1941
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OR FOUR DAYS, from January 13 to 16,
the walls of Chicago's Sherman Hotel
rocked, bulged and the halls and corri-
dors reverberated with the talk of interested
men and women. Then, comparatively, quiet
reigned. Some 7900 people went home, and
the Coin Machine Industries-sponsored 1941
Coin Machine Show was officially ended.
From all over the country they had come
to see the latest equipment due to create
profitable operations for 1941, and back
they went, inspired by the progress the in-
dustry has made, enthusiastic about future
possibilities, filled with ideas and plans for
new methods of creating better business in
their chosen field.
Quite possibly resulting from the stimu-
lus of the earlier Pacific Coast Coin Ma-
chine Convention, held in Los Angeles in
November, and itself attended by a record
crowd, a greater-than-ever number of west-
ern coinmen were in Chicago for a checkup
on new devices to be used in their respec-
tive territories.
Activity was not limited alone to the
Sherman Hotel. The majority of the manu-
facturing plants held open house, and a
steady stream of operators-many of them
visiting for the first time the fountain-heads
of their incomes-flowed through the build-
ings and past production lines. Combining
entertainment, luncheons and refreshments
and the distribution of souvenirs with the
business end of plant visits, Mills Novelty
Co. had a Fiesta, 0 . D. Jennings & Co. an
open house, Buckley Music System a party
for its distributors, among others.
Mrs. Paul Gerber tendered a luncheon
for the women of the industry, Willie Blatt
gave a party for visiting Brooklynites, and
throughout the hotel there were an un-
precedented number of conferences of coin-
men considering association activities and
operation methods. A gala floor show and
banquet, featuring top-flight Chicago talent,
a short address by CMI President Dave
Gottlieb, and dancing, highlighted the
Show's end.
Registration of the near-8000 figure
marked an increase in attendance of nearly
2000 coinmen. A total of 203 exhibit
booths, with an uncounted number of pieces
of equipment, necessitated the addition of
another exhibit floor-again an unprece-
dented event in Show history.
Broken down by types of equipment,
there were displayed three lines of phono-
graphs, eight movie machtnes were shown,
four firms had phonograph cabinets and
accessories, and five had speakers in some
ten models, three had wired music devices.
Two well-known needle manufacturers had
displays, the three major recording com-
panies were represented, and in addition
booths were occupied by Bandleader Abe
Lyman and Broadcast Music, Inc. Ideas for
printi'ng record tabs were shown by two
concerns handling duplicating equipment.
Indicative of a continued popular appeal,
despite a lack of startling innovations, 14
models of standard amusement tables were
shown by seven firms, supplemented by the
payout models of two concerns, 13 large
and small consoles of six firms. The na-
tional defense motif was indicated in the
five target machines from four factories.
An increase was registered in the number
of counter devices displayed this year, as
over last, with cigarette reels still pre-
dominant. Four firms had counter reel ma-
chines in some 25 models, and about 30
counter games of other types, the product
of nine manufacturers, were shown.
Five variations of the bowling games,
from three manufacturers, were seen, one
digger was displayed, one manufacturer
showed an extensive line of arcade devices,
and one bell machine was reported on the
floor.
Modern cigarette vending machines were
displayed in profusion-some 17 models of
seven manufacturers, in all, while nine
firms had a dozen or more models of candy
bar vendors, largely of the selective type;
a number of penny selective models, too,
were shown. Two candy bar manufacturers
had displays.
Some two score of bulk vendors, used for
dispensing a variety of small items, were
displayed by their seven manufacturers,
while a group of beverage vendors-four of
them serving "bulk" beverages and the
balance vending bottles-were shown by
six makers. One ice cream bar vendor was
seen by the Show crowd.
Miscellaneous equipment included a golf
machine, automatic photographic equip-
ment, "health" recorder, parking meters,
and units vending cigars, pencils, razor
blades and postage stamps.
Salesboards and jar deals, together with
a wide variety of novelty merchandise, at-
tracted considerable interest.
More than 40 firms engaged in manu-
facturing parts and supplies of one sort or
another for use in some phase of the coin
machine industry demonstrated their pro-
ducts.
Exhibitors ( all of Chicago, unless other-
wise indicated), included: A.B.T. Mfg. Co.,
with a variety of games, coin chutes and
slug detectors; Acme F. & M. Co.-sales-
boards; Advance Machine Co.-vendors;
American Products Co., Inc., St. Louis-
penny cigarette vendor; Atlas Novelty Co.
-machines which they distribute; Auto-
matic Games-stillfilm projector, vendors;
Automatic Products Co., Pittsburgh-ciga-
rette machine accessory.
Baker Novelty Co.-games; Bally Mfg.
Co.-games, ray gun, music wall box;
Bearse Mfg. Co.-phonograph cover pads;
Bell Lock Distributors, Grand Rapids,
Mich.-locking devices; L. Berman & Co.,
Evansville, Ind. - lift-truck for games;
Blackhawk Mfg. Co.-salesboards; Block
Marble Co., Philadelphia-tools and parts;
Brandt Automatic Cashier Co., Watertown,
Wis.-coin sorting and counting devices;
Broadcast Music, Inc., New York City;
Buckley Music System, lnc.-music equip-
ment.
Cent-a-Mint Sales Corp., New York City
-vending machines, mints, gum; Central
Die Casting & Mfg. Co.-parts and plastic
products; Central Stand & Cabinet Co.-
phonograph stands and cabinets; Champion
Specialty Mfg. Co., Brooklyn-ball gum
vendor; Chicago Coin Machine Mfg. Co.-
games; Chicago Lock Co.-locks; Coan
Sletteland Co., Madison, Wis.-candy bar
machines; . Columbia Recording Corp.,
Bridgeport, Conn. - recordings; Comar
Electric Co.-electrical equipment; Con-
tainer Mfg. Co., St. Louis-salesboards.
The Daval Co.-counter games; Decca
Distributing Corp. - recordings; De V ry
Corp.-motion picture projection and sound
equipment; A. B. Dick Co.-duplicating
equipment; A. H. DuGrenier, Inc., Haver-
hill, Mass.-cigarette and other vending
machines; Duro-Test Corp., North Bergen,
N. J .-phonograph bulbs.
Electric Slug Rejector & Mfg. Co., St.
Louis-electric slug rejectors; Elliott Ad-
dressing Machine Co.-title strip repro-
ducing equipment; Ellman & Zuckerman-
alarms, timers, tape and lamps; Etching
Co. of America-name plates, dials, orna-
mental plates; H. C. Evans & Co.-games;
Evans Novelty Co.-premiums and whole-
sale merchandise; Excel Movie Products-
sound movies and equipment; Exhibit Sales
Co., Philadelphia-premiums and whole-
sale merchandise; Exhibit Supply Co.-
model penny arcade.
Philip Florin, Inc., New York City-
premiums; Frigidrink Corp., New York
City-beverage vendor.
Garn Sales Co., Peoria, 111.-jar and
ticket games; Gardner & Co.-salesboards ;
Gay Games, Inc., Muncie, Ind. - sales-
boards and similar items; Genco Mfg. Co.
- games; General Electric Co. - lamps;
Gerber & Glass Distributing Co.-machines
they represent; John N. Germack, Detroit
-nuts; Globe Printing Co., Philadelphia-
salesboards; D. Gottlieb & Co. - games;
Grand National Sales Co.-equipment they
represent; Groetchen Tool Co. - counter
games; Guardian Electric Mfg. Co.-serv-
ice kits and parts.
Joseph Hagn Co.-wholesale merchan-
dise and premiums; Harlich Mfg. Co.-
salesboards; Holly Mfg. Co., Detroit-
miscellaneous games and devices.
Ideal Dairy Dispenser Co., Bloomington,
Ill. - beverage dispensers; Ideal Pictures
Corp.-motion picture machines; Illinois
Lock Co.-locks; Independent Lock Co.-
locks; International Mutoscope Reel Co.,
Inc., Long Island City, N. Y.-games and
miscellaneous devices.
Jacobs Novelty Co., Stevens Point, Wis.
- phonograph cabinets; 0 . D. Jennings &
Co. - wired music; Walter H. Johnson
Candy Co.-vending machine candies.
Kelly Mennes Mfg. Co., Rockford, Ill.-
key purses, brake turntable; Kellogg Ma-
chine Co., Cincinnati-popcorn and bever-
age vendor; Koplo Supply & Sales Co.-
jar deals, phonograph supplies; Abe Ly-
man Enterprises, New York City-music.
Malkin-lllion Corp., Newark, N. J .-cigar
vendor; Mastercraft Equipment Co., Den-
ver-golf machine; Matchless Electric Co.
- lamps; Metropolitan Amusement Co.,
Yonkers, N. Y.-games; Miraben Co. -
parts and supplies, phonograph cabinets·
Monarch Coin Machine Co.-representativ~
equipment; Movie-Matic Co. of America-
moving picture machine.
National Slug Rejectors, St. Louis-slug
rejectors; National Vendors, lnc.-cigarette
and candy vendors; New York Specialties
& Supply Co., New York City-parts and
supplies; Hecht Nielsen - representative
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MACHINE
REVIEW
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FOR.
FEBR.UAR.Y
1941
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