The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

18 The Talking Machine World, New York, May, 1928 F.R.T.A. Plans for Conclave in Chicago To Be Held Simultaneously With RMA Trade Show and Convention in Chicago June 11-15 — Important Program The Federated Radio Trades Association is actively at work making plans for a convention of all its members and prospective members during the coming RMA Trade Show, June 11-15. The attending radio wholesalers will hold a meeting under the auspices of the Radio Wholesalers' Association for work on the completion of this newly formed organization and also to make standard recommendations on trade practices and Code of Ethics. The Dealers' Section of the Federated will also hold a separate meeting devoted exclusively to dealers' problems and the perfecting of the organization to aid the dealers generally throughout the country. The Manufacturers' Representatives' Section will also have time on the program for a meeting of its group to devise ways and means whereby it can increase the good will of the entire industry. laminations, used in making choke coils during that four-months' period were placed end to end they would reach from the factory in Newark, N. J., across the United States to the Kolster laboratories in Palo Alto, Cal. And if the wire used in these same coils were laid in a straight line it would stretch three times around the earth and have 18,000 miles of wire left. New Vice-President of Raytheon Mfg. Co. Widely Experienced in Radio Accessories and Automobile Fields Interesting Statistics About Kolster Radio The statistical department of Kolster radio has divulged the information that if all the transformers manufactured in the Kolster plant in a period of only four months for use in the power cone speaker, the AC power pack, the electric reproducer for the Columbia-Kolster phonograph and in the pivot cone, were piled in a column seven feet square, it would soar into the air exactly as high as the Woolworth Building, the tallest in the world. More figuring brought about the further disclosure that if the small bits of metal, called Cambridge, Mass., May 7. — The Raytheon Mfg. Co., of this city, has announced the election of Fred D. Williams as vice-president. As president of the Dubilier Condenser Corp., New York, for the past year and a half Mr. Williams has been responsible for putting this company on a sound basis. He will remain temporarily as president of Dubilier and continue in an executive advisory capacity in addition to his activities at Raytheon. Before going to Dubilier Mr. Williams directed the sales of the Grigsby-Grunow-Hinds Co., makers of "Majestic" eliminators. Previous to that he served as vice-president and general manager of the L. H. Gilmer Co., preeminent manufacturer of industrial belting and automobile fan belts. Crosley and Amrad Jobbers Appointed Addition to Distributors in Line With Policy of Building Exclusive Jobber Representation Throughout Country Continuing its policy of appointing distributors who will handle Crosley and Amrad products exclusively, the Crosley Radio Corp., Cincinnati, O., announces the addition of two more outstanding exclusive distributors. They are the Wetmore Savage Equipment Co., of Boston, Mass., and the B. H. Spinney Co., of Springfield, Mass. These concerns are generally regarded as leaders in the New England territory. 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