Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1936 February

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STRENGTH
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number of splendid citizens and voters
who operate independent retail stores, are
no doubt the most tremendous group of
unorganized voters in America today, and
they also have great influence with many
of their customers as well a~ those from
whom they acquire the goods they sell
or with whom they spend their money.
These business men are eager to have
amusement items to please their customers
and provide substantial revenue, and many
stores find such items an absolute neces·
sity to remain in business and pay their
obligation. To assure 52 weeks per year
of uninterrupted support and backing, and
with this strength, the State Operators' As-
sociation can be assured of reasonable con-
sideration anywhere.
This subject was taken up by Messrs.
Tratsch, Donohue, Darling, Moloney, Rock-
ola, Huber, Jones, Seeburg, Capehart, Ge-
bert, Stoner and various other individuals
at several meetings, and all seemed to
favor the plan, as explained by Mr. Bech-
tol. The latter is Southern distributor for
the A.B.T. Manufacturing Company.
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OH, DEAR DEER!
Eau Claire, Wisc.-Julius Martin, who
went rabbit hunting, was fined for shoot-
ing a deer out of season. Martin declared
he did it in self defense after the animal
attacked him.
He should have been abl e to duck
the deer and save h i s ch i cke n f ee d.
every Day is Pay .. Day
*With
SNACKS •••
A STEADY, DEPENDABLE
PROFIT PROD UCER SOLD BY
THESE RELIABLE DISTRIBUTORS.
ORDER FROM THE ONE NEAREST
YOU NOW
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Automatic Amusement Co.
683 Linden Avenue
l\Ieml)his, Tenn.

Badger Nove] ty Co.
2546 No. 30th St.
Milwaukee, Wis.

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COLTON, Calif.-Licensing of marble
games at $5 each per month is proposed
in a new ordinance which was given its
first reading by the city council of this
San Bernardino county community on J an-
uary 16th.
Announcement of the proposed ordi-
nance's $2 monthly fee on vending ma-
chines and scales, it was believed, would
bring forth heavy protests from the vending
machine operators, who contend that this
type of equipment does not earn that much
money per month.

National Amusement Co .
1481 West Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, Calif.
and
521 Golden Gate Ave.
J\olinneapolis, Minn.

Ideal Novelty Co.
1518 Market St .
St. Louis, Missouri

National Coin l\olachine Corp.
I 722-24 No. Charles St.
Baltimore, Md.
Patterson Vending Machine Co.
E. T. Barron & Co.
19 East Lake St.
San Francisco, Calif.
Huntington, W es t Va .
International Mutoscope Reel Co.
516-22 West 34th St.
New York City

BALLY COUNTER GAME
George Ponser Co.
II-IS E_ Runyan St.
N e wark, N . J.
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E . E. Reynold s
222 Jefferson Hote[
Dallas, Texas
Southern Automatic Sales
543 South Second St.
Louis ville, Ky.

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B _ J. Marshall, Inc.

2947 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, Mich.
Trimount Coin Mach ine Co.
1292-98 Washing t on St.
Boston, Mass.
York Vending Co.
:M arket Street
York, Pa.
S E E C O L OR E D I N S' ERT IN T H IS
MAGAZIN E FO R CO MPLE T E DE SCRIPTION
F EBRUARY ,
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CHICAGO _-Hundreds of operators, job-
bers and distributors after viewing the
complete line of Rock-Ola pin games and
other equipment at the Show were escorted
to the Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corpora-
tion's factory in specially chauffeured Lin-
coln limousines to watch the new equip-
ment being made_
Among the firm's new offerings in the
automatic payout class, for instance, were
Fortune, with its features of changing odds
and future play with a convenient mech-
anism drawer; Trojan, the one- or five-ball
model with changing pockets, and DeLuxe
46, Gold Award, Stampede and Gold -Rush.
Straigbt pin tables included Rock-Ola's
new Trans-Atlantic, suggestive of a trans-
oceanic flight with elevated runways;
Headlite, a light-up model with free-game
coin chute, also adaptable as a replacement
board for Squadron; Flashlite, another free-
game table, and the sound-effects game,
Bomber.
Although Hold and Draw continues to
hold its own in the firm's list of counter
games, two new models threatened its
supremacy. They were Black Magic, auto-
matic dice machine, and Ship Ahoy_ .
"The Coin Machine Industry is in better
condition than ever before to make 1936
the greatest year in its history," said
David C. Rockola just before the conven-
tion. The Rock-Ola products displayed at
the Show and the activity at the plant
indicated the confidence the organization
has in the fulfillment of that prediction.
The activity at the factory, a production
area covering 31h city blocks, was viewed
by an enthusiastic group of coinmen. They
saw lumber being sawed up for cabinet
construction, conveyor systems moving the
cabinets through the spraying booths and
to the assembly lines, where parts made
by batteries of drill presses were installed,
and finally the finished products ready for
packing and shipping.

P in ga m es $5 mon th in Col.
t on; sca les $2 a m o nth .

Banner Specialty Co.
1530-32 Parris h St.
P 'h iladephia, Pa.

H u ndred s esco rte d t o f actory
to view 1936 mod els in m a k i ng.
COIN MACHINE LICENSE
Markepp Coo, Inc.
3902-4-6-8 Carnegie Ave_
Cleveland, Ohio
and
1410-12 Central Parkway
Cincinnati. Ohio
() B. D. Lazar Company
1340 Forbes Street
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Branches
119 Penn St.
Reading, Pa.
und
136 Franklin Ave.
Scranton, Pa.


NEW ROCK-OLA LINE
CHICAGO.-A counter model pin game,
said to combine both selector appeal and
skill appeal, is the latest offering of the
Bally Mfg_ Co_ Game is called Teaser and
-embodies light-up features. Three lights
are arranged at the top of the panel and
the object of the game is to guess which
light will light next. Player shoots ball
---into runway opposite light he selects and
if that light flashes, he is credited with
one correct guess. An automatic totalizer
registers the number of correct guesses
per game.
W. H. Casebeer, Klamath Falls, Ore.,
joins the gang.
MAC H IN E
R EVIEW

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Bob Gans Announces His Retirement AX HITS ONE-SHOTS
• Automatic payouts smashed
in Fresno under court order.
Gives Firm Ownership
Over to His Employees
FRESNO, Calif.-Although straight pin
games were not molested in any way, three
one·shot automatic pay tables were smashed
by police officials February 3rd under court
orders in a move intended to close Fresno
stores to the payo ut games.
Confiscation and destruction of the tables
was ordered by Police Judge M. K. Gibbs,
who suspended nin ety·day sentences to two
loca tion owners. P olice said the three
games were owned by Abe Shaddow. Com-
petition among operators was said to have
caused the brin gi ng in of the payout equip-
In THE REVIEW
for March:
the story of
O F greatest interest to the members of
the coin machine industry throughout the
United States and many foreign countries
is the announcement emanating from Los
Angeles this month - the retirement of
Robert J. Gans.
Having given to employees of the Gans
Company one·third ownership at the time
of in corporation in 1928, Mr. Gans de-
clared that now-at the age of 50-he is
turning over to th em the remaining two·
thirds interest.
His reason for retiring is definite: Rigors
of being on the job 18 to 20 hours a day
have developed during the past year a case
of chronic laryngitis which he is going to
cure with rest-his first in 33 years outside
of occasional days off totalling about three
months.
Among th e leaders carrying on the Gans
organization are S. F. Ballin and M. W.
Glimtz, two veteran associates. The new
firm will be known as Automatic Vendors,
In c.
Why is this new hot cha dance call ed
truckin'?
Because there's a little waggin' behind.
A Coin Machin e Conventionite took out
a bottle of smelling salts as the train was
passing the stock yards. An elderly lady
in the same seat who had not been through
thi s section before gave him a final dirty
look and exclaimed. "Mister, I will not
put up with that odor any longer; if you
don't put that bottle away this minute I'll
call the cond uctor."
Wool Salesman : "Lady, I'll bet you don't
even know where vil'gin wool comes from?"
Sweet Young Thing: " Oh yes I do, from
lambs that can run faster than the sheep-
herder.
Little Sister: "I've been wondering how
the poor old stork could carryall five of
those babies to the Dionnes' at once?"
Little Brother: "Oh h eck, Sis, the stork
didn't bring 'em, they had to use a pelican
for that job."
Chicagoan: "I dreamt last night that I
was eatin g shredded wheat and when I
awoke this morning half the mattress was
go ne."
Angeleno: "Gosh ! You'll 'have to watch
your diet or you won't have any place Lo
sleep."
The candidate for a chaWfeur's job was
being examined by the car ,owner.
He got along all right until the ques-
tioner asked whether he had traveled much
in other states.
The applicant had.
" All right, let's see you fold this road
map."
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COl N
MACHINE
ROBERT J. GANS
BUYS GENERAL COIN

Rockola gains control;
liqu idate assets of distrib.
to
CHICAGO.-With the recent acquisition
of the controlling interest in the General
Coin Machine Corp. by David C. Rockola,
president of Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp., it was
announced that the assets of the well known
Chicago distributing firm will be liqui-
dated by offering General Coin's stock of
games, machinery and equipment for sale
to the high est bidder.
Originally incorporated for the purpose
of distributing Rock-Ola products in Illi-
nois, General Coin during the past year
and a half came under the control of the
Feinberg interests, which Rockola pur-
chased outright in order to resume execu-
tion of the established policies of the Rock-
Ola Corporation in the distribution of its
products in the Chicago area.
Ted (boasting): "I'm a self·m ade man!"
Dick: "Too bad you have never h ad an
opportunity to finish the job."
Two J ewish business men were riding
home from their stores, on the street car .
Side by side they sat, both looking wor-
ried and both remaining silent. Finally
one heaved a deep sigh. The other studied
him for a moment and then said in an
annoyed tone: "You're telling me?"
Boy to Bank Clerk: "I'd like a check
book for a man that bends in the middle."'
Here's a Location
That Pulls trowds
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F you've been dreaming about
a phonograph location that's
crowded with customers day and
night, read this extract from a
" location" inquiry to the Rudolph
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. requesting a
Simplex installation:
"You mentioned in your let-
ter to me that your operator
would be in to see me in about
10 days. When I wrote your
firm I didn't mention that I
was in the penitentiary and
that I'm not allowed to leave
it. Thank you in advance for
your troubles."
Which reminds the Wurlitzer " .
people of an aggressive Florida
operator who had a profitable
location in .the county jail-fur-
ther proof that music operating
is legitimate in every way.
REVIEW
ment.
Continuation of straight pin tables met
with official approval, although the publish-
ing of the Fresno papers of pictures of offi-
cers smashing the three tables did not do
the industry any good.
Questions and Answers on.
PATENTS
- - - -- b y - - -- - -
HOWARD S_ BRYANT
Attorney in Patent and Trade Mark Cause&
903 Grand Ave_
Kansas City, Mo_
1. Can an American inventor be de-
barred from patenting his invention
in this country by reason of his hav-
ing previously patented the same in-
vention abroad?
Ans. No; not unless the foreign appli-
cation for patent was filed more than 12
months before tRe filin g of the home appli-
cation.
2. I s an inventor's right to a patent
affected by the fact that h e did not
understand the scie ntific laws or prin-
ciples underlying his invention?
Ans. No; all that is legally required
is that the inventor, in his specification de-
scribe the means of putting his invention
in effect. It may be that the inventor does
not know the rationale, or that h e does
not understand the principle, or that he
has omitted to set forth; all this is imma-
terial if, by the specification, the thing
to be done is so set forth that it can be
reproduced and put into actual practice_
3. What is the only constitutional
limitation of the power of Congress
to provide for the g ranting of pat-
e nts?
Ans. That the period of the monopoly
shall be limited, not indefinite. Congress
has, accordingly, limited the duration to
17 years.
.
4. What is the m eaning of the term
"art" in patent law?
Ans. "Art" in the federal Statutes has
been interpreted by the courts to mean the
same thing as process, and it may be either
mechanical or chemicaL
5. What is the penalty for an ap-
plicant or his attorney failing to prose-
cute a patent application within six
months frOID the date of any previous
Patent Office action on the applica-
tion?
Ans. The application becomes aban-
doned. It then becomes necessary to either
file a new application or abandon the in-
vention.
6. Must every specification be signed
by the inventor?
Ans_ Yes ; if signed by any other and
patented, the patent is invalid_
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