Radio today (Jan-Dec 1937)

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CERTAINLY! Phonograph Records Played Faultlessly Pays Set Makers f^ ET the performance that puts ^^ pep in radio-phonograph sales. Install General Industries FLYER motors, for smooth, even playing. Silent induction type, self-starting motor with reserve po^ver for absolutely uniform speed, regardless of record drag and weight of pickup. Laminated bakelite gears, selfinclosed. Tunning in oil, and long oversize bearings, insure silence and long motor life. Order a test motor NOW^. Available for AC, DC, or universal AC-DC. Be sure to specify frequency and voltage you use. 2fcGENEMAL InBUSIMES CO. 3738 TAYLOR ST., EI/YRIA, OHIO COMUN-A-PHONE A 7<iew^ Instant, Two^Way System That Is Flexible and Efficient, COMUN-A-PHOXE is a superior quality inter-offlce communicating system. A special feature is the buzzer and light system showing which station is calling. Comun-A-Phone gives yon instant communication plus PRIVACY. Merely Hip a sw^iteh and speak back and forth. The list price is §39.50 for master station and $10 for each remote station. For exclusive distributor rights and details write Standard Sound Products Co. 55 WEST 42nd ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. TRADE FLASHES SALES MANAGERS CLUB, CHICAGO, JUNE 11 * Ralph Hill of Ohmite Mfg. Co., and Charles Golenpaul of the Aerovox Corp., chairmen of the Western and Eastern divisions of the Sales Managers Club, respectively, were in conference in New York in preparation for the 1937 Chicago Convention of the Sales Managers Club, to be held during the National Trade Show at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago in June. The Convention will open at 10 a.m., Friday, June 11, and it is anticipated that there will be the highest percentage of attendance ever recorded for a meeting of the Club. Organized more than two years ago, the Sales Managers Club has attacked many of the problems of the parts manufacturers, and has had remarkable success in their solution. Twice each year the Eastern and Western divisions have held combined meetings concurrent with the Chicago and New York Trade Shows. Now that the Trade Show is under the management of the Radio Parts Manufacturers National Trade Show, the formation of which was of considerable interest to the Sales Managers Club, the meeting activities are to be broadened into a convention. Kenneth C. Prince, a Chicago attorney and executive secretary of the Western division of the Sales Managers Club, will discuss some of the recent legislation and its import from the standpoint of the members of the Club. TWELVE BLOTTERS * Series of 12 hi-colored blotters with photographs of big-time radio stars on them has been issued by National Union. Suggestion is that they be released by servicedealers to customers at regular intervals, imprinted with the dealer's name and address. They are to be had through NU jobbers at a moderate charge. SLANTED DISPLAY * Finished in 4 colors, a collapsible all-metal stand is offered by GE to aid salesmen in demonstrating auto radios. Item is designed to feature safety tuning, has a compartment at the base for the battery. It comes assembled with necessary holes punched, accommodates tvo models. FIRST PRIZE, A TRUCK * The big contest sponsored by Raytheon Production Corp. for radio dealers and servicemen will continue to May 1st. Contest entries are to be had from Raytheon jobbers: first prize among the 500 awards is a service truck with a complete sound system, and other items to be given away include service instruments, radios, candid cameras, etc. Robert L. Barr, the new general sales manager for Clough-Brengle, Chicago. AUTO RADIO SALES AID * Phllco has issued a new series of sales helps for those plugging auto radio, spring and summer style. Material includes bill-board posters, streamers for store windows and dealers' trucks, two types of display boards, a 4-page tabloid newspaper carrying the dealer's imprint, folders, a recently announced booklet, "Official Baseball Facts," and a series of 8 dealer advertising mats. NOKOIL SPEAKERS Make the Perfect TALK-BAK* Systems 5" Special Talk-Bak* Speaker JloJel 4S2TB Only $4-^^ Li St The 5" model shown above is the most popular, but these speakers which are designed especially for Talk-Bak* Systems can be had in other sizes. Write for general catalog, special information and drawings on Talk-Bak* Systems. Ask for the name of our nearest distributor. Wright-DeCoster distributors are always anxious to cooperate. WRIGHT -DeCOSTER, INC. 2265 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota Export Dept.: M. Simons & Son Co., New Yorh Cable Address: "Simontrice" Canadian Office: Associated Sales Co., Guelph, Ont. ■•'Copyrighted 76 Radio Today