Automatic Age

A U T O M A T IC A G E
June, 193U
Slugs Bring Headaches
in Waterbury
W aterbury, Conn., May 8.— Cheat­
ing tactics are getting to be a head­
ache for the proprietors who run coin
operated machines here after having
successfully stalled off police, news­
paper, ministerial and otherwise in­
vestigation. Now there is a firm in
Brooklyn that makes blank slugs, a
number of which have been imported
at 10 cents a hundred whether they
are for the quarter or nickel variety
and the machine purveyors are los­
ing money.
The machine operator loses noth­
ing for the proprietors must make up
the loss out of their own pocket. They
cannot appeal to the police since the
— well they can’t. They may bar the
person who plays the blank slug and
thereby lose his trade. In short they
are mourning for the return of the
old morality where a player fed a
“clipped” machine and took his loss.
“ Unsportsmanlike” the proprietors
term the practice. I f the so-called
jackpot is struck, the proprietors lose
more and more. Otherwise they have
to make up the nickel to the collector
for every blank slug. That cuts down
the percentage.
Perhaps the hardest blow is the
fact that a local concern makes the
slugs from zinc strips.
They are
not in the business of thw arting the
machines of course, but manufacture
them as tokens for the companies or
concerns ordering them.
No Wonder They
Were Removed
Camden, Ark.— Coin-operated m a­
chines in Camden were licensed at
$7.50 per month by the city council
recently despite a vigorous protest
made by Mayor G. R. Haynie. A mo­
tion to repeal the occupation tax
which taxes slot, m arlle and musical
machines $1 a month and raise the
rate to $7.50 was adopted with one
dissenting vote.
Owners of the machines were re­
moving them from downtown stores,
it was reported, following the new
schedule of taxes.
A regular application form will be
used and applications must be ap­
proved by the firm.
“ B ig” Ben
Josefsburg says that operators want
such a club to keep them informed on
the premium market.
revenue fund the sum o* $1,000,000
in one year, or h a lf the entire amount
the state government will be asked
to provide for the Muskingum valley
project.
SALESMEN
JOBBERS
WANTED
May Tax Venders
for Flood Control
Columbus, O.— Sponsors of the gi­
gantic Muskingum watershed con­
servancy project recently laid plans
for providing the $2,000,000 the gen­
eral assembly soon will be asked to
appropriate as the state’s share of
the $35,000,000 flood prevention en­
terprise.
A nticipating that the first question
that will be asked when the appro­
priation bill is introduced under au­
thority of a special message from the
governor w ithin a few days will be:
“ Where will we get the money?” Con­
servancy exponents believe they have
the answer.
In all probability, a bill will be in­
troduced in either the house or sen­
ate providing for an annual tax of
$5 on all vending machines operated
in the state.
Such tax, conservancy proponents
aver, would bring into the general
Club for Premium
Users
Atlantic & Pacific Merchandise
Company, premium firm catering to
operators as well as carnival, conces­
sion and sportland men, is forming
a premium discount club. The bene­
fits to operators will be the immedi­
ate shipment of samples of all the
new merchandise the moment they ap­
pear on the market, open account. A
special discount, which conforms with
the N R A code, has also been ar­
ranged for members.
105
FOUR KINDS
of NUTS
Selection Sells
SELECTIVE
M A C H IN E C O M PA N Y
3043 Carnegie St.
CLEVELAND
- - OHIO
USED M A C H IN E B A R G A IN S !
E v e ry m a c h in e lis te d has been c a r e fu lly re c o n d i­
tio n e d . Y o u w ill be m o re th a n pleased. A R o b b in s ’
G u a ra n te e Mean.s S a tis fa c tio n . O rd e r N O W !
P IN G A M E S
The following machines are complete
w ith wooden legs:
J ig s a w ...................... $12.00
A ir w a y .................... $12.00
P e n n a n t .................. 12.50
S ilv e r C up .............. 12.00
42nd S tre e t ............ 12.50
N ew C e n tu ry
P o n tia c .................... 15.00
Special . .» .......... 9.00
M ills O ffic ia l .......... 5.00
M E R C H A N D IS E V E N D O R S
S e n io r F iv e S ta r F in a l (44 Inches
Ion a) ................................................ $10.00
E ach
10 M a s te r 1c A lu m in u m P e a n u t
S e n io r J ig g e rs (44 Inches lo n g ) .. 9.00
V e n d o rs . (A ls o ve n d s c a n d y
S e n io r G old C oast (44 inche s lo n g ) 8.00
and to y s , p is ta c h io s ) .............. $ 3.00
Peo H I- B a ll ........................................ 6-00
5 B lu e B ird 1c B a ll G um V e n d o rs 2.00
The following P in Gamea include
10
M a s te r 1c B a ll G um V e n d o rs 2.50
metal floor stands:
30 C o lu m b u s 5c P e a n u t V e n d o rs 3.75
B ro a d c a s t, J u n io r ( A u t o m a t i c
5 Scoops 1c T o y and C a n d y
6.00
S c o rin g ) ........................ • ■ • • • -------
V e n d o rs ..........................................
8.50
N e w C e n tu ry (A u to m a tic S co r-
6.00
COUNTER GAMES
S k y 9 ^ R ide, C lo v e rle a f, 5 S ta r
E ach
F in a l, J ig g e rs , M a t-C h a -S k o r,
10 C hicag o C lub H ouse s .............. $ 7.50
G o o fy, A ja x , S kid o o , Oh Y e a h ,______
5 R o c k -O la O ffic ia l S w eepstakes 7.50
5 B a lly S k ip p e rs ............................... 3.50
F la sh , R a in b o .................. E ach $ 3.50
T E R M S : 1/3 w it h O rd e r, B a la n ce C .O .D .
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