Automatic Age

Issue: 1939 August

T he D o o r
The M ills Throne of Music Phonograph is
beautiful— not just because it looks beautiful,
but because its superb mechanism gives the
kind of performance that swells the cash box
contents. The opportunity to operate this
No. 1 instrument is open to you and the
premier locations in your territory are wait­
ing to be supplied. Move N O W to entrench
yourself with the Throne of Music!
M ills N o v e lty C o m p a n y
4100 F u lle r t o n A v e . , C h ic a g o , I llin o is
AP-138 Printed In U. S. A.
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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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