AUTOMATIC AGE
98
July, 1938
French Coin Machine Show
Is Success
in g to its sponsors, notw ith sta nd in g
present conditions in France. I t was
visited by all the trade’s people of
France and the leading coin m achine
people of France.
A m usem ent m achines exclusively
were displayed in the three rooms of
| J N D E R the able direction of Rene
Godin,
general
m anager,
the
F rench Coin M achine Show, held
M ay 30th to Ju ne 2nd a t the Salles
Hoche, has been term ed a success.
T hough n o t as large as th a t o f M ay,
1937, the 1938 show, proved g ra tify
CLEARANCE SALE
S turdy
Sim ple M echanism
P ortions C ontrolled
5 lb. each com partm ent
Vends N u t s , Candies,
Toy M ix, etc.
N o Broken M erchandise
L ocatio n Builder
E ye C om pelling
F inished all colors
A c tu a l Size— 18" hig h
— 14" by 14"
$13.50 Each
METAL
STAND $2.50 EXTRA
I / 3 deposit must accompany all
orders.
Balance C .O .D . via ex
press unless otherwise specified.
X.L. COIN MACHINE CO., INC.
1353 WASHINGTON STREET
BOSTON •
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Surveys Mexico
for Operating
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W ERTS THE O R IG IN A T O R OF J A R DEALS
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Take ..................................... $105.00
Jar Payout ................... $36.00
Card Payout Aver............ 35.74
Total Average Payout ................ 71.74
Average PROFIT Per Deal .......... $ 33.26
Werts Novelty Company, Inc.
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the Salles Hoche.
Thirty-one ex
hibitors had m achines on display,
whereas last year there were 73 ex
hibitors. A ll the prin cipal A m erican
firms were represented, am o ng them
Genco, E x h ib it Supply, etc.
A m o n g m achines exhibited were
some 200 electric and auto m atic m a r
ble games. Bell machines had been
modified to become legal, as w ell as
some cranes, the latter being equip
ped w ith a blade or candy vendor.
The “ D riv e r” gam e exhibited con
sisted o f an electric car w hich passes
over several contact points. The
“A u to ro u te ” m achine enables a car
to pass throu g h obstacles on a ro ll
in g p lay in g field a t different speeds
and by reg u latin g the speed it is pos
sible to cause fro m one to ten acci
dents. The Air-Ball, a blo w ing m a
chine, several am usem ent games like
foo tball, hockey, skeeball, were some
of the m achines w hich presented new
ideas a t the show.
O n the second day a contest was
held to pick out the m ost interesting
F rench m achine. Ten m achines were
picked and a ju r y chosen to select
the m achine presenting the m ost fea
tures fo r operation— new idea, cost,
legality, space, ease of operation, etc.
The m achine selected by the ju r y was
“ The D yn am ic,” a m achine resem
b lin g a track meet and costing 2,500
francs. The F rench trade paper L a
Revue De L ’A u to m atiqu e , of w hich
Rene G odin is editor, aw arded a prize
of 5,000 francs to the w inner of this
contest.
M u n c ie , In d .
M r. Lee N. M anley, president of
M anley
D istrib u tin g
Com pany
of
New Oi*leans, La., distributors of 2
in 1 vendors and a comprehensive
line of other machines, advises th a t he
is m ak in g a survey of coin m achine
possibilities in Mexico and Canada.
He believes th a t Mexico w ill prove a
very fertile field for A m erican m a
chines in the near fu tu re and has
sent a representative there to learn
all about possibilities for operating.
Illinois Operator Is
Sole Licensee
Bloom ington, 111.,— The city council
of E l Paso has issued a pinball m a
chine license to S. M. Bowen of
Bloom ington for $1,000.
He is to
handle not less th a n fifteen machines.
The license and m onthly fee w ill net
the tow n a t least $1,000 annually-
Bowen is to have the only operator
license in E l Paso.
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