Automatic Age

The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
A U T O M A T IC
A C E
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
A U G U ST 1937
V ol. 14
N o. 1
Features in This Issue
Page
Established 1925
S O R T IN G
C O IN S
W IT H
THE
E D IT O R
B y H ubert F . M esse ...............................................
STOP T U R N IN G
THE
OTHER
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CHEEK!
B y A rth u r IV. Luchs .............................................
THE
C O IN
M A C H IN E
OPERATOR
AS
A
SALESM AN
B y H erb Jones ....................... ...................................
V O IC E
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
OF
THE
IN T E R E S T IN G
EUROPEAN
OPERATOR
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O B S E R V A T IO N S ON T H E
C O IN M A C H IN E
IN D U S T R Y
B y J. O. Bates ............................................................
THE
E S S E N T IA L S
FOR
AM USEM ENT
SALES
11
OF
SUCCESSFUL
ONLY
O P E R A T IO N
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,
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P O IN T E R S
F O R G E T T IN G N E W
L O C A T I O N S .....................................................25
G O O D B O D Y ’S C O L U M N
Managing Editor
B y John Goodbody ..................................................
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H U B E R T F. M E SSE
A S S O C IA T IO N S
NEED
C O O P E R A T IO N TO S U R V IV E
S E R V IC IN G
OF
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LARGE ROUTES
VENDERS
FUTURE
OR S C A L E S
OUTLOOK
FO R V E N D IN G
M A C H I N E S IS V E R Y
FAVORABLE
HOLD
M U S IC
ON
29
TO
YOUR
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P R O F IT S !
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M A D E — N O T B O R N ........................................
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A S S O C I A T I O N N E W S .................................................................................
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T IM E L Y T U N E S — N O T E S OF IN T E R E S T
A R T H U R W . LU C H S
Editor
TO P H O N O G R A P H
SALESM AN ARE
NEW
OPERATORS
PATENTS
B y K en C. S h yvers .................................................. 127
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