The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
AUTOM ATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 16
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AUGUST, 1939
No. 1
Features in This Issue
Page
S O R T IN G C O IN S W IT H T H E E D I T O R _________________ 13
TEN Y E A R S A G O IN T H E C O IN M A C H IN E
IN D U S T R Y ________________________________________ ________ 16
Established 1925
T H E M A N U F A C T U R E R S ’ A S S O C IA T IO N A N D IT S
F U N C T IO N S
By O. C. L ig h tn e r ----------------------------- 15
T H E C O IN M A C H IN E B U S IN E S S —
IT S G R O W T H A N D D E V E L O P M E N T
By Charles W. S c h lic t ------------------------- 17
T W E N T Y Y E A R S IN M U SIC
Reminiscences of J. E. Cobb Reveals Industry
Changes Since Horse and Buggy D a y s _______________ 19
O. C. LIG H T N ER
S A LE S IN S P IR A T IO N !
President
By Don W. K elsey ---------------------------- 21
SHOP AND SH OW ROOM
A News Review of New Coin Machine P ro d u c ts___30-31
ON T H E R E C O R D _________________________________________ 38
C IG A R E T T E M E R C H A N D IS E R S
Their Purpose, Function and Advantages
By Rowe Mfg. C o . ____________________________________ 43
CARROLL E. VETTERICK
F O R A M U S E M E N T O N L Y _______________________ ________ 48
Editor— Adv. Director
N E W PA T EN T S
By Ken C. Shyvers ___________________________________ 50
O D D FACTS— U N U S U A L E V E N T S ______________________ 57
MARTIN J. MRAZ
A G U ID E TO O P E R A T IN G S U C C E S S ________________ 75-84
Ass’t. Editor
W H A T IS M O R E D E S IR A B L E T H A N A
ST A B LE IN C O M E ?
By Frank H. V ogel _______ ___________________ ________ 76
A Q U E S T IO N N A IR E F O R O P E R A T O R S
By Carroll E. V etterick _______________________________ 77
Staff Contributors:
H A V E Y O U T R IE D TO GET M E R C H A N T ’S
C O O P E R A T IO N ?
By O. D. Jennings & C om pany ______________________ 78
JOHN GOODBODY
LO N G L IV E T H E V E N D IN G M A C H IN E B U S IN E S S !
By A. E. G ebert _________ ___ ________________________ 79
AN O P E R A T O R S R E S O L U T IO N _________________________ 80
KEN SHYVERS
O P E R A T IN G C O IN M A C H IN E P R O F IT A B L Y __________ 81
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