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February 9,
P R E S T O-T I M E S
RADIO TRADE CONVENTION
Federated Radio Trade Association Announces
Annual Meeting at Buffalo, N. Y.,
on February 18 and 19.
Wanted: Tfoung Men!
—to become specialists in a field which will not
only pay them exceptionally well but which
will give them social standing and prominence!
O yogng men looking for such an opportunity we
have an unusual offer. Right now in numberless
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cities and towns in the United States, there is a great
shortage of piano experts, technicians and tuners.
The few masters there are, are earning largre salaries
for this exceptionally pleasant work. Their time is
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$2 50 to $500 a month!
This la the opportunity you are looking for. Pull yourself out
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best people. Our complete course in our new $85,-
000.00 laboratory fits you for a real paying pro-
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La Port., Ind.
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The men who actually sell the hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars' worth of radio apparatus each year
will meet in Buffalo, N. Y., February 18 and 19, for
their annual convention, Harold J. Wrape, president
of the Federated Radio Trade Association, has an-
nounced.
They are the owners and executives of the various
agencies of radio distribution in the United States
and Canada, wholesalers, dealers, manufacturers'
agents, and, in addition, local radio associations from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. For the first time at a
Federated convention there will be sectional meetings,
in addition to joint sessions, at which the four units
of the association may discuss their individual
problems.
Among the speakers to address the joint sessions
will be President Wrape, H. G. Erstrom, Chicago,
executive secretary of the Federated; Major Herbert
H. Frost, New York city, president Radio Manufac-
turers' Association; William S. Hedges, Chicago,
president National Association of Broadcasters;
Judge John Van Allen, Buffalo, legal counsel RMA;
Hon. Frank D. Scott, Washington, D. C : Bond P.
Geddes, New York city, executive vice-president
RMA; L. S. Baker, New York city, managing direc-
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state of Pennsylvania.
Clark F. Gross, formerly with the Gulbransen Com-
pany in Ohio, is now wholesale representative in
Ohio for the Baldwin Piano Company.
PAUL B. KLUGH IN EUROPE.
Automatically tuned radio has created no little en-
thusiasm in Europe, according to a cablegram re-
ceived this week from Paul B. Klugh, vice-president
of the Zenith Radio Corporation, Chicago, who is
now in Europe looking after business interests as
well as enjoying a vacation. The first introduction
of automatic radio receivers in Europe last September
brought instant approval and a demand far beyond
expectation. Mr. Klugh is accompanied by Mrs.
Klugh. who will remain abroad for six weeks, their
travels taking them into France, Germany, Switzer-
land, Belgium and England. Mr. Klugh plans on be-
ing back at the helm of Zenith activities about March
1, at which time several important announcements
will undoubtedlv be released.
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The Chicago People's Symphony Orchestra, P.
Marinus Paulsen, conductor, will give its ninth con-
cert Sunday afternoon, February 10, at 2:45 o'clock,
at the Steven's Eighth Street Theater, 741 South
Wabash avenue. The soloists are Harriet Mason,
pianist, and Sara Mosheik, soprano.
The program is as follows: Overture "Die Ges-
chopfe des Prometheus" Op. 43, Beethoven; Concerto
for Piano E Minor Op. 11, Chopin; aria, "II va venir"
from "La Juive," Halvey; Trio for Violins and Violas
Op. 74, Dvorak; Symphony No. 40, G minor, Mozart;
Aria, "Cavatine" from "La Reine de Saba," Gounod;
Overture "William Tell," Rossini. The Cable piano
is used.
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tor National Association of Broadcasters; Martin F.
Flanagan, Chicago, executive secretary RMA.
Among the radio wholesalers having important
places on the program are: Peter Sampson, Chicago;
Harry Bonng, Kansas City, Mo.; Ernest Ingold, San
Francisco; J. Newcomb Blackman, New York city;
Charles Gomprecht, Philadelphia, and F. D. Pitts,
Boston.
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