Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1946 February

Mfg. Co., Inc.; Scientific Machine Corp.;
Soundies Distributing Corp., Inc.; Uneeda
Vendors, Inc.; United Mfg. Co. ; Watling
Mfg Co. ; Williams Mfg. Co.
This list indicates that manufacturers of
each and every type of coin operated ma-
chines are participating in this program
and will share alike in benefits obtained.
Photo Electric
RIFLE RANGE
CONVERSION
FOR
"Shoot t he Jap" • • • "Chic:k-
en Sams" ••• "Convic:ts",
are all making top dollars
when c:onverted into the
brand new Coinex Photo
Elec:tric: Rifle Range. Can be
installed on loc:ation in 20
minutes by anyone: ha s
great player appeal : loc:a-
tion-tested. Rifle Range in-
c:ludes all the o ld target
princ:iples. As stundard as
sugar and salt.
A. M. Keene, veteran operator and news-
paper publisher of Taft, Calif., passed
away in Los Angeles on January 11th. Keene
had been suffering from a heart condition
for about eight months. His doctors had
warned him not to fly and not to go to the
high altitude of Mexico City. But Art
couldn't think of the holidays without being
south of the border, and /lew to Mexico City
for Christmas and New Year's. lIe took ill
there, was brought to Los Angeles on the
10th, and passed away at 4 p.m. the next
day.
Well-known throughout the Industry,
Keene possessed a winning personality,
had a smile and a joke for everyone and
loved his associations in the trade. For
years he operated in Kern County and
managed the Taft Midway Driller, a daily
newspaper. He was a confirmed traveler
and during his lifetime visited every known
part of the world. He was 62.
$14.75
in lots of 3
$17.50
sample
f.o.b. fac:tory
PAULA.
LAYMON
COIN
MACHIHE
evlEW
Blacklidge New G.S.M,
DISTRIBUTOR
1503 West
Pi~o
Los Angeles 15
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to every angle of the current picture, the
association is anxious to increase its repre-
sentative nature in order to work more
fOil
fE8RUA/tY effectively. Therefore the manufacturer
members have authorized the Directors
1946
to open associate memberships for aU coin
machine operators and distributors. The
membership fee of $25 per year, payable
in advance, will cover 1946 dues, bring
an official membership certificate, and en-
title members to special privileges in con-
nection with the activities of the organiza-
tion.
More important, however, is the fact
that the money will be used entirely to
h elp finance a strategic Public Relations
Campaign which the Directors feel will
be worth many times $25 to each operator
and distributor in his own special territory.
The manufacturers will bear the greater
part of the expense of the campaign-
t hey will have to in order to undertake it
upon the scale planned. But the manu-
facturers feel that such a campaign would
not be truly representative of the Industry
if operat ors and distributors were not in-
-eluded.
The P ublic Relations Campaign will be
aimed at creating public good will. Right
n ow the public attitude toward coin rna-
WE WILL PAY CASH
Last
~lIan~
to get high
games:
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Zombie ........• _ .• _ 60.00
Double P'ay _ .... 60.00
Wert Wind _ .... 60.00
Do R. MI... .... _ .. _. 60.00
Star • ...•....• _ .••....••.• 60.00
prl~es
for these
L.ader •.•.....•......... $60.00
Dupl.x •.•..•... _ ...•... 60.00
Sky B' • •• r ....... _. 60.00
Knockout •.•....•...... 75.00
Sports P.rad • .....• 35.00
HI 01 •• ................ 60.00
We win buy all makes of Phonographs
Send U. Your LIsts
IDEAL NOVELTY CO.
Pho .. FIt. 5544
2823
St. Loul. , Mo.
Lo~ust
St.
chines is in a state of transItIOn. To say
whether the public is for the Industry or
against it is impossible. The starting point
from which to work is the good will of
the returning service men. Now is the
time to solidify that good will and add
to it. Other industries have done it and
are doing it through their public relations
campaigns.
Endorsement of the campaign and de-
sire to cooperate can be shown by be-
coming an associate member. Dues may
be sent direct to Coin Machine Industries,
Inc., Room 508, 134 North La Salle Street,
Chicago 2, Illinois, or to anyone of the
Directors listed below. Incidentally, dues
should be charged as a definite expense
for 1946 and deducted from the income
tax.
Directors of the organization are: Wal-
ter Tratsch, A. B. T. Mfg. Co. ; F. H.
Parsons, Buckley Music System, I nc.; Sam
Wolberg, Chicago Coin Machine Co.; Dick
Hood, H. C. Evans & Co. ; John Chrest,
Exhibit Supply Co.; Lou Gensburg, Genco
Mfg. Co. ; Richard Groetchen, Groetchen
Tool Co.; David Gottlieb, D. Go ttlieb &
Co.; William Rabkin, International Muto-
scope Corp.
T he following manufacturers are mem-
bers of Coin Machine Industries, Inc.:
A. B. T. Mfg. Corp.; Advance Machine
Co. ; Aireon Mfg. Corp.; Amusement En-
terprises Co.; Automatic Instrumen t Co.;
Baker Novelty Co.; Bally Mfg. Co. ;
Buckley Music System, Inc.; Chicago Coin
Machine Co.; Coan-Sletteland Co. ; Daval
Mfg. Corp.; Arthur H. Du Grenier, Inc.;
H. C. Evans & Co.; Exhibit Supply Co.;
Bill Frey, Inc.; Genco Mfg. & Sales Co. ;
D. Gottlieb Co.; Groetchen Tool & Mfg.
Co. ; International Mutoscope Corp.; O. D.
J ennings & Co.; J. H. Keeney & Co., Inc.;
Kelner Vendors; National Slug Rejectors,
Inc. ; National Vendors, Inc.; T he North·
western Corp.; Packard Mfg. Corp.; Per-
sonal Music Corp.; Pilot Trainer Sales;
Revco, Inc.; Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp-; Rowe
CHICAGO-Jerome J. Kahn, president
of Standard Transformer Corp., recently
announced the appointment of James M.
Blacklidge as general sales manager of the
industrial and distributing division. Black-
lidge, with the company for nine years,
previously served as sales manager of the
industrial division.
* * •
Give • • • T o the RED CROSS
Our first, brand new postwar
GAME!
Delivery soon!
Distributors: Write-Wire-Phone
Some territories still open
MANUFACTURERS
Pioneer Coin Machine Co.
2634 N. Laramie Ave.
ChIcago 39, III.
NATional 2018
" PIoneer" will PIoneer
This has been the biggest week in Chicago since the war be-
gan. The National Association of Tobacco Distributors, or NATD
for short, is holding its first peace-time convention, and what a
sell-out it is. Litelally and metaphorically speaking, a SELL-
OUT. More busincss has been done at the Palmer House than
there is merchandise on hand or TO BE MADE in the next 12
monthb. Members who rarely attend a convention are here seek-
ing merchandise ... and ANYTHING can be sold. The Palmer
House is seething with humanity from morning till night, and
then farther into the wec small hours. The sessions and con-
claves being held by the various branches of the tobacco industry
are heavily attended. Men are serious about the possible ruptures
in business and the very many road blocks that loom ahead . . .
ceiling prices, wage scales, etc. The cigar industry has a lot of
things to straighten out. Cigar production is no where near the
demand and shortages in popular brands are as bad as they ever
were during the war period. Easing of this situation will take at
least ten months; so boys, don't expect to see any quantity of your
favorite cigar on the stands for at least that long a period.
On the brighter slde of the picture are the many social gather-
ings :n the hotel. Every big house has been holding cocktail
parties and general get-togethers. When you haven't seen your
best customers at a convention for four years, you can imagine the
cordiality of the greetings. Notable among the unusually lavish
entertaint'rs are the Diamond Match Co., the Universal Match
Co., Benson & Hodges. Topps Gum, Philip Morris, Lorillard and
Co., Kaywoody Pipes and many many more. Even more strange
is the admonition to visitors . . . please please dear pal, don't
order any merchandise now!
'The Chicago Tobacco Table was host to the many out-of-town
visitors at its regular Tuesday meeting, and put on the best show
of its career. The principal speaker was the nationally known
preacher Dr. Preston Bradley who gave essentially the same talk
he made at a previous meeting some months ago, by request. As
outstanding as the prcvious talk was, second time hearers declared
that this was even better. Anyway, an overflow crowd in the
College Inn of the Hotel Sherman who came to the meeting
didn't Il'Hke a single sound for over forty-five minutes, and then
rose as one man to acclaim the greatest talk on the pleasures of
smoking they had eVei" heard. It was a serious talk, and not one
of froth as the title might lead one to believe. President of the
Cigar Institute of America, Mr. McHose, acclaimed the speech as
a boon to tiHI industry. Joseph Loeser, president of the Tobacco
Table greeted the visitors in behalf of the hosts. Chairman of the
meeting was Leonard MjIler, a super salesman for Prim Asso-
ciates, and the makers of the famous Ken Pipes.
The Tobacco Industry was not the only convention in Chicago.
The furniture people werc here crowding all the hotels with the
biggest "market" they have ever had . . . and nearer our own
hearts and pocketbooks were the very first showings of the newest
models of music boxe~ by Seeburg. The Congress Hotel was the
scene of a very elaborate display of all the equipment made by
this very very reputable firm. All local distributors had their
own booths and were hosts to every operator in the entire middle
west. The new models in wall boxes as well as the music ma-
chines themselves were received with overwhelming approval.
Also in town were the three big manufacturers of cigaret vendors
-Rowe, DuGrenier, and National, as well as the new company
for U-Needa-Pak. They had all agreed to refrain from showing
at the Palmer House in connection with the Tobacco Show, in-
asmuch as deliveries were so very uncertain. U-Needa-Pak had
a machine they were surreptitiously showing at a local distribu-
tor's place of business. DuGrenier, for fear this might happen,
had a machine flown by air express to Chicago, and this could
be viewed if you so desired by special appointment. Rowe did
not have a machine in town and neither did National. Bob
Greene, Prexy of Rowe, came to the Tobacco Show and took part
in the conclaves at the special invitation of Joe Kolodny, executive
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