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Magnavox, Lansing, Rola, Utah, and others were common speakers in the early thirties used by many manufacturers. As to the stray wires at the filter caps, you're going to have to trace under the chassis and on the schematic where they go. The filter caps are going to have to be replaced in the circuit. These copper things are early Mershon filter caps, some of the first electrolytics. They hold a borax solution in water. The best thing in your case is to leave them up top for show (take the cardboard tube off the other one unless that's not a Mershon and is a later less photogenic replacement), disconnect them electrically and shine them up with metal polish. Modern filter caps are tiny compared to these so they can be installed under the chassis. Microfarads were expensive to get in 1930 so they used 8mfd. caps, but today you can replace them with 10 mfd. @ 450 volt electrolytics for about a dollar or less apiece. Radio Daze or Just Radios or others are good sources. The other paper caps in the radio need to be replaced, too, and they are cheap.
P.S. Like that picture of the factory!
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Reece
Perfection is hard to reach with a screwdriver.
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