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Moore, is on an extended vacation and
leading the life of Riley. He expects to
be back in business this fall.
Fred- LaVell, old time operator here,
opened an A. B. T. Rifle Range recently
and reports a good business.
Stanley Kolitzoff, owner of the Stanley
Amusement Co., just returned from the
East. He reports the future outlook in
the Coin Machine business as very favor-
able and he purchased numerous machines
on the strength of it.
Allen Goldberg and Joe Perkins, owners
of the Fun House, have installed a soda
fountain in it. It has proved successful
as it attracts many people who are not ma-
chine minded and they enjoy a soda while
their cqmpanions play the various coin-
operated devices.
Knocking 'em dead
fhe counfry over is
Hoagy Carmichael's
ARA recording 01
"Hong Kong Blues."
Here Hoagy is do-
ing his besf fo aufo-
graph all fhe record
copies avid lans an.
nexed in a couple
of hours af Music
Cify, Hollywood.
F. W. George
Denver
to determine the number of machines
operating.
Gibson Bradshaw of the Denver Dis-
tributing Co. reports that out of town
visitors to his store on business recently
were W. C. Johnson, Rawlins, and Morris
Avery from Greybull. Bradshaw said it
was difficult to obtain sufficient parts and
that labor was also difficult to obtain.
Wolf Reiwitz of Wolf Sales Co. is ac-
tively in the office during the absence of
other members of the company in the
armed services. He reports that A. A.
Roberts is out in the territory at the pres-
ent time and advises that everybody is
awaiting new merchandise and that every-
body is doing a big business and making
real money.
As soon as Roberts returns from his trip,
Reiwitz said they will start remodeling
the offices in the front of the building
in order to afford greater convenience in-
handling the new merchandise which they
expect io be able to get in the near fu'
ture.
.
Sergeant A. C. Roberts, partner in Wolf
Sales stopped for a few days visit on his
way to Camp Lee, VIrginia, officers' train-
ing school. Goldie Lawrence, secretary,
who has been with the firm for five years,
was recently married to Lieut. Ed Wein-
berg, and the couple are spending their
honeymoon in California. A new secre-
State ownership and operation of slot
machines as a revenue·raising measure were
recently endorsed by Homer F. Bedford,
State Treasurer. According to Bedford's
estimation, the plan would substantially re-
duce, if not eliminate, the sales tax. He
said he did not approve of gambling but as
slot machines are operating about the state
regardless of law, the state might as well
establish a monopoly and turn the money
into the state's funds. He expressed disap-
proval of permitting children to play the
machines. Despite an avalanche of crit-
icism from church organizations, Bedford
COIN
MACHINE stood by his guns and refused to change
his position for the reason that the ma-
RlYIEW
chines are operating in the state and in his
opinion a $l,OOO-a-year license fee would
bring considerable revenue to the state
"without hurting anyone."
Ralph A. Nicholas, Colorado Collector
fOR
of Internal Revenue, disclosed that in ad-
S,PT.
dition to 416 slot machines listed as tax-
1945
paid for this year, an unknown number
paid the $100 federal fee between June
30 and July 31, the deadline for payment.
It is estImated that more than 1,000 slot
machines are operating in Colorado.
Bedford's proposal to legalize and tax
the machines resulted in a statewide in-
vestigation by Secretary of State Morrison
who instituted a check on taverns and bars
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tary, Bunny Cortz, has been added to the
office staff.
Mr. Hughes of Cheyenne Appliances Co.
visited Wolf Sales recently and purchased
a number of No. 100 wall boxes. L. C.
Weber of Pueblo, was also a visitor at
Wolf Sales and purchased a large num-
ber of used phonographs.
Harry Bowes, Century Music Co. is back
at his desk after an illness of 60 days.
John J. Bonn, Ace High Amusement Co.,
reports that his brother, Charlie Bonn,
and his nephew, George Bonn, have both
been discharged from the armed services-
his brother from the Navy and his nephew
fI;om the Marines. They will enter into
partnership with him in the Ace High
Amusement Co. As previously planned,
the firm has now started the construction
of its new store. The foundation is al-
ready in and they expect the building will
be completed and ready for business by
late September.
Bonn is looking for greatly increased op-
portunity to expand as soon as new equip-
ment is available. He was able recently
to acquire a number of second-hand music
boxes which sold out as fast as he could
get them in. Most of them are now disposed
of. He is hopeful that new music boxes
will soon be available, .in which case he
will handle only new equipment. He also
bought a number of ray guns which went
out rap'idly.
France. Co~rey
Salt Lalae City
Approximately 12 slot machines valUed
at $1000 were stolen recently from the
Jones Vending Machine Co. H. J. Jones,
who surprised the two thieves, told authori-
ties that the men fled after seeing him ap-
proach, scrambling off the roof of the
building and driving away in a green car.
Investigation showed that they had used
a rope looped at both ends to lower the
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