Automatic Age

The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
AUTOMATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 14
No. 8
M A R C H 1938
Features in This Issue
Page
Established 1925
S O RT IN G CO IN S W IT H TH E E D IT O R
By Hilbert F. Messe .................... ........................ 12
S H O U L D W E C H A N G E THE SH O W D AT ES
By O. C. Lightner ................................................. 13
IT CAN BE D ON E
By Gene L. Barron .........
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
A L IC E F R O M W O N D E R L A N D ...... ............................
A S S O C IA T IO N
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N E W S ................... / / £ ) / ........
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Pertinent News about the men in the phonograp
division of the Coin Machine industry, and new
which is of interest to them
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N IC K E L S A N D S E N S E ............... ....................... ...............
H U B E R T F. M E S S E
M anaging Editor
CO IN M A C H IN E IN D U S T R Y W IL L
M O V E F O R W A R D — IT M UST!
By Grant Shay ..................................................... _32
VOP OP
The voice of the operator ................................... 36
TH E O T H E R S ID E OF TH E ST ORY ....................................... 41
P E N N Y W IS E A N D P O U N D FO O L IS H
By A. S. Douglas ................................................... 48
N E W PATEN TS
By Ken C. Shyvers ........................................... _..50
Staff Contributors:
W E ’RE ON TH E M A RC H N O W !
N O T H IN G CAN STOP U S!
By L. W. Coan ........ ...............................................52
F O R A M U S E M E N T O N L Y .........................................................55
JO H N G O O D B O D Y
G O O D B O D Y ’S COLU M N
By John Goodbody ................................................. 56
KEN SHYVERS
P A R K IN G F R O M COAST TO COAST ..................................... 70
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