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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...matter of radio tubes a spirited ruckus was well under way last week following a polite invitation by General Electric Co. to members of the "radio press" to inspect a new tube, unfamiliar on this side of the Atlantic. Smaller (3 x 1 in.) than ordinary tubes, the GE gadget had a black steel casing instead of glass, and its glow was hence not visible. Advantages pointed out by the company...
...press received GE's metal tube cordially, spoke of the first "radical change" since Lee de Forest bobbed up with the three-element audion tube in 1907. Far from cordial was Philco Radio & Television Corp., which has small esteem for metal tubes and no stomach whatever for a possible public swing in that direction. Philco bought a full page in the New York Times ($4,500) to launch a counterblast. Recalling an ill-starred experiment with metal tubes in Britain, Philco warned that a "pell mell rush" into metal might also have disastrous consequences here. Points...
...this attack GE spokesmen retorted that Philco's criticisms were more applicable to Britain's discredited metal "catkin" than to GE's innovation. The catkin's steel jacket served "Is an electrode; in the new tube the jacket is simply a shield. Philco was still convinced that "Proven Worth" is preferable to "Risky Experiment." Neutral radiomen found something to say on both sides, felt that only time and the lordly verdict of the buying public would decide whether glass or metal would emerge...
...once tried to get as Finance Minister Belgium's squat old Copper King and No. 1 banker, M. Emile Francqui, stabilizer of the Belgian franc in 1926. Before the Cabinet slate was announced last week, Brussels proletarians heard that it would contain a director of the Liége National Arms Factory, began murmuring against "The Gun Makers' Cabinet...
Down thumped the lid of the coffin. The cortége set out for Indianapolis' Crown Hill Cemetery where President Benjamin Harrison and three Vice Presidents rest in peace...