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The happy crowd in attendance at the annual Banquet of the Minnesota Amusement Games
Association on the closing night of their very successful 1941 Show held last month-end.
Atlas Novelty Opens
New Omaha Office
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
54
FOR
APRIL
1941
OMAH A - F ifth distributing house of
Atlas Novelty Company, Chicago, became a
reality durin g Ma rch wh en Morrie and
Eddie Ginsburg, Atlas executives officiated
at the grand opening of the firm's new
Omaha, Nebr., branch at 2222 Leavenworth
Avenue.
Showin g of the new Seeburg line of 1941
phonographs was th e principle fea ture of
th e March 8th a nd 9th celebration. The
Omaha offi ce will also carry a co mpl ete line
of rebuilt equipment. Operators attending
the open ing expressed com plete fa ith in the
high quality of Atlas rebuilt equipment and
commented on the fas t delive ry which
saved days in placing equipment, th ereby
in creasi ng profi ts.
Bob Van Weiss, genial and popular At-
las representative, has been placed in
charge of th e new office which is located
on one of Omaha's mai n arteries only a
short distance fro m th e downtown section.
A large parking space is provid ed for
customers.
The building has ample space fo r all de-
partments, complete receivin g and loading
facilities, large office s pace, a modern music
room, an d a well equipped repair shop,
plus sufficient storage fo r two carlo ads of
phonographs.
Va n Weiss will have th e assistance of
R. V. McCabe, who has an extensive back-
ground in th e coin machine industry, in the
sale and promotion of the new Seeburg
line and both men are intent on makin g
the Atlas motto-"Th e House of Friendly
P ersonal Service"-th e "buy word" of Ne-
braska operators.
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Western Products
Adds Guilfoyle
CHICAGO- Western Products, Inc., has
ann oun ced th e electi on of Roy Guilfoyle as
an official of th e company; he will partici-
pate with Jimmy Johnson in the firm's
management.
Guilfoyle moves to Western with a back-
ground of many executive years in the in-
dustry. In assumin g many of Johnso n's
form er duties in connection with plant
operation he leaves his associate free to
devote time to trade contacts and to the
development of new coin machin e id eas.
Said Guilfoyl e: "Jimmy and I are al-
ready working together like old teammates.
W e',ve got the ball rolling, and Western
will soon announce a new lin e of tables
and other coin operated devices. Th e slogan
of Western Products is 'Things Are Hap-
pening at Western ,' and it will pay th e
opera tin g world to keep an eye on us." ♦
Jennings Official
in Civic Post
CHICAGO- Recognition of c1v1c inter-
est was recently accorded Wallace Mac-
Clay, direc tor of purchases fo r 0. D. Jen-
nings & Co., in a letter from Chicago's
mayor. Th e lette r rea d:
" Beca use of th e vital problems of na-
tional defense which concern not only th e
nation but also Chicago, I have recom-
mended to th e City Council th e creation
of a civic agency to be known as the
Chicago Co mmission on National Defense,
a nd the City Council has officially author-
ized and ap proved this agency. F or more
detailed information on this Commission, I
em enclosin g a co py of my letter to th e
Ci ty Co uncil, and also a copy of th e reso-
lution adopted by the Council approvin g
th e Co mmission.
"In view of th e grea t importance of
thi s matter, I have submitted to th e City
Co uncil th e names of leading citizens
whom I deem representative of our busi-
ness, labor, social and community life,
to serve as memb ers of this commission.
It is my privilege to advise you that be-
cause of your known interest in Chicago's
destiny I have included your name in th a t
list and it is my hope that you will accept
this a ppointment, both as a matter of pa_.
trioti sm and of service to your city.
" Because national defen se probl ems
which vi'tally co ncern Chicago are press-
in g and impo rtant, I believe that this
Commission ought to be established at
once, and I hope th erefore to hea r from
you promptly that yo u will accept thi s
ap pointment. You may be sure th at I will
feel gra teful to you both officially and
personally for your accepta nce of this im-
portant civic responsibility."
The letter is self-explanatory, and clearly
indica tive of the fac t that if men of the
coin machin e industry give sufficient time
and· energy to civic affairs, much of the
misunderstandin g in connection with the
industry will be r emoved.
♦
Glassgold Off on
Western Trip
NEW YORK- Burnhart " Bi p" Glass-
gold, sales manager of Arthur H. DuGren-
ier, Inc., left for the West via plane on
A pril 4th. Durin g a three week sales
trip Glassgold will work in conjunction
with J ames H. Martin and Joseph H.
Snow, DuGrenier Chicago and Detroit
sales representatives.
"The Champion cigarette merchandiser
and Candy Man Sc ca ndy bar machine are
provin g th eir worth to every DuGreni er
o perator," stated Glassgold, "and I'm go-
ing on this trip wi'th the express purpose
of workin g right out in th e fi eld with our
Western representatives."
♦
NEWARK, N. J.- With LeRoy Stein,
executive secretary of the Amusement
Board of Trade of New J ersey, Inc., as a
prime mover, there has been organized
here a constitutionless, offi cerless, du esless
association for association executives, whose
memb ership has grown from a mere hand-
ful at th e first meeting to more th an 40
at th e fou rth, with new applications com-
in g daily.
Object of th e confe rence is to promote
and furth er the interests of trade associa-
tions, to collec t and di ssemina te info rma-
tion of value to its memb ers, to promote
a s pirit of cooperation , and to ap pear for it~
memb ers befo re legislative committees,
government burea us and other bodi es in
matters affectin g th e businesses of the sev-
eral trade association members.
A chairman and secretary have been
chosen to conduct th e meetings and notify
the memb ership of activiti es of th e confer-
ence. Expenses are met by a voluntary
co ntribution assessed equally against all
members rega rdless of the size of th e group
represented. S peakers prominent in their
res pecti ve fi elds appear at the meetings.
Th at coin machine men have held their
heads in the sand too long and that emu-
lation of the ostrich creates no good will
for coin machin es with th e general public
has long been Stein's feelin g. The new
movement is likely to alter that condition
materially, and fo r Stein's part in it, th e
congra tulations of the whole industry,
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New Hankin Quarters
Mecca for Southerners
ATLANTA - Lon g awaited, the new
building of th e Hankin Music and Cig-
arette Co., at 708 S prin g Street N. W., was
opened here ea rly in March with a party
attended by hundreds of Southern opera-
tors.
Burnhart " Bip" Glassgold, Arthur H.
DuGreni er, Inc., salesmanager, also at-
tend ed th e affair, declaring: " Th e openin g
of the Hankin Building is a great step
forward for our enti re organization. Now
So uthern operators ca n see the com plete
li ne of Champion cigarette merchandisers
and the Candy Man fiv e-cent candy bar
machin e, a nd they also have a centralized
di stributing point to insure s pot deliveri es
and effi cient service."
Ha nkin , Du Grenier di stributor, said :
" The Champion cigarette machin e and th e
ca ndy bar vendor ar e the leaders in their
res pective fi elds, and we are proud to di s-
play th em in our new building."
The new Hankin headquarters are fur-
nished along modern lines, and striking
li ghting effects lend a dditional charm to
th e display of equipment it houses.
♦
Kaplan Opens
Chicago Office
CHICAGO- An open house celebration
was held at the offices and showrooms of
the Interstate Coin Machine Exchange at
1150 West 69th Street in Chicago on
Sunday, April 6th, to celebrate the entry
of A. F arley and Harry A. Kaplan into
th e local coin machine jobbing and di s-
tributin g busin ess.
From noon until th e wee hours opera-
tors from all over the middle west dropped
in to examin e the dis play of equipm ent
and sample the hos pitality of the two men
who are well known to the coin machine
fraternity.
Harry Ka plan is also owner of th e
Southwestern Vending Machine Company
in Los An geles.
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