Automatic Age

The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
AUTOMATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 14
JU N E , 1938
No. 11
Features in This Issue
Established 1925
Page
SORTING COINS W IT H THE E D IT O R
By Carroll E. Vetterick_____________________________ 13
T HE QU ESTION SEEMS TO BE: W H O
GETS THE M ON EY
By O. C. L ig h tn e r___________________________________ 15
THE COIN M A C H IN E
By James T. M a n g a n _______________________________ 19
COIN CHUTE M AGIC (Mr. Calcutt Comes to Town)
By Carroll E. Vetterick_____________________________ 20
JO E H U B E R W IL L M ANAGE CMMA
COIN M A C H IN E S H O W _______________________ ^________ 21
NACOMM HOST TO T RAD E AT
P R E V IE W AND B A N Q U E T _____________________________ 22
SHOP AND SH O W ROOM — A NEW S
R E V IE W OF N E W COIN M A C H IN E PRO D U C T S____24, 25
G O O D B O D Y ’S COLUMN
By John Goodbody __________________________________27
P U RE CANDY lc
A Trip Through A Giant Factory
Where Vending Candies are M a d e __________________31
TEN Y EA RS IN T HE COIN M A C H IN E IN D U S T R Y ____35
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
CA RRO LL E. V ET T ERICK
Editor— Adv. Director
FO R A M U SEM EN T O N L Y ______________________________ 39
ASSOCIATION N EW S ___________________________________ 57
M ART IN J. MRAZ
ON T HE R E C O R D _______________________________________ 61
* Ass’t. Editor
SELLIN G AN ID E A
By Herman A r le in __________________________________ 65
ODD FACTS AND UNUSUAL E V E N T S _________________79
AUTOMATIC M A IL B O X ________________________________82
T H E R E ’S M ON EY IN MOBS
By Bill R a b k in ------------------------------ 91
THE T RA D E ASSOCIATION
How it Benefits Operators
By LeRoy B. Stein _ __________________________________ 95
THE O PERAT OR MUST M AKE M ONEY
By H. F. B u r t ______________________________________ 99
COINS AND CO UN T ERFEIT
By the E d ito r ______________________________________ 103
Staff Contributors:
JO H N GOOD BO DY
KEN SH YVERS
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