Automatic Age

The World’s First Coin Machine Magazine
AUTOMATIC AGE
Covering Automatic Machines and Coin-Controlled Devices of
Every Description
Vol. 16
N O V E M B E R , 1939
No. 4
Features in This Issue
Established 1925
Page
SORTING COINS W IT H THE E D I T O R ------------- 11
TEN YEARS AGO IN THE COIN M ACHIN E
IN D U ST RY ______________________________________________ 14
O. C. L IG H T N E R
President
PAY COMMISSIONS W IT H COUPONS
Iowa Firm Introduces Successful Plan for
Stimulating Location Interest in Venders--------- 21
ASSOCIATION NEW S __________________________________ 27
CARROLL E. VETT ERICK
SHOP AND SHOW-ROOM
A News Review of New Coin Machine Products-- 30-31
Editor— Adv. Director
PIC T O RIA L R E V IE W OF W U R LIT Z E R
OPEN HOUSE ________________________________________39-55
M ARTIN J. MRAZ
N E W PATENTS
By Ken C. Shyvers---------------------------65
Ass’t. Editor
THE MAN W IT H W H ISK E RS
From the “Rowe-Gram” ----- ------------------78
ON THE R E C O R D _______________________________________81
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Staff Contributors:
AUTOMATIC AGE D IRECT O RY
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of Coin Machine Manufacturers and Suppliers______91
JO H N GOODBODY
KEN SHYVERS
CLA SSIFIED COIN M A CHIN E E X C H A N G E _________ 95-96
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