Automatic Age

TRAIN GIRL MECHANICS
To offset the drain on man­
power, the automatic merchan­
dising industry is seriously con­
sidering t h e employment of
women in positions previously
held by men only. S e v e r a l
operators already have hired
women for servicing, and sev­
eral others including Rowe Ci­
garette Service, New York City,
are employing women as shop
mechanics.
Baltimore Cigarette Service
appears to have been the first
operating company to hire wo­
men for servicing machines.
According to Louis Bogahs,
manager, the experiment in­
volved too few women over too
brief a period to justify defi­
nite conclusions. However, Bo­
gahs asserted, while it appears
that women may not be able to
achieve the speed characteris­
tic of servicemen, they are not
so slow as to be unsatisfactory.
At Rowe Cigarette Service
Company several women have
been engaged and trained to
repair or adjust slug ejectors.
Sal Sparacino, Rowe’s shop
manager, states that he is well
pleased with the work these
girls are doing.
These w o m e n mechanics
take the slug ejectors apart,
clean them thoroughly, and
make all adjustments required
for precise coin testing.
The experiment has been so
successful that Rowe is now
beginning to train the girls in
the repair of plunger housings
and other complicated cigar­
ette machine parts.
First it was Western Union
girls, then mailwomen, now
girl mechanics and service wo­
men. Tomorrow— who knows?
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Playland is Prosperous;
Buys More Machines
A cheerful note comes from
Frank Wittlinger, which also
shows that the alert operator
is making the best of war-time
conditions and at the same time
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PENNY ARCADE HEADQUARTERS SINCE 1895
Manufacturers of Photomatic and Other Famous Coin Operated Equipment
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44-01 Eleventh Street
Long Isla n d City, N ew Y o rk
is contributing to the upbuild­
ing of morale.
Needle Manufacturer on
War Production
Associated with Wittlinger is
H. E. Everschor, operators of
the well known Playland Ar­
cade in Columbus, Ohio. These
live wires have had a very
prosperous year.
M. A. Gerett Corporation,
Milwaukee, well-known manu­
facturers of “Miracle Point”
automatic phonograph needle
now widely used by this indust­
ry, is operating its plant six­
teen hours a day on war pro­
duction. G e r e t t is doing its
share in providing parts to the
armed forces to help win the
war. Another instance of the
whole-hearted e f f o r t of the
coin machine industry in doing
its part through its highly pre­
cise production facilities t o
puncture the Axis balloon.
Many machines have been
added to their Arcade. Just re­
cently, Everschor was in Chi­
cago and did c o n s i d e r a b l e
buying of machines. Business
has been very good, and their
alertness to purchase equip­
ment whenever possible is as­
surance that P l a y l a n d will
continue in great shape. Our
congratulations and best wish­
es for continued success.
AUTOMATIC AGE
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