Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1936 May

I
F YOU want to try that " Haven 't we
met before?" line on the attractive
bunette at the T. P. Seeburg Corp. branch
in Los Angeles, maybe this tip wi ll help
you along: Her name is Miss Ethyl Mc-
Donald and the smile is genuine.
Glenn McCarter, of Hemet, Calif., has
been prospering on phonographs so well
that he says he may try opening a beer
parlor down Imperial Valley way to cool
off the populace during the summer. It 's
so hot there the boys wi ll have to pu t on
overcoats when they get to Hades.
A. ]. Fox, of San Diego, again has added
to his string of Rock-Olas with a large
order for those 1936 Multi-Selectors.
One of the big reasons that the "Ace
in the Hole" record is now available to
yo u boys via Brunswick is that Lynn
Jones, of the Golden Gate Music Co., San
Francisco, has requested them to record
the number for the past year and a half.
Thomas Tabor, of Lewiston, Ida., writes
in that his music business is moving right
along with his string of Seeburgs.
Stanley Turner, Wurlitzer Simplex serv-
ice instructor, once was a chemistry stu-
dent in London and invented a liquid
that would dissolve anything. It would
have been a huge success if only Stan
could figure out a container to hold the
stuff !
Irving Stern, formerly of Los Angeles,
and Frank Fay are now with the Univer-
sal Music Co. in San Francisco.
Phil Brown, of Bakersfield, is always
doing something to break into print. His
latest triumph was topping one of his
own loca tions , which is a brand new
wrink le in phonogra ph operating.
The Brunswick-Columbia fo lks hav e
added two men to help handle biz from
the music operators. The new one in
San Francisco is Clifford Carter, assistant
to "Mac" McGough.
Jack Shoemaker has joined the rank s
of Wurlitzer operators in San Francisco,
purchasing 15 in the past eight days and
figuring on a total of 50 in the near
future .
Dan Rohrer and C. Murphy, successful
phonograph operators in Crescent City,
are planning to cover their entire terri·
tory with music.
J . B. Muddenaux, of Calexico, is get-
ting some mighty fine returns from his
music investment down a long the border.
Ben J . Braun is the name of a new
Los Angeles phonograph operator and
prospective member of the Associati on.
Frank Navarro passes along the good
word that Jim AIle, Los Angeles op, pl ans
to join the Association. Jim will be
welcomed into the ranks of the Asso-
ciation members.
Jack Henderson, of Beverly Hills, has
a string of music boxes that are doing
right well, thank you.
R. W. Miller, Wurlitzer operator of
Oakland, is now operating his machines
out of Nevada City and his son is in
charge of the ph onograph ~route in Oak-
land.
Jack Wip/li, of Salinas, ha s stepped into
the music field in full stride and has a
substantia l string of phon os working,
with prospects of adding more at an ea rly
date.
J. A. Brand, of Ri verside, is another
recent recruit into the business of music
merchandising.
Jack Schultz, music operator of Eureka,
MAY.
lUI
B & M ADDS NEW TRUCK
-Here is Frank Miles, vice·president and gen·
eral manager of the B & M Amusement
.
Corp" of Danville, lll" standing beside the
latest addition to the firm's fleet of six Dodge service trucks. Starting in the phonograph field
last August 27th in d small way, firm now operates 200 units and has ordered 200 more for
delivery before July 31st.
expects to become a proud daddy one of
these days and hopes it's a boy.
E. F. Lyon, of Long Beach, is another
op who's go ing places with phonog raphs.
R. A. Talbert, of Fresno, is in the
mu.sic field with Wurlitzers.
R. D. Pelton, of Yuba City, will have
automatic phon os all over Northern Cali·
forn ia if he keeps going at the present
pace.
Jack Kapp, president of D ecca Records,
shipped Bing Crosby a pocket knife that
has 106 gadgets and is only four inches
wide.
Frank Brighan, Seeburg travel ing repre-
sentativ e on the Coast, made a trip to
San Diego to see how Frank Kirk liked
th e twO new M ode l D jobs he bought
to tryon location. Mr. Kirk not on ly
lik ed 'em, but o rdered more despite hi s
fondne ss for those first Symphonolas he
brought to the Coast.
O ver heard at th e Wurlitzer Simplex
factory branch in Los Angeles between
twO employees, Ethel Hooper and Al
Leigh: " AI, you're 20 minutes late again;
don 't you know what time we start
work?" " No, Ethel I don't; yo u see,
you're a lways here when I get down ."
THESE WURLITZER·SIMPLEX
FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES WILL
HANDLE YOUR MUSIC REQUIREMENTS
W. E. SIMMONS
1121 Venice Blvd.
Phone EXposition 5113
Los Angeles, Calif.
California
Nevada
Arizona
FRED FIELDS
11233 Phinney Ave.
Seattle, Wash
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Western Montana
R. Q. KRAMER
clo Shirley-Savoy Hotel
Denver, Colo.
Eastern Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
SOLD EXCLUSIVELY TO OPERATORS
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW

97
Oregon Skill Games
UST our usual after-meeting report to
let operators know how things are pro-
gressing up our way. .
From latest reports the Equality Tax
League is very, very ill. They couldn't
stand the gaff, and when The Sm oke Screen,
official publication of the Retail Cigar D eal-
ers, came out for us, as did the Oregon
Food and Beverage Dispensers, the E. T. 1.
has quieted down until even ther staunch
supporters can't find them. More reason,
we fee l, for all Oregon operators to join us
instead of riding along on our work.
Eere's a published· statement by J. J.
Sanders, who also is president of the Equal·
ity T ax League:
RE EQUALITY TAX LEAGUE
I wish it distinctly understood that the
Retail Cigar Dealers Association 01 Oregon.
Inc .. has absolutely no connection whatso-
ever with the organizing or working 01 the
above league.
fNO. f. SANDERS.
President. Retail Cigar Dealers
Association 01 Oregon. Inc.
Inc.
,
Headquarters: FaUinq BuUdinq.
Portland. Oreqon.
Address correspondence to David
H. Fertiq, business manaqer.
FRANK A. KOEHLER. President
HARRY ARNSBERG. Vice·President
THOMAS J. FOLEY. Secretary
DON ARMITAGE. Treasurer
J
Ass'Ii:~
The foll owing Tuesday the same delegation
of fath ers called again to thank the license
bureau and the association for this prompt
co-operation.
PURELY PERSONAL
Ace Arnsberg of Northwest Amusement
Co. and Mrs. Arnsberg have returned from
a honeymoon trip to Sydney, Australia, and
Honolulu. Art Brandt and his wife also
returned recentl y after 'spending several
months " down under." President Koehler
announces his return to the operating field
- music machines exclusively, he says, with
the latest records and modern equipment.
Harry Nemer, yo unger brother of Norman
Nemer, has taken over the management of
their Portland locations and is doing well.
Our members are enrolling their salesmen
and collectors as associate members so they
wi ll get a better slant on our problem5.
D AVID H '- FERTIG.
BusineSJ Manager.
DUETTE POPULAR
• Coast operators ahine to new
twin-compartment v endinq unit.
LOS ANGELES. - Judging from tht:
highly successful "operation" of sample
models of the D uette twin-compartment
merchandise vendor which visiting oper-
ators empty of nuts and candy on their
dai ly calls at National Amusement Co., the
operators are becoming imp.ressed with the
profit possibilities with thiS new Ad-Lee
product.
Jack McClelland, head of National and
Southern California distributor for Duette,
always has a string of the mac?ines on
display, but" reports he has a hard Job keep-
ing them filled with delicacies for demon-
stration purposes. The steady crowd of
operators in the place finds th~ Duette an
ideal depository for extra penmes and as a
result Jack has had to have one of .the
service men collect and fill the machmes
nearly every day.
.
"r couldn't give a better demonstratIOn
of Duette's double earning power than the
operators themselves are putting on in pat-
ronizi ng the machine," McClelland reports.
" And perhaps that's why they're buying so
many . . They find that Duette will do twice
as much work for the investment and they
like it because of the three-sided window
display that permits co~plete view of the
merchandise."
TO REMODEL
LOS ANGELES,-Plans for remodeling
the display rooms of the National Amuse-
ment Co. to include a sound-proof and
newly decorated phonograph department
were announced by Jack McClelland.
The new . arrangement is to provide a
more attractfve and convenient setting for
Rock-Ola Multi-Selectors distributed by the
firm, with C. J. (Frenchy) LaBauve as
manager of the phonograph division. The
new Rock-Ola Rhythm King is now being
shown to operators at National.
This appeared in The Smoke Screen,
which also published a full column article
setting forth in excellent manner the pur-
poses and principles of the Oregon Skill
Games Association- a good introduction to
2,100 location owners who read that maga-
zi ne l The Association also had a half-page
ad listing its members and official seal and
its affi li ation with the National Counci l of
Coin Machine Operators Associations.
An item of interest showing why associa-
tion pays is this: On a recent Saturday,
President Koehler received a call from the
city license bureau abo ut a petition signed
by 100 dads in the Sellwood district of
Portland asking prompt attention to their
claim that their minor sons were playing
marble games. The association promptly
notified all locations that games would be
withdrawn if minors were all owed to play.
Will Pay Cash lor
USED CIGARETTE MACHINES
Newer and Slug-Prool
Models Prelerred
Box 92.1113 Venice Blvd.
Los Anqeles. Cal.
The Old Lady's H ome.
MAY MUSIC; SURVEY
Below are listed the Best Sellers reported by the leadinq record companies for the past month.
Credit is qiven to the side responsible for the heavy sale of the complete record by lislinq II first.
BRUNSWICK
7639-Gloomy Sunday
Desire
Hal K em p and His Orch .
7626-Th e Touch of Your Lip.
Lost
Hal K em p and HII Orch.
76a9- I'm Pulling All My Eggi In
On e Basket
We Saw th e Sea
Fred Astalre with Johnny
Green and His Orch .
76.tO-Christoph er Columbu,
All My Life
Teddy Wili on and H la Orc h.
7639-You ' r e the Cure for What Alii
Me
Keep That HI - Oe·HI In Your
Soul
Cab Calloway and Hi. Orch.
7637-Th e Hills of Old Wyomln '
It' s a Sin to Tell a j.le
Musi c in the RUII:" , Morgan
Manner
COLUMBIA
14353· 0-My Handy Man
Guess Who ' s in Town
Ethel Waters
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14427·D-l'm Wild About That Thing
You ' ve Got to Give Me Some
Bess i e 8m ith
3 128· D-oOn th e Stroke of Two
I n th e Pam pas
Carlos Molina and HI,
Orch.
2137· D-The Spanola
Llorando
Carlos Molina and Hi,
Orc h.
3 122·D-Thinking of You
A Mom ent In th e Dark
Carlos Molina and His
Orch.
3 124·D-Oancing With My Darling
Thla la the Kill of
Romance
Lucie nne Boyer
VOCALION
3199-Pre .. My Button
Get ' Em From the Peanut Man
Lli John.on
30 13- Monkey and th e Baboon
Wip e II Off
Lonni e Johnson and Spencer
Williams
3 110-Sweet Viol ets
Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet
Th e Sweet Viol et Boys
REVIEW
3189-01nner for One, Please. Jamel
A Beaullful Lady In Blue
Putney Dandridge and His
Orch.
3 190-Sweet Violets
Honeysuckle Rose
Putney Dandridge and His
Orch.
3 169--I'S8 a Muggln '
I',e a Muggln' Musical
Numbers
Game Stull Smith and HII
Onyx Club BOYI
MELOTONE
60557-Wah· Hoo
Bow Wow Blue.
- H ooaler ~ Sholl
60458-1 Like Bananal Becaule They
Have No Bone.
Ida ( Sweet as Apple Cider)
Hooller Hot Sholl
51117-Slng Me a. Song of HawaII
You're 'the One Rose
Lanl Mcintyre'. HawaIIan.
60501-Goody Goody
The Wheel o.-the Wagon II
Broken
Johnny Johnlon and HI.
Orch.
51156-1 Wanna Be a Cowboy' s
Sweetheart
Rldln ' Old Paint
Patsy Montana
604~3- The She Buckaroo
Sweetheart 01 the Saddle
Patsy' Montana
VICTOR
25245-Goody Goody
It' s Been So Long
Benny Goodman and HI,
Orch.
25277-The Touch of You r Llpa
Yours Truly Is Truly You rs
Ray Nobl. and H la Orch.
25271-Lo.t
There II No Greater Love
Guy Lombardo and HI.
Royal Canadians
25279-Chriatopher Columbua
Get Happy
Benny Goodman and His
Orch .
25284-You Started Me Dreaming
Robins and Roses
Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
25274-G loomy Sunday
A Waltz Was Born in Vi enna
, Paul Whiteman and His
arch.
MAY.
1986

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