The talking machine world (July-Dec 1928)

40 The Talking Machine World, New York, December, 1928 L. T. Breck Named Kolster Sales Manager Has Been Assistant to Major H. H. Frost — Was Formerly Western Sales Manager of the Yale Electric Co. L. T. Breck has been appointed sales manager of the Kolster Radio Corp. His promotion follows within a few months his appoint L. T. Breck ment as assistant to Major Herbert H. Frost, vice-president in charge of merchandising. Mr. Breck came to the company last July, when he resigned his position as Western sales manager of the Yale Electric Co. He has an extensive trade acquaintance. Mr. Breck was a student at Washington University, in St. Louis, when the United States entered the World War. He also studied law at the Kansas City Law School. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps the day war was declared, April 6, 1917, and was discharged as an ensign in 1919, when he became a salesman for the Inland Machine Works of St. Louis. He entered the automotive parts business in Kansas City in 1921 and later became vice-president and sales manager of the Peerless Auto Supply Co. of Kansas City. DeForest Announces Replacement Policy H. C. Holmes, General Sales Manager, Explains Method by Which Adjustments on Defective Tubes Are Made A replacement policy which is at once fair to all parties concerned, simple and prompt in its adjustments, is announced at this time for the DeForest Audions by H. C. Holmes, general sales manager of the DeForest Radio Co., Jersey City, N. J. "While every effort is made in production, inspection and test of DeForest audions to produce only perfect tubes, the possibility of defective tubes occasionally reaching the consumer is fully recognized, and we have therefore endeavored to take care of such a situation by a satisfactory replacement policy. Our dealers are being provided with DeForest audion replacement labels in booklet form, with permanent stub. The customer is asked to return any defective tube to the dealer from whom i. was purchased. The dealer fills out both stub and label with the necessary information called for, using his own system of numbering in the spaces provided. The label is affixed to the defective audion, and the defective audions are kept separate from the regular stock. On the iirst and fifteenth of each month the defective audions are returned to the DeForest distributor, who sees that adjustments are made promptly. The distributor forwards all defective tubes to the DeForest Radio Co., where they are tested not only for the basis of adjustment, but to check up on any possible production, inspection or shipping details that might need improvement." Weston Profits Increase A net profit of $380,430 in the nine months ended September 30 was reported by the Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., Newark, N. J. This compares with $349,778 in the same period last year. A new issue of 35,000 shares of no par common stock of City Radio Stores, Inc., priced at $28.50, was recently offered. The company plans to operate, through subsidiaries, a chain of ten retail radio stores. Arthur Moss Elected Electrad President Has Directed Sales and Advertising Since the Formation of Company Some Five Years Ago — Steady Sales Growth Arthur Moss, treasurer of Electrad, Inc., New York City, in charge of sales and advertising since the company was formed some five years ago, has been elected to the presidency of the company. Electrad, Inc., manufactures a wide range of high-grade radio products^ which since the inception of the company has met Arthur Moss with a ready reception on the part of radio set makers and the general public. Under Mr. Moss's management the company's sales have rapidly increased, and the organization is now recognized as one of the leaders of the industry. The accession of Mr. Moss to the presidency is significant as indicating a distinctly progressive policy that points to a greater growth of the business. Music Slogan Contest Ends The music slogan contest, sponsored by the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, closed on December 1 with every indication that it has fulfilled its purpose of stimulating public interest in musical instruments. The contest has been in progress since September 1, and many thousands of descriptive leaflets were distributed to the public. An award of $1,000 will be made to the person coining the slogan accepted from the thousands which have been submitted to the judges. Davega to Open New Store Davega, Inc., operating a chain of music and sports stores, will soon open its fourteenth store and the sixth during the last year, at 166-07 Jamaica avenue, L. I., N. Y. Officials of the company state that sales for October showed an 85 per cent increase over any previous October in the fifty years of the firm's existence, a most satisfactory showing. Purchases Music Store George Oschwald has purchased the music business of Charles Olendorf, knows as the Olendorf Music Store, Lawrenceville, 111., and is conducting it under his own name. Mr. Oschwald has been connected with the store as manager for the past seven years. The Rex Music Shop, 2169 Broadway, Gary, Ind., was recently incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 to deal in musical instruments, radio sets and accessories. The incorporators are Don Whitman, Orville Shelton and Mrs. P. M. Shelton. 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