Automatic World

Issue: 1932-October

AMERICA'S
GO
GONNA
,
G 0 0 FY •
Here it is! The greatest game of them all
-GOOFY!
It's different-revolutionary!
It's packed with surprises and suspense. With
all the color, flash, and speed of a skyrocket,
GOOFY attracts the crowds and holds them
glued to the spot. It is breaking records right
now-reviving dead locations and pulling
in profits by the peck.
GOOFY is a Bally game-plus! Fin~
control plunger . . . cheat~proof
coin slide . . . pick~proof cash~door lock
sturdy and handsome walnut Jinish
cabinet work-all the famous
Bally~built features are included
in GOOFY. And the playing
field is more brilliantly colorful
than that of any game ever
placed on the market. You can't
begin to appreciate the mighty
money ~ making power 0 f
GOOFY till you've played it
yourself and experienced the
thrills that are delivered with
every shot. Then you'll see why
the wires are humming with or~
ders for GOOFY.
ger~tip
Ic
or 5c
Play
Sample Machine
Lots of 5,
Each .. . ... $18.25
Lots of 10 or
more, Each . . $17.25
DeLuxe Wood
Stands, ea ... $ 3.00
Metal Stands,
Each .... . .. $ 2.00
Prices Include
FEDERAL TAX
Get in touch with your job~
ber at once. He can give you
prompt delivery now. But don't
delay. Although the Bally fac~
tory is working to capacity, orders are piling
up fast. Don't take a chance at delays and
disappointments. America's going goofy over
GOOFY! So get in touch with us-right
now!
Automatic Amusement Co.
Southern Distributors for Bally Mfg. Co.
683 Linden Ave.
Memphis, Tenn.
Forty
.A U TOM A TIC
Prominent Southern
Distributors
The Automatic Amusement Com-
pany of 683-5 Linden avenue, Mem-
phis, Ten n., have launched i nto the
spotlight of leadership as distribu-
tors and jobbers of the great and
massive Southern territory.
This
firm is h eaded by reliable and ex-
perienced coin machine men capable
of assisting the operator in making
more money.
This firm is the Southern di strib-
utor for the Goofy and Steeplechase
W_O R L D
October, 1932
machines as well as other coin oper-
at ed amusement machines. They a re
prepared to make immediate deliv-
eries from large stocks carried on
hands at all 't imes. For real quick
service in the Sou tl~(' r n t erritory the
Automatic Amusem en t Co. is har d
to beat . All of thel!' machines are
sold on money-back guarantee priv-
ileges which enables operator s to
buy in safety.
See their display ads in this issue
and if your name iSi not on their list,
get in touch with them at onc'e. For
promptness and recognition m ention
AUTOMATI C WORLD.
I.
Look What You Get for
AutoDlatic World
for 15 Months
New Advertising Man-
ager for Bally
" I have been a newspaperman,
writer of fiction a nd special articles,
tradepaper €ditor and an advertising
writer and publicity man for a wide
variety of products, but I am hav-
ign more f un writing advertising
copy for the Bally Mfg. Co. than
a ny job I ever tackled-especially
on t he wonderful game of Goofy,"
said Herb B. Jones, Bally's new ad-
vertising man ager.
Mr. Jones comes to the, Bally Mfg.
Co. with his sleev.e s rolled u p and is
digging in, telling real facts about
the Bally games. When a man has
real products to write advertising
copy on, it's fun. Every advertising
manager likes to write about . a
worthy product a nd this feature is
certainly in evidence for Mr. J ones
with Bally.
REMEMBER, AUTOMATI C WORLD IS THE SECOND OLDEST
I NDEPENDENT COI N MACHINE JOURNAL I N AMERICA. WE
KNOW THE F IE LD, THE OPERATORS NEEDS AND WE KNOW
CO IN MACHINE OPERATION. WE ARE NO "FIRST OF MAY"
P RODUCTS. SUBSCRIBE NOW AND READ THE PAPER THAT
IS RE ALLY CAPABLE OF GI VING YOU REAL AND PRACTICAL
FACTS REGARDING THE OPERATING OF MACHINES THAT
ARE CO IN OPERATED.
USE THE COUPON BELOW. SEND CHECK, DOLLAR BILL OR
STAMPS . . THIS OFF ER IS LIMITED-SEND TODAY.
AUTOMATIC WOR LD,
120 St . Louisl A ve.,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Send AUTOMATIC WORLD to me for 15 months.
I enclose $1.00.
WE LOVE TO SERVE
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Operator (
J obbe r (
) Manufa ct'u rer (
Sheffler Bros., manufacturers of
coin operated machines and them-
selves perhaps the largest operators
on the Pacific Coast, have purchased
a new business home at 1823 South
Hope avenue, Los Angeles, and are
moving a ll of their activities into it.
The new home is a three-story
building with 8,000 square feet of
f loor space and gives the firm prac-
tically three times the area before
in use.
The general offices are on the
second floor as are also the experi-
mental engineering department and
the sales display room. The first
f loor when all arranged, will be u sed
for the heavier manufactur ing ma-
chinery.
The vending machine department
formerly at 215 West Fifteenth
street, and the coin-operated depart-
ment, formerly at 726 East Washing-
ton street, have been moved into
the new business home, thus consoli-
dating the business under on e roof.
As operators t his firm is repre-
sented on six continents and has
abo ut 15,000 machines on l ocations .

Yes, Sir ! Fifteen big issues including' the big special Chr istmas
and Coin Machine Exhibition n umbers. Good features, plenty of
news of the coin machine industry and a ll the latest messages on
the new machines. During the next f€w months many new ma-
chines and products will be offered to operators. Read about them
in AUTOMATIC WORLD .
Name
Sheffler Bros. Buy New
Business Home in Los
Angeles
)
'I
This little short message reach€d
us last week. It shows that we are,
serving and doing our part in the
coin machine industry: "Located
Busto machine through courtesy
your paper."
That's fine, always
glad to help. That's us.

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