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...Mayor Kenny made no effort at all to produce votes for Boss Hague's candidate, Driscoll managed to pile up a plurality of some 18,000 votes. (The day after the election, Mayor Kenny received a small parcel from Wene's press secretary. Contents: a catsup-stained, seven-inch carving knife and a message: "Dear John: I pulled this out of Wene's back this morning; I thought you might need it for future reference...
...industry, including a good part of the Victor and Columbia product, has continued to turn at 78 r.p.m. But one by one, other record companies have been dragged after the two big innovators. Last week Capitol Records, which had already begun to press at the 45 speed on Victortype, seven-inch discs, decided to pattern its classical catalogue after Columbia's LP (Long Playing) records...
...these records presents a confused mess of odd gagdets. A curved pickup arm cannot be used with both records because of the tracking error mentioned above. If an arm is designed to minimize the tracking error on a twelve-inch record, that error would be very great on a seven-inch record. Also, there is not yet any quality player for Victor records. The poor needle cartridge in Victor's player negates most of the quality advantage of the record...
Columbia Records Inc., which scored a profitable beat on the rest of the industry with its long-playing records (TIME, June 8), extended its lead this week. It brought out a seven-inch, unbreakable "Microgroove" record that will play as long as a conventional twelve-incher. The new record can be played on the same attachment (33⅓ revolutions a minute) as Columbia's long-playing Microgroove record. Another advantage is that it will sell for considerably less than old-style records: 63? (v. 79?) for popular recordings, and 95? (v. $1.25) for classics...
...singers and record men, RCA Victor last week showed a prized secret. It was in the shape of a new seven-inch, unbreakable, paper-thin record that played as much music as a 12-inch ($1.31) disc. But it will reportedly sell for much less. There was one big catch; the record had to be played at 45 revolutions a minute (instead of the standard 78). Thus, to play it, phonograph owners would need an expensive special attachment...