Automatic Age

The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
A U T O M A T IC A C E
C overing A u to m atic M achines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
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AUGUST,
1 5
1938
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Features in This Issue
Page
E stablished 1925
S O R T IN G C O IN S W I T H T H E E D I T O R
By Carroll E. Vetterick ---------------------------11
R A N T IN G S A N D R A V IN G S
By 0. C. Lightner --------------------------------13
S H O P A N D R O U T E T O P IC S F O R O P E R A T O R S
A well-known “ trouble shooter” conducts
new departm ent of value to all operators.
By L. J. McCleary -------------------------------15
N O “ C A T C H P E N N Y ” B U S IN E S S
M echanical selling meets an im p o rtan t economic need
By J. W. Coan ---------------------------------- 17
O. C. L I G H T N E R
President
14,000 M IL E S — IN T H I R T Y D A Y S
M usic M erchants of n atio n welcome
“ W u rlitz e r T ranscontinental L im ite d ” ------------- 18
O D D F A C T S — U N U S U A L E V E N T S ______________________ 20
G A M B L IN G IS U N C O N T R O L L A B L E , L I K E H U N G E R
By Howard Vincent O’Brien ----------------------- 21
T E N Y E A R S A G O IN T H E C O IN M A C H IN E IN D U S T R Y _ 2 2
C A R R O L L E . V E T T E R IC K
SHOP AND SHOW ROOM
A news review of the new coin m achine products-- 26-27
E d ito r— Adv. D irector
W H A T IS T H E O T H E R F E L L O W D O IN G ?
By David S. Bond _______________________________________ 29
M A R T IN J. M R A Z
CA N T EEN GOES TO T OW N
A u to m atic vending uses autom otive
m ethods to b u ild n atio n al business.
By G. D. Crain, Jr ---------------------------- -- 33
Ass't. E d ito r
A U T O M A T IC M A IL B O X _____________________________________ 39
O N T H E R E C O R D ____________________________________________ 36
G O O D B O D Y ’S C O L U M N
By John Goodbody --------------------------------41
A D A Y W I T H A P L A C E M E N T M A N ______________________ 45
N E W PATENTS
By Ken C. Shyvers __________________________ ___________
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K E E P I N G U P W I T H T H E W O R L D ________________________73
Staff C ontributors:
S M A R T M E R C H A N D IS IN G I D E A S P A Y
C A SH D IV ID E N D S
By Herb Sime ___________________________________________ 75
GOODBODY
FROM
KEN SHYVERS
O V E R T H E S E A _____________________________________ 79
IN D U S T R Y L O S E S T E D S T O N E R ________ _________________ 81
F O R A M U S E M E N T O N L Y __________________________________ 91
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