NOVEMBER, 1945
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First Auto. Laundry
MANSFIELD, Ohio-The first de luxe
automatic laundry, complete with auto-
matic washers, driers and ironers, is being
opened here by Automatic Laundry Dis-
tributors, Inc. Additional self-service laun-
dries are to be opened and operated by the
same organization.
In this initial installation 30 Westing-
house Laundromat washers are already in-
stalled and 20 automatic driers and ironers
are to be installed as soon as they are avail-
able.
A lounge and playroom for youngsters
adjoin the laundry rooms and all are
lighted by fluorescent lights and air-con-
ditioning units and an electrostatic air
cleaner are to be installed later.
Customer entering has dirty clothes
weighed, then drops them into tht ma-
chine, puts in soap and sets the dial for
the types of clothes. Clothes are ready in
30 minutes and these 30 minutes give pa-
trons a chance to patronize the lounge.
Another 30 minutes is required for drying
and the charge for each service averages
25 cents. After drying, many of the
clothes do not need ironing.
Test laundry installations have already
been made by other oper ators in New York,
P hiladelphia and South Bend but these are
only automatic washers and not on such
a complete and elaborate plan as those to
be installed by Automatic Laundry Dis-
tributors, Inc.
On the Cover---
Arms Mfrs. Finance
New Gallery Designs
Wis. Anti-Gambling
Act Unconstitutional
NEW YORK-Another old American in-
stitution is being modernized in anticipa-
tion of a post•WJlr boom. This was indi-
cated in an announcement by the Sport-
ing Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers'
Institute at its New York headquarters,
th!lt it has engaged the services of the
noted industrial designer, Col. John Vas-
sos, to create the up-to-date shooting gal-
lery.
Recent surveys point to a greatly in-
creased interest in hunting and all shoot-
ing sports after the war, it was said, and
gallery shooting, long one of the country's
favori te forms of low cost recreation, is
believed to be headed for unprecedented
popularity. Survey findings indicate that
an increase of at least 50 per cent in the
number of galleries will be needed to meet
the requirements ef probable post-war en-
thusiasts. A big demand for convenient
and attractive new facilities is foreseen.
Many returning servicemen are likely to
become owners and operators of commer-
cial shooting galleries, the study revealed.
The new galleries will provide employ-
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. - County
Judge Orin Larrabee on September 22nd
held that the Thomson anti-gambling law
was unconstitutional in 3 respects, when
he upheld points raised in a demurrer filed
by counsel for a Chippewa County tavern-
keeper, whose license the state sought to
revoke.
Judge Larrabee sustained the demurrer,
which challenged the constitutionality of
the Thomson act on the grounds that it de-
nied due process of law, was illegal dele-
gation of authority • to district attorneys
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and that its wording was vague and un-
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clear.
The demurrer was filed by Attorney REVIEW
Harold E. Staffoi;d of Chippewa Falls in
behalf of Frank Coubal, proprietor of the
Gateway Tavern at Taylor's Corners, Chip-
pewa County. Dist. Atty. Ronald North's
FOR
petition for license revocation was based
on a complaint filed by the state beverage NOVEMBER
1945
tax division, which alleged that its agents
had confiscated several punch boards and
slot machines on Coubal's tavern prem-
ises.
Judge Larrabee held unconstitutional
provision of the act which states that alle-
gations in petitions for revocation of li-
censes shall be deemed controverted and
shall be at issue without further pleading
by the defendant. H e said it closed all
approaches to the defendant.
The court held that district attorneys
elected by the people held certain quasi-
judicial powers which could not be invaded
or abridged by the legislature, and pointed
out that the Thomson act denied district
attorneys discretionary privileges because
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(See. ARMS MFRS., Page 14 )
This lnsigne Stands for Honorable
Service to Our Country
Introducing this month, a tricky little
dish that calls Universal Studios her
home port - - Poni Adams, a screen new-
comer with plenty of promise, as we see
it from our place in the bleachers.
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