The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

104 The Talking Machine World, New York, June, 1928 Sixth Annual Crosley-Amrad Distributors' Convention Held More Than 250 Delegates Representing the Entire United States and Canada Participate in Most Successful Gathering — New Receivers and Speaker Shown With more than 250 present, delegates representing the entire United States and Canada, the Sixth Annual Distributors' Convention of Powel Crosley, Jr. the Crosley-Amrad radio corporations, held in Cincinnati, May 15 and 16, was the most successful in the history of either organization. Introduction of greatly improved new receiving sets and a remarkable new loud speaker featured the convention. Enthusiasm among Crosley and Amrad distributors reached a high pitch, and the suggestion by Powel Crosley, Jr., president of the Crosley Radio Corp., and chairman of the board of the Amrad Corp., that business of both concerns this year would double that of last year, was enthusiastically received by the salesmen. Even before the convention adjourned, orders were placed for a large volume of business. One of the outstanding features of the convention was an elaborate banquet and entertainment staged in the ballroom of the Hotel Gibson on the evening of May 15, when the principal guest of honor was Hon. Murray Seasongood, Mayor of Cincinnati. He highly complimented Mr. Crosley and his organization for the progress it has made in the radio world, and tendered the thanks of Cincinnati for the the corporation is spreading the virtues of the Queen City to the world. This is being done principally through the two broadcasting stations operated from the Crosley factories. They are WLW and WSAI, the operation of which was recently acquired by Mr. Crosley. Before leaving Cincinnati the visiting distributors and salesmen gave H. Curtiss Abbott, general sales manager, assurance that they will double their efforts in 1928, and will be greatly disappointed if they are not successful in increasing the volume of business 100 per cent. Many pleading features marked the convention. New receiving sets and a remarkable new loud speaker* attracted the favorable attention of the visitors. Nothing, however, could have made a more lasting impression than a Jewelbox scene presented as the climax to a threehour entertainment on Tuesday evening. The accompanying photograph tells the story. The girls who represented the various hours, which are heard by radio users everywhere, were selected from the offices of the Crosley The Climax of the Convention Radio Corp. Just before the alluring maids thrust their pretty faces through the velvet curtain, silver balloons were popped to make way for the girls. The picture presented by the balloons was that of a string of pearls; then when the young ladies appeared the picture was a Distributor Flies to Attend Conclave Fred E. Burrall and His District Managers Make a Quick Trip to Steinite Convention in Atchison, Kan. One of the interesting highlights of the recent convention of distributors at the Steinite Radio Co. factories in Atchison, Kansas, April Went to Conclave via Plane 30, May 1, was the flight from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Atchison by Fred E. Burrall, president of the Mclntyre-Burrall Co., Steinite distributor for Wisconsin and upper Michigan, and five of his district managers. After attending the two-day conference at the Steinite factory, radio flying troupe determined to bring the first Steinite AC electric radio for 1929 to Green Bay by air. With one of the new table models as freight the party flew from Atchison to Green Bay in exactly four hours and forty-one minutes. Arriving at the Wisconsin city, Mr. Burrall presented the set to William Bubolz, a leading Steinite dealer in Green Bay. The trip furnished a striking illustration of the progress in both aviation and radio. The spectacle of a jobber flying to a convention sponsored by a manufacturer and rushing back the new season's model to a dealer by the same route, all in three days, indicates the relatively high importance of radio in American life. The gentlemen shown in the above photograph from left to right are Lee H. Jelly, Oshkosh district sales; Walter Jessen, Madison district sales; Eddie Merritt, pilot of plane; Fred E. Burrall, president, Mclntyre-Burrall Co., Edward P. Burrall, Wausau district sales, and Everett C. Jessen, Milwaukee district sales. Fada Executive Sees Seasonal Slump End The year 1928 may see the seasonal slump in radio forever eliminated from the consideration of manufacturers, according to R. M. Klein, general manager of F. A. D. Andrea, Inc., manufacturer of Fada Radio. "In the early years of broadcasting March to September were the dog days," said Mr. Klein. "This seasonal slump held through 1925. Then in 1926 the falling off in sales occurred late in April with a correspondingly earlier pick-up in the Fall. Last year manufacturers were rushed until the middle of May. The slump broke in July with sales curves showing a healthy rise through the remainder of the Summer. This pointed to bright prospects for 1928 and these hopes are being realized. There has been scarcely a lapse this year, with an earlier start than ever in the history of the business. This year dealer orders were on the books as early as May." Mr. Klein attributes this partly to the clearing up of broadcasting problems with consequently better twelve months' service on programs and the improved design of radio sets. 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