Western Coin News

Issue: 1947 January

Herman Pollack, son-in-law of
Mr. Pollard and in charge of sales
at t h e M. A. Pollard Company, 725
Larkin Street, San Francisco, ex-
clusive distributors for Evans Line
and Compos, Inc., two lines of
which they are very proud, says
that sales have been very good and
that they are looking forward to a
large increase in busine·s s t his sea-
son. The Pollard • Company has
available a service whereby they
can serve all operators with any
type of coils and transformers or
electrical equipment made to their
specifications.
Photo by Fran cis L ester
Miss Gloria Speers is connected
with t he Record Store of t he Nobro
Novelty Co., 369 E llis St., San
Francisco and would be more t han
happy t o help the operators in se-
lecting their records. She has many
records the operators can obtain
for requests of special locations.
The Noto Brothers would like to
have their old friends stop in and
see them as they have big plans
for distribution in the future.
Bob Williams, San Francisco op-
erator, has fifteen new Rockola
phonographs equipped with the
Wayne equalizer and has them all
converted to 10c, 3 for 25c play.
He reports he has increased his
take over the 5c play considerably
and is very well pleased with the
way the Wayne equalizer works.
Los Angeles News item picked
up in San Francisco : Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth A. Mumm announced the
arrival of Karen Ann Mumm. Ken-
neth is the owner of the Radio-
Matic in Los Angeles.
Willard Wayne, who is now in
charge of manufacturing the
Wayne volume control equalizer,
was originally regional superin-
tendent for the Signal Corps Radio
and Radar Training school. He has
been connected with radio 'for the
past twenty-four years. Mr. Wayne
built the first universal amplifier
to be used in coin machines. He
also des;gns and builds all types of
amplifier and remote control equip-
ment for sound distribution. He
had charge of the radio and sound
detection for the General Engi-
neering and Dry Dock Co.
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Highest Quality
Less than case lots - per thousand
65c
I to 4 Cases (30,000 per case) per thousand
60c
5 or More Cases (30,000 per case) per thousand 55c
EXCLUSIVE FACTORY DISTRIBUTOR FOR
ROCK-OLA
Geo. Bennett
THE PH ONOGRAPH OF TOMORROW
IN
NOR THERN CALIFORNIA AND NEV ADA
GEO. R. MURDOCK & ASSOCIATES~ INC.
1797 UNION STREET
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SAN FRANCISCO 23, CALIF.
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ter until 1944, at which time he
returned to the Pacific Coast and
re-entered business for himself. Mr.
Cesana is very happy to have been
selected by Mr. Walker as a Dis-
tributor for Aireon in San Fran-
cisco, feeling that Aireon is the
finest phonograph manufactured
today and that it will prove the
phonograph of tomorrow. All of his
friends in and around the Bay area
wish lots of success to Bruno and
they're sure he will do a fine job.
Bruno Cesana has been identified
with music circles for twenty-five
years as a music arranger for a
number of name bands and also an
orchestra leader in his own right.
He is well known along Broadway
and on the Pacific Coast. Bruno
went "into the securities business
and had ten years' experience in ·
the general finance business. He
was also with Aircraft Accessories
Company in 1940, which is now the
Air~on Manufacturing Corporation
and he was employed by R. C. Wal-
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Pollard en-
tertained their employes and their
wives at a Christmas Eve dinner
at 886 Broadway, San Francisco.
Those who attended were Carol
and John Nielsen, June and Al
Citrino, Earl and Eileen Denison,
Herman and Shirley Pollack, Mar-
lin and Polly Hames, and Roy Che-
lander.
Fred Newman, prewar distrib-
utor in San Francisco for Rockola,
is now out of service and in charge
of sales at the Geo. R. Murdock
and Associates, exclusive distrib-
utor for Rockola. Fred would like
to have all his old friends drop in
to see him.
Clayton Ballard, Aireon's North-
ern District Manager, is spending
a considerable amount of time in
San Francisco with Music Distrib-
utors and the E. T. Mape Music
Company. Clayton says, "Aireon
Super Deluxe phonographs have
certainly proved their location ap-
peal and higher income ability, so
watch Aireon in 1947 !"
Lew Walcher, San Francisco, of
the Advanced Automatic Sales,
1350 Howard St., has just returned
from a trip to Los Angeles.
From Your Aireo:n Distributors
MUSIC DISTRIBUTORS
2424 POLK ST.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
INTERSTATE NOVEL TY CO.
W. 16 SPRAGUE
SPOKANE, WASH.
PETE WEYH
437 4TH STREET
HAVRE, MONT ANA
W. R. OLNEY SALES CO.
211 W. BROADWAY
MISSOULA, MONT.
E. T. MAPE MUSIC CO.
284 TURK STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
\V ester,i Distributors
1226 S.W. 16TH STREET
PORTLAND, OREGON
3126 ELLIOTT AVENUE
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
11'11,a,nks for Your Tioyal Support and We Assrire JT ou oi Continued Cooperation
For A Real Aireon Yea,· in 1947
CLAYTON L. BALLARD
AIREON NORTHERN DISTRICT MANAGER
January 1, 1947
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