Automatic Age

The World’s First (Join Machine Magazine
AUTOMATIC ACE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 14
No. 7
F E B R U A R Y 1938
Features in This Issue
Established 1925
Pag e
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
H U B E R T F. M E S S E
M anaging Editor
A RT H U R W . LUCHS
Editor
S O R T IN G CO IN S W IT H T H E E D IT O R
By Hubert F . Messe ....................... .......................12
R E V IE W IN G T H E 1938 C O IN M A C H IN E S H O W
By A rthur W. Luchs ................. — ........— ........... 13
DO NOT O F F E N D P U B L IC D E C E N C Y —
DO A W A Y W IT H SM U T T Y R E C O R D S
By David C . Rockola .............. ... ............ ............. 18
U P A N D D O W N T H E A IS L E S
Review of the New Machines, People and Products
at the 1938 Coin Machine Show........................................... 19
C O IN S A N D SLUGS .....................................................................21
A U T O M A T IC M E R C H A N D IS IN G
By Gifford D. M ullins ............... — ....... — ............23
F O R A M U S E M E N T O N L Y .........................................................25
N E W P A T EN T S
By Ken C. Shyvers ................... ...........................27
MR. O P E R A T O R ! DO Y O U
K N O W W H A T IT IS A L L A B O U T ?.........................................28
W H Y NOT A D D S C A LE S TO
Y O U R GA M E O P E R A T IO N ? .....................................................34
T H E R E A R E T R IC K S TO A L L
T R A D E S — O P E R A T IN G IS F U L L OF T H EM ...................... 39
CO IN M A C H IN E S A N D P R O G R E S S
By Ben Kuliclc ............... ....... ........................ ...... 40
CA N Y O U D E V E L O P N E W
B U S IN E S S FR O M P R E S E N T C U S T O M E R S ?.......................48
O P E R A T IN G C IG A R E T T E
M A C H IN E S IS A GOOD B U S IN E S S .........................................55
W H A T P R IC E R E P A IR S ?
By Don Austin ................... — ................................56
L IT T L E T H IN G S THAT COUNT
By R. Z. Greene ....... .............................................73
Staff Contributors:
JO H N G O O D B O D Y
KEN SHYVERS
H O W TO GET T H E C H O IC E LO C A T IO N S
By Robert J. Keller ........................... ..................80
T A K E C A R E OF Y O U R O P E R A T IN G E Q U IP M E N T ......... 85
G O O D B O D Y ’S C O LU M N
By John Goodbody .................... ......... ... ............105
A S S O C IA T IO N N E W S ...............................................................I l l
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