New Locations? '
RICHMOND-Local coinmen are specu-
lating on the possibilities of coin machine
installations in two new luxury railroad
s treamliners "recently announced by the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. for opera-
tion between Washington and Cincinnati.
While still in the test stage, the trains are
planned to attract air and bus travelers and
will be outfitted with motion picture thea-
ters, news tickers, individual radios, lend-
ing libraries, telephones, etc.
It is understood that enterprising coin-
men 'a re pointing out to railway officials that
many types of coin-operated merchandise
vendors are available for the services con-
templated and that their installation would
make it unnecessary to employ a number of
attendants for the super services.
Salesboard Licensed
OREGON CITY-Lonnie Logsdon, of the
L. L. Amusement Co., was instrumental in
obtaining favorable action from the city
commission on the licensing of the "Ques·
tion and Answer" type of salesboard.
Logsdon presented one of his boards to
the commissioners and explained the oper-
ation thereof. He pointed out that this type
of board has been classified as a game of
skill, and therefore legal, by the State at-
torney general.
The commission has instructed the City
Attorney to draft an ordinance regulating
the use of the boards and setting the
license fee. At Logsdon's suggestion, the
commission moved to include a provision
banning play by minors.
Toy Charms Tax Free
...
LOS ANGELES-Glass .bowl type penny
vending machines which dispense toy
charms with the merchandise are bona-fide
vending machines, and are not liable for
Federal taxes, according to a ruling by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue forwarded to
the Los Angeles Collector of Internal
Revenue.
Citing a ruling in 1944, involving a Min-
neapolis operator, that if the only prizes
occasionally dispensed along with the candy
are toy charms, the machines 'a re considered
bona-fide vending machines, D. S. Bliss,
Internal Revenue deputy commissioner,
writes: "The Bureau holds that the indi-
vidual cl1arms are_ of such insignificant
value they are not 'prizes' within the mean-
ing of the statute, as amended."
Cig Tax Profitable
ST. LOUIS-The two-cent per pack City
of St. Louis cigarette tax, re-enacted in
October, 1943, brought in $150,000 in
March, best monthly showing so far, ac-
cording to License Collector Frank A. Brit-
ton, who also reveals that cigarette tax to-
tals for the fiscal year just ended reached
a record high with $1,458,000. Revenue
from this source is expected to continue at
a million and a half dollars annually.
Skill Called Gambling
NEW YORK-Mayor O'Dwyer's anti-
gambling campaign has caught an unsus-
pecting offender in Hannah Barnes, cigar
store owner of this city, whose target ma-
chine "gave extra shots for good marksman-
ship." Machine was considered a gambling
device, Mrs. Barnes was arrested, then re-
leased on $500 bail pending a hearing.
The First i.:igareite
During some fighting between the
Turks and the Egyptians, a stray shot
blew to pieces the pipe belonging to a
gunner.
Just as we at the present day long for
a smoke, the gunner yearned for a pull.
He had an idea, and sighting some paper
close by, he picked it up, and tearing off
a piece, he made a tube of it, pushed some
tobacco in, and pressed it tight.
He then put it in his mouth and lit the
first cigarette.
This form of smoking became very pop-
ular in Russia, where, in 1850, the first
large cigarette factory was started in St.
Petersburg.
Nicholas Covendouris, a Greek mer-
chant, is regarded as being the first person
to introduce cigarettes into England in
the year 1858.
However, we are told that a number of
English soldiers used this form of tobacco
smoking during the Crimean War.
In England the first cigarette shop was
opened by a Greek, about 1860, in Lon-
don's Leicester Square.
Cigs for Jap Flags
TOKYO- A Japanese woman was asked
. recently why so few Japanese flags were
flown to commemorate the death of Japan's
mythical emperor, Jimmu. "Most of our
flags," she explained, "have been traded to
American soldiers for cigarettes."
Zion Permits Tobacco
What the Doc Ordered
ZION CITY, Ill.- Zion City has voted to
permit the sale of tobacco within city lim-
its, forbidden since the community was
founded early this century by John Dowie.
Heretofore, visitors have been required to
surrender their tobacco, although in recent
years several firms have sold cigarettes.
LONDON, Ont.-Chewing is the healthi-
est way to use tobacco, says the medical of-
ficer of London, Ont., but adds that the
bachelor is the only male who can get away
with this form of tobacco consumption.
Cigs, the good doc stated, are better for you
than cigars and pipes.
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