Automatic Age

Issue: 1939 November

The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
AUTOMATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 16
N O V E M B E R , 1939
No. 4
Features in This Issue
Established 1925
Page
SORTING COINS W IT H THE E D I T O R ------------- 11
TEN YEARS AGO IN THE COIN M ACHIN E
IN D U ST RY ______________________________________________ 14
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
PAY COMMISSIONS W IT H COUPONS
Iowa Firm Introduces Successful Plan for
Stimulating Location Interest in Venders--------- 21
ASSOCIATION NEW S __________________________________ 27
CARROLL E. VETT ERICK
SHOP AND SHOW-ROOM
A News Review of New Coin Machine Products-- 30-31
Editor— Adv. Director
PIC T O RIA L R E V IE W OF W U R LIT Z E R
OPEN HOUSE ________________________________________39-55
M ARTIN J. MRAZ
N E W PATENTS
By Ken C. Shyvers---------------------------65
Ass’t. Editor
THE MAN W IT H W H ISK E RS
From the “Rowe-Gram” ----- ------------------78
ON THE R E C O R D _______________________________________81
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Staff Contributors:
AUTOMATIC AGE D IRECT O RY
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of Coin Machine Manufacturers and Suppliers______91
JO H N GOODBODY
KEN SHYVERS
CLA SSIFIED COIN M A CHIN E E X C H A N G E _________ 95-96
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AUTOMATIC AGE
November, 1939
IN D E X TO ADVERTISERS
NOVEM BER, 1939
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A
A dvance M achin e Co...........................
A m e rican C hew ing P roducts Corp.
A rt C abine t Sales Co........................
A tlas N ovelty C o..................................
A u to m a tic Gam es ..............................
71
74
81
36
87
R
Illinois Lock Co...................................
Independent Lock Co..........................
K
K. C. V ending Co.................................
K ing & Co......................... .....................
B
Badger N ovelty Co..............................
B ally Mfg. Co........ ...............................
Brewer & Sons, Chas. A ..................
Burel & Co..............................................
14
7-8
86
37
73
82
35
96
L ib e rty M fg. Co....................................
Long Beach Coin M achine Exch.
27
17
C entral S tan d Mfg. C o......................
20
Chicago Lock Co.............................. ...
33
C olum bus V en ding Co. .. . B a c k Cover
Mills N ovelty Co.................................. 3-6
M ohaw k Coin M achine E x c h ..........
23
Moseley V ending M achine Exch. .
32
Eastern A u to m a tic Mdse. Co. ..69, 88
E llm a n & Z u ck e rm an ......................
76
E x h ib it Su p ply C o ..............................
22
N atio n a l Coin M achine Exch. . . .
N ationa l Slug Rejectors, Inc. . . .
Nielsen, H echt ...................................
Norris Mfg. Co.......................... ...........
N orthw estern C orp..............................
N ut Packers Su p ply Co., In c..........
G
H anson Scale C o................ ............. 85,
H arlich Mfg. Co....................................
88
76
84
34
21
70
63
69
o
69
78
H
Sim m o ns Coin M achine Co. ..........
75
S tan da rd T ransfo rm e r Co................
38
Superior Products
29
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T
64
T ri-State D istributors,
Inc..............
23
U-Need-A-Pak Products Co............
63
u
V
V ending
24
In c..................................
62
M achine C o..........................
18
V ictor V ending C o rp..........................
....................... 19, 37, 67, 79, 80, 89, 90
V ik in g Specialty Co............... .............
P
Pan Confection .......... ................... ..
P ean ut Specialty Co. ...................
Penny K ing System ................... . . .
P ittle, Charles ......................................
Polk & Co., R. L ..................................
25
72
77
76
75
78
T rim o u n t Coin M achine Co..............
Veeder Root,
O perators Vend. M achine Sup. Co.
Globe P rin tin g Co................................
G randbois Co., U. G. ........................
Mfg. Co..............................12, 56
Suprem e Products Co................... ..
N
D
E
Rock-OIa Mfg. C orp............................
.... I n s id e F ront, Inside Back Cover
Royal D is trib u tin g Co........................ 90
S h ip m an
M
75
23
26
Robbins & Co., D ......................27, 28, 83
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D alkin Co., A ........................................
Dixie V ending M achine Co..............
Reliable V ending M achine Co..........
66
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W ilcox Mfg. Co., W . W ............ ..72, 77
W oodstock T ypew riter Co................. 77
W u rlitz e r Co., Rudolph ...39-55, 57-60
THOUSANDS FOR BALLYHOO, BUT
HOT A DIME FOR THE CUSTOMERS
A U T O M A T IC A G E reaches practically every A C T U A L B U Y E R
in the coin machine industry. More than 5000 professional oper­
ators and nearly 200 distributors must wonder why some m anu­
facturers spend thousands to try to create N E W C O M P E T IT IO N
for them— and nothing to retain contact w ith the established
market,
December Issue Closes Monday, November 20th!
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AGE
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