PRESTO-TIMES
August, 1931
R A D I O
GIANT NEW LINER HAS EXTENSIVEi
RADIO SYSTEM
MPROVING THE RADIO PROGRAM
The President Hoover, which embarked on her
maiden voyage August 6, is equipped with the most
elaborate radio and sound distribution system ever
installed on a steamer, according to the engineers
who made the installation.
On this spacious liner, which was built at a cost
of $8,000,000.00, radio and recorded programs will be
available in more than 35 special staterooms, and
suites, as well as in all the public spaces. Even the
two mess rooms for the crew will be equipped with
built-in loudspeakers. From this point, a sensitive
superheterodyne receiver capable of picking up shore
radio stations without interference from the ship's
commercial wireless transmitter, will deliver the
radio programs simultaneously to more than fifty
loudspeakers located in various parts of the new
vessel. Special music for all occasions will be avail-
able from an extensive librarv of recorded music.
It is generally understood and often taken for
granted that many programs that pass over the radio
and into homes throughout the country are adulter-
ated by too much advertising on the one hand and
a too rank and unsatisfactory variety of music on
the other, while some of the numbers, classified as
songs, are whined out in a way to suggest vacuous
inanity and feeble-minded droolery.
Perhaps this is all so well known and appreciated
that reference to the condition is not worth the space
given to its mention, but let us hope that broadcast-
ing in general will improve, for one of the leading
cultural and delightful agencies of the times is a good
radio program, whether it is heard in the theater, the
home, or any other place where people of culture
listen in. Let's try and eliminate the rubbish as fast
and as soon as possible.
Transformer Corporation of America has hit upon
a novel sales promotional idea that brings entertain-
ment to the pleasure seekers of Chicago.
A trim little craft has been equipped with a micro-
phone and phonograph pick-up which is used for
broadcasting through large amplifiers.
The yacht travels along Chicago's shore line daily,
bringing to the numerous bathers the current popu-
lar recordings and announcing that the latest
CLARION super-heterodyne models may be seen
at vour nearest dealer.
At the meeting of the board of directors of the
Radio Corporation of America held on Friday, July
17, 1931, the following dividends were declared: On
the "A" preferred stock, 1 ^ per cent (%7 l / 2 cents per
share) for the third quarter of 1931; on the "B" pre-
ferred stock, $1.25 per share for the third quarter of
1931. The dividends are payable on October 1, 1931,
to stockholders of record September 1, 1931.
The band and orchestra concerts from the National
High School Orchestra and Band Camp at Inter-
lochen, Mich., may be heard over the radio through
stations connected with the National Broadcasting
Co. network Saturday evenings at 8 o'clock eastern
standard time, during July and August.
RADIO RECEIVING SETS
RADIO PARTS
RADIO—PHONOGRAPHS
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLL
TICKLERS
Let's Get Friendly, fox trot; Egyptian-Ella, fox
trot and one-step; For You, waltz; Whistling in the
Dark, fox trot; Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On, fox
trot; Ho Hum, fox trot; Moonlight Saving Time,
fox trot; Were You Sincere? fox trot; Thrill Me,
fox trot; I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby, fox trot.
For You; The Little Old Church in the Valley;
Wabash Moon; I'm Alone Because I Love You;
Falling in Love Again; The Waltz You Saved for
Me; Reaching for the Moon; Lonesome Lover; Just
a Little While; When the Organ Played at Twilight.
Have you a position open for a good man with exj>e-
rienee in your line? Advertise for your man by using
the inexpensive PRKSTO-TIMKS classified ads.
G I LIMtA\SH\
The Brown Electric Co., Wilmington, Del., has
been granted a charter, to deal in radio equipment.
W. E. Overstreet, Paris, Ky., has purchased the
business and equipment of the Burris Radio Shop,
that city, from Mr. Burris.
"Radio without the service headache"
The Cable Piano Co. and the Ritter Music Co. of
Atlanta, Ga., are lending musical instruments to the
Emory Little Symphony Orchestra, which lost sev-
eral thousand dollars' worth of musical instruments
during a recent fire.
NEW
GULBRANSEN
SUPERHETERODYNES
Model 235
10 - Tube
(Four
'35 Vari-mu, two
'47 Pentode in
p u a h
pull).
Superheterodyne.
Compens ating
Dynamic Speak-
e r.
Tuning
Meter, Automatic
Volume Control,
F u l l - floating
Variable C o n -
densers.
Power
Switch.
No
"blasting,"
no
fading, no cross-
talk. Price, less
tubes, $97.50.
There are nearly 100,000 stockholders of the Radio
Corporation of America, an increase of over 70,000
since 1928. On June 30, this year, the number had
been increased to 74,824 holders of the new common
stock, being an increase since April, 1930, of 50,160.
COMMENTS ON A NEW
AND PROGRESSIVE LINE
OF THE MUSIC TRADE
Commenting on references made in Presto-Times
to the phonograph and phonographic records and
their advantages as good sellers, a correspondent,
known as one of the best posted men in the music
The East Tennessee branch offices of the Elyea business writes this paper as follows: "Phonographic
Talking Machine Co., of Atlanta, have been opened
records are certainly getting a lot of free publicity
in suite No. 255-56 New Sprankle building. R. E. and it follows that someone must believe in them and
Coon, of Knoxville, is in charge. The Elyea Talking in the future merchandising possibilities. What I
Machine Co. is agent in Georgia, Tennessee and Ala- cannot understand (among a lot of other things) is
bama for new RCA-Victor products.
the indifferent attitude of the piano dealer toward
Charles H. Weidelman, of the Weidelman Music handling this line of goods. He is willing to sell
Co., Houghton, Mich., gave a glowing account to washing machines, sewing machines, vacuum cleaners,
his local newspapers on his return from the radio frigidaire and God knows what, but phonographs and
convention at Chicago in June. He also speaks very records, that belong in the family with the piano and
highly of the attendance at the music industries con- in the past made great gobs of money for the piano
dealer—these are anathema to him. Queer, isn't it?
tion at the Palmer House, Chicago.
But the piano dealer of the present day is a queer
The 1,600-room Park Central, one of New York's
cuss. He is not even a remote cousin to the dealer
really great hotels, has been selected as official head-
quarters for the eighth annual Radio-Electrical of the 10 to 20 year ago period."
* * * * *
World's Fair, Madison Square Garden, Sept. 21-26,
inclusive. The hotel is located at 55th street and
In this connection the various improvements in
Seventh avenue and is nearer to Madison Square record changing instruments and record changing
Garden than any first-class hotel in Times Square.
mechanism are very important and of such a char-
The Harry Alter Co., majestic distributors in Chi- acter as to make the automatic phonograph a vital
cago, announce capital stock increase from 3.600 instrument for dealers to handle. Some of this new
shares non-par value to $25,000 and 6,000 shares non- development concerning which Mr. H. E. Capehart,
president of the Capehart Corporation, Ft. Wayne,
par value.
His many friends in the music and general radio Ind., describes and which his company manufactures,
trade have been sending letters of congratulations to makes possible the automatic reproduction of com-
Eugene F. McDonald, president of the Zenith Radio plete operas and symphonies as well as complete
Corporation, on his marriage last month to Miss Elva albums of records in proper sequence and without
regard to the size of the records.
Riddle.
One new instrument in particular and which was
demonstrated at the Aeolian company warerooms in
A time like this is a period that calls for more than
the tempering of plans; it is a time to use old-fash- New York recently was a development after two
ioned hustling, but with variation in several particu- years of work by the Capehart Corporation of Fort
lars. Men like Smith, of the Greene Co., Toledo; Wayne, Ind., and is to be known as the Capehart 400
Heaton, of Columbus; Fred Luhnow, of the M. series. It has several novel features, being the first
Schulz Co.; A. H. Howes, of Grinnell Bros.; John J. of its kind that can play both sides of a record
Glynn, of James & Holmstrom; S. Ernest Philpitt, automatically.
H. E. Capehart, president of the Capehart Corpora-
of Florida; Ed. H. Uhl, of Los Angeles; Wilking, of
Indianapolis, and scores of other brainy men, are tion, said the instrument covers a wider musical
never at a loss for any length of time, for they are range than any musical instrument of its type today,
such close students of the possibilities of their locali- going down as low as sixteen cycles and up as high
ties that they seem to know just where to send their as 4,600 cycles. It also has the most selective and
men. And it is just such men who are the "fittest" powerful radio set to date, being of the thirteen-
to survive during a period of general depression such tube super-heterodyne type, giving a ten-kilocycle
separation, Mr. Capehart said.
as the world has just passed through.
MANTEL
RECEIVER
Model 130
Seven - tiube Super-
heterodyne (two '35
Vari-mus, one '47
Pentode). 10 kilo-
cycle
separation.
Large enough to in-
sure excellent tone.
Finest cabinet work.
Price,
less
tubes,
$58.00.
CONSOLE
RECEIVER
Model 135
Seven - tube
Super-
heterodyne,
same
chassis as Model 130,
in beautifully de-
signed cabinet, 40"
high. 2 to 4 micro-
volt sensitivity per
m e t e r . No t u b e
noises or cross-talk.
Price.
less
tubes,
$68.00.
Write or wire for
full particulars
CiriJLBRAlVSEN
816 IV. Kedzle Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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