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...raging price war among Square phonograph record dealers yesterday forced the Hi Fi Lab, the last hold-out, to cut LP record prices 25 percent. The latest reduction gave indication that the price-war would probably become more intense within the next few days...
...same time, Benjamin W. Corey '41, owner of the Hi Fi Lab, indicated that he would begin anti-trust suits in the near future against two large record distributors for an alleged "freeze-out." Corey charged that both Allied Appliances, the Columbia distributor, and PCA Victor were refusing to sell him records because "the Square is overcrowded." Hi Fi entered the record field just before the beginning of the new year...
Only Corey of Hi Fi objected violently to the price war, claiming that it was a deliberate attempt on the part of his competitors to drive him out of business. "If the other record shops continue to cut." Corey declared, "I'll stick with them all the way. They'll never drive...
...hours and five drinks later we were out in the cold, coatless, in front of a squat building known as the Hi-Hat. We entered and smiled benignly at the chichat check girl. A short dapper man with horn-rimmed glasses approached...
...flight of stairs into the main room. "The place," he said, "is really jumpin'." The concert hall of the Hi-Hat is divided into three areas: the bandstand, populated by seven bouncing musicians; a submerged central portion, filled with numerous raucous patrons; and an elevated section in the rear holding the more sedate element. The only table available was in the last section. It was partially filled and we were invited to join two young ladies at a table...