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ing at the tracks. If the state is
consistent, it will treat other forms
of gambling as it does pari-mutuel
betting.
Urges That All Gambling
Be Regulated
rpH E following editorial appeared
in a recent issue of The Peoria
Journal:
A resolution before the Illinois
general assembly calls for the appoint
ment of a commission of five to make
an investigation of gambling in the
state.
Although most legislative commis
sions do little more than spend the
taxpayers’ money, there is a wide
field for the investigation of gam
bling in Illinois and revision of gam
bling laws. Present statutes, con
trolling or pretending to control
gambling, are the product of a Puri
tan age that did not recognize facts
or understand human nature.
The gambling instinct is native to
more than half the people. Some
play the horses, some shoot dice,
others buy tickets in baseball pools,'
M ay, 1935
some play bridge or poker, and others
take chances on coin machines or
punch boards.
As a matter of fact, it would be
difficult to find more than a handful
of people who do not gamble in one
way or another. Most of this gam
bling is organized. In a city the size
of Peoria it forms an industry that
takes in a million dollars a year. It
is one of the few industries today
that escapes heavy taxation.
No laws will put an end to gam
bling. Laws can be passed, however,
that will keep gambling under control
and give the “sucker” a “break.”
Laws also might be passed taxing
gambling and thus preventing graft
and other unofficial taxes that go
into the pockets of politicians.
Illinois already has made a start
in this direction by taxing horse rac-
850 Pounds of Pennies
Are Stolen
About 850 pounds of pennies—
$1,255 — was included in the loot
taken May 8 by three armed bandits
who waylaid Werner Puttkammer, a
messenger for the Chicago Elevated
Advertising Company, in the rear of
the company’s offices at 509 S. Frank
lin Street.
Most of the money, the 125,500
pennies, represented collections from
vending machines on “L” platforms.
About $600 in other currency was
seized also.
Puttkammer was about to step up
into a truck to drive to the First
National Bank with the money when
the hijackers arrived in a sedan. All
three wore masks and one carried a
shotgun.
IN D E X TO AD V ERT ISERS
M A Y , 1935
A
A. B. T. Mfg. Co. ........................2, 67
Ad-Lee Co.......................................... 101
Advanoe Machine Co......................... 65
American Chewing Products Corp. 78
American Coin Machine Co. .........120
American Sales Corp......................... 91
Auditorium Hotel ........................... 73
Automatic Amusements Co.........71-72
Automatic Industries, Inc............... 104
Automatic Coin Mach. Sales .........109
Automat Sales Co. ......................... 118
B
Badger Novelty Co........................... 108
Bally Mfg. Co......................... 81-87, 122
Barron & Co., E. T......................... 34
Birmingham Amusement Co............30
Birmingham Vending Co................. 123
Brewer & Sons, Chas. A .................. 63
C
Caille Brothers Company .......... 97, 98
Capehart Corp................................ 68-69
Chicago Amusement Games Co. ... 106
Chicago Lock Co........................... 84-85
Classified Ads ...........................130-131
Columbus Vending Co.......Back Cover
D
Daniels, M. T......... .......................... 89
Daval Mfg. Co......................... 27A, 27B
F
Flint Novelty C om pany...................129
G
Gardner & Co....................................74
Gaylord Coin Machine Corp............ 116
Genco, Inc................... .................... 90
General Coin Machine Corp. ...112-113
Gerber & Glass Distr. Co. ...49-50, 86
Germack, John N............................. 60
Goodbody, John .............................. 94
Goretta & Co., Andrew ................. 94
Gottlieb & Co., D ............................. 45
Groetchen Tool Co........................43-44
Guralsky, B ....................................... 93
H
Hanson Scale Co...............................65
Haussmann, Julius ......................... 104
Hecht, Nielsen .............................65, 78
Holtz, Jacob ................................... 126
Hornbecks Specialties ............. 96, 127
I
Ideal Novelty Co................................128
Illinois Lock Co................................ 54
Independent Lock Co............ ... .......... 62
International Mutoscope Reel Co...114
J
Jennings & Co., O. D.................... 46-47
K
Kaufman, Inc., Babe ...................... 38
L
Lazar Co., B. D............56, 96, 107, 122
Leonard Specialty Co.......................32
Little Nut Vender Co........................37
M
Mabey Electric & Mfg. Co............... 63
Markepp Co., Inc............................129
Mills Novelty Co......................... 110-111
Modern Vending Co.................... 99-100
Munves & Co., Mike ...................... 40
N
National Lock Co............................. 36
Norris Mfg. Co.................................. 40
Northwestern Corp............................58
P
Paces Races .................82-83, 117, 126
Pan Confection Factory ............... 102
Peanut Specialty Co......................... 55
Penny King System ...................... 61
Polly Sales Co................................... 37
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R
Robbins & Co., D................. 76, 79, 126
Robot Venders, Inc..........................62
Rockola Mfg. Co............... 3-14, 133-137
S
Shure Co., N ................................... 124
Silent Sales Co........................... 92, 121
Simmons Coin Machine Co............ 95
Simpson Co., R. D ........................... 74
Skill Games Sales Corp...................125
Southern Automatic Sales Co.........76
Specialty Coin Machine Builders.. .118
Specialty Mfrs................................... 127
Specialty Mfg. Co............................. 61
Stanclard-Johnson Co., Inc.............64
Sterling, Benj., Jr............................106
Struhl, Morris ................................ 80
Supreme Products Co........................65
Supreme Vending Co........................86
T
Taksen Co., Leon ........................... 62
Tips and Topics .............................. 116
Trimount Coini Machine Co............. 48
U
United Amusement Co.....................108
V
Veeder-Root, Inc...............................80
Viking Specialty Co......................... 102
W
Walzer Co., A. M .............................. 88
W. B. Specialty Co...........................106
Wedemeyer, Eric ......................... 28-29
Wilcox Mfg. Co., W . W ..............61, 77
Withey Co., B. A............................. 75
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co., Rudolph ....23-26
Y
Yale Slot & Slug Co......................... 75
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co................. . 22
Z
Zenobia Company, Inc, ................. 67
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