Automatic Age

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AUTOMATIC AGE
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VOL. 13
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F E B R U A R Y , 1937
No. 7
Features in This Issue
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E stablished 1925
S O R T IN G C O IN S W I T H T H E E D IT O R
B y H u b e rt F . M e s s e ---------------------------12
H I G H L I G H T S O F T H E 1937 C O N V E N T IO N
B y A rth u r W . L u c h s ------ !---------------—'--- 13
T E S T IM O N IA L B A N Q U E T G IV E N R A Y M O L O N E Y ___ 27
C IN E M A T O G R A P H Y I N T H E S E R V IC E O F T H E
C O IN M A C H IN E I N D U S T R Y
B y H . P. M a c c o ______________________________________ 28
O. C. L I G H T N E R
President
I T ’S T IM E TO T A K E IN V E N T O R Y
B y Fred E . K u n k e l__________________________________ 30
Q U O T A - M A K IN G T IP S F O R C O IN M A C H IN E M E N
B y O . C. L ig h t n e r ----------------- —--------- 34
C O L L E C T IN G D E L IN Q U E N T A C C O U N T S F R O M
A C T IV E C U S T O M E R S
By Fred C h a n d le r ____________________________________37
H U B E R T F. M E S SE
M a n a g in g E d ito r
C O N S ID E R D E P R E C I A T I O N IN
E S T IM A T IN G P R O F IT S
B y A lfre d B lo o m _____________________________________ 39
O P E R A T IN G O P P O R T U N IT IE S I N F R A N C E
GREATER THAN EVER
B y Rene G o d in _______________________________________ 41
A RT H U R W . LUCHS
E d ito r
G O O D B O D Y ’S C O L U M N
B y J o h n G o o d b o d y __________________________________ 47
T H E S T O R Y B E H I N D T H E O ’T O O L E I N D I A N S
B y C harlie S n y d e r ____________________________________58
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L O O K IN G F O R W A R D T O ’37
B y C. R . K i r k ________________________________________ 99
JO H N G O O D B O D Y
M E T R O P O L IT A N O B S E R V E R
By W illia m S il v e r ____________________________________112
A LFR ED BLOOM
S O U T H E R N S U G A R __________________________________________114
M Y R E A C T IO N S T O T H E 1937 C O N V E N T IO N
B y Lee S. J o n e s ______________________________________ 127
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