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Upon investigation we find that the announcement in question over station WMPS, Memphis, Tenn., was part of a national hookup. Naturally this announcement was the same all over the network, and we send you herewith a copy of just what was said...
...TIME reported the indignation of James Coleman Hanrahan, peppery manager of WMPS, over what he considered a too close hookup of radio commercials with war news and national defense. Mr. Hanrahan objected that the Smith Bros. commercial said: "Here is a late important news bulletin: use Smith Bros. cough drops." The announcement actually was: "The news, presented by Smith Bros. Looking for relief-from a cough due to a cold? Get Smith Bros. cough drops. . . ." When TIME rechecked, Manager Hanrahan contended that the intention was more important than the exact wording...
...rescue unit of 25 station wagons, assembled under the direction of Cinemactor Lewis (Judge Hardy) Stone, but the unit has now been absorbed in the State Home Guard. If the regular telephone service is cut off, the Defense Council can employ two shortwave radio channels, a statewide teletype hookup, U.S. Forest Service lines, a private outlet of the Southern California Edison Co., five other wires that are kept secret...
Sunday afternoon six representatives of the more than 400 labor delegates attending the conference will tell how their labor organizations are affected by the national defense program over a nation-wide hookup at 4 o'clock...
Saturday's game between Harvard and Army will be broadcast over a nationwide N. B. C. hookup, it was hinted yesterday, but this report has not been confirmed by the H. A. A. Also unconfirmed was the story that the H. A. A. has received a sponsor for the Yale game on November...