Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

TEN YEARS IN BUSINESS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TOM CATANA
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Chamber of Commerce
of the United States
VERNON L.
MOORE
FRED C.
REILLY
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"CURLEY"
ROBINSON
ASSOCIATED OPERATORS OF
LOS ANGELES COUNTY. INC.
Los Angeles 6, Calif.
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LOS ANGELES .\
84
fOR
MARCH
"47
new contacts, some acqUIred hangovers-
hut all acquired colds.
At Badger Sales conside rabl e interest con-
tinues to be shown in the Rock-Ola phono-
grap h and Keeney's Bonus Super Bell which
are being sold for immediate delivery.
Among recent visitors to th e Badger Sales
offices were: L. R. Chase, Boulder City;
E. G. Lewis, Klamath Falls; Vern Raw, Sea-
side; Charles Escoto, Flagstaff; Walter
Murra, Downey; Fred Allen, Bakersfield;
John Nelsen, Inglewood; Norman Glover,
Bell; G. F. Cooper, Riversi de; Frank Lamb,
Inglewood; George Koch, Lake Arrowhead;
Ted Brown, Bakersfield; C. Hathaway, San
Luis Obispo; J. B. Mathews, Hawthorne;
Chris Torrez, Westmoreland; .T. M. Holmes,
Glendale; Jack Arnold, Barstow; E. E.
Peterson, San Diego; and Tommy Fikes,
Tulare.
Two recent visitors to the Los Angeie~
offices of THE REVIEW were E. G. Lewis,
well-known Klamath Falls music operator,
and Leon "Hi-Ho" Silver of San Francisco.
Silver reports that he has incorporated hi
business for $75,000 and that business is
better than it has been in a long time. Only
un-optimistic thing he had to say was that
his ancient White truck was smashed on a
fog-shrouded bridge in the Bay City.
A number of local coinmen while at th e
Chicago show remained over to co nduct
business in the East. Amon~ these were
Ken Brown of Coin rna tic Distributors, who
has been traveling throughout several East-
ern states. Nels Nelson went on from Chi-
cago to Detroit, where he visited old friends.
If the latch was out for Nels in Detroit, it
was also out for him in Los Angeles. On his
return, he found a key with his name en-
graved thereon from Barclay Kitchen, ex-
c1usiv'e Hollywood night club, which mem-
bers are required to show for admission.
',,\J.ocal.c.oinmen are . mnkinglru-w.a'rd ,to see-
ing James A. Gilmore, secretary of CMI,
who is scheduled to vis it Los Angeles in the
near future.
Another show attendee who has traveled
to far parts is A. V. Ship man, Shi pman Mfg . .
Co., who picked up a new car in Detroit, va-
eationed in Florida and took in the festiv-
ities of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. J ack
Olsen advises that the firm will soon begin"
construction of a new building adjoining
the present building. New buildin g will be
the same size as the present structure, 70
feet wide, 140 feet deep. The firm is finish-
ing up prodnetion on its last 8,000 's tamp
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Coin Machine
Industries, Inc.
Full information regarding the Coin Machine Industry
gladly furnished gratis.
(Continued from P"ge _8~L ~_
few months ago. While business is far fro'm
"brisk," there are indications that general
conditions in music merchandising and au- "
lomatic vending are on the upgrade.
Much uncertainty and confusion has been
created among jobbers, distributors and, op-
erators of pin games by the recently passed
ordinance banning such games in Los' Ange-
les County, as reported elsewhere in this
issue of THE REVIEW. One of the few gOIl~
results of this unfortunate situa tion~ias
been an upsurge of interest in roll games which are legal and which seem to
be logical replacements of pin games until
such time as the county ordinance can be
amended or re-interpreted.
While Los Angeles County itself has been
~omewhat in a turmoil, conditions in outly-
ing territories are slowJy improving.
George Ehrgott of the local Mills Sales
Office states that orders are com in g in from
operators in Southern California, Arizona
and Nevada in good volum e. Mills expects
four samples of the new Mills p~onograph
shortly and hopes to be able to show these
to West Coast operators around the first of
March. Meanwhile considerable interest is
being shown in the new Mills Dollar Bell
and International Mutoscope's Photo-Matic,
on display at all Mills offices. Ehrgott says
that the Mills show at the Hotel Continen tal
in Chicago was nothing short of "terrific"
and that operators from all over the country
came to see the Mills Constellation. The
company also had a lot of success with its
showing of the new Jewel Bell and Three
Bell at the Morrison Hotel. Warren C .. Tay-
lor was on hand to give a warm welcome to
operators de pite the fact that he was suf-
fering great pain from three ribs he had .
hroken in a fall in- akland.
. W. E. Simmons reuu-.ned 'f~ofu . the show
with the kind of new's everyone lihs to
hear. He reports that 14 CliTloads of the
Packard Pla-Mor Model 7 were sold in the
Western territory, in addition to a large
number of Packard boxes.
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Simmons, Jack Gutshall and Niek Carter
came back together from Chi"ago and man-
aged to give each other heavy,coids.
In passing, it might be said that perhaps
one of the most prevalent acquisitions at the
show was a good, solid head cold. Of the
many coinmen who crept out of the warmth
of California into the icy wind of Chicago,
some acquired new lines, some acquired
California State
Chamber of Commerce
Am. Trade Ass'n Execs.
Public Relation Bureau
"Proud of Past Accomplishments . ..
Eager for the New Ones"
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ASST .. MANAGING
DIRECTOR
West Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce
2848 West Pico Boulevard
MAN AGING DIRECTOR
COIN
MACHINE
MEMBER
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vendlJlg machlJles and already IS III produc·
tion with its new Spin-it almond vending
machine. Meanwhile, stamp vending ma-
chines have been installed in 277 of the 600
United-Rexall drug stores, with which Ship-
man recently signed a contract.
Al Weymouth is expected to arrive back
in Los Angeles from Australia shortly after
the 1st of March.
Min thorne Music Co. has purchased three
new Hudson coupes for use in the booming
Seeburg business.
"Barney" Beyer of Automatic Machines,
and his wife, the Tormer Adele Craig, are
spending much of their time in Oakland,
where Beyer is exercising close supervision
over production of his new coin-operated
radio. Beyer states that the machine incor-
porates every feature that operators have
proved are necessary, and that it is the most
modern and efficient on the market.
C. A. Robinson has tentative plans for
enlarging his quarters and taking on new
lines. Robinson, who carries tbe larg~t sup-
ply of sales boards in town, wants to remind
operators again that salesboards are the hest
method to hoost profits at any location. "We
have a 'wide selecti on of the best profit-
makers obtainable anywhere," he says, "a nd
operators who aren't handling these boards
really aren't giving themselves a chance to
get the maximum profits from their loea-
tions."
Among the leading advocates of a changc
.in the date of the show is Nick Carter. The
sub-zero Chicago weather bedded him with
bronchitis and forced him to take two
weeks of sick leave after returning home.
Frank Navarro is looking forward to II
local showing of the new Aireon Fiesta pho-
nograph schedu led for the latter part of
March. Navarro states that operator recep-
tion of the Aireon DeLuxe continues at top
level .and l.h.at, th!!,lleW .IlUIchine-wiU .. -not ",-e-
place but supplement the DeLuxe.
Rock-Ola Distributor Added
LOS ANGELES - Coinmatic Distribu-
tors has been appointed direct factory rep-
resentative for Rock-Ola phonographs and
accessories in Southern California, Arizona,
and Southern Nevada. The appointment is
in line with Rock-Ola's policy of having two
distributors for each major territory, in the
interests of wider distribution and better
service.
Badger Sales will continue to hand le the
"arn e line in the same territory.