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The Music Trade Review
Annual Meeting of Boston
Music Publishers' Ass'n
BOSTON, MASS.—The annual meeting of the Bos-
ton Music Publishers' Association was held at
the Parker House a few nights ago with Banks
M. Davison, the president, presiding. For the
most part it consisted in the election of officers
as follows: President, David C. King of the
Oliver Ditson Co.; vice-president, Henry R.
Austin of the Arthur 1'. Schmidt Co.; and secre-
tary and treasurer, Arthur C. Morse of Walter
Jacobs, Inc. One of the pleasant features of the
occasion was the presentation to James A.
Smith, the retiring secretary and treasurer of the
Association, of a handsome desk set. The pres-
entation was made by William Arms Fisher of
the Ditson Co., who told of Mr. Smith's long
years of service to the Association.
The speaker of the evening was Edward E.
Whiting, a writer for the Boston Herald, and
one of the trustees of the Boston Elevated Rail-
ways. Mr. Whiting, who as a journalist has had
a long Washington experience, gave some inter-
esting sidelights on the political life at the
capital.
The present-day place that radio has in the
music industry was the subject of considerable
discussion following Mr. Whiting's talk, and as
usual there was a sort of round-table discussion
of what radio has done and incidentally what it
has not done for the sheet music business.
Mr. Davison, as retiring president, delivered a
brief but Teeling valedictory, in the course of
which he urged his successor not to take him-
self and the Association too seriously.
R. H. Stanton Resigns
as Lyon & Healy Manager
The last few days of January were a particu-
larly busy time for "Bob" Stanton, head of the
sheet music department of Lyon & Healy, be-
cause he resigned that and a number of other
important positions and will hereafter make his
home in Los Angeles, Cal., where he has
accepted an important position with Harry G.
Neville, who has the sheet music departments in
the Platt Music .Co. and Wiley B. Allen Co.
stores in that city. The change was due to the
desire of both Mr. and Mrs. Stanton to be near
her parents, who, for a long time have been
residents of Los Angeles. Mr. Stanton also re-
signed as a director of Lyon & Healy, where he
has been for twenty-six years, as president of
the National Association of Sheet Music Deal-
ers, and as secretary-treasurer of the Associa-
tion of Music Exhibitors, co-operating with the
Music Supervisors' Conference for the central
district.
What the Lyon & Healy people thought of
him was partly shown by a surprise party which
they gave Mr. Stanton at the Auditorium Hotel
on January 30, where President Dunham, on be-
half of the board of directors and the employes,
presented Mr. Stanton with a handsome wrist
watch suitably inscribed. Some seventy-eight
people were present.
On February 3 Mr. and Mrs. Stanton went
East to enable him to make arrangements for
the continuance of the work of the sheet music
dealers, the duties of the president's office prob-
ably falling to Vice-President Jack Hamill, and
the Stantons expected to reach Los Angeles by
February 15.
Edward Fitzmaurice, for thirty-one years
capable employe of Lyon & Healy, has been ap-
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
BEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF
TITLE FOB ESTIMATE
311 West 43rd Street
N*w York City
MARCH, 1930
pointed to the managership of the sheet music
department in succession to Mr. Stanton, and
assumed his duties February 1.
Jahn's Music House Wins
Window Display Prize
YOU CANT GO W R O N G
WITH ANY FEIST SONG'
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Watch It/ It's A HIT-Sure as Shoohin'
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Jahn's Music House, Chicago, won first prize
in the annual Winter display contest conducted
by the Century Music Publishing Corp., the
judges being: F. C Bruns, Federal Advertising
Agency; B. W. McClelland, Musical Merchan-
dise; B. B. Wilson, Music Trade Review, and
A. Boylston, Music Trade News. Second prize
went to Orton Bros., Butte, Mont.; third prize
to Rene Martin, Joliette, Quebec, Canada;
fourth prize to Day's Music House, Elyria, O.,
and fifth prize to Butler Bros., Auburn, N. Y.
The response to the Century Co.'s invitation
to participate in the annual contest was un-
usually strong and the many displays submitted
were of such high standard that the judges had
a difficult task in reaching a decision that would
be fair to all parties concerned. In view of the
splendid co-operation on the part of the dealers
throughout the country special prizes were
awarded to twenty additional displays, at the
suggestion of the judges, which was concurred
in by the officers of the company.
Music of Two New Films
Published by D., B. & H.
De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc., are pub-
lishers of the music of two important new film
presentations. The first is "Rich People," a
Pathe picture in which the big number is "One
Never Knows" by Walter O'Keefe and Bobby
Dolan, and the second is "Happy Days," a Fox
movietone featuring the song "Mona" and "I'm
on a Diet of Love."
Dodd Takes Over Windsor-
Poling Sheet Music Co.
AKRON, O.—The Dodd Music store has acquired
the sheet music departments of the Wind-
sor-Poling Co., one of the largest music houses
in the Akron area, according to announcement
by Earl Poling, head of this concern.
The new company has already taken charge
of the sheet music departments of the store,
which are to be enlarged and new equipment
added. Bruce Dodd is head of the new con-
cern and is well known in the local music circles
and has long been identified with radio broad-
casting in this section.
Harry Engel Visits Coast
Just A * Natural* Hit/
FUNNY, DEAR., WHAT
LOVE CAN DO"-
?udy Vallee Picked ^Another Greats
LOVE MADE A GYPSY
OUT OF ME"
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"LOVE ME
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WE LOVE
I LOVE YOU SO"
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De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc., recently
acquired the catalog of Green & Stept, Inc., one
of the outstanding numbers of the catalog being
the ballad "Congratulations."
Davis, Coots & Engel, Inc., recently accepted
for publication a new song by Harry Richman,
Pete Wendiing and Jack Maskill, entitled
"Dream Avenue."
3iggerAnd Better Than Ever/
I'M J U S T A
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VAGABOND LOVE&
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Harry Engel, of Davis, Coots & Engel, Inc.,
recently made a flying trip to California to
carry on some important negotiations for his
company in connection with new film releases.
At the present time the company is enjoying a
strong demand for the music of the success
"Sons o' Guns," for which Benny Davis and
J. Fred Coots wrote the music. The featured
numbers include "Why," "Cross Your Fingers,"
"It's You I Love," and "Red Hot and Blue
Rhythm."
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BOTHERED WITH M E
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