New Brodie
bridegroom this month. He and his wife,
the former Lilian Korenberg, have taken
an apartment in the Marina Dis trict.
cigarette vendor to
April is proving an even better
be announced soon.
month for Rock-Olas than March, ac-
LONG BEACH.-There is plenty of ac-
cording to Clarence McClelland man-
tivity around 2182 Pacific Avenue where
ager of the local Rock-Ola headquar-
the finishing touches are being put on
ters. He adds that the factory in the
the new M . Brodie cigarette vendor,
East may be working on a 24-hour shift,
soon to be announced to the coin ma-
but that's not fast enough for him; he
chine trade.
has sold every machine by the time it
The new Brodie machine, to be manu-
reaches San Francisco. The entire pho n-
factured and dis tributed by the M. Bro-
ograph business is greatly improved by
die Company, is an all-electric console
the activities of the new Automa ti c
model . . . the first to be delivered to
Music Merchandising Association he re
operators throughout the country.
in Northern California, he believes, and
The Brodie machine has a 600 pack
the phonograph business is really go-
capacity, is s treamlined in appearance,
ing to town when the few remaining
has a cabinet made entirely of sea-
difficulties are ironed out.
soned and matched woods , is equipped
Bill Corcoron has taken ove r some
with the National Slug Rejector and is
Rock-Olas and is trying them out on hi s
built to comply with all rules and regu-
own routes with great s uccess.
lations of the Internal Revenue Depart-
Dick Tyrrell, recently made factory
ment of the United States Government.
distributor for Northern California for
Present plans are that the machine
the Vi-Ped-Ex Corporation, is s tri,cing
will be ready for delivery about June
real pay-dirt, he states. Two contact
Isl. Formal announcement, together with
men book locations for him , and he in
pictures of the new machine, will appear
turn s ells the completely - equipped
in the May issue of THE REVIEW.
routes. "We've yet to s trike a place
where they are not anxious to have the
machines located," he says , and adds
that the operators are his bigges t boo3-
One of the most important events in
ters, for cash returns don't lie. The foot-
Long Beach during the past month has
massaging machines are appearing in
been the effecting of an agreement to
all the largest department stores, beauty
operate only one machine in each loca-
parlors, and hotels in the Bay area,
tion. This pertains only to marble games
where they are gratefully rece ived by
ond operators have agreed with the po-
tired shoppers.
lice department not to place more than
The Oakland Music Operators Asso-
one machine on any one location. The
ciation celebrated its s emi-annual din-
agreement does not prohibit vendors,
ner at the new ballroom of Hotel Leam-
skee balls, or music machine installa-
ington in Oakland the evening of March
tions in the same locations with marble
28th with what gues ts describe a s one_ games. It is hoped through this new
of the finest dinners and entertainments
agreement that harmony will prevail in
ever to be staged in the Bay district.
Long Beach for months and months to
Speeches were of two-minute duration
come. All operators have pledged them-
and the entire affair was marked with
selves to cooperate in the agreement.
speedy good-fellowship. The arrange-
Popular marble games in Long Beach
ments were in charge of Pre sident
this month are: Genco's Rink, Exhibit's
George Miller. A local radio announcer
Speedy and Contact, Chicago Coin's
acted as master of ceremonies and the
Majors and Stoner's Chubbie .
floor show proved snappy from start to
Clark Shaw is a new operator. Head-
finish. George Bates was the lucky win-
quartering in Long Beach Shaw is op-
ner of the radio which was raffled off
erating mainly in the Bakersfield vicin-
during the evening. Members from Sac-
ity. One can see him almost weekly in
ramento, Stockton, Vallejo, San Fran-
Long Beach Coin loading up on new
cisco and the East Bay attended. Spe-
games for his territory.
cial guests were Supervisor Bartel and
In Long Beach during the past week
Councilman Jacobson of Alameda
was Harold Presher of San Diego. Presh-
er has found that the Long Beach Coin
County.
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and the Preshers are steady customers
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Music operators are cooperating 100%
with the new music ops. union in Los
Angeles. Only three Long Beach ops.
are still on the outside and it is hoped
to have them included as members be-
fore the end of the month.
Don Jackson , former operator for the
S. & A. Novelty Company of San Ber-
nardino, spent a week in Long Beach
vacationing. Jackson is now operating
in San Francisco and reports business
especially good since the opening of the
Fair.
Nothing pleases the Long Beach mar-
ble machine lads more than a nice steak
dinner at a place that knows how to
cook them "just right." A meeting is
planned this week and full details will
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Exhibit Contact
given grueling
test at factory.
CHICAGO.-"Contact is as near per-
fect as possible," claims Leo Kelly, of
Exhibit Supply Company. "We have
given the game exhaustive tests in ?ur
own factory equivalent to three m1l11on
plays and the machine performed me-
chanically perfect.
"Even though we believe the large
number of Contacts on location in re-
cent weeks provide the best tests," Kelly
continued "never-the-less we have car-
ried on tbis factory test to see if we
could possibly find anything wrong with
the mechanism."
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