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MIAMI, Fla.-Police officers collected
a $75 reward for recovering three stolen
slot machines and their contents from 19-
year-old W. D. Orms, who was charged
with breaking and entering after police
found the machines in his possession .
Theft was one of a series reported in this
territory.
SAN FRANCISCO,
Calif. - Geary
Amusement Co ., operators of the Line-
Oolites Sportland on Geary Boul evard,
is seeking an injunction against further
interference by police with th e ope ration
of the novel competitive pin game pal-
ace. Dave Schnabe l, manager, was ac-
quitted by a municipal court jury on a
charge of conducting a gambli ng place in
a test case which followed a police raid
on the Sportland February 20th.
. CHICAGO.- A swing through the
Southern States to inttoduce new games
of J. H. Keeney & Co. has been com-
pleted by Alvin Decker, factory repre-
sentative.
AUSTIN, Tex. -Validity of the state's
tax on cigarettes has been upheld by the
State Supreme Court followin g a ruling
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that the tax law does not interfere with
interstate commerce. ' Sui t charging un-
constitutionality of the tax law had been
brought by G. W. Musser of Fort Worth.
CLINTON, N. C. - Legality of pin
games was sustained by Judge Richard 1.
Herring in a test case brought by the
town of Clinton.
DETRO IT, Mich.- A state counci l of
representatives of local coin machine as-
sociations is the objective in the recent
vote of the Automatic Merchandisers As-
sociation of Michigan to reorg:1.nize on a
new set-up along the lines of the National
Council of Coin Machine Operators ' Asso-
ciations. Local groups voting support to
the plan at the annual con vention in-
cluded those of Grand Rapids , Flint and
Detroit.
NEWARK, N. J.- New qu arters at 54
Elizabeth Avenue have been taken by the
Stirling Nove lty Co ., according to an-
nouncement of D. M . Steinberg.
COLUMBIA, S. C.-A mu sic license
fee of $50 a year on the first 10 phono-
graphs and $5 per machine over that
number is provided in an amendment to
the city business license ordinance which
has been taken under advisement by the
ci ty counci l.
BALTIMORE, Md .- Licensing of pin
games and diggers is provided in a bill
introduced in the Maryland House of
D elegates, proposing a $500 fine for fail-
ure to obtain licenses. Bill is along lines
of one which passed both houses last year
and was vetoed by Governor Nice.
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M IAMI, Fla.-City of Miami has voiced'
its official objection to paying $58 each
for its park-o.meters and allowing a $22
profit to Shaw Brothers, distributors for
the Oklahoma manufacturers. City offi-
cia ls have opened negotiations directly
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. P ASO ROBLES, Calif.- Licensing of
pm games and horse race machines at $5
per year each is being p lanned by city
offiCIals as a means of offsetting an esti-
mated loss of $660 per year to the city
m lIcenses on slot machines which are
now banned by the state board of equali-
zation ruling.
. HARR ISBURG, Pa.- Taxing of loca-
tJOn owners on pin games in their estab-
lishments is being contested in a test case
now awaiting judicial decision in the
Dauphin County Court. Suit was brought
by Albert Klucher and charges pin games
were not meant to be included in the
1907 tax law which is being challenged.
REDWOOD CITY, Ca lif.- Observance
by operators of the. grand jury's ban on
slot machines in San Mateo county was
md lcated with the report that only one
machme was taken in the first productive
raid staged in the county since the grand
jury's ultimatum February 25th. Eleven
machines in Santa Clara county were con-
fiscated.
SCREEN TEST READY
• L. A. Games Co. releases new
lite-up marble game.
LOS ANGELES.- Bill Nathanson and
his staff of experts at the 1. A. Games Co.,
who have been busy for the past months de-
signing a new marble game known as Screen
Test, announce that the game now is ready
for release. Every precaution, they say, has
been taken to produce a perfect game in
Screen Test.
The new table, combining the flash of 18
lights with unusual action, is designed to
even exceed in player interest and action the
well known California Express, which oper-
ators throughout the West Coast still re-
member as one of the best money-makers
released by the 1. A. Games Co. under the
personal direction of Bi ll Nathanson.
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CHICAGO.-The 10 per cent excise
tax on amusement machines applies also
to mint-vending slot machines and went
into effect March 16th following termina-
tJOn of the ruling manufactu rers had ob-
tained to exempt this type of equipment.
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