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all parts of the country comes
word that the coin machine men were talk-
ing of nothing but the 1936 Coin Mschine
Show in Chicago_ Special trains filled with
operators and jobbers were headed toward
the Windy City from Detroit, 51. Louis,
Texas, the Pacific Coast and every territory,
wh ile New York coinmen chartered planes
to augment their special train service_ The
Show was considered of extreme impor-
tance this year because of the varying
trends in equipment reported in var ;ous
parts of the country.
Coinmen who attended the annu31 con-
vention of the National Association of
Amusement Parks, Pools and Beaches at
Chicago's Hotel Sherman in December g')t
a preview of some features of their own
show, Eleven coin machine manufacturers
exhibited, and firs-t prize for attractive d_s-
plays went to Paces Races, Inc.
New York drew visits from a number
of manufacturers during the month, in-
cluding J. Frank Meyer, president of Ex-
hibit Supply Co., who spends much of his
time at his California estate, and Myel'
Gensburg of Genco, Inc.
Although all precincts had not been
heard from, at last reports Detroit operators
were still without the venison dinner prom·
ised them by Frank Oakes, Mills Dance
Master sales manager, who spent a week
hunting for a buck in Northern Michigan.
New York's Bally Building, a six-stm-y
structure being erected by F;tzgibbons Dis·
tributors, Inc., will be dedicated in Febru-
ary after the Chicago Show, with officials
of Bally Mfg. Co, as guests of honor.
Thieves who broke into the American
Coin Machine Company's office in Buffalo
made away with counter machines and
other equipment valued at several hundred
dollars. Jerry Kertman, manager, is wait-
ing for them to come back to get some
more,
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individuals to be located promptly in the
Chicago plant of the Chicago Coin Corpo-
ration.
Texas operators were looking forward to
the annual deer barbecue which Harry
Drollinger gives about this time every year.
Another jobber has set up for busine5s
in Detroit with the opening of headquart·
ers there by Joseph Griffin, former oper-
ator.
Various hospitals and other institutions
have been the recipients of pin games do-
nated by members of the industry, and now
the Clinton Prison in New York has re-
cei ved a number of games from Bally Mfg.
Co. Games likewise were given to another
New York prison a year ago.
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C oast ma n a g er f or
P ace , was taken at t he 1935 C oast Sho w
in Los Angeles some months ago, In view
of Maser's recen t matrimo n ia l vent u re,
w e restrict comments t o s o me remarks
o n the s pl e nd i d phot o graphi c abi l ity of
M idg e R yan, Coa st m ana g e r f or M i ll s.
who took th e p ictur e w hi l e H ank was off
his g u ard .
drawing heavy attention from the opera-
tors, with Gerber & Glass handling a flock
of orders from Illinois.
A new jobbing firm has been opened in
Philadelphia by Chippy Maltz, New York
coin machine man, under the name of the
Penn Distributing Co.
Branching out is a theme song am ong
many of the large distributors this winter,
with the Electro Ball Company of Dallas
opening a n ew branch in New Orleans. the
Hoosier Novelty Company of Terre Haute
adding a branch in Indianapolis, and
Henry W. Seiden & Company opening a
fourth New York State branch at Roches·
tel'.
A newly installed loud speaker enables
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National Retail Dry Goods Association
reported that Christmas sales during the
Ilrst half of December were 10 per cent
greater than in 1934.
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The lumble in world silver prices as
re<;ult of Unble Sam's latest switch in silver
buying indicates that this monetary poker
game cannot go on forever without reper-
cllssions. It may be that a move toward
international currency stabilization is in
the making.
that ' sell!
We are official photographers for
leading manufacturers of coin ma-
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Electric power output reached a new all-
time high for the week of December 14th.
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Newspaper advertising lineage in the U.
5., regarded as a barometer of general con-
ditions, increased 6 per cent during the
P1St three months.
photOgraphs
ROLAND E. LOOP
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Average weekly earnings of factorv
workers in California during 1936 were 90
per cent of the 1926 level. Actual average
earnings were $2595 a week.
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SOME sort oE a record was establi shed
December 18th when the national debt
passed the 30-billion dollar mark for the
first time in history. In fact, it soared
to 30555 millions which is just short of
the 30,723 millions estimated by Pre, ident
Roosevelt for June, 1936- leaving only a
scant ISO million margin for the next six
months.
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