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ST. LOUIS
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ST. LOUIS, Mo.- Opinions poll'ed among
members of the coin machine industry in
this area have poi"nted to an overwhelming
favorable assent to the new set up inaugu-
rated recently, providing for the telescoping
of the regular monthly meetings of the
Asso ciated Phonograph Owners of St. Louis
and the Missouri Amusement Machine As-
sociation. The identity of interests of the
two groups along with the fact that a con-
siderable number of St. Louis operators
hold membership in both organizations
makes the new arran gement entirely logical.
Th e first hour of the meeting is used to
conduct all business relevant to the phono-
graph side of the industry and the next
hour is given over to the transaction of
business pertaining to pintables and other
coin operated equipment. When these two
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one hour sessions are finished the member-
ship of both groups join in a round table
discussion of legislation, restrictions, con-
servation, route management and how to
help win the war. Her etofore it meant for
many the budgeting of time so as to allow
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1942
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SLOTS
J. nn ings 50 Cl ub Sp.oial .......... $2 10.00
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Mills 50 Ch.rry B. II .................... 155.00 J.nnings 50 · 100 Chi.f..........
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Bally '41
Mills 50 M. lon B.II .................... 130.00 J. nn ings 10 Li ttl. Duk. ............ 24.50
Derby ........ 200.00
fo~° i.~~~ ~I.u:d FG~rdts ...... 95.00 Pao. 50- 100 · 250 Rooket
Bally Jockey
Award ........................................ 89.00
Bell , Slug EJ.ot or ................. 165.00
Club .......... 180.00
65.00
Bally Ke ntucky 145.00 Mil ls 50 War Eag l. .................... 65.00 Pao. 50-250 Com. t.
Mills
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50 -1 00 Ban t a m...
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Bally Long
Shot ............ 125.00 Mills 50 - 100 Lion H. ad.............. 35.00 Mills Vest Poo k.t Bells. ............ 35.00
;c~O~- R~~~~h l~·~~~~·C : ~tgg Mill. Q.T. S loh ........................ 75.00
Bally Santa
Anita .......... 120.00 Mill. 50 Arrow.............................. 18.00 Mills 50 Glitters ( New) .......... 107.00
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for two ni ghts a month for meetings. Under
this new system all th e business can be
transacted and information exchanged
among members of the entire industry on
the one meeting night. Hot weather and th e
lack of any business of an emergency na-
ture caused the postponement of the meet-
ing that was scheduled for late July . . .
a ttesting to the smoothness th at has char-
acterized coin machine circles here lately.
Operators and distributors of this area
in ever increasing numbers ar e turning to
the reconditioning of equipment in an effort
to prevent loss of revenue that inevitably
r esults when an inj ection of new interests
is not provided by new models. They are
bein g constantly surprise d at the marvelous
transform ation that takes place when a
piece of equipment is expressly recon-
ditioned. One firm h ere sends pintables
back to the factory fo r remod eling in
twenty-five unit batches and in a short time
has this amount of equipment looking and
operating like brand new.
Take phonograph r emodelin g .. . . Bill
Betz of the W-B Novelty Co. has set up a
service shop that makes an old model
phono graph look like a million dollars. He
has one department that specializes in paint
. jobs. Using the best of materials and tools
this department turns out an average of
on e a day providing locations with new life
with the installation of one of these re-
worked models. The marked success en-
joyed by the above mentioned firms with
their aggressive reconditioning plans points
the way for others who have been debating
the relative merits of r emodeling and re-
conditioning old equipment.
Arcade management is occu pying a place
in the spotlight these days with th e opening
in widely scattered sections of th e city of
three new ar cades. One is located on Nor th
Grand Boulevard, one is downtown in the
heart of the business district and th e other,
the most pretentious of the three, is at
Delmar and De Balivere. This latter is op·
erated by Harry Davies of the Davies Nov-
elty Co. and draws from a thickly populated
section known as the Wes t End. The arcade
has over 150 pieces of equipment besides a
shooting gallery and is so arranged into
departments that its general appearance is
both striking and inviting. All nickel ma-
chines are set for two cent play, guns are
two cent play and pin games are set at one
cent without replays. Since its openin g re-
cently this arcade has done a very satisfa c-
tory business and Davies is well sa tisfi ed
with the move his firm has made.
Jack Nelson, general manager of Rock-
Ola, visited in St. Louis and southern
Illinois recently calling upon operators and
distributors and generally kee ping in con-
tact with the trade.
Disaster in the form of a tire theft
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HARRY JAMES
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