Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1942 February

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FLYING
By Clifton Bryant, Kansas City, Mo.
(Editor's note-When this feature was prepared
in mid-December the plane Bryant speaks about
lay wrecked in a Nebraska cornfield. Fortunately
Cliff was not in it at the time it cracked-up and
his loss ;s corered by in surance. His two fel/ow
club members who were in it at the time of the
crash are now in the hospital recovering.
They
took off from Lincoln, Nebr., in a fog so heavy
that all commercial aviation had been grounded
in the area. With visibility zero they crashed in a
cornfield and had to walk several miles before
finding help. Cliff intends to continue lIying.)
Like most other operators and men in
the Coin Machine Business, I like some-
thing mechanical. Until recently I spent
a lot of time outside taking care of my loca-
tions, but as my work has become more
and more inside in nature I felt the need
to do something that would take me out-of-
doors and keep my hands on a machine.
That's why I chose flying. I've always
been very fond of sports and there is all
the thrill of sports in flying, too. To me the
most enjoyable part of this hobby is the
feeling of power. Particularly on the take-
off it throbs right into you as it lifts you up
into space and there's no other experience
quite like it.
Sometimes you can get this power-feeling
in a fast car or motorboat, but not to the
same extent that you do in taking a plane
off the ground. Then, flying doesn't require
as much time as many other hobbies and
you can enjoy it the year around,
I usually fly evenings and on Sunday. It
all started out when a bunch of us at Cen-
tral decided to join the Jaycee (Junior
Chamber of Commerce) Flying Club. As
is usual, the idea appealed to a large num,
Clifton Bryant
ber of us at first, but by the time we were
ready to buy a plane there were eight of us
left in the club and our plane cost us about
$240 a piece, It now costs us $1.65 an
hour to operate the plane and we get in
about 10 hours of flying time a month each.
At the end of 1941 I had about 150
hours time and was ready to take my pri-
vate pilot's license, When you take into
consideration that instruction only cost us
$1.00 an hour you can understand that
flying is a lot less expensive than it was in
the old days.
Next to the thrill of pushing the throttle
in on the take·off, I like air-maneuvers best.
Landing is not nearly the thrill it was in
the beginning but spins, power-dives and
take-offs send your blood tingling every
time.
Now, don't get an idea from this that I
would like war or combat flying. Frankly,
there is nothing that I would like less. In
fact, I'm sure that the more I learn about
flying the less I will desire to add my
hazards to it. And most other people I
know, who fly, seem to feel the same way
about it.
I particularly like flying because there's
more of what you might call "feel" to it.
You take off and you get up there and
every thing changes. You get an immediate
change of perspective. First the horizons be·
come much wider and everything looks dif·
ferent from the air.
For instance, the first time I flew back
over my hometown, I didn't recognize it.
Although we were only 1,000 feet up, I had
to look close on the way back to see it. It
seemed much smaller from the air and al-
though we were only going 85 or 90 miles
an hour I had a very difficult time picking
out things I remembered on the ground.
That's one of the first things you learn
about flying, to look quick for the things
you want to see, even at low altitudes. I
never intend to use flying for anything but
recreation, that's why I took it up in March
of 1940 and why I've stayed with it- that
and the fact that I now get much more
pleasure and understanding out of newsreels
and newspaper accounts on subjects con-
cerning aviation,

Coin Machines
Then and There-
A coin machine of sorts was in popular
use in Florence, Italy, about 1500 A. D., to
sell rose water in small earthen jugs. A cop-
per coin delivered an odd-sized weight which
when deposited in the proper slot opened a
door long enough to draw out a bottle. If
you didn't grab your bottle fast enough you
were out of luck unless you kept the door
open by force.
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Bread is supposed to have been sold on the
streets of Babylon by means of coin machines
as early as 450 B. C. These machines were
made of wood and brick and all the machines
in the city stood together under the eye of a
municipal official.
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A coin machine for those who liked to try
their luck was set up in the market place of
Nurenburg, Germany, in 1614 by Johan
Winck. The player dropped a small coin
into a designated slot and a door opened,'
awarding him either a smaller coin , a larger
coin, a belt buckle, a meat pie, or a scarf.
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Two hundred odd coin machines existed in
France about 1730. All were government
owned and operated. Principally these distrib-
uted two-leaf bulletins of the week's news,
though others sold hard cakes, honey drops
or water for horses.
NEW DISTRIBUTOR
WANTS
EXPERIENCED
MUSIC MECHANIC
Must have thorough knowledge of all
music: equipment. Send referenees. sal-
ary expected and qualifications . All
replies conftdential.
One of the surprise highlights of the Packard Christmas party was a double wedding. Buddy
Drollinger, Packard service manager, was married to Dorothy Phillips (first and second from
left) and Dorman McShan , Packard engineer, married Juanita Sheffer (fourth and fifth from
left). McShan was inducted into the U. S. Army December 31st.
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PHILADELPHIA
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FOR
FEBRUARY
1942
PHILADELPHIA (RC ) - Operators have
taken th e curtailment of machin e produ c-
tion in the same patriotic mann er as all
citize ns have accepted th e restriction of
oth er materials essential to war produc-
tion. T he slogan of members of both local
associations has been " If It's For Defense
Then W e Are For It" and have supported
every effo rt to use music machin es and
amusement games for promotion of Bond
Purchases and oth er pro grams reques ted
by the local defense boards.
Th e Phonogra ph Operators Association
of Eastern P ennsylvania and the Amuse-
ment Machine Operators Association have
made important executive changes for th e
New Year. Activity of the groups durin g
th e next annum will b e similar, however,
to th e programs inaugurated durin g the
terms of the retiring officers. This is r e-
garded as a tribute to the excellent prece-
dents established by th ese men wh o are
r elinquishing their posts in ord er to enabl e
other members to carry the burden of lea d-
e rship.
The Phonograph Operators Association
also promised an in creased activity to gai n
public recognition as the outstandin g trade
orga nization in the country by securing an
organization al expert to handle their busi-
ness affairs and to wo rk on probl ems with
their officers. Jack Cade, well known to
local Phonograph Operators and form er
manager of the office of P enn Co in-O-Mati c
Co., local Wuditzer distributor, was th e
man selec ted.
Cade ass umed th e duties of busin ess
man ager on F ebruary 2 and received nu-
merous telegrams and messages of con-
gratulations from his fri ends and asso-
cia tes. H e was introduced to the member-
shi p at a s pecial dinner-meeting held
at the swanky Club Bali on Thursday eve-
nin g, J anuary 26. At that tim e he promised
th em that he would strive to do work that
would assist .and promote th e industry in
th is territory.
Th e Phonogra ph Operators Associat ion
held an elec ti on early in Janu ary which
saw William Kin g elevated to th e Presi-
dency. Other changes will be listed in th e
nex t iss ue of the R EVI EW.
Miss Edna Gall agher, who has worked in
th e music group's offi ce since it was first
opened wi th Frank H ammond as busin ess
manager, will r etire from her duti es ea rly
in F ebruary. She will continu e to be on
call for work when needed.
An election of officers was h eld a t a
meetin g of the Amusement Machine Opera-
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
tors Association and the following we re
elected fo r 1942: WiIli'am "Big Bill" Rod·
stein, President ; Sam Stern, Vice Presi-
dent ; Robert Stein, treasurer ; and Jack
Brandt, secretary ; while Joseph Silverman
was given the new post of recording secre-
tary.
Martin Mitnick, who had held the
prexy's chair fo r almost a deca de, retired
due to his desire for a rest and was given
th e unanimous thanks of th e entire memo
bership for his ca pable leadership during
the organization's most difficult and tryin g
years. Sam Pinkowitz who also was reo
placed as an executive offi cer of many years,
followed Mitnick in handing over the
duties of vice-president to a man who h ad
not previously held an exec utive post in
th e group. Rob ert Stein replaced " Bill"
Rodstein who was moved into th e presi-
dent's post.
Many operators are sellin g Raymond
Rosen & Co. their old, cracked or broken
records which the RCA-Victor di stributor
is purchasin g in any quantity. The cam-
pai gn to coll ect old records, which are not
"laminated" or paper-centered, will con-
tinue for several weeks, accordin g to Paul
Knowl es, record department manager.
Harr y Bortnick. •
Harm in Pin Games? No!
NEW YORK-~ Inquiring Fotographer"
Jimmy J email ( NY Daily News ), stood at
4th Ave. and 67th St. in Brooklyn asking,
"Do you see any harm in pinb all ma-
chines?" With a total of six passers asked,
the industry b atted 1.000, drawing six noes
from student, wife, postman, service station
attendant, tobacco dealer and Navy Yard
worker.
Comments, coupl ed with the " No harm"
answer, stressed value of games in creatin g
a social gathering, skill , fa scination and
suitability for indoor fun, attraction of
people into stor es where th ey make pur-
chases. One man pointed out that b etting
on the races is permitted, and " that's worse
th an spending a few ni ckels on games";
anoth er, that drinkin g or ni ght club visits
would cost him a lot more.

Observatory Attack Feared
L OS ANGELES - Coin operated tele-
scopes on th e grounds of Gri ffith P ark Ob-
servatory, here, ou ght to be removed, thinks
one Angeleno . Th eory is that from th e air
they give appearance of fortifi ca tion and
might draw bombs from enemy planes, re-
sultin g in destruction of the observatory
itself. Suggestion is bein g consid ered by th e
local P ark Commiss ion.

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
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ThaI sparkling, fr iendly greeting from O. D.
Jennings &- Co. is Ih e voice of Mar y Murray,
shown on dul y 01 Ih e switchboard and infor-
malion desk.
Rieharme Well 'S to.e ked
LONG BEACH- On e of the fin est assort-
ments of .new and used marble tables to be
found in th e West is at th e Long Beach
Coin Machine Co. wh ere Jo e Richarme
holds forth carin g for the needs of th e
amusement table operators of Southern
California.
" New tables are becoming increasingly
difficult to obtain," declared Jo e, "and many
of our factories are now limitin g our pur-
chases to only a few of the current models.
However we hope to be abl e to take care
of the needs of all our regular custom ers
and our used de partment has been enlarged
to th e point where an operator can get
almost any type 1)f machin e h e needs at a
fi gure th at represents a real savin g."

Permo Pointers End Year
CHICAGO- P ermo Pointers, the newsy,
bimonthly bulletin of and fo r coin phono-
gra ph operators, published by P ermo Pro-
ducts, has rounded out its first year of pub-
li ca tion with the holiday issue.
In pleasing contrast to preceding issues,
the holiday issue was printed in gay tra-
ditional Christmas colors and was most
attractive in appearance. Credit for th e
success of P ermo Pointers goes to E. C.
(Gene ) Steffens, Vice Pres. and Mgr.
P ermo Point Division. P ermo Pointers is
mailed without charge to over 7500 coin
phonograph operators, servicemen, and dis-
tributors.
In the December issue, in mentioning its
distribution of P ermo P oint book matches,
it states, "It's easy to get a P ermo Point
Match, but impossibe to get a match for
P ermo Point."

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An astronomer is a man who looks at
th e moon when he is not in love. A lover
is a man who looks at the moon when he
is not an astronomer.
" Wh at do elks have that oth er animals
don' t have?"
"Well, wh at ?"
" Parades."
SEE IT TBBU IN '42
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