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...attention was called [to an article in TIME'S Radio section for Dec. 29] which puts Smith Bros. in a rather bad light...
...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...
...station WMPS. Mr. Hanrahan had had enough guts to apologize to his listeners for two commercial plugs heard over his station in the first week of the war. One came to WMPS on NBC's Blue network and began: "Here is a late important news bulletin: use Smith Bros, cough drops. . . ." The other came on the Mutual network and began: "Use Gillette blades which last longer and thereby conserve steel for national defense...
...Four: Louis B. Mayer and Edgar J. Mannix, of Loew's Inc. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer); Paramount's Y. (for Young) Frank Freeman; 20th Century-Fox's Darryl F. Zanuck and Joseph M. Schenck (now appealing a three-year sentence for income-tax evasion); Warner Bros.' Harry M. and Jack L. Warner...
...Ayres & Co., Indianapolis; Barker Bros. Corp., Los Angeles; Bloomingdale's, Manhattan; Famous-Barr Co., St. Louis; Marshall Field & Co., Chicago; Gimbel Bros., Philadelphia; Jordan Marsh Co., Boston; The Halle Bros. Co., Cleveland; The J. L. Hudson Co., Detroit; Kaufmann Department Stores, Inc., Pittsburgh; The F. & R. Lazarus & Co., Columbus; Wolf & Dessauer, Fort Wayne...