JANUARY, 1945
The. COIN MACHINE REVIEW f?r January, 1945 . Vol. 12. No. 6. Published monthly at 1115
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WEST FACES BRILLIANT FUTURE
Hope for Early
Equipment Wanes
WASHINGTON-The general belief that
Coin Machine Manufacturers will -soon be
back at normal production of automatic
devices was kicked into a cocked hat on
December 1st when Washington officialdom
expressed itself as being mentally prepared
for a 10-year war of attrition with Japan
on the Asiatic mainland, exacting all th e
strength the United States can summon.
Acknowledging that the face of the Far
Eastern conflict has become starkly for-
bidding within two months' time, the War
Production Board announced indefinite
postponement of a contemplated statement
naming industries which were to have been
released from war production promptly
after the defeat of Germany.
The announcement meant the abandon-
ment of the last of the reconversion plans
which were in such bright flower during
the country's disastrous wave of false op-
timism late last summer.
Representative Bertrand W. Gearhart,
California Republican, predicted major
fighting for at least 10 years in China,
and pointed to the geographical facts of
the Oriental conflict and the tremendous
Japanese conquests in factory cen ters, min-
eral fields and good producing areas.
War Production Board officials said that
the war-making empire Jap an has created
in China, and what it portends in the time
and material needed to crush it, leaves no
choi ce but to plan now for immensely
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Coast to Become Important in
Production and Exporting
LOS ANGELES- The beautiful picture the Los Angeles Chamber of
C~m~erce has be~n so faithfully painting for years is about to become a
bnlhant and glonous reality, partially achieved with the victorious end
of the European war and a complete .and glowin<> positiveness with the ulti-
mate cessation of hostilities in all parts of the :orld.
The war has brought about a rapid .fulfillment of the C of C dreams of
the future and has served to industrialize the Pacific Coast States. As the w.ar
progresses and the intensity of the war with Japan accelerates the Coast
States will see additional expansion of this industrial growth.
costly land campaigns of indefinite dura-
tion. These land campaigns, it was pointed
out, have not yet even started.
Further indications that new Coin Ma-
ch ine Equipment is not "just around the
corner" could be deducted from a WPB
order on December 2nd to halt for at least
a 90-day period the "spot authorization"
orders permitting conversion from war to
civil ian goods manufacturing previously is-
sued.
This WPB order came as a result of th e
co mplaints from the German front of am-
munition shortages. More th an 120 cities,
including acute labor shortage areas, were
affected by the WPB order, promulgated
jn Washington jointly by th e Wa:r Produc-
tion Board, th e army, the navy, and the
War Manpower Commission.
The order, ci ting needs of a substantial
step-up in production of all types of mu -
nitions, particularly medium and heavy
shells, may not interfere with the $400,-
000,000 worth of nonmilitary production
already authorized througho ut th e nation.
Groefchen Cooker Arrives
LOS ANGELES- The first Groetchen
Rotary Coo ker has arrived in th e West
a nd has been installed at th e Lakewood
Drive-In, 4200 Lakewood Blvd., in Long
Beach, by Ken Brown of Coinmatic Dis-
tributors, who have the exclu sive di stribu-
tion on th e Cooker in the West. Richard
Groetchen, head of Groetchen Tool Co.,
ca me ou t from Chicago to be on hand
when the Coo ker was installed.
The rapid industrial expansion has
?rought along with it terrific population
rncreases and these cou ntl ess thousands will
expect to remain in the West and work in
these sa me industries on dom estic manu-
facturing when th e war is finally over. Man.
ufacturers appreciate th e picture ahead and
in association with planning agencies and
govern ment commissions are preparing ela-
borate post-war manufacturing activity.
After th e war th ese man ufacturing en ter-
prises will supply the normal needs of the
western states and, in addition will be th e
potential suppliers of the hu'ge domestic
needs of th e Pacific area, Russia, China and
th e far East.
Industrial leaders in the West see a
terrific expansio n of the export trade from
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