Automatic Age
Issue: 1939 July - Page 7
The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
A U T O M A T IC A G E
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
JULY, 1939
Vol. 15
No. 12
Features in This Issue
Established 1925
Page
S O R T IN G C O IN S W IT H T H E E D I T O R _________________ 11
C O W G IR L O P E R A T O R M A K E S R A D IO A PPE A RA N C E _13
TEN Y E A R S A GO _________________________________________ 14
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
V E N D IN G SU CCESS R E Q U IR E S P E R S E V E R A N C E
By W. R. G reiner ____________________________________ 15
C O M M E N T BY JA M E S T. M A N G A N ON
A R T IC L E “T E N B IL L IO N N IC K E L S ” ___________________ 17
ON T H E R E C O R D _________________________________________ 21
C A R R O L L E. V E T T E R IC K
Editor— Adv. Director
AN O P E N L E T T E R TO SAM L U B E L L
By Harry H u rv ic h ___________________________________ 33
SHOP AND SH O W RO O M
A News Review of New Coin Machine Products___34-35
M A R T IN J. M R A Z
O D D FA CT S— U N U S U A L E V E N T S ______________________41
Ass’t. Editor
T H E L E G A L O U T L O O K __________________________________ 45
N E W PA T EN T S
By Ken Shyvers ______________________________________59
F O R A M U S E M E N T O N L Y ________________________________ 64
Staff Contributors:
A U T O M A T IC A G E D I R E C T O R Y _________________________ 66
JO H N G O O D B O D Y
KEN SHYVERS
C L A S S IF IE D C O IN M A C H IN E E X C H A N G E ____________71
Published
M onthly by
THE LIG H T N E R P U B L ISH IN G CO.
Executive Office, 2810 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.
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Advertising prepared without
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month.
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always welcome. A u t o m a t ic A g e is for the trade only.
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subscriptions, $ 2 . 0 0 .
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
A U T O M A T IC A G E
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
JULY, 1939
Vol. 15
No. 12
Features in This Issue
Established 1925
Page
S O R T IN G C O IN S W IT H T H E E D I T O R _________________ 11
C O W G IR L O P E R A T O R M A K E S R A D IO A PPE A RA N C E _13
TEN Y E A R S A GO _________________________________________ 14
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
V E N D IN G SU CCESS R E Q U IR E S P E R S E V E R A N C E
By W. R. G reiner ____________________________________ 15
C O M M E N T BY JA M E S T. M A N G A N ON
A R T IC L E “T E N B IL L IO N N IC K E L S ” ___________________ 17
ON T H E R E C O R D _________________________________________ 21
C A R R O L L E. V E T T E R IC K
Editor— Adv. Director
AN O P E N L E T T E R TO SAM L U B E L L
By Harry H u rv ic h ___________________________________ 33
SHOP AND SH O W RO O M
A News Review of New Coin Machine Products___34-35
M A R T IN J. M R A Z
O D D FA CT S— U N U S U A L E V E N T S ______________________41
Ass’t. Editor
T H E L E G A L O U T L O O K __________________________________ 45
N E W PA T EN T S
By Ken Shyvers ______________________________________59
F O R A M U S E M E N T O N L Y ________________________________ 64
Staff Contributors:
A U T O M A T IC A G E D I R E C T O R Y _________________________ 66
JO H N G O O D B O D Y
KEN SHYVERS
C L A S S IF IE D C O IN M A C H IN E E X C H A N G E ____________71
Published
M onthly by
THE LIG H T N E R P U B L ISH IN G CO.
Executive Office, 2810 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.
A D V E R T ISIN G
Rates furnished upon re
quest. Copy suggestions for
Advertising prepared without
cost or obligation.
Forms
close 15th o f p r e c e d i n g
month.
© International Arcade Museum
Phone Victory 1466
CONTRIBUTIONS: Contributions from our readers are
always welcome. A u t o m a t ic A g e is for the trade only.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: Single copies, 25 cents. Yearly sub
scriptions, $1.00 in United States and possessions. Foreign
subscriptions, $ 2 . 0 0 .
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
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