Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1945 November

assembly and athletic events. All this as-
sembled into one unit, encased in a cabinet,
and meeting the provisions of the Under-
writers' Laboratories. School response has
been instantaneous but lack of parts is re-
tarding full-scale production.
Quick Clickin's-Climax and anticlimax:
Charley White hooked a 22-lb. king at his
favorite Possession Point haunts one day;
when he hurried back the following morn-
ing to continue the good work, this is what
he caught: one two-pound salmon and one
bad cold . . . . Quoting the head of a local
service department: "Manufacturers are
concentrating so fully on new equipment
that they ~re practically igno~ing parts. The
shortage 1s worse than ever.
It took two marriages to do it but Johnny
Michael finally made the paternal grade
with a girl. . . . Rising to the fore as a
result of .good management and a route-
buying spree, Central Music, co-owned by
George Sherwood and Phil Dennison, is
heading for the big time in the phono field.
_ .. Culled from the rumor mill: It's being
grapevined that a special session of the
Washington State legislature will be called
early in 1946 for the purpose of passing
measures governing returning servicemen,
but that, as usual, the lawmakers will de-
vote some time to their regular routine of
trying to put the pinch on the coin boys.
Whirlwinding up the Coast, Automatic
Instrument Co.'s Sales Manager Doc Eaton
spent three days in Seattle singing the
praises of Singing Towers .... It's not only
music operators who are requesting discs
that aren't but collectors of records who will
pay five to ten dollars for numbers three to
seven years old to add to their hobby stocks.
... Prizes, prizes, and more prizes are being
heaped on the silken head of Le Monde
Chic de Larson, Op Porky Jacobs' prize
toy poodle who has just made a triumphant
return from the international championships
at San Mateo, Calif.
After Rip-Van-Winkling for more than
four years, the Allied Phonograph Operators
of Washington is commencing to show activ-
ity . . . - . "Come up to Canada and let me
show you some real fishing and hunting,"
Operator James Stevenson of Vancouver,
B. C., told Western Distributors' Curly
Gohr. And darned if Curly didn't take him
up on it. Awaiting his return, Solly Solo-
mon envisions large juicy cuts of moose
meat .... Add to the Solomon Series: Son
Walter, after boatswaining it in the Coast
Guard for six years, is now a free man.
Highlights of his service career included
chasing subs in the Atlantic, zigzagging with
corvettes in the Aleutians, and manning the
San Pedro Lighthouse.
'Tis being eared about that the new pin
game equipment will cost about double the
pre-Pearl price .... Seven glistening silvers,
totaling 42 pounds, was the net result of
Ken Rader's fishing foray in Ballard . . . .
The itch to keep a-moving caught up with
Western Distributor's Pearl Lee, and the
firm lost a capable stenog.
Sgt. Louis Karnof sky
Salt Lal.e City
Mgr. Tom Douglas of the Yellowstone
Specialty Co. is in the east again on a
business trip.
Sid Stewart, Stewart Novelty Co., has
returned to his managerial desk from a
trip into Montana and Colorado . . He was
accompanied by Geo. Booth. This office
had a visit from former manager Dan
Stewart, who now is in charge of the Reno,
Nevada Casino.
Al McQuaid, formerly employed by
Stewart Novelty Co., returned from the
Photo Electric
, RIFLE RANGE
"Shoot the Jap" . . . "Chick-
en Sams" . . . "Convicts",
are all making top dollars
when converted into the
brand new Coinex Photo
Electric· Rifle Range. Can be
installed on location in 20
minutes by anyone: has
great player appeal: loca-
tion-tested. Rifle Range in-
cludes all the old target
principles. As stu11dard as
sugar and salt-.

$14.75
in lots of 3
$17.50
sample
f.o.b. factory
SEE
PAUL A. LAYMON
COIN
DISTRIBUTOR
1503 West Pico
Los Angetes 15
U. S. Armed Forces Air Corps this week.
He is a Utah war hero, now honorably dis-
charged, and has joined forces with Stew-
art Novelty again as a special sales repre-
sentative. Mrs. Marjorie Nuttall is a new
employee, having taken the ,position of
secretary and Elinor Alldritt is the new
bookkeeper, according to Mi'ss Leonard,
office representative.
B. E. Moran, office manager for Rowe
Cigarette Service Co., is home now recov-
ering from a serious operation which he
underwent in California recently.
Fred Murphy, coin machine department
man of the Heminway and Moser Co., is
currently in Los Angeles, accompanied by
Elmer Hull, representative for Salvador-
Radigues Cigar Co. of Tampa, according
to Marcia Crosby of the office personnel.
Pres. John Moser has again returned to
Mack's Inn at Idaho, for fishing. Ralph
Cracroft, ,office manager, is back from a
visit to California where he went for a
short time with his family.
Milo Nichansky, manager for Canteen
Service of Utah, reports that his brother
Albert G. Nichansky, is expected home any
hour now, having been overseas since
December 1942. Albert is Milo's partner.
He is awaited with much excitement and
enthusiasm. Milo still says he could use
more candy advantageously.
The Atlas Specialty Co. is trying to get
some of the U. S. Armed Service boys
back, upon their release from the army.
Atlas Specialty's manager, Irving Monsey,
is going into Las Vegas on a business trip
soon, according to S. A. McHarg, Eagle
Novelty Co. Boss, which operates in con-
junction with the Atlas firm.
R. L. Holt, well known in the coin ma-
chine industry here for many years, has
opened a new place in Salt Lake City for
general repairing for operators and is also
operating the Rainbow Dist. Co. Rainbow
has 7,100 square feet of display spac~,
fully fireproofed. Holt reports that Rain-
bow Dist. Co. figures to cover Montana,
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Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and Utah and
will have several salesmen busy in the
field constantly all year. This new set-up
FOR
is just getting under way and expects to NOVEMBER
have one of the most modern, spacious and
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up-to-date places in the Western United
States, giving display service and repair
service of the highest type.
Viola Hutton
Denver
Since Mr. and Mrs. D. J. King have
moved to their new location, they have
largely expanded their operations and have
added more help both in the store and in
the field. King has originated a labor-
saving device for popping corn used in
their machines, which operates at the rate
of 100 pounds per hour. Large bags are
filled from the hopper ready for delivery
to the various machines.
The new quarters are beautifully light
and sanitary, in a highly desirable loca-
tion, and will materially aid Mr. and Mrs.
King in handling their machines. Ample
space is afforded for operation of the pop-
corn device and for display of candy bars.
Lu Shulman advises that hereafter his
company will be Modern Dist. Co. instead
of Modem Music Co. and that he has
found the new and larger quarters for
which he has been looking the past sev-
eral months.
The new location is on Welton Street,
near the center of Denver. The building
is very large and will amply accommodate
the lines which the company will repre-
sent. In addition, the firm will have its
own private alley, which will make it con-
venient for visiting operators.
Lines which Modern Dist. Co. will rep-
resent are Rock-Ola Mfg. Co., H. C. Evans
and Co., 0. D. Jennings and Co., National
Sales Co., and National Cigarette Co.
The new store is now being completely
redecorated and will be ready for occu-
pancy in a short time.
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Shulman has advised that they will have
their first showing of the Rock-Ola Phono-
graph in December.
Wolf Reiwitz and wife are now in Cali-
fornia on a three weeks' pleasure trip.
A. A. Roberts of Wolf Sales Co. said
that the company is now beginning to
formulate plans for the expansion of their
organization. Offices will be opened in
Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and El Paso,
Texas, operating approximately the first of
the year. These are being established in
order to give operators better service after
the territory has been expanded to include
a part of Montana, fifteen counties in
Texas and additional counties in Idaho and
Nevada.
Frank Negri has been added to Wolf
Sales organization as field representative,
and William Hillman has been added to
the service department.
Robert M. Waggener, President of Coin
Machine Acceptance Corp., stopped over·
in Denver to visit with members of Wolf
Sales. He was accompanied by his wife
and Howard Pretzel, CMAC representa-
tive.
Howard Holt and A. A. Roberts had a
week-end fishing trip on the Colorado
River. They report a most enjoyable time
and a very successful catch. The only cas-
ualty-Roberts fell in the river-but that
was part of the fishing experience.
Roberts said that all operators who have
been in recently report that their business
remains fairly constant and, according to
COIN
all indications, will increase with the ad-
MACHINE vent of new equipment. They are all look-
REVIEW
ing forward to receiving new equipment
and are making preparations now to go out
and get all of those locations which they
were unable to handle previously.
In addition to planning an extensive re-
FOR
NOVEMBER modeling program, Wolf Sales Co. is erect-
ing another building adjacent to the one
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which they now occupy.
• A number of Denver operators have been
victims of depredations by petty thieves
who have been breaking into machines in
both outside and inside locations. Ma-
chines placed in theaters have been broken
into and robbed. The thieves are very
bold in their operations. In some instances
they have committed the robberies during
the day.
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It is believed that the thefts have been
committed by young vandals of high school
age who work in groups or gangs and post
a lookout who gives warning when there is
danger that they will be apprehended. Ap-
parently Denver is suffering from a juve-
nile crime wave similar to that which is
sweeping over the entire country. Denver
police, thus far, have been unable to
catch any of the miscreants.
Operators express the opinion that the
coin-operated machines are so frequently
robbed as well as wrecked because they
are, in the main, built "'.ithout adequate
protection against burglary, and there is a
rising demand that manufacturers adopt
methods which will make the machines
burglar-proof. It is understood that a de-
vice can be built in which will afford such
protection.
The loss of earnings, expense and delay
in getting new parts and the time required
to make repairs on machines is a big head-
ache to operators suffering such damage.
It is reported that petitions are now
being circulated throughout Colorado in
an effort to have horse racing and slot
machines legalized. It is claimed that the
position recently taken by State Treasurer
Homer F. Bedford, who advocated the le-
galizing and the state licensing of slot ma-
chines, encouraged the sponsors to circu-
late the petition, which reputedly seeks to
have the question of legal slot machines
and horse racing submitted to the voters
in the next general election.
FranceB C onrey
Add Record Lines
HOUSTON-Standard Music Distribu-
tors have been appointed distributors of
Globe Records for the state of Texas, and
South Texas distributors for Melodisc rec-
ords.
According to H. M. Crowe, adequate
stocks on both labels are now rolling in
and the firm is ready to serve the operators
without delay.
* * *
A man bought a parrot and tried to
teach it to talk. Going over to the bird, he
repeated for several minutes the words,
"Hello, hello." At the end of the lesson
the parrot opened one eye and answered
drowsily, "Line's busy."
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Gisser Visits Coast
LOS ANGELES-M. S. Gisser, of Cleve-
land Coin Machine Exchange, Cleveland,
planed in on October 10th to see this fan-
tastic country and see if it lived up to all
the reports which have filtered back to
Cleveland.
"Frankly, it's been a plan of mine for
15 years to come out here and just see how
wonderful a country this really is," said
Gisser. "I've heard some mighty fine reports
for years and I must say my first impres-
sions jibe with reports I've heard. It seems
everybody out here is subsidized by the
local Chamber of Commerce for I've never
run into such a congress of local boosters.
But it's all well, it's a swell climate, a
mighty fine part of the country, and the
most hospitable coin machine men I've run
into anywhere."
Gisser visited THE REVIEW and, with a
twinkle in his eye, declared it was "just a
pleasure visit. No business, absolutely."
But we'll be watching Sir Gisser. It's
quite likely that a hard winter in Ohio
might give him some new plans.
Robinson Shows Chi·e f
LOS ANGELES-C. A. Robinson has
unveiled the new J enni'ngs Bronze Chief
. . . a colorful beauty-gleaming chrome,
burnished bronze, hand-rubbed walnut
slot. Custom built, as Jennings famous
Chiefs have been through the years, and
featuring many new improvements over
pre-war models, Robinson reports a fine
response to the showing and the booking
of some nice orders.
Robinson relates that the sample on dis-
play is the very first machi'ne to come oJf
the production line-a promise made when
he was in Chicago, and fulfilled in accord- •
ance with arrangements. A de luxe show-
room has been set up for Jennings displays
in the headquarters of C. A. Robinson and
Co.
Laymon Hot on Conversion
LOS ANGELES-"To keep 'em modern
and up to date until there are plenty of new
machines, you can't beat the conversions,"
believes Paul A. Laymon and proves that
others share his opinions by showing a
stack of orders for conversions he is
offering.
When the Japs said "Uncle" the Shoot-
the-Jap conversion was a sick duck quick.
Laymon filled the breech quickly with a
new Photo Electric Rifle Range Conver-
sion which revitalizes the old Seeburg
Chicken Sams and Convicts, and Shoot-
the-Japs.
Laymon has also tabbed up a nice busi-
ness on the 5 ball novelty revamp by Gott-
lieb known as "Cover Girl." "We've sold
all we can get," he said, "and very few
more will be coming through because pro-
duction is giving way to new stuff pegged
for deliveries in the months ahead."
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1813 W. PICO BLVD.
for
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$12.50 each
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EXposition 7162
LOS ANGELES 6, CALIFORNIA
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