Television digest with AM-FM reports (Jan-Dec 1951)

10 Mobilization Notes: July 31 is deadline for filing applications for fourth quarter allocations of steel, copper and aluminum under Controlled Materials Plan. Manufacturers of consumer durable goods are required to file for first time — and NPA’s Electronics Div. is preparing for about 850 applications from electronics manufacturers. This is 150 more than Division received for third quarter, TV and radio manufacturers making up the difference. In estimating requirements for fourth quarter on Form CMP-4B, TV-radio manufacturers are being waimed by Electronics Div. to observe materials limitations imposed by NPA Order M-47A (Vol. 7:25). In other words, a manufacturer shouldn’t list in his requirements for fourth quarter more steel, copper or aluminum than he’s permitted to use during third quarter. TV-radio maker's were also urged not to include in their requirements the steel, copper or aluminum in Class B items (parts & components) they purchase ready-made — since allocations of metals for these products are made directly to parts manufacturers — and are asked to mention in letters of transmittal accompanying applications that these items aren’t included. Since household TVs, radios, phonographs and combinations are all lumped under the same product class code in NPA’s “B pi'oduct” list, they may all be included in same application. NPA has announced no official decision as to whether consumer durables will actually be included in CMP next quarter, but it’s generally expected they will. * * * * Emergency DPA loans for expansion of industrial facilities needed for defense effort were granted 2 electronics firms between May 28 & July 18. Electronic Associates Inc., Long Beach, N. J., received $150,000 to purchase land, building, machinei'y and equipment for manufacture of electronic devices for Signal Corps. Industrial Research Laboratories, Baltimore, received $75,000 to buy facilities for research and development, alteration and equipment; it develops electronic and radar systems for industry and Ai-med Forces. DPA also issued certificates of necessity for rapid tax amortization to 2 electronic firms: Oak Mfg. Co., for new facilities at Crystal Lake, 111., for production of switches and tuners, to cost $408,673, of which 80% will be written off in 5 years for tax purposes; and Thomco Mfg. Co., Redwood City, Cal., tape recorder parts, $5954 at 90%. Radio amateurs will get defense priorities to buy parts and equipment, if new order now being prepared by NPA gets final approval. Electronics Div. began work on order at suggestion of electronics parts distributors, picked up heavy support from such govt, groups as militax'y services and civil defense, as well as Red Cross. Order is expected to permit “hams” to write their own priority ratings, with dollar ceiling on amount of priority equipment they may buy in given time period. Members of amateur networks such as Military Amateur Radio Service (MARS) may be authorized to buy more priority parts than non-members. Reason for this, NPA official explained, is to induce amateurs to join emei'gency nets such as MARS or civil defense amateur service. Communications industry — radio, telegraph, telephone & cable, but not including commercial TV-radio broadcast stations & networks or radio “hams” — receives special priorities assistance to obtain materials for maintenance and expansion under terms of NPA Order M-77, issued June 27. “Defense Loans for Small Business” titles pamphlet issued July 20 by NPA Office of Small Business. It’s available for 5(i from Commerce Dept., Washington, and Commerce Dept, field offices. Trade Personals: W. E. Dulin, former acting asst, chief of FCC’s Marine Div., World War II chief of Navy Bureau of Ships Electronics Div., radio maintenance section, named chief radio communications equipment section of NPA Electronics Div., reporting to J. A. Milling, end equipment branch chief; Gerald W. Davis, ex-Bureau of Standards electronic scientist, ex-Raytheon & GE engineer, heads communications equipment unit under Dulin . . . Earl R. Smith, ex-RCA International, on leave from Connecticut Cabinet Co., heads new electronic & musical instrument section of OPS, formed from old radio, TV & miscellaneous section of housewares & accessories branch. Consumer Durable Goods Div., headed by Harold B. Wess . . . David H. Cogan, president of CBS-Columbia Inc. (formerly Air King), elected July 25 to CBS board . . . William Garstang, technical products contracts coordinator, named administrative director of engineering & research, Belmont (Raytheon), with Robertson Gannaway continuing as chief engineer . . . George Hakim named adv. mgr., DuMont receiver sales div., succeeding Henry R. Geyelin, now coordinator of all DuMont advertising . . . Michael R. Buehner promoted to chief mechanical engineer, Hoffman Radio . . . H. B. Nelson Jr. named asst, to John T. Thompson, sales mgr. of replacement tubes, GE tube div. . . . J. J. Kahn, Standard Transformer Co., named 1951-52 chairman of RTMA promotion committee, other members being Max F. Balcom, Sylvania; Paul V. Galvin, Motorola; Leslie F. Muter, Muter Co. . . . H. N. Henrye Sailer, of John E. Fast & Co., reappointed chairman of RTMA credit committee, with D. F. Reed, Raytheon, eastern vice chairman; A. D. Sigler, Crucible Steel Co., western vice chairman . . . Herbert J. Ravis, president of Peerless Album Co., phonograph record albums, appointed president and gen. mgr. of TeleKing Distributors, Los Angeles, Russell Martin continuing as sales mgr. . . . Henry Onorati, ex-RCA Victor Records, joins Crosley as director of electronics advertising. Henry A. Sullivan, 63, who retired as RCA controller in 1950, died July 23 at his home in Ridgewood, N. J. NPA received some 490 requests for assistance from small electronics manufacturers Nov. 1 to June 15, of which the majority received aid. This is revealed in report on NPA’s small business program, soon to be made public. Report shows 48,000 small businessmen asked for NPA aid during that period, and substantial majority received special assistance. Plant expansions have been authorized by NPA under construction control regulations (Order M-4) for these electronics manufacturers July 2-19: Wilbur B. Driver Co., factory building at Newark, estimated cost $663,450; Bendix, remodeling of electronic equipment plant at Elmira, N. Y., $43,850; GE, addition to plant at Bridgeport, $42,114. Annual “Buyers’ Guide,” published by Electronics, runs 640 pages this year, is now available from McGrawHill Pub. Co., 330 W. 42nd St., New York ($2). It includes: (1) Lists of parts and end-product manufacturers, with addresses, alphabetically and by products. (2) Index of trade names. (3) List of equipment distributors. British fdarconi has sold complete TV stations to Spanish Govt, for Madrid and Barcelona. Recently, it also sold studio and camera equipment for United Nations headquarters in New York and for CBC’s projected new stations in Montreal and Toronto (Vol. 7:22, 29). Tax of $11.60 per TV .set levied on basis of $200 personal propei'ty assessment by Ridgewood, N. J. (pop: 4000 TVs) was discontinued July 25 by village commissioners after irate citizens protested.