Automatic Age

Issue: 1939 August

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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IN D E X TO ADVERTISERS
AUGUST, 1939
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Ace C igare tte Service Co.....................68
A cm e F. & M. C o.......... .................... ... 24
A dvance M achine C o.......................... ... 59
A m e rican C hew ing P ro d ucts Corp. 54
A rt C abinet Sales Co................... ......... 40
A tlas N ovelty Co..................................... 32
A u to m a tic Gam es ................................. 53
G ard ine r Sales Co., R. H ..................
G erm ack, Jo h n N .......................... . . .
Globe P rin tin g Co. ...........................
G randbois Co., U. G ............................
G rand N ationa l Sales Co................
B
H anson Scale Co..................................
H arlich Mfg. Co. . . ............................
B adger N ovelty Co..............................
B aker N ovelty Co............................. 33,
B ally Mfg. Co........................................
B anner Sp e cialty Co............................
Bond D is trib u tin g Co...................... 23,
Brewer & Sons, C has. A ..................
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Illinois Lock Co.....................................
Independent Lock Co..........................
N ovelty Co........................ ......
Mills Novelty Co................................... 7-10
M onarch Coin M achine Co. . . . . . .
25
Moseley V ending M achine Co..........
35
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N atio n a l Slug Rejectors, In c ..........
N orris Mfg. Co......................................
N orthw estern C orporation . . . . . . . .
N u t Packers Su p ply Co., In c..........
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Eastern A u to m a tic Mdse. Co. . . . 47
E llm a n & Z u ck e rm an .........................61
E x h ib it S upply C o............................... ... 22
P e a n u t Specialty Co............................
P e nn y K ing System ..........................
Portable Elevator Mfg. Co. . . . . . .
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Mfg. Co..............................
47
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M fg. Co................................ ...65
Coin M achine Co., Inc. . 71
Co., R. D .................... ......... ...45
Products, Inc. .....................28
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Sim m o ns
Sim pson
S uperior
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D alkin Co., A .........................................
Dom estic N ovelty Co..........................
Reliable V ending M achine Co.......... 72
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Richards Mfg. Co.................................
Robbins & Co., D. . . . . . . 5 1 , 63, 73, 74
Rock-Ola Mfg. C o rp..........................
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Jacobs
C andy C rafters, In c..........................33, 61
C entral S tan d M fg. C o.................. 26, 42
Chicago Lock Co.................................. 69
C o lum bus V en ding C o......... Back Cover
Consolidated Sales Co........................ 34
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V ending M achine Co..........................
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V icto r V ending Corp. ...2 3 , 27, 35, 37
V ik in g Specialty C o ............................ 46
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W ilcox Mfg. Co., W . W . . . . . . . . 5 8 , 66
W oodstock T ypew riter Co............... 71
W u rlitze r Co., Rudolph .................. 42A
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X . L. Coin Machine E x ch................
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58
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12 Y eats A ppliance Dolly Mfg. Co. . .
41
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