The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

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Last-Minute News of the Trade Harry L. Spencer Now New England Manager of Sonora Popular Executive Has Assumed New Duties as District Manager for the Sonora Phonograph Co., Inc — Widely Known in the Trade A. J. Kendrick, vice-president and general manager of the Sonora Phonograph Co., Inc., has announced the appointment of Harry L. Harry L. Spencer Spencer as New England district manager of the company. Mr. Spencer assumed his new duties this week and his appointment will be welcome news to Sonora dealers throughout New England, for he is one of the most popu lar members of the New England sales fraternity. The J. H. Burke Co., Sonora distributor, with headquarters in Boston, Mass., will continue to function in this capacity, as heretofore. Harry L. Spencer has been identified with phonograph activities in New England for many years, having been one of the members of the firm of Kraft, Bates & Spencer, Brunswick jobbers, and, more recently, Brunswick branch manager at Boston, Mass. During his activities in the phonograph industry since 1909 Mr. Spencer has served as president of the New England Music Trades Association and has always taken an important part in the activities of this organization. Prior to his departure from the Brunswick Co., in Boston, Mr. Spencer was the guest of honor at a dinner given to him by the members of his former organization, and during the course of the evening was presented with a very beautiful desk pen set as a token of esteem and affection. Indiana Electric & Mfg. Go. Acquires New Plant Marion, Ind., February 7. — Arthur E. Case, president of the Indiana Electric & Mfg. Co., of this city, manufacturer of Case receivingsets, has acquired an efficient and up-to-date plant to replace the factory which was burned down recently. The new plant gives the company the same facilities as in the past and the manufacture of Case radio products was resumed without delay. The fire caused damage estimated at $300,000, but Mr. Case lost no time in re-establishing manufacturing facilities. A. W. Fritzsche Resigns as Okeh Vice-President Will Devote Entire Time to His Duties as Vice-President of General Phonograph Corp. and General Phonograph Mfg. Co. Allan W. Fritzsche, one of the most popular executives in the phonograph industry, has resigned as vice-president of the Okeh Phonograph Corp. and will devote all of his activities in the future to his duties as vice-president of the General Phonograph Corp. and the General Phonograph Mfg. Co. Mr. Fritzsche's family and he personally have extensive financial interests in these two organizations and according to his present plans Mr. Fritzsche will concentrate his activities on the sale of Heineman motors and needles. He is well known throughout the trade, having spent considerable time in the field, and numbers among his friends manufacturers and wholesalers from coast to coast. Acme Electric & Mfg. Go. Announces Price Reduction Cleveland, O., February 8.— R. A. Lais, sales manager of the Acme Electric & Mfg. Co., of this city, manufacturer of Acme power unit products, has announced a reduction in price of the type A B C-5 converter from $34.50 to $32.50 and the harness for the six-tube set has been priced at $7. The reduction in price of the A B C-5 converter was made after the company's advertisement for this issue of The Talking Machine World went to press. Grigsby-Grunow-Hinds Go. Takes Over a Huge Plant Addition of Large Plant of Yellow Truck & Coach Co. in Chicago Gives G.-G.-H. Co. Nearly Half-Million Square Feet of Space With the acquisition, a short time ago, of the enormous plant of the Yellow Truck & Coach Mfg. Co., in Chicago, the GrigsbyGrunow-Hinds Co., maker of the famous Majes ing purposes now totals nearly a half-million square feet. The accompanying photograph shows the Majestic plants Nos. 3, 4. 5 and 6, and gives a graphic idea of the tremendous facilities available for manufacturing purposes. These facilities, formerly occupied by the Yellow Coach organization, constitute an up-to-date property with every convenience and modern arrangement with which present-day factories are equipped. As will be noted, the plant stretches over many city blocks, all departments Sonora Executive Headquarters Now in New York Executive Offices to Be Transferred From Chicago to New Sonora Building at 50 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York City Large Plant of Yellow Truck & Coach tic line of radio products, has automatically become one of the largest radio manufacturing institutions in the world. A long-time lease on the Yellow Coach property has been taken by G.-G.-H. Co., the deal involving nearly a million dollars. The company has just completed an addition to its original plant at 4540 Armitage avenue, which doubles the facilities of this plant. The two Armitage avenue plants will be known as Plants Nos. 1 and 2, and the Yellow Coach plants will be known as Majestic Plants Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6. The total floor space of the Majestic organization available for manufactur Co., Chicago, Now Owned by the Grigsby-Grunow-Hinds Co being on one floor, so that speed and efficiency in operations are always possible. The acquisition of this immense new plant and the completion of the Armitage avenue addition tells far better than words the enormous popularity which Majestic radio products have enjoyed during the past several years. It also gives a hint as to the activities to be engaged in in the near future by G.-G.-H. Co. The executive headquarters of the Sonora Phonograph Co., Inc., which heretofore have been located at 64 East Jackson boulevard, Chicago, will in the future be established in New York City. The company is maintaining temporary headquarters at 16 East Fortieth street, New York, but within the next few weeks will move to the handsome Sonora Building, at 50 West Fiftyseventh street, New York, in the heart of the city's finest business section. A. J. Kendrick, vicepresident and general manager of the Sonora Phonograph Co., will make his headquarters in New York, while Harry Bibbs, whose appointment as a member of the Sonora organization is announced in the Chicago section of this issue of The Talking Machine World, will be in charge of the Sonora Chicago offices in the capacity of Middle West division sales manager. The Sonora Chicago offices will continue to be located at 64 East JKajestic W%: Jackson boulevard. A new feature of The Talking Machine World each month is a section devoted to "The Newest in Radio." which appears on pages 89-90 in this issue. Latest products introduced by radio manufacturers are illustrated and described. This is a valuable directory for retail dealers.