Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1941 April

Thanks to the Packard
Pla-Mor Distributors and Jobbers
in the Eleven Western States for the Splendid Sales
Record made in the West during the month of March.
Your fine support was greatly appreciated.
Also our thanks to the hundreds of operators placing
their orders for many, many hundreds of PLA-MOR
SELECTORS .

W. E. SIMMONS
COIN
MACH INE
REVIEW
Western R egional M anager for Packard M fg. Corp.
Hollywood, Calif.
1025 N. Highland Ave.
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LOUIS KARNOFSKY
SEATTLE (RC )- At the close of last
month's copy dea dline, Tom Cater, Harper-
Meggee clerk, had Uncle Sam beating a
strategic retreat. Ticketed for quick in-
duction into th e Army, Tom did some
quick marchin g to th e altar instead, and
everyon e figur ed he had beaten Unc Sam
to the draw. But that strategi c retreat
turned out to be the start of a concerted
counter-attack, because today Tom is wear-
in g the khaki and singin g the blues. Re-
placin g him at Vi ctor.-Bluebird headquar-
ters is P ercy ( Call me J ack if you don' t
want a pun ch in the nose ) Starkey.
ALASK A IS INVAD ED ! Now tak e
it easy, pal, it's no foreign power th at is
violating th e fronti er of th e Western Hem-
isphere, but simply enterprisin g Earl
Heroux, th e arcade ace, who is pionee ring
his way to bi gger and better thin gs. A
couple of month s ago, Heroux drove his
first stake into th e F ar North by dis patch-
ing Floyd Whitsett to An chorage. Then he
a ppointed Harold Klones to operate games
and arcad e equipment at Fairbanks. Bojo,
th e famous accordion-playing gorilla is
headed for Anchorage, with Creator Bob
Seymour in tow. Makin g his invasion com-
pl ete, Heroux has purchased a part owner-
ship in the Northland Amusement Co., who
are embarkin g on a $50,000 project at
Anchorage, which includes construction of
a billiard parlor, skating rink, cocktail bar,
bowling alleys, ballroom, and fountain
lunch- not to mention a galaxy of arcade
eye-fa scin ators.
Howard Didrickson was all set to be-
come a landscaper, as reported in these
columns a month ago, but th e lure of th e
coin clinks beca me so strong th at he un-
dertook two full -tim e jobs, retaining hi s
interest in private club operations while
!'oin g in fo r his gardenin g architecture.
This double load sent him sprawlin g on
the landsca pe, and except for a l(enerous
break from Lady Luck, he mi ght have
don e his future landscaping from six feet
under.
Rolling along in hi ~ '40 Cadillac near
the muni cipal airport, Howard fell asleep a t
the wh eel. He opened hi s eyes just in
tim e to ca tch a glimpse of a telephon e
pol e hurtling straight at him. Th e wh eel
was wrenched fo a des perate arc, hot tires
squeal ed, and the automobile skidded and
spilled over.
Howard crept out unscratched, but his
legs were very shaky when he started to
walk. We understand he is now gettfog
eight full hours of sleep each and every
ni ght.
COININGS ON THE CUFF- Rudy
P eterson's girth in creased so rapidly that
hf! had difficulty gettin g th rou12;h th e doors
of his home, so he purchased a new and
much larger domicil e in Raini er Vall ey . ..
Add new hom e purchasers : J ack Howl ett.
ra ted No. 1 in the coin machin e mechani cal
fi elrl.
Th e stat e legislature ni cked pin gam e
boys to th e tun e of 10% of th e gross, and
slot machin es in clubs at the rate of 20%
Bt th eir r ecent session . . . . Lou Wol cher
dropped in on this Rection to di's-incor-
porate th e Seattl e office. Other Wol cher
offi ces lost their "Inc." too.
Dick Swapn, th e ex-nhono fl ash who was
snagged by the draft. has been transferred
from Camp Furray, Wash .. to New J ersey.
Dick is a member of the Signal Corps . ...
Ti g Leamer has sold his route to Johnny
Michael. . . . Michael is annexing routes
with machine-gun precision, on a scale
th at is almost rivalling the national de-
fense agencies.
Ron P epple's larynx · gave way at the
Rock-Ola showing and he was as hoarse as
an overworked ho g-call er. "I got that way
from r epeating, 'No deliveri es on ' 41 Tone-
Column for ten days'," quoth Ron . . . .
Sibyl Stark's moth er is helping daughter
with th e accounting work at Heberling
Bros.- but since when did Sib need her
moth er's presence to give a good "account-
in g" of herself?
Coin Row got free box seats to the test
fli ght of the new Boein g Clipper, as they
were held on Elliott Bay, front porch of
the Row . . . . If you hear them calling E.
K. Everett a whirlwind, it's not only be-
cause he's such a whizz as a service man,
hut because he braved an 80-mile storm to
hop a plane for Sea ttle after sitting in on
a week's schoolin g at the Seeburg plant.
Pappa Ed Brashem swells up like a
zeppelin every time somebody mentions
hi s tal ented daughter Joan. The 17-year old
Mi'ss is blessed with an enchanting voice
and P appa Ed predicts she will be another
J eanette MacDonald . . .. Opening of Har-
per-Meggee's Portland office cut about one-
half th e travellin g area from M. E. Little-
john's territory. He is now giving both
barrels to th e state of Washington . . .. .
Zipped-up volume a t Decca furni shed justi-
fi cation for th e a ddition of Ralph Yost to
the stock force.
Th e fa st-steppin g team of P erkins and
Anderson conducted a raid on the head-
quarters of "Pulchritude, Inc." and walked
out wi th the title firmly clutched in their
arms. This strea mlined duo, who specialize
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in beauty-on-the-hoof, consists of Frank
Countner's offi ce force : P at P erkin s, a
veteran of several months, a nd Jua nita An-
derson, youthful brunette addition .
Th e past, present and future all fi gured
in Jack Moore's annual sa les tune-up and
convention held March 28 and 29 at Port-
land. Dan Donahue, wes te rn sales man-
ager, occu pied key spo ts in th e verb-a nd-
a djective department. . .. Competent coin
machin e service men are rare bi rds to
pluck th ese days. When F rank Hulm e re-
signed at George Schn abel's to take u p th e
cudgels for Johnny Mi chael, George had
to go all th e way to St. P aul to find a
successor. His name: Bob Harrell.
Morri e Dickin so n is in th e do g-house in
mo re ways th an one. Th e Dickin son pet
has been rom pin g through the a partment
with wild abandon. Las t month th e own er
handed Morri e an ultimatum which rea d :
" Th ere is not enough room in this a part-
ment fo r two dogs. One of you must lea ve
immedi ately."
George Murdock got hooked by Kid
Cupid's Portland represe ntative two days
befo re th e Seattle Rock-Ola show .. . . If
th ere were any pun ches bein g tossed
around Jack Moore's last month, chances
are that Abi e Israel, on e- tim e feath erweight
cha mpion of the world , was on th e deliver-
in g end. Ab ie, pressed into service wh en
th e stockroom force became subm erged in
work, looked fit to go ten rounds at top
s peed, but his fi ghting days are five or six

years behind him.
New Buckley Offices
in Sacramento
SAN FRANCIS CO -
With sales of
Buckl ey Music Systems soaring to new
highs in the Sacram ento, California, area,
announcement was made by William Cor-
coran, Pacific Coast Distri ct Sales Man -
age r, that D. B. Scotto, Sacramento dis-
tributor, had moved last week into a new
location at 919 10th Street.
Th e wall of one side of th e showroom
is devoted • to displays of the Buckley
Boxes , accessori es and mechanical cut-
away units, showing th e operation of the
Buckley mechani sm. Alon g th e other side
Impressive ne w Buckle y Mus ic Box sho wrooms of D. 8. Scotto in Sacramento, Californ ia.
of the showroom, a 40-foot ti er of shelves
for new and used records has been in -
stalled. Directly at th e rear of th e show-
room, two modern offices for the conven-
ience of operators and executives have
been constructed, while th e shop fa cilities
are quartered in th e basement, which ex-
tends the full length of the store de pth
and provides a rear. entrance for incoming
a nd outgoing shipments.
Scotto's entrance into the music busi-
ness took place about 4 years ago, at
which time he built up a route in Sacra-
mento and other Valley communities, com-
prisin g between 60 and 70 phono graphs.
These . locations are still operated, al-
though many of them ar.e being converted
into Buckley installations.
Last year, Bill Corcoran, Pacific Coast
Sales Manager for Buckley, interested
Scotto in converting one or two of his
loca tions into Buckl ey installations. After
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Write or call
Wm. Nathanson
2738 Cincinnati Street
Los Angeles, California
Phone: ANgelus 7852
San Juan de Letran 38
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some deliberation, Scotto decided to in•
stall a group of 7 Buckl ey Wall and Coun-
ter Boxes in one of his locations.
The immediate increase in profits made
him decid e to a pply to Bill Corcoran for
the distributorship of Buckley Music Sys-
tems in th e Sacra mento Valley. The dis-
tributorship appointment was granted him
last November.
An interesting phase of Scotto's opera-
tion is the fa ct tha t he has developed a
plan wh ereby operators may trade in used
records as a part down paymen t on a
Buckl ey installation. Operators who are
interested in this trade-in plan may r e-
ceive full details by addressing letters to
D. B. Scotto, 919 10th Street, Sacramento,
California. The new headquarters will re-
main open each evening until 10, for the
convenience of operators.

Packard Products
To Angott Sales -
INDIANAPOLIS- Homer E. Ca pehart,
P ackard Mfg. Corp. president, has an-
nounced th e a ppointment of the Angott
Sales Co., 3166 Cass Avenue, Detroit, as
Packard distributors in the eastern half
of Michi gan's low er peninsula. Declaring
himself pleased that the representation
should fall to such an outstandin g auto•
matic music organization, Capehart said :
"Th is is an orga nization that is well liked
in th e entire area, and they have excep-
tional service and distribution fa cilities."
A complete stock of Packard Pia-Mor
equipment will be carried by the new rep-
resentative, it is reported, permitting op-
erators to have th eir r equirements fill ed

immediately.
* * *
He: " How do you feel after your ride
on that horse?"
She: '·'Gosh! I never thought anything
stuffed with hay could be that hard."
APPRECIATION
"We thoro u ghly apprecia te the co-
opera tio n sh own by THE R EVIEW
bo th to o urselves and the Coin
Movie Industry, and expect to be
represente d in each issue to com e ."
MET E RMO VIES, I NC.
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