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THE WORLD OF RADIO
A NEW HOME ENTERTAINER-A COMBINED
TALKING PICTURE PROJECTOR AND RADIO
joined the Federal Telegraph Co. in Califor-
nia and in 1922 became connected with the
General Electric Co., and more recently with
the RCA-Victor Co.
Immediate quantity production of a com-
bined talking picture projector, radio set and
phonograph for home use was announced
recently by the Sparks-Withington Co., of
Jackson, Mich., maker of Sparton Radio. The
new product is to be known as the Sparton
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
ATWATER KENT DISTRIBUTORS
ficiently brilliant to be thrown on a screen
six by eight feet if desired. Standard six-
teen millimeter film is used, such as is used
in the popular-priced home movie cameras.
Voices and sound effects are recorded on
16-inch discs which are synchronized with
The eighth annual convention of the
Atwater Kent distributors was held at the
Hotel Ambassador, Atlantic City, on July 29
and 30 with practically one hundred per cent
attendance representing every section of the
country.
The convention was for the purpose of
outlining to the distributors the details of
elaborate promotional sales and dealer help
campaigns and broadcasting programs de-
signed to create a strong demand for the
new Atwater Kent models.
A. Atwater Kent presided over most of the
meetings as usual, and F. E. Basler, general
sales manager, outlined the selling program
for the year. Executives of various other de-
partments of the company also addressed the
distributors relative to the activities and
plans of those departments.
The convention was interspersed with en-
tainment features thoroughly in keeping with
Mr. Kent's reputation as a host.
A GROWING INFLUENCE
IN EDUCATION—RADIO
THE NEW SPARTON VISIONOLA
Visionola, and will retail at a price that puts
it within the means of the average home.
For ordinary use the Visionola projects a
picture 18 inches by 24 inches on a screen
that is formed by the under side of the
hinged top. The pictures, however, are suf-
the films. Film and record come as a unit
on a rental basis through a number of film
libraries. Films taken by the owner with
home movie cameras but without sound effects
can be projected alone. The radio can also
be used alone, as can the phonograph.
G. W . CARPENTER HONORED
BY RADIO ENGINEERS
section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
Graduating from the University of Iowa in
1914 as an electrical engineer, Mr. Carpenter
spent some time in the steel industry before
the waT and then enlisted in the Navy, where
he specialized in radio. After the war he
G. W. Carpenter, manager of engineering
of the RCA-Victor Co., Camden, N. J., was
recently elected chairman of the Philadelphia
Following up its recent intensive activity
in the promotion of centralized control mul-
tiple speaker equipment for schools, the
Atwater Kent Mfg. Co. has just published
a new sixteen page illustrated booklet, titled
'"A Growing Influence in Education . . .
Radio."
The new booklet, starting with a specially
written foreword by Ben Darrow, director
of the Ohio School of the Air, traces the
progressive strides made by radio in educa-
tion, defines its function in the classroom,
discusses educational broadcasting programs,
and presents the opinions of many outstand-
ing schoolmen and educational research spe-
cialists as indicative of radio's growing influ-
ence in the school.
In addition, it includes a brief description
of the Atwater Kent multiple speaker equip-
ment as the ideal radio set-up for schools.
STARR PIANOS
STARR ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS
CHAMPION and GENNETT RECORDS
ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS for RADIO BROADCASTING
THE STARR PIANO COMPANY
RICHMOND, INDIANA
ESTABLISHED 1872
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
August, 1931
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