19
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
March 26, 1927.
PIANO FACTORY Ms STORE SUPPLIES
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
COORDINATION IN RADIO
established presumably are protected by their fixed
association and recognition.
Christian Gulbransen, Chicago, has been granted a
patent by the United States Patent Office on a piano
key, which has been assigned by him to the Gulbran-
sen Co., Chicago. Five claims for the patentability
of the device are cited in the application.
Radio Manufacturers' and Radio Broadcasters' Asso-
ciations Effect Plan for Continuous Liaison.
As a result of a growing feeling among executives
of the radio industry that the two basic branches of
the industry—namely broadcasting and manufactur-
"Commerce Monthly" for February says that na-
ing—must be brought into permanent coordination in
tive rubber from the Dutch East Indies has been an
some manner, the board of directors of both the Radio
important factor in limiting the effects of the Steven-
Manufacturers' Association and the National Associa-
son Restriction Act, and that the effect on the world's
tion of Broadcasters, have agreed to perfect this co-
rubber trade seems destined to increase yearly.
Lumber prices are fairly staple and will continue Everybody Asked to Participate in Radio Hearing ordination.
L. S. Baker, who has served for some time as
Announced by New Commission.
so, according to speakers at the New Jersey Lumber-
executive secretary of the Broadcasters' Association,
men's Association last week.
Public hearings on radio problem will commence
The U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, March 29 in Washington, D. C , according to an and who has just returned from Washington, where
Wis., announces that the regular spring short courses announcement by the new radio commission. Rep- he served the national radio coordinating committee
in the gluing of wood, kiln drying of lumber, and resentatives of all the important groups interested in during the recent successful legislative effort, has been
elected executive vice president of the Radio Manu-
boxing and crating will start April 4, April 11 and the administration of the new law will be on hand.
facturers' association, effective at once. Mr. Baker
April 18 respectively. The gluing and the boxing
The purpose of the hearings is to give those inter- will continue as the executive secretary of the Broad-
and crating courses are of a week's duration, but the ested an opportunity to assist the commission by
course in the kiln drying of lumber will run from presenting their views as to the general policies to casters' association, which will assure a continuous
liaison between the two organizations.
April 11 until April 2,1
be followed in dealing with radio congestion.
The move in no way contemplates a merger of the
Springfield, Mo , is now putting in its bid for recog-
The tentative schedule of main topics announced
nition as a leading wool and mohair market. Spring- for the hearings includes widening the broadcasting two organizations. However, a New York office for
the Manufacturers' Association will be maintained in
field produce houses are at the present time buying
practically all the wool of northern Arkansas, south- band, limitation of power, reducing frequency separa- conjunction with the broadcasters, with a similar ar-
ern and central Missouri and from the St. Louis tion, simultaneous broadcasting with the same fre- rangement in Chicago. The plan also contemplates
quency, time division, consolidation of broadcasting the opening of a permanent office in Washington.
wool territory as far north as fifty miles south of
service, and limitation of the number of stations.
Mr. Baker will divide his time between the several
Missouri's leading metropolis.
offices in a supervisory capacity.
Vice-Chairman
Sykes,
in
a
radio
speech
through
The new standard A-440 tuning fork has been de-
livered to the Music Industries Chamber of Com- the medium of more than thirty stations invited sug-
THE GROWTH OF T H E RADIO.
merce by Dr. Dayton C. Miller, of the Case School gestions from the public, either at the public hearings
or
by
written
communications.
On
Jan.
1, 1926, there were 9,000 radio sets in use
of Applied Science, Cleveland, O., who was author-
in Colorado. Jn January, 1927, there were 16,000. Per-
ized to prepare it by the special committee repre-
A SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE.
haps the growth has been as much or greater in your
senting musicians and the music industries.
An ensemble of one hundred saxophones was feat- territory. This is a 78 per cent increase. Did your
The Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, has
decided that geographical names or names of towns ured in a concert by the Metropolitan Music League, business increase in proportion to compiled figures?
March 19, over station WMCA, New York City, un- This is a mighty good way to find out if you are get-
may not be exclusively appropriated as trade marks.
ting your share of the business.
der the direction of David Berend.
This applies to new trade marks and names already
Pacts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
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