Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1946 March

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LAST MINUTE REPORTS-PREDICTIONS-FORECASTS and GOOD OLD
FASHIONED RUMORS COMPRISE THIS NEW REPORTING SERVICE OF
. liTHE REVIEW:' THIS PAGE IS WRlnEN AS THE FINAL FORMS GO T
PRESS ON THE 20th.
NEW EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES: Settlement of the steel strike will give add-
ed impetus to coin machine manufacturing but the strike did delay pro-
duction terrifically and some manufacturers claim it has thrown them
four months behind on planned production. But steel has not been the
only critical item. There still exists plenty of shortages on other
component parts of the average coin machine and until ALL factories are
back to normalcy no appreciable amount of equipment will be trickling
through. Samples and spot deliveries - Yes; but this only serves to whet
the appetite for more and the smart manufacturers are waiting until they
can follow through and give a full serving to appetites created. We
see June and July at this moment as the earliest dates for any great
amount of new equipment. Some will say we're two months ahead and Sep-
tember is a better bet. We'll stick to June and July.
PHONOGRAPHS: Models shown thus far have had terrific receptions and it
will not be a case of SELLING.
Instead it will be a job of SUPPLYING.
A quick check acros~ the nation revealed that most distributors had sold
all of the machines they expect to get during the present year.
This is
in line with a prediction we made last month that "demand for new phonos
won't be filled until late '47." We'd like to amend that, at this point,
to Spring of 1948. On paper it works out that way. We figure that the
1946 production will not fill more than twenty-five percent of needed
phonograph replacements. Prices: Operators are complaining about the
cost of auxiliary equipment more than the instrument prices. A range of
$650 to $850 was expected, but speakers at $159.50, plus freight, are
causing the shouts. So far only one major manufacturer has gone off
the deep-end on such an item. Operators hope for a maintenance of low
cost speakers as long as the initial investment in instruments has ad-
vanced. Exports: No! With the limited supply of equipment available
there is little likelihood that any distributor will cultivate the for-
eign market on new phonos.
If he does it will be at outlandish prices
and there is little hope for "suckers." These foreign buyers are extra
cautious and you might just as well know it from the start.
VENDING. This is a turbulent field.
All kinds of new names will make
their appearance in the months ahead.
Some will deliver; others will
talk about future deliveries. Leaf Gum, Chicago, is getting ready to
cater to this field. Not only will they supply the product but a very
modern vendor as well. Adequately financed they expect to give Wrigley
something to wiggle about. Sandwich Vendors to vend pre-packed sand-
wiches are in the offing. One or two machines on the market at pre-
sent could be adapted to such use.
Soft Drink Machines will blossom
out in abundance once the supply of soft drinks makes their presence
profitable for operators. We've accumulated a tremendou~ list of firms
expected to be active in this field.
You'll hear from these manufact-
urers as time goes by.
.
WIRED MUSIC or telephone music seems due for a tremendous revival.
In
Chicago Jennings, Rock-Ola and AMI are preparing new "Voice-By-Wire" or
telephone music offerings.
USED EQUIPMENT was never more in demand than at present. Operators seem
to sense a delay in the new machines and are filling in with the old and
reconditioned machines.
It's a good practice to follow f
some time to
come.
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A survey of cases in which the lie de-
tector was used, showed that the instru·
ment was about 30 per cent wrong.
The four ridges woven near the edges
of a sailor's neckerchief signify that they
represent the four major U. S. wars.
A mature sequoia tree's roots spread
over an area of two or three acres_
The largest city in the world named in
honor of Christopher Columbus is Colum-
bus, Ohio.
A Stephen Foster memorial building on
the University of Pittsburgh campus
houses the large collection of Foster's
songs, manuscripts and letters, collected
by the American chemist Joseph Kirby
Lilly.
Every great race horse that has lived in
t~e last century is related to three Eng-
lIsh thoroughbreds: Matchem, foaled in
1748; Herod, in 1758; and Eclipse in
1764_
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The Potomac Baseball club, th e first one
organized in Washington, in 1859, was the
pioneer club of the South.
. Edward Payson Weston, at the age of 70,
III 1909, walked 3,895 miles from New
York to San Francisco in 105 days, and a
year later 3,483 miles from Los Angeles to
New York, in 77 days.
Some of the metal alloys recently devel-
oped have only one rival in hardness and
that is the diamond.
'
The 19~ million fur animals trapp ed
annually in the United States and Alaska
does not include ranch-rai sed animals_ No
complete record of the entire trapping can
be obtained, since some states do not keep
adequate records.
The south celestial pole has no star
which marks it. It is in a dark region of
the sky.
The average locomotive in road freight
train service consumes about one ton of
coal for each nine mil es of traveL
The Japanese no longer use the term
"hari-kari" but have substituted the word
"Seppuku," which is a compound of Chi-
nese roots conveying the same meaning.
Although New York, with nearly 2,000,-
000 telephones, is the leading city from
the standpoint of numbers, it is San Fran-
cisco, with more than 44 phones per 100
inhabitants, which is considered as havin g
the largest telephone development of any
large city, followed by Stockholm Sweden
and Washington, D. C. Next' to Ne~
York in number are Chicago and London_
Rabbit nerves, transplanted into th e tis-
sues of wounded soldiers, repair shattered
nerves and save untold numbers of lives,
lel!s and arms.
Latin America constitutes only a bout
one-third the total export market for
American goods_
A new defect of the eyes, recently dis-
covered, is called "alPiselkonia," in which
the two eyes, as interpreted by the brain,
are unequaL
The first harmonica band was organized
by Albert N. Hoxie in Philadelphia in
1921.
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The average life of a milk bottle is from
50 to 60 trips.
Refrigerated food lockers were first used
in 1903, on the Pacific coast. They did
not begin to be used extensively until 1935.
MARCH, 1946
Advance Automatic Sales Co ............................... 18
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Apollo Record Distributing Co ............................. 92
Automatic Instrument Co ............... Front Cover. 47
Badger Novelly Co ................... 12, 27, 30, 32, 36, 41
Badger Sales Co ....................... 12, 27, 30. 32, 36, 41
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Blake Sales Co ...................................... ···········.· ........ 37
Buckley Music System, Inc ....................... Cover IV
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California Music Operators Ass'n ...................... 43
Chicago Lock Co ....................................... ···········_· .. 14
Clark Distributing Co ................................. Cover III
Coast Record Manufacturing Co ......................... 63
Coin Machine Acceptance Corp ........................... 51
Coin Machine Equipment Co ............................... 27
Coin Machine Service .............................................. 95
Courtney Records ...................................................... 60
Dee's Service Shop ................................................. · .. 54
DuGrenier, Arthur H., Inc ....................................... 33
Eagle Coin Machine Co ........................................... 14
Eastern Electric Vending Mch. Corp ................. 37
Excelsior Record Co ................................................... 64
Exclusive Records ..................................... ·········· ....... 77
Exposition Games Co ............................. 8, 17, 29, 74
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Gottlieb, D., 6. Co ........................................... ·········· 5
Groetchen Tool Co ................................................... l6
Gutshall, Jack, Distributing Co ..................... 62, 65
Harman Enterprises .................................................. 57
Hermitage Music Co ................................................. 51
Illinois Lock Co ........................ _ ................................. 22
Independent Lock Co ............................................... 25
International Mutoscope Corp ............................. 3
Jafco, Inc ....................................................................... 13
Jennings, O . D., & Co ................................. 18, 19,58
K. and M. Service ...................................................... 79
King, Dan III ................................................................ 67
Laymon, Paul A ........... 9, 11, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31,
62, 73, 74, 75, 80, 82, 83
M-B-W Associates ................................................ 52, 53
Mape, E. T., Music Co ............................................. 46
Merge Studios .............................................................. 46
Mills Industries, Inc ................................................. 55
Minthorne Music Co .......... __ .............................. 20, 96
Monarch Coin Machine Co ................................... 26
Moore. Jack R., Co .... _ .............................................. 42
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Nickabob Co ......................................................... 61, 78
Nickabob Sales Co ............................................. 61. 78
Nprthern Dist. Co ................................................. 52, 53
Northwestern Corp ......................................... ......... 39
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Osborn Distributing Co ........................................... 67
Pacific Coast Distributors ...................................... 72
Packard Manufacturing Corp ......................... 44, 45
Pan Confections ............. _ ........... _ ........................... _.39
Peoples Service News Co .............................. _ ....... 39
Permo, Inc ................................................................ _ ... 76
Pioneer Coin Machine Co ................................... 6, 7
Ponser, Geo., Co ............................ _ ......................... 85
Puget Sound Novelty Co ........................... 52, 53, 70
Quality Pictures Co ................................................... 50
RCA Victor Records ........................... _ ...................... 81
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Reliable Nut Co ...................................... _ .................. .40
Re-Sharp Needle Service .......................... 46, 54, 58
Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp ............................. 59
Rud., A. C., Co ................................................ : .. 52, 53
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Solo tone Corp ............................................................. 71
Soundies Distributing Corp ................................... 60
Spotlight Records, Inc ........ _ ............ _ ..................... 70
U-Need-A Vendors, Inc ..................................... 34, 35
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Viking Specialty Co ................................................. 40
Weidman National Sales Co ................................. 24
Western Distributors .......................................... 18,75
Williams Manufacturing Co ........................... 37, 73
Wolf, M. Soo Distributing Co ........... _ .......... _ .. 48, 49
Wolf Sales Co., Inc ....................................... _ .... __ ... 66
Zeigler Insurance Agency, Inc ................... _ ......... 21
ADVERTISERS ARE REPRESENTED IN
THIS ISSUE ~F THE REVIEW ... MORE
THAN IN ALL THE OTHER MOmLIES
COMBINED. WHY? RESULTS COUNT!
THAT'S THE ANSWER

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