Music: Hungry Broadcast

"Because our studio telephones have been cut off," shouted Senor Ramon Perez, "we have moved to the power station on Mixcoac Hill. We shall continue to broadcast without food or sleep until the Ericsson Telephone Co. pays us 13,000 pesos for three months' back pay! We represent 62 Station XEAL employes! The orchestra will now play 'Carioca'."

Such was the astounding announcement broadcast throughout Mexico City last week. Ericsson Telephone Co. promptly announced in full page advertisements that it did not own XEAL, that Pan-American Radio Co. must pay to end the strike....

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