Automatic Age

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
Vol. 15
M AR CH , 1939
No. 8
Features in This Issue
Page
SO R T IN G COIN S W I T H T H E E D I T O R ___________________15
Established 1925
T H E COIN M A C H IN E W O R L D IN P I C T U R E S _______17-24
M E E T T H E M O D ERN COIN M A C H IN E M AN
By Leo J. K e l l y ---------------------------------------------------------------- 25
COINS A N D C O U N T E R F E I T _______________________________ 29
SHOP AN D
SH O W -R O O M
_______________________________ 30-31
O. C. L IG H T N E R
T E S T N E W COIN O P E R A T E D R E T A IL S T O R E ________ 32
President
T E N Y E A R S AGO IN T H E COIN
M A C H IN E IN D U S T R Y ______________________________________ 36
TH E LEGAL OUTLOOK
.
Review of Current Legislation Affecting Industry____ 39
M O L O N E Y SEES BOOM IN B E V E R A G E V E N D E R S ___48
IM P R E SSIO N S OF A S M A L L T O W N O P E R A T O R
B y B. W . L id g a r d ______________________________________ 49
C A R R O LL E. V E T T E R IC K
Editor— Adv. Director
GOOD M A N N E R S D E V E L O P GOOD
PUBLIC R E L A T IO N S
By J. Russel C o u lte r ------------------------------------------------------- 53
M A R T IN J. M R A Z
ON T H E R E C O R D ____________________________________________ 63
Ass’t. Editor
H O W N O T TO BE A SU C CESSFU L
M USIC O P E R A TO R
By Albert M. K o p l o ---------- --------------------------------------------- 69
NEW
PATENTS
B y Ken C. Shyvers-----------------------------------------------------------73
FOR A M U S E M E N T O N L Y ___________________________________81
Staff Contributors:
JOHN G O O D B O D Y
G O O D B O D Y ’S COLUM N
By John Goodbody -----------------------------------------------------------83
KEN S H Y V E R S
ODD F A C T S— U N U S U A L E V E N T S ________________________87
L. J. -M cC L EA R Y
C L A S S IF IE D COIN M A C H IN E E X C H A N G E _________ 93-94
COIN M A C H IN E D I R E C T O R Y __________________________ 95-99
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