Automatic Age

JACK NELSON RESIGNS
Marble Supplier Tells
His Side of the Deal
In the November - December
issue of Automatic Age, we
printed a letter from an opera­
tor because it illustrated the
advisability of doing business
on facts. W e said it then, and
we repeat — Automatic Age
has always stood for fair play;
it puts its weight on equitable
dealings. Here is what the mar­
ble supplier writes:
Dear Sir:
In the recent issue of Auto­
matic Age I was surprised to
read a l e t t e r from a Jack
Burns explaining how he was
on the wrong end of buying
marbles from the Penny King
Co.
I am surprised t h a t y o u
would print such a letter with­
out first writing to us to find
out the facts in the case. In the
first place I have never quoted
prices on m a r b l e s by the
pound. So the first part of his
letter is a lie. I am enclosing
my correspondence with this
Jack Burns, after reading this
will you kindly return same.
In m y advertisements m y
price was .12 per 100, or $24.
for 20,000 marbles. Before I
make any shipments to opera­
tors I always send them sam­
ples of the l/2 size and explain
that it is similiar to the 195.
count ball gum, and also sam­
ples of the 5 /8 size and also
explain that on using this size
with Master machines it is ne­
cessary to make some minor
adjustments.
As far as the boxes being
damaged when received, you
know as well as any other per­
son that the freight company
is to blame, and when proper
claim is made to them they will
pay for any loss.
I feel that this letter and
your remarks concerning it was
very bad on my part and trust
A "BALLY" PRODUCT was recently pic­
tured on the front cover of "Popular
Science" magazine, the product being an
Oxygen Regulator manufactured by the
"Bally" organization for the Army Air
Forces.
that you will make amends in
your next issue. By the way
have sold marbles to hundreds
of operators and this is the
first complaint.
Yours very truly,
I
The Penny King Co.,
(L. O. Hardman)
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G ood Reason
The Army psychiatrist at the
induction center eyed the pros­
pective new soldier suspicious­
ly-
“ W hat do you do for your
social life ? ” he asked the
prospect.
“ Oh,” the man blushed. “ I
just sit around.”
“ Hmmmm, don’t you ever go
out with girls?”
“ Nope.”
“ Don’t you have any desire
to go with girls?”
“ W ell— sort of— ”
“ Then why don’t y o u ?” ask­
ed the doctor pointedly.
“ My wife won’t let me.”
GI
Late Train
Passenger: “ W h y is o u r
train la te ?”
Porter: “ W ell, Suh, de train
in front is behind, and we was
behind before besides.”
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© International Arcade Museum
Announcement h a s b e e n
made o f t h e resignation o f
Jack Nelson, vice president and
general sales manager of the
Rock-Ola Manufacturing Cor­
poration, effective February 1,
1944. Nelson joined Rock-Ola
years ago and managed
the setup of their distributor
organization. His acquaintance
with the coin machine trade in
all its branches is nation-wide.
It has been said that he knows
more coin men by their first
names than any other person
in the business. Announcement
of his new conection will be
made after a short sojourn to
Florida.
Automatic Age passes on to
its readers the following obser­
vation by Jack Nelson about
the coin-operated machine in­
dustry: “ It will all come back
again within a v e r y , f e w
months, I believe, and then bus­
iness will be better than nor­
mal for the industry for a long
time to come.”
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“ BALLY” ON THE AIR
The “ Bally” plant sponsored
a Fourth W ar Loan program
broadcast from W GES, Chi­
cago (1390) 1 0 :1 5 to 10 :30
P. M. on A R M Y D A Y , Thurs­
day, January 20. A message
to employees urged them to - -
“ Tune in for a program you’ll
enjoy and be proud of, as your
c o m p a n y ’ s way of helping
Uncle Sam in the Fourth W ar
Loan Drive.”
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Up to Him
Selectee: “ They can’t make
me fight.”
Draft
Board Chairman:
“ Maybe not, but they can take
you where the fighting is, and
you can use your own judge­
ment.”
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