Automatic Age

Issue: 1945 January

Army-Navy “ E” Awarded to
Arthur H. DuGrenier, Inc.
Arthur H. DuGrenier, Inc.,
peacetime manufacturers of
the Champion Cigarette Mer­
chandiser and Candyman 5^
Candy Bar Machine, was ad­
vised on December 9, in a let­
ter f r o m Undersecretary of
W ar Patterson, that they were
awarded the Army-Navy “ E”
in appreciation for the w a r
work they have been doing.
DuGrenier, under the very
c a p a b l e leadership of Miss
Blanche Bouchard, Administra­
tive H ea d ; Frank DuGrenier,
in charge of Engineering; Bip
Glassgold, W a r W ork Coordin­
ator; has been engaged in the
manufacture of small arms,
R a d a r Airborne equipment,
and numerous other equipment
used by the Army, Navy, and
Air Corps.
The actual presentation of
the a w a r d by high-ranking
Army and Navy officials, has
taken place on January 5, in
Haverhill, Massachusetts, the
home of the company’s main
plant.
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Wins Another Production
Award
Carl Johnson, vice-president
and manager of the Rudolph
Wurlitzer Company’s N o r t h
Tonawanda Division, announ­
ces that the plant has been
awarded a second white star
for its Army-Navy “ E” Flag.
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The l e t t e r of notification
came from Under-Secretary of
W ar Robert P. Patterson prais­
ing the company’s “ continued
excellence in production” .
Formerly manufacturers of
automatic phonographs, t h e
firm is n o w engaged in war
work, the nature of which can­
not be divulged other than that
it utilizes W urlitzer’s long ex­
perience in the production of
intricate electrical and mech­
anical equipment.
PRESENTING —
Mr. and Mrs. Perry W achtel,
Mount Vernon, N e w Y o r k ,
proudly announced the present­
ation of the “ shE” award for
excellence in the production of
Lynne Ivy, 6 lbs., 6 ozs., Janu­
ary 3, 1945, Jewish Memorial
Hospital. The announcement
was made in the form of a novel
birth card, appropriately de­
signed with flag and all. Con­
gratulations to the proud par­
ents.
Mr. W achtel is well known
in the industry, serving as ad­
vertising counsellor for several
firms.
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its Baby Ruth, Butterfinger and
other bars to men and women
embarking for foreign service
or in cantonments and service
centers in the United States.
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Veteran Seeks Opportunity
in Automatic Field
Designer Wins Praise
Paul Fuller, (left above) the
man who designed the now
famous and long popular mod­
ernized Wurlitzer, hears again
that it is doing a great job of
getting and holding locations
for W urlitzer music merchants
everywhere.
This time, it is Tim Crummet,
a partner of the Central Distri­
buting Co. of Kansas City, Mis­
souri and Omaha, Nebraska,
who tells Paul that the modern­
ized Wurlitzer is a magnificent
money maker.
Constructed entirely of non-
critical war materials, this cab­
inet enables music merchants
to convert W urlitzer models
24, 500, 600, 700 and 800 into
phonographs with new eye and
ear a p p e a l and consequent
greater earning power.
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Candy Bar in “ K” Ration
Jolly Jack, candy bar manu­
factured by Curtiss Candy Co.
of Chicago, has been accepted
by the Chicago Quartermaster
Depot as a confectionery com­
ponent for the A rm y’s “ K ” ra­
tion and is being withdrawn
from the civilian market, ac­
cording to an announcement by
Otto Schnering, founder and
president of the company.
“ WTe regret that it has been
necessary to w i t h d r a w this
popular bar from the regular
channels of distribution in or­
der to supply the Army with
the huge volume it needs, but
the boys and girls in the Armed
Services must come first, and
we are proud that J O L L Y
J A C K has met the Arm y’s
high r e q u i r e m e n t s , ” Mr.
Schnering said. “ A s soon as
military needs have been taken
care of, Jolly Jack will again
be made available to civilian
consumers.”
In a d d i t i o n to producing
nearly a million and a half Jol­
ly Jack bars a week for the
Quartermaster Corps, the com­
pany is making m a n y other
contributions to the armed for­
ces. It is manufacturing hard
candy squares in special export
packing and fruit drop rolls
for export;; and it is shipping
the bulk of its regular candy
products for export to the arm­
ed forces for sale in post ex­
changes and ships’ s e r v i c e
stores, and for issue to the men
in combat areas.
The company also is donat­
ing hundreds of thousands of
I am writing with the thought
in mind that you might be able
to give me some advice on plan­
ning a future in your field after
the war.
A t present I am an army of­
ficer in the Signal Corps acting
as the Post Signal Officer of this
station.
I
am interested in automatic
vending machines and automa­
tic games and devices of all
kinds. Have you any sugges­
tions as to a specific geographi­
cal area where I can procure
a franchise either as an inde­
pendent operator or as a repre­
sentative of one of the larger
companies.
Wouid you have any other
suggestions for a young man
with limited capital but who
has a good knowledge of mer­
chandising and some mechani­
cal ability to establish himself
in a community and build a
business.
If you have any previous is­
sues of your publication which
might add some light to my
problem ; or if you have the
names of any manufacturers
whom I might contact, or if you
have any suggestions please
let me hear from you.
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Poor Fish!
“ W hat lovely salm on!”
“ That’s not salmon— that’s
cod blushing at the price they
are asking for it.”
Career W om en
There are more than 1,000
women in the United States
who have taken up law. There
are several million other wo­
men who lay it down.
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