April, 1931
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PRESTO-TIMES
R A D I O
E. J . JORDAN JOINS
GULBRANSEN COMPANY
THE GULBRANSEN CHAMPION
RADIO RECEIVING SETS
RADIO PARTS
RADIO-PHONOGRAPHS
GRIGSBYGRUNOW CO. VERY
ACTIVE IN REFRIGERATORS
AND MAJESTIC RADIO
The Champion radio is built entirely within the
Gulbransen plant in Chicago. The Champion was
built to bring in programs with all of their original
brilliancy. The Champion is housed in a beautiful
Well-Known Executive to Represent Gulbransen on console cabinet finished in American and Oriental
Pacific Coast.
walnut veneers. It has eye-appeal and will fit in with
Another evidence that business conditions are im-
Announcement is made by the Gulbransen Co., the general scheme of your living room. It has a proving was given at the beginning of this month
when the refrigerator plants of the Grigsby-Grunow
Chicago, that E. J. Jordan will handle the distribution built-in dynamic speaker of the latest design.
Co. at Chicago were fully reopened and first ship-
of both Gulbransen pianos and Gulbransen radios in
ments were made. These great Northwest Side plants
California, Oregon and Washington.
RATING A STROMBERG-CARLSON
have been closed for about three months.
Mr. Jordan enjoys a very favorable reputation as
E. G. Walt, proprietor of the Walt Music Store,
About two thousand people were given employment
business executive and salesman and has had a par- Lincoln, Nebr., who sells the Stromberg-Carlson ra- and, as production of refrigerators is increased, addi-
ticularly wide experience in the piano and radio field. dios, as a leader, says that he considers this instru- tional hundreds of unemployed will be added daily.
For several years he was vice-president of the Miess- ment "the Rolls-Royce of Radios" and compares it When capacity production is reached a total of about
ner Piano Co., Milwaukee, Wis., and later regional with the product of the Chickering and Knabe pianos, fifty-five hundred will be employed in the refrigerator
sales director for the American Piano Co. More re- which are handled by his establishment.
plants alone.
B. J. Grigsby, president of the company, was present
when the first refrigerators came off the line.
PIANO MEN AT RADIO SHOW
"I am more than pleased that our plants are again
Among firms that are widely known in the piano
business but are now also connected with the manu- in production," said President Grigsby, "and we shall
push production to the plant's capacity as fast as
facture of radios and radio devices and who are listed
as exhibitors at the coming Radio Show and Conven- possible. We have orders on our books from our
tion in Chicago in June are the Starr Piano Co., Rich- distributors and dealers for about one hundred thou-
mond, Ind.; Jesse French & Sons Piano Co., New sand refrigerators, and this means we will be kept
Castle, Ind.; Story & Clark Co., Chicago; the Gul- busy for months.
"Very little natural ice was stored the past winter
bransen Co., Chicago, and the Capehart Corporation,
due to the warm weather, and as a result this should
Fort Wayne, Ind.
be an exceptionally good year for the electric refrig-
eration industry. Another evidence that the business
depression is lifting rapidly is the continued public
demand for Majestic radio sets. Usually the radio
business drops off sharply in March, but the month
just closed was one of the best of the past year. Our
A sale which became effective April 1 was that of
the Chicago Talking Machine Co., 316 South West production of radio sets continues at above three thou-
Fifth avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, a factory-owned sand daily, and there are no signs of any let-up."
Some amazing figures on what the public can expect
distributing branch of the RCA Victor Co., to the
H. E. Sidles Co., of Lincoln, Neb., for considerations from 1931 radio sets were brought out most conclu-
involving $100,000, was confirmed by John M. Toole, sively by an interesting contest recently held by
manager of the Des Moines company. The plan is to Grigsby-Grunow Co., makers of Majestic radio, for
combine the distribution of Victor and Radiola its 12,000 dealers and their salesmen. Programs from
practically any spot in the country are, apparently,
products.
The Chicago Talking Machine Co. distributed only easily brought in despite barrages of local stations.
Mexico and Canada are just as much a part of the
Victor products in 77 Iowa counties. The Sidles
company were Iowa distributors for Radiola products, evening's entertainment as the chains and, along the
West Coast, a choice of six or eight Japanese sta-
Mr. Toole said.
Retail outlets of the Chicago Talking Machine Co. tions with a couple in Australia are available.
Dealers were asked to take home any one of the
numbered 300. The company will continue operation
company's three lower priced models, which all con-
in Des Moines as a branch of the Sidles company.
tain the same chassis, and from 3 p. m. one day last
month to 3 a. m. the next day, log as many stations
O. C. DENNIS ON PACIFIC COAST
as possible. Sufficient data on each program had to
E. J. JORDAN
President O. C. Dennis of the Premier Electric Co., be given that it might be verified, together with the
cently he was general sales manager for the Harry
1800 Grace street, at Ravenswood avenue, Chicago, is exact time and the dial setting. The winner, H. W.
Alter Co., Chicago, one of the largest radio distribu- now sojourning on the Pacific coast, having been Balsley of North Liberty, Ind., brought in 150 sta-
tors in the United States.
away from his office several weeks, partly for pleasure tions in the 12-hour period, including 18 on the West
Most of the merchants on the Pacific coast are and incidentally giving some attention to the business Coast. Of the 229 log sheets sent into the company's
already acquainted with Mr. Jordan and will welcome affairs of his concern. The Premier Electric Co. is offices for final judging by Quin Ryan of the Chicago
the continuation of association with him because of
one of the conservative but active-going radio manu- Tribune, Evans Plummer of the Chicago Herald &
Examiner, and Charles Gilchrest of the Chicago
his more than ordinary capabilities. The alliance be- facturers the product of which has met with marked
Daily News, fifty-five had over 125 stations while
tween Mr. Jordan and the Gulbransen Co. is a further success.
ninety-nine more had better than 100. Japanese, Rus-
indication of the keen foresight and strength of the
sian, German, Swedish, South American and Chinese
Gulbransen Co. in bringing within the organization
stations were included in many cases. The development
men of outstanding ability and accomplishment.
of Majestic's variable amplification tube, Multi-Mu, es-
pecially for the superheterodyne circuit, is given
much of the credit for these performances.
RADIO COMPANY CHANGES HANDS
The Sherwood Radio Co., 122 North Third street,
The Jesse French radio, manufactured by Jesse
The Steinite Radio Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., has just
Albuquerque N. M., has been purchased by Mrs. Vera French & Sons at New Castle, Ind., is gradually
Perkins. The firm has the exclusive franchises at acquiring new dealers as well as booking orders from announced to its jobbing trade two new models,
Albuquerque for the General Electric and Crosley old customers. The new Jesse French Junior Model which are meeting with special favor where shown.
radios. "Bob" Taylor will be manager of the store and the new Jesse French Queen Anne Model have The Steinite business, to all appearances, is in a
and "Jim" Pinkerton will have charge of the com- a strong appeal for the lovers of beautiful cabinets flourishing condition and promises to continue as
pany's radio service. The Sherwood Radio Co. was and clear transmission. Artistic builders only are one of Fort Wayne's leading industries.
started eight years ago by Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Sher- employed at the Jesse French factories—men who
The Harry Alter Co., 340 North Dearborn street,
wood. Mr. Sherwood died in January.
take pride in turning out only first-class work—and
Chicago, distributors of Majestic radios, announces
this accounts for the excellence of the instruments of
the new 9-tube superheterodyne, featuring automatic
this make.
volume control. This style is now on display at all
APPOINTED VICTOR DISTRIBUTORS
authorized Majestic dealers' places of business.
The Lucker Sales Co., of Minneapolis, Minn., has
The Geraco Radio Stores, Buffalo, N. Y., has had
A settlement is reported of the long-pending patent
been named distributor in D'uluth and a large region
for the RCA-Victor Co. The territory comprises infringement suit of the Magnavox Co., of San Fran- its corporate name changed to Gemco Stores.
Minnesota, North and South Dakota and western cisco, against the Grigsby-Grunow Co., of Chicago.
Wisconsin. About forty persons are employed. The The Grigsby-Grunow Co., it is reported, will pay a
F. BARRETT DAVEGA
officers of the company are Laurence H. Lucker, royalty to the San Francisco company on all dynamic
F. Barrett Davega, aged 67 years, of Rensselaer
president; William A. Lucker, vice-president; Alfred speakers Grigsby-Grunow makes in the future.
road, Essex Fells, N. J., died on March 21 in a medi-
The corner store and basement at the northeast cal center hospital, New York. Mr. Davega was the
L. Toepel, secretary. It was founded in 1902.
corner of Lawrence and Spaulding avenues, Chicago, founder of a chain of radio and sports shops which
has been leased for a period of ten years to the Atlas bear his name. He was one of the originators of the
The International Telephone & Telegraph Co. has Stores, Inc., radio dealers. Atlas Stores have 13 installment plan in the East, which he later adopted
been demonstrating a short-wave set employing ether stores in Chicago and a total of 70 stores in the United in his own business.
waves only seven inches long and with only enough States.
Tjet tne PRESTO-TIMES classified columns help clear
power to light an ordinary flashlight bulb. The new
Hamtramck, Mich., police have installed six short- your
shelves of old stock, of items that are a real bargain
to some dealer who can place them with his trade.
set requires only one-half a watt to send out a mes- wave radio sets to aid them in catching criminals in
Dealers
wishing to conceal their identity can use a "box
sage on a seven-inch wave.
that city.
number" until they know with whom they are dealing-.
BIG RADIO DEAL IN IOWA
GOOD TRADE IN
JESSE FRENCH RADIO
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