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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
36
FOR
APRIL
1943
CALIFORNIA
( Continue d from Page 33)
March and the first two weeks of April to
pick up equipment, were: Art Dawes, San
Diego; Ray Eberts, Los Angeles; Archie
Freeman, Oceanside; 1. B. Gayer, San Ber-
nardino; Del George, Palm Springs; Ben
Korte, Glendale and Los Banos; Ted Law-
rence, Long Beach; Ted McMahan, San
Jacinto; Vern Owen, Banning; H _ A.
Presher, San Diego; Roy Smith, Lancaster;
Pat Savage, Shafter; Ji'mmy Sills, Las
Vegas, Nevada and George Wheelock, San
Diego.
P lans are set by Southern California
musicmen to welcome Homer E. Capehart
who is due to arrive here by plane on the
23rd for a two weeks visit. J ust what Cape
has up his sleeve is anybody's guess.
Eugene Dixon, the prize mechanic and
repair man Jack Gutshall has had at the
head of his se rvice department for some
time, seems desti ned to go the way of
other competen ts of his type. When this re-
porter visited the establishment a report
from the Draft Board notifyi ng the em-
ployer of the 1A reclassification was get-
ting anything but cheers.
Don Charters, who used to operate a
string of marble games, is now an instruc.'
tor on Link Trainers and is stationed at the
air base near P hoenix. He visited local
coinmen in early April and seemed happy
with his new duties. He flew over and back
in the day furl ough -given him.
A. J. Robinson, Pasadena, is calling it a
day and selling h is game operations and
going into the fishing boat business.
Remember th e Conradis who had the
major operations down in Orange County?
They're still as active as ever and the Coin
machine operations are continuing but Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Conradi are now enjoying life
on a nice ranch near Castle Rock, Wash·
ington, where Ted is doing his bit to keep
the American feed bag full.
Charlie Robinson has closed his Buckley
distributing business and is operating a
route of phonographs. All of which leaves
him plenty of time for a Victory Garden he
has planted out in the San Fernando vall ey.
Another Victory Garden enthusiast is Herb
McCletlan who has the muscles to show
that he really works in his.
Lots of army trucks are backing up to
Baqger Sales these days to pick up rna·
chines, for Badger is doing a notable job in
furnishing the recreation centers at the
various camps. In fact ,Badger had the load·
ing ramp built specially to accommodate
the army trucks and one finds them there
almost daily loading equipment.
A rumor of cigarette rationing in Los
Angeles on March 26th had most of the
vendors emptied. Somehow the grapevine
spread the word and citizens frantically
worked th e coin chutes to get as many
packs of "drags" as the machines had. A
clarification of the rumor in the next day's
papers smoothed the uneasy citizenry.
P hil Esterbrook, crack service man Jack
Gu tshall brought here from Portland some
time ago, was inducted into the Navy on
April 5th. Says Jack, "It looks like our
place is the last stop before the Service."
Lou Wolcher of the Advance Automatic
Sales Co. in San Francisco is doing a nice
job with Photo Trays as advertised in THE
REVIEW. Lou ordered a dozen and then
came back quickly for a gross and reports
a nice appreciation and acceptance in the
northern California area.
Walter E. Gaunt of 29 Palms, Calif., is
getting ready to open his Arcade again this
summer at Big Bear Lake.
Roy V. Smith, formerly an operator at
Barstow, is now with the army and is sta·
tioned at Salt Lake City. He recently paid
a visit here on a 7 day furlough and spoke
proudly of the way his wife, the former
Lucille Arnold, is taking care of the family
operations.
First Lieutenant A. H. Ellis of the Ma·
rine Corps, reports he is now at Pearl
Harbor. Ell is, previous to service, was audio
tor for Paul A. Laymon.
Don Stewart of the Stewart Novelty Co.,
Salt Lake City, visited Los Angeles in early
April and purchased several thousand dol·
lars worth of phonographs from Badger
Sales.
Mr. Osborn of the Osborn Music Co. is
one of the industry's oldest and proudest
. members. From his office on West Pico he
is doing a right nice business renting an-
tique coin machines to the motion picture
studios. Osborn has some "Lu·Lus" that he
has gathered over a 50 year period.
Manny Jackson, Hermosa Beach, made it
a point to see Bill Happel on his Los An·
geles jaunt and to buy some equipment.
Senator Downey introduced a bill in the
United States Senate on March 24th to
authorize payment of $6035.50 to Mrs.
Stephen A. King of West Los Angeles, for
claims resulting from the death of her
husband, Stephen, who was fatally injured
in a collision between an automobile he
was driving and an army truck. The bill
recalls that the accident occurred March
14, 1942 at Pico and LaBrea Boulevards, in
Los Angeles. Steve and Paul Johnson were
partners in a large music machine opera·
tion.
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All merchandise subject to prior sale, and prices subject to change without
notice. If you don't see what you want in this list, we have plenty more.
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CONSOLES
New Buckley Track Odds, Daily
6 Jumbo I/arades, new, automatic
Double Model .............................. $700 .00
Pay-outs .......................................... $175.00
Buckley Track Odds, Standard
Automatic Pay-Outs, Arlin9ton ........ 35.00
No. 11044 ...................................... 250.00
Automatic Pay-out, Thistledown ...... 65.00
Bu~~~y l"';o"6ct.~~~.~: .. ~~~~~~~~ ......... 375.00
Automatic PaY'out, Gold Medal...... 75.00
Pace's Reels ...................................... 195.00
Hi9 h· Han d Combination .................. 169.50
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Jumbo Parades. F.P . ........................ 50.00
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Bally's Bi9 Top, F.P. , (cracked
Evans' Ban9 Tail .................................. 250 .00
91ass) .............................................. 75 .00
lon9 Champ (cracked Glass L ........ 15 .00
New Western Derby Winner, F.P ..... 275 .00
Jumbo FP & PO Combination .............. 175.00
1 Brand new 4 Bells 4·5c .............. 50.00
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