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Coin Machine Journal

Issue: 1932 April

The
COIN MACHINE
JOURNAL
The National Business Paper of the Coin Machine Industry
Vol. 2, No. 4
A pril, 1932
C 0 N T E N T S
Would you believe it? Forty years
ago we had fortune telling ticket
scales. Some of the oldfimers
were operated with a niclcle and
made as high as $100 a day* You
can find out more about old time
scales than you ever knew before
by reading the article on page 11 .
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Looking Back at the Old Time Scales.......... ..................... •.............. 11
By Drury Lane
New C. M. M. A . A . Dues Justifie d..... .......... ............................... 18
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W arm er W eather W ill W oo Operators to Open Spaces........ ..... 19
Bankruptcy Defined ................. .
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By Robert K. Gibbs
If you are inclined to go after
locations on a commission basis,
read the enlightening article on
Sliding Back the Years of Baseball. ................... .:...................... . 38
page 58. Walker believes com­
Nobody Ever Won a Price W a r.......... ............... .............................. 58
By Horace Walker
mission cutting operators usually
go bankrupt, but then you can
re]ad all about that on page 29.
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Be sure and get ahold of the May
issue of the Coin Machine Journal.
Every possible outdoor coin ma­
FEATURES
chine activity will come in for an
Editorial Comment ................. 21
New Machines ........................ 32
annual once over.
Patents ...................................... 85
Cheers for the Roboteers......... 99
Pat on the Mike........................ 45
Trading P ost............................ 97
D. DOLLNIG, Business Manaqer
Editorial, Robert K. Gibbs
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Advertising, Charles F. Stille
Eastern Representative— H. S. Durland, 61 Hinsdale Place, Newark, New Jersey. .
Phone BRanchbrook 3-2404
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The Coin Machine Journal, 205 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, is published monthly, on or
before the 15th of each month. Copyright 1932. Single copies 10 cents. $1.00 a year in the United
States. $2.00 a year in foreign countries. Our telephone number is Franklin 0594.
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THE COI N M A C H I N E
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April, 1932
JOURNAL
RADIO-
O W here is an angle to operating pin
games that hasn't been used before; a eombina-
tion radio table stand and the finest built pin game on
the market. No more trouble getting Iocations, for,
with this attractive radio feature to attract customers,
location owners can't resist. The interest and play stim­
ulated by these features send profits skyrocketing to
the ZENITH of possibility.
Betcha-Ball Features
CABINET
Beautifully made by a concern accustomed to
manufacturing finished cabinet work. Unsur­
passed construction with fine walnut finish.
C O IN CHUTE
Chromium plated, slug-proof magnetized
triple clugger. Cannot be worked by tooth­
picks, washers, etc. 100 per cent operation.
PLUNGER
Sensitive fine wire spring plunger. W ill appeal
to the skillful player.
W ORKING MECHANISMS
Simple operating, trouble-proof mechanism
throughout. No time wasting service calls.
Pick proof lock.
Absolutely New
A Sure Location G etter
A re you having trouble getting locations?
Do you think the good spots are all gone? If
you do— you'll have to start all over again.
The ZENITH radio stand BETCHA-BALL com­
bination will get and hold any location you
have in mind. W rite today for full particulars
about this absolutely new amusement table
idea which is catching-on all over the country
with the tinkle of big-time coin.
HEIGHT 30
W IDTH 17
LENGTH 32
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I HE radio built into this beautiful cabinet table stand is
a powerful A.C . or D.C. superheterodyne, complete with
dynamic loud speaker and tubes. This job is built by the
oldest radio manufacturing company in America and has
a tone of unsurpassed quality.
Sample Radio Stand..... ....................... ................ ..$40.00
Sample Betcha-Ball .................................................... 16.50
Complete Com bination................. .............. ... .. ...$56.50
W rite for Quantity Prices
ZENITH
1381 West 35th St.
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