Radio today (Jan-Mar 1939)

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ALLIED RADIO | ■ I =s===a CORpORAT,ON | Dept. 15-A-9, 833 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. III. ! • Send me your 1939 Catalog — FREE I I I Name I y Address ■ Harold Davis, alert jobber of Jackson, Miss., who recommends cooperative dealerserviceman-newspaper advertising on vertical antennas. Sentinel Radio Corp., Chicago, announces the appointment of two factory representatives: Sanford Samuel for New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington; E. J. Jordan for California. W. G. H. Finch, president. Finch Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc., has announced that William A. Bruno of New York City is now licensed to manufacture Finch Facsimile receivers in "kit" form. Herbert A. Brennan and Peter A. Wilkinson have formed Brennan-Wilkinson. Inc., 220 East 42nd St., New York City, to represent manufacturers and act as merchandising counsellors. Robert 31. Hadley Co. of Los Angeles has opened an eastern factory at Newark, Del., for the production of its radio transformers. President Hadley will be in charge. Standard Transformer Corp.. Chicago, announces three new appointments. Gerard L. McCole will sell to jobbers in Illinois, including metropolitan Chicago; William E. McFadden will take care of jobbers in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, making headquarters at 256 E. Gates St., Columbus, Ohio, and Wally Swank, with an office at 610 Blaine Ave., Detroit, will serve Stancor Michigan wholesalers. E. E. Butler of Atlanta has been named sales representative of Mueller Electric Co.. 1583 E. 31 St., Cleveland, for the Southeast, including North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee. Br. S. J. Begun, formerly with Acoustic Consultants, Inc., and Guided Radio Co. has joined the technical staff of Brush Development Co. Prior to 1935, Dr. Begun was with several German telephone and sound system firms. No deterrent at all to sale of the Ansley Bynatone is the two-page spread in Life magazine for Jan. 9, featuring the electronic piano made by Ansley Radio Corp., 240 W. 23rd St., New York City. The Star Machine factory, Bronx, N. Y. City, plans another big year in auto radio, states Isidore Finkel, sales manager. A new line of Star control and custom-matched escutcheon plates for all 1939 motor cars will be featured. JOBBERS AND REPS. SAN FRANCISCO— Thirty prizes were given West Coast sales people at the recent dealer meeting held by Philco in the administration building of 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. First award went to Miss Radacher of Peffer Music Co., Stockton; second, William Senders, Martin Piano and Radio Co., San Francisco. More than 1100 dealers, salesmen and their wives attended the meeting, sponsored by Thompson & Holmes, Ltd., Los Angeles. Cliff Bettinger, Philco's Pacific Coast div. man. presided. CAMDEN, N. J.— RCA Victor jobbers were guests here and in New York City at a week-end party sponsored by President David Sarnoff of RCA and George Throckmorton, head of RCA Victor. The party was a thank-you for the distributors' spontaneous drive to break sales records for November ?>.nd December. Al Slap, sales manager, Raymond Rosen & Co., Philadelphia, and President William E. O'Connor, of Southern Wholesalers, Wash., thought up the idea as a fitting climax to 40th anniversary drive and wired each RCA Victor jobber to cooperate. CHICAGO— Distributors recently appointed by Majestic Radio and Television Corp. are: Arvedon Electric Supply, 71 Portland St., Boston, Mass.; Capital Paper Co., 211 W. South St., Indianapolis, Ind.; Central Co., 117 N. 2nd St., Stevens Point, Wis.; Coghlin Electric, 30 Exchange, Worcester, Mass.; Minot Supply Co.. Minot, No. Dak.; Herman-Brownlow Co., Springfield, Mo.; Hi-Speed Tire & Accessory Co., 229 23rd St., Toledo, Ohio; Iowa Wholesale Lab., 746 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Milhender-Afes, 617 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass.; Murphy Supply Co., Green Bay, Wis.; John D. Osgood, Inc., 8 Pleasant St., Haverhill, Mass. NEW YORK— Philco Radio & Television Corp. of New York, 254 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City, and 393 Central Ave., Newark, N. J., changed its name to Philco Distributors, Inc., New York Division, effective Jan. 1. 58 Radio Today