Sugar for Tobacco
Is Proposed by Cuba
W ASHI NGTON-"You can have our
300,000 long tons of suga r from th e 1947
world· free export quota, but for each ton
of sugar yo u must purchase fifty pounds of
leaf tobacco from the 1945·46 crop in ad·
d iti on to yo ur normal imports. You are
prohibi ted from re·exporting any of th is
surplus crop pu rchase."
This is the substan ce of a pla n submitted
by th e Cuban Governm ent and supported
by th e Cuban Tobacco Growers' Association
to force th e sa le of 15 mi ll ion pounds of
s urplus sto ck.
The proposal is directed to sugar·pur·
c hasing countries in Central and South
Ameri ca, but eyes of the U nited States to·
bacco indu stry we re castin g Southward,
wonderin g how such a move would affect
this country' s n egotiation~ with Cuba for
i ncreased imports of the ir leaf a t low tar iff
rates.
Tobacco Exports Increase
COIN
MACHINf
RfVlfW
80
FOR
JULY
1946
WASHINGTON- Exports of unmanu·
fa ctUl'ed tobacco for th e first quarte r of this
year exceeded the fir t three months of
1945 by 33.5 million pounds.
Ninety per cent of th e s hipments were
nu e·cured and were rece ived by 35 coun·
tri es, 74 p er ce nt go ing to the United
Kin gdom.
China received 6.4 million
pounds, New Zealand 4.6 mi llion, Australia
4.4., in addition to heavy poundage in India,
I reland, and th e Neth erla nds. Shipments
of th is type increased 30 per ce nt over a
compa rable period in '45.
White Gives Green Red Light
NEW YORK- Add to th e war casualti es
a fellow who isn' t returnin g : Lu cky S trike
green. In 1942, a midst a te rrifi c furor of
publicity drum·b ea tin g, Am eri can Tobacco
Co. announced th a t beca use of scarcity of
p;reen ink, Lu cki es would be j acketed in
whi te.
"Green is no t coming back," says Syl·
ves ter 1. W eaver, Jr., adve rtisin g manager
of th e firm . "It was n ews in 1942 that th e
war was goin g t o in terfere with a brand as
big as Luckies, b ut t he publicit y an gle is
d ead. And once dead , they're dea d."
The white wrapp er is a mart lookin g
one-a nd the compa ny a ims to keep it
that way.
CHANCE·
MASTERS
Solid Aluminum
Cas~ing
Polished
Chrome
Holds $10
In Nickels
$9.85
Each
Whe n the Ca meo Room , swan k new cocktail lounge at Sun set and Normandie, Los Angeles,
opene d a few weeks ago on e of the main e ye· : atchers was a bran d new U· N eed·A · Monarch
cigarette ,·end ing machine . Sho wn are Lorin Eddy , in charge of service fo r Co inmatic
Distributors . and J. C. Hor ton of We ymouth Se rvice Co .. one of Los Angeles' leading oper-
o1ors. Said Ho rton : " Th is is an outst anding example of how perfectly the des ign of the U-
Nee d-A -Monar ch permits the machine to blend with any type of interior decoration ."
Cig Ops Protest Imports
CIN CINNATI- Thou sands of dollars are
lo st to Ohi o a nd a comparable amount to
cigarette ope ra tors because of wholesale
ship ments from states havin g no tax. At a
rece nt meetin g of the Hami lton County Cig.
arette Vend ing Mac hine Association , ways
and mea ns for preve ntin g th e sale of non·
tax ciga rettes from other states were under
discussion.
Additional honors were bestowed on
Ma uri ce Levitch, president of the associa·
tion, wh en he was elec ted to AMA's exec·
uti ve boa rd at th e a nnual Columbus con ven·
tion.
Parina Heads East
SAN FRAN CIS CO- Th a t old saw a bout
there bein g no res t for th e weary certainly
app li es to A. F. Parina, OuGrenier dis-
tributor. Afte r extensive travellin g, three
hecti c days a t the N.A.T.O . Show, a nd ar·
ra n g in ~ for th e complete redecoration of hi s
new cfiice at 156 Ninth S treet, Parina
heeded East on June lL
t .t the .A.T .O. S how, Parina was ably
assisted by A. J. Stauss, newest addition to
th e fi rm. " All op erators were enthusiasti c,
complimentary and full of praise for th e
new Challenge r, and anxiou s to get new
r ' ach in es cs soon as possible," Parina sa id.
" OcJ:ve ri es should be sta rtin g in the not
t.)o dista nt future."
H e revealed th a t Di ck Par ina recently
Ploved ,into a new buildin g at 66 Page
Street.
~(Jc:c e ssfu g
Cig Tax Debut
BOISE, Id aho-In its fi rst yea r of cigar·
ette tax a tion, Idaho collected $831,953.00,
more th a n doublin g previous estima tes.
On th e basis of two·cent tax stamps sold,
thi s sta te's smoke rs bought 41,587,700 pack·
ages durin g th e yea r.
Thom as Kurdy, exec utive sec retary of th e
S tate Ta x Commiss ion, predi cts that tax
revenue will reach $900,000 in future yea rs.
He points to severe shortages durin g th e
past 12 month s, at whi ch time collection s
sagged. Now th a t th e supply situation has
been iron ed out, more cigarettes should be
sold- h ence more tax returns.
In preparation for the increased sal es ex·
pected, th e Tax Commission -has ordered
50,000,000 two·cent revenue stamps.
NAMA Launches
Membership Drive
CHICAGO- NAMA members of Region
Seven, coverin g Wisconsin, Illi nois and
Indiana, met here on Jun e 7, with heavy
stress being laid on new membership.
Executive Director C. S. Darling pointed
out that th e automatic merchandi sing fi eld
has exp and ed tremendou sly and that new
probl ems are continually arising whi ch
operator·association teamwork ca n solve.
NAMA's goal , he said, is to double present
membership before the next meetin g in
Octob er.
President Rob ert Z. Greene told the
ga therin g that NAMA was not interested in
addin g members indi scrim inately, but that
th e association is prim aril y con cern ed wi th
type of memb er. " Our organization has been
bui lt on hi gh ideals," he aid , "and we
want to keep th ese ideals. In order for the
assocla tJOn to continue its progress, a
member must contribute something besid es
hi du es. You can assist in orga nizin g
NAMA's defense aga inst adverse leg isla·
ti on, national or locaL"
One of the hi ghli ghts of the sess ion was
th e "Information Pl ease" pan el, under the
supervi sion of Tom Vaughn. A Ii t of ex·
perts, represe ntin g all bran ches of th e in·
du stry, an swered questions on every co n·
ceivable fa ce t of th e business. Liveliest
topi c und er discussion centered a round
wheth er an op erator should count hi s reo
ceip ts at the loca tion or r eturn to hi of'fi ce
first and th en count them.
Co nsid erable interest · was ma nifested in
re fri gera ted candy machin es and probl ems
of warehousing and transportation.
Th e meet in p; was con cluded with a ses·
sion on publi c relations for the ope rator
co nducted by H oward Hultz, reg ional vice·
pres ident in cha rge of publi c relations, a nd
Tom Hun gerford, NAMA's d irector of pu b·
li city.
Florida Cig Tax Recei pts Up
T ALLAHASSE , Fla.-·A pril's ciga rette
tax intak e showed an in crease of 112 pe r
cent over April of last yea r. Rece ipts for
th e first ten months of th e fi cal year
we re S8,60.'l,320, a 90 per ce nt boost over
a co mparab le period in 19'!5.