Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 112, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1934 — Page 23

SEPT. 19, 1931

CABINETS MADE FOR RADIOS IN THREE PLANTS, Spencer-Cardinal Operate Factories at Marion and Wabash. "Makers of fine cabinets since 1906” might well be the slogan of the Spencer. Cardinal Corporation, which was formed in that year and which has been in business continuously since. The production has not been confined to radio cabinets during all of that time, the company having manufactured phonograph cabinets for many years in addition to a large furniture business. Orders received from General j Household Utilities Company have enabled the firm to speed up production at its three plants. More than 25 men and women are employed at the Wabash and the two Marion plants. The company discontinued the manufacture of furniture in 1929 and that time its entire production has been devoted to the manufacture of radio cabinets. The officers as well as a majority | of the stfrf kholders of the corpora- | lion reside in Marion. The officers I are R J Spencer Jr. president; H ;ch B Wilkiason. vice-president j and sales manager; A. E. Osborn, 1 secretary; B. L. Haram. treasurer, j and C. C Rhetts. general manager. : Supervised by Veterans A majority of the employes have : been continuously employed by the ! company since it started in business and the production of radio cabinets ! is under the supervision of four men. who have been actively engaged in that business for the last fifteen to twenty years. They are: A H. Haley, general superintendent; Karl Pennington, superintendent of p n ? No. 1 at Wabash; Earl Adam^. iperintendent of plant No. 2 at Marion, and Farl James, superintendent of plant No. 3 at Marion. Plant No. 1 at Wabash has a to- , tal of 110.000 square feet of floor ' space. A total of 150 men and women are now employed at the | plant, whieh has a rapacity pro- j duction of 1.800 console cabinets a week. Plant No 2 at Marion has a total of 80.000 square feet of floor space. > More than 165 men and women are employed at the plant, which has a rapacity production of 1,500 console cabinets a week. Plant No. 3 at Marion has a total of 35 000 square feet of floor space. More than 110 persons are now employed at the plant which has a total production of 4.000 mantel cabinets a week Business of the concern, which is at near rapacity, is expected to remain steadv until the Christmas holidays, officers state. FISHING FOR DISTANCE MAY ENJOY REVIVAL Winter Expected to Bring Return of Quest for Far Programs. Do you remember In the infant days on radio when “Ashing" for distant stations was the evening pastime of countless radio fans?; What a thrill it was to get WEAF from Chicago, or any other station as much as a thousand miles away! j In recent years the thrill has lost! its savor, however, since it has been comparatively May with an ordinar- j ily good radio to get good reception from stations across the continent. 1 Now the outposts of distant radio reception have been pushed back thousands of miles more, and with the added romance of receiving broadcasts from foreign nations, it is confidently expected by radio fans that the coming winter will see a revival of the good old night time sport of DX hunting. Especially easy and therefore fascinating will the owner of a Grunow radio with the Signal Beacon find it to tune in Melbourne, Australia. Rabat, Morocco, and other stations half wav around the world. WORLD SCOPE GIVEN BY ALL-WAVE GRUNOW Signal Beacon. Exclusive Device, Is Latest Innovation. The man who owns a radio which is not an all-wave receiver soon will ! feel as out of date as the owner of * a 1912 motor car. when his friends start boasting about how many foreign stations they logged last night. All-wave reception, coupled with greatly increased distance over which stations can be heard, already is giving new impetus to the radio business. Thousands of person* who have seen the new Grunow radios are trading their old receivers in and getting the latest development in the world of radio, the Signal Beacon. exclusive with Grunow. In order to make purchasing possible to the largest number of families. Grunow dealers are offering special trade-in deals and long easy terms this week on any Grunow radio purchased. THREE PLANTS PRODUCE RADIOS. REFRIGERATORS Employment Given 2.60 Persons at Marion and Chicago. The Marion plant is only one cf three large plants operated by the General Household Utilities Company. The other plants are located in Chicago. A total of 2.600 persons are employed in the three plants. The George street plant. Chicago, is a four-story building containing about 150 000 square feet of floor space. Speakers and condensers for the Marion plant are manufactured there. Parts for refrigerators are machined, ground and assembled in the same building. Executue offices of the concern are located on the third floor of the Crawford ax-enue plant. Chicago. Refrigerator boxes are made on the first floor. The second floor is given over to the engineering offices. Organisation Planned Plana of the General Household Utilities Company, now being formulated. provide tor the organization of an employes welfare association, similar in many respect* to the association formed by the 15.000 employes of the farmer GrigsbyGrunow Corporation.

WIDE RANGE OF MODELS FOR 1935 OFFERED IN GRUNOW RADIO SETS

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Grunow 1935 model radios, above, and prices are as follows: Top Row (left to right)—Model 751, $99.50; Model 661, $69 50; Model 651,* $59.50; Model 752, $99 50.

Grunow Sets Offered on Special Purchase Terms

Trade-In Allowance, Low Down Payment Can Be Arranged. During this week, designated by Grunow dealers as Demonstration Week, special prices with small down payment and long easy terms are offered on all Grunow radios. If you already own a radio of another make, don't let that deter you from seeing and hearing the new Grunow with Signal Beacon. It will be a revelation to you. Liberal trade-in allowances are being made this week, also, on good used radios. Grunow dealers realize that one Grunow in a neighborhood will sell a number of others, for a Grunow owner just can't keep his enthusiasm quiet. He's bound to tell others and perhaps boast a little. That's the reason for special inducements to buy early. With Grunow radios available in such a wide variety of prices, from sl9 95 up. with liberal trade-in or small down payment and long easy

*jj * You travel as soon -1l f ij 'p as y ou turn the dial >V; I ijij |SjP 9 <l/ • And what travelling you can do! The “Signal Beacon” y K y finds and brings in those dis- i.%,4 | Tfjßl .V/ tant foreign stations that you T. *£ f- lj| ? want. Come into our store and '.l9n let us show you how amazing this “Signal Beacon” is. C/tmtcw / SIGNAL BEACON [t] £*STO PS YOU AT THE STATIONS OF THE WOULD Mg LIBERAL TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE G. J. SIMMI VI H. Inc. EST. 1914 3313 E. 10TH OPEN EVENINGS f CH. 7077

Second Row—Model 1151, $149.50; Model 1152, $127.50; Model 753, $97.50; Model 662, $59.50. Third Row—Model 650, $44.50; Model 670, $69.50; Model 750, $79.50; Model 660, $49.95. Fourth Row—Model 671, $79.50; Model 550, $32.95; Model 440, $27.50; Model 460, $19.95.

terms, why should anybody hesitate to have the best that radio affords right now? NEWRADfO ACTIVITY OPENS WITH AUTUMN World’s Series and Football Among Attractions. Both here and abroad, the air will be chock-full of fascinating programs this fall and winter. If you want the most enjoyment out of the world's series, the big football games, and countless other special fall broadcasts that will interest everyone, get your new Grunow now. And when you can’t find anything to your liking in the American programs, just twirl the dials and away you gc on radio’s magic carpet to Madrid, Rome, Morocco. South Africa or Singapore. Close your eyes and put your finger anywhere on the map of the world—you can get that station with a Grunow.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

HOOSIER AIDS GRUNOW CHIEF George A. Ball, Muncie, Serves as Member of Executive Body. Members of the executive committee of General Household Utilities Inc., in addition to President William C. Grunow, are George A. Ball, Muncie, and Allen G. Messick, Chicago. Mr. Ball is a prominent Muncie glass manufacturer and is active in business and civic affairs in that city. He also is a trustee of Riley Memorial hospital, Indianapolis. A resident of Marion for many years and a graduate of Marion high school, Mr. Messick is widely known. Following his graduation from Indiana university where he was a member of the football team, Mr. Messick returned to Marion to engage in the practice of law. He has since been connected with the affairs of the radio manufacturing plant.

NEW BOOK BY RIPLEY FORMS DEALERS' GIFT New Cartoon Volume and Radio Guide Given Warm Welcome. Grunow’s recent announcement, coincidental with the announcement of the new Grunow line of radios, including the marvelous signal beacon, that a brand new book by Ripley, the famous “Believe It or Not” cartoonist, will be given free to everyone who calls on a Grunow dealer and asks for it, has been received with an unexpectedly large amount of enthusiasm by the reading public. Throngs have flocked to Grunow dealers to get this new twenty-seven-page book containing never-before-published cartoons by Ripley, short wave log and time table, world time chart and other valuable information, and to see and hear the new line of Grunow radios. Orders Roll in Sales response has been immediate and tremendous. Not for several years has the announcement of anew line of radios been followed by such an avalanche of orders. The answer of course, is in the fact the new Grunow radio line really revolutionizes all-wave reception. Whereas for the last several years the introduction of new models by all of the radio manufacturers has been largely a matter of formality, depending for its interest upon a slightly improved tonal quality or a change in cabinet design, the new Grunow with signal beacon is firstpage news to any one interested in getting everything on the air everywhere. Signal Beacon Stressed Although the signal beacon is by no means the only new feature to be found in the new Grunow line, this one new feature alone outshines all the other great advancements incorporated in this new line. It is confidently predicted by marketing experts that this one new feature will do much toward revolutionizing and reviving the radio business. Incorporated in the Grunow allwave models, the signal beacon is in effect a station finder, that makes it comparatively simple for the most uninformed and inexperienced tuner for foreign stations to quickly and correctly tune in all the world stations that can be heard at the time of tuning.

The Grunow... Signal Beacon Uc^s, ‘‘HERES *4 RXS # Sounds amazing , doesn’t it? It is amaz- marvel of mechanical perfection. As fine a ing with the “Signal Beacon”, an exclu- set as you could ordinarily buy at nearly dousive Grunow invention which finds those ble the price. Yet this set is within reach of difficult-to-locate foreign stations so easily the most modest pockethook. Think of it —and brings them in with such tremen- —all the World stations brought to you in a dous volume—with such clarity that you beautiful cabinet with illuminated aeroare absolutely astounded. plane dial and at a price so low that you The set shown is the Grunow all-wave will be agreeably surprised. Come in and let World Cruiser table model. A 7-tube us give you a demonstration. You will like it* PRICED $1 A.9.) si /i | 1.50 FROM - Isf <o | |;fNo Down Payment— lsc per Day Stewart’s Radio, Inc. 31Uh A Illinois, Open Evenings, WA-1137 Expert Radio Service Day or Night "Also a Complete Line of Grunow Refrigerators ,/ * ....... ——————

UtDo&a/ti and 7)Uta+ice. 9 That's wliat a Grunow is. It's a bargain in dollars because the / prices are ridiculously low for lay If r® } such quality. It's a bargain in m *fl\{ f-IJI. I £ ~ 5V distance too, because with the 191 * ~ ' amazing “Signal Beacon”, you * #| * ' tune in the stations you want |jj|j .'h.n .oil wu lll Ilil-m FEATURES to amaze and delight you. Every one is practical and makes a Grunow a better bargain than any other set on the market. Come in and let us prove this to your satisfaction. tffounew /stCltfAL BEACON ITI ri-STOPS you AT THE STATIONS OF THE WORID "J 7 THE WEST SIDE GRUNOW DEALER MT. JACKSON TIKE AAO BATTERY CO. * 3413 W. Washington • BE. 1490 OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS

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