W E TW O KINGS
From the feverish tabulating
rooms of Down Beat, national
music news magazine, comes
the news that Tommy Dorsey
has again been awarded the
crown for leading the sweetest
band in the country. Another
crown, decorated elaborately
with o l d c o r n h u s k s , was
awarded to Bluebird maestro
Lindley “ Call-Me-Spike” Jones
and his very refined City Slick
ers. S p i k e wears the 1 9 4 3
“ King of Corn” crown.
SWEETEST TRUMPETER
After Charlie Spivak’s band
finished its Christmas Eve stint
at the Pennsylvania Hotel in
New York, Charlie and his wife
gave a party for the e n t i r e
band at the hostelry. The party
was a combination Christmas
and wedding anniversary party
for the S p i v a k s celebrated
their eleventh anniversary that
night. In the c o u r s e of the
party a spokesman presented
Charlie with a gift from the
whole band. Tears were in his
eyes, Charlie tenderly lifted
from the wrappings a n e w
trumpet i n s c r i b e d “ To The
Sweetest Trumpet Player In
The W orld” ....a fitting tribute
to the swell guy who plays the
world’s sweetest trumpet!
Specifications for New
Pennies; Same Design
Acting s e c r e t a r y of the
Treasury, D. W . Bell, announ
ced the specifications adopted
for all pennies which will be
coined from January until fur
ther notice, or until December
31, 1946, whichever shall first
occur. Here they a r e :
They shall be composed 95
percent of copper and five per
cent of zinc; they shall weigh
48 grains; they shall have a
diameter of .750 inches; they
shall be disk shaped ; they shall
not vary in weight by m o r e
than two grains and shall not
vary in diameter by more than
.002 inches; they shall contain
the same design, devices and
legends as t h o s e used since
1909.
A laska H ighw ay
More than 5,000 trucks were
used in building the 1,600-mile
military highway in Alaska.
"BALLY'S" RAPID FIRE game was featured at a recent Army Air Force demon
stration at Racine. Wisconsin, to illustrate American industrial flexibility. The
Gunnery Trainer, which the "Bally" organization manufactures for the Army
Air Forces, is a development of the popular photo-electric game.
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© International Arcade Museum
Funland Amusement, Scene
in New RKO Moving Picture
The force of moving pictures
as an establisher of trends is
well known. The moving pic
ture industry is a l e r t to the
modes of enjoyment pursued
by the public, and looks for oc-
cassions to use ‘props’ or back
ground for scenes, which are in
vouge. In the past, there have
been m a n y moving pictures
which have had scenes show
ing every type of coin-opera
ted machines, vending, amuse
ment, and music.
Following is a letter from
RKO Radio Pictures, which
shows how that industry ex
plores authentic sources for re
liable information, and we pre
sent it to our readers with the
thought that any such publi
city f o r o u r industry’s ma
chines is all to the good :
A U T O M A T IC A G E :
W e are contemplating a pic
ture made from t h e b o o k
“ None But The Lonely Heart.”
One of the scenes in this pic
ture is laid in a Funland amuse
ment place in London, and we
are enddeavoring to get photo
graphs of the exterior and the
interior of such a p l a c e or
places.
It was suggested that y o u
possibly m i g h t have photo
graphs that had been published
in “ Automatic A g e ” of a Fun
land amusement place. I would
be most grateful if you would
wire me collect as to whether
or not you could supply any
photographs and in the event
that you could, if you would
send them to me at the earliest
opportunity. Also if you would
have any suggestions as to who
m i g h t have photographs, I
would be glad of your sugges
tions. Please address me as,
Harold Hendee, 1 2 7 0 Sixth
Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Thanking you in advance for
A U T O M A T IC AGE
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