which they have served for years.
And, going further, Van Zandt said,
"Blackwell has seen fit to re·enter the dis·
tributing business by taking on the Aireon
Automatic Phonograph," and it is in this
new venture that Mrs. King and Van
Zandt have- become actively associated as
partners and whose enthusiastic co·opera·
tion will contribute largely to the future
of Aireon. Van Zandt declared that "when
you are working with Blackwell you are
doing business with one of the most splen·
did characters there is in the music busi·
ness." He said that "now it can be told
that Blackwell Distributing Co. does not
operate any phonographs whatever or any
other coin operated equipment, but is
absolutely in the distributing business and
will be in that position from now on."
In a letter to the trade Blackwell reo
ports that he attended Aireon's preview
showing of this new equipment in Kansas
City and he states that without doubt "this
phonograph is the most gorgeous piece of
merchandise I have had the pleasure of
viewing." He writes further of the many
exclusive features and extends an invita·
tion to "see it with your own eyes and
hear it with your own ears . . . " He is
to advise later just what date in January
the trade can be invited in for a personal
showing of the "most marvelous Phono·
graph . and Accessories you will see and
hear in years to come."
H. E. Walker, Walker Vending Machine
Co., is now located in his new quarters
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on Eleventh St., that were formerly occu·
MACHINI pied by Modern Music Co. who have
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moved over to Welton St. Walker advises
that he will now operate under the name
Walker Music Co. and he is expecting to
carry a more extensive line of goods as soon
as available. The new quarters will afford
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opportunity for expansion together with
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Gibson Bradshaw of the Denver Dis-
tributing Co., reports that for the past
month he has been out of town on a com-
bined vacation and business trip, during
which time he went through 17 states and
spent a week-end in Florida. He returned
about a week ago and is feeling much
better than for some time. Bradshaw is
now waiting for more equipment to be-
come available.
A. A. Roberts of Wolf Sales Co. recently
returned from an extended trip over the
territory, visiting various operators and
lining up plans for business when condi-
tions open up for the new year. He says
tha t things are rather quiet among the
operators, but that all of them are revamp-
ing routes and trying to get their business
organized so that when new equipment
becomes available they will be able to move
right in without too much trouble. He
said, however, tnat none of the operators
were complaining that their income had
dropped-in many cases rather than a
decrease they have had an increase in
their business. This they account for by
the fact that all of these boys formerly
in the Army, are getting out.
Lieut. A. C. Roberts, partner in Wolf
Sales Co., has been assigned to duties at
Fort Logan, near Denver, and is now
able to visit the office and contact his
family and other associates in business.
Members of the Wolf Sales Co., includ-
ing Wolf Reiwitz, A. A. Roberts and A.
C. Roberts, spent the Thanksgiving holiday
in San Francisco with their families. Im-
mediately after the reunion they left for
Denver to take care of business affairs.
Sergeant Herbert H. Wolf has just re-
turned to his old job after spending around
14 months in England. During this time
he flew 21 missions over Germany, France
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and Italy. For these outstanding services
he was awarded a Purple Heart, The
D.F.C., Air Medal, Victory Medal, Ameri-
can Defense Medal, and Good Conduct
Medal. (This latter, Sergeant Wolf refers
to as "a mistake.") He returned to the
United States about 5 months ago and ex-
pects soon to be joined by his wife, a
Colorado girl, although Lieut. Wolf origin-
ally hailed from the East. A. A. Roberts
said that Sergeant Wolf had been drafted
while in the employ of the company and
is resuming his former position in the
service department.
The Knudsen family in Utah-Jean and
Wesley, at Ogden and Provo, respectively,
had pretty good luck during the deer
hunting season. Between these two and
other members of the Knudsen family,
they brought down five bucks this year.
Just returned from a 6,000 mile trip
over the territory, A. A. Roberts said that
the only hunting he had been able to do
was hunting for operators, every one of
whom seemed to be spending much of his
time at this season on hunting expeditions.
Howard Hold went pheasant hunting on
opening day and got four pheasants. His
partner got five, which equalled about 3
each as they couldn't find all of th:!m.
He went again on Thanksgiving Day, but
only got one pheasant.
Lieut. Claude Sharpenstein, Jr., partner
in the Arizona Automatic Co., is now on
terminal leave from the Army and expects
to be released in December.
Modern Distributing Co. is now nicely
located in the new quarters. Remodeling
and alterations are well along toward com-
pletion. There is a big stock room, a
large show room, a record room and a
nice suite of offices, and ample space
thruout. Its central location will appeal
to the operators when they visit the store
as it is convenient to hotels, shops and
good eating places. Modern declares it
has the best equipped phonograph depart-
ment in Colorado-it has a big record
stock which sells out rapidly.
Leo Negri, formerly with the Armed
Services, has recently become affiliated
with Modern Distributing Co. and last
week made his first trip down through
Pueblo, Walsenburg and Trinidad, getting
acquainted with the operators in those lo-
calities. He reports that he had a very
successful trip.
Operators throughout the territory, Negri
said, are waiting impatiently for the new
Rock-Ola machines.
The Negri brothers, numbering six, ap-
pear to predominantly favor the music
business, as at one time four of them were
active in the music business, though now
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only three, two of whom are with Modem
Distributing Co.
Frank Mazzone of Modern said there
is a special demand for the record "Dig
You Later (Hubba, Huhba, Hubba)." He
said it was the strongest thing on the ma-
chines today-that it had taken in more
nickles than anything which has hit Denver.
He also believes that there is a very good
prospect for "Symphony," with Freddy
Martin's Orchestra.
Frances Conrey
San Francisco
Prospects are definitely brighter concern-
ing the arrival of sorely needed new
equipment. Distributors, who a month
ago were reluctant to haza.r~ e~en co~
jectures, are now eagerly antlclpatmg theIr
postwar merchandise, and to the $64 ques-
tion "WHEN?" their predictions range
from "any day" to "within 3 months at
the latest-provided nothing further oc-
curs to upset the apple cart."
Don Clark, owner of Clark Distributing
Co., exclusive Wurlitzer distributor for
the West Coast, has just returned from
the Wurlitzer distributors' meeting in the
East and is busy arranging for a Wurlitzer
sho~ing and Wurlitzer operators meeting,
in the first half of January. According
to plans, it will be a gala event, and the
first of its kind since pre-war, in the West.
Besides displaying the new Wurlitzer mod-
els a new merchandising policy will be
ex~laj'ned to operators. Clark said he
would give us the full details prior to the
meeting. L. Hock has been appointed
general sales manager of Clark Distribut-
ing Co. Before taking his present position,
Hock had been sales manager of Pennsyl-
vania Central Air Lines.
California Amusement Co. got in its
first two samples of arcade equipment;
Bally's Victory Derby, one ball payout
machine, and Super Skeeroll, which Chet
Garton demonstrates with great enthusi-
asm and gusto. Chet reports that oper-
ators are very much impressed by the
improved features, such as the straight
drop coin chute of the slug rejector type,
and that the whole mechanism in the new
model, is in the back, easily accessible,
mounted on swinging shelves, being very
handy for repairs and adjustments. Ap-
pearance of the machi'ne is also very
much enhanced, substituting a compact
front, with a door to the previously em-
ployed spindly legs.
Walter A. Huber, sales manager of
California Amusement Co., has just re-
turned from a swing through Northern
California and observed that it certainly
would be' a heyday for salesmen, if they
only had some merchandise to sell.
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