Automatic Age

AUTOMATIC AGE
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H IL L
E X P L A IN S
M U S IC
BOOM
Newspaper columnist Edwin C. Hill, in his
“The Human Side of the News” which appears
daily in hundreds of newspapers, recently wrote
about the “amazing boom in phonograph rec­
ords.” In 1933, sales were about 4,000,000; this
year they are expected to reach 137,000,000, he
reports.
“One explanation is that we seek and find in
them an escape from a confused and bewildered
world,” Hill explains. “Another explanation is
simply that phonographs, records and selections
are so much better than ever before.”
Hill credits automatic phonographs as account­
ing for many millions of the rising record out­
put, remarking that, of course, a phonograph “is
strictly co-educational. It’s specialty is dance
music and there isn’t the slightest chance that
we would have this big, lusty new industry—if
the tavern crowds didn’t include women.
“Women certainly are making for refinement
in saloons,” observes Hill. “It was only a fort­
night ago that one of our sociologists reported
a barkeeper as saying to a somewhat raffish
customer: ‘We must insist that you behave more
decorously. Haven’t you observed that there are
ladies present?’ ”
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GUM
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V E N D O R S ARE P O PU LA R
A trip to New York City, which includes visit­
ing the G. V. Corp. show room, is made informa­
tive and inspirational by Miss A. M. Strong, cap­
able G. V. official, who delights in explaining and
demonstrating the firm’s various models of popu­
lar lc gum vendors for outdoor and indoor
locations.
He
E N E R G E T IC
P O L IC IE S
AND
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ID E A LS
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C O M P A T IB L E
Better business is enjoyed by any group which
has able leadership. It’s a natural result of ener­
November, 1940
getic policies and ideals. I found an outstanding
example of this fact in New York City.
Leadership is a combination of qualities which
express themselves in a clear, unselfish under­
standing of one’s relationship to his fellow busi­
ness men. These qualities make a man stand out
as a leader—as does Charles Engelman, of Colum­
bia Music Co., who also presides as Chairman of
the Automatic Music Operators’ Ass’n. of New
York.
Charlie is a successful business man. His na­
tural personality, keen ability, intimate knowl­
edge of and enthusiasm for his business, mental
capacity assures that. Though individual accom­
plishment is important to Charlie Engelman, as
it is to each of us, he holds a respected place as a
moderator and worker sincerely devoted to the
progress of his group to higher and higher levels.
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P IC TU R E S O F O U R IN D U S T R Y
A1 Gould is an avid reader of AUTOMATIC
AGE, and he likes the pictures very much. Here’s
his story:
“The pictures you print in AUTOMATIC AGE
are the berries because they give operators a true
picture of what’s doing in the industry. The wide
variety of pictures give this much misunderstood
industry of ours class and tone.”
Double check, Al. You can see the forest in
spite of the trees!
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ASK FOR
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T H E L O C A T IO N
Operators who are self-analytical may find that
they actually make many calls without specifically
asking for the location for one or more machines.
It may happen that you work an entire day and
never ask for the location in so many words.
Why be indirect? Why wait to have the spot
offered to you? Make it a rule never to leave
the prospective location owner without trying to
place your machine.
H A P P Y B IR T H D A Y , M R S. L E M K E !
The 509 Club, Detroit, was
the scene of the birthday party
given for Mrs. Henry C. Lemke
on October 18, 1940. It was a
most delightful event. Henry C.
Lemke is one of the most widely
known distributors of coin oper­
ated machines.
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