Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

L.A. Drafts L·icense Law
LOS ANGELES.-The City C.ouncil or-
dered the City AttDrney .on April 10th t.o
draw up an ordinance fixing a license fee
of $5 a year for all cDin-operated machines
.of the alllusement typt where a nickel Dr
less is required, $10 -a year when mDre
than a nickel is charged. License will
CDver weighing machines, mDtiDn pictures
and shDDting devices but nDt music mach-
ines which are tD be the subject .of a spec-
ial ordinance nDW in preparatiDn.
Merchandise vending machines also came
in fDr attention and an .ordinance was .or-
dered drawn whereby DperatDrs having
grDss annual receipts .of $5000 a year wDuld
pay $10 license fee per annum and an addi-
tiDnal $1 per thousand fDr receipts .over
$5000.
AOLAC Fosters 'S tamp Plan
Norman B. Collin s. Illinois administrator, U. S. Treasury Dept., Defense Saving Staff. thanks
1.000 employees of the Seeburg Corp •• for signin g up 96'7'. on the Payroll Allotment Plan
lor the purchase of De fens e Bonds.
My Hobby 15-
BUILDING SHIP MODELS
By EARL JOHNSON
A musement Machine Operator
St. Louis, Mo.
When I've put in a hard day of servicing
machines, mak,ing collections and arguing
with this and that locatiDn .owner, nDthing
relaxes me mDre than tD gD dDwn in the
basement .of my hDme and wDrk a few
hDurS on a mDdel ship-because mDdel
shipmaking is bDth a hDbby and a chance
tD think. Truthfully I dDn't knDw whether
I make them because .of the feeling of pride
I get when the last halyard is in place and
the ship is ready "tD sail" Dr because I can
mentally wDrk .out the prDblems .of my
rDute while I'm apparently engrDssed in
cutting .out gun ports, gluing yardarms .on .
the masts, Dr setting the rudder .on a minia-
ture clipper.
,
I have made 60 mDdel ships tD date,
beginning with a mDdel .of a RDman Tri-
reme, the kind .of warship which the RD-
mans used tD cDnquer Carthage and
Greece, p.owered by three rDWS .of hapless
slaves .on each side .operating .oars in some
cases 45 feet IDng. I have alsD built the
Santa Maria and Pinta, tWD .of the ships
which CDlumbus tDDk in discDvering Amer-
ka, the Viking ships .of Leif EricsDn, and
several Spanish galleDns .of the type which
transpDrted gDld between the western hem-
isphere and Spain in the 16th Century.
It's a IDt of fun t.o make a ship which
actually represents SDme part .of histDry.
FDr instance I made a mDdel .of the famDus
Frigate Old IrDnsides (CDnstituti.on), .one
of the BDn HDmme Richard, and anDther
.of the M.onitDr, all warships .of the U. S. at
SDme time in her histDry. A IDt .of my
friends want tD buy them, but I w.ould
rather keep the ship Dr dDnate it t.o s.ome
museum Dr histDrical sDciety where I get
the kick .of knDwing I built sDmething
which other peDple like tD I.oDk at. SDme
.of my Mississippi River packets, the .old
side-wheeler steamers which used tD race
between St. LDuis and New Orleans, are .on
display at the Mark Twain memDrial at
Hannibal, MissDuri, and a cDuple .of .others
I have given .out tD IDcati.on .owners in tav-
erns and better IDunges f.or their decDra-
tive effect.
I like to spend part of every ev~ning,
except when I take in a ShDW Dr playa
little pDker, in dDing SDme sDrt .of m.odel
ship building. Usually I "lay the keel" fDr
a new mDdel abDut every tWD m.onths, and
then spend a few days .on the hull at a
time, until finally I get the deck in place.
Then it usually happens that I get ViD-
,lently interested until the last piece is in
place. I usually am building tWD m.odels at
a time, .one mDdern ba.t tleship .or .one sub-
marine at the same time as an .old sailing
vessel. This gives me a chance tD get a
little variety intD the w.ork, which I enj.oy
m.ore in this way.
I use a lathe, balsa wD.od, raz.or blades,.
a chisel, and a jig saw f.or dDing m.ost .of
my wDrk. I buy miniature guns, wheels
and trimw.ork from mDdel supply houses,
because I haven't the time tD dD metal wDrk
tDD. All my mDdels are turned .out .on 3.
wDrkbench in my basement.
HDW did I get started?-Well, I've been
making ship mDdels all my life, beginning
I SUPPDse when I first went tD high SChD.o1.
I have never tried to sell any .of them, Dr
tD ad.opt any .other hDbby. Maybe I'm a
sail.or at heart! - but I never saw an .ocean.
I think the mDst interesting part .of my
hDbby is racing yachts, which I can build
and sail .on a park lake every Sunday ex-
cept when ice f.orms. I have a mDdel .of
m.ost .of the famDus racing yachts built by
the AstDrs, Sir ThDmas LiptDn, etc., and
.one with a clDck-wDrks cDntrDlled rudder
which I can put .on the biggest lake and
depend upDn tD CDme back. It's mDre fun
tD see a ship actually sailing than tD put -
it .on the mantel.
My hDbby helps with the cDin machine
business because a IDt .of bars ShDW pic-
tures .of ships which I can bDrrow tD use
as mDdels. I never have used a phDtDgraph
Dr plans-just build the ship tD duplicate
a painting, a snapshDt I see in a magazine,
Dr even .on calendars_ My sails I make fr.om
stiff ph.otDgraph m.ounting cl.oth, and my
gear from fishlines, sp.o.ols and small steam-
fittings. I guess I spend ab.out ten h.ours a
week .on building ships, and all day Sunday
.on racing my mDdel yachts.
LOS ANGELES-Th e AssDciated Op-
eratDrs .of LDS Angeles CDunty has enlisted
merchan ts in a campaign tD sell mDre de-
fense stamps by prDviding them with an
attractive sign t.o be hung on their cash
register suggesting the custDmer take his
change in Defense Savings Stamps.
A cDmplete .outline .of the plan has been
placed in the hands of each member alDng
with a quantity .of the hanging signs and
repDrts frDm the field are that the mer-
chants are cDDperating admirably and sell-
ing great quantities .of stamps.
Jap Change-Over Ready
SAN ANTONIO~HarDld W. ThompsDn
has annDunced tD the trade that his new
"Hit the Dirty J aps" change-Dver fDr
Chicken Sam DperatDrs is ,nDW ready fDr
delivery.
Unit cDnsists .of entirely new mDlded Jap
figures and flashly new scenery prDcessed
.on heavy cardbDard is furnished with each
unit. The unit can be installed .on any
Chicken Sam Dr Jailbird in a few minutes
and Hitler units are als.o available.
Souvenir Spinning Reels
CHICAGO-Intended to acquaint the
CDin Machine Industry with the part Mills
NDvelty CD. is playing in natiDnal defense
the current issue .of Spining Reels tells an
interesting pictDrial StDry.
The entire issue presents a picture .of the
variDUS patriDtic effDrts and cDntributiDns
.on the part .of Mills, its .officers and its
emplDyees, tD the United States .of America
and its war prDgram.
Penny Tunes Now 2c
LOS ANGELES-Thanks tD the ingenu-
ity .of a lDcal inventDr mDst .of the penny
phDnDgraphs in SDuthern CalifDrnia are ra- .
pidly being changed .over tD a tWD cent
DperatiDn.
The new device, easily installed and very
inexpensive, makes it pDssible tD cDntinue
using the same penny chute but tWD pennies
must be inserted befDre the mechanism trips
and a tune is played.
Viking Specialty Busy
SAN FRANCISCO.- Things are IDDking
up and the industry is apparently getting
used tD difficulties and is learning tD find a
way .out, accDrding tD a repDrt cDming
frDm 1. Vance Wallace .of Viking Special-
ty CD.
"During the past three weeks there has
been a 1.ot .of increased activity in our place
and DperatDrs are really dDing SDme sys-
tematic planning fDr their war mDnth
DperatiDns," said Wallace. "We have sev-
eral exclusive services we have made avail-
able tD DperatDrs and their acceptance .of
.our plans have really been terrific."
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1942