Old Machines go into Scrap;
New Machines Take Over
The number of old vending
machines which have been go
ing into the scrap pile are giv
ing service to our country today
and their elimination from the
scene will have another and
equally beneficial effect on the
entire coin machine industry.
After the way, there will be a
preponderance of n e w ma
chines to serve the public. The
widespread use of new, shiny,
up-to-date machines will con
tribute handsomely to the pro
gress of this industry. Greater
h e i g h t s of achievement are
ahead for the vending machine
industry.
Not so long ago, F. J. Brad
ley, m a n a g e r of Automatic
Equipment Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
sent us a newspaper clipping
and the following note:
“Some departments feel that
candy machine operators are
‘not essential to the war effort,’
but the attached photo from
the B u ff a 1 o Evening News,
shows one way we can help.
“First feed old candy ma
chines to the furnace, to make
steel. Then feed good chocolate
to the defense workers, through
our new automatic candy ma
chines, to give them more en
ergy to turn the steel into ma
chine guns to lick the Axis.”
As far back as December,
1940, AUTOMATIC AGE cau
tioned its readers to buy new
machines, replace old-timers,
and thereby be in a position to
serve the public with the latest
equipment. Operators w h o
heeded the warning, are today
in excellent position and are
conducting their business with
good, new machines, and vend
ing the best obtainable mer
chandise and are in a position
to hold up earnings through
fewer better located machines
than in the f o r m e r days of
many machines placed in any
helter-skelter fashion.
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CHICAGO LOCK CO.
Honor to War Song Writers
Coronet Magazine pays tri
bute to the most popular war
time tunes and their composers
in its A p r i l issue. The five
pieces listed as t o p s on the
fighting-song front and their
composers are: “I Left My
Heart at the Stage Door Can
teen” and “This Is The Army,
Mr. Jones,” by Irving Berlin
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AUTOMATIC AGE
2024 N. RACINE AVENUE
DEPT. 74. CHICAGO. ILL.
(which are included in Victor’s
“This Is The Army” Album) ;
“Praise the Lord and Pass the
Ammunition,” by Frank Loes-
ser (on Bluebird by Southern
Sons) ; “Der Fuehrer’s Face,”
by Oliver Wallace (the Spike
Jones disc of which is a lulu) ;
and “This Is Worth Fighting
For,” by Sammy Stept and Ed
die DeLange (recorded by Shep
Fields and Vaughn Monroe).
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