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VOL. 86. No. 25 Published Weekly. Federated Business Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Are., New York, N. Y., June 2 3 , 1 9 2 8
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H. H. Frost Heads the Radio
Manufacturers'Ass'n
Association Adopts Patent Interchange Cross Licensing Plan
Among Its Members—Dynamic Speakers Outstanding
Feature of Trade Show at the Stevens
HICAGO, ILL., June 15.—With the election of new officers to guide the destinies of the
radio industry, the fourth annual convention of the Radio Manufacturers' Association and
the Second Annual Trade Show, which opened at the Stevens Hotel, Monday, June 11,
closed tonight. There was an attendance of 25,000 radio dealers, jobbers and manufacturers,
making it the greatest convention in radio history.
Major Herbert H. Frost, vice-president of the Kolster Radio Corp., Newark, N. J., was elected
president of the Association, taking over the
gavel from C. C. Colby, president of the Samp- facturers' Association, and entering his seventh
son Electric Co., the retiring incumbent. Major year in the manufacture of radio equipment, is
Frost is one of the founders of the Radio Manu- highly enthusiastic over the patent pooling
facturers' Association and was its first presi- agreement in the Association.
"With the passage of the patent interchange
dent, serving in that capacity in the 1924-25
legislation,"
said Mr. Tully, "approved by 51
season, and being re-elected for 1925-26.
Three vice-presidents were elected, including per cent of the membership, the Association
V. W. Collamore, general manager of the At- comes into its own. Within the next few years
water Kent Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, first vice- its growth will be much more rapid. The field
president; Morris Metcalf, treasurer of the will be greatly enlarged to include the vast
American Bosch Magneto Corp., Springfield, rural and small town areas which are now
Mass., second vice-president; and Lester E. largely without radio."
Actual Models Shown
Noble, president of the Federal Radio Corp.,
A
feature
of
this year's show, which presages
Buffalo, N. Y., third vice-president.
John C. Tully, president of the Bremer-Tully its support "in future years, is that practically
Mfg. Co., Chicago, was elected treasurer. Six every set manufacturer showed the actual
new members of the board of directors were models he proposes to market in the coming
also chosen. They are Capt. Wm. Sparks, twelve months. This exhibition has a tendency
president of the Sparks-Withington Co., Jack- to create good will, which is reflected in a pro-
nounced wave of dealer and jobber commit-
son, Mich.; M. Frank Burns, sales manager of
E. T. Cunningham, Inc., New York City; Geo. ments, which, it is said, makes an earlier start
Kiley, vice-president of the Farrand Mfg. Co., of Summer buying.
The million dollars' worth of apparatus on
Long Island City, N. Y.; B. G. Erskine, presi-
dent of the Sylvania Products Co., Emporium, display in the exhibition hall, grand ballroom,
Pa.; N. P. Bloom, secretary of the Adler Mfg. and throughout the twenty-five floors of the
Co., Louisville, Ky., and Lloyd A. Hammar- Stevens Hotel revealed that there were no radi-
lund, president of the Hammarlund Mfg. Co., cal changes incorporated in the receivers for
the forthcoming Reason. Many refinements,
N. Y.
however, have been introduced and emphasize
Patent Arrangement Adopted
One of the important steps taken during the the progress that has been made in an industry
sessions of the Radio Manufacturers' Associa- that has grown from nothing to third place in
tion was the adoption of the patent interchange the country within five short years. Of par-
cross licensing plan by the members of the ticular interest to music dealers are the beau-
Association, permitting the use of all patents, tiful cabinets which have been brought out in
save those classed as basic, by all the members various styles and finishes, emphasizing the dis-
without charge or royalty cost. The plan is tinctly American type of art in furniture.
Dynamic Speakers
designed to eliminate patent litigations which
An item of interest that attracted a great deal
proved so costly to the industry in the past.
The newly elected treasurer, John C. Tully, of attention during the show, however, was the
who is one of the founders of the Radio Manu- dynamic speaker. This is a new type which
C
makes use of the external field coil, through
which an electrical current is passed for the
purpose of magnetizing the core of the unit.
This speaker has been selected by many of the
set manufacturers for use in the higher priced
receivers.
The Banquet
Music was the predominating feature of the
program presented at the annual banquet of the
Radio Manufacturers' Association which was
held Thursday night, June 14, at the Palmer
House and came as a prelude to the final clos-
ing of the fourth annual convention today.
Three thousand guests attended the greatest
event the Radio Manufacturers' Association ever
held. Stations affiliated with the Red, Blue and
Orange networks of the National Broadcasting
Co. broadcast the program between ten and
twelve o'clock, making it available to millions
of Americans who were enabled to participate
in this history-making 1928 gathering of the
radio industry.
The Program
Among the distinguished artists who enter-
tained were Charles Marshall, tenor of the Chi-
cago Civic Opera Company, who sang through
the courtesy of the Kolster Radio Corp. of
Newark, N. J.; Cesare Sodero, conductor of the
orchestra provided by the E. T. Cunningham Corp.;
the Sylvania Foresters, quartet, sent by the SyL-
vania Products Co., Emporium, Pa.; the Chicago
Grand Opera Octette, entered through the cour-
tesy of the Zenith Radio Corp., Chicago; Allan
McQuhae, popular Irish tenor, and the Atwater
Kent Quartet from Atwater Kent of Philadel-
phia; Margery Waxwell, another star of the
Chicago Civic Opera Co., chosen by the All-
American-Mohawk Corp., of Chicago; Cyrena
Van Gordon, and Phil Cook and Abe Mitchell
contributed by Sparks-Withington Co., Jackson,
Mich.
Hamilton Report on July 3
PITTSBURGH, PA., June 18.—E. M. Lannis and
H. K. Holmes, temporary receivers in the equity
suit of Wm. C. G. Hamilton against the S.
Hamilton Co., music merchants of this city, will
present their report for confirmation to the
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County,
on July 3. The balance has been paid over to
the permanent receiver, the Peoples Savings
& Trust Co., of Pittsburgh, which is conduct-
ing the business under order of