jumps, follows at your heel, and does hun-
dreds of other jobs at a simple command
from bossman Bud. It's really worth a
trip to General to see Sally.
General Devices Corp., manufacturers of
Metermovies, are in war producti'o n and
out of the industry until it's all over.
R. E. Leland, Leland Sales head and
secretary of the Western Vending Machine
Operators Association, has returned from a
month long trip through the northern part
of the state.
A. O. L. A. C. scheduled a membership
meeting for June 11th just as the last form
for this issue was on the presses. A full
report on the meeting in our next issue.
Elston Harrison, 33, owner of oil prop-
erties and interested in a music system in
San Diego, commi tted suicide at his home
in Pasadena on June 1st. Harrison shot
himself in the head and police found his
rifle beside him. His physician said he had
been mentally depressed and frequently
threatened to take his life.
Also in the San Diego sector coinmen
were jubilant over th e acquittal of murder
given a brother operator. It seems the op-
era tor had taken the individual along with
him, and two girls, on a ride. The door
accidentally opened, the chap fell out and
hit his head on the curb. He returned to
the car and went into a cocktail lounge
with the rest of the party but fell down th e
steps and hit his noggin once more. He
returned to the bar, mounted the stool,
ordered a drink, and then slumped off into
what everyone thought was a drunken
stupor. However, upon investigation, it was
found he was dead. The operator was
held, and at the preliminary hearing was
freed of all liability.
Robert Cecil, Parker, ArIzona operator,
visited L. A. and picked up some equip-
ment for his spots.
Allen Anderson, who dominates the op-
erating scene in Shafter, makes it regu-
larly into L. A. to pick up eq uipment to
keep his spots at top earning peak.
William Happel, Jr., of Badger Sales, has
been presenting his friends with a swell-
egant set of war maps with the picture of
General Douglas MacArthur th ereon. Hap-
pel reports a nice response from the boys
on the piece.
What is the definition of a JOURNEY?
Answer at the bottom of this column.
Fred Gaunt of Trojan is doing a nice
job on Arcade stuff.
And, on Arcade Stuff, the fountain head
of all information and equi pment available
is Mac Sander's place. Mac has really gone
into the field in a big way and can help
any Arcade operator, or new Arcade op-
erator, to select equipm ent that will pull
in the money and keep going for the dura-
tion.
Tony Parina reports that his local office
is taking care of the parts requirements of
DuGrenier operators and that they will con-
tinue to so do just as long as 'stocks are
available.
Marjorie Schlegel, General Music sec-
retary, knows that bossman Parr, and man-
of-figures (don't get us wrong) Turner
liked fish so while she was up in Yosemite
she sent both a nice para fin fish, in a
wooden box, marked "This Is the Fish I
Promised You."
Max Kraut, who used to sing the praises
of the new Norman Bel Geddes U-Need-A-
Pak cig. vendors, is now trying to fill the
demands for second hand equipment, and
at the same time sandwich in his activities
on the local Draft Board.
William Nathanson has opened his
Answer to Question
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Distributor of Quality Coin-Operated Machines
1503
w. Pic:o Blvd.
DRexel 3209
Los Angeles, Calif.
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"Smallest Arcade on Main Street" and the
boys are giving it a play.
Did you know that a Sweater Girl's
theme song is the "Jersey Bounce"?
Shelley Radio found th at THE REVIEW
really brings home the bacon. After ad-
vertising tub es in th e last issue orders were
so heavy that the place was swamped_ Said
they, "We planned on carrying a big ad
following the great returns we received
from our May copy but the WPB stepped
in and our future deliveries on tub es are
not so certain. If we can work it out we'll
certainly have a page in the next issue for
THE REVIEW really brings QUICK results."
Irving Bromberg is happy over the last
shipment of games he is now offering
Western operators. Says Irving: "If you
don't get 'em now, don't cry !"
Paul Laymon has been registering a nice
business on Bally Longacres and the Kirk
Stereo Camera and Viewer. First is the last
of the new games operators can expect for
some Httle time. Second is a premium item
with unusual promo tional advantages_
Carl Noto, Operators Exchange, San
Francisco, who recently joined the army,
was in Los Angeles the second week in
Jun e. Army life certainly agrees with Carl.
He was looking tall, dark and handsome.
Herb McClellan is all set for the bargain
hunters. Herb bought wisely, has a good
selection , a nd is ready to take care of the
game requirements of th e lads in the West.
McClellan maintains a nice display of new
and used eq uipment at his establi shment at
1347 West Washington and coin men visi tin g
the city will find it worth th eir while to
check with Herb.
Jean Minthorne is happy over th e ap-
pointmen t of Harry Gordon, Automa tic
Amusement Co., as San Diego dealer on th e
Rock-Ola lin e. Already Gordon is turning
in a nice sales volume and Jean says that
Harry has felt the pulse of a great line and
is now deliverin g sales that would make a
lot of regular di stributors look sick.
"Pop" Osborn, of Osborn Music Co.,
loves to reminisce on th e early days of coin
machine operating. lust this week he put
the editor of THE REVIEW to bed when he
established the fact that he had been op-
erating coin-controll ed devices 14 years be-
fore ye editor was born. Be that as it may,
Pop Osborn is still one of the swellest char-
acters with us from th e early days. Here's
ho ping he'll be with us for a long time.
. A tax on Music Boxes in suburban Bur-
bank was on the fire as this issue folded
up. Tax would have been $12.00 per year
for music machines and $1.00 per year for
automatic weighing machines.
Until our July 10th Anniversary issue
when we start our 10th year of service to
this industry . . . good collections!
Paul Blackford
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Watling Rollato p. tj P. my.tery ............ 37.50
Watling Rollato p. tjP. 3-5 .................... 32. 50
Mil ls Vell owlront. r.built. sj P. 3-5 .... 59.50
Mills Vell owlront. rebuilt •• jP. 3-5 .... 59.50
Mi ll s Blu. lronts. djp . 3-5
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Mills Extraordinary. djp. 3-5 .............. 59.50
Mi lls Extraordinary, dj p, 3-5 .............. 59.50
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Mill s Extraord inary, d jp, 2-4....
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Mil l. V.llowlron ... dj p. 2-4 .................. 29.50
Jen nings Chief, sj p, li ke new, 3-5 ...... 59.50
J enn i ngs Chi ef, sjp, li ke new, 3-5 ...... 59.50
J ennings Ce nt ury, tr ipl e j p, 2-4 ............ 22.50
Jenn i ngs Cen t ury, tri pl e j p, 2-4 .......... 22.50
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2608 Olive Street
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