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E-Z A C E S
Hamilton Appoints Manzi European
Distributors for E -Z Aces
• The Hamilton Machine Co., Inc.,
of Minneapolis, manufacturers of
E-Z Aces, their sensational new game
of skill, announces the appointment of
Manzi Bros, as the European distrib­
utors.
who years ago ran errands for shillings
with which to buy bread, now conducts
a nation-wide business, employs many
people and thinks nothing of calling
the United States by telephone to
place his rush orders.
The story of this old established
English concern reads like a page from
a novel.
This old established concern of
Manzi Brothers is now one of the
largest distributors of-fruit automatic
Jennings Busy on Tax
Refund
The following letter has been mailed
to customers of 0. D. Jennings & Co.,
explaining their activities in regard
to the refund of the Federal tax on
venders:
“A ruling has been made by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue re­
versing the original ruling of August
23, 1932, as to the taxability of the
vender. It has been our honest be­
lief and contention ever since the Ex­
cise Tax law was passed that venders
were not taxable. We have had many
sessions with the Internal Revenue
Department in Chicago and Wash­
ington protesting against the payment
of tax on venders.
“In spite of the fact that the De­
partment held in the beginning , that
the venders were taxable, we with­
held the tax, believing that the item
was not taxable, but later on we were
forced to pay the tax, plus interest
and penalties. We did pay, but the
payment was made under protest and
at the time the payment was made we
started our attorneys to work to re­
cover the tax and since a ruling has
been given that the venders are not
taxable our position has been im­
proved and we should be able to re­
claim the tax within a reasonable
length of time.
Lew Manzi, in front of
his offices.
Thirty years ago, Lew Manzi, then
a poor Italian immigrant boy, came
to London. With no friends and not
being able to speak the English lan­
guage, the young boy soon found that
life in a foreign country was not the
romantic picture it is so often painted.
But in common with the people from
the sunny skies of Italy, the young
boy soon became acclimated and in a
short time was facing life’s battles at
an early age amid the fogs of London.
machines (as bell machines are known
in England) and punch boards in
Europe.
Manzi Brothers are the exclusive
European distributors of the well
known Hamilton Sales Boards, and
are in a large measure responsible for
spreading the popularity of Hamilton
Sales Boards throughout all Europe.
In England they are used extensively
by cricket clubs and hunting clubs for
fund raising campaigns.
Thirty years have gone by and this
same young Italian immigrant boy is
now the president of a great English
concern that bears the name of Manzi
Brothers, for Lew Manzi sent for his
brothers to come from Italy to go in
business with him. The same boy,.
The Manzi Brothers-—Lew, Tony,
Alfred and Frank—were quick to fore­
see the popularity that E-Z Aces
would attain in Europe and with their
customary farsightedness were the
first to secure exclusive rights in cer­
tain European countries.
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May-June, 1933
“Our information relative to the
ruling is not official, but we feel con­
fident we will be officially advised as
to the content of the ruling within a
short time. However, pending defin­
ite advice no more tax will be col­
lected on the vender and when offi­
cial advice is received our customers
will be informed in regard to refund­
ing the tax. The refund will have to
be in keeping with the expense allow­
able by the Government in connection
with the cost of securing the refund.
Very truly yours,
O. D. JENNINGS & CO.
(Signed) W .J.RYAN
“P. S. — Tax is discontinued on
venders only. The usual 10 per cent
tax must be added to all amusement
machines, other than venders.”
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