Automatic Age

Issue: 1943 November

AUTOMATIC AGE, $1.00 per year. Published bi-monthly by Automatic Age, Inc., 4021 N. Melvina Ave., Chicago. Entered as
second class matter February 20, 1943, at the Post Office at Chicago, 111., under the Act of March 3, 1897. Printed in U .S.A.
C o m m it t e e
M a c h in e
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A d v is e
P r ic e s
The Office of Price Adminis­
tration (OPA) r e c e n t l y an­
nounced the appointments to
membership of committee that
will advise on matters pertain­
ing to the pricing of coin opera­
ted machines. This body will
be known as the Coin-Operated
Machine Industry Committee.
Its members are all nationally
known men of many years as­
sociation with our industry, and
represent each of the m a j o r
divisions — manufacturing, dis­
tributing, and operating.
Primarily, the duties of this
committee center around their
consultation with and advising
the OPA on coin operated ma­
chine pricing. This work is a
result of the Maximum Price
Regulation No. 4 2 9, promul­
gated by the Office of Price Ad­
ministration, which was fully
reported in the previous issue
of Automatic Age.
Articles of durable g o o d s
covered by this regulation com­
prise an extensive list, and in­
clude: coin operated vending
machines for cigarettes, candy,
beverages, etc., and coin opera­
ted weighing machines, music
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machines, pin ball machines,
and other a m u s e m e n t ma­
chines. The regulation s e t s
forth some sound yardsticks on
the matter of pricing. With an
outstanding “steering” commit­
tee, such as the one named by
OPA, the industry may be as­
sured that this important de­
velopment will be h a n d l e d
soundly and in the best inter­
ests of the entire industry.
Following are the members
of the Coin-Operated Machine
I n d u s t r y Co.nmittee as an­
nounced in Washington b y
OPA:
Ben Axelrod, Olive Novelty
Company, St. Louis, Mo.
A. W. Blendow, Internation­
al Mutoscope Corp., Long Is­
land City, N. Y.
Jim E. Broyles, R u d o l p h
Wurlitzer Co., North Tonawan­
da, N. Y.
Don W. Clark, California
Simplex Distributing Company,
San Francisco, Calif.
Dennis W. Donohue, Mills
Novelty Company, Chicago, 111.
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Al J. Goldberg, C h i c a g o
Simplex Distributing Company,
Chicago, 111.
Robert Z. Greene, R o w e
Manufacturing Company, Bel­
leville, N. J.
Howard L. H u 11 z , Spring­
field, 111.
Sam Kresburg, Miami Beach,
Fla.
Nathaniel Leverone, Auto­
matic Canteen Company, Chi­
cago, 111.
W. S. Redd, Redd Distribut­
ing Company, Boston, Mass.
J. A. Stevenson, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Roy Torr, Philadelphia, Pa.
The above members of the
Committee will c o n v e n e in
Washington in the near future,
at which meeting other mem­
bers of our industry will be
present. Officers of the Commit­
tee and other organizational
matters will be an important
first order of business.
The wholehearted coopera­
tion of the e n t i r e industry
should be given to the decisions
of the Committee. Only in such
r e a d y cooperation can prob­
lems be solved for the good of
all. An important f a c t o r to
keep in mind is that according
to the measure of cooperation
given in this matter will come
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proper recognition to the coin
operated machine i n d u s t r y .
This is all important in the fu­
ture postwar rebuilding period.
This is a first class opportunity
for the entire industry to dem­
onstrate that it is capable of
self-government. Capable lead­
ers have been chosen, and now
it is up to the rank and file of
the industry to support them.
years. Note the wording, “Coin
Operated Devices.” Then note
that OPA in naming the above
committee incorporates the first
t w o descriptive words in the
title: COIN-OPERATED MA­
CHINE INDUSTRY COMMIT­
TEE.
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Automatic Age takes t h i s
occasion to call attention to the
emblem appearing on the mast­
head, immediately under the
title on page 1. It is the famil­
iar trade-mark used exclusive­
ly by Automatic Age for many
With elaborate and impres­
sive ceremonies staged October
19, on the beautiful grounds of
Wurlitzer’s North Tonawanda
plant, the Armed Services be­
stowed their coveted Produc­
tion Award on the assembled
Wurlitzer workers. The color­
ful presentation ceremony was
witnessed by a huge throng of
Wurlitzerites, their families,
f r i e n d s a n d distinguished
guests.
The program opened with
stirring selections by the Amer­
ican Legion Band of Tonawan­
da, and the raising of the Col­
ors by the Wurlitzer C o l o r
Guard. The e n t i r e assembly
then sang “America” at the
close of which the Master of
Ceremonies, Captain William
H. Graham, Jr., addressed the
gathering.
Brief speeches of acceptance
were made by Carl E. Johnson,
Wurlitzer vice-president and
manager of the North Tona­
wanda Division, R. C. Rolfing,
president of the Rudolph W ur­
litzer Company, and Farny R.
Wurlitzer, c h a i r m a n of the
board of directors.
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with cabinet stands, fifteen dollars
each. — G. B. FARQUHARSON.
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for Slots, Music, Cigarette, or
Arcade Machines.
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Newport. Rhode Island
Wurlitzer Workers Win
Army-Navy “E” Award
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The i n d u s t r y suffered a
grievous loss by the death of
George D. Moloney, vice-presi­
dent and general manager of
Lion Manufacturing Corpora­
tion and Bally Manufacturing
Company, who died e a r l y
Thursday morning, November
4, 1943, at Wesley Memorial
Hospital, Chicago. The cause
of his death was post-operative
pneumonia following a serious
abdominal operation. He was
thirty-six years of age.
Mr. Moloney’s death is par­
ticularly tragic coming at a
time when he should have been
wearing the laurels of official
recognition for his part in the
war effort. Because of his ill­
ness, which attacked him on
the eve of the ceremony by
which Lion Manufacturing Cor­
poration was a w a r d e d the
Army-Navy “E” Award, Mr.
Moloney was unable to attend
an event which in large part
was a personal tribute to him.
Chiefly to him belongs credit
for the rapid conversion of the
Lion plant from civilian to war
production.
Mr. Mololney leaves a wife,
Mrs. Celia Moloney and daugh­
ter Shelia. Other Chicago mem­
bers of his f a m i l y are his
brother Raymond T. Moloney,
president of Lion Manufactur­
ing Corporation; his s i s t e r
Helen K. Moloney, and brothers
Daniel J. and Earl F. Moloney.
A brother, Harold Moloney,
and sister, Mrs. Alice Murphy,
reside in Cleveland.
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A U T O M A T IC A G E , In c ., 4 0 2 1 N . M e lv in a A v e ., C h i c a g o , III.
Cigarette Shortage Adds to
Operators’ Problems
Cigarette shortages h a v e
been reported repeatedly by
operators notwithstanding the
assurances of certain official
sources that there is no such
shortage. It is not surprising
that such a shortage exists,
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