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Executive Says Nickel
Cigar on Way Back
NEW YORK-Cigar machine venders
who are dispensing stogies for a dime better
have some nickel chutes and rejectors on
hand by year's end. According to Sol C.
Korn, president of Fleming-Hall Tobacco
Co., the nickel cigar will return to the
market at that time.
Korn's views are in sharp variance with
other cigar men who feel that manufac-
turers cannot lower prices, inasmuch as
they are carrying heavy inventories of raw
materials--purchased at high cost-and be-
cause there is a scarcity of new machinery
for producing low-priced cigars, in addition
to an inadequate labor supply.
Pre-war nickel cigars are now averaging
nine cents. A spokesman for the Cigar
Institute of America says that the four-cent
uppage was an "increase proportionately
less than most other articles man buys for
his own enjoyment."
In contending that the buffalo will romp
back to capture the cellophane wrapper,
Korn points to the demand by ex-servicemen
who learned to enjoy cigars while in uni-
form. These men, he said, are in the lower
and middle income brackets, and are among
the most audible clamorers for a good
nickel smoke. Fleming-Hall's president also
declares that improved blending methods
and a bumper Havana crop, which will
smooth the way to volume production, are
factors substantiating his prediction.
Based on a personal survey, Korn believes
that 1947 will be the greatest cigar seIling
year in history. The trend toward this
product in the Middle and Far West States
-stronghold of pipes and cigarettes--is
gaining headway and opening up new
markets, he states.
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L.aymon to Move
LOS ANGELES-On and after April
15th the offices and showrooms of Paul A.
Laymon, Inc., will be located in their new
quarters at 1429 West Pico Boulevard ••.
just a few doors east of the present offices..
New telephone number will be PRospect
7351.
In moving to the new spot the Laymon
organization will enjoy the convenience
and larger showrooms for the rapidly ex-
panding lines now arriving from various
manufacturers. "We believe our customers
will enjoy the added facilities our new
quarters will provide," declared Paul Lay-
mon. "We will still maintain the old spot
at 1503 West Pico and use these quarters
for our shipping and receiving department."
One-Man PR Team
mBBING, Minn.-This state's nominee
for the CM! Public Relations award of
1948: John M. Butorac, owner of Arrow-
head Amusement Co.
Due to untiring efforts on behalf of his
town's civic affairs, Butorac has won wide
recognition and a state award. President
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce dur-
ing the past year, he was also chairman of
the Youth Activities Program, which in-
cludes the Civic Air Patrol for boys and
girls, Youth Hostel Program, Future Farm-
ers of America, and the Teen-Age Canteen.
In the adult activities of his community,
he serves on the board of directors of three
fraternal organizations, is vice-president of
the local Rotary Club and Red Cross unit,
and has taken up the fight for more polio
ward equipment and veteran's housing.
Butorac has also donated phonographs
and records to schools, churches and hos-
pitals.
Robinson Expecting Big
Shipment of "Skill Thrills"
1947
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LOS ANGELES - C. A. Robinson has
been advised that a big shipment of Daval's
counter pistol game, Skill Thrill, is on the .
way to Los Angeles.
"This is an extremely popular and profit-
able game," Robinson states, "and we are
very happy to be able to make delivery to
the many operators who have been in OUT
place recently and seen the great possibili-
ties of this latest Daval product."
Robinson has left for a trip by car through
California and Nevada and is expected back
by the first of ApriL Before he left, Charlie
declared that in spite of talk about a busi-
ness recession his company did more busi-
ness in the month of February than in any
month during the past year.
Electromaton Appoints One
Executive, Two Distribs.
HOBOKEN, N. J.-The trend toward
roll-down games is strong, and high on the
list of money-makers is Electromaton's
Rol-A-Score. In expanding its nation-wide
coverage, the firm has appointed Barnett
R. Berkens, former executive secretary of
the Arcade Owners Association of America,
as sales manager, and added two new dis-
tributors: Rex Coin Machine Co. of Syra-
cuse, who will handle upstate New York,
and United Coin Machine Co. of Milwau-
kee, whose territory encompasses the state
of Wisconsin and upper Michigan.
Rol-A-Score features a custom-built cabi-
net made of birch and maple. ornamented
with chrome. which measures six feet long,
six high and two wide.
RataiackNow Y.P.
CmCAGO-Coin Machine Acceptance
Corp. announces the election of Edward R.
Ratajack as vice-president. He will be
headquartered at the main office in
Chicago.
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