Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

The 120th Consecutive Monthl, Issue 01 the
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JUNE, 1943
The COIN MACHINE REVIEW for June ... 1943. Vol. 10. No. 12. Published monthly at 1115 Venice Blvd .• Los Angeles 15. Calif. Fitzroy 8269. Paul W. Blackford.
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MARCH ON WASHINGTON NEAR
S. D. Case Submitted
SAN DIEGO-The San Diego Free Play
Case before the District Court of Appeals
of the State of California, Fourth Appel-
late District, has now been presented by the
plaintiff and the respondent, and by the de-
fendant and appellant. The District Court
has ninety days in which to give a decision
and coinmen are most hopeful that the de-
cision will be favorable.
Case is an appeal by the defendant
Thomas Whelan, District Attorney of San
Diego County, from a judgment in an ac-
tion in claim and delivery. The District At·
torney caused his investigators to seize
some 14 pin ball machines in San Diego
county which were the property of I. B.
Gayer, plaintiff in the action. Question to
be decided is whether, under section 330a
of the State Penal Code, free play devices
are gambling devices and also whether un-
der section 319 these devices are lottery de-
vices. District Attorney stipulated that no
cash was played for in connection with the
games in question and that whether free
games are a gambling prize under the
statute is the question to be decided upon.
The Associated Operators of Los An-
geles County has been very active in this
important case and attorneys Morris La·
vine and Arthur Mohr appeared for Gayer.
Buy Bars With Bonds
BALTIMORE-At a Candy Bar auction
held at the Lord Baltimore Hotel candy
machine operators .bid a total of $336,000
in War Bonds to buy the candy bars of-
fered.
Idea was cooked up to help the operators
secure extra quota amounts of candy bars
and at the same time boost War Bond sales.
Leading bidder at the unique auction was
William Scheuer of the Vendomat Co., who
bought $7,000 in Bonds for the privilege of
purchasing 500 boxes of nickel candy bars.
Importonl Notice
For the duration of the War the Los
Angeles oHices of THE REVIEW will be
open from 12 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. only each
day. Switchboard service will be from
10 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. and the oHices will
continue to close all day Saturday.
AOLACPreparing Arguments
to Battle $100 Tax Figure
LOS ANGELES-No stones are being left unturned by the Associated
Operators of Los Angeles County to see that a concise and accurate presenta·
tion of the unfairness of the $100 Federal Tax on Marble Tables is made
when Industry members make an appearance before the House Ways and
Means Committee in Washington in the near future.
Tax Tip
The new $5.00 auto tax stamp is now
on sale. This stamp. which is yellow.
evidences payment of the $5.00 federal
use tax for the year beginning July 1.
1943. and ending June 30. 1944.
No car can be legally operated after
July 1. without the use tax stamp being
aHixed. All stamps must be purchased
on or before that date. Proof of purchase
must be given ration boards in apply·
ing for tire and gasoline rations. Stamps
will be serially numbered. will be
gummed on the face. and will have
space on the back for entry of the
make. model. serial number. and the
state license number.
Zone Number Required
Effective immediately. all mail ad·
dressed to THE REVIEW must carry the
delivery zone number "IS" in compli-
ance with new postal regulations. The
correct address now is:
The Coin Machine Review.
1115 Venice Boulevard.
Los Angeles IS. California.
The delivery zone system has been
adopted in an eHort to keep record·
breaking volumes of mail moving
swiftly and accurately despite heavy
losses of experienced post office person·
neI.
Subscribers living in cities where a
similar zone system has been installed
will do us a favor by advising us your
zone number at once so that there
might be no delay in THE REVIEW
reaching you each month.
Through an aggressive mailing campaign
the AOLAC has been able to obtain valu-
able information from a number of sectors
showing the decline in the number of ta-
bles operated as the tax figure increased.
This material is being consolidated so that
accurate figures can be given to substanti-
ate the claim of AOLAC that the $100 tax
which goes into effect _ July 1st is more
than the Industry can absorb and will even-
tually result in the removal of the greater
majority of marble tables throughout the
country.
To show how convincing these figures
are one has only to study anyone of . the
reports already received. For example the
Skill Games Board of Trade of Wisconsin
replied as follows:
1. How many machines were operated in
your state when the original $10.00 federal
excise tax was put in force? A. 3,000.
2. How many machines were operated in
your state when the $50.00 federal excise
tax was put in force? A. 2,500.
3. How many machines do you think will
operate when the $100.00 federal excise
tax is put in effect July 1, 1943? A. 500.
4. What is your yearly city license fee?
A. Operator, $200 per year. Premises, $5
each. Amusement machines, $10 each.
Phonographs (premises permit), $5 each.
Operator's license (phonographs), $25.
5. What is your yearly county license
fee? A. None.
6. _What is your yearly state license fee?
A. None.
7. How many counter games did you have
in operation in the city, county and , state
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