Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1955)

16 Trade Personals: John W. Craig, ex-v.p. & gen. mgr. of EGA Victor home appliance div., serving since Sept, as Whirlpool-Seeger v.p. & director of merchandise development, eilected v.p.-gen. mgr. of Westinghouse electric appliance div., Mansfield, 0., succeeding John H. Ashbaugh, who remains as v.p. & special consultant to Chris J. Witting,. exec. v.p. for consumer products . . . R. L. McCormack promoted to mgr. of Raytheon’s new “special tube” div., in charge of all non-entertainment tube types, headquartering in Newton, Mass, and reporting to N. B. Krim, v.p. in charge of tube operations . . . Myles M. Walker promoted to new post of market development mgr., Raytheon commercial equipment div., Waltham . . . John M. Malone promoted to mgr. of Tung-Sol initial equipment tube sales . . . John E. Kelly, adv. & sales promotion mgr. of PhilcoLos Angeles, promoted to national adv. mgr. of parent company’s TV-radio div.; Jack Frietsch continues as sales promotion director . . . George Forman, ex-Bulova Watch, appointed Emerson adv. mgr., succeeding Edward Kantrowitz, now asst, to marketing v.p. Lester Krugman . . . Edward Berman, DuMont sales training director, promoted to new post of mgr. of new market dealer development . . . John S. Herbst, Holfman Electronics, elected exec. v.p. of Los Angeles Electric League; Robert H. Thompson, Packard-Bell, elected a director . . . Roy E. Mulhausen named Sparton district merchandiser, headquartering in Denver . . . Alan Livingston, v.p. in charge of artists & repertoire, and Daniel C. Bonbright, v.p. in charge of finance, elected to board & exec, committee of Capitol Records . . . Keith Kirstein, Radio-TV Service Co., Sacramento, elected pres, of Cal. State Electronics Assn. . . . Hans H. Nord, exDuMont, named senior engineer, Foto-Video Labs, Little Falls, N. J. . . . Anthony Dillon promoted to new post of CBS-Columbia market development mgr., reporting to sales director David J. Hopkins. -Id . DISTRIBUTOR NOTES: Whirlpool-Seeger appoints 2 moro RCA distributors — Dulaney Distributing Co., Oklahoma, City, and Wyatt-Cornick Inc., Richmond . . . RCA Victor Distributing Corp. opens branch at 2001 W. 12th St., Erie, for Whirlpool appliance distribution (Nelson P. Reed, irigr.) . . . CBS-Columbia establishes factory branch, CBS-Columbia Distributors Inc., 2223 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego (Mike Nicolin, gen. mgr.) . . . CBS-Columbia appoints Radio, Television & Appliance Co., 511 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle (F. T. Brien, pres.) . . . Bendix Radio appoints J. K. Hagemeyer Co., Meridian, Miss. . . . Southern Wholesalers, Washington (RCA) elects John E. O’Connor sales v.p. ; Frank Levine promoted to merchandise mgr. of TV-radio-appliances; Ralph Lane resigns as gen. mgr. . . . Goldberg Co. Inc., Richmond (CBS-Columbia) will merge shortly with A. R. Tiller Corp., local Sunbeam & Vornado outlet . . . L&P Electric Co., Brooklyn (Raytheon) elects gen. mgr. Michael S. Morris a v.p. . . . GE Supply Co., San Francisco, promotes R. A. McWhinney to district mgr. of consumer goods, Frank Jordan to merchandise mgr. . . . Peaslee-Gaulbert Corp., Louisville (Admiral) promotes R. H. Means to mgr. of TV-major appliance dept., succeeded as sales mgr. by W. D. Edens . . . Interstate Distributors, Kansas City (Sylvania) extends texTitory to southern Mo., adjacent to Springfield . . . Admiral-Boston names Sherman M. Clough, ex-Frigidaire, as adv. & sales px’omotion mgr., replacing Max-tin Scully, now Northeastern Distributors, Boston (Zenith) . . . Graybar transfers E. I. Funk from Akx’on to New Orleans as branch mgr., succeeding A. W. Wheelex-, now Shreveport branch mgr.; D. J. Mertzlufft succeeds Funk at Akx’on . . . Strawbridge & Clothier, Philadelphia dept, store, appoints Alphonse C. Stine as TV-major appliance buyer, replacing Sol Goldin, now Whirlpool-Seeger lange product mgr. . . . L. Bamberger & Co., N. J. dept, store chain, x-eports resignation of Herbert J. Zients as mgr. of TV-radio-appliances dept. Electronics industry will more than equal 1966’s recox-d activity next year, says Dr. W. R. G. Baker, GE v.p. in charge of electx-onics div. and RETMA engineering chairman, in year-end statement which forecasts “new all-time peaks in total industry volume.” His prognostications for 1956: (1) Swing to color “will proceed rapidly” as new advances are made in color and as 65 new stations go on air, more than half of them able to transmit color — bringing total stations to 535 by end of 1956. Presently, 250 stations possess network color facilities, 80 color film & slide equipment, 25 live color equipment — but only about 150,000 color sets will be sold in 1956. (2) Sales of monochrome TVs should total 7,100,000 next year, sales of home & portable radios 7,000,000. Sales of mobile communications equipment will go up 15%. (3) “Electronics will become a more vital link in the ovex-all weapons concept of modern defense. Greater emphasis will be placed on equipment capable of control, guidance and navigation of airborne weapons systems with extxeme accuracy and reliability.” (4) More efficient production will be achieved through use of mox-e flexible automatic machinery. As automation progresses, there will be “dramatic increase” in the use of printed wire boards in electronic circuitry. (5) Transistors will achieve “major break-through” in devices for entertainment & industrial uses as well as for military use. They will reduce size and complexity of computing machines. Nevertheless, there will be steady growth in demand for electronic tubes of all types due to increased use of electronic controls in industrial & military equipment. Excellent agenda of technical papers has been lined up for Jan. 30-Feb. 3 meeting of AIEE at Hotels Statler & Governor Clinton, N. Y. by committee on TV & Aural Broadcasting Systems under live-wire chainnan Joseph B. Epperson, Scripps-Howard stations’ technical director. The papers: Feb. 1 — “Light Amplifying Phosphors,” F. E. Williams, GE; “Evaluation of Radio Influence Voltages in Fluorescent Lighting Installations,” F. H. Wright & S. A. Zimmerman, GE; “Conversion of Studio Lighting from Black-&-White to Color TV,” P. W. Wygant, WBAP-TV, Ft. Worth; “Reduction of TV Studio Temperatures Using Heat Control Coatings,” G. T. Howard, GE, and A. F. Turner, Bausch & Lomb. Feb. 2 — “TV in the World Today,” C. J. Hirsch, Hazeltine; “Color TV System Performance Requirements,” Ralph C. Kennedy, NBC; “Vitascan,” J. H. Haines & G. R. Tingley, DuMont; “Engineering ITV Installations,” J. W. Belcher, GPL; “Electron Color Micx’oscope,” J. J. Reeves, CBS Labs; “Ampliphase Transmittex-,” T. J. Boerner, RCA. Maj. Gen. George I. Back, recently retired Army chief signal officex-, has joined International Resistance Co. as asst, to pres. Chax'les Weyl investigating new markets for IRC products and processes. LaMotte T. Cohu, chaix-man of Kay Lab, San Diego, ex-px-es. of Consolidated Vultee and director of General Dynamics, elected to board of trustees of Whittier College. GE Research Lab has assigned Dr. George J. Szasz as its first scientific repx-esentative abroad, assigning him fix’st to European tour including meetings and visits to labs. Dr. Harold V. Gaskill, ex-Iowa State College, joins Collins Radio as v.p. in chax-ge of planning. Lynn Eaton, v.p. of National Co., appointed asst, to pres. Joseph H. Quick. Kenneth Kistler, 39, DuMont traffic mgr., died Dec. 8 of coronary thx-ombosis at his home in Faix-lawn, N. J. He is survived by wife, 2 young daughters and father, latter a DuMont employe.