Automatic Age

December, 19SU
A U T O M A iT IC A G E
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games and the other half is play­
ing them.
AIN’T IT SO?
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By C y ru s P. K a b itz e r
M o s t a n y tim e now we m a y look for
a couple o f n e w p in g am e s b y th e D e a n
N o v e lty C o m p a n y called D iz z y an d D affy,
a fte r those D e a n bro the rs of base b all
fam e.
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A certain well known operator
is an inveterate salmon fisher­
man, but his tales of the big
ones he catches are sometimes
doubted. Recently he equipped
himself with a pair of scales to
prove his claims.
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Imagine the consternation of his
neighbor who borrowed the scales
with which to weigh their new baby
boy when he tipped the scales at ex­
actly thirty-seven pounds.
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J .Y .B . postcards to re m a rk t h a t som e
people k n o w so little a b o u t th e v a lu e of
m o ne y th e y are careless a b o u t w h a t the y
use fo r coins w h e n tr y in g to w in som e­
t h in g fr o m a coin-operated m a c h in e .
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A New York lunch stand has
sold 75,000,000 doughnuts.
Sounds like the production fig­
ures of a new pin game.
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Mussolini is careful to let the world
know he is not training Italian boys
to shoot marbles — not even in pin
games.
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R a d io singers h a v e a ll been d w e llin g
o n th e new song h it e n title d , “ D id Y o u
E v e r See a D r e a m W a lk ? " T o th e a v e r ­
ag e o pe ra to r a d re am w a lk w o u ld be
a lo n g a street w ith a co in m a c h in e in
every doorw ay.
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K.L.G. writes to suggest that if
operators could be assured legal
security and protection they would all
join the association.
If there was such a thing as legal
security and protection in this busi­
ness there wouldn’t be any need of
an association.
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B efore m a n u fa c tu re rs ja c k up th e price
o f m a c h in e s a n y fu rth e r it m ig h t be w ell
to look a r o u n d a b it a n d find o u t w here
th e " ja c k " is c o m in g from .
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Op: “Has your brother any
religious convictions?”
Pop: “He got fined for oper­
ating a dice game near a
church.”
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By paying them for not rais­
ing hogs, Uncle Sam now has
the farmers fixed up about Okeh.
Now if we could persuade the
old boy to lend a hand to this
industry along the same lines
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S ta tistic s te ll us t h a t in a d d itio n to a ll
th e inconveniences caused b y th e depres­
sion w h ic h h a s cost u s to date , ?7,535,-
485,800 w e s till h a v e a n o th e r ye ar o f it
to com e to w h ic h should be inclu d e d p in
gam es.
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About the time operators reach the
point where they operate about any­
thing they want to operate, they find
it good business to operate about
what is wanted operated.
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‘'U to p ia ” m a y be fo u n d in a n y d ic ­
tio n a ry , b u t th e re is no such t h in g in
th e life o f th e av e rag e operator.
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The Department of Justice esti­
mates there are more than 6,000
"public enemies” still at large. Surely
there aren’t that many pin game
sluggers.
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Very often people are turned
down for a job on account of
flat feet, but one rarely if ever
hears of a flathead being re­
jected.
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Los Angeles is not suffering
much from unemployment. Half
the population is operating pin
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A scientist says work never killed
anyone. Most any operator will tell
you it has been work that has kept
him alive the past four years.
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O pe ra tors’ associations are m ad e u p of
tw o p arts, those w h o w ill a n d tho se w h o
w o n ’t, b u t th e y a ll fa ll in lin e w h e n old
m a n J o h n L a w lifts u p h is head.
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B .Y .P . w rite s w ith a le ad p e ncil a n d
says y o u c a n fool som e of th e people a ll
o f th e tim e a n d a ll o f th e people som e
o f the tim e , b u t n e x t to slo t m ach ine s,
p in g am es seem to be ab le to am aze ,
b e fu d d le a n d in tr ig u e a ll o f us, in c lu d in g
ju d g e s a n d policem en, over a g re ater
le n g th o f tim e t h a n a n y th in g t h a t h as
ye t h it th e in d u s try .
It won’t be long until pin game
manufacturers and designers will be
in about the same position that con­
fronts aviators who now complain be­
cause they haven’t any more worlds
to fly around.
After reading about what a good
boy Insull says he has been it makes
us all feel like pikers.
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he found them all N. F. S.
sufficient funds.)
If we could get operators to
shake hands instead of shaking
fists at one another, this would
be a better business for all of us.
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West Coast built games are getting
smaller which has two advantages.
They cost less and don’t take up so
much room.
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Sam Shortcut said when he
checked his machines this week
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