The IIBth Consecotive Monthly Issoe of the
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APRIL, 1943
The COIN MACHINE REVIEW for April, 1943, Vol. 10, No . 10. Published monthly at 1115 Venice Blvd ., Los Angeles, Calif. Fitzroy 8269. Paul W . Blackford ,
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Rowe Efforts Lauded
BELLEVILLE, N. J.-The Rowe Manu-
facturing Co., Inc., now engaged in war
work 100% , is in receipt of a wire from
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell laud-
ing th e organization for th e contribution it
is making in our campaign towa rd victory.
Dated March 3rd the wire read: "The
suitability and performance of equipment
produ ced by American industry which I
have just seen on a 34,000 mile inspection
t rip through the Carribean, South America,
North and Central America, Africa, Pales-
tine, Iran, India and Burma, is a tribute
to the genius of American engineers and to
the skill of the workmen who made it.
lts adequacy everywhere was a sou rce of
great satisfaction to me. You and everyone
in your organization should be pro ud of
your co ntribution and th e important part
you are playing in helping us to victory."
General Somervell commands servi ces of
supply.
Arcade Hours Set
LOS ANGELES-Penny Arcades within
th e metropolitan area will close from 9 p.m:
until 5 a.m. in the fu ture in accordance
with an ordin ance recently passed by th e
City Coun cil givin g the Police Commission
jurisd iction over Arcades.
According to th e ordinance Arcades
must observe the closing hours stated
above, must be adequately lighted , must
make no loud noises, mu st not show in de- .
cent pictures and must be con du cted at all
times in a manner not inimical to the pub-
li c welfare.
Violation makes the op erator liabl e to
revocation of hi s permit.
Drier Cigarettes Ahead
NEW YORK.-Mr. and Mrs. America
will find the cigarettes produced since April
1st a trifle bit drier than before for on that
date the War Production Board's ban on
th e use of glycerin in the manufacture of
tobacco products went into effec t.
So far tob acco processors haven' t found
adequate substitutes for glycerin whi ch a re
availal:tle in suffi c ient quantity to sa ti s fy
the t remendo us dema nd of the tobacco in-
dustry.
Glycerin is used to hel p retain moisture
in tob acco. It makes th e cigarette taste
better and also helps it retain its shap e.
Just prior to th e April 1st deadline Old
Golds took heavy space in key ci ty dailies
to tell of a new "apple hon ey" discovery
to be used in Old Golds to keep them moist,
sweet and mellow.
AOLAC Starts Campaign for
Fair Tax Consideration
LOS ANGELES - Spurred on by the
fa ct that the memb ershi p has lost approxi-
mately 25% in business since th e incep-
tion of the $50.00 F ederal Tax on marbl e
~ames, th e Associated Operators of Los
Angeles County opened a campaign on
Apri l 12th that, i"t is hoped, will result in
abolishin g th e $100.00 tax set to go into
effect on July 1st.
The entire country is being ci rcularized
with a letter explainin g just how indivi-
duals and associations can help. " We feel
confident," states Curley Robinso n, man-
aging director, " that if the different asso-
ciations and individuals throughout th e
co untry will get behind this, resistance
would be lowered consi derably and con-
sideration given us, in asmuch as th ey
would be acquainted and i'nformed of con-
di tions.
"Th e Committee on Ways and Means
of th e House of Represen tatives have noti -
fied us of our appointment with th em and
will give us adva nce notice so that we ca n
appear before them and plead our case.
If we could have oth~r Association heads
and individua ls present at the same tim e,
it would also be most helpful."
Here is the letter bei ng sent out:
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LOUIS KARNOFSKY
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" You are undoubtedly acq uainted with
the fact that th e federal stamp tax on pin -
ball ga mes has been the sum of $50.00 per
game sin ce November I s~, 1942, and that
co mmencin g July 1st of this year the tax
wi ll be increased to $100.00 per game on
all machines wherein the fre e games are
redeemed in cash or trade. This means that
pi nball machin es, slot machines, counter
games, automatic pay-out tables, consoles,
gaming devices and claws or digger ma-
chines are placed in th e same category,
notwithstandin g th e fa ct that pinball games
are not capab le of earning any co mparable
amoun ts to the other types of machines.
" This Association had representatives
appear before th e Senate Finance Commit-
tee hearings in September of last year
when they gave th e Committee full infor-
mation as to th e ea rning power of th e vari-
ous types of machin es, but sin ce th e House
Ways and Means Co mmittee had already
made recommendations, th ese reco mmen-
dations were accepted by the Senate Fi-
nance Co mmittee at the Joint Conference
Committee meetin g and therefore no
changes were made. I mi ght state that all
tax matters emanating from the House of
Representa tives -
thi s Body being the
so urce of original tax legisla tion, are al-
ways given favorable consideration by the
Senate. As far as we know, only one per-
so n appeared before th e House Ways and
Means Commi ttee in April of last yea r
to testify before th at Committee when th e
question of thi s tax first ca me before that
Body. W e did not know th at any suc h
action had been taken and therefore no
representative was present. It was not un-
til July that we learned of th e contem·
plated action by the Senate Finance Com-
mittee which resulted in our appearance
before that Committee.
"Sin ce th at time, however, we have been
in touch with a grea t many of th e rep re-
sen tat ives of both houses and have given
th em a synopsis of the differences in earn -
ing power of the various types of equip-
ment, together with our recommendation
as to what these taxes should be in the
new tax bill about to come up for co nsid-
era tion agam.
"We are today advised by Washington
(See AOLAC, Page 10)
THE REVIEW HAS NEVER MISSED AN ISSUE IN THE PAST TEN YEARS!!
NO OTHER COIN MACHINE MONTHLY CAN MAKE THAT STATEMENT!!
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