The talking machine world (Jan-June 1925)

108 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD May 15, 1925 Many Brunswick Franchises Granted Eastern Dealers New York Division of Brunswick Co., Under Direction of H. A. Beach, Grants Many New Agencies to Leading Talking Machine Houses Since the first of the year the sales staff of the New York division of the Brunswick Co., under the direction of H. A. Beach, Eastern sales manager of the phonograph division of the company, has been engaged in an intensive campaign to secure representation for the Brunswick instruments: with the leading phonograph dealers throughout the Eastern States. That success has rewarded their efforts is evidenced by the following list of new accounts which have already been granted the Brunswick franchise this year: Fifth Avenue Salon, New York City; Foster Piano Co., Troy, N. Y. ; Harry W. Perlman, New York City; The Chalmers Co., Newark, N. J.; St. Lawrence County Utilities, Inc., Gouverneur, N. Y.; Sol. Sokler, Carteret, N. J.; Morris Music Shop, New York City; McCoy's, Inc., Waterbury and Hartford, Conn.; Sherman Music Shop, New York City; Peoples Music House, Easton, Pa.; Riggins, Gaskill & Hunt, Bridgeton, N. J.; Miller Piano Co., West Chester, Pa.; Phillips Music Store, South Bethlehem, Pa.; A. N. Plates, Atlantic City, N. J.; Ramsdell & Son, Philadelphia, Pa.; Reifsnyder's Music Store, Reading, Pa.; Miller Piano Co., Coatesville, Pa.; J. R. Wilson Co., Philadelphia; C. J. Heppe & Son, with two stores in Philadelphia; Emery's Music House, Columbia, Pa.; B. B. Todd, Philadelphia; J. H. Lanterman, East Stroudsburg, Pa.; Bennett Piano Co., Wilkesbarre, Pa.; D. Tattersdill, Camden, N. J.; American Music Sales Co., Inc., Waynesboro, Pa.; Foy, Inc., Washington, D. C; Radio Sales Studio, Washington, D. C. ; Fuller Music House, New Bern, N. C; Central Carolina Furniture Co., Sanford, N. C; Kingston Electric Co., Kingston, N. C. ; Ready Undertakers, North Wilkesboro, N. C; W. S. Reich & Sons, Inc., Elkin, N. C; and Charles L. Whitman, Mount Airy, N. C. Hazeltine Corp. Issues an Important Statement The stockholders of the Hazeltine Corp. received recently a very interesting statement from R. T. Pierson, president of the company, immediately after a meeting of the board of directors. The Hazeltine Corp. is the exclusive owner of all patents and trademark rights of the neutrodyne system of radio reception. Mr. Pierson's statement, in part, said: "In view of the acquisition of your company of 80 per cent of the stock of the recently formed Latour Corp., for the sum of $275,000, which was paid in cash out of your earnings, and certain guarantees, totaling $50,000, it was voted at a meeting of the board of directors of your com pany held April 29, 1925, that we omit the _ dividend for the present quarter. "The Latour Corp. owns, subject to four non-exclusive licenses, the entire right, title and interest in and to the inventions, pending applications for United States Letters Patent and issued United States Letters Patent, together with all Cuban rights to the inventions, applications and patents of Professor Marius C. A. Latour, the famous French scientist and inventor. Your directors are unanimous in the opinion that the Latour inventions will have a far-reaching effect in the radio industry, and that the purchase thereof will ultimately prove to be a profitable acquisition. "The directors were further influenced in omitting the dividend by that fact that the industry is passing through a process of stabilization. This is the natural sequence of an unprecedented and rapid development. It is not surprising and need not shake confidence in the future, but rightly viewed spells for a larger industry on a better and sounder basis." Will Sell With a Ten Day Return Privilege Brightson Laboratories, Inc., whose executive offices are in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 16 West Thirty-fourth street, New York City, which recently radically reduced its five and six dollar "True Blue" tubes, and changed its sales policy, makes the further announcement that all of its products will now be sold with a ten-day return privilege and a sixty-day written guarantee against mechanical defects. In both its trade and consumer announcements the Brightson Laboratories features this new sales policy. The Brightson organization recently discontinued its plan of distributing "True Blue" tubes through jobbers. It will continue to have representatives in some of the largest trade centers, but through the elimination of jobbers it is now possible to market its product at the lower prices. A. Atwater Kent Honored A. Atwater Kent, president of the Atwater Kent Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa., is an executive of exceptional ability, as is visualized in the great Atwater Kent organization which has had such tremendous growth and success under his able direction. Many honors have been fittingly paid him. One of the latest is a march dedicated to A. Atwater Kent and written by Carl Bonawitz, organist of the Germantown Theatre of this city, and broadcast by him a half-dozen times or more with gratifying success. It is stated that Mr. Bonawitz is a friend of Mr. Kent and has frequently visited the big Atwater Kent plant, the operation of which, he states, furnished him inspiration for the march. R. M. Rath and J. Meyers have purchased the Dodge City Music Co., Dodge City, Kans. COTTON FLOCKS Air floated, all injurious foreign matter eliminated for Record and Radio Manufacturing THE PECKHAM MFG. CO. 23N8e^jh s.™.. Stromberg-Carlson Report Shows Financial Strength Company's Assets Total $4,441,822.87 and Surplus, December 31, 1924, Was $1,611,332.35 Rochester, N. Y., May 7.— The StrombergCarlson Telephone Mfg. Co., of this city, manufacturer of neutrodyne receivers, loud speakers, telephone apparatus and other products, submitted to its stockholders recently a very excellent report showing the bajance sheet for the year ending December 31, 1924. The company's assets total $4,441,822.87 and the surplus on December 31, 1924 was $1,611,332.35. This company is recognized throughout the country as one of the foremost factors in the manufacture of electrical products, and as a neutrodyne licensee it has won a leading position in the ranks of radio manufacture. The products made by the company are used the world over, and the same successful methods that have been utilized for many years in the manufacture and marketing of its other products have been followed in its radio activities. In 1925 the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co. has a very ambitious and interesting manufacturing and sales program that assures the continued success of its radio division as well as the success of dealers handling its products. New Peerless Album Style Just Announced The Peerless Album Co., 638 Broadway, New York City, manufacturer of record albums, record carrying cases and other talking machine products, has just announced a new popular-priced album designed exclusively for portable talking machines. This album, made at a popular price, fits perfectly the portable lids. The record pockets have end openings which allow the extraction of selected records without removing the album from its resting place. The album holds ten records and should prove of interest to retailers as well as manufacturers inasmuch as it is available for installation in portables that have been sold during the past several years. Wells Go. Branch Moves Longmont, Col., May 7 — The Charles E. 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