It is safe to presume this plant expansion
will reflect greater output of the ma-
chines after the war.
"Vending machines will be turned out
in much greater quantities, it is believed.
Chief reason for this is the fact that
during the war many manufacturers have
adopted the view that good labor relations
policy calls for ' installation of such ma-
chines. The industrial plant market for
candy, cigaret and other merchandise ma-
chines had barely been tapped prior to
the war.
"Vending machines and other coin op-
erated machines are now housed in more
than 1,000,000 retaiJ establishments.
"It has been estimated in the trade
that, in 1941, 657,000,000 packages of
cigarets were sold through machines, as
were 625,000,000 candy bars and that $78,-
000,000 worth of nuts, gum and candy
were dispensed through penny machines.
"The phonographs, besides providing
an important source of revenue to their
operators and to stores in which they
are placed, are considered extremely im-
portant to Decca, Victor and other .makers
of phonograph records. (EDITOR'S NOTE:
operators will undoubtedly go into spasms
of laughter about Decca and Victor con-
sidering them 'extremely important', in
vi'e w of the treatment operators have re-
ceived since Pearl Harbor.) Possibly half
of 'all records produced each year are used
in the boxes.
"Those in the industry cannot say ex-
actly what types of machines win domin-
ate the market in the future. Pepsi-Cola
is encouraging designers to turn out a
good machine for dispensing Pepsi in pa-
per cups. So far none of the machines
that mix and pour beverages has proved
long-lasting and Pepsi-Cola has not had
a machine of its own for bottled Pepsi.
Coca-Cola coin machine sales have been
reported at around $125,000,000 a year.
"It is known that machines have been
devised to cook hot dogs by electronic
devices, and other types of machines, both
of the amusement and vending types, are
being experimented with. Some of these
like hot coffee and soup dispensers, may
win a place in the field. In the past, how-
ever, only a few types-those for cigarets,
candy, gum, bottles, etc.-have found a
permanent place in the market.
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1945
"Estimates of the kind and number
of machines to come, though they vary
widely, are no more varied than the
estimates of the "take" of coin machines.
These estimates have ranged in recent
years from $100,000,000 to $4 billion a
year. Mangan believes the coin machines
take in around $1 billion annually."
G. I. Yearns For Games
CHICAGO-George Jenkins, vice-presi-
dent and general sales manager of Bally
Manufacturing Co. is proudly displaying
a letter written by a Yank fighter in the
Philippines to the proprietor of a Pennsyl-
vania location. "When I get back," the sol-
dier wrote, "I would like to have .hat
'Mascot' one whole day to myself. but
if it's like it used to be, I guess it wouldn't
be possible." Mascot is a late bumper-type
Bally game.
Jenkins points out that people who worry
about G. I. Joe's adjustment to civilian
life should be reassured by the letter.
"The writer," Jenkins says, "Is probably
typical of the vast majority of American
fighting men. They are simply looking
forward to their return to a normal, sane
American life-including that typical
American amusement, the pin-game."
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Grandpa: "When I was young it was my
ambition to have a gig and a gal."
Pop: "When I was a lad, I wanted a
flivver and a flapper!"
Son: "Just ,give me a plane and a jane."
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