Automatic Age

Issue: 1940 February

The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
AUTOM ATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
FEBRUARY, 1940
Vol. 16
No. 7
Features In This Issue
Page
SORTING COINS W ITH THE EDITOR .............................................................................. 9
REVIEW OF THE 1940 SHOW .......................................................................................10-13
PICTORIAL VIEWS OF EXHIBITION HALL .............................................................. 14-15
Established 1925
“ TOLERANCE”
An Address by Dr. Preston Bradley Broadcast from the
Homecoming Luncheon at 1940 Coin Machine Show ..................................... 16
118 EXHIBITORS SHOW PRODUCTS AT 1940 COIN MACHINE SHOW .......... 35
BOYER’S MUSEUM
By Alden Scott Boyer .................................................................................................. 40
ALMOST HUM AN ROBOTS
By Desire Papp, D. . ....................................................................................................r-47
LIFE BEGINS IN THE ’40’s
By Chas. Fleischman, Baltimore Salesbook Co ......................................................53
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY .......................................................................................................55
COLORFUL “ FONOGRAFOS” THRILL PEOPLE OF MEXICO .................................56
NEW PATENTS
By Ken C. Shyvers .......................................................................................................57
PENNIES! PENNIES!
By Richard A. Nelson, C. R. Kirk & Co .................................................................59
“ BOWL ’EM OVER”
By Bert Lane .............................................................. ................................................... 63
C A R R O L L E. V E T T E R IC K
Editor— Adv. D irector
W ILL THE UNITED STATES REGAIN LOST LATIN AMERICAN TRADE? ........65
ASSOCIATION NEWS ..............................................................................................................79
THE LEGAL OUTLOOK ........................................................................................................... 84
WHEN YOU OPERATE GAMES EVERYONE W INS
By A. S. Douglis, Daval Mfg. Co ...............................................................................89
THE AU TO M ATIC AGE DIRECTORY
The Industry’s Most Complete "Where-to-Buy-lt ' Guide ...............................96
CLASSIFIED COIN M ACHINE EXCHANGE ...................................................................101
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
F E B R U A R Y , 1940
A
A d v a n c e M a c h in e C o ....................
A m e r ic a n C h e w in g P ro d C o ........
A s c o V e n d in g M a c h . E x c h ...........
A t la s N o v e lty C o ...........................
A u t o m a t ic G a m e s .......................
52
50
71
22
87
B
B a d g e r N o v e lt y C o ........................
B a lly M fg . C o ................................
B a lt im o r e S a le s b o o k C o ...............
B re w e r & S o n s, C h a s. A ..............
68
74
64
K
K i n g & C o .....................................
L e e -J a y
M u s ic C o .........................
86
M
M a je s t ic H o te l ..............................
90
M ills N o v e lt y C o .......................... 43-46
M o s e le y V e n d in g M a c h in e E x c h ..
72
D
Co., A ................................
P o lk & Co., R. L ...........................
P o rta b le E le v a t o r M fg . C o ............
91
s
S c ie n tific
Sh yve rs
S im m o n s
Sta n d a rd
S u p e rio r
G a m e s C o r p ......................80
M fg . C o ........................... ... 88
C o in M a c h in e C o ........... ...92
T r a n s f o r m e r Co. . . . ___ _76
P ro d u c ts , Inc. ................. 21
T
T r im o u n t C o in
E a s te r n A u to m a t ic M d se . Co. ..87,
E llm a n & Z u c k e r m a n .................
E v a n s & Co., H. C .......................
95
89
83
F
B ro s. M fg . C o ...................
N a t io n a l C o in M a c h in e E x c h ........100
, U n io n C a n d y C o ............................
N o r r is M fg . C o ...............................
48
U n iv e r s a l D ist r. C o .......................
N o rt h w e s t e rn C o r p ........................
36
N o rt h w e s t e rn S a le s & S e rv ic e Co. 66
N u t P a c k e rs S u p p ly Co., In c ........
60
V
20
G
o
O ’B rie n C o .....................................
G lobe P r in t in g C o ........................
G o ttlie b & Co., D ..........................
G ra n d b o is Co., U. G .....................
67
38
60
H
H all, O. C .......................................
82
M a c h in e C o ..........
4
u
N
E
53
5
R e lia b le V e n d in g M a c h in e Co. . .. 70
R o b b in s & Co., D ....................... 69, 77
R o c k - O la M fg . C o r p ......................
. . In s id e fr o n t cover,
In s id e b a c k co ve r, 3
102
L
C e n tr a l S ta n d & C a b in e t C o ........
92
C h e rr y , Inc., E ..............................
77
C h ic a g o L o c k C o ............................
93
C o lu m b u s V e n d in g Co. . . . B a c k co v e r
Fre n ch
89
56
R
Id eal N o v e lty C o ...........................
Illin o is L o c k C o ............................
In d e p e n d e n t L o c k C o ...................
6
77
54
S c a le C o ...........................
M fg . C o ...........................
I
62
c
O a lk in
H an so n
H a r lic h
95
53
85
V e n d in g M a c h in e C o ........................ 94
V ic t o r V e n d in g C o r p .................. 49 , 84
V ik in g S p e c ia lty C o ...................... ... 78
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P
P a y n e Co., H. G ............................
P e a n u t S p e c ia lt y C o .....................
P e n n y K in g S y st e m ....................
95
58
56
W ilc o x M fg . Co., W . W ............. 56 , 58
W o o d s t o c k T y p e w r it e r C o ............. 58
W u r lit z e r Co., R u d o lp h ............ 23-34
190 COIN M A C H IN E FIR M S
Used a total of 161 pages of Advertising
in the January Issue of
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