Automatic World

Issue: 1933-February

Bill Writes
to Tom
By Bill Gersh
Convention- 1933
H re's Wm . Bl att of th
upreme
Vendin g O rga nization all et for the
how. All hi bra nch ma na ger will
b pre ent with him. From Brooklyn ,
ewark. Atlanta, Albany, Boston,
Phil ad Iphia, Pitt burgh, and the
Bronx they will come to the how by
plane, car or tra in and b pre ent at
the booth which the fi rm i takin g to
how the expansion of the "world'
large t di tributor of coin opera ted
machine. " This convention should
be a proud vent fo r Mr. Wm . Blatt
for h certainly has grown a nd grown
a nd grown ince last om of the men
in this industry ha e m t him .
John Fitzgibbon and Herma n
Budin will al 0 be there to kw the
convention how peanut
hould be
roast d and how ca ndy should b made
to tay put in a ll machin e. The
Budin'
pecialties, Inc. ga ng sure
know how to keep the operator and hi
machine making money and the e two
old tim r will hay 1'1 nty to s y ancl
more to do at the show. Wha t' mor
Tom, they hope to meet you there for
they want to send you some of their
roasted peanuts, which is peanuts.
Claire Grant of the Roxy ending
Co. here, a most beautiful girl, Tom,
will a l 0 be waiting to meet you at the
show.
he wants to become furth er
and better acquainted with all the man-
ufacturers and their machines. Thi
young lady has shown orne real sales
power right on the Hardened Artery,
good old Broadway. We predict that
he will be one of our l ading di trib-
uto rs.
And then don't for get your old pal,
Dave Robbin, he'll once agai n be
there in all hi glory. As h come
in just as k him how his Empire Mer-
chandi e
endors have been selling
a nd you can rest a ur d the tota l fi g-
ure will stagge r you. Dave is goin g
to show a ll operator how to ke p their
good am usement machin locations by
supplementing their routes with mer-
cha ndi e quipment. And don 't for -
get, he has just open d two new
bra nche, one in Bo ton a nd the other
in Ph illy.
Irving Bromberg i ure to be there
and he has support d thi
gr a t
medi um 100 per c nt du ri ng 1932.
We hope tha t he k p it up during
1933 just as w 11. Th r fore you
want to r memb r tha t Irving is one
of the leadin g ell rs of pin ga mes in
the country . You'll probably find hi m
herman wi th
som wher aro und th
Leo Burman of the Bingo ov Ity o.
Harry Gree nbaum of Amusement
Coin Machines Co. in Brooklyn will
al 0 b th r a nd we'r ure that yo u'll
want to have a chat with thi s boy who
in seven hort month has gro wn to
be one of the leadin g distributor 10
the city of Brooklyn .
nd d o
h
dl machines? And how.
Then of cour
you should be in-
tere t d in meeting a n old tim r like
Chari y Richmond of oin O perat d
Machines o. from dark Harlem who
r mem bers machine s way back when.
Charley will a l 0 b there with hi
wavy 10 k a nd a l 0 hi big black ci-
gar and will want to ta lk things over
and over.
And Na t Cohn?
ure he'll be
there. Just call his na me and some-
one will di g him up. Don't for get,
Tom, he has ea rned hims If the mon-
icker of ew York's leading distribu-
tor in this past year a nd be sure to
greet him with a smil e as big as his
own.
Bill R abkin? When ca n yo u recall
the time that Bill wasn't pr sent at all
the leading fun ctions in thi s industry?
He a nd his entire Internation al Muto-
scope R eel Co., Inc., will pos ibly cop
the cup fo r the fin est booth a t the
show. He has just d one tha t little
. P . co nve n-
thing over a t th
0 just get in
tion in New York.
there a nd help us pu h across a n Ea t-
ern ma n to wi n the cup th is y ar.
have put out that P a nam a Digger suc-
ce s.
Barney B. R oche tie a nd ~ m.
Parnes wi ll both b there a nd th y'r
from Royal ca le 0., J r ey ity,
J. Thi tim th y'll hav their grea t
sca le to show a nd al 0 th a t chrome
a nd blac k ena mel job th at yo u will
want to buy your elf as well a the
Bouncing Ball. Boy, oh, boy, don't
mi s th is booth . These boy have a
cha nce to wi n someth ing or other.
And don't for get tha t barr I of T xas
sna ke oil for Barney.
And our ou th ern unnel.
arl
a tio na l Coi n Mac hin e
Mant II, of
orp. of Baltimoah, will a lso b th re o
You know am. But we sugg st tha t
when am g t there we brin g him one
of tho e baby blond
th y rai
in
the T xas count ry. H know blondes
... a nd brun ttes . . . a nd titian a nd
\ ha t have you .
Of cour e Meyer Wolf wi ll b there
too. All th way from Philly o n th
ca n
b t trai n th Penn ylvania lin
provide.
Here's a tip to a ll of you. B rnie
alzberg of the upreme end ing O.
of P a. , will b on his honeymoon with
his beeootiful wife, Henry . B sure
a nd loo k him up, Tom. He'll need
plenty of suppor t by tha t time.
You ca n expect to al 0 ee aro n
Goldsmith of O rio le Coin Machine
orp. of Baltimore there a nd po sibly
E. . Ros with him . They'll have
their Bu y Ball to show the world a nd
o th at ough t to be in tere ting to see.
I. H. Roth t in of Banner pecia lty
0., Ph iladel phia , should b there also.
He ha n't as yet defin itely decided but
perhaps the bug will bite him just in
tim e. Anyway we'll be on the look-
ou t for him wh n we get there. Roth-
st in ca n give yo u some well sugg -
tions for he has had many year of x-
p ri nc in th indu try.
Max D. Levi n a nd Fred Hai lparn
of cientific Machi ne orp., are be-
ginning to wav r. Whether th y will
be there or v n if th y' re not, should
their new machi ne keep them from
comin g we ca n't forget tha t these boys
Ei ther Frank Hart or AI Loudon of
Ea tern Machine Exchan g in
cw-
ark, . J., will a lso be pre ent. You
ca n count on thes two boy car fully
looki ng over very machi n in th
place fo r they're both mt: ch int res t d
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in th e indu try a nd some d ay may have
a machine o f th eir ow n for us.
Archie Kass a nd all his champio ns
he 's bee n ta lkin g abou t should also
be th ere . Archi want's to go by
plane, sin e he's a pi lot himself. You
kn ow how it i .
upport th a t which
support s yo u a nd a ll th a t. But you'll
lik Archie a nd what's more he's just
e nt ered into th e chai n ga ng him elf.
Ma trimony, we mean .
Mr. PerioH o f ilve r tar Mfg. o.
may also be th ere and if h is you
want to kn ow th a t th e e ge ntl emen
ca n certai nl y build machin es. His 8
a nd 6 ha s won plenty of accla im
thro ugho ut th e indu stry.
F rom Albany we'll hav He nry el-
d n who' coming in all his glory a nd
be sure th at you a k Henry whether
he' a t a ll intere ted in upreme . Oh,
my, and my, a nd my .
Looks like th ere 'll be a gay tim e,
Tom, so d o n't forget to be th ere right
on th e minute for lot of th e Ea stern
folk want to meet with you a nd dis-
c us all and a ll th en so m . Ther
will b ple nty o f th e op rators from
this section th ere al 0 a nd we und er-
sta nd th a t both the Amal ga mated Op-
e rators As ocia ti on a nd th e Greater
ew York
e ndin g Machine A soc i-
a ti o n are endi ng d lega te to disc us
thisa and th a ta .
The
. J . A. will have th eir own
boo th and 0 you can corn r th em
with a T exas ix ho o ter, one o f th ose
old tim e ho rse pi stols , a nd get very-
thin g th y have in good old Texas
fa hio n.
ome of th em need it, Tom .
WORLD
February, 1933
th eir plan for a distributor organIza-
They have also carefully
tion .
watched each of th eir members so th a t
all rules were maintained and that each
customer rec ived his du . They have
helped t he operators' associa tion to
form and have carried throu gh with
th em as a single unit when the dark
lo uds threa t ned.
Today, there is no stron ger group
of distribut or in body and unit than
the Automatic Jobbers Association .
We complime nt the . J . A. on their
fin organization and the grea t work
th ey have done durin g this past year.
We wish them continued success for
many, many years to come. And fur -
th r assure them the co-operation of
this medium at all times.

a n Francisco, CaJ.- A woman was
arre ted in an Francisco for slugging
a n ice vending machine. A 25c slot
was lugged with a olid token, secur-
in g the ice but breaking the machin e.
Th woman was arrested.
Universal's New Sensation
SHAMROCK!
R e-de igned to
atch the
play r' eye with gleaming
gli tening metal and beauti-
ful n \V color, HAMROCK
takes on new ignificance
t he fir t a skillf ully plann ed
mod ] n pin game which won
insta n t uce
on every lo-
cati on , HAMRO K
now in i vivid n w
dre 's is winning
f]'ont ra nk promin-
en e in thi
a on's line-
up of game.

THE A. J. A. OF NEW YORK
F or some tim e it ha s been the pleas-
ure of this repor ter to view th e grow th
of many orga ni zatio ns and also th e
dismal fail ur es o f other. [t was th ere-
fore with a ll th e kn ow led ge of pa st
performa nces th a t we viewed th e a -
sembly of th e Automatic J obbers As-
ociation of
ew York when it was
fi rs t form ed .
Ther wa s mu ch to be co nsidered by
th e origina tors. There had been oth er
orga nizations o f lik e character which
had fail ed in th eir fi r t a tt empt a t or-
ga niza tion .
II th ose old bitter ex-
periences were now Ie so ns o f business
procedure a nd th erefore co uld be care-
fully avoided.
They have upport ed a nd com bined
wi th th e bes t minds in th industry
You owe it
to yourself
to try out
immediate-
ly thi ur:!
ource
of
ope(t'ating
profit.. Or-
der you l'
sample TO-
DAY.
Booth 37 at the oin Machi ne how will have thi fine game on di play.
Be sure to see it. We al 0 extend a cordia l invitation to all how vi -
itors to come out and e our modem factory and di play rooms. Phone
u at Haymal ket 0230 or 0231, and we'IJ s nd a cal' for you.

Universal Novelty and Manufacturing Co.
12 13 W es t W ashi n gto n B o u levard
C h icago, Ill.

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