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Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1945 April

mouthpiece simultaneously.
Sandwiched in between flipping buttons,
pressing switches, sleight·of·handling discs,
soothing irate customers, placating drunks
and keeping the nickels coming are a few
miscellaneous duties such as typing record
tags, answering the phone and handling
service calls.
In the order named, these are the songs
which carried the most fingerprints last
month: "Rum and Coca-Cola," " Don't
Fence Me In," and "Twilight Time."
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Recent visitors at Jack R. Moore Co. in-
cluded the following out of towners: A. C.
Watson, of Lewis and Co., Tacoma; Mr.
Guthrie of the Western Music Co., Spo-
kane; Gino Magrini, Tacoma Novelty and
Sound ; Chet Pepple, Wenatchee; L. R.
Farrell, Mt. Vernon; Mr. Lewis, Klam ath
Falls, Ore.; Hobart Hedri ck, Shelton, and
many others.
An unexpec ted and pleasant surprise
greeted the Bert Beutlers this month wh en
a long di sta nce phone call ca me in from
Santa Ana, Calif., announcing the safe re-
turn of Mrs. Beutler's brother after 3 years
in the India-Burma-China theater of war
as a medic attached to the Ai'r Corps. Sgt.
Luth er Alger, by name, was transferred
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by request to Fort Lewis, Wash., for dis-
persal , and there received his furlough
leave of 4 weeks. Laden with citations,
service stripes, campaign pins, a Tibetan
Spaniel dog and worlds of experiences to
relate, Sgt. Alger spent a hectic week with
the Beutlers, receiving a royal welcome
and seeing the Northwest for the first time.
He then trained to San Francisco to
catch a plane for a look at the old home
town of Ashland, Kentucky. He reports
back to Santa Ana after his furlough for
reassignment whi ch he hopes will be Eu-
ropean duty.
City ops who carried furrowed frown s
on their faces when the Byrnes midnight
curfew bell tolled, are smiling broad-
beamedly because play has increased as a
result. A vet op explained it thusly: "The
gang who used to take off at ten p.m. for
some out-of-way night spot and remain
until th e small hours of th e morning stay
in town now because it isn' t practicable
to travel a long di stance for just a few
hours' entertainment. Then, too, there are
phonos and pin games in restaurants and
the curfew doesn't effect th em."
Quickies . . . Old-time Arcadester Earl
Heroux is no longer at the old familiar
haunts, having sold his coin game interests
BIG SPRING CLEARANCE SALE
OF ARCADE MACHINES
ORDER YOURS NOW FOR SPRING AND SUMMER RESORT SEASON
60
ALL MACHINES COMPLETELY RECONDITIONED-IF NOT SATISFIED
RETURN WITHIN 10 DAYS-MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED
f OR
APRIL
1945
ARCADE E9UIPMENT
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Smil.-a- Minut.
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Bally All ey ................. @ 35.00
Ro ll in the Barr.L ....... 115.00
Talki. Horosco p . ........ @ 240.00
SkY Battl.s .................. @ 295.00
Anti Aircraft .......... " .... @ 95.00
Kirk Astrology Scal . ...... 125.00
Kirk Astro logy Scale
(tall) .............................. 165.00
2 G.nco Playball .......... ~ 160.00
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2 Keeney Submarine._ ... @ 195.00
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T.n Pin . ....................... @
S.I.ct-a- Vi.w .......... @
M utoscope Peeks ......... @
Traveling Crane ........... @
Ray-o-Lit . ................. @
View -a-Sco pes ............ @
Chicken Sam ............... @
Jail Bird
Shoot-the-Chutes
Sc i.ntlflc Baseball
Kick.r & Catch.r.
Trip i. Gripp.r.
37.50
55.00
30.00
30.00
80.00
125.00
22.()0
140.00
175.00
195.00
87.50
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2 10e Astrascope ............. @ 125.00
2 Se.burg Astro lograph .@ 70.00
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Love Pllot... .....................
Super Bomber .............. @
Ac. Bomber .................. @
Driv.mobile ................ @
SkYflghters .................. @
Liftograph .................. @
3 Col. Card V.nd.r .... @
Stamp V.nd.r Ro ll........
EI.ctric Shock.r..............
Skill J u m ps .................. @
P ikes P.ak .......................
Radio Rifl. with fllm ....
I Cigarette Vender..............
I Butter- Kist Po pcorn
Mach in . ............................
2 5e Ba lly Bull ................ @
I 5c Ch.st.r-Po ll ard Go lf
1 5c Chester-Pol lard
Football ............................
I 5c Vi-Ader Foot Vibr...
I 5c Basketball
1 Mutoscope Reel 1142"...
f Ie lorn Mutosco!)e Ree l
I 5c Jr. Bask.tball...
2 5c 3 Col. Card Vnd. @
4 2c Muto. Car d Vnds. @
4 5c Mills Peek Mchs ... @
2 5c Coin Movi .............. @
2 5c Air Raiders ........... ,@
155.00
165.00
395.00
395.00
395.00
375.00
165.00
55.00
50.00
15.00
42.00
20.00
65.00
45.00
125.00
95.00
75.00
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75.00
60.00
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35.00
45.00
45.00
35.00
125.00
165.00
235.00
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5c Torp.do.
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5e M uto. Hockey.............. 90.00
5c Bally Defend.r .......... 375.00
Ic Gypsy Pal mist... ......... 95.00
5e Solar Horoscope ........ 110.00
Ie Exh. Card V.nd.r.... 35.00
Ic Exh. Kiss O' Meter .. 145.00
5c Bas.ball........................ 45.00
5e Chi Coin Hockey ...... 215.00
5c World S.ri.s.
95.00
Ic Exhibit Fist Strik.r.. 75.00
5e Exhib it Hi Ball........ 95.00
5c Pok.r Jok.r................ 75.00
Scientiflc Punch. Bag .. 195.00
Kirk Gu .... r Scales @ 125.00
Muto. Card V.ndrs. @ 45.00
Knock Hitler's Pants Off
Bas.ball Throwing Gm . 165.00
Doll
Rack
Comp lete
with . Baseballs • • tc. ..
125.00
Duck P in Alleys, Whole
Set. Compo EQuipp.d .... 800.00
A.B.T. 6 Gun Airo-
matic Rifl. Range .......... 3800.00
Compl~t. with all equip-
ment. co mpressor, tar-
g.ts.
50.000
B. 8's.
cartridges. etc., all fac -
tory reconditioned. Sat·
isfaction guaranteed.
A RCADE SU PPLI ES
I Neon
outside V type
sign, size 5 ft. x ' 8 ft.
Reads liThe P-Iaydium
Amusement Center" on
both sides .......................... $650.00
Neon inside front win·
dow sign size 4 ft. x
4 ft. R.ads "Th. P lay-
dium Recreation for All" 275.00
Large Electric National
Cash Register. Used 6
Months .................. ,.: ........ 295.00
3 Small Cash Registers @ 65.00
18 FlUorescent flxtures 48"
Compo with Lamps @
9.50
I Neon sign reads , " Voice
Recording Studio." Size
50.00
24" x 24 ......... " ...
I Neon inside sign for
A. B. T . Gun Range.
Reads liThe Gun Club.
20 Shots for I()c". Size
3 ft. x 5 ft. ....
.. ... 250.00
and retired ~o a cigar-candy store in White
Center. But the flame still burns-a few
assorted arcade pieces are in evidence ...
Add retirers: The Waltz Music Co. is no
more, with Boss Don devoting his time ex-
clusively to war work . . . The Schnabel
shop has added two discharged se rvicemen
to the payroll: Johnny Inman and Johnny
Larrabee.
Cpl. Louis Ka rno / sk y
Portland
Max Arnsberg of Northwest Sales, re-
cently home on furlou gh, has returned
overseas.
Recent visitors to Portland . . . Bert
Schuler of Newport . . . W. R. McPher-
so n of Eugene . . . H eine Adrian, also of
Eugene ... A. Pizanti and wife of Vallejo,
California . . . Vic David and son, who is
a Lieutenant in th e Air Corps . .. B. A.
Mecklenberg of Mack Sales Co. from War-
renton, Orego n . . . Mrs. Mel Dix, who
with her hubby works for Mack Sales at
Bend, Oregon . . . Sol Esfeld of American
Discount Co. of Seattle.
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R. M. Waggener of Coin Machine Ac-
ceptance Corporation, Chicago, and his
wife were recent visitors to th e Coast.
The Ja ck R. Moore organization was
very happy to receive a card from Lt.
Charles M. Howe, one of its form er em-
ployees, who is a prisoner in Germany.
Ace Arnsberg is very busy in defense
work. Harry Arnsberg of the U.S.c.G. re-
cently had a severe injury to his hand ,
however, has been called back and is in
limited se rvice now. With all of the Arns-
berg boys here in the service or in de-
fen se work, their sister, Mildred Israel,
has plenty to do helping run th e North·
west Amusement.
John A. Ruggiero of the Moore Co. San
Francisco offi ce recently took a much
needed rest at Carmel-by-the-Sea. George
G. " Gardy" Goss, form erly with Jack R.
Moore Co. in Salt Lake City, is assisting
John Rugg iero. John Chalman of that
office has recently been inducted into the
service.
Marty Fibiger of th e U. S. Navy is now
in California with his wife, Joan. We
imagine Marty experie nced some rather
exci tin g times, as he was on the U.S.S.
A. J. Grant.
Dale H. Grimes, who for th e last three
months h as been in Portland, has returned
to assist the new manager, Ralph Perin,
at Jack R. Moore Co.'s Spokane office.
Received a n interesting letter from Orva l
Emerick, former bookkeeper of Jack R.
Moore Co., who is a Sergeant in the U. S.
Army and is now in the Philippines. H ad
a letter from Donald McLain, who was a
phonograph operator in Portland for An-
I Neon sign reads OIElec_
tric Rifle Range." Size
24" x 24·· ....................... . 65.00
1 Neon, reads "P lay for
40.00
5c" ........... .
All the above signs are complete
with transformers. 10 % off on all
Cash orders of $2,000.00 or more.
$7.00 Crating Charge on all Floor
Machines.
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Wir •• Phone. Writ. for · Sampl. ·
STEWART NOVELTY COMP~NY
250 SOUTH STATE STREET
SALT LAKE CITY I, UTAH
ALL PHONES 3·5055
Improved
5c-l0c-25c
SCAVENGERS
for
Mills Jumbo Par ades
a nd Mills Fou r Bells
Part # 505A, $3.50 each
-SEE--
PAUL A. LAYMON
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derson Service. He is also somewhere in
the Pacific. Ensign Bert Meagher of the
Naval Air Corps, also of Portland , is in
Califo'rnia. He and "C huck" Howe were
buddies.
Alice and Clarence Iltz (Sergeant in
the Army Air Corps ) are b eing transferred
from Casper, Wyoming, to Albuquerque,
N. Mex.
Marshall McKee, formerly of Playmore
Park and Marion County Amusement at
Woodburn, Oregon, is home on furlou gh.
His father·in.law, Cecil Jones, is running
the business whil e Marshall is busy help·
ing to win the war.
A Blessed Event is being announ ced by
the Clayton Ball ards . .. a baby daughter.
Clayton will be r emembered for having
sold Packa rd Boxes. He represen ts Benn ett
Sales. This is their second child. T hey
have a little boy now three and a half
years, at whose birth they sent out a very ·
unique announcement in the form of a
phonograph recordiIJ g . . . wonder wha t
they will send out for this new baby. Also
born to the wife of Al Brun, form erly
Coast Amusement Co. employee, now in
the Army somewher e overseas . . . a son
. . . six and a half pounds.
Alice Balingrud . . . that ' brave gal of
Western Distributors . . . still right in there
pitching. She still k eeps all the r ecords
for Western Distributors and spends several
days a week down at th e Arcade.
Bert Beutler, Seattle Manager for Jack
R. Moore Co., togeth er with his wife,
Freda, who is also hi's secretary, were
recent visitors to Portland.
J . E. Cusson made a trip to Chicago in
an effort to secure parts for the J ack R.
Moore organization. While East, h e made
a stop-over in Winni peg, Canada, wh ere a
reunion was held with hi s broth ers and
sisters, whom he had not seen in 25 yea rs.
H e has just r ecently b een commissioned
an Ensign in the U.S.c.G. (T) and was
one of th e eighteen cited for over 600
hours of service in the Temporary Re-
serve, at whi ch tim e he was also p resented
with a wrist tag award.
E. Roland All en of Schoen Enter-
prises . . . that debonair gentl eman of the
Coin Machine industry . . . celebrated his
daughter's birthday the oth er day. Barb ara
J ean is now one year old and E. Roland
has taken a very paternal air since the
advent of his daughter .. . we know she
must be a little darlin '.
Nat Schoen of Schoen Enterpri'ses is a
busy man these days . . . hi s enterpri ses
keep him ste ppin'.
Bob Dowsett from Bend, Oregon now
a Machinist Mate l lC, was rece ntl y 'a vis-
. itor to Schoen Enterprises . . . hom e on
furl ough . . . kinda lookin g thin gs over.
RECOGNIZED
Don't Be An "APRIL FOOL"
Your present equipment MUST LAST until the war is
over. Therefore it deserves the ver y best of attention
by seasoned and skilled mechanics who have your best
interests at heart. Like the eager beaver on All-Fools
Day you, too. will feel like wearing.. a "Kick Me" sign
if you entrust your equipment to inferior hands .
We specialize in repairing amplifiers, checking and
lining wireless boxes on location. repairing Super-Bells.
One Balls and Five Balls . Expert work at live-and-Iet-
live prices.
W" can motorize your Club Bells to make the reels run
as smoothly as Super Bells. No more broken handlesl
OPERATORS SERVICE
(Jimmie Rutter!
Los Angeles 6. Calif.
23.07 W. Pico Blvd ••
DRexel 5015
Chet Doerr et al of Melody Amusements,
Inc., on the job every day . . . Jess F ee,
sponsor of F ee's Music Makers . . . that
basketball team of hi gh repute . . . also
has acquired the old P aladium and runs a
roller rink of the fin est . . . still is busy
with hi s restaurant business and last but
not least his phonograph operation. Good
lu ck to you, J ess!
O. W . (Otis) And erson with his amic-
able smile is a verY busy man these days.
Charlie Gilmore and Mrs. Gilmore spend
quite a lot of time on th eir r anch , a short
di stance from Portland. H e, of course, still
has his phonogra ph operation but manages
to get in quite a lot of time farming.
Bertie Kristol, wifey of Max Kri stol of
Mon tgomery Gardens, still is in the hos-
pital but slowly recoverin g. Max still thinks
he h as a good in vestment in his Bertie .. .
kiddingly says it is th e first time in all
the years th ey have been marri ed th at she
has cost him any mon ey .. . th ere's a real
coupl e, those two!
Thomas Bushby is still at Pratt Army
Air F ield . . . Danny Matin of General
Amusement is still at P earl H arbor.
Einer Amundsen, who form erly was as-
sociated with Western Distributors a nd
later with H. H. Beckett, phonogra ph oper-
ator, a nd more recently with the armed
forces, is now in t he Phi lippin es h aving
been 32 months overseas. H e is hoping for
a rotation furlough as h e sure is a-hankerin'
to get home. He will have ma ny an inte r-
estin g story to tell , as he has also been
in Australia and New Guinea. A recent
~t1.EADING MAN1IfI\CTUl\D\S
letter sent to Western Distributors says
th at it doesn't rain nearly as much in the
Northwest as it does where he h as been.
Those Filipino women are easy on th e
eyes, so watch your step, Einer!
That California sunshine surely felt good
wh en thi s writer and moth er spent a week
in January at Carmel-by-the-Sea . .. cam e
b ack much rested . . . and rarin' to go!!
That about winds up th e news from this
neck of the woods . . . everyone hurrying
to get the job don e in an effort to help
win th e war .. . still buying bonds . . .
donatin g blood and observi ng the curfew,
whi ch th e local ni ght club operators have
taken in their stride alon g with oth er
forms of rationing. Bon J our.
L. Helen CU880n
To Manuf·a cfure Game
MILWAUKEE-A. R. Slade, of the Bat-
ter-U p Co., announ ces th at he has pur-
chased the manufacturin g rights to an abso-
lutely new principl e of Ball Rack Games
for Parks, Arcades and individual pitching
or baseball stores fo r all season opera tin g.
Game assists any ball player in p erfect-
ing his eye and pitchin g, and a pp eals in
three different ways. A single player can
thoroughly enjoy th e scientifi c principl e.
It's com petitive and thus attractive to two
players; but the big appeal is in team play.
F our, fi ve or six men on a team ca n come
to ba t, or ra th er pitch in rotation, and
every play of a ball game ca n be p ut into
operation .
Entire construction is of available mate-
rials and Slade intends to go into imme-
diate production. Game will likely sell for
considerabl y less th an $250.00 per unit.
Further details will be announ ced in nex t
month's issue.
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READY FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT
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5 P layball ...............................
3 ~~ort Parade ......................
5
y Ray ...................... _ .......
3 Bolaway ...............................
3 Stratoli ner ............................
2 Ten Spot .
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50.00
4li.00
42.50
65.00
50.00
45.00
ZINGO NEW GAMES
ROCKET BUSTER
PITCH ' EM, CATCH ' EM
WEE GEE
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175.00
65.00
Ra pid Fi re ............ 175.00
5c Red Arrow ....... 200.00
5c Brown Cab. .... 150.00
25c Blk. Cab. .....
80.00
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2 T okyo Gu ns ....................
/ 1 Western Bas e~all ..........
2 Ba ll y
2 P aces
I Paces
I Paces
SPOTCHA
ALL NEW REVAMPS ON HAND FOR SHIPMENT.
We can s uppJy you with parts for any Coin Machine. Se nd your Machines to us for repa irs .
WANTED-Mills Phonographs, Panor ams and Slot Machines-WANTED
OWL MINT MACHINE COMPANY, INC.
(New England Distributo rs fo r Mills Novelty Co. )
LAS VEGAS
--SEE-
PAUL A. LAYMON
DISTRIBUTOR
245 COLUMBUS AVENUE
BOSTON 16, MASS.
Telephone Ed, AI or Jack Ravreby at KENmore 2640.
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