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1942
The COIN MACHIN E .REVIEW fo r Ap ri l, 1942, Vol. 9, No. 10. Published monthly at 1115 Ven ice Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Fitzroy 8269. Pa ul W . Blackford ,
editor a nd pub lisher. NEW YORK OFFICE, Ralph P. Mulligan , 441 Lexington Ave., Murray Hill 2·5589. CHICAGO OFFICE : C . J . Anderson , 35 East Wac ker
Drive CENtral 11 12. PORTLAND , Ore. OFFICE: J . A. Convene, 1007 Terminal Sales Bldg ., ATwater 211 1. Entered as Second Class Matter J uly 23, 1936, at
'the Post Office at Los Angeles, Calif., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : $1.00 per yea r or $2.00 fo r 3 years. 25c per copy.
WPB Halts Machine
Mfgr. May 1st
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The War Pro·
duction Board ordered the shu t down of all
manufacture of automatic phonographs,
weighing machines, pinball games, and other
amusement devices on May 1st, 1942, in a
special ruling issued on March 16th.
Board claims the suspension of manufac·
ture would make available for war use
substantial quantities of copper, aluminum,
nickel and other critical metals, and pre·
dieted it would hasten the conversion of the
seventy-five million dollar industry into war
production.
Eleven of the largest firms in the Coin
Machine Industry are already producing
parts for bomb sights, artillery shells, parts
for airplane gun turrets and other war
materials.
In order to use up fabrica ted or partly
fabricated materials on hand, the manufac-
turers were ,g ranted permission between
March 1 and April 30 to produce three
times the number of automatic phonographs
and other amusement devices permitted un-
der their February quota. It was stipulated,
however, that the new units must be manu-
factured or assembled for the most part out
of stocks now on hand.
Certain prohibitions were made effective
immediately. These are:
1. No manufacturer may cut, stamp, or
otherwise process any copper, copper alloy,
nickel, or stainless steel for the production
of the banned items.
2. No repair parts may be produced for
gaming machines_
3. No manufacturer may take delivery of
any raw or semi processed materials, or
finished parts not fully completed on May 1.
4_ No manufacturer may sell or deliver
any materials or parts except to other manu-
facturers for use authorized by the WPB,
or to Defense Supplies Corporation, or to
the Metals Reserve Company, or as might
otherwise be directed by the WPB.
MAY TAX CALENDAR
May 20
FEDERAL INCOME T AX. With-
h o lding Agents. Monthly return of tax
withheld on bond interest for the preceding
month to be filed with Collector of Internal
Revenue.
June 1
FED E R AL T AXES ON ADMIS-
SIONS AND D UES, FACILITIES, OIL,
P R OCESSING, SAFE D EP O S I T
LEASES,
ELECTRICAL
ENER GY,
SALES
( IN-
T R ANSPORTATION,
CLUDING R ETAILER S' AND M ANU-
FACTUR E R S' EXCI SE T AXES ) . T ax-
payer s. Return and payment of tax for pre-
ceding month to Collector of Internal
Revenue.
Want to Buy a Bomber?
For inf<>rmation of operating groups and
Associations conducting
defense-bond-and -
stamp campaigns with a defi nite goal of so
many guns
tanks or planes. the Trea sury De·
partment has issued the following to show
approximate costs of war weapons:
$80-M-1 Garand rifle.
.
$50 t o $3,OOO-Machine guns of various
types and calibers.
$100 to $500-Heavy case d e molition bombs .
$6,500-37 MM anti-tank gu n.
$20,000-37 MM anti-aircraft g un.
$50,000-90 MM a nti-airc raft gun .
$10,000-75 MM gun.
$40,000 Light tank.
$75,000-Medium tank.
$55,000-Pursuit plane.
.
$210,000-Light bombardment pla ne .
$335,OOO-Heavy bombardment plane.
Rowe In New Home
NEW YORK-31 East 17th Street is the
new address of the Rowe Cigarette Service
Co., and the New York office of the Rowe
Manufacturing Co.
Located on historic Union Square the
Rowe companies occupy the entire two
floors of the two-story buff brick building.
The modern design of the building is ac-
centuated by huge .plateglass windows,
edged with glass brick, which extend the
width and height of the second floor, front
and rear, admitting full daylight.
Planned by Robert Heller, one of New
York's leading industrial designers whose
successes range from desks to department-
stores, the new Rowe building is a hand-
some, practical building, inside and out. It
stands as another milestone marking the
continual progress and success of the Rowe
companies, and of the automatic merchan-
dising industry.
Marble Tables Continue
LOS ANGELES-The County Board of
Supervisors adopted a motion April 1st
permitting the operators of marble tables
to continue operating games within 1000
feet of school buildings in areas outside of
the city limits for another year.
Two years ago the Supervisors adopted
an ordinance regulating the games and out-
lawing their use within 1000 feet of schools
after one year. Later the Supervisors
gran ted an extension of time before the
1000-foot ban was to become effective and
the April 1st extension is the second given
the opera tors.
Important Notice
For the duration of the War the Los
Angeles offices of THE REVIEW will b e
open from I p. m. to 4:30 p. m. only each
day. Switchboard service will be from
10 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. and the offices will
con tinue to close all day Saturday.
Laymon Has New Service
LOS ANGELES-Through a special ar-
rangement whereby he is the exclusive
distributor for the Sullivan-Nolan Adver-
tising Co. in Southern California and the
Southwest, Paul A. Laymon is offering op-
erators of marble tables a new type of
superior service.
• The service consists of rebuilding old
marble tables into brand new games that
cannot be distinguished from fac tory-pro-
duced new games. All old paint is removed,
cabinets redesigned and refinished, new de-
signs on backglass and playfields, new
names and new molding around glass. All
metal parts are refinished, all legs refin-
ished, new style bumpers added, playfield
panel repinned, all inserts tested and recon-
ditioned and the machines tested for per-
centages.
Operators merely bring in their old games
and within a three week period Laymon
returns to them a brand new game at an .
astonishi'n gly low price. At the present
time Laymon is accepting F1eet, Flicker,
Leader, Metro, Zombie and Red, White and
Blue for rebuilding and redesigning.
Eventually it is hoped to keep a supply of
new remade games on hand so quick ex-
changes can be made for the operator's
convenience.
Those who have already taken advantage
of the service speak highly of the splendid
quality of the workmanship on the newly
designed games.
Noto Moves
SAN FRANCISCO - With everything
spic and span Joe Noto is now holding
forth at the new location of the Operator's
Exchange at 621 Van Ness Avenue. Moving
to the new location about a month ago
Joe has considerably more room and his
new store is well stocked with new and
used equipment and compliments by the
hundreds have descended upon him over
. the excellent variety offered.
Joe is traveling solo in the new home
for brother Carl joined the Army and is
stationed at Monterey.
The best wishes of the Industry go to
the Notos on the splendid showing they
have made in the Bay Area and the fine
new store they have opened t6 serve oper-
ators even better than in the past.
On the Cover
T h e H ollywood Farmer e ttes, h eaded
b y lovely Gwen Sti th , h e ra ld the ar-
r ival of Sp r ing with new garde n tools
and a r e r ead y to start their Victory
Garde n s. Gal s are b ein g u sed b y P r o -
ducer Sam Coslow for a ser ies of
Soundies a t the H o llywood stu d ios of
R CM P r oduc tions.
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