The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

100 The Talking Machine World, New York, June, 1928 Talking Machine and Radio Men Nominate Officers for New Season to Be Elected at June Meeting — Permanent Secretary to Be Employed — W. F. Scanlan Speaks The May meeting of the Talking Machine and Radio Men, Inc., held at the Cafe Boulevard, New York City, on Wednesday, May 16, opened with a silent tribute to Cyrus L. Adler and George E. Brightson, prominent members of the phonograph-radio industry, who had died since the last meeting of the association. Resolutions were passed that expressions of sympathy be sent the families of the deceased. The principal business of the meeting was the nominating of officers for the coming year. The following were named: President, Irwin Kurtz and Joseph H. Mayers; vice-president, Max Landay, C. Buckner and J. H. Mayers; radio jobbers' vice-president, Irving Sarnoff, E. B. Ingraham, Jack Weber, Maurice Landay and Mort Salzman; phonograph manufacturers and jobbers' vice-president, E. W. Guttenberger; New Jersey dealers' vice-president, Messrs. Spring and Hertzel; Bronx dealers' vice-president, Joseph Tylkoff and D. Rosenbaum; Lower East Side dealers' vice-president, L. A. Titefsky; Lower West Side dealers'vicepresident, M. Goldberg; Upper West Side dealers' vice-president, Moe Goldsmith and L. T. Rooney, and salesmen's representative, Messrs. Forster, Goldsmith, Cohen and Rooney. The question of employing a paid secretary to attend to the needs of the organization and to give his entire time to the Association's welfare was discussed. Applicants for the position should write a letter stating their qualifications to Irwin Kurtz, president of the Association, and a committee composed of Joseph H. Mayers, E, W. Guttenberger and E. B. Ingraham will pass on the merits of the various applicants. President Kurtz informed the meeting that a drive has been started by the Police Department to curb the practice of dealers playing radio receivers and phonographs at their store doors. Mr. Kurtz and Mr. Cunningham, of the legal staff of the Columbia Phonograph Co., have made a request for an interview with some official of the Police Department in order that the situation may be satisfactorily adjusted. Dudley F. Cohen told of the plans for the RMA Trade Show special train and urged all dealers who plan attending the convention and show at Chicago to put in their application for accommodation immediately. Warren F. Scanlan, of Stanley & Patterson, technical adviser of the Association, gave a brief talk on the subject, "Why We Have Service Problems." He stated that 90 percent of the service calls on AC receivers are due to incorrect installations. He advised dealers to check up on the voltage being received in a purchaser's home before a set is installed and raise or lower it to the proper level in order that a receiver might operate properly. The next meeting of the Talking Machine and Radio Men will be held on June 27, at the Cafe Boulevard, when officers will be elected. Kellogg Advertising Via Billboard Route Maker of Kellogg Radio Closes Deals for Billboard Space in Middle West and East — Important Aid to Dealers The words "Kellogg A-C Radio" will be stamped upon the minds of thousands of people this Summer, for outdoor illuminated billboards and wall bulletins, placed where they will be viewed by the greatest number of people, will broadcast the Kellogg sales message to millions. The Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co., Chicago, has contracted for billboard space in several large cities in the Middle West and the East. The contract covers a period of six months and specifies that the copy on the boards is to be changed every month. There will be a total of about fifty billboards and wall bulletins used during the campaign. Dealers, whether they are located near the Kellogg boards or not, will benefit by this advertising because motorists from points throughout the country will see these posters. The Kellogg company has a special co-operative outdoor advertising plan for dealers in cities and towns where Kellogg billboards are not located. New Schubert Album Issued by Columbia The Columbia Phonograph Co., New York City, as part of its activities in the observance of the Schubert Centennial, is issuing each month a new Schubert Masterworks Album of records, the latest of which is the composer's Sonata in A Major, Opus 120, played by Myra Hess, the celebrated English pianist. The company's plan is to spread educational material evenly over a period of months, culminating in special features for November, the month of Schubert's death. A special booklet describing the composition and containing a brief biography of Schubert and of Miss Hess, together with a full listing of the eighty-seven Masterworks albums, has been distributed to Columbia dealers for consumer distribution. This is in line with Columbia's exploitation plans on these records. Trade Mourns Death of Cyrus L. Adler Founder of Adler Manufacturing Co., Phonograph and Radio Manufacturer, Dies After Six Weeks' Illness LouisvrLLE, Ky., June 4. — Cyrus L. Adler, former president of the Adler Manufacturing Co., of this city, died on Thursday afternoon, May 3, at St. Joseph's Infirmary. Mr. Adler had been in poor health for four or five months, and had gone to St. Joseph's some six weeks prior to his death to undergo an operation. Mr. Adler was born in Rochelle, III, in 1865, Cyrus L. Adler and at an early age entered the lumber business. In 1903 he came to Louisville and organized a company to manufacture reed organs and pianos. Gifted with indomitable energy, a keen and analytical mind, a rare personality and the ability to make and hold stanch friends, the business prospered and the present Adler Manufacturing Co. is the outgrowth of his original venture. During the past ten years the Adler phonograph was added to the products manufactured. In recent years the company has been a large manufacturer of radio cabinets, manufacturing both for the makers of sets and for the retail trade. Mr. Adler is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice G. Adler; his daughter, Mary Helen, a senior at Vassar, and his son, John, a freshman at Yale. His loss is mourned by a wide circle of friends and associates and by his employes, who fairly idolized him. It is the ambition of his associates to maintain the same high ideals in the conduct of the business which characterized it during Mr. Adler's lifetime. N. P. Bloom, formerly secretary and general sales manager of the company, succeeds to the presidency. Carl Bauer, music dealer of Brooklyn, N. Y., died suddenly on Friday, May 25. No. 33 JEWEL REPRODUCERS HO. 40 Gives complete control and range of tone and natural reproduction. Reproducer atid cjriie Solidity of tone and great volume with least surface or needle noise. the Song of a [ark JEWEL PHONOPARTS COMPANY 50© NORTH DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS