Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1936 May

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
ATTENTION:
VENDING MACHINE OPERATORS
W RI TE F OR FREE SAMP LES AND P RI CES OF OUR NEW
PEANUT-SHAPED C HEW.~ NG GUM
JJ'" ill vend in any pea" ut. ven ding mach i n e .
.4 fast seller -people buy i t beca .ue t h ey like i t ,
U. G. GRANDBOIS CO.
ODD JOTS
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LOS ANGELES
HE mystery of the Bally D erby which
T W.
H. Shorey, Jr., of Redlands dropped
off the back of his car enroute home from
Los Angeles was so lved when he inquired
among some youngsters along the road and
found one of them had picked up the table
off the highway and taken it to a barn.
Los Angeles coinmen are looking for-
ward to a big affair June 2nd when
CAMOA holds a big banquet and dance
at the Ship Cafe in V enice. Only Associa-
tion members and their guests wi ll be ad-
mitted, with a few extra tickets available
to members at $1.50 per head. The at-
tendance of over 500 will include some of
the operators' location owners.
~
Business has been particularly good dur-
ing the month for Paul A. Laymon, the
Los Angeles jobber reports. But everyone
was scurrying around the place the other
day until five fire trucks arrived in the nick
of time and extinguished a blaze in an ad-
joining building. There happened to be
more equipment in stock at the time t han
the insurance covered.
Clarence McClelland, manager of Na-
tional Amusement Co. branch in San Fran-
cisco, spent the first week in May visiting
the Los Angeles office and lining up sales
plans for Northern California.
KALAMAZOO, MI CHIGAN
Word was received here that Operator
]. ]. Mehegan of Modesto and party had
arrived in Chicago to spend a few days be-
fore going on to Detroit to pick up a new
car for the return trip.
Among the visiting operators in town
were Lee Corey of Fresno, C. ]. Berke-
meyer of San Luis Obispo, W. ]. Sparrow
of Santa Barbara, C. A. Tom linson of Exe-
ter, Wo lf brothers of San Diego, A. ].
Fox and Art Dawes, also of the border
city, and a who le flock of Bakersfield ops-
Joe Carruthers, Phi l Brown, J. G. Stein-
house, Peterson and La Valle. Seaman of
San Bernardino and Cooper of Riverside
also were in on regular trips.
Bud Smith was in Los Angeles to report
that he has so ld his route in Ventura to
Art Ell is and is now operating in Santa
Maria.
.
Bob Riddell shot a 76 the open ing day
of the Santa Catalina Island golf tourna-
ment but doesn 't remember his score for
the fina l round.
Sol Gottlieb Co. bowling team, headed
by "300" Sol himself, has issued a chal-
lenge to the Consolidated Novelty Co. team
in the hopes of getting a coinmen's bowling
league under way. Other Gottlieb bowlers
are Paul Henry, Forrest Krieger, Bob Rid-
del land Ted Starkey, while Frank Kozinsky
heads the list of Conso l idated pin destroy-
ers.
C. C. Goodson of Pasadena found a line
of customers outside one of his locations
waiting to get in at 8 a.m. the other day
and discovered the rush was caused by
anxiety to play one of his games that had
overpaid $28 the previous night.
C!.OSE·OUT SPECIA!.S
New Games ... Original Cases
5 Keeney Biq Five Sr. (Free Game). each._ .. __ __ . __________ .. _ .. __ ..... _ ..... __ . __ .. _ ... ______ $75.00
Keeney Repeater (Free Game) __ .... _ .. __ ._ .. _____ .. _ .. _. __ .... _ .......... __ .... _ .. __ . ___ ._. __ _
75.00
Rock-Ola Fortune_._. ___ . __ . ___ ._. __ . __ . ___ ._ ... . __ ... __ .. _ ..... _ .. _ .. _ .. __ .. _. ____________ ___ .. _. _ .... __ .... _ ... _ 59.50
4 Harmony Bells (Pluq-in). each __ ........ _. __ .... __ .. ____ .... __ .. _ .. _ .. _ .. _ .. __ .... __ ...... _ .. _ .. _ ... __ .. 52.50
Rock-Ola Mystery Three
Mysterious Eye (Dice)
Western Parlay (5-ball)
{
Floor
Samples
} ..... ____ .. __ .... __
59.50
...... -.. ----. -.. ..
49.50
.. -.. -.... -- .. -.. ..
49.50
USED SLOTS ... LIKE NEW
Mills Blue Front Mystery. Gold Award. 5c Side Vender
$57~~
Mills Blue Front Mystery. Gold Award. 5c Bell
Mills Extraordinary Mystery. 5c Front Vender
$10 Per Machine De posit, Balance C.O.D.'
CULLEN HOTEL
BUILDING
B.
r. VOGT
BALLY Distributor for- Utah and Idaho
MAY .
1936
SALT LAKE CITY
UTAH
Little Girl: "Since my daddy got out of
the hospital he has a hickory limb' "
Litt le Boy: "That's nothin ' . My sis has
a cedar chest' "
Mary had a little lamb.
Its face was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
She took a taxi .
(Laugh about this one next week.)
A shipwrecked soldier, a marine, and a
sailor on a desert island looked across a
little valley and saw that each of them was
standing opposite a white sheep.
Soldier: "Gosh' I wish that was Mae
West!"
Marine: "Mae West may be all right ,
but I wish this one was Garbo' "
Sai lor: " Heck, I wish it was dark' "
Young Man: "Your father looks very
distinguished with his snow white hair."
Young Lady: "Yes, he has me to thank
for that. "
First Young Man: "When I get married
I'll be the boss or know the reason why. "
Young Married Man: "Don't worry'
You ' lI know why! "
Actor: "Hurrah! At last I have a lead-
ing part!"
Friend: "Are you to play the hero )"
Actor: "Not exactly-I lead a donkey on
the stage."
Did you know that:
Barnacles have no ear for music )
In South American republics a president's
term of office is one round - trip in a re-
vo lving doorway ?
You can extinguish an electric light by
smashing the bulb with a bed slat ?
Fleas can be exterminated by putting the
dog in the ice box for four days )
Throughout Vermont cows are milked
with either the right or left hand '
A man who had lived on a desert isle
for many years one day saw another island
in the distance, so he made a crude raft
and paddled over. On the island he was
met by a woman , who like himself, had
been on this isle for many years:
Woman: ''I'm going to give you some-
thing you have wanted for many years'"
Man: " D on't tel l me, lady, that you have
beer on ice over here )"
* * *
Among the prominent California oper-
ators who read THE REVIEW regular ly will
be found: Ed. H. LeBeau, F. C. Sole, E. J.
Seeman, Jack LeGunt, 1. R. Turner, N. A.
Mortensen, O. M. Turner, A. B. Thom-
son, Jack Wilson , A. 1. Wall, F. S. Grant,
JacJ< Wipfli, Steward Tremble, Edward
Rund, Stuart R. Sharp, Norman W. Inman ,
Barrick and Barick, Joe Sildeira, C. Wai -
ters, Lee Ingham, Walter Crone, M. E.
Maxwell , Jack Henderson. Doug Wiser ,
William Anderson.
Welcome to THE REVIEW g~ng, operator
Martin J. Frieze of Calif.'
Washington , D. c., boasts another RE-
VIEW subscriber-H. W. Hawkins.
FLASH' Here's one from Barrie-Brown
Co., Ontario, Canada.
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