Automatic Merchandisers
Meet; Review Past,
Prcbe Future
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345 W. ERIE STREET
CHICAGO. 10. ILLINOIS
Saved Com pany
Friend: How did you
that medal?
win
Soldier: I saved the lives of
my entire company.
Friend: W onderful!
how did you do that?
And
Soldier: I shot the cook.
On Tuesday, May 2, at the
Palmer House, Chicago, the
first meeting of its kind since
Pearl Harbor was held under
the auspices of the National
A u t o m a t i c Merchandising
Association. The outstanding
manufacturers in t h i s field
were represented.
A number of speakers de
livered thoughts ranging from
a review of the past and growth
of the industry from its humble
beginning to the present mag
nitude of automatic merchand
ising, and a l s o attempted to
probe the future possibilities of
the industry in the post-war
period. Nathaniel Leverone,
founder and president of A u
tomatic Canteen Company, and
eight-time president of N A M A ,
held the attendants’ interest
with a feature talk. Mr. Lever-
one made a significant state
ment to the effect that, the in
dustry has achieved honesty
and confidence and commands
acceptance and recognition and
that automatic vending is a
sound business and one that
can not be retarded.
W hat used to be commonly
referred to as “ that kind of
business” now obtains respect
ful treatment by congressional
committees and congressmen.
To this expression, Automatic
Age adds this thought: As the
industry develops capable lead
ers in its ranks, and these lead
ers shoulder their part of the
responsibility to
adequately
represent their industry, in like
measure will the industry be
accorded respect and fair hear
ings and equitable considera
tion.
Another s u b s i d a r y
thought is that: A handful of
men can only achieve sound
purposes to a limited extent,
therefore in the interest of big
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ger and b e t t e r accomplish
ments, an inter-industry pro
gram s h o u l d be formulated
which will b a n d together a
larger number of men — manu
facturers, distributors, a n d
operators, who will think and
act for and on behalf of the en
tire coin-operated machine in
dustry. In the minds of public
officials, the public press, and
the public itself, any machine
which is “ coin-operated” is one
and the same thing. The kettle
cannot well afford to call the
pan black.
Let our industry strive for
singleness of purpose -- to serve
the public in the way it wants
to be served.
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RR STATION ARCADE
Kruse & Connor, well known
operators in Chicagoland, have
m a r k e d up another success
with their establishment of an
arcade in the suburban railroad
station of the Illinois Central,
Randolph Street terminal. An
estimated 100,000 people traf
fic this station, and the im
mediate popularity o f t h i s
amusement center was estab
lished. Successful operation of
locations of this type do more
to spread the popularity of au
tomatic amusement machines
and acceptance on the part of
the public than a lot of words
and wishful thinking. Much
credit is due these live-wire
operators for their foresight
and accomplishment.
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Second Star for Packard
Packard
Manufacturing
Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., re
cently was awarded the second
star for its proud “ E” flag, the
symbol for excellence in war
production. Each star signifies
continuance of the high stand
ards of manufacture on behalf
of the war effort.
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