Television digest with electronic reports (Jan-Dec 1953)

11 Topics & Trends of TV Trade: Using TV as an example, Sylvania chairman Don G. Mitchell told top-level conference of corporation officials this week that development of capable executives is most important issue now facing American industry. Mr. Mitchell’s speech, to some 100 executives at “briefing session” of American Management Assn, in N. Y., listed 2 major reasons for pressing problem of executive development: (1) “The tremendous physical expansion of existing industries and the rapid development and growth of many new ones, brought about by unprecedented advances in technology and enormous increases in demands for goods and services.” (2) “The growing complexity of business operations with a resultant high degree of specialization in various phases of management.” He said that large-scale industrial expansion had resulted in “an aggravated case of too many Indians and not nearly enough chiefs,” added “executive development has the obvious benefit of creating a trained reserve to fill front-line vacancies. There are still plenty of key men in industry who feel that they and only they, are capable of filling their jobs, and that thinking of a successor is absurd.” * * * % In drastic and unprecedented anti-trust decision, Federal Judge Philip Forman Oct. 2 divested GE of exclusive rights to light bulb patents and ordered company to share with industry any future bulb patents it might acquire. Disposing of 12-year-old suit in Trenton, N. J., he also demanded GE make available to industry its blueprints for lamp machinery, but rejected govt, proposal to make company divest itself of at least 50% of bulb and bulb part production facilities. Six co-defendants, accused of aiding GE to maintain monopoly, are also subject to the judgment: Philips of Netherlands, Consolidated Electric Co., Hygrade Sylvania Corp., Chicago Miniature Lamp Works, Tung-Sol. Two co-defendants, Westinghouse and Corning Glass Co., previously had entered into consent judgment. GE officials said they didn’t know yet whether they’ll appeal decision. Trade Miscellany: Admiral adds 21-in. open-face console at $350 and green plastic table model radio-phonograph at $90 to its new line . . . Motorola starts delivery of its new “VIP” desk clock-radio, with matching standard holding Parker “51” pen and pencil set, listing at $100 . . . Arcturus Electronics, Newark, to consolidate all TV tube manufacturing operations in newly-acquired plant at 228 S. Third St., Easton, Pa. . . . Pioneer Electronics Corp. (Laurence M. Perrish, pres.) opens new $450,000 TV tube plant at 2235 Cermelina Ave., Los Angeles . . . Philadelphia TV sales totaled 75,269 in first 6 months, compared to 78,214 in same 1952 period, according to survey of Philadelphia Electrical Assn. . . . TV sales in Washington totaled 34,308 in first 8 months, compared to 39,381 in same 1952 period, reports Electric Institute of Washington; Aug. sales were 3664 vs. 4881 in Aug. 1952 . . . Dynamic Electronics-New York hearing on its Chapter XI plan offering creditors 25% payable over 4-year period will be held Oct. 8 in N. Y. Federal Court . . . RCA Victor acquires new warehouse at 130 Express St., Dallas (John Cavallaro, mgr.) for storage of TV-radio tubes & batteries. Kaye-Halbert purchases Pacific Instruments & Control Co. (aircraft instruments) as a subsidiary, will move it to plant adjacent to Kaye-Halbert facility on Hayden St., Los Angeles. Samuel Aronoff continues as Pacific pres. Standard Coil Products Co. general offices now located at 2085 N. Hawthorne Ave., Melrose Park, 111., phone Fillmore 4-5680. Trade Personals: Paul L. Chamberlain named gen. mgr. for broadcast equipment in GE electronics div.’s newly-formed commercial equipment dept.; H. Brainard Fancher appointed gen. mgr. for germanium products, Harrison VanAken Jr., communication equipment, all reporting to dept. gen. mgr. Wm. J. Morlock . . . E. R. Glauber, ex-Admiral, named director of Emerson distributors . . . Ross Siragusa, Admiral president, now visiting England, France, Spain, Italy . . . J. K. Ryan appointed mgr. of marketing administration, GE TV-radio dept., Syracuse, succeeding late Walter M. Skillman . . . Ray C. Brewster, ex-pres. of Dioptric Instrument Corp. (optical equipment), named asst, to Capehart-Farnsworth pres. Fred D. Wilson, in charge of commercial activities; E. W. Gaughan, ex-Crosley, named gen. sales mgr. of consumer products div. . . . Ashley A. Farrar, ex-mgr. of govt, contracts, Raytheon equipment div., appointed asst. v.p. . . . Donald LeRoy, ex-A. O. Smith Co. (Permaglass), named Raytheon TV-radio div. adv. mgr., succeeding C. J. McKinney, now field promotion director; he reports to adv. director George M. Hakim . . . J. H. Seider named gen. counsel & asst, secy., CBS-Columbia . . . Robert T. Cotton promoted to export sales mgr., Hallicrafters . . . Edwin C. Roworth retires as Stromberg-Carlson secy, after 48 years with firm . . . Robert Eliot, ex-Standard Coil & RCA, named distributor sales mgr., Erie Resistor . . . Elmer C. Jorgensen named merchandising mgr., Arvin TV-radio div., replacing Paul W. Tanner, now gen. sales mgr. . . . Wm. P. Frost named southern Pacific mgr., Westinghouse TV-radio div. . . . Edward W. Stone, electronics sales mgr., Graybar Atlanta, named sales engineering district mgr., Standard Electronics Corp., subsidiary of Claude Neon . . . Sydney Jurin named southwestern factory sales rep, Brach Mfg. Co. (antennas) . . . Frank Krempel named chief engineer of govt, development and electronics production contracts, StewartWarner Electric; Dick Glaholt named southeastern sales mgr. Distributor Notes: Admiral appoints Capitol Light & Supply Co., Hartford (Mrs. Edith Goldberg, pres.) . . . Emerson Radio of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, now owned 100% by founder-pres. A. Irving Witz, following disclosure of purchase of 50% of stock from family of Emerson pres. Benjamin Abrams; it will continue as Emerson distributor . . . Emerson appoints Peaslee-Gaulbert Corp., Atlanta, ex-Admiral; Warren Radio Inc., Erie (Emerson) plans move in early 1954 to new bldg, at 1313 Peach St. . . . Hoffman Radio appoints Graybar, Grand Rapids, Mich. . . . Capehart-Farnsworth appoints Coby Distributors Inc., Wilkes-Barre (Stanley Green, pres.) and Paul-Jeffrey Co., Syracuse (Samuel P. Solomon, pres.) . . . Raytheon Distributors Inc. sets up factory branch in Little Rock . . . Arvin appoints Twin States Distributing Co., Charlotte (H. D. Albright, pres.) . . . O’Donnell Distributors Inc., Syracuse (Crosley) opens branch at 48 Main St., Johnson City, N. Y. . . . Westinghouse Electric Supply Co., Fort Wayne, names Harold W. Schnelker mgr., succeeding Ray B. Mowe, now Indianapolis mgr. Raytheon reduced prices by undisclosed amount on 12 “interim” receivers introduced prior to new line July 30. Under new price schedule, 17-in. table models start at $180, 17-in. consoles at $200, said TV-radio v.p. Henry F. Argento. He also disclosed plans to eliminate several of the 30 “interim” receivers designed as seasonal sales stimulant. First uhf receiver booster to go into production is “UHF Autobooster,” manufactured by Industrial TV Inc., Clifton, N. J., and designed by Walter Tyminski, ITI engineer formerly with DuMont. It tunes entire uhf band, is as yet unpriced.