SYRACUSE SHOWING MARKED BY TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM
The Arthur Hermann Co., Wurlitzer distributors of Syracuse, N. Y., celebrated National
Wurlitzer Days with an open house party that drew guests from many nearby cities. In the
picture above are Miss Chodosh of the distributor's staff; Mr. and Mrs. Briggs of Watertown;
E. J. Foy of Watertown; Messers Cannizzo and Lunger of Syracuse; Robert Lawrence, branch
manager of the Hermann Co. At the right of, the Victory Model 950; David Solomon and
Seymour Rosencrans of Joy Automatics, Elmira; Hermann's serviceman Charles Morehand;
Max Golas, Finger Lakes Phonograph Co., Geneva, and Lloyd McCann of Ross Sound
Systems, Oswego.
BIRMINGHAM GREETS WURLITZER VICTORY MODEL 950
It was a gala time at the G & S Distributing Co., Wurlitzer distributors of Birmingham, Ala.
To celebrate National Wurlitzer Days, L. Mathews, G & S General Manager (front left) was
host to a big group of music merchants and their wives.
GUARANTEE DISTRIBUTING GREETS GUESTS
At their Evansville, Indiana showrooms, Guarantee Distributing Co., displayed the new
offerings for 1942 on National Wurlitzer Days. A steady stream of music merchants and
their wives arrived to celebrate the event. According to Guarantee officials, enthusiasm
ran high. The Victory Model 950 received the major share of attention, and Wurlitzer's two
new selective speakers and its new organ speaker also were centers of interest.
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AUTOMATIC AGE
■■DYNAMITE" FOR
SAFETY C A M P A IG N
The dry and unexciting sub
ject of safety received a charge
of dynamite today when Verne
A. Zimmer, Director of the
Division of Labor Standards,
U. S. Department of Labor, an
nounced the appointment of a
well-known Chicago man at
$1.00 a year.
The appointee is James T.
Mangan, merchandising and ad
vertising director of Mills Nov
elty Company, who receives the
title of Consultant in Special
Promotions working with the
National Committee for the
Conservation of Man Power in
War Industries.
Mangan is a lifetime Chicago
resident, veteran of World War
I, orator, inspirationalist, and
writer of six widely read busi
ness books. His famous adver
tisement “Write a Letter” re
ceived millions of reprints and
has been called “one of the most
important human documents
ever written.” His song “We’re
All Americans” was sung by
Kate Smith 40 times last year
to a radio audience of 600,000,
000. Mangan is nationally known
for his advanced theories on
mass psychology and for having
led a ten year crusade for
streamlined design in advertis
ing and promotion. . .
“Safety is a serious subject
and difficult to sell,” declared
Mangan. “The Government has
just announced that the 5,000,
000 men now in U. S. War Fac
tories w ill be increased to
15,000,000 before 1942 is over.
Work accidents are probably
the biggest uncontrollable inter
ference with war production.
The National Committee for the
Conservation of Man Power is
giving the worker thorough
safety education in the factory,
but we have to find a new way
of putting some fizz into the pub
lic campaign that reaches him
at home.”
February, 1942
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