The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

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48 A Complete List Distribu tor s THE ARTOPHONE CORPORATION 1624 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. THE ARTOPHONE CORPORATION McCall Building Memphis, Tennessee THE ARTOPHONE CORPORATION 203 Central Exchange Building, 804 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. CONSOLIDATED TALKING MACHINE COMPANY 227 W. Washington St., Chicago, 111. CONSOLIDATED TALKING MACHINE COMPANY 2957 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich. CONSOLIDATED TALKING MACHINE COMPANY 1424 Washington Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. JUNIUS HART PIANO HOUSE, LTD. 123 Carondelet St., New Orleans, La. HAWAII MUSIC COMPANY 1021 Fort Street, Honolulu, Hawaii L. D. HEATER 4691/! Washington St., Portland, Ore. IROQUOIS SALES CORPORATION 210 Franklin St., Buffalo, N. Y. OHIO SALES & SUPPLY CO. 1231 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio OKEH PHONOGRAPH CORP., (New York Distributing Division) 15 W. 18th St., New York City OKEH PHONOGRAPH CORPORATION 809 So. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, Cal. OKEH PHONOGRAPH CORPORATION 339 Bryant St. San Francisco, Cal. JAMES K. POLK, INC. 217 Whitehall St., S. W., Atlanta, Ga. JAMES K. POLK, INC. 1315 Young St., Dallas, Texas JAMES K. POLK, INC. 803-05 West Broad St., Richmond, Va. THE Q. R. S. MUSIC CO. 1017 Sansom St. Philadelphia, Pa. STERLING ROLL AND RECORD COMPANY 137 W. 4th St., Cincinnati, Ohio The Talking Machine World, New York, March, 1928 Herbert H. Frost Elected VicePresident Federal-Brandes, Inc. New Connection Is the Climax to a Career of Remarkable Progress From a Poor Boy to One of the Best Known Men in the Entire Radio Industry The election of Major Herbert H. Frost as vice-president of Federal-Brandes, Inc., an organization representing two of the oldest radio firms in the country and rapidly increasing in prominence through Kolster radio products and affiliations with the Columbia Phonograph Co. and Postal Telegraph, brings to light the story of remarkable progress made by a young lad who left a small Alabama town fourteen years ago to seek his fortune, and arrived in Chicago with $2 and a telescope suitcase filled with home-made clothing. His rise in so short a time from the obscurity of a poor unknown stranger looking for a job to the vice-presidency of a $10,000,000 corporation, in charge of marketing its products over the entire country, is a romance of business marked by a series of frequent upward steps Herbert Frost was born on a Dakota ranch. He began his travels early. When only three weeks old he went to Nashville, Tenn., with his family to make his home. There he attended the public schools. His family moved to Huntsville, Ala., and he took up the study of electrical engineering at Butler Institute. It was in 1914 that he began his business career by leaving the Alabama home and striking out to Chicago. His first job was with the Illinois Public Service Co. A year later he became electrical buyer for Sears, Roebuck & Co. In 1916 he saw army service on the Mexican border as a cavalry officer. When war was declared in 1917 he immediately joined the Signal Corps. His ability was recognized and he was made a captain, assigned to radio research work in France. He was especially charged with testing and analyzing radio equipment captured from the German army. He prepared a "Manual for Radio Companies of the Signal Corps," which became recognized as standard army practice. At the close of the war he was awarded a majority in the reserve corps. He is now vicepresident of the American Signal Corps Association and an active member of the U. S. Cavalry Association. Soon after his return to civilian life he organized the firm of Herbert H. Frost, Inc., for the manufacture of wireless apparatus, and he was one of the few exhibitors in the first wireless exhibit in Chicago, held at the Broadway Armory, in the Fall of 1921. With a few other Chicago manufacturers he organized the Radio Manufacturers' Association in 1922, and was made its first president. The aim of the group was "to promote the best interests of the radio trade and listening public by the enforcement of higher standards in radio manufacture, the elimination of unfair and dishonest merchandising practices, and the establishment and maintenance of fair price levels." Those were Major Frost's ideals and he has been fighting for them ever since. To-day the RMA is a real power in the industry. When in 1925 Congress threatened to tax radio apparatus, Major Frost took a leading part in the opposition, leading the protests of the RMA and of thousands of radio fans. The City of Chicago called upon Major Frost to represent it as a member of Hoover's Radio Conference at Washington, and as a member of the Mayor's Radio Committee in Chicago in 1924 and 1925, where he helped bring about radio reforms. When the Dill and White bills clashed in Congress in trying to solve the tangle of Federal control over broadcasting, Major Frost as a representative of the RMA, was influential in bringing about a compromise which was favorably reported by the Congressional committee. At the First Radio World's Fair, in New York, in 1924, he was awarded a trophy for the year's greatest development in loud-speaker construction. He had produced a horn with a die-cast aluminum throat and a molded bakeiite bell, the first time that bakelite had been used in loud-speaker construction. As the next step into greater prominence he accepted the Eastern sales management of E. T. Cunningham, Inc., makers of radio tubes. Now, after a successful year selling Cunningham tubes, his ability has been further recognized, and he has accepted the office of vice Major Herbert H. Frost president of Federal-Brandes, Inc. He will have supervision of the merchandising division. Hobbies? Yes, he has them. One is a collection of vacuum tubes dating back to the twoelement Fleming valve and including the developments of every nation up to the present time. Another collection is of military weapons, beginning with the fifteenth century. Among his favorite sports are hunting and fishing in different parts of the country, and especially stalking big game. A mountain lion hunt is one of his favorite vacation trips. He is a member of the Kenilworth Riding Club, Lake Shore Athletic Club in Chicago, the Sons of the American Revolution, the U. S. Cavalry Association and the American Signal Corps Association. He is an associate member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and still continues his duties as committee chairman for the RMA. He has been chairman of the speakers' committee of the Radio Industries Banquet for three years, and he is in charge of the National Radio Trade Show held in Chicago early each Summer. H. B. Foster Sails for Bermuda Holiday H. B. Foster, sales manager of the Perryman Electric Co., New York, manufacturer of Perryman radio tubes, sailed with Mrs. Foster on March 3 for a well-earned rest in Bermuda. They will be away for two or three weeks. Mr. Foster's vacation followed an extensive trip through the West in the interest of Perryman products, during which he visited many of the important distribution and merchandising centers, closing several satisfactory deals and opening a number of new connections. Mr. Foster states that the Perryman organization enjoyed a splendid business in 1927, and sales prospects for 1928 are bright.