The World's First Coin Machine Magazine
A U T O M A T IC
ACE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 14
No. 3
O C T O B E R 1937
Features in This Issue
Page
Established 1925
SORTING COINS W IT H TH E EDITOR
B y Hubert F. Messe ................................................ 12
P E R SO N A LITY— TH E K E Y TO
SUCCESS FOR AN OPERATOR
B y Arthur W. Luchs ................................................ 13
P L A Y TH E GAM E W IT H YOU R T E A M M A T E S
B y Dave Gottlieb ....................................................... 14
V A R IE T Y IS TH E SPICE OF LIFE
B y Jack Nelson ......................................................... 16
O. C. LIGHTNER
President
COINS A N D SLUGS—
H IGH LIGH TS ON IN T E R E ST IN G PERSON
A L IT IE S IN TH E COIN M A C H IN E B U SIN E SS ................. 17
A D V E R T ISIN G FOR TH E OPERATOR
B y B. T. Perkins .........
............................ 19
FOR A M U SE M E N T O N LY .............................. ....................... .
20
NONE SO BLIND AS TH OSE W H O DO NOT SEE
B y R. B. (Dick) Wiggins ....................... ............... 21
HUBERT F. MESSE
Managing Editor
T E N Y E A R S AGO TO D A Y
— From the October 1927 Automatic Age ..................................... 23
HIGH COMMISSION R A T E S HIT
TH E V E N D IN G M A C H IN E OPERATOR .....
....................... 32
GOODBODY’S COLUMN
B y John Goodbody ........................................... ......... 45
T H E R E AR E M ILLIONS OF P E N N IE S TO BE H A D ........ 73
T IM E L Y T U N E S — N O TES OF IN T E R E ST
TO PHONOGRAPH OPERATORS ................................................ 81
ASSO C IATIO N N E W S ........................................................................ 85
ARTHUR W. LUCHS
Editor
SHORT CIRCUITS A N D T H E IR M E A N IN G
By Kurt Wilckens ....................................................
86
BOSTON SECTION ...............................................................................125
N E W PA TE N TS
B y Ken C. Shyvers .................................................... 151
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