Automatic Age

December, 1939
AUTOMATIC AGE
83
“ Moosic” Man and Brothers
that’s what will keep me busy from
now to show time.”
Jim Buckley’s headquarters will be
the American Vending Corp., of
which he is president. Bally Bever­
age Vender operations in the Chicago
area, as well as sales activity in
Illinois, will be carried on from the
American Vending Corp. office.
Gottlieb Factory Reported
Snowed Under
“ They’ve overwhelmed us,” said
Dave Gottlieb, “ the trade’s response
and acceptance of Bowling Alley, our
new convertible Free Play game, is
way ahead o f anything we ever
dreamed of.” The factory is reported
buried under an avalanche of orders,
letters and telegrams. Nate Gottlieb
has been glued to the telephone for
days taking orders from all over the
United States. Their teletype room
looks like a telegraph office, and one
girl devotes her full time to tele­
grams. But that’s only part o f the
activity. The promotion department
makes a beehive look like a slow-
motion movie fo r speed.
“ Bowling Alley and Lite-O-Card
are rolling off the assembly lines
faster than ever before,” Dave ex­
plained, “ and each one is fully tested
and rigidly inspected, and not one
bit o f quality is anywhere sacrificed
because o f the rush. W e’re working
24 hours a day at top production
capacity to keep up. Bowling Alley,
The four men who comprise the firm of Adams Bros., Wurlitzer Operators
in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Right to left: Charlie “ Moosic Man”
and “Good Will Ambassador” Adams; Bill Adams, Vice-President; Louis
Adams, Secreta/ry and Treasurer; and Phil Adams, President. A t extreme
left, Ernie Petering, Wurlitzer Assistant General Sales Manager, com­
ments on Step by Step Modernization.
introduced only a few weeks ago, has
jumped to top popularity with the
trade, and Lite-O-Card is threatening
its lead. Together, they’re a pair of
the finest hits we’ve ever produced
and are making a sensational show­
ing on locations all over the country,
both games reproduce popular games
in the simplest imaginable play.
Their revolutionary new ideas prove
incentives that draw enormous crowds
and keep them playing.
Operators
unanimously endorse these amazing
money-makers, and the flood o f orders
with which they swamped us are
proof that they’re going to town with
them.”
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Los Angeles, Calif.— City Attorney
Chesebro submitted to the City Coun­
cil the form o f the ordinance out­
lawing pinball and marble games,
which it is expected to order on the
Dec. 12 special election ballot.
The draft o f the ordinance pro­
hibits “ pin games, marble games and
other similar devices in places o f
business and public resorts.”
These are described as “ controlled
by placing in them any coin, plate,
disk, plug, key or other device or by
the payment o f any fee.”
I t ’s
for
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T h e S e n sa tio n a l
Los Angeles To Vote
On Pinball Law
R e a d y
N o w !
BUREL PENNY PHONOGRAPH!
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N O T E THESE
FEATURES
Colored lights in motion— dancing couple silhouetted against a vivid background.
Multiple 12-record selection, push-button type.
Lighted Program Holder, legible at all times.
Ferris-wheel record changing principle, trouble-proof.
Famous time-tested speaker and amplifier, with perfect reproduction and
tremendous volume.
Uses standard records, plays complete record for one cent.
Nickel and penny coin chutes on each model, both accepting up to 20 coins.
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