Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1945 November

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
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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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ment, directly and indirectly, for several
thousand people, it is estimated.
The Institute announced that the Vassos
designs are scheduled to be completed by
the end of the year and will be supplied
without cost to present manufacturers of
gallery equipment and to legitimate new
manufacturers interested in entering thi's
field.
Colonel Vassos, founder and first presi-
dent of the American Designers' Institute,
recently returned to civilian life after serv•
ing with the Army in Europe. He was
staff camoufleur for the 3rd Army Forces
and later carried out a special secret mis•
sion in connection with establishing com•
mando groups.
He is currently consultant designer for
all products of the Radio Corporation of
America. Also well known as an illustra-
tor and writer, he is a prominent member
of the Silvermine Guild of Artists.
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it directed them to start proceedings upon
receipt of complaints from state agents "or
any other person."
Holding that the act was a criminal
statute, Judge Larrabee upheld the defend•
ant's claim that it was vague and unclear
because it did not enumerate all types of
gambling devices expressly prohibited but
used the terms "other similar mechanical
devices" and "devices designed for like
.
forms of gambling."
The Thomson act, Judge Larrabee stated,
"assumes that many enforcement officers
are undependable, if not dishonest; that
the courts are dilatory in their discharge
of their official duties, and that it is nee•
essary that all officers, including "the courts,
have a time limit fixed within which they
must take certain described actions. This,
of course, does not invalidate the act, but
it does raise questions covering the legal•
ity of the methods by which the usual
duties of the officers are either enlarged,
curtailed or abolished."
Killed In Accident
LOS ANGELES-Mrs. Ruth Boulter,
former wife of Frank Root, operator of
Lancaster, Santa Ana, Los Angeles and
other points, was instantly killed October
6th when a soldier in a speeding car ran
her down, broke both legs and her neck,
outside the Root Liquor Store on West 8th
Street.
Mrs. Boulter, an employee of the estab-
lishment, was on her way home when the
accident occurred. Death was instanta•
neous. The soldier, on a 48-hour pass, was
booked for manslaughter.
Funeral services were held in Wee Kirk
of the Heather, October 10th, with burial
in Forest Lawn.
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CMI Opens Office
CHICAGO-New headquarters for Coin
Machine Industries, Inc., the national asso•
ciation of manufacturers and suppliers,
have been opened at 134 North LaSalle
Street in Chicago's Loop. ·
James Gilmore, CMI secretary-manager
before the war, has been rehired and took
over the active management of the Asso•
cfation's affairs on October 1st.
CHICAGO-Manufacturers Screw Prod•
ucts, 298 W. Hubbard St., has issued a
pocket size library of Engineering Data on
four vari-colored cards enclosed in a dura•
ble handy pocket envelope, and are sup-
plying it free to industrial users of screws
and other fasteners.
New Harlich Plant
CHICAGO-On or about January 1 the
Harlich Mfg. Co., will move into its new
two million dollar factory-the largest,
most modem and completely equipped
plant of its kind in the world, according
to Harlich executives. Foundations are
already in and brick work has been
started.
In its present quarters Harlich occupies
five floors and have several hundred em•
ployees on the regular payroll.
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