Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1945 May

WANTED
Sport Special. Record Time. Dark Horse & Blue Grass @ $100.00. Will pay
$50.00 for Exh. West Wind. Sun Beam. Do Re Mi. Stars. Double Play. Sky
Blazer. Leader. Zombie & Duplex. Send list of other games.
ARCADE E9UIPME'N T-GUNS-MISCELLANEOUS
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WATL. SCALE-LARGE DIAL.................................... .................... 89.50
DELUXE TEXAS LEAGUERS .............................................................. 49 . 50
CHICAGO. HOCKEY ................................ .................... ............ ........ 215 .00
KEENEY ANTI AIRCRAFT................................................................ 69 .50
KEENEY WALL BOXES-COMPLETE..............................................
5.00
ORIG. WORLD'S FAIR SKY FITER .................................................. 275 .00
CONSOLES-ONE BALLS-SLOTS
-CONSOLES-
NEW MAY·BELL , 5e·5e·5e·25e ...................................................... $795 .00
JUMBO PARADE F. P......................... .................... .......................... 89.50
5e SUPER BELLS ................................................ ........................ ...... 329.50
5e & 5e PAMCO BELL...................................................................... 69 .50
JENN . SILVER MOON F.P ........•.................................................... .. 125.00
EVANS JUNGLE CAMP F.P. .......................................... ................ 89 .50
WAll. BIG GAME F.P.-CLOCK .................. .................................. 125.00
BAKERS PACERS D. D •.......................................•...........•................ 245 .00
5e PACE REELS-CASH .................................................................. 129.50
10e WAll. BIG GAME-CASH ...................................... ................ 195.00
HI HAND ................................ .................................... ...... ................ 189. 00
-ONE BALLS-
LONGACRE & THOROBRED ................ ............................................ $565 .00
NEW SPORTSMAN ........................ ................ .................................. 350.00
NOW
DISTRIBUTING
GRAND NATIONAL-REFINiSHED ................................................ $149 .50
RECORD TIME .........•...................................................................... 185.00
SPORT SPECIAL .......................•...................................................... 175 .00
-SLOTS-
5e CHIEF·4·STAR-Fae. Reb ........................................................... $250 .00
SINGLE SLOT SAFE, DOUBLE DOOR................................ ............ 59 .50
5e CAILLE CADET 3·5.... .................................................................. 69.50
5e BLUE FRONT G .A.-3·5 ........ .................................................. 195.00
5e BLUE FRONT-FAC . REB. . ..................................................... 255.00
25e BLUE FRONT-FAC . REB . ...................................................... 385.00
25e CAILLE CADET-A· l 3·5 ........ ..................•............................. 129.50
10e PACE 5·STAR COMET-3·5 .................................................... 149. 50
10e Q .T-ORIGINAL ...................................................................... 109. 50
5e FUTURITY-3·5 ....................................................................... ... 169. 50
DOUBLE SLOT SAFE-2 DOORS ...................................................• 109.50
THE KLEER-FLO PARTS & MECHANISM CLEANING
MACHINE-INCLUDING 30 GAL. DRUM OF CLEANER
USED PIN GAMES
NEW REVAMPS
USED PIN GAMES
JEEP .................................................... $129.50
VICTORY .............................................. 94.50
41 MAJORS ........................................ 59 . 50
ABC BOWLER ........ ............................ 54 .50
TEN SPOT .............................. ............ 57.50
BOSCO .... ............................................ 89 . 50
SPOT A CARD...................................... 79 . 50
JUNGLE .......................................... .... 69.50
SEVEN UP .... ....................... ................. 59 . 50
CAPT. KIDD ........................................ 74 .50
SPOT POOL ........................................ 72 .50
GUN CLUB ........ .................................. 79 . 50
FLAT TOP ............................................ $250 .00
STREAMLINER .............................. ...... 250.00
OKLAHOMA ......................... ............... 250.00
GRAND CANYON .............................. 250 .00
ARIZONA ............................................ 250.00
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M':RV~~ BASEBALL···:::::::::::::::::::::::::: 179:50
FLYING TIGER .................................... 209 .50
CASABLANCA ................. .............. ..... 209.50
MARINES ........ .................................... 199. 50
AMERICAN BEAUTIES ........................ 199. 50
FOREIGN COLORS ............................ 249.50
KEEP EM FLYING .... ............................ $149 .50
SCHOOL DAYS ......................... ......... 59.50
HOROSCOPE ............ ....... ................... 64.50
NEW CHAMP ........ .............................. 64 . 50
KNOCK OUT ........................................ 129.50
SKY CHIEF .......................................... 172.50
BIG PARADE ........................................ 134.50
BIG CHIEF ........ ......................... ......... 49.50
TWIN SIX ........................................ .... 64 . 50
CHAMPS .............................................. 54.50
FOUR ACES ................... ..................... 129.50
FOUR ROSES ................ .............. .... .... 64 . 50
One-Half Deposit with Orders, Balance C.O.D. or Sight Draft
EMPIRE COIN MACHINE EXCHANGE
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REVIEW
55
FOR
Dallas
News ite m s f o r this d e partment will
be welcom e. Mail o r ' phone to Frank
W. Wood, 3811 L ive Oak , Dallas 1 ,
T exas. T en ison 3·1049.
Ernest Ammen, music operator of Mt.
P leasan t, Texas, was in Dallas recently
visi ting friends and relatives after three
years' service in the U. S. Air Corps. Ern·
est served in all the North African cam·
paigns and was with the American inva·
sion forces that landed in Italy.
J. H. Lynch, Jr., member of S. H. Lynch
Co., is now in New Orleans where he is
taking training in Officer Candidate School.
J . H. is a member of the army transport
division. C. R. Brewer, also one of the
Lynch Co. executives, is visiting Dallas
friend during his furlough from the Navy.
After hi Dallas visit he will be stationed
at the Naval base in Memphis, Tennessee.
Various other members of the S. H.
Lynch Co. are serving in the far·flung
battle fronts of Uncle Sam's army and
navy. D. B. Watson, formerly in the firm's
cigarette vending department, is in the
Navy and is now stationed in England.
J. W. Lewis, formerly in the vending de·
partment, is now on naval duty in New
Caledonia. Jack Vinson is a navy man on
active duty on the high seas. C. E . Jensen
is with General MacArthur's force in
the Philippines. G. G. Grimes is a memo
ber of the Seebees in the Pacific theatre.
James B. Lewis is chief petty officer in
the navy with three years' service to h is
credit. He is now returning to active duty
after a visit with home folk in Dallas.
Two new local operators, or rather two
former operators returning to their "first
love," are C. T. Deerick and M. N.
Maples.
AI Mendez, Southern Di trict Manager
for Rudolph Wurl itzer Co., is back in his
headquarters office, after a busy trip to
San Antonio and South Texas. I t was
AI's first trip to the Alamo City since
the re·establishment of the Commercial
Music Co. office there in November. AI
says business is humming in the South
Texas sector and he sees a rosy future
for San Antonio as a jobbing center for
coin machine equipment after the war.
News has just reached Dallas that Mrs.
John Keel of San Angelo, Texas, died at
her home there recently. Mrs. Keel was
one of the best known of the women op·
erators of Texas. She was the mother of
Tex Keel and R. M. Keel, bo th operators
in West Texas cities.
Tommy Lou, one of the old time oper·
a tors of the city, has just p u rchased a
new $40,000 home.
Raymond Williams, head of the Commer·
cial M usic Co., is doing okeh in Uncle
Sam's army. He is fin ishing his basic
training in the Anti·A ircraft division, Fo rt
Bliss, EI Paso, Texas. D. J. Skiles, Com·
mercial's former auditor and office man·
ager, is carrying on as manager wh il e
Raymond helps to win the war.
Evidence that Dallas is still the mecca
of Sou thwestern Co in mac hine men is
revealed in the list of recent visitors to
the Walbox Sales Co.'s office. Coin ma-
chine men and operators from all sections
of the state were in during recent weeks.
From East Texas came L. R. Ai ley, Paris;
H. H. A ndrews, Jacksonville; Roy Barnes,
Palestine; Travis Richardson, Longview;
D. E. La ttimore, Jacksonville; Joe Tristoe,
Waxahachie and A. W. Clem, manager of
Paris Music Co., Paris, Texas. Operators
from the North Sector included Joe B.
Akers, Den ton; T. M. Clore, Sherman, and
MAY
Frank Emerson of Greenville. Visitors from
the far stretches of the West were Marvin
McLarty of Lubbock, and W. S. Harper
from Brownwood, while from Ft. Worth
where "The West Begins," came Clarence
Cleere and Carl Riehn. From South Texas
were J . B. Belin of Houston, W . H. Brad.
ley, Ga tesville; Joe Stanley, Bryan; Guy
Kincannon, Waco; Pete Massey, Kerens
and Jack Spro tt from Temple.
Dall as has 10 t its only telep hone music
operation, a casualty of the wartime short·
ages. The Magic Music Co. changed over
to phonographs and wallboxes when it
recently moved into new quarters at 525
Sou th Ervay St. Owner Tom Lambert said
his firm was unable to get telephone con·
nections to serve h is many locations in va·
r ious parts of city.
Gene Goss, former owner of Gene's Grill,
Dall as, is the new manager of W . H.
Brown's coin machine ope rations at Cor·
sicana, Texas. In co· partnership wi th Collis
Irby, Gene took over the Brown routes.
Gene has just received his discharge from
the armed services.
Mrs. C. M. Cook, owner and manager
of Cook Music Co. was on Coin Machine
Row buying music and other automatic
equipment to add to her extensive mu ic
operations at Killeen, Texas.
Gene W ill iams i the gen ial gentleman
irt charge of one of Dallas' newest music
firms-The Crown Music Co. Associa ted
with Gene is Charley Nowell, who oper·
ates the Wi lliams Music Co. Gene and
Charley are both well known to the local
cafe, tavern and nightspo t owners. Another
new music firm, but opera ted by an "old
timer," is th e Cotten Music Co., owned
by Henry H. Cotten.
Frank W . Woo d
1945
BURNED?
Never
If You Buy
From N ickabob!
SKEEBALL HEADQUARTERS IN THE WEST
We specialize in reconditioning Skee Balls. Ray
Gun Am plifier repairi ng. Balanced line of Skee
Ball parts and Supplies.
LIMITED STOCK OF ARCADE EQUIPMENT
TOP PRICES PAID
for '36 and '37 Skee Balls!
NICKABOB SALES COMPANY
COIN
(NICK CARTER)
MACH INE
REVIEW
FAirfax 1461
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2525 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles 6, California
FOR
MAY
1945
Los Angeles
Demand for Arcade equipment presages
a big season ahead and local jobbers and
distributors have been hard pressed to sup-
ply the machines desired_ On ly a few have
any stock of Arcade pieces to speak of and
all are scouring the Eastern .markets for
additional machines. Memorial Day is gen-
era ll y considered the opening of the season
and Labor Day its closing, but in semi-trop-
ical California the Arcade is in season the
year around, and simply undergoes a bright-
ening up and refurb ishing when Spring
rolls around.
Bringas and Trevino have purchased th e
music operations of Charlie Peverly in Ox-
nard and Peverly will spend more time in
the future on his real estate activities.
At a specia l meeting of the Associated
Operators of Los Angeles County on March
29th, director Curley Robinson acquainted
the membership wi th the seriousness of sev-
eral bills pending in the California Assem-
bly. Curley is spending co nsiderable time in
Sacramento working on the matter. Also at
the capitol in the interest of the industry is
George Miller from the California Music
Operators Association, and Robert Spencer
representi ng the San Fra nci co men .
Efforts of coinmen in the Hollywood sec-
tor to place Jim Crowe in the city council
proved futile for Crowe went down to num-
ber five position when the votes were tallied.
Richard A. elson, of Gilt Edge records,
has joined the Chamber of Commerce.
Aubrey S temler is back in town from a
business trip through the Pacific North·
west.
Charlie Robinson left by train on April
6th for a buyi ng and business trip taking
him as far north as Montana and through
Wyoming on back to Wisconsin.
Harold Klein, of Klein Novelty, Milwau·
kee, has arrived on the Coast for a vacation
and is spending considerable time with Bill
Happel at Badger, discussing old days in
Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gaunt and twin sons
are now located in their new home in Brent·
wood.
New operators going into the service in-
clude Bill Day, cigarette operator of Glen-
dale, and Vic Mausbach, Tehachapi .
Bud Parr has been tell ing about a hold-
up man who leaped out of a dark doorway
and held up a passer-by. When the victim
threw up his hands, his coat fell open and
the robber could see that he was a priest.
Apologetically he wi thdrew his pistol. "Ex·
cuse me, Father," he said, "I didn't want to
hold up a priest, but 1 need money badly."
The priest apologized also. "I'm sorry, too,"
he ~aid. :'1 ~~~~ no chang,~ o~ me, but
here s a cigar.
No, thanks, said the rob-
ber gruffly. "I gave up smoking for Lent."
Incidentally, Parr is buying and selling a
lot of routes these days.
E. L. Willard has purchased the music
route of Mike Goff in and around Temple-
ton and San Luis Obispo.
No Sir! We're Not Going Out of Business!
Re gardl e ss of rumors to t he contrary, Globe Electronics is sti ll se rving its re gu -
lar customers and acc e pting a limited amount of new busin ess.
Re pa ir and mainte na nc e of C o nsol e s, 4-Be lls, On e Balls and Vest Pocket s a
specialty.
REMEMBER-
ALL EQUIPMENT INSURED AGAINST FIRE AND THEFT WHILE IN OUR SHOP.
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