The talking machine world (Aug-Dec 1919)

September 15, 1919 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD 179 TALKING MACHINE SURVIVES CRASH A. G. FAROUHARSON HONORED VICTOR-STARR SUIT HEARD Machine Being Carried by Airplane Crashes to the Ground but Is Still Able to Play Records as Well as When it Left Factory Appointed Secretary of the Music Trades Association of Southern California Court Reserves Decision on Application for: Preliminary Injunction for Alleged Infringement of Patent — Briefs to be Filed Toronto, Ont., September 1. — On Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock a fast airplane owned by International Aerial Transport Limited left Toronto for Hamilton. With it went a unique cargo — Gerhard Heintzman phonographs, new from the factory and destined for the wellknown Gerhard Heintzman store in Hamilton. In charge of this shipment was Mrs. Armand Heintzman, wife of the vice-president and general manager of Gerhard Heintzman, Ltd., the first lady passenger in Canada to fly in an aeroplane carrying freight. A few minutes out from Toronto, with the airplane flying at an altitude of 500 feet, one of the phonographs became detached and fell overboard. The trip was completed in 42 minutes. Immediately Mrs. Heintzman telephoned Toronto and informed the factory of the accident. When the phonograph was located it was found that the packing case had been damaged considerably, the cabinet of the phonograph scratched and the lid loosened. Brought back to the factory the phonograph was placed in the testing room and played without yielding trace of the terrific treatment it had undergone. The camera has recorded pictures of the remarkable event, of the starting of the flight and the arrival, of the finding of the phonograph, of the results of this astounding accident. These pictures were on exhibition at the Gerhard Heintzman booth at the Toronto Exhibition and in addition demonstrations were made on this identical phonograph, victim and conqueror of this sensational airplane flight, exactly as it was picked up. Los Angeles, Cal., September 3. — The Music Trades Association of Southern California, which a few months ago succeeded the Retail Talking Machine Dealers' Association, met this afternoon at the Wiley B. Allen Co. store and named A. G. Farquharson as the Association's business secretary. The members were called together at the request of the committee previously appointed to recommend a man for the position and the selection of Mr. Farquharson was speedily confirmed. He has been connected with the Los Angeles branch of the Columbia Graphophone Co., in the capacity of city salesman for several years, and is unanimously regarded as an excellently qualified man for the work which the Association expects of the secretary. He is to take up the work the 1st of October. He is employed on a salary and is to maintain a business office and a stenographer. The other officers of theAssociation are John W. Boothe, president; Edward A. Geissler, vicepresident; Geo. H. Barnes, treasurer, and Harold Jackson, honorary secretary. At a special meeting on August 26 the Association adopted a resolution recommending and requesting that each member write to the Congressman from this district asking his support in the repeal of the war tax on music. This action was taken in response to the published recommendation from Geo. W. Pound, general counsel of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce. The suit of the Victor Talking Machine Co. against the Starr Piano Co., for alleged infringement of the Johnson Patent Number 896,059, covering certain principles of lateral cut record production, came up for a hearing before Judge Mayer in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on September 3rd, on a motion for a preliminary injunction. The suit was originally entered on June 24th of this year, and is regarded as a most important one by the trade generally. After a preliminary argument by the counsel on both sides, Judge Mayer reserved decision and allowed until September 22nd for the filing of briefs by both plaintiff and defendant. NO CHANGE IN CORPORATION NAME On another page of this issue of The World appears a news item announcing the change of name of the Talking Book Corp. to the Graphite Mfg. Co. This item appeared in the New York newspapers in August, but we have just been advised that it was incorrect and that the name of this well-known company still remains the Talking Book Corp. As the trade knows, this concern manufactures a complete line of talking books, dolls, animals, etc., and it has achieved; phenomenal success, placing the line with the best known talking machine dealers. A new store has been opened in Chicago on Western avenue by the Greenstone Talking Machine Co. This store will be retail. J. D. Bright, of the Cleveland Columbia branch, recently won the contest for the highest record in the sale of bubble-books. The Music Service League, 103 Park avenue, New York, has delivered up to the present time 200,000 records to soldiers and sailors. TO WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELV It is announced that the Victor Talking Machine department of Charles H. Ditson & Co.,: New York, has discontinued its retail section, and in the future will sell only at wholesale. 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