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Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1945 February

Trade Talk
by
PA IJL W.BLA(;KFORD
The sign in th e fronti er dance h all,
" Don' t shoo t tb e pia no pla yer- he is doin g
th e best he ca n," mi ght well be pa ra-
phrased for the automati c phonogra ph a nd
vending mac hine operators who a re stru g-
glin g to ta ke care of th eir loca ti ons with
th e reco rds a nd merchandi se pa trons de-
sire. It's a heart-breakin g busin ess a nd
th e shortages a re not too plea ant a ll
along th e line.
We have no reason to beli eve th e situ -
a ti on will improve in 1945. In stea d of a
year of reconversion, as we were led to
beli eve a few months back, the prese nt
year will probabl y be a nothe r period of
wa r with sbortages more in ev idence th a n
in the past.
Insofar as phonogra ph reco rd s a re co n-
cerned th e pi cture is a bit bri ghte r. Shel-
lac eems ava ila ble in n ecessa ry qu an-
tities a nd th e p eace trea ty with Caeser
Petrillo put th e major platte r fac tori es
back in full production. Only shorta ges
of help and packing material s will hold
down the supply of discs during th e
month ahead . Th e major record produce rs
c la im the help and pac kin g materi al s itu -
ation is most critica l a nd will prohibit th e
delivery of a terrific number of records.
Here is where th e embryo record fa c-
tori es, which have mushroomed by th e
dozens in th e past two yea rs, come in.
They will be abl e to suppl y numbers un-
obta in abl e from tb e majors. Man y of th ese
small firms have disc of more than usual
merit a nd deserve the enco urag in g patron-
age of music operators.
For operator of merchandi se vendin g
machin es th e pi cture is more clouded.
Everyon e knows th e cigarette situation
a nd th ere is little chance th e condition will
improve before 1946 or 1947. Most ciga r-
ette operators are not attemptin g to vend
packs through their vendors but instead
place the allotment with th e location
own er a nd let him vend th em over the
counter to his regular customers. This
practi ce has won th e wholehea rted co-
opera tion of tb e loca tion own er, who is
anxious to do his reg ular patrons a favor
and glad to say " no cigarettes" to th e
hoa rders wh o make · th e round s pi cking
up as many packs as th ey ca n in th e
va rious spots.
Candy a nd confection vendors face more
shortages, too. Many of th e prominent
ba rs have been withdra wn f ro m th e ma rket
compl etely a nd the substitute produ cts of
question abl e composition have not re-
ce ived a ready recep tion.
0 ea in g of sup-
pli es in this fi eld is in th e offin g a nd more
cuts in ca ndy manufac turin g a re bein g
considered accordin g to advices from Wash-
ington. Th e government is determin ed to
impress upon th e n ation at la rge that we
are engaged in an all-out wa r and a ny
complacency will not be tolerated. H ow-
ever, th ere isn't an operator of confection
vendors who wouldn't be glad to store hi s
machin e if the products went to our men
in uniform. The governm ent is determin ed
to see that GI Jo e gets all he wants and
the biggest candy manufacturers in th e
fie ld are makin g milli ons o[ ba rs for our
boys a nd girls in uniform .
Opera tors ca n take co nsolati on in th e
fact th a t th ey alone a re not di c riminated
aga inst. S hortage preva il in almost every
in dust ry and fi el d yo u mi ght mention. For
exa m ple, here on TH E R EVI EW we've ba t-
tl ed mi ghtily to kee p thi s publi ca tion com-
ing to you regul a rl y. First of all , we are
operatin g on a r educed pa per suppl y 25
per cent below our consumption in 1942.
We have cut th e weight o[ the paper and
trimm ed the co rn ers to keep th e book
co min g to yo u. We a re not compl aining,
beca use our accepta nce is th e /!: rea te t in
the history of th e publica tion a nd we are
glad to do our bit towa rds th e wa r effort.
Today we a re printin /!: more news and
news fea tures th a n ever before, an d pla n
to co ntinu e to ma inta in ou r full cove rage
of im po rta nt events in thi s fi e ld. In fac t,
our editori al staff has bee n enl a rged an d
st re n/!:th ened with thi s in mind. We be-
li eve th a t thi s i our fi rst duty a nd re-
s pons ib ilit y, a nd we shall co ntinu e to de-
,·ote our best efforts to th e im po rta nt edi -
tori a l ass ig nm e nt whi ch is ours.
This is not a pretty editori a l to write
a nd we do not wa nt to be acc used of
pa intin g a pi cture o f gloo m a nd [utility,
but in th ese hecti c time th e truth must
he faced , a nd faced squarely. So th e nex t
time yo u !!;et a squ a wk from a loca ti on
own e r a nswer him thus ly: " Remembe r th e
old s i!!; n in th e sa loon about th e p ia no
pl aye r ? Don' t shoot him , he's doin g the
best he ca n, a nd, broth er, tod ay I'm th at
pian o pl aye r 1"'
Curtiss Saves Paper
CHI CAGO- Curti ss Ca ndy Co. e ti -
mates that it has salva ged 18 million
pounds of pa per s in ce th e wa r began .
Appro ximately 15 milli on pounds of thi s
was co ll ec ted through a n extensive ca rton
return ca mpa ign, said to be th e first of
its type, for whi ch Curtiss sa lesmen were
shown how to open cartons a nd accumu -
late th em so that th ey would not be s poil ed
for re- use.
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FEBRUARY
1945
a Limited Number-Act Quick
De., ' M,. Slade:
W ired you f, anchlse money
today, down payment \amot-
row.
Send me blu&-prlnts and
Instructions on building of
pla\form. We ca n have plat-
form r .... dy when machine
arrives for InsUlliatlon. We
want to st8l'\ Oct. 27\h-
l ooner than we expected.
Hoping to meet you soon.
Vet'Y truly yo urs,
Macon , Ga. -C • .I. Martin.
Bauer·Up Co.,
Attention: A. R. Slade, 231 W. Wis. Sponland Arcade,
Jacksonville, Fla.
consln Ave.
A I, Mailed special dellv..., toda, $1500
dollars deposit on two BaUM·Up Games. Dea,
Slade:
delivery gU8l'anteed UI In 115 day. out of
I am for $1.000. Deposit on
~~~u~t?on,:,ac~~~~~ln~n~~~~~I' n1~tI~ BATTER·UP 81 aGreed
order Is only the start of somo nlco vol. on \he phone. Rush
ume business. Believe you have real hot blu&-prlnts 10 we can
money mUM. Please confirm accept- g" atarted.
ance
ordOt' by retu'n mall . Personal
You,. trul"
regards.
Henr, O. Lemke,
T. E. Hlo,n ••
Lemke Coin Machine Co.
De\POlt.
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Milwaukee
New York" New England
Contact
Geo. Ponser CO.
2 Colum bus Clrcre, N. Y. C. 19
DISTRIBUTORS
Penn., Def., Md., N. tI.,
Contact
ARCO SALES
S 6. 15th St., Phil .. ; Pa.
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Lemke Coin Madlin. Co.
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Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sirs:
I look forward to your magazine each
month and wish to say that I enjoy it very
much and think that your policy of offer·
ing to place Ex·Servicemen is really grea t.
Your magazine is neat, concise, and very
full of hints and meaty articles.
I tarted my service company little over
a year ago after working on coin machines
of all types since 1928. Now I have two
mechan ics working for me. I am getting
plenty of work so must be satisfying the
operators. We repair anything operated
with a coin.
I need another good man and prefer to
get an Ex·Serviceman a I am an old Navy
Bracllee Willis
electrician myself.
Seattle, Wash.
Gentlemen:
Greetings to all hands. Just a lin e to let
you know that I am Stevedore Officer for
the 13th
a\'al Distri ct supervi sin g th e
loadin g of Naval Transports and also have
I'OR SALE
ALL MACHINES COMPLETELY RECONDITIONED -IF NOT
SATISFIED RETURN WITHIN 10 DAYS-MONEY
WILL BE REFUNDED.
ONE BALL PAYOUTS
BALLY
3 lockey Clubs .................... $480.00
10 Sport Kings .................... 335.00
13 Santa Anita .................... 195.00
I War Admiral ................ _. 175.00
19 Grand Nationals ............ 95.00
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I(entucky • ........................ 375.00
Long Shots ...................... 375.00
Grand Stands ................ 80.00
Thistle Down .................. 65.00
Sport Page ...................... 55.00
Stable • ................................ 30.00
3 Fairground .. _ ....... _..
25.00
2 Fleetwood ........................ 25.00
I Golden Wheel ................ 25.00
3 Preakness ........................ 20.00
MILLS
1.2·3 ......
. ........... $ 95.00
KEENEY
2 Fortunes ......................... $315.00
I Stepper Upper ........
90.00
3 Pot Shots ........................ 65.00
I Winning Ticket .
. ....... 140.00
CONSO LES
MILLS
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16 Jumbo Parades. Late
Models, Lik. N.w, C. P . 140.00
5 M ills Flashers ................ 75.00
I Dice Machine, 25c Play 60.00
KEENEY
2 4 Way Super B.II. 3/5c
& 1/ 25c, like n.w .......... $875.00
2 2 Way Super Bell. 5c &
25c, like new, Comb.
F. P. & C. P ................. 695.00
I Skill Times, '38.............. 95.00
I Track Time., '38............ 75.00
lENNINGS
2 Cigarolla ....................... $175.00
3 Si lver Moon 5c.........
125.00
2 Bobtail, F. P. .............
100.00
I Cubes ................................ 95.00
I Liberty Bell .................... 25.00
EVANS
2 Pacers '42 Like N.w .... $395.00
2 Lueky Lucr. lat. model 350.00
I Galloping Domino,
'41 l . P ........................... 385.00
5 Galloping Domino,
Late H.ad ..................... 225.00
10 Lucky Stars, '42,
Like N.w ......................... 175.00
I Bang Tail. '42, l . P ...... 385.00
I Bang Tail, 25c, Lat.
Head ........ ,............
... 175.00
. .. 325.00
I Skillo ....................
BALLY
I Lincoln Field ... _ .......... $ 95.00
I Big Top, C. P............... 95.00
.. 50.00
I Ray'. Track .........
PACES
, Rac •• , Brown ............... $125.00
4 Saratoga's. '41, C. P.
130.00
J Saratoga, co mb., F.P.
& C. P .............................. 175.00
BAKER
9 Pacers. D. D .. Late,
Like N.w ............
. ..... $235.00
SLOTS
MILLS
I 5c Brown Front ........... $275.00
4 5c Blue Front. Club
Handle, Glitt.r Finish .. 250 .00
I 5c Cherry Bell ................ 240.00
I 5c Roman Head, Glitter
Finish, Club Handl •...... 240.00
7 5c War Eagles. Glitter.
Club Handle, 3·5 Pay .. 210.00
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10c War Eagle .............. 180.00
5c Blu . Fronts .............. 165.00
5c Roman Heads ............ 135. 00
5c War Eagles .............. 125.00
lac Extraordinary ........ 175.00
5c Extra Ordinary 3-5 .. 160.00
5c Futurily Dial • .......... 100.00
5c Q. T. .......................... 75.00
5c Lion Head ................ 40.00
10c Rockolla , S. l . P. .... 40.00
4 5c Gooseneck Front
Vender, S. l. P ............. 30.00
I I Dc Arrow Vender.......... 40.00
2 5c Arrow Vender.
Rebuilt .............................. 25.00
I 5c Front Vender, D.J . P.
Escalator .......................... 75.00
3 Twin lack Pot Ic (Ic) 35.00
10 Ic. 5c, lac, Goosenecks
assorted, ea. .................... 20.00
lENNINGS
I 4 Star Chi.f IOc ............ $225.00
I 10c Dixi. B.II D.l.P ..... 225.00
3 5c 4 Star Chief .............. 150.00
I 5c C.ntury, D.l.P ........... 75.00
7 Ic Littl. Duk •• D.l.P... 17.50
3 5c Ouch... ...................... 35.00
WATLING
I 5c Ba.eball F. V ............. $ 35.00
I 5c Arrow F. V................... 25.00
6 5e Blue Seal S.l.P ....... 30.00
2 Ic F.V. 2.4 Pay .............. 25.00
I F.V. D.LP. Ic ................ 30.00
I Ic Blu. Seal F.V.D .l.P. 30.00
PACE
I 25c Lat. Model,
Slug Ej.ctor .................... $295.00
I 5c Com.t, S.l . P ............... 72.50
16 Ic Bantam S.LP ............. 27.50
CAILLE
2 5c Club B.II .................... $170.00
I 10c Club Bell .................. 225.00
I 10c Cad.t, D.l . P ........... 150.00
3 5c Cad.t D.l . P ............... 100.00
2 5c Grand Prize
Awards, D.l . P. .............. 90.00
I 5c 2·4 Pay........................ 25.00
20.00
I 5c Gold Star ...
GRDETCHEN
I 25c Superior ................... $ 95.00
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A.B.T. 6 gun
Air Rifl ....................... $2,900.00
R.C.A. Vo ice Recorder 275.00
Keeney Submarine ........ 225.00
Scientiflc Punching Bag 200.00
Kirk Guesser Scales ...... 125.00
Mutoscope Card Vender 35.00
Pace Scal. ...................... 35.00
Smil.·A·Minut . .............. 600.00
Bal ly Alley ...................... 35.00
Roll in the Barrel .......... 115.00
Talkie Horoscope ............ 275.00
Rapid Fir . ...................... 265.00
Skybattles ........................ 295.00
Keeney Antiaircraft ...... 75.00
Astrology Scal •.............. 125 .00
Genco P lay Ball .............. 160.00
Batting Practice ............ 135.00
Tommy Gun .................... 195.00
Keeney Submarine ........ 200.00
Texas Leaguer ................ 45.00
T.n Strikes .................... 65.00
World Seri.s .................. 125 .00
Mutoscope Peeks ............ 30.00
Select·a·View .................. 30.00
Traveling Crane .............. 80.00
Panoram Peeks .............. 400.00
Ray·o·Lite ...................... 125.00
View-A-Scopes ................ 25.00
Mutoscooe Reels #42..
!l!l.nn
Sci.ntiflc Baseball ........ 100.00
Flip Skill .......................... 35.00
Kick.r·Catch.r ....
25.00
A. B.T . Fir. & Smoke ... 25.00
Gripper Triple ................ 20.00
Foot Vitalizer ................ 80.00
Wino Jammer .................. 80.00
I S.eburg Astrolograph .... 100.00
2 Wester n Baseball .......... 65.00
I AstrascoP6 ...................... 125.00
I Love Pi lot ........................ 165.00
I Super Bomber ................ 425.00
I Ac e Bomber .................... 425.00
I Orivemobile ...................... 425.00
2 Skyflghters ........................ 350.00
Liftograph ........................ 165.00
3 Column Card Vender.. 65.00
Stamp Vend.r ................ 50.00
Mills Scal • ...................... 35.00
Electric Shocker ............ 15.00
Skill lump ........................ 50.00
Pik.s P.ak ...................... 20.00
Voic. Recording Studio 250.00
Radio Rifle ...................... 70.00
A. B.T. Airomatic
Rifl. Range .................... 2,000.00
Stewart Maguire
Cigarette Vender ............ 50.00
Duck Pin Lanes
Completely equipped .... 800.00
FREE PLAY G A MES
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A.B . C. Bowl.r ..............
Miami Beach ..................
Trailways ........................
Pan American ................
M.tro ...............................
Glamour ............................
Bordertown ......................
Biondi. ..............................
All American ....
Gold Star ........................
Broadcast ........................
B.II. Hop ........................
Polo ..................................
Stratoliner ......................
School Day. ....................
High Hat ..........
Legionnaire ......
Four Aces ........
Sea Hawk ........
1942 Hom. Run ..............
Texas Mustang ..............
Big Chi.f .......................
50.00
75.00
62.50
56.25
56.25
53.00
47.00
44.00
45.00
49.50
70.00
75.00
32.50
60.00
57.50
72 .50
65.00
125.00
60.00
89.50
90.00
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PARTS
9 Weighted Stands Brand
New in Original Ctns ... $ 29.50
15 Weight.d Stands U.ed.. 19.50
A.B.T. Pellets for Air-o-
Matic Rifles, per lb.......
2.00
Ic, 2c, 5c, A. B.T. Coin
Chute., each ....................
3.00
New Replacement Rectiflers
All Types of Ray Gun
Lamps , each ....................
.75
30 Wire Cab le. New.
per foot ............................
. 65
Large Supply of New and
Used Game Parts
500 Oth.r Machines Not Li.t.d
Poker Roll Rubb.r Ba ll.
each .................... .............
1.00
Crating Charge on Floor
Machines. each ..............
7.00
$15.000 Superior and Container
Salesboards at 40% less than
Factory Prices.
We manufacture merchandise
Sales Boards. Deal takes in
$60.00-pays out $35.00 in high
grade merchandise.
Your cost. complete with mer·
chandise, sales board and beauti ·
lui display board on ly $ 19.50 each .
Wire, Phone, Write for Sample
STEWART NOVELTY COMPANY
250 SOUTH STATE STREET
SALT LAKE CI TY 1. UTAH
charge of th e aval Transportation Servo
ice Cargo School , whi ch is a training pro·
gram for Stevedores.
So you won't hear much from me until
"V" Day. R eally enjoy my REVIEW each
month in the meantime.
Lt. (JG) Bert Farmer, USNR
Mexico City
Hello, Paul:
Just a Chri stma s message to my broth·
ers in Coindom from 'way down here in
old Mexico. I ha ve been banging around
the Casa Navarro, Frank Navarro's Seeburg
and Rock·Ola spo t, an d also spending
some time with Eduardo Baptista at Peer·
less Discos.
No matter where you are this means the
same thing as in the Estados Unidos
Norte Americana: "F elices Pascuas y Pros·'
pero Ano Nuevo."
A. M . Keene
Ladoga, Indi ana
Gentlemen:
I am in receipt of your statement for sub·
scrip tion and I must admit thi s is a rather
clever bit of alesmanship. At first I tos ed
it aside and thought I had better put it in
the waste basket or my secretary would be
drawing a check for it.
Then I thought of all the business we
had done on th e West Coast even with lit·
tle towns like thi s one, so I know after all
you are entitled to the subscription. First,
because I can charge it to my taxes and it
won't cost me anything; Second, I should
help you for I have go tten plenty business
from th e West Coast; and Third, because
omething I might see in it might pay many
times th e price of th e uhscription-so here
is my check for three years.
C. 1/7. Hughes
San Diego, Calif.
Dear Mr. Blackford :
Enclosed check for 3 year subscription.
Some day you will awaken to th e fact your
REVIEW is worth more money than you are
asking. Every operator should take it.
S. L. Updegraff
SALESBOARDS
DELUXE HITS-24 HOUR SERVICE
Holes
Name
Profit Price
IOO()......25c-l. P. Charley- Avr ............. $52.08 $1.1!t
1000-25c l . P. Charl.y-Thick .......... 52.08
1.3!t
1000-25c l . P. Charl.y X THiCK .... 52.08
1.59
1000- 5c l. P. lumbo-P IC·D.FIN
19.22
1.79
118~c l. P. lumbo-P IC·D·FIN .... 28.17
2.52
1000- 5c l . P. lumbo-TEN FINS .... 18.59
1.79
1184- 5c l . P . l umbo-TE N FI NS .... 27.79
2.52
1200-25c l . P . TEXAS CHARLE Y .... 102.28
2.32
1200-IOc l. P. PAY OUT X THICK 52.59
2.89
100()""" 5c l . P . BEAT T HIS CARD .. 33.00
2.54
2400- 5c l . P. E. Z. PICK IN S .......... 46.32
3.49
2400- IOc l. P. E. Z. PICK IN S .......... 92.65
3.49
Many New Operator Boards-1945 Catalog
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DELUXE SALES CO.
BLUE EARTH , MINN .
Western
Portable Flame
ARC WELDERS
Life Saver for the Duration
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PHONE 3·5055
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