Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

Page Forty-four RADIO DOINGS Feb ruary, 1931 RADIO GOING!* ON AROUND TOWN The Jacksori'Bell Company held a sales eonvention at their factory, located at 1682 West Washington boulevard during the third week in January. The distributors from the East, South, Middle West, Inter-Mountain states and the Northwest were in attendance. All expressed pleasure at the volume of business procured this last year and expected a larger turn-over during 1931. The photographer was fortunate enough to catch a few of them when he called one morning, so snapped the picture you see on this page. Reading from left to right are Messrs. Herbert Bell, president of the company; B. Stark, Texas distributor; R. S. Shelley, Michigan, Iowa and Nebraska distributor; Howard D. Thomas, Oregon and Washington distributor; R. Bell, an officer of the company and McCubbin, Utah distributor. Electrad, Inc., announced the addition of two newly perfected power amplifiers utilizing the revolutionary LoftinWhite Direct-Coupled System, which with their Model A-24T, completes a line of Amplifiers suitable for the present-day requirements of sound amplification of all types. These Electrad Direct-Coupled Amplifiers are readily adaptable to all usual requirements of sound amplification from microphones, phonograph pickups, radio tuners — in fact, for all types of amplification at audio frequencies. Electrad, Inc., will be glad to supply additional technical information on request to their engineering department at 175 Varick street, New York, N. Y. William Hitt returned last month from an extended trip throughout the East where he visited numerous factories which he represents in California. He stated that he had returned with samples of new products from both Eby and Aerovox and believes that he will be of even greater assistance to the local manufacturers this season in supplying parts necessary to their new model midgets. The offices of the Radio and Music Trades Association of Southern California were moved last month from the Commercial Exchange building to the Chamber of Commerce building, located at 12th and Broadway. They now have a very fine suite on the second floor and Mr. Farquharson, the Secretary, hopes that all members will come up and see him in room 234. The Radio Manufacturers" and Agents' Association, presided over by Lombard Smith held their semi-monthly luncheon meeting at the Metropole Cafe, Friday, January 9th. There were forty-two in attendance, which clearly demonstrated the interest in the subject to be discussed. "Will it be to the interest of the public and the trade to introduce at this time the new Super-Heterodyne midget" — A red-hot subject, to be handled with care. Most of the prominent midget manufacturers were there and the concensus of opinion seemed to be — now is the time to introduce the new models, especially if Los Angeles is to remain the center of the midget manufacturing business. It was an excellent meeting and we will look forward to many more of them during the coming year. * * * The Polymet Manufacturing Corporation of New York, manufacturers of high quality condensers, transformers, volume controls and resistors are now distributing their new 1931 catalogue. This catalogue is of special interest to dealers, service men and radio set manufacturers as it not only gives all the specifications of the different units, but contains dimensional drawings of them. * * * Among the new faces along Radio Row is that of A. J. Carlson, representing the United American Bosch Corporation, who has transferred his activities to the Southern California territory, working in conjunction with Collins-Lane Company, Bosch Radio distributors. Carl, as he is better known to the radio trade, celebrates something of a home-coming, in his return to Southern California, as he was formerly a radio retailer in Los Angeles, and at one time manager of the Radio Department of Parmalee-Dohrman. George Lane George Lane, manager of Collins-Lane Company, reports that the demand for Bosch radio receivers is keeping up and with the sales assistance of Mr. Carlson they expect to greatly expand their sales organization. * * # Among those who were absent from Los Angeles last month was David Marshank of the Marshank Sales Company, 224 East 16th street Mr. Marshank spent a week in San Francisco and neighboring turers and the dealers. :ities visiting the manufac