Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Wolf Has Open House
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
36·
fOR
OCTOBER
1943
LOS ANGELES- M. S. Wolf celebrated
th e opening of th e Los An geles branch of
his California Amusement Co. at 1348
Venice Boulevard with an Open H ouse cele-
bration on Septemb er 24th a nd 25th at
whi ch he and his staff played hosts to th e
operators of Southern Californi a.
Those attending were surprised to see th e
cha nges wrought in the buildin g. Ne w til e
Aoors had been laid, the offices generally
remodeled, walls refini shed in pastel shades,
bea utiful furniture in all of th e pri va te
offices and heavy fri eze carpetin g. F luores-
cent fi xtures throughout bath ed th e show-
rooms, offi ces and servi ce depa rtments in a
soft, cool rosy light.
On ha nd to greet th e ope rators were M.
S. Wolf, own er ; C. M. Ga rton, bran ch
manager ; and M. E. Thi ede, salesma nager.
Food, consistin g of sandwi ches of va rious
kinds, sala ds, pickl es, olives, tomatoes, a nd
the like were on hand in tremendous qua n-
tities and on the refreshm ent side the well
stocked bar resembled a fi rst class liquor
store before the days of shortages. Needl ess
to say the opera tors enjoyed th emselves to
the utmost and many made th eir stop an
all-day visit and relu cta ntl y de parted when
closing time fin ally arrived.
In addition to a liberal a ttend a nce of
operators, jobbers a nd di stributors of Los
Angeles, vi sito rs were clo cked from P asa-
dena, San Diego, Sa nta An a , Bakersfi eld,
North H ollywood, Burbank, Colton, Rive r-
sid e, Glendale, Maywood, Flintridge, Ana-
heim, Lo ng Beach, Santa Barba ra, Oxn a rd ,
San P edro al1d many oth er South ern Cali-
forni a communities.
A more detailed account of th e new qu ar-
ters of California Amu sement appears in
their two page a dvertisement on pages 20
and 21 of thi s issue.
MUTOSCOPE
( Contill.ued fr o m P age 1 7 )
mit Our coin indu stry fri ends who were
frequent visitors in th e good old days to
ta ke a run through the fac to ry th ey would
obse rve things th at would intri gue th em
no end. What was formerly our Art De-
partment is today a P aint Departm ent.
T he men who formerly used brushes a nd
sprays to glamo urize Sky Fi ghters, Photo-
rna tics, etc., are now experts a t a pplyin g
olive drab to devices and parts th at are
sy mbols of th e grimness of war. Th ey have
lea rn ed to mi x paint tha t will resist acid,
wind a nd war. This a nd oth er improvements
will not be scra pped wh en th e war be-
comes history.
.
Our Ca bin et S hop took pride no t long
ago in th e craftsmanship it used in makin g
housings for Mutoscope products. W e still
have a Ca binet Shop. It is bi gge r and
better. But it is a peri pateti c unit. Its
men a re all over th e plant, installin g par-
titions, tearing them down , co nstructin !;.,.of-
fi ces, rest roo ms, changin g th e phYSIcal
a pp ea ra nce of fio ors overni ght- all to kee p
pace with shifts a nd adjustments necessary
in our . present operation . Our form er cab-
in et makers are also playin g a vital part
in the machinin g of war parts. T h e im-
po rta nt process of routing-which consists
of cuttin g metal into various shapes and
sizes-has been placed in th e hands of our
master cabin etmaker. Hi s men are turnin g
out a swell j ob.
Thousand s of feet of space were formerly
devoted to asse mblin g and wirin g units for
Mutosco pe a mu sement devices. All of thi s
has bee n ta ken over by machin e shop tools.
The Iron Shop and Sheet Metal Department
that fo r merly rega rded the Photoma tic cah-
inet as its piece de resista nce turn s out
today items tha t ma ke Photomati c cab -
inets look like child play.
We have stated in th e foregoin g th a t th e
most interestin g thin gs we are doin g can-
CHICAGO- Th e Army-Navy "E" Awa rd ' not be told . Yet we can tell a bout on e of
Flag, award ed for outstandin g production
our miracles. On e of the first thin gs a boy
of war materials, will soon be hoisted over
studyin g hi gh schoo l physics lea rns is th at
th e home of " Bally" games and vend ers,
light travels in a straight li ne. In Muto-
accordin g to an nouncement by Geo rge Mo-
sco pe we make li ght travel "a round th e
lon ey, Vice-Presi dent and Ge neral Manager
corne r" in a steel tube. On th e job wh ere
of Lion Manufacturi ng Corporation.
th is mi racle is perform ed Mutoscope was
" Many of our frie nds," Mo lon ey sta ted,
the onl y contractor, work ing direc tly for
·'Are unfa miliar with our co rporati on na me,
Army ordn ance, to surpass production quo-
as distribu tion of " Bally" products was
tas two consecuti ve months.
handl ed by our sales orga nization, Ball y
Besid es bein g proud of i.ts home front
Ma nufacturin g Co. However, th e Lion pl ant
record as a wa r pl a nt, Mutoscope tak es
on whi ch the Ar my and Navy are conferrin g
parti cular pride in th e 100 men that have
the " E" Award is the sa me pl a nt in which
left Mutoscope to enter th e armed serv-
" Bally" produ cts were ma nufactured for
ices and who are scattered all over . th e
years, a nd the old " Bally" organi zation is
world.
active in th e production of war material.
To keep pace with the times Mutoscop e
George Jenkins, for exa mple, General Sales
has made interesting cha nges in its admin-
Ma nager of Bally Ma nufacturin g Co., is
istrative setup. It has form ed a Welfare
now supervisor of a very importa nt part of
De partm ent, which is devoted exclu sively
our total production. H erb Jones, " Bally"
to th e interes t of employees and has th e
Adverti sin g Mana ger, is actin g as my as-
full-tim e services of a train ed executive.
sista nt in the manage ment of all Lion pro-
All rec rea ti onal a nd patriotic activi ties a re
duction. Ou r engineerin g a nd p roduction
in th e ha nds of th is department. It hel ps
staff, which produ ced "Ball y" ga mes in th e
employees in vari ous ways that are too de-
p.ast- are now b r~a k,\n g records in produc-
ta il ed to mention here. But th e results
lIon of war maten al.
spea k for themselves. Even before the Wa r
Moloney stated th at th e letter in for min g
Ma npower Commission took a hand in th e
Lion Manufactu rin g Corporation of the " E"
situ ation by its release regul at ions, th ere
Award had been received , and th at the
was co mparati vely little turn over in Muto-
date of th e Cere mony. of Award would be
sco pe. We have ma npower probl ems, E very
a nn oun ced later.
plan t i n th e co untry has the m. But we
beli eve th at th ey are at a minimu m. On e
* * *
Sergea nt: "Everything shut up for the
of th e f unctions of th e Welfare Depa rt-
night ?"
;,
ment is the editing of a plant. newspape r.
Private : "Tha t sarge, depe nds on you.
Tt is a thoroughl y professiona l job.
Everyth ing else is."
Maybe one of th e several fac tors, as ide
from th e ' Welfare Depar tm ent, th at has
hel ped to keep our employees hap py is
Reporter- I've go t a perfect news story.
th e co nversion of a plot adjace nt to our
Editor- H ow co me? Ma n bite dog?
plant into a rec rea tion park fo r employee,.
R eporter- No, a b ull th rew a rrofpsc;or.
"E" Flag for "Bally"
This was chri stened Mutosco pe Vic tory
P a rk and was form ally opened in th e spring
with a party a t which President Ra bkin
was the host. Which means the one who
pa id fo r the drinks and food. The P ark
occupies an area of 10,000 square feet. It
is surround ed by a white p icket fence and
has an abundance of benches, easy cha irs,
metal garden loun ges a nd various s ports
faciliti es. Music is played durin g the lunch
hour through a loudspeaker. ( Mutosco pe
started using music to enhance morale and
accelera te production several years ago. A
system is now b ein g ins talled that will
carry mu sic to every part of the plant and
can be turn ed off at will. )
Mutoscope Victory Park is th e only rec-
rea tional a rea fostered by an industri al
plant in th e Borough of Qu eens. It is in -
teresting at lun chtime to observe employees
of plants th at completely s urround Muto-
sco pe and its grounds gazing .enviously at
Mutoscopers regaling themselves within
th e co nfines of the park, pitchin g horse-
shoes, play in g quoi ts, dancin g and sunnin g
themselves on co mfortable ch airs, divans
and benches. Mutoscope would have liked
to do somethin g about this-th at is, . make
a rra ngements for employees of other plants
to share th e use of the commodious s pace
- but War Depa rtm ent plant security regu-
lation s prohibit it.
About 40% of th e present personnel
were with Mutoscope before the war. This
is a hi gh p erce ntage co nsiderin g the fact
that women comp rise 50% of our present
personn el. In peacetime women were em-
ployed onl y in our offices. Our ex perience
with women in th e machin e shops as well
as precision assembly work has been ve ry
favora ble. We find th at th ey learn qui ckly:
tha t th ey enter eagerly into the spirit of
a war pl ant and th at most of th e bugaboos
th at were written about problems attendant
upon women in industry possess only aca-
demic interest for us. Maybe we have a
well-conducted P ersonn el Depa rtment to
th ank for thi s. Maybe it's just plain luck.
Wh atever th e cause, we are hap py about
women bein g added to our forces a nd we
shall kee p on a ddin g th em as lon g as we
ca n get them.
So th at's as mu ch as ca n be told about
how Mutoscope is farin g und er a war
economy. Mutosco pe is satisfi ed but not so
sati sfi ed th at it would wa nt th e war to last
one minute lon ger th an necessary. Muto-
scope is interested in winnin g the war. It
is eager to get bac k into civilian produc-
tion . We in Mutosco pe know that when
peace is here aga in we as well as those
with whom \ve do business will benefit
fro m our experi ence as a wa r pl a nt. Wh en
materi als ca n aga in be empl oyed for th e
ma nufacture of coi n machines we will bf'
even more effi cient beca use of skill s devel-
. oped in makin g precision parts and instru -
ments; we will have grea ter ca pacity be-
ca use of machine tools acquired for war
work and we are learnin g eve ry day th e
use of new ma terials and equipment th a t
will not be discarded wh en we are rein -
stall ed in th e coin busin ess.
Wh en th e time comes for us to do ff th e
habiliments of war , when all of us are
ready to resum e ou r places in the c ivili an
eco nomy, opera tors ' a nd jobbers · ca n be
certa in th a t more th a n ever before Muto-
scope will be equi pped to tu rn out wh at
it has been noted fo r th ese many years-
or iginal and lastin g eq ui pment. Until then
we w ill do eve rythin g we can to brin g
the boys bac k home with the laurels of
victo ry on th eir brows.
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Pr iva te-Did YO Il fil1 you r date last nigh t ?
Sa rge- I'll say I di d. She ate everythin g
in sight.