Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1942 October

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OPERATORS
Save Your Tires-Gas
LOS ANGELES.- Gas ra tioning, tire reg-
istration and the federal tax bill are para-
mount items of consideration as Western
coinmen start the fall season in this part
of the Coast. It is hoped that consideration
will be given to operators in dealing out gas
Phone or Write Your Needs
rationing books for with widely scattered
routes almost every operator faces ·a definite
PROMPT SERVICE
problem. Swapping of locations in an effort
We are equipped to handle your wants-
to more closely consolidate routes has been
Complete stock of parts, new and used games,
a popular activity for the past few weeks.
Arcade equipment ••• Vending machine cards, etc.
Harry Kaplan is back at Southwestern
Vending after his vacation trip by train
Our reconditioned machines are tops ..• Priced right -
through Canada.
We invite you to come in and see
Bob Reeder and Ernest Graham, Glen-
UNITED MANUFACTURING . •. Sun Yalley and Midway
dale, handled the Elks Convention in
EXHIBITS • . . Action
GOTTLIEBS ..• Shangri.la
Fresno the week of September 21st. They
NEW GAME PROFITS AGAIN
had 51 slots in action for the 4-day run .
NEW K·25 Guesser Scales .......................................................... $139.50**
Solly Solomon, Seattle, left here October
Western Portable Flame·Arc Welder........................................ 24.95
6th after a short visit with local coinmen
(World' s Lowest Priced Professional Welding Outfit)
and his son, Walter, who is in the Coast
Brand New Chicago Coin yANKS............................................ 99.50
Guard. Solly figured transportation ration-
Brand New Chicago Coin GOBS ................................................ 129.50
ing isn't too far away so took this chance
Brand New Genco FOUR ACES .....•............................................ 139.50
to get down and see everyone.
Brand New Keeney SUPER BELLS 5c ........................................ 249.50**
Davidson Brothers report a tremendous
**F. O. B. Chicago
activity in their candy and cigarette vend-
ing concessions in the three big Douglas
HUNDREDS OF OTHER GAMES TO CHOOSE FROM
aircraft plants.
Write for complete price list
Dan Donohue, of Seeburg, and Bill Hap-
pel, of Badger, played golf at the Wilshire
Country Club on September 27th. Although
ONE-BALL FREE PLAY TABLES AND
quite a little money was bet Happel seemed
ARCADE EQUIPMENT
to be the only one dishing out the folding
money at the finish. All of which indicates
Dan must be in the pro class.
Mac Mohr is operating legal equipment
Distributor of Quality Coin.Operated Machines
in the city and is keeping busy. He expects
to keep his offices open for the war months
1503 W. Pi co Blvd.
DRexel 3209
Los Angeles, Calif.
and be ready when it's all over to take care
of the boys as efficiently as before.
Jack Gutshall has purchased the Los An-
geles route of Frank Lamb.
Paul Johnson's young daughter, Susan,
Steffan and Curly Gohr motored to Cle ·week inventory, and left for the sunny
Elum for stream fishing, while Puget Sound
Southland well satisfied with Cly Newton's . is slated to participate in a piano recital
Novelty's Vern Preston stayed close to home
at the Hotel Biltmore in the near future.
managerial mastery. Duggan owns a service
station, b ulk gas station, apartment, and
and battled kings in West Seattle . . . . A
Daddy is de-mothing the old tux for the
proud smile etches a "V" in Cliff Knowles'
affair.
hotel in the Grapefruit belt .••. Solly Solo-
leathery face when he unrolls a three-foot
mon got off to a leaping two-week vacation
Carl Collard, San Bernardino, was in
photo of his son Bob, chief specialist at
jaunt when he planed to San F rancisco on
town in late September to pick up equip-
the Great Lakes Training Station, sur-
the first leg of his Los Angeles trip.
ment at Paul Laymon's.
rounded by the 200 trainees in his class.
We think-in fac t, we're quite positive-
Louis Karno/sky
WE WANT TO BUY.
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FOR
OCTOBER
1942
PAUL A. LAYMON
"Porky" Jacobs is very secretive about
his current six-week jury duty. It might be
a county trial and it might be in superior
court, or it might even be a federal grand
jury investigation. Murder, arson, kidnap-
ping, smuggling, grand larceny or any of a
number of crimes could be the reason for
summoning those 12 men, good and true,
but Porky will say nary a word except to
vehemently deny the stories making the
rounds that he is the corpus delicti. .. .
Decca's Violet Stewart put it on the matri-
monial record August 21. . . . Bill Duggan,
Florida's big butter and coin man, dropped
in to his Puget Sound Novelty for a three-
VEST POCKET BELL
Repairs & Adjustments
Let us give your machines a com-
plete overhaul job. including
metal shim stop and dry tube
eliminator. The small investment
will more tiJ,(rn pay you.
H. R. GgAHAM
212 E. Palmer Ave:
Glendale, Cal.
Citrus 1·'093
Opel*lltCJ6J •••
Over three thousand RECUPERATOR Se rv-
ices we re delivered during the month of
September, totaling thousands and thou-
sands of ca rs serviced with this time-tested
product_
We want to thank the Music Ope rato rs who
have purchased hundreds of RECUPERATOR
Se rvices fo r their ca rs.
" Corrosio n wa rped my Bat-
te ry Plates. I should have
applied THE RECUPER-
ATOR. Too late nowl "
If you r car, or cars , have not yet received
this guarantee d se rvice, and you r Music Dis-
t ri buto r does not ca rry RECUPERATOR in
stock fo r you , send $1.50 and we will send
you r RECUPERATOR Service prepaid.
DO THIS TODAY! TOMORROW MAY BE TOO
LATE, AS RUINOUS SULPHATION AND CORRO·
SION ARE DEADLY ENEMIES TO YOUR BATTERY.
ALPHA DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
1025 North Highland AvenU1!
GRanite 4148
Hollywood, California
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one of th e favored spots in lo cal coindom
alDng about Christmas time will b e th e
offices .of the J ack Gutshall Distributin g
CD . FDr Jack has acquired, heaven help
us, tl;le mDSt entrancing nude thi s re[l'Jrter
has ever spent an hDu r gazin g at. ::::omes
Christmas Jack exp ects tD share prints of
her IDveliness with thDse .of you WhD have
answered his ads in TH E R EVI EW. Better
turn to J ack's ad nDW and get your na me
.o n the list.
Fred White, Visalia, made it tD LaymDn's
th e last .of September to fill his equipm ent
requirements.
Mr. and Mrs. H arry GDrdDn , San DiegD,
a rrived in town .on th e 3rd to s pend a few
days with the Minth Drn es, LaymDns, Mac
MDhr and .other local coin luminaries.
Harry fi gured he shDuld sta rt hDme .on th e
6th fD r sD methin g tDld him he shDuld. It
was gODd th at he did for th e County Board
.of SupervisDrs were at work durin g hi s
absence and had their surpri se waitin g fDr
him upDn his a rrival. (See news repDrt
elsewh ere in this iss ue. )
Allen C. AndersD n, Shaft er, was in on
th e 3rd to pick up eq uipm ent at IDcal j'Db -
bers. Allan stDpped in tD chin with Mac
MDhr abDut th e gDDd .old days befDre -this
a nd that.
Ed Map~, Sa n FranciscD, was in town .o n
the 2nd and 3rd and placed a nice .order
with Badger Sales for Mills Three a nd F Dur
Bells t D be shipped tD San FranciscD an d
Berkeley.
Nick Carter, owner .o f the Nik abob CD.,
is happy about the repDrts ema nating from
the sanitarium concerning Mrs. Carter. She
is gaining stea dily and very encDuragin g
repDrts are cD min g from th e dDctDrs. Th e
Carter children are in a Girls' SChDDI dur-
ing mamma's StDP at th e "Get Well" sta-
tion.
Art Dawes, San DiegD, dropped in at
IDcal SPDtS .on Septemb er 26th. Art makes
the L. A. trip regularly tD kee p up .o n
thin gs.
William ShDrey, San BernardinD Dp er-
atDr, was pegged by this repDrter lDadin g
ga mes at P aul LaymDn's.
Jack Gerety has taken .over the A. Ber-
man Arcade in Bakersfi eld.
T Dmmy Kearn s, HDnDlulu, T . H., is still
.on the mainland pickin g up equipment f Dr
shipment tD th e islands as cargD space per-
mits. Tommy handles Decca records, paints,
radiDs, and half a dDzen other items ex-
clusively f Dr the islands. AND , if YDU run
intD TDmmy, make him prove his star
sapphire has a six prong star. It's a 7%
ca rat beauty.
Mac MDhr has annDunced, in this issue,
a new service fDr western opera tDrs. His
firm is n DW repairing, refinishi ng, repaint-
ing and .overha uling SIDtS_ Mac has an ex-
pert, draft deferred, in charge .of the wDrk
and the sa mples we saw are r eally gODd.
C. L. GDldie, San Francisco, trekked
sDuth the first week in O c tDb er t D CD mpare
notes and argue with Mac Mohr abDut
equipment shortages.
Mr. and Mrs _ O. H. P res her, San DiegD,
were in tDwn on the 6th and 7th and spent
cDnsiderabl e tim e with L. B. McCrea ry a t
Ma pe Music_
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Summers, MDntana
DperatDrs, vaca tiDned in th e SDuthland in
late September, and ordered a ni ce bun ch
.of equipment f ro m LaymDn's tD fDlIDW th em
home.
Jack Gutshall is leav in g .o n th e 16th fDr
hi s yearly visit tD FilImDre, Utah, a nd this
year, as always, J ac k is fDrtified with a
permit fDr a bu ck a nd dDe _ .. a nd , may
we CDmment, he'll get th em. Acco mpanyin g
l ack .o n thi s sDrti e will be the fa ithful Jac k
Pfeiffer; .o ne of his IDcati Dn .owners, P ete
Snyder ; a nd Carol Lein art. Th ey expec t tD
be go ne 10 days.
BDb RDtzell , 24, form erl y .o f th e P aul A.
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1942
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LaymDn Service Department, IDSt his life in
th e battl e .of the SDIDmDns arDund Septem-
ber 7. H e was a radiD man in a navy dive
bDmber. BDb jDined the navy in June of last
year and participated in the battles of
Midway and Guam. The Navy Department
states that Bob was sighted in a rubber
bDat followin g th e shDoting dDwn .of his
plane but rescue was impDssible.
Frank RDOt, the guiding li ght up Lan-
caster way, b eamed in at L. A. in early
OctDb er to CDmpare nDtes .on equipment.
Leave it to F rank tD fi gure it .out cDrrectly.
L. B. McCreary, head-man at the IDcal
offi ce .of Mape Music, was in San Diego .on
th e 7th, 8th and 9th.
N_ R. VDDrhees, servi ceman fDr Kenneth
Wolfe in San DiegD, has returned tD hi s
hDme in El MDnte and will free-lance oper-
ate in this area.
802
N . BROAD ST.
803 N. CARLISLE ST.
PHILADELPHIA , PA.
The Gutshall s make Big Bear Lake regu-
larly and almDst any Friday afternDDn will
see th em getting ready for a week-end visit
up in the mDuntains. " Who Dat," their sea-
gDing yacht, is statiDned there and Jack is
getting quite adept at handling the skiff
and .of late the natives thereabDuts are ap-
plauding his maneuverability .
Alex KDleDpDlus, Bakersfi eld , made a
hurry-up trip t D Laymon's the first of th e
mDnth to annex a few machines_
Clarence Byrne, serviceman f.or Harry
GordDn in San DiegD, ended his life with a
bullet thrDugh his head .on September 26th.
Byrne, a fDrmer emplDyee .of the Gans CD. ,
had been in ill health fDr SDme time.
Jane CaricD, secretary tD Jack Gutshall,
has a new secret tD harbor. Recently sh e
sailed tD San Francisco and . . . sufficient
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