The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

The Talking Machine World, New York, March, 1928 75 RMA Directors Meet in Buffalo Board of Directors and Patent Interchange Committee Hold Two-Day Meeting to Consider Important Problems Buffalo, N. Y., March 10. — A two-day meeting of directors and committee members of the Radio Manufacturers' Association was held at the Hotel Statler here on Thursday and Friday, March 8 and 9, to consider a number of important problems dealing with the industry. On Thursday the RMA Patent Interchange Committee, specially organized to attempt formation of a radio patent cross-licensing plan, met with A. J. Carter, chairman, presiding. This committee worked on a final draft on the crosslicensing plan which will be presented to the membership of the Association at the RMA convention in June. The board of directors met on Friday and discussed many problems of immediate importance, chief of which was the consideration of the radio matters pending in Washington. Bond P. Geddes, executive vice-president of the Association, who recently went to Washington to co-operate with the National Association of Broadcasters and the Federated Radio Trade Association, told of the decisions reached at a meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee of the three industry associations held on March 2. The directors also considered a commercial definition of "socket-power" operation, which was submitted by the RMA Engineering Division, the object of which is to clarify advertising and the public understanding of "socketpower" products. Plans for the annual convention and trade show to be held in Chicago in June were also discussed by the board. Ozark Motor Supply Is Sonora Jobber Will Cover Oklahoma and Parts of Missouri and Kansas on Behalf of Sonora Products — Lester Cox, Well Known to the Trade, Is Head of Organization The Ozark Motor Supply Co., of Springfield. Mo., was recently appointed a distributor of Sonora phonographs and radio products. This concern, which has for a number of years been an active figure in wholesale circles in this territory, will cover Oklahoma and portions of Missouri and Kansas in behalf of Sonora phonograph and radio products. Lester Cox, who for many years had been a leading factor in music circles throughout Missouri, recently purchased control of the Ozark Motor Supply Co., and is now president of the organization. He will personally supervise the music-radio activities of his company, and his keen enthusiasm regarding Sonora products insures the success of this line in his territory. Two Chicago Radio Parts Makers Merge Chicago, III., March 7.— Announcement was recently made of the consolidation of the Jefferson Electric Mfg. Co. and the Chicago Fuse Co., the new organization to be known as the Chicago-Jefferson Fuse & Electric Co. The Jefferson organization is well known for its line of radio transformers, rejuvenators and testers and sundry other products, and the Chicago Fuse Mfg. Co. has a big following on its Union renewable and non-renewable fuses, Gem powerlets and Gem switch and outlet boxes. The following are officers of the new organization: President, J. A. Bennan, formerly of the Jefferson Electric Mfg. Co.; vice-president, A. R. Johnson, formerly secretary of Jefferson Electric Mfg. Co.; vice-president, A. E. Tregenza, formerly vice-president of Chicago Fuse Mfg. Co., and treasurer, J. C. Daley, formerly treasurer of the Jefferson Electric Mfg. Co. Samuels Corp. Has Several New Models Business of Leon C. Samuels Corp. Is Being Operated on Much Larger Scale — New Talking Machines Are Introduced The Leon C. Samuels Corp., which has been prominent in the phonograph field for many years and was incorporated after the death of its founder in April, 1927, with Mrs. L. C. Samuels as president, is conducting its business on a larger scale than ever before, according to reports from the firm's headquarters in Chicago. Recently several new model talking machines were introduced by the firm, which are shown elsewhere in this issue. The firm covers the entire United States through sales representatives, and W. A. Ferguson, secretary and treasurer, recently returned from a trip through the South upon which he visited a number of important trade centers in the interest of the firm's products. Pete Sampson Is Honored by Dealers Chicago, III., March 5. — Thirty-three Atwater Kent dealers of this city reversed the usual order of social proceedings and, instead of being the guests of their radio distributor, were hosts to Pete Sampson, president of the Sampson Electric Co., Atwater Kent distributor, at a dinner on February 15 at the Rendezvous Cafe. The dinner was given in recognition of the service given by the Sampson organization and as a tribute to Mr. Sampson. The distributor was presented with a loving cup, forty-two inches high, bearing the inscription, "To Pete Sampson, a Regular .Fellow" on one side, with the names of the dealers participating on the other. Now Vice-President of Lyon & Healy Walter P. Roche, a Leading Figure in Phonograph and Radio Fields, Elected to Important Post in Chicago Firm At a meeting of the board of directors of Lyon & Healy, held February 28 in Chicago, Walter P. Roche was elected to the office of vice-president, in charge of wholesale and re Walter P. Roche tail radio and phonograph departments, and all wholesale departments except sheet music. Mr. Roche, who is one of the outstanding figures in the radio and phonograph merchandising fields, was appointed a director of the company in 1926. Twenty-two years ago Mr. Roche became associated with Lyon & Healy as a stock and errand boy in the wholesale talking machine department. 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