The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

48 The Talking Machine World, New York, January, 1928 A Complete List of Distributors JAMES K. POLK, INC. 217 Whitehall St., S.W., Atlanta, Ga. CONSOLIDATED TALKING MACHINE COMPANY 227 W. Washington St., Chicago, 111. JUNIUS HART PIANO HOUSE, LTD. 123 Carondelet St., New Orleans, La. CONSOLIDATED TALKING MACHINE COMPANY 2957 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich. CONSOLIDATED TALKING MACHINE COMPANY 1424 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. THE ARTOPHONE CORPORATION 1624 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. IROQUOIS SALES CORPORATION 210 Franklin St., Buffalo, N. Y. OKEH PHONOGRAPH CORP., (New York Distributing Division) 15 W. 18th St, New York City STERLING ROLL AND RECORD COMPANY 137 W. 4th St., Cincinnati, Ohio OHIO SALES & SUPPLY CO. 1231 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio L. D. HEATER 469V4 Washington St., Portland, Ore. JAMES K. POLK, INC. 1315 Young St., Dallas, Texas JAMES K. POLK, INC. 811 West Broad St., Richmond, Va. THE ARTOPHONE CORPORATION McCall Building Memphis, Tennessee OKEH PHONOGRAPH CORPORATION 809 So. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, Cal. OKEH PHONOGRAPH CORPORATION 339 Bryant St. San Francisco, Cal. THE Q. R. S. MUSIC CO. 1017 Sansom St. Philadelphia, Pa. Plans for R. M. A. Show and Convention Are Completed R. M. A. Directors Meet in Cleveland to Complete Plans for Annual Convention and Trade Show in Chicago the Week of June 11 At a meeting of the Radio Manufacturers Association's board of directors at Cleveland, last month, plans for the fourth annual R. M. A. convention and second annual trade show at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, during the week of June 11th, were completed. A change, of the dates for the R. M. A. convention and trade show was considered seriously, because the annual convention of music dealers is to be held in New York the previous week and that of the hardware dealers the subsequent week, but it was found impossible to arrange any other dates for the R. M. A. affairs. Adequate hotel and other accommodations could not be secured for any other week than that originally selected by the R. M. A. The R. M. A. board tried to change the dates for its events to the last week in May and also to other weeks in June, in response to suggestions that the R. ;M. A. dates might make it difficult for music dealers and those in the hardware trade distributing radio to make engagements at all conventions. Another factor for the R. M. A. board's consideration was the fact that the National Republican Convention will be held at Kansas City during the week of the R. M. A.'s events in Chicago. But after careful consideration of all possibilities of changing dates, with a desire to meet the conditions presented by the music and hardware dealers, it was found utterly impossible to arrange any other dates for the R. M. A. affairs The R. M. A. board, therefore, proceeded with the program for the week of June 11th, receiving a detailed report from H. H. Frost, chairman of the R. M. A. Show Committee. Also the R. M. A. board ratified arrangements for the annual public radio shows during 1928 in New York and Chicago. The R. M. A. board received a report on the progress made in its patent interchange plan. A. J. Carter of Chicago, chairman of the R. M. A. Patent Interchange Committee, and C. C. Hanch, the author of the Patent Pooling Plan in the automotive industry, and the R. M. A. special counsel in the radio patent interchange plan, submitted reports. More than half of the R. M. A. members have replied already to questionnaires regarding their pa-tent interests. A meeting of the R. M. A. membership in New York on January 24th was called by President C. C. Colby of the R. M. A., by direction of the board, to receive a more detailed report regarding the patent interchange enterprise. Also in New York on January 25 the Engineering Division of the R. M. A. will gather to consider the question of uniform radio standards and other engineering problems. On the following day, January 26, the R. M. A. board of directors will meet, also in New York. To extend the activities of the R. M. A. and increase the services rendered to its members, and also to the public and other units of the industry, the R. M. A. board authorized an increased budget and arranged to have its credit information service operated through a privately conducted credit corporation at a considerable saving to R. M. A. members for credit service. Action on changes in the constitution and by-laws of the R. M. A., suggested because of the Association's growth and broadening activities, was deferred for further consideration by the board. The R. M. A. board adopted a resolution, deploring the loss to the radio public and the industry by the death of Rear-Admiral Billiard, late chairman of the Federal Radio Commission. The R. M. A. manual on cures for homemade static has been so well received by the public that another edition, amplified and revised after consultation with the National Electric Light Association, was planned by the R. M. A. board. Engineers of the N. E. L. A. will co-operate with the R. M. A. engineers in improving the R. M. A. interference manual, Better Radio Reception, and prepare for larger distribution to listeners-in. More than 52,000 of the interference manuals already have reached the public through the R. M. A. with the very active assistance of the National Association of Broadcasters and the Federated Radio Trade Association. The Legislative Committee of the R. M. A., headed by Morris Metcalf, Springfield, Mass., also met at Cleveland, but deferred any action. The R. M. A. at present has no legislative program, being satisfied with the initial results of the Federal Radio Law and the work done by the Federal Radio Commission. It has no legislative program to urge at this time and none is in preparation, but it will hold itself in readiness to act through its joint legislative committee with the National Association of Broadcasters on any national legislation which may concern the interests of both in the future. New Reproducer for the Allen Portable Phonographs E. Toman & Co., Chicago, Makers of Reproducers and Tone Arms, Announce New Product Exclusively for Allen Portables E. Toman & Co., prominent Chicago manufacturers of reproducers and tone arms, recently announced a new reproducer which will be New Reproducer for Allen Portable used exclusively on Allen portable phonographs, made by the Allen-Hough Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis., and which are rapidly gaining in popularity with both the wholesale and retail trade throughout the country. The reproducer has many new and interesting features in its general construction. The diaphragm is constructed of duraluminum, 10/1000 thick, triple suspended, and lacquered to protect it against climatic variations, a feature which is said to bring about a tremendous difference in volume, depth of tone, definition, and in actual reproduction. E. Toman & Co. have also conceived in this reproducer a splendid development in a positive locking back, eliminating the need for screws which often become loose and cause blasting. Live-rubber gaskets are used to cushion the diaphragm and double-grip tone arm screws securely hold the reproducer in perfect position. The Allen-Hough Mfg. Co., for which this reproducer has been created, is planning an extensive program to properly introduce it as one of the big features of its well-known portable line. As Don Allen, president of this company, puts it, "This is the one logical reproducer for portables."