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OF THE New Officers Elected Dr. Lee DeForest was elected president of the Institute of Radio Engineers and L. G. Pacent of the Radio Club of America, in elections announced during January. Other officers of the I.R.E. are: Colonel A. G. Lee, vice-president; Melville Eastham, treasurer; John M. Clayton, secretary, and Alfred N. Goldsmith, Editor of Pro- ceedings. Other officers of the Radio Club of America are: C. E. Maps, vice-presi- dent; Joseph Stantley, treasurer, and Willis K. Wing, corresponding secretary. Messrs. Amy, Armstrong, King, Burg- hard, Sadenwater, Grinan, and McMann were chosen for the Board of Direction. Personal Notes SarnofF, RCA Head David Sarnoff is now president of the Radio Corporation of America at the age of 39. He succeeds General James G. Har- board who has been elected chairman of the Board. Owen D. Young, formerly chairman of the Board, RCA, will become the chairman of an executive committee of the company. Maine Passes Radio Law According to Editor and Publisher, Harold S. Dockam, radio editor of the Augusta-Kennebec Journal, is the author of a radio bill recently passed by the Maine legislature. This act makes it un- lawful to operate a radiating receiver. W. L. Dunn, formerly chief engineer of the Co- lonial Radio Corporation, has joined the staff of Sprague Specialties Company as head of the engi- neering department. He will be in charge of re- search work. Arthur T. Haugh, former president of the Radio Manufacturers' Association, has been elected vice- president in charge of merchandising of Valley Ap- pliances, Inc. Harry A. Beach has been appointed manager of the Radio Department of Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company. Mr. Beach has been associated with Victor Talking Machine Company for more than twelve years, Brunswick - Balke-CoUender Company for three years, and Earl Radio Company for three years. Three promotions in the plant operation and engineering departments of the National Broad- casting Company were announced recently. G. O. Mime, former operations supervisor, was named New York division engineer; E. R, Cullen, former field supervisor, was named staff engineer of the entire system, and Max Jacobson, formerly assist- ant to Mr. Cullen, was named field supervisor. L. Warrington Chubb, manager of the radio en- gineering department of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company has been appointed first assistant to the vice president in charge of engineering of the Radio-Victor Corporation of America, Camden, New Jersey. D. E. Replogle has been appointed treasurer of the Jenkins Television Corporation, Jersey City. Henry H. Murray has resigned as manager of the Victor technical service department. As yet no Radio Entertainment the Latest Service on Trains Those traveling on the "crack" trains of this country and Canada are no longer out of touch with national events. The difficulties presented by steel cars, electric signals, and myriads of power lines have been success- fully overcome and as a result passengers are now able to enjoy radio and electric phonograph entertainment while in route. This picture shows a group listening to a radio installed on the Pioneer Limited, a "crack" train of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific railroad. RCA Radiotron Co. Organized Effective January 1st the RCA-Radio- tron Company, Inc., Harrison, N. J., began to function. This organization has taken over all of the manufacturing, sales, engineering, and research activities in the tube field formerly scattered among the various members of the " Radio Group." Factories, five in number, are located at Harrison, Newark, Cleveland, and In- dianapolis. Total production can be 210,- 000 tubes daily, 5500 people will be em- ployed, and the buildings provide 1,147,000 square feet of floor space. Warehouses are located in New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, and San Francisco. The complete roster of officers follows: President, T. W. Freeh Vice-President, sales, George C. Osborn Vice-President, manufacturing, W. T. L. Cogger Sales Manager, Meade Brunei Advertising and sales promotion, J. W. Mclver successor to Mr. Murray has been appointed but until further notice J. F. McGarrey will be acting manager of the technical service department of the Victor Division of the RCA-Victor Company, Inc. F. A. La Baw, formerly general sales manager of the Marvin Radio Tube Corporation, Irvington, N. J., has resigned. He is now sales manager of the Standard Tank and Seat Company, Camden, The Atwater Rent Manufacturing Company has announced several important changes in sales personnel: J. W. Hitchcock has been appointed as- sistant sales manager; George H. Jaud, Northeast- ern sales manager; J. Harry Hickey, Southeastern sales manager; E. E. Rhoads, Central sales man- ager; H. T. Stockholm, West Central sales man- ager; L. M. Willis, Pacific Coast sales manager. Announcement has also been made of the appoint- ment of John McCoy to the position of head of the statistical department to succeed E. H. Kester who has resigned. Kenneth W. Jarvis, formerly chief engineer of The Sterling Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, is now radio engineer with Sears, Roebuck and Company, Chicago. III. The Zenith Radio Corporation announces a change in its factory and production management. Frank A. Whiting has been made general factory manager^ George Knott has been appointed pro- duction manager. Paul E. Anderson has been named manager of the cabinet factory, and How- ard A. Gates has been made chief engineer. pa Ja William Lawall Jacoby, president of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, Chicago, issed away after a short illness at Chicago on anuary llth. L. C. F. Horle, formerly chief engineer of the Federal Radio Corporation, has established his own business as consulting engineer at 50 Church Street, New York City. Charles M. Blackburn, formerly with the Mara- thon Tube Company, has been appointed chief engineer of National Union Radio Corporation. A. F. Murray, formerly assistant chief engineer of Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company, Boston, has joined the engineering staff of the RCA-Victor Company, Camden, N. J. Cyril M. Jansky, formerly assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Min- nesota, has opened an office as consulting engineer in the Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. The Directors of the Radio Corporation of Amer- ica at their meeting held recently elected an Ex- ecutive Committee consisting of the following Di- rectors: Owen D. Young, chairman of the Execu- tive Committee; General James G. Harboard, Chair- man of the Board; David Sarnoff, president; Gordon Abbott; Edward W. Harden; Andrew W. Robertson; James R. Sheffield; Frederick Strauss; and Gerard Swope. (Continued on page 296} • RADIO BROADCAST FOR MARCH • 295