The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

Last-Minute News of the Trade Columbia Phonograph Co. Declares Cash Dividend on Capital Stock Board of Directors Announce Dividend of $4 Per Share on Capital Stock — Numerous Factors Responsible for Remarkable Development of Business Scientific and commercial advance in the phonograph industry within the last few years, including New Process records, with their noiseless and scratchless surface; electric reproducing phonographs, whose volume can be controlled; portable phonographs of a tonal quality and volume immeasurably superior to the old cabinet phonographs; tremendous successes of individual records, sales of which totaled hundreds of thousands, and the concentration by Columbia on the Masterworks series, comprising the compositions of the world's greatest composers, are some of the reasons given by the Columbia Phonograph Co. for the remarkable development of its business, which made it possible for the company to declare a dividend of $4 per share on its capital stock on March 28. Announcement of the dividend by the board of directors of the Columbia Co. at the regular monthly meeting at the executive offices, 1819 Broadway, New York City, it is declared, is tangible proof of the success of the new Columbia Phonograph Co., Inc., organized in Feb Dearborn Agency Gets Important Account United Air Cleaner Co., of Chicago, Appoints Ad Counselor — H. Donaldson Leopold, Vice-President of the Agency, in Personal Charge of the Account Chicago, III., April 5. — Frank F. Paul, general sales manager of the United Air Cleaner Co. of this city, announced this week that the H. Donaldson Leopold Dearborn Advertising Agency of Chicago had been appointed advertising counselor for the company's phonograph motor and air-cleaner divisions. H. Donaldson Leopold, who is vicepresident of the Dearborn Advertising Agency, will be in personal charge of the account, giving the United Air Cleaner Co. the benefit of his many years of advertising and merchandising experience in the music industry. ruary, 1924, and proves not only the basic strength of the industry, but demonstrates that it pays cash dividends to manufacture quality merchandise and to adopt a liberal policy toward the trade which enables retailers handling the line to share in the prosperity of the manufacturer to as great an extent as possible. Increased sales have been made possible by expanded production facilities. Columbia business now extends throughout the world, and the company makes recordings in twenty-seven foreign languages for the United States alone. In addition, Columbia interests own and operate eighteen factories in fourteen countries, including the new factory in Australia and the recently acquired Nipponophone Co. of Japan. The Okeh Phonograph Co. is also now owned by Columbia. The officers of the Columbia Phonograph Co., Inc., are Louis Sterling, chairman of the Board; H. C. Cox, president; W. C. Fuhri, vicepresident and general sales manager; F. J. Ames, secretary and treasurer; R. H. Baker, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer. Ray Reilly Carryola Sales and Ad. Mgr. Has Been Associated With the Phonograph Industry for Fifteen Years — Formerly With Columbia and Sonora O. L. Prime, president of the Carryola Co. of America, Milwaukee, Wis., manufacturer of Carryola portables and phonographs and the Carryola electric pick-up, announced this week the appointment of Ray Reilly as sales and advertising manager of the company with headquarters in Milwaukee. The appointment of Ray Reilly as Carryola's sales and advertising manager will be welcome news to the phonograph industry throughout the country, for he has been associated with the music trade for fifteen years. He started in the phonograph industry as a house-to-house canvasser for phonograph products, subsequently being a factor in every phase of retail and wholesale merchandising. In the fifteen years that he has been identified with phonograph activities Mr. Reilly has been associated with only two other companies outside of his own business — namely, the Columbia Phonograph Co., Inc.. and the Sonora Phonograph Co., Inc. With the former organization Mr. Reilly attained exceptional success as a member of the Chicago sales staff, at one time winning Brunswick dealers throughout the country received last week a very interesting letter over the signature of R. W. Jackson, general sales manager of the Panatrope division of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., wherein he referred to certain rumors which have been recognition as the first man in the entire Columbia country-wide organization in point of sales volume. As district representative for the Sonora Phonograph Co., Inc., covering Chicago territory, Mr. Reilly won the friendship and esteem of jobbers and dealers through his ability to co-operate with them along practical lines in solving their sales problems. During the past six years, Mr. Reilly has also made a detailed study of radio merchandising, visiting radio jobbers and dealers throughout his territory and acquainting himself with sales Ray Reilly developments in this industry. He, therefore, brings to his Carryola connections a thorough knowledge of merchandising as applied to phonograph and radio products which will give him an opportunity to work in close co-operation with Carryola dealers and wholesalers. New Distributors Lambert Friedl, president of the Symphonic Sales Corp., New York, sole sales representative for Wasmuth-Goodrich radio cabinets, announced this week that the company had appointed the Times Appliance Co. and Stanley & Patterson, of New York City, as distributors for these products. Both of these concerns are RCA jobbers and are recognized as among the foremost radio wholesalers in the East. The RCA license for tuned radio frequency receivers and for power supply and power amplifier units, formerly held by the William T. Murdock Co., of Chelsea, Mass., has been transferred to the Philadelphia Storage Battery Co., of Philadelphia, Pa. prevalent the past month regarding mergers in the phonograph and radio industry. With specific reference to the company's manufacturing plans for the future, and in order to give Brunswick dealers the details regarding (Continued on page 84) Brunswick Co. to Make Radio Sets in Co-operation With Radio Corp. R. W. Jackson, General Sales Manager of Brunswick Co., Issues Interesting Statement Regarding Straight Radio Set Production Plans 34a