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Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 14
J U L Y , 1938
No. 12
Features in This Issue
Page
Established 1925
SORTING COINS W IT H THE E D IT O R
By Carroll E. Vetterick_____________________________ 9
NATHAN ALLEN, A COIN M A C H IN E M AN____________ 11
THIRTY-TWO Y EA RS— SPENT IN THE
BACK ROOM OF THE COIN M A C H IN E IN D U ST RY
By Carroll E. Vetterick_____________________________ 13
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
R E P A IR S E X C L U S IV E L Y !
A Coin Machine Man Who Neither Buys,
Sells or Operates Coin Machines_____________________ 15
N EED N E W LOCATIONS?
A List of 250 Profitable Locations
for Coin Operated M achines________________________ 18
CA RROLL E. V ET T ERICK
Editor— Adv. Director
EN COURAGE P L A Y !
By Keeping Merchant’s Interest in
Your Machine at Highest Peak.
By A. V. Cooley----------------------------- 19
TEN Y EA RS AGO!
As Revealed by the Columns
of AUTOMATIC A G E _____________________________ 23
FO R AM USEM ENT O N L Y ______________________________ 27
M ARTIN J. MRAZ
Ass’t. Editor
H E R E ’S H O W T H EY DO IT IN ARKANSAS
By Jack N e lso n_____________________________________ 29
M AKE THE LOCATION Y O U R PARTN ER
By Dave B o n d ______________________________________ 31
FROM OV ER THE S E A _____________________________ ____ 32
AUTOMATIC M A IL B O X _______________________________ y,
Staff Contributors:
ODD FACTS— UNUSUAL E V E N T S _____________________ 39
JO H N G OODBODY
PATENT DEPARTM ENT
By Ken Shy v e rs_____________________________________ 41
KEN SHYVERS
G O O D BO DY ’S COLUMN
By John Goodbody___________________________________47
ON THE R E C O R D _______________________________________ 57
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