Automatic Age

Way, 1934
the finished stage. The company suf­
fered a complete loss on both com­
pleted machines and those in produc­
tion.
Rock-Ola Injunction
Halts Chicago Firm
A decision rendered on A pril 27,
1934, in Superior Court of Cook Coun­
ty, Illinois, in favor of the Rock-Ola
Manufacturing Corporation specified
the following restraints upon Genco,
Incorporated, in Chicago, as con­
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fect its present form. Nothing in
this clause contained shall prohibit
the manufacture, sale and distribu­
tion of said machine without the ad­
vertising and publication hereby re­
strained.
Circulate Petitions
for Machines
Pueblo, Colo.— Petitions both pro
and con are now being circulated in
the city over the issue of whether
tained in clauses from the injunction
ruling:
From selling the machine called
‘Official Baseball” through the means
°f advertisement or written state­
ments heretofore published by them;
From selling, distributing or deliv­
ering any of said machines on orders
heretofore received by them, or re­
newals of si'ch orders, by reason of
such u nfair competition and such ad­
vertising and publication;
From advertising or publishing,
either directly or indirectly, in any
manner, the manufacture, sale or dis­
tribution of said machine as at pres­
ent constituted or with any changes
therein which do not substantially af-
© In t e r n a t io n a l A r c a d e M u s e u m
coin machines should be curtailed or
allowed to operate.
A n open letter was sent recent­
ly to Commissioner Stum pf asking
the commissioners to state their posi­
tion on the issue.
Petitions appeared asking the com­
missioners to retain the machines.
They were placed in many business
houses and several reasons are cited
for the retention of the machines,
principally because they increase the
revenue of the owners, who are pay­
ing a $25 yearly license.
Art Sauve says :
"T h e M agical player
appeal of ‘21* has p ro ­
duced record earnings
for m ost of o u r o per­
ators. W ith o u t q ue s­
tio n, '21’ is the most
pop u lar C o unter Gam e
in A m erica to d a y .”
M i c h i g a n O perators:
C ash in on the appeal
of a M o d e r n B l a c k
Ja c k
M achine,
b u ilt
to H ig h e s t Stan dard s
of m e ch an ic al re lia ­
b ility , s e r v i c e d an d
g ua ran te e d by us.
Im m e diate delivery
from stock.
A. P. SAUVE COMPANY
2998 Grand River Ave.______ Detroit, Michigan
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