The talking machine world (Jan-June 1925)

168 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD January IS, 1925 Important Changes in Brilliantone Personnel Harry W. Acton, Secretary of the Company, Made General Manager and Appointed to Board — Louis J. Unger Made Sales Manager At a meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Brilliantone Steel Needle Co., New York, held at the company's offices on January H. W. Acton 3, several important changes were made in the administration and executive personnel. Harry W. Acton, secretary of the company and one of its founders, was appointed general managei of the company and elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Acton succeeds B. R. Forster, who resigned from the company's service the Louis J. Unger first of the year. Louis J. Unger, sales manager of the Reflexo Products Co., and well known in the talking machine industry, has also been appointed sales manager of the Brilliantone Steel Needle Co. The appointment, of Harry W. Acton as general manager and director of the Brilliantone Co. is a well-deserved tribute to his splendid service in behalf of the company and its products. As one of the company's active heads since its formation, Mr. Acton has won the confidence and friendship of the trade everywhere, and as general manager of the company he will be in a position to utilize his extensive executive and administrative knowledge to splendid advantage. Louis J. Unger needs no introduction to the talking machine jobbers and dealers, for he was also one of the founders of the Brilliantone Steel Needle Co. until the formation of the Reflexo Products Co., when he was appointed sales manager of that company, and in this important capacity he has visited the jobbers and dealers from coast to coast. In addition to his duties as sales manager of the Brilliantone Steel Needle Co., Mr. Unger will continue to direct the sales and management of the Reflexo Products Co. Both companies will continue the separate activities as heretofore with the added impetus of important sales plans. The other officers of the Brilliantone Steel Needle Co. remain as heretofore, namely, C. H. Bagshaw, president, and W. J. Bagshaw, vicepresident. Thomas A. Edison Planning Annual Florida Vacation Thomas A. Edison, in accordance with his annual custom, is planning to leave the early part of February for a well-deserved vacation of several weeks' duration. As has been his wont for some years past, he will spend his 1925 Winter vacation in Florida. During the past year Mr. Edison has personally directed the phonograph division of his greatly diversified Edison Industries, and in this connection has produced results which are apparent to every one in the trade as regards the development of sound inventory practice and sound merchandising methods for retail Edison dealers. Also the Edison company has made a large number of important new retail connections, and in addition has greatly increased the efficiency of the jobbing phase of the Edison business. Also, without question, much additional progress has been accomplished in 1924 which will bear bigger and better fruit during the present year. Pacent Electric Go. Starts Six Infringement Suits The Pacent Electric Co. on January 8 filed suits against six manufacturers of radio plugs and two radio dealers. All of these parties are alleged to have infringed on a patent issued to Louis J. Pacent and assigned by him to the Pacent Electric Co. These suits are being brought not only for injunction but also to obtain the profits of the manufacturers and the damages of the Pacent Electric Co. Among the companies mentioned in the suits are: Saturn Mfg. & Sales Co., Inc., New York City; Consolidated Instrument Co. of America, Inc., New York City; Polymet Mfg. Corp., New York City; Preferred Radio Products Corp., New York City; Joseph Wildenberg and Jacob Wildenberg, trading as W. B. Mfg. Co., New York City; Mortimer Springarn, trading as Borough Hall Supply Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Samuel A. Paris, trading as King Radio Service, Brooklyn, N. Y. M. I. S. Go. Ties Up With Victor Artists on Radio The Musical Instrument Sales Co., 673 Eighth avenue, New York City, distributor of the Victor line, carried out an intensive sales campaign in conjunction with the recent radio broadcasting by Victor artists. Suggestions were forwarded to its dealers on special window displays and timely advertising material. In addition, in anticipation of an early release on the two John McCormack numbers, "All Alone" and "Rose-Marie," special cards were forwarded to retailers giving them an additional opportunity of ordering advance stock. The Wireless Radio Corp., New York, has been incorporated at Albany, N. Y., with a capital stock of $10,000. The incorporators are A. Graham, G. W. Lillienthal and M. S. Finesilver. Newspaper Gets News Via Radio During Severe Storm Dayton Herald Used Day-Fan Radio Set to Get News From United Press When Storms Crippled Telegraphic Communication C. H. Murchland, United Press telegraph operator, is shown herewith receiving dispatches on a Day-Fan radio set in the offices of the Dayton Herald during a recent storm which swept through the Middle Western States during Christmas week. At the outset of the blizzard the United Press called upon the newspapers it serves to Getting the News with a Day-Fan Set provide radio facilities to combat the storm's interference with their news messages. The Dayton Herald appealed to the Dayton Fan & Motor Co., manufacturer of Day-Fan radio receivers, who immediately dispatched to the Herald office a Day-Fan set, where, under the direction of Major O. E. Marbel, chief DayFan engineer, it was quickly installed and press reports received over it by the operator. Dayton's temperature dropped to 27 degrees in twenty-seven hours, severely crippling telegraph and telephone communication, but giving an opportunity to demonstrate the practical value of the radio to newspapers. A "Radio" Christmas Card The Zenith Radio Corp. received recently a most interesting Christmas card sent out by Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Kieser, owners of the Kieser Book Store, of Omaha, Neb. This card showed a home scene wherein the members of the Kieser family, including Mr. and Mrs. Kieser's three children, were grouped around a Zenith radio set. The text of the greeting, however, was exceptional in its beauty of thought and spirit, reading as follows: "As we turn the dial this Christmas Day and bring into our home the wonderful story and song of the great event in Bethlehem nineteen hundred and twenty-four years ago, for us and for you it can only be a joining with the angelic chorus appearing unto the shepherds of old. As the human voice is carried to-day beyond the distances, so this song of the angelic host carries on through the years and centuries into eternity, swelling in volume and bringing harmony as we tune in with them. As we listen in we think of you and yours, and join in the choral song of joy and gladness which comes to us at this Christmastime. Signing off with good wishes for a Happy New Year. Signed Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Kieser." U. S. Music Co. Holds Annual Sales Meeting The U. S. Music Co. held its annual sales meeting on December 29 and 30 at the headquarters of the company at 2934 West Lake street, Chicago, and the officers of the company, George Ames, sales manager, and the followingrepresentatives were present: S. H. Ferber, F., W. Graetz, M. Lindeman, J. B. Simmons, B. Stinson, F. B. Le Serve and W. G. Ames.