COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
74
FOR
APRIL
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Clark Distributing Co. held a meeting for
Wurlitzer operators, the middle of March,
for discussion of the new merchandising
program soon to be announced. Over 80 per-
sons attended, according to W. H. Schetter,
and the plan was acknowledged to be one of
the inost forward steps taken in the Industry
in recent inonths. Don Clark came down
from the San Francisco headquarters to
attend the Wurlitzer meeting.
B. C. "Barney" Beyer reports thllt husi-
ne!lS in the coin radio field continues to roll
along at a fast clip. Automatic Machines
Co. has been very active ' with coin radios
and states that public acceptance of this
typc of equipment has been quite remark-
able.
Bob Stark of Ideal Weighing recently
took an Ideal scale from a Pasadenll phar-
macy where the machine had been on loca-
tion for 13 years without having once been
out. of order.
Roy Garrison, newy appointed Aireon dis-
tributor for the state of Arizona, was a re-
cent visitor to town.
Fred Gaunt of General Music has returned
from a trip through Palm Springs and other
valley towns where he visited a large num-
ber of operators and took a stack of orders
for the new Buckley music box. Gaunt says
that orders keep coming in on the box,
which is very attractively priced. Every-
where he went, Fred says he also found tre-
mendous reception for the new Buckley
Track OdM.
" Fred Kohler, well-known Los Angeles mu-
sic operator, died in his sleep on March 8,
leaving a wife and daughter.
Leonard Baskfield, of the San Francisco
office of E. T. Mape Distributing Co., was a
recent L. A. visitor, where he received many
compliments about the beautiful new Mirro-
matic music cabinet. Ray Powers, local
manager, states that the. cabinet is the an-
swer to operators' demands for a custom-
built phonograph that will assure long-term
operation and high earnings.
Ben Boldt, fo'rmer Rock-Ola sales man-
ager, was in town recently and dropped in
on several of his old friends.
Willialn R. Happel spent a pleasant week-
end at Palm Springs and negotiated the sale
of a carload of Rock-Ola phonographs. Elmo
Robinson of Phoenix enjoyed the scenery
with Happel.
An increasing number of coinmen from
outside the United States have been coming
in to Badger Sales. Jose Miguel and Her-
nando Laserna were visitors from Colombia.
Representing J. M. Laser.na Co"" the broth-
ers are on a business trip to this country to
visit coin machine manufacturers and dis-
tributors in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Chicago and New York. Other Mexican
coinmen seen at Badger Sales were Juan C.
Jiminez, Mexico City; Major Miguel Lujan
Cota, Tijuana; and Fernando Castillo Gar-
cis. Negrete, Mexico City.
Still another visitor to Los Angeles is Lou
Gensburg, of Genco, who has been spending
a vacation in the Southland.
Nels Nelson recently took on a line of
coin radios and states that he has been very
successful. He has a new line coming up
soon which he predicts will be of great in-
terest to local coinmen.
E. C. McNeil has been on a business trip
to the Middle West, where he called on the
headquarters of National Vendors.
Recent out-of-town coinmen seen along
The .Row were: Freed E. Coppo, Vallejo;
E. R. Warren, Shafter; Loring D. Wik-
strom, San Jose; L. Lorang, Yuma; Charles
.Escoro, Flagstaff; Claude Sharpensteen,
Yuma; Leo Tyler, Anchorage; I. B. Gayer
and C. E. Collard, San Bernardino; J. R.
Krentz, San Bruno; G. F. Cooper, River-
side; W. K. Volner, El Centro; Ray Reyn-
olds, Big Bear Lake; Camden Hathaway,
San Luis Obispo; H. C. Perine, Oceanside;
John R. Miller, Vallejo; H. Rosenberg, New
York City; Sam Yaras, Dallas j and Niles
Smith, Oildale.
As usual, there has been a large number
of operators dropping in at Badger Sales.
Among these were: Herman Schnickloth,
Roy Smitb, Earl Beatty, Lowell Ayers, Art
Johnson, Tom Catana, D. Vlist, S. J. Burris,
Al Reisz, K. B. Hoar, Ben Korte, Robert
McClure, Jack Shepard, James Mills, and
J. M. Holmes.
Bill Leuenhagen has just taken on Sonora
records for local music operators and is
spreading the word that this is the 39-cent
"black label" platter that has created a sen-
sation in the music industry because of its
high quality and low price. Anniversary
Song, Sonata, We Co.uld Make Such Beau-
tiful Music Together, and many other cur-
rent hits are available to music operators at
Leuenhagen's popular record department,
where Bill's efficient secretary, Marie ,Solie,
will be happy to assist you.
J. A. Weinands, of Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp.,
arrived in Los Angeles on March 17th and
spent a busy week with local distributors
hefore departing for San Francisco on the
21st. Weinands visited San Diego and took
a day off to bask in the glories of Santa
Catalina Island at the Hacienda of Sefior
George Murdock.
Acclimated again to the balmy breezes
which kiss the lovely acres of Huntington
Palisades, the Paul A. Laymons have
mapped big plans for the years ahead. First
major move will be to new quarters on April
15th. (See article elsewhere in this issue.)
Lucille and Paul have put a lot of time in
fixing up the new,spot and when opened it
should be a dilly.
Immediate Delivery.!
ADVANCE ROLLS
and
POKERINOS
W. B. I.EDENRAGEN • ·CO.
1113 W. PlCO BLVD.
Plto .. : Din.' 1345
LOS ANGELES 6. CALIF.
Not often do the Nick Carters have a
chance to get outside of town for a few
days, but mid-March they stole away to
their home on Balboa Island to see just how
it feels to be at a summer resort in the win-
ter time. Before returning to the city, Nick
spent a day calling on Long Beach accounts.
,Timmy Mullenaux, Calexico operator,
was a marshal in the recent Desert Caval-
cade held in the border city. It's nice to
see the lads in the business participate in
civic enterprises.
Manny Gutterman, Harlich factory rep.,
visited Charlie Robinson and took away a
nea t or,c\er for a bunch of salesboards.
lack Gutshall is enthused with the recep·
tion he's had on the new Packard Model 7.
In San Diego they ate it up. Now lack has
another idea up his sleeve. He plans to un-
veil ' the idea the moment this issue hits our
readers. Drop in and pin him down.
THE REVIEW has a long list of members
who have served the publication faithfully
throughout the years. One of them, Louis
Karnofsky,is now in the local offices after
10 years as a news-scout for us in Seattle.
Another young old-timer is Robert Lati-
mer of St. Louis, who flew in from that
city the middle of the month to confab on
various items and pick up assignments for
the future. THE REVIEW boys DO get
around, for this ex-Army captain has his
own plane.
Harlich Money Boards
Affain Wide Popularity
LOS ANGELES-Even with the current
paper shortage, Harlich Mfg. Co. has man-
aged to turn out a dozen flashy new money
salesboards- which are garnering rich div-
idends from operating areas throughout the
country.
This disclosure was made by Manny Gut-
terman, sales director of the firm, while on
a two-week tour of the Pacific Coast. "The
money floards have eye-catching design and
beautiful girl models. The operator simply
buys them and places on location. There is
no n{ted to fuss with merchandise prizes."
On display at C. A. Robinson & Co., Har-
lich distributor for Southern California and
Nevada, are several of the new five-cent
boards: Lana, Bowl 'Em Over, Ent-Icing,
Kneed a Li/t, in addition to a complete
line of boards in 10c and 25c denomina-
tions.
Gutterman also revealed that full pro-
duction is being maintained at Harlich's
new two million dollar plant, and that Leo
Lichenstein, president of the company, is
continuously striving for new and revolu-
tionary designs.
Game Has Highest
Scoring Potential .
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.-Due to the
enthusiastic response Sportsman's Roll re-
ceived at the recent show, John A. Fitz-
gibbons and Al Schlesinger of Square
Amusement Co. have set aside all other
production plans to concentrate their entire
Jacilitie~ on this game.
Because the public has shown a prefer.
ence for high score games, Sportsman's
Roll was designed to incorporate the high-
est scoring potential of any manufactured:
790,000 points.
The seven-ball roll down table also fea-
tures "mystery buttons" scattered around
the board which score 10,000 to 50,000
points each time they are contacted.
Cabinet is of light weight, and while its
finish looks and feels like leatherette, it is
much stronger and longer lasting.
Back From england
NEW ORLEANS-War booty in the
form of a bride and baby accompanied
Frank Mancuso of J. & M. Music
bis trip from England.