Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

Page Forty-six RADIO DOINGS March, 1931 CADIC GCINGX €N 4CCLND TCWN MR. RUSS Bert Knis cated at 924 B HINES, who has been associated with Mr. ;ht, now heads his own company. He is lo:aux Arts building in Los Angeles and is the Pacific Coast representative for Cornell Resistors, Premier Coils and Reliance Variable Condensers. Mr. H i n e s has been in the manufacturers' agents business for a number of years and is well known throughout the industry. Wc wish him all the luck in the world in his new venture. Possibly other lines might be added later if the necessity arises. Mr. Al Hirsch, of the Micamold Company of Chicago, condenser and resistor manufacturers, spent a few days in Los Angeles. In company with Frank Emmett, manufacturer's agent, Al called on all of the local manufacturers and took some orders. Al says it was a new experience to run into the members of our local Radio Sculptors Guild as chisseling is not yet a fine art east of the Rockies. Mr. William W. Garstang, of the engineering department of the Elkon Division of P. R. Mallory 6? Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, was a visitor in Los Angeles during the last week in February, and interviewed the engineers of the local manufacturers, together with Carl Stone, factory representative. The Elkon dry electrolytic filter condensers, manufactured by the Mallory Company, were the chief topic of conversation during these interviews. Mr. John Booth, one of the bestknown retail radio and music merchants in Southern California, is again in charge of the Radio and Music department of Barker Brothers. Mr. Booth has made a marked success in each position that he has held and we expect him to very materially increase the music and radio sales for Barker Brothers. .~o.o Manufacturers and Agents Association held their bi-monthly luncheon meeting at the Metropolc Cafe, Friday the twenty-seventh. There was a large attendance and the discussion was spirited. Mr. Dick Leitner, chairman of the Standardization committee, read a very interesting report pertaining to the performances of certain super-heterodyne sets. Mr. Farquharson told of his trip to San Francisco and of the work that the California Manufacturers' Association and the Music and Radio Trades' Association are doing to keep foolish, trick and vicious bills from being passed by the Legislature and thereby becoming laws. Mr. L. E. Taufenbach, president of Western Radio, Inc., announced this last week that they would no longer be the Southern California and Arizona distributors for Brunswick radio sets and records. This new arrangement was apparently agreeable to both parties. Mr. Taufenbach stated that he would at present confine his efforts to distributing Silver-Marshall super-heterodyne receivers, electric clocks, tubes, batteries and accessories. The Electronic Clan, a society of engineers of the local manufacturers, held their regular bi-monthly meeting at the Cafe Metropole Tuesday evening, February 24th. Messrs. Miller and Patterson engaged in a debate over the relative merits of the padded oscillator condenser and the special cut plate condenser in super-heterodynes. The judges, Messrs. Howard and Garstang, called it a draw. Mr. Garstang then spoke on behalf of the truly dry electrolytic filter condenser, as compared with the wet variety. * * * "King Leer" from Chicago has been in our midst! He held forth in Gilfillan's laboratory and showed some of our local boys how to build super-hets with some real sensitivity and wallop. Representing the Chicago Coil and Wire Company, Bill Leer introduced intermediate couplers and RF coils wound with 10-strand Litz. These put so much performance into a midget super that it's just too bad! Anyhow, we're glad Bill came West, and hope to see him again soon. # * * More than two hundred Southern California radio dealers gathered at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Wednesday afternoon, February eighteenth to discuss advertising and merchandising plans for the new Holbrook Electric Refrigerator which is to be distributed by Walter M. Fagan, president of Pacific Wholesale, Ltd. Fagan has long been prominent in local radio circles as distributor of the Sparton receivers, which he will continue to handle. The meeting was called by Fagan, who presided as chairman. Speakers included C. H. Merrill, president of Holbrook, Merrill and Stetson, refrigerator manufacturers; Gordon Muir, factory advertising manager; C. H. Nagel, manager of Silverwood's, and Russel Lockwood. Enthusiasm and optimism were strikingly manifested at the meeting.