Radio today (Sept 1935-Dec 1936)

TODAY'S TRADE TOPICS (Continued from page 45) * G. K. Throckmorton, exec vicepresident of RCA Mfg. Co., has news of the company's unification of selling activities; 18 district control offices have recently been set up. Sales forces in these districts for radios, records, tubes, parts and other apparatus, which had been operating independently, will now be supervised by district managers. Managers, with their headquarters, are J. B. Elliot, Boston; Herbert C. Edgar, Syracuse; L. W. Teegarden, New York; John K. West, Philadelphia; E. W. Butler, Pittsburgh; Roy A. Forbes, Washington; M. F. Blakeslee, Atlanta; Norman Bass, Cincinnati; H. A. Edwards, Cleveland; Robert E. Kane, Detroit; F. H. Larrabee, Chicago; Fred D. Wilson, Minneapolis; H. T. Stockholm, St. Louis; F. Bewsher, New Orleans; James W. Cocke, Dallas; Dean A. Lewis, Denver; N. A. Woodford, Seattle; and James E. Francis, Los Angeles. ■*• New representative for Consolidated Speaker Co., Chicago, is John J. Koppele, recently appointed to handle the company's sales in the East. Koppele's address is 60 E. 42nd St., New York City. + Two radio heroes of the tornado emergency at Gainsville, Ga., were Irving Miller, manager of the Atlanta branch of Wholesale Radio Service Co., and Howard W. Stephens, W4CDH. They rushed into the stricken town with a battery-operated receiver and transmitter, set up the outfit in one of the few buildings left standing, and handled nearly 200 relief messages during a 3 3-hour stretch. * R. M. Coburn has become assistant sales manager for the National Union Radio Corp., New York City. * General Jorge Ubico, president of Guatemala, has purchased a new Gar Wood cruiser, standard equipped with a Phileo radio. Boat will be used for fishing in the Pacific, out of San Jose. * Manager of Davidson's Radio Repair Shop, Bayshore, Long Island, N. Y., is now a woman, Mrs. Harry Davidson, who confronts patrons with such an impressive knowledge of radio sets that they don't have time to ask for the man of the place. * Garod Radio Corp. has announced an all expense paid, Labor Day cruise to Nova Scotia, Sept. 4-8, to those of its dealers who qualify. Lou Silver, . Garod sales manager, is in charge of the plans. * Dr. E. F. Lowry is the new director of research and development for Continental Elec. Co., St. Charles, 111., makers of photo cells, electronic, and special vacuum devices. Lowry was formerly research engineer for Westinghouse. * Sales and factory headquarters of Grebe Radio and Television Corp. are now under one roof at 119 Fourth Ave., New York City, where the company also enjoys enlarged plant facilities. Operations will be carried on under the name of Grebe Mfg. Co., Inc. * S. H. Couch Co., Inc., North Quincy, Mass., has a new sales agent for Metropolitan New York. Wesley Block & Co., 15 E. 2 6th St., will handle the company's apartment house telephone and mail boxes, private telephones, amplifiers, centralized sound equipment, fire alarms and signaling specialties. W. J. Clifford Co., 3 9 Cortlandt St., continues as Couch agent for other items. * J. R. Brandenburg has joined the Zenith Radio Corp. as district sales manager covering the Philadelphia and Washington, D. C. territory. He was, for a number of years, a member of the RCA-Victor sales organization. * Miss Helen Stanilind, right bower and left bower to Jim Qnam, head of Quam-Nichols, Chicago speaker manufacturers, spent about ten days in Gotham this month, making her headquarters at the New York office of the company, 1674 Broadway. Miss Stanilind was royally welcomed by Milt Schechter and Bob Breuer, Quam-Nichols representatives in the Eastern territory, and her only complaint was directed toward Daylight-Saving Time which, somehow or other, didn't seem to provide for a sufficient number of hours for sleeping purposes. * E. E. Brown has become general sales manager for Associated Cinema Studios, Hollywood transcription laboratory. + Herbert H. Frost, founder and for several years president of the RMA, has joined the Ferry-Hanly Co., 500 Fifth Ave., New York City. Frost will be radio and merchandising counsel to the agency's clients. * Art Director's Club, at this year's exhibition in New York City, gave the Columbia Broadcasting System three awards for excellence in advertising. CBS had the best photographic illustration, the best booklet, and the best trade paper photographic illustration. The first was a picture of an African drummer used in a CBS ad, the second an announcement of WJR'S addition to the CBS net, and the third was Columbia's "Awards" advertisement. * GE has a new district radio specialist in the Buffalo territorv, T. P. Begy. • What radio manufacturer gave dealers the best Sales Promotion helps for 19351936 season? According to the results of a nation-wide survey among radio dealers conducted by an outside agency, General Electric leads the parade. • — • — • • The five Bandmasters in the new G-E Radio Window Display are leading the parade of passers-by right to dealers' windows and into their stores. These band leaders attract attention, arouse interest, and drive home the sales features of G-E Radio in a sales-compelling manner. , # • More Winners — To J. L. Schricker of the General Electric Supply Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, and P. D. Horan of Virginian Electric, Inc., Charleston, W. Va., congratulations! Each won a new automobile for doing the outstanding jobs in . the President's Campaign sponsored by G-E Radio Distributors. • — • • • Don Shattuck was appointed District Sales Representative of G-E Radio Division with headquarters in Omaha, Neb. • — • — • • The American Legion announces that $8,000,000 of bonus money will be spent for radio receivers. G-E Radio Distributors have a plan to help dealers secure a good share of this plus business. Your G-E Radio Distributor will be glad to tell you about it. • — • — • • More than 3,675,800,000 G-E Monograms on electrical appliances purchased for use in American homes keep reminding millions of consumers of G-E quality. Good will builds sales. • — • — • • Spring + car + auto radio = a perfect combination. For those dealers who feature it now, the new G-E Metal-tube Auto Radio will furnish additional sales. Metal Tubes insure a clear, rich tone, free from tube noise resulting from vibration — a real sales feature. • — • — • • Research Keeps General Electric Years Ahead — The perfection of Metal Tubes, in the "House of Magic," was announced by General Electric just a little over a year ago. This latest G-E development made possible a new era in improved radio reception. The public's appreciation is reflected in the phenomenal increase in G-E Radio sales for the current season. WATCH G-E RADIO IN 1936 52 Radio Today