Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1940 July

Around the Country
New York-Stewart Merchandisers, Inc.,
of Manhattan has been granted a charter
of incorporation by the New York secretary
of state. Dealing in automatic vending ma-
chines the company has a capitalization of
fifty shares of preferred stock at $1,000
each and 100 shares of common stock of no
par value. lncorporators are listed as Fred-
rick A. Lind, Shirley Robins and Alfred J.
Bohlinger.
Leo Willins, David Simon and Albert
Simon trading as Remote Controlled Music,
Inc., have also been granted a charter.
Capital consists of 100 shares of preferred
at $1.00 and 2,000 shares of common with
no par value. Firm will operate music ma-
chines.
St. Lou is-Olive Novelty Company is
now located in its new location at 2625
Lucas avenue where the organization has
more than four times the floor space of their
former quarters.
St. P aul-T. H. Crosby, Faribault,
Minn., president of the Minnesota Amuse-
ment Games Association announced in June
the formation of a Public Relations Depart-
ment to handle all goodwill and legal busi-
ness affecting the association and the busi-
ness of its members. Expenses of operating
the new Department will be taken care of
through the sale of tags to members for
affixing on machines. Crosby stated several
matters are now pending in the state which
seriously threaten the future of amusement
machine operations and the new department
will be especially helpful in properly guid-
ing helpful legislation through the Minne-
sota legislature.
Ph iladelphia-Si, Max and Joe Kaliner
have been granted a franchise for nickel
movies in Philadelphia. Boys operate a
string of drug stores as well as two night
clubs. Franchise gives them exclusive dis-
tributing and operating rights on Phono-
vision.
Cincinna ti-Interstate Distributing Com-
pany, 332 Sycamore Street, has been ap-
pointed local distributor for the United
States Record Corporation.
New York - Permanent offices of the
Phonovision Corporation have been estab-
lished at 1 East 54th Street in the old
Aeolian building. Occupying the second and
fourth floors the layout consists of a pro-
jection- room where operators will be able
to view new Phonovision films.
Muncie, lnd .-Fred W. Werts, head of
the Werts Novelty Company, has offered his
private airport on Road 32 outside of this
city to the Government for use during the
drive for preparedness. Werts, in addition
to heading his own firm, has several other
enterprises including one of raising foxes.
Shreveport, La.-The Fowler Music and
Record Company has opened at 307 Milam
street to handle Victor and Bluebird records
formerly distributed by the Baldwin Music
Company.
Racin e, Wis.-A straw vote taken dur-
ing the recent Home Show here showed that
over 70% of the home owners in the Racine
area are in favor of legalized gambling.
Portland, Ore.-Jack R. Moore has pur-
chased a new home in the Westover ex-
clusive residential section of Portland.
Chicago-Pan Confections, specializing
in vending machine products, played host
to two hundred and fifty employees and
their families at their second annual dance
held at the Viking Temple in Chicago on
June 15.
Cleveland-At a meeting held here June
21 the Ohio Cigarette Venders' Association
was formed. About 30 operators of cigar-
ette machines attended. The new Associa-
tion will be affiliated with the Ohio Tobacco
Association. A statewide meeting of cigar-
ette vending machine operators is slated
for Columbus on August 14.
Den ver - Automatic Devices has just
completed the installation of thirty wired
music units in Denver. Other studios are
being planned for various parts of the city
to take care of units being requested by
location owners.

Montana Attorney
OK's Game Awards
HELENA, Montana-According to an
opinion handed down by County Attorney
Harold K. Anderson merchandise awards
on marble games are legal under the Hickey
gambling law passed in 1937.
This law designed to regulate gambling
permits games of chance on a trade-check
or trade stimulator basis provided awards
are in merchandise. Should awards be made
in cash games would then be considered
gambling devices and not considered legal.

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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
"GREATEST ONE-SHOT ever built," 1s the
verdict of Jack Moore and Johnny Ruggiero, as
they inspect Bally's new SANTA ANITA multiple
with $45 top reserve and ~ew $10 top silver-dollar
award. For complete description, write BALLY
MFG. COMPANY, 2640 Belmont Avenue, Chicago.
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Coinman Honored by
N. C. Governor
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COIN
M ACH/HE
REVIEW
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.-R. W. Boling
for the past ten years, auditor of The
Vending Machine Company, "The World's
Largest Coin Machine Distributors," was
honored by the Governor of the State of
North Carolina, Clyde R. Hoey, at the
opening of the Lions Clubs Convention in
Raleigh in mid-June.
Boling is well known to all who deal
with The Vending Machine Company. Pre•
viously he was principal of the public high
schools system of North Carolina Univer-
sity, teacher of the young men's Bible
Class in the First Baptist Church as well
as a prominent Mason.
Boling has proven himself one of the
greatest workers in behalf of his state. He
i's extremely busy at the offices of The
Vending Machine Company all day long,
as coinmen who have visited here and who
are in constant communication with him,
know. Therefore, his attaining the Gov-
ernorship of District 31B for the Lions
Clubs is considered an unusually fine
achievement.
The entire coin machine industry takes
great pride in Boling's accomplishments.
His leadership in this great movement for
his state is commended by leaders through-
out the industry.
According to Joe Calcutt, "We are tre-
mendously proud of the accomplishments
of Boling in the field of civic and state
activities and believe that his fine work
will reflect with high praise upon the coin
machine industry. This again proves that
the men engaged in the coin machine busi-
ness are as proud of their communities,
their state and their country as any other
men in any industry.
"It was a real thrill for all of us here
at The Vending Machine Company to see
Boling pictured seated next to Governor
Clyde R. Hoey of North Caroli'na in our
morning paper. It is this sort of achieve-
ment that makes us all proud to he with
the coin machine business.
"It has always been a great pleasure to
all of us here at Vemco to have our men
engaged in public minded activities to
help better the general welfare of their
communities as well as the entire nation.
We feel that this work on the part of our
employees, as well as on the part of all
those engaged in the coin machine busi-
ness, is hound to help place the industry
in a finer light with the public general1y.
"Whatever else the average man engaged
in this business can do, he most certainly
can look to Roy W. Boling as one man who
has helped him with the type of effort
which all public spirited men in this in-
dustry, are, or should he, accomplishing

in their own communities."
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MONTREAL - Little news items
that tell much better than do govern-
ment reports of Ontario's big war
effort have been accumulating dur-
ing the past few days.
Major W. J. LaFores t, Sudbury,
Ontario, announced that an un-
named operator of coin machines of-
fered to turn over 40 machines with
the keys to help the town to buy a
tank for use by the Allies. Official
figures place the cost of a tank at
$12,000.

• Phonovision Wins
Ops Approval
NEW YORK-The special distributor's
demonstration of Phoncivision, July 1st to
July 10th attracted the country's leading
df!;trihutors and operators to the offices and
showrooms of the Phonovision Corporation
of America, 1 East 54th Street, this city.
Executives of the firm are tremendously
enthused with the manner in which opera-
tors and distributors from all over the
country have been calling at their offices to
get acquainted and to learn more about
the possibilities of Phonovision for opera-
tion in their territory.
Frank P . Orsatti, president of the firm,
is convinced that the coin machine trade
is entering in to one of its most progressive
eras and that Phonovision opens a tre-
mendous new field for the entire industry.
"Operators who have been successful in
other divisions of the field and are well
acquainted with their communities will find
Phonovision the product they have long
awaited. There is no doubt anymore of its
appeal to the public. This was clearly de-
monstrated at the world's premiere public
showing of Phonovision at Jack Dempsey's
Broadway Restaurant where. leaders of
stage, screen, radio and industry as well as
the public accorded it one of-\he greatest
ovations ever received by any new product
in history."
Other executives of the firm are also
pleased with the manner in which the trade
has reacted to Phonovision. Samuel Sax
who is in charge of production of Phono-
vision films and who was formerly pro-
ducer of Warner Brothers Vitaphone
Shorts for the past ten years, stated, "We
are making every effort to give the opera-
tors and distributors of Phonovision only
the leading names in the orchestra world.
Our first reel of eight subjects will he out-
standing in this regard. We have already
signed famous talent and believe that be-
fore many more days have passed almost
all prominent names in the industry will
he under the Phonovision banner."
Action has been speedier than ever at
the offices of Phonovision where every day
large groups of operators and distributors
from all over the country gather to see
the demonstrations and to discuss the pos-
sibilities of Phonovision in their communi-
ties. It is also noticeable that the reaction
in every case has been extremely favorable
to the machine and that the leaders of the
industry regard it as "The biggest event in
the history of the coin machine business." ♦
Egg Vendor Placed
On Market
POPLAR BLUFF, MO. -The Master
Products Company, of which Mike Walker
is head, has placed a new vendor for vend-
ing eggs on the market.
The new vendor is 28 inches tall, has an
aluminum base, weighs only 6 pounds and
has an egg capacity of 18 eggs. Extra eggs
are left with the location owner who can
refill the machine without having access to
the cash drawer.
Hard boiled eggs are a favorite in most
bars and with eggs now at a new low price
a nice profit results from the operation.
Locations are paid 25% and on test runs
here the machines have averaged sales of
3 to 5 dozen eggs per day. One egg is

vended for Sc.
• •
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Bygg: She takes to it more than she
brings home.

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"Havin g a wonderful time; wish I could

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