Kansas City
HEART OF AMERICA BUSINESS HOLDS
GOOD . . . W ICHITA EXPERIENCING
COIN MACHINE BOOM . . . OP TELLS
OF VALUE OF PHONOS AND TABLES
IN DUAL OPERATIONS
WALL
BOXES POPULAR
- - - -.By B. K. A NDERSO N - -- -
64
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
KANSAS CITY, MO. (RC)-With an
early Fall pushing Summer merchandising
into the background, Western Missouri Val-
ley coin machine operators aren't complain-
ing for business is still on the ascent. Also
favorable is the fact that staple lines of
equipment, such as phonographs and tables
continue to increase
their popularity.
With hot weather
well on its way out,
the Kansas City As-
sociation will soon
return to bi-monthly
or weekly meetings,
according to present
plans. Practically all
major coin machine
interests in the vi-
cinity are now rep-
resented on
the
membership
rolls,
B. K. Anderson
and a most success-
ful season, high-
lighted by several entertainment-business
events, is expected.
From the Kansas side of the Kaw, word
comes that Johnnie Jones, a pioneer ci~ar-
ette-vendor operator in 't his area, and for
many years manager of the Cigarette Serv-
ice Company, still prefers solid comfort of
the Deep South to the more exacting duties
of operating in Western Missouri and Kan-
sas. It is not hard to understand Johnnie's
feelings in consideration of the problems in
cigarette merchandising brought about by
the new tax regulations.
National Sales and Distributing Company
is the new banner out on 39th Street, re-
placing the old familiar Star Sales Com-
pany and Colonial Sales and Novelty Com-
pany streamers which have waved over
Meyer Sandhaus enterprises in that area
during the past decade.
At Peerless Products Company, "Mum"
is the word. All that can be gotten out of
the close-mouthed officials of this firm is
that something big is in the air and nothing
can be said about it until next month. This
firm's assembly line is operating at capa-
city, turning out the company's very popu-
lar beverage and milk vendors.
What can be done with merchandise
vendors is being ably demonstrated to local
ops by the Kansas City branch of the Con-
fection Cabinet Corp. Locatfog most of
their candy bar vendors in theatre lobbies,
this firm, through a policy of keeping mer-
chandise fresh and machines attractive, has
been able to build up a good patronage
throughout this area.
Just how well the new marble and novel-
ty tables are doing can well be explained
by a few recent record sales by the United
Amusement Co. In one day over 100 of
these machines were shipped out of this
firm, and several days in a row the sales
nearly reached this figure.
"How many novelty tables can be hauled
in a regular passenger car, coach model?"
This question was the basis of a bet made
recently at Carl Hoelzel's building. An
operator with a new Chevrolet coach had
just purchased 5 tables and was worrying
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Th is is the type of booth you will see at the W estern States Coin Mac hine Convention to be
held of the Los Angeles Biltmore, Novembe r 18 , 19 and 20th. Acclaimed by national exhibitors
this is undoubtedly the finest booth ever offered coin machine manufacure rs, and distributors.
Side walls and back are of rich velour, trim is of sparklin g chromium and corner posts of rich
veneer. No other show in this industry, in any part of the country, has provided such luxurious
booth equipment fo r ifs exhibitors.
about how to get them to his rural loca-
tions. A United shop employee advised
loading them into the back seat of the new
car. "It can't be done," said the operator.
Then came the bet.
Thirty minutes later the operator drove
away with the 5 tables in the back seat of
his car.
With a large part of Oklahoma under-
going one of its periodical "closed" cam-
paigns, many members of operating firms in
that territory are exercising their talents in
other areas, particularly in Arkansas, Mis-
souri, Texas, and West Coast areas. Among
these Oklahomans who have come to Kan-
sas City are: T. J. Johnson, who formerly
operated for L. T. Newlin in Tulsa, and
Ray Faucett, who was service man for Jim
Ball, also in Tulsa. Both are now with the
United Amusement Company in Kansas
City.
From Wichita, Kansas, the oil and wheat
city, comes word of a coin machine boom
fo that district. Music and novelty tables
are leading the parade and pay-outs are
operating in some sections.
One of the most popular arguments in
the Missouri-Kansas area since the tables
jumped into the spotlight has been: "Do
the tables take •play away from the
phonos ?" Imperial Music Company answers
this question in the negative. Says Imper-
ial: "Not only do our records show that
the exact opposite is the case, but we oper•
ate both and have found that they help
each other. The players at the tables will
almost automatically turn around and keep
the phonograph going. They work better
together than they do separately."
Which, of course, brings up the question:
"Do tables have to be changed more often
than the programs on the phonos ?"
Once again we'll take lmperial's answer.
"As is usual, when tables first came back
to this territory, they had to be changed
around at regular intervals to get the most
out of them. But now, players are making
their choice. They don't just wander into
a place and start playing a table, they
actually go looking for one particular type
of table. All of which is requiring less
shifting from location to location, and
more to determining what table the loca•
tion's customers want left there."
Central Distributing Co. makes the same
report. Tables and phonos were .made to
help each other on location, this firm,
which operates, bo th types of equipment,
believes. They also add that installations
of wireless wall boxes, recently undertaken
in this district, are proving a pronounced
success. "One of these boxes located near
a novelty table is all that is necessary to
show how players keep both going at the
same time," they said.
All because Carl Hoelzel did not antici-
pate the rush of orders that greeted the
announcement of his new Shim Protector,
United was delayed a little in getting out
the initial orders, but now production is ex-
ceedfog demand, and Carl annow;ices that
immediate shipment is being made on all
requests coming in. He is very happy in
view of the fact that many of these attract-
ive units have begun appearing on the coin
chutes in local locations.
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Guest (departing at last): "Goodbye.
Hope I haven't kept you out of bed."
Host (politely): "That's all right. We
would have been getting up soon in any
case."
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Summer visitor to village loafer in north-
ern Canada: "I suppose your summer sea-
son is rather short up here?"
Village Loafer: "Yeah, I think it came
on a Wednesday .last year•"
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A deaf man went to a restaurant with a
friend.
Waiter: "What will you have to eat, sir?"
Friend: "Nothing."
Waiter: "And you, sir?"
Deaf man: "The same as my friend, but
with potatoes."
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