230 South Union Avenue, and Milko Cone & Baking Company, Inc., 431 North Lincoln St., have been ordered to cease and desist from selling and distributing to dealers ice cream cones so packed and assembled that sales of such cones to the general public are to be made, or may be made, by means of a lottery scheme. 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