Automatic Age

Issue: 1943 March

“THE COIN TUBE MAN”
GIVES NEEDED SERVICE
W. R. B u r t t , the coin tube
man, at 308 Orpheum Building,
Wichita, Kansas, is in a posi­
tion to supply a long list of
Radio Tubes for phonographs,
panorams, and guns. Burtt is
an experienced hand in this in­
dustry, and counts his custom­
ers in the hundreds all over the
country. In these wartimes, the
fine service given to operators
by Burtt is more than ever ap­
preciated.
Burtt recently made an in­
teresting observation to your
editor. He said: “We have a
great deal of respect for the
Automatic Age. It happens to
have been born about the same
year we entered the coin ma­
chine field.” Our best wishes
to this enterprising coin man,
and may he continue to render
his service for many years to
come.
Music for War Workers
Installations of phonograph
music especially for war pro­
duction plants are growing in
number, according to reports
from various centers of the
country. Appropriate music is
carried to the workers through
amplifiers at regularly spaced
intervals. The u p 1 i f t i n g of
workers’ spirits has had a pro­
nounced and beneficial effect.
Fatigue and monotony are thus
being banished, and workers’
show the result in m o r e and
better production. Music, and
particularly phonograph music,
is serving the war effort. It is
building morale for countless
numbers of workers today, and
building prestige for itself.
Ben Sterling, wellknown pho­
nograph distributor and oper­
ator of these machines, with
headquarters in Moosic, Penna.
is among the alert figures of
the coinmachine industry who
are bringing phonograph music
to war workers in their com­
munities. Recently, Sterling
ran a large advertisement in
the Scranton daily newspaper
to promote the installation of
phonographs in war industries
plants. A part of Sterling’s ad­
vertisement was taken from of­
ficial reports, as follows:
“ M u s i c will pep up your
workers and increase produc­
tion 11 to 16 percent — actual
army tests in Detroit and other
defense industries have shown
extensive increases in produc­
tion. The same s y s t e m that
furnishes this music could be
used for air-raid warning sig­
nals, war news, ration news,
and other morale-building an­
nouncements.”
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Packard Mfg. Honored with
Army-Navy E Award
A signal honor was bestow­
ed on a well-known plant of
the coin machine industry early
in March — being the Army-
Navy E Award received by the
Packard Manufacturing Cor­
poration, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Homer E. Capehart is the dyna­
mic head of this organization,
which is on war production.
Colorful ceremony was held
for the occasion. Leading offi­
cers from the armed forces,
prominent national figures and
industrial captains were pres­
ent. A banquet for 1,600 em­
ployees of the Packard plant
preceded the award of the E
Pennant. Army-Navy E pins
were presented to employees.
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A D V A N C E
M A C H I N E S
V a r io u s ty p e s still a v a i l a b l e .
P la c e Y O U R
o rd er
N O W
b e f o r e stock is d e p le t e d .
New
ord ers
m ay
be
c e p t e d f o r s a n it a r y
and p o s t a g e
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n a p k in
s ta m p m a ­
c h in e s .
We
r e p a ir A D V A N C E M A ­
C H IN E S
and
s u p p ly
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p la c e m e n t p a r ts .
A D V A N C E M A C H IN E C O .
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manner of The Four Vaga­
bonds, the s o n g will make
young love and old love lilt
along to its melody.
On the reverse side of this
Bulebird disc, the Four Vaga­
bonds bring the first recording
of one of the top novelties of
the day, TEN LITTLE SOLD­
IERS. Reminiscent of a favor­
ite childhood ditty, “Ten Little
Indian Boys,” the rhythmic
tune is one that gets you whist­
ling and humming. TEN LIT­
TLE SOLDIERS tells the story
of that many soldiers, ten little
sailors, ten little marines....and
Genevieve.
RECORD NEWS
The Four Vagabonds have
been hitting the high r o a d s
around Chicago for more than
a year, and are now right about
on top. Mid-westerners have
been hearing them over Chi­
cago radio stations for s o m e
time - - but since their recent
recording on Bluebird of “Rosie
the Riveter” and “I Had The
Craziest Dream,” their f a m e
has been leaping into high all
around the c o u n t r y . ROSE
ANN OF CHARING CROSS,
(Bluebird 30-0811) a Hit Par­
ade member, is their latest con­
tribution to the record world.
Sung in the slow, s o o t h i n g
Is This the Secret of Success?
Recently an eminent insur­
ance executive gave a speech
in New York. His subject was
success. Men expected him to
say the usual things — h a r d
work, self-denial, self-improve­
ment are the ingredients.
He said nothing of the kind.
He told the truth about suc­
cess.
For he said, “The common
denominator of success— the
secret of success for every man
who has ever been successful—
lies in the fact that he formed
the habit of doing things that
failures don’t like to do.”
Think that over and you will
see that you have never read
in one, not-too-long sentence
more basic truth about a dis­
puted question than you find
here— “he formed the habit of
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HEADQUARTERS
Although our entire
efforts a r e devoted
toward the defense of
our country, a limited
stock of g e n u i n e
Northwesterns is still available for
immediate delivery. Then, too, we
are anxious to extend every co­
operation, and urge that you direct
your questions and problems to
our attention.
The Northwestern Corp., Morris, 111.
for Slots, Music, Cigarette, or
Arcade Macliincs.
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C H IC A G O
doing things that failures don’t
like to do.”
There are some parts of my
job I dislike so much I don’t do
them. They keep me from suc­
cess, I know. There are some
parts of your job you dislike
so heartily you don’t do them.
That’s all right just so long as
you and I recognize that we
h a n d i c a p ourselves toward
more success in so doing.
I have often told salesmen
that if they’d merely do every­
thing they ought to do every
day there’s no amount of suc­
cess they wouldn’t attain. “But
I know you won’t do these
things you ought to do,” I al­
ways tell them. “Only a few
men will. They are the men
who make the grade, the real­
ly successful men. The rest of
us have to be satisfied with less,
which is too bad, because the
more is there waiting for us.”
NELSON LICKS FACTORY
BOYS ON THE ALLEYS
“Biggest score in my life, but
I just had to make good”, said
Jack Nelson, after romping off
with high honors in Rock-Ola
Mfg. Corp. Bowling League.
Nelson’s score totaled 565,
with games of 191, 214 and
160 — an average of 188.
Recently, the Rock-Ola ad­
vertising department mailed to
the F a c t o r y Distributors a
photograph of Vice President
Jack Nelson, taken at the Bow­
ling Alley where Rock-Ola’s
100 man league meets every
Wednesday night. Most of the
Distributors tacked the picture
up on their bulletin 'board —
and Nelson began to gather a
reputation as a bowler, which
just had to be backed up with
some real action in the scoring
columns.
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“I represent the Mountain
Wool Company, ma’m. Would
you be i n t er e s t e d in some
coarse yarns?”
“Gosh, yes, tell me a couple.”
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