Automatic Age

Issue: 1941 September

W A N TED TO BUY
W IL L , P A Y CA SH F O R JENNINGS
C igarollas.— H erm an K raus, Route 3,
Gallon, Ohio.
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S E L L Y O U R P E N N Y SCALES TO US
for cash. W ill buy scale routes, large
or sm all, In the E ast. W illia m s Scale
Co., Box 402, Taunton, M ass.
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W IL L P A Y CA SH F O R U SE D D U -
Grenler Gum M achines. W rite , givin g
num ber of machines and low est cash
price w anted.— Box No. 901, A utom atic
A ge, 4416 E lston Ave., Chicago, 111.
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W A N T E D F O R CA SH — S H IP M A N
p ostage stam p vending machines, p er­
fect condition. Give fu ll details, low est
prices, quantities, etc., in first letter.—
B ox 902, A u tom atic A ge , 4416 E lston
A ve., Chicago, 111.
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M ISC E L L A N E O U S
O P E R A T O R S — IN C R E A S E Y O U R IN ­
come.
Vend foreign
stam ps
and
w atch your m erchandise m ove! 65c per
gross, postpaid.— Goodman Sales, 370
Cherry, Denver, Colo.
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FOR SA LE— SUPPLIES
COIN W R A P P E R S — T U B U L A R lc , 5c,
10c and 25c; guaranteed heavy paper.
45c a thousand In 25,000 lots. 60c single
thousand. A ccu rate Penny Coin Coun­
ters, h eavy alum inum , $1.00. Jobbers
w rite for quotation.— H echt Nielsen,
1322 Congress St., Chicago, 111.
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A T T E N T IO N , O P E R A T O R S A N D D E A L ­
ers. You can now g e t D ecalcom ania
T ran sfers in sm all quantities. An a t ­
tractive nam e plate insures wide ad v er­
tisin g publicity at low cost. A lso serves
as a perm anent identification. Samples
on request. Sideline salesm en wanted.
RALCO, 727 A tlan tic Ave., Boston, M ass.
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OPERATOR TOURS
When Charles L. Yuille covers
territory on a business trip, he
really goes places. He will re­
turn to his Miami operations
September 15 after an 8,000-
mile journey in which Mexico,
California, Oregon, Washington,
and Alaska were included.
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CONVENTIONS HELP
Philadelphia coin-men expect
good business resulting from the
city’s rise in convention dates,
to keep on into the early winter.
The four largest near past and
near future conventions are the
Elks, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Association of Carbonated Bev­
erage Bottlers, and American
Society of Metals.
NEW BOSTON FIRM
Robert Waldman recently or­
ganized the Electric Amusement
Machine Co. in Boston.
Modern Distributing C o.,
A ve., Detroit, Mich.
17400
Kentucky

L A TE X V E N D O R S ______________
Modern Distributing C o.,
Ave., Detroit, Mich.
17400
Kentucky
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ARCADES JUMP IN
W ASHINGTON. D. C.
The past few months have
seen the arcade “ population of
Washington, D. C., jump to 25.
Domestic Novelty Co., under J.
Koutsos, supplied much equip­
ment for the sportslands.
WEATHER C A N ’T
SCARE OPERATOR
A. C. Jones, Arizona operator,
recommends his arcade as an
any-weather treat.
“ Patrons forget the weather
when they see an up-to-date and
well-equipped arcade,” he said.
W e cou ld not write a better “ ad ” telling w hy it is to Y O U R
IN T E R E S T to keep you r subscription to A utom atic A ge in
force— than the follow in g letter received from an O klahom a
op era tor:
I am enclosing $ 1 .0 0 to c o ve r subscription to A u to m atic A g e fo r the
com ing year.
I
am an op erato r o f a ch ain o f ve n d in g m achines and like to keep up
w ith the latest, but h ad let m y subscription exp ire.— C . H . I.
P R IN T IN G
Please enter my Subscription to
AUTOM ATIC AGE for one year.
P R IN T E D
LETTERH EAD S,
ENVE­
lopes, business cards, parcel post
labels— A n y Item— 250, $1.00; 500, $1.50;
1000, $2.50. Prepaid. Stumpprint, South
W h itle y , Indiana.
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Enclo sed
(Canadian and Foreign Countries $ 1 .5 0 )
C heck □ N ew Subscription
ID L E E Q U IP M E N T IN Y O U R S T O R E ­
room is a dead w eigh t on your profit­
able operation. The sm art th ing to do
is cash it in. L ist such equipm ent in
the next issue of A U T O M A T IC A G E ’S
classified Ad Departm ent. Other opera­
tors w ill pay you cash for used machine
bargains, and you can use the money
to purchase new, modern equipment.
O ctober Issue Classified A ds Form
Closes Septem ber 30.
L A TE X RUBBERS
TWELVE MONTHS
of Essential Information
D E L IV E R Y T U R N T A B L E S F O R B L U E
Bird B all Gum Vendors, 50c each
postpaid. Main Springs, 5c each, $1.00 a
dozen.— Goldw yn
Sm ith Co., Tampa,
Florida.
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OLD EQ U IPM EN T
CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY
C heck □ R enew al Subscription
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Chicago, III.
September, 1941
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F U N N Y BONE TI CKLERS
ANY
S I M I L A R I T Y TD P E H S O N S L I V I N G
IS P U R E L Y I N T E N T I O N A L
“I hear M rs. Richrocks spent a hun­
dred thousand marrying that foreign
count.”
“ Yep, and she got quite a ruin for
her money.”
Foreman: “ Excuse me, but are you
the lady wot’s singing?”
Lady: “ Yes, I was singing. W hy?”
Foreman: “ Well may I arsk you
not to hang on that top note so long.
The men have knocked off twice al­
ready, mistakin’ it fo r the dinner
whistle.”
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
Their car was out o f gas.
Jill walked back
And home came Jack—
He must have made a pass!
Betty: “ Do you mean to say that
your boyfriend has the world’s strong­
est hug?”
Betsy: “ Yep, there’s no getting
away from it !”
Yessir, when a wife has the last
word — it’s always the last word in
jewelry, clothes, and cars.
Dancer, after demonstration: “ What
kind o f music would be appropriate
fo r this nude number?”
Stage director: “ A police whistle.”
Paper cocktail napkins in a Holly­
wood bar carry this: “ Man possesses
two ends. One to think with, and the
other to sit on. His success depends
on which he uses most.” Just another
version o f “ Heads you win, tails you
lose.”
Tree Surgeon’s Proposal: “ W IL ­
LOW marry me, PE A C H y? I ’m PLUM
crazy about you. Y ou’re so POPLAR,
but W A LN U T you be mine alone?
Pack your TRU N K and L E A F your
parents and let’s ELM B A R K on the
sea of matrimony. Am I able to sup­
port you in good style? Yes, I ’m
M APLE. I PINE F IR you night and
day and if you don’t let the preacher
tie the KNOT I’ll make an A SH o f
myself. Be mine and pretty soon we’ll
BRANCH out and there’ll be TREE
o f us. CEDAR point?”
Co-ed: “ Professor Hugsley gave me
a long talk on sex this afternoon.”
Chum: “ How did you sit through
it?”
Co-ed: “ On his lap, o f course!”
“Lemme tell you about the fireman
who stayed out late one night and was
afraid to go home for fear his wife
would be burning.”
A hefty woman cautiously stepped
on a scale, first one foot then the other
foot, and dropped her coin in the
chute. Came a voice from inside the
scale: “ One at a time, please.”
“ Isn’t this a gorgeous fur coat? I
got it fo r a song.”
“ Liar! You can’t sing a note.”
“ Say, wasn’t Harry a one-time hus­
band o f yours?”
“ Not him. He was a two-timer.”
B ill: “ Are you in favor o f a liberal
party?”
B. but D.: “ Well, that’s the only
kind I care to go out with.”
Sarah: “ Before we were married
you swore you would never look at
another woman.”
H arry: “ That was only a campaign
promise.”
Doctor (inquiring after boy who
swallowed a half a dollar) : “ How is
the boy today?”
M other: “ No change yet.”
Too many flames can make a girl
the toast of the town.
“ Is your husband a book-worm ?”
“ No— just an ordinary one.”
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Young m an: “I ’m going to be a sur­
geon.”
Second ditto: “Not for m e; too
much inside work.”
“ Have you heard that Peeping Tom
had a court decision against him ?”
“ Yea. He’s sore because the court
ordered the cuties to pull their shades
when undressing.”
Flubb: “ My gal’s a suicide blonde.”
Dubb: “ W hat d’ya mean?”
Flubb: “ She dyes by her own
hand.”
Rear half o f horse act: “ Listen,
you dope, I’m getting sick of playing
this part o f the horse.”
Front half of horse act: “ Aw, be
yourself.”
“ A girlie musical with a nautical
story, a South Sea setting, and oodles
o f man-heaters” — that’s Warner
Bros.’ N avy Blues.
Heard in Reno: “Some women find
marriage so fascinating, they make a
hubby of it.”
First Steno: “ Jeepers is always at
home in the water.”
Second Ditto: “ How is that?”
First' Ditto: “ He’s an old crab.”
Rose: “ Do you think that we girls
have more backbone than men?”
Evelyn: “ Naw, we just show it
more.”
Dobbins: “ I’m not in business for
love.”
Hobbins: “ But you’re always in the
market for it.”
“ I’m the law in my house.”
“ Lend me $10, will you?”
“ Sorry, my wife broke the law.’
September, 1941
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