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A. M. A. of IOWA
Weld Tells
of Waiting for
"Grand -darter"
Official Department of Automatic Merchandis ers Association of Iow a
C. H. ROBINSON. Preside nt
L. H. ARNOLD. Treasurer
F. A. WITTERN. 1st Vice· Pres ide n t
F. R. ROOK. 2nd Vice-Pres ide nt
FRED K. CHANDLER. Secretary
535 South Wes t Seventh Stree t. Des Moines. Iowa
MARCH 17th MEETING
R
EGULAR monthly meeting of the A .
M.A. of Iowa was held Tuesday eve-
n ing, March 17th, in the Otd Settlers Room
at the Kirkwood Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa.
The business meeting was preceded by a
dinner at 6: 30, followed by routine business
and the discussion of the proposed A.M.A.
of Iowa Mart by several members present.
The committee reported very satisfactory
progress and it was decided to interview
manu' acturers at an early date relative to
samples .for the new Mart Display Room
which we hope to have ready for opening
at the tim e of our annual meeting.
The secretary read communications from '
National President Ralph T. Young, and
it was suggested that the manufacturers who
continue to advertise their prices and ex-
horbitant earn ings in the trade publications
be listed in the Nationa l Counci l bulletin
by name.
The secretary was instructed to write
President Walter Tratsch of the NACOMM
congratulating him on the endorsement of
six of the nine points in the program of the
Nationa l Counci l of C.M.O .A.
Several new members were signed up at
the close of the meeting.
A NEW RACKET
One of our good member operators, H.
Z. Smith, of Mason City, reports as fol-
lows:
Five men. estimated age from 22 to 25.
enter a location. group around a machine
and begin to play it. While they are
closely congregated around the machine
they use a thin steel tool of some sort.
unlock the door of the machine. take out
the money and place the door back in
position.
Mr. Smith said he was pos itive they
used a small piece of steel and not a
duplicate key because he has been
obliged to dig the steel out of some of
his locks.
Description of men: One is sh ort. dark.
real black heavy beard. though of course
smooth shaven.
Another one wears
glasses. The other three appe ar to be
just ordinary fellows.
We believe word ought to be passed out
to all operators and locations to be on the
lookout for these fellows and if they are
picked up, commu nicate with Mr. Smith
as he fee ls he has positive identification of
them.
HOW DO YOU DUE?
Some members pay their dues when due.
Some when over-due.
Some never due.
How do you due?
F. OPAL CHANDLER
Publicity Chairman.
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APRIl,.
1936
De tr oit, Mich.
PARIS, France.- After visiting the Lon-
don and Leipzig coin machine shows fol-
lowing his return from the American na-
tional exhibit at Chicago, .E ditor Rene
Godin of La Revue de L' Automatique re-
ports that he is planning to incorporate the
best features of all of them in staging the
ann ual French coi n machine show at the
Hotel Continental here May 25th to 28th.
W ith hopes of making the French show
the ind ustry's outstanding event in the Euro-
pean market, M . Godin reports that many
American manufacturers are among the ex-
hibitors already having reserved booth
space. He announces that plans will be
made to display the products of American
factories which are not ab le to. send along
representatives. Models and particulars may
be sent in care of La R evue de L' Automa-
tique, 24 Rue d'Athenes, PariS, and M.
Godin wi ll arrange to have sales repre-
sentatives in attendance.
The banquet of the French show will
take place on the evening of the 27th, while
a big meeting is scheduled for the 26th.
TACOMA OPS ORGAN lIE
• Pierce County group urge s
Washington ops to form.
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By ART WELD
AVE you ever hung around one of
those hospital maternity wards wait-
ing to become a proud papa or a grunty
grandpa or something? If you have, or
have not, get in touch with me and I' ll tell
you how it fee ls to be crowned a grand-
father. I just passed through the corona-
tion ceremony.
About 4 o'clock the other morning, March
21st to be exact, I was routed out of my
kapok by Vincent Cochems, the cigarette
machine expert who married my "darter."
" Cmon, gran'paw; scamper out of your
pajamas an' crank up the old buggy, we're
on our way," he says, cheerfu l like. He's
the only fe ll ow I ever saw who could be
cheerful at 4 a. m. ; leastwise if he had been
in bed before that hour.
We made a mad dash for the spot
"Where Life Begins," and I don't mean
Minsky's Fo ll ies, either. White - garbed
nurses took immediate charge and distrib-
uted members of our party in promiscuous
places. I drew a seat in misery row, just
outside the Department of Labor. Whoever
selected those chairs must have had a grudge
against humanity. They were so hard you'd
be doing yourself a favor if you offered
your seat to some standing stranger. Chairs
like those in a place like that should make
a lot of converts to the principles of birth
control.
Just beyond the Department for Worry-
ing Waiters was another large room through
the portals of which " man passeth not. "
This is' the Labor Room, in w hich the
women do the work, and the D elivery D e-
partment. And,' believe me, any bundle
they deliver comes C. O. D . After watch-
ing those swinging doors for hours like a
convict waiting for ,his executioners, I be-
can to figure out ways to improve the hos-
pita l de livery service. I'd kill the stork
and substitute the golden eag le. Finally our
tard y messenger handed Vi nce a package
with the explanation: "I t's a girl."
Then fo ll owed 10 days of visits to t he
hospital. I rather like their system of car-
ing for patients. Every convenience is at
hand. Each room has a lighting signal in
th e corridor. There is a green lamp and a
red one, operated by the patient. I don 't
exactly know their wig-wag system, but I
sorta figur ed out that the red light means
"STOP .in and see me some time," and the
g reen one, "I gotta GO."
If you see someone servicing cigarette
machines who has a long Santa Claus beard,
specs, and a knotted cane, 'tis I, Gran'paw
Weld.
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Pi erce County unit, and Fred Radke was
elected secretary-treasurer. There is no ini-
tiation fee , and dues are $1 per month.
TACOMA, Wash. -Organizing as the
Pierce County Amusement Game Operators
Association, coin machine operators in this
H ere's to the Alcorn Novelty Company,
territory so und the' clarion call through THE
operating in Florida.
REVIEW to all operators in the State of
Washmgton to orga01ze m their dIstricts so '.
W. E. Korndorffer operates his string of
that a sate-wide orga01zatlOn can be bUIlt in
machines in Mississippi.
preparation for any prospective action prior
to convening of the State Legislature next
The Clark Vending Company of Mass.,
winter.
and M. J. Lockwood of R. I., are regulllr
- Koy D. Peck was elected president of the
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