Los Angeles
The feeling up and down Coin Machine
Rew these cloudless summer days is definite-
ly one of expectancy. About half of the
Row's coinmen are in the back of their
places uncrating the first of what is hoped
will be a flood of new equipment-the other
half are out front in shirt sleeves pleading
with operators to be patient about new
equipment. Altogether, games seem to have
gotten the jump on music equipment, al-
though the latter, too, is showing much
improvement.
Filling orders with what few pieces of
equipment come through has become an
adjunct of "public relations." Most jobbers
are keeping the goodwill of operators by
delivering machines to as many different
operators as possible, rather than attempting
to fill single orders. Preston Jarrell, Coin-
matic Distributors, tells us that orders for
the U-Need-A Monarch cig vendor are
checked constantly to see that as many op-
erators as possible get some of the machines
they have ordered. Most jobbers and dis-
tributors have a similar method.
Ken Brown and Preston Jarrell recently
flew, in Ken's 2-place plane, to Arizona and
spent considerable time with the local op-
erators. Among those they saw were Jones
and Allen, Roy Garrison, and Mel-O-Dee
Music, in Phoenix, and Anderson Wired
Music and Paul Devereaux in Tucson. Ken
Brown continues to use his airplane in his
business and reports that operators in
Southern California and Arizona are be-
coming extremely air-minded.
Jean Minthorne was the recent victim of
a "freak" accident that nearly cost him the
sight of his left eye. While removing a
pull-over sweater, his finger-nail severely
scratched his eye causing an infection. Jean
was forced to spend 10 days in a dark room
under medical attention. Fortunately, the
eye now has healed up nicely.
"Skeets" Gallagher, who with Aubrey
Stemler last month announced the forma-
tion of a partnership known as Stemler-
Gallagher Distributing Co., has been seri-
ously ill with a heart condition. Aubrey has
been carrying on in his partner's absence
and is doing a top-notch business with Bally
games.
Dannie Jackson and Samuel Donin are
still doing business "al fresco"-due to the
fact that the carpenters have not yet finish-
ed putting up the walls on the building be-
• ~ng remodeled for Automatic Games. How-
ever, in a few weeks, the partners expect to
be all set, right in the center of the Row
with plenty of parking space both in froni
and back of thei'r building. Dannie recently
took a trip to Chicago and throughout Ind-
iana and rounded up a surprising lot of
"Dollar Bell" Receives
Enthusiastic Welcome
OAKLAND-With J. P. "Midge" Ryan
(right, above), of Bell-O-Matic Corp.,
proudly standing by, the latest addition to
the Mills Sales line, The Dollar Bell, was
unveiled by General Manager A. H. Bouter-
ious and Sales Manager, Warren H. Taylor
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( At left in photo).
Dollar Bell joins the Big Two-Mills
Black Cherry and Golden Falls Bells-in
the company's growing line. The new model,
made of 100 per cent Mills parts, is hand-
load only, and wiU be distributed in the
Rocky Mountain States and the Pacific
Coast States by Mills Sales Co., Ltd., of
O~kland. Orders are now being accepted,
with delivery expected within the next 30
days.
The enthusiastic reception being given
this firm's products has resulted in exten-
sive expansion plans. Branches in Los An-
geles, Portland, Seattle, Arizona and Nev-
ada will be opened in the near future .
equipment. The company is goinu to special-
ize in consoles and slots, with Bally, Mills,
Pace and Genco.
Finding new equipment is an art, Dannie
intimates, but reports that his warehouse
is well stocked and business is good, despite
the present lack of adequate showrooms.
Minthorne Music Co.'s factory school for
Seeburg operators currently has a record
enrollment. "The Seeburg operator who
thoroughly knows his equipment," says
Jean Minthorne, "is the operator most likely
to succeed.''
On this principle, the following operators
.and service men who are attending the
Minthorne school are on the hi'gh road to
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success: E. Esjl'indola of Bringas Bros., Los
Angeles; Dean Brown, Glendale; E. H. But-
ler, Los Angeles; Dave Davis, Los Angeles;
Lewis A. Fivecoat, San Gabriel; R. ]. Glick,
Los Angeles; A. Seifert, of Norman Glover,
Bell; Chester Hamilton, Los Angeles; G.
M. Arraj, Harmony Hostess, Pasadena; Bob
Jones, of Jones & Collier, Los Angeles;
Roy Jones, Jr., and Lewis Taylor, lnyokern;
D. Martino, of Martino Motors, Los Ange-
les; H. B. Sunderland, Hermosa Beach; J.
Marshall, W. Hemple, G. E. Craig, L. W.
Leech, and Homer Razor, all of United
Vendors, Glendale; Al Hanlin, of U. S.
Music Co., Los Angeles; and Tony Lagasse,
of Valley Vendors, Glendale.
To our mind, Mollie Simon is one of the
best proofs that ambition, capacity for hard
work, and imagination are genuine assets
in this Industry. Mollie went into business
for herself only a few short months ago,
establishing an "accommodation center"
where coinmen could get letters typed in a
hurry, receive telephone calls on the Row,
g~t papers n?tarized, and in fact have any
kmd of public stenographic work done that
they needed. In addition, Mollie secured
local representation for the Tunnis "One
Spot" record finder publication which is
invaluable to music merchants in locating
all types of popular recordings. The success
of Mollie goes to show that there is still
plenty of room in this business for people
who are engaged in it.
Speaking of music reminds us that a few
issues back THE REVIEW ran an article un-
der the heading "The Dollar Disc Is Here
to Stay!" Several eyebrows were raised at
our prediction, and the subsequent decline
in the independent record business seemed
to bear out our cri'tics. However we learn
that as the price of shellac rises' to almost
$1:5_0 a pound,_ many record companies are
ra1smg the pnces of their platters. Bruce
Altman of ARA points out that if the manu-
facturers who have sold higher priced re-
cords can hold their prices while other
companies increase theirs, the former stand
to gain.
Jimmi'e Rutter made another fast auto
trip to Missouri early this month, driving
19 hours a day. Jimmie's big news, how-
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