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Issue: 1937 November - Page 79

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[alif ornia Music
Operators' Association
(Northern Division)
Presiden t - GEORGE A. MILLER; Vice-Presi-
dent- F. E. CLARK; Secretary-Treasurer-AL-
FRED LAMB.
... THANK YOU OPERAT.ORS I
You have all heard about the California
Your terrific response to our initial announcemems on our
Music Operators' Association. Now let us
Automatic
Popcorn Vendor has flooded our factory with orders
find out what it stands for arid what ii has
done for music operators in general. First,
and taxed our manufacturing capacity.
it has made a decent, clean, honest ·and
legitimate business of phonograph oper-
We are now making arrangements to expand our manufac-
ating. It has brought the phonograph oper-
turing facilities so as to give immediate deliveries on ~achines
ator and the location owner to a far better
understanding of how phonographs should
in the future.
be operated. The California Music Oper-
ators ' Association, which started in Oak-
To operators who have not had our proposition we suggest
land, has been in existence for 18 months,
and now has locals in every large city in
you write today.
the State, including Los Angeles, San
Diego, Fresno, San Francisco, Oakland,
Stockton, Sacramento and in other smaller
cities in the northern part of the Stale.
(Formerly VENDAMA TIC)
We are now affiliating with the Tavern
Owners' Association and the Restaurant
Owners' Association in some of the cities.
1632 South Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, Calif.
This will be accomplished 100 percent in
every city in the near future. In other
words, the California Music Operators' As-
sociation is doing everything possible to
further the business and to put it on a
sound basis so the operator can remain in
business. Our reason for associating with
these other organizations .is that of helping
in any way we can to light legislation that
may endanger or lax them out of business.
Thus, too, we help ourselves.
We are also endeavoring to build up a
November, 1937
better feeling between the manufacturers
and the operators. We propose to help all
manufacturers of phonographs to sell their
This Index is an editorial feature, maintained for the conve nience of readers. It is not a
share of equipment, and the .Association
part of the advertiser's contract and the COIN MACHINE REVIEW assumes no responsibility for
hopes to have their cooperation as well.
its c orrectness .
For the information of a few operators
who are not members of the Association
A cme Automatic Amusements
.. ........ ....... 20
Meyberg Co., "Leo J ...... .
··•··········· ············ ....... 70.
we wish to say that the organization has
Advance Automatic Sales Co ............ .... 17, 73, 77
Mills-Viking Co ..... .... .. .
. ........................... 9
saved them many dollars in killing unfair
Advance
Machine
Co
.........
..........
.
...
.....
46
Mohr
Brothers
.............
......
.
. ............... Cover 11 , 7
legislation directed toward phonographs.
American Record Corp. of Calif.-
Monarch Coin Machine Co.
•••••••••••••••• 14
For instance, in three different cities a tax
SO, 51, 52, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65
Moore, Jack R ........................ .
......... 67;74
or license, whichever one cares to call it,
Atlas Novelty Co. .......... .... .......... ....................... 15
Muncie Novelty Co .......................................... ... .. 36
was levied on phonographs and the Asso-
Automat Games Co. ......... ......... .......................
18
Norris Mfg. Co., The ....................... ............... ..... 29
ciation was successful in having the meas-
Bally Mfg. Co ..... ........... .............. .......................
21
Northwestern Corp .... ....................................... 75, 77
ures repealed. We have also been suc-
Barnes Printing Co ............ ............... ................. ... 19
Nove lty Supply Co ............. ................................. . 66
cessful in some of these cities in setting a
Bluebird Record Distributors ........................ 60, 70
Oakland Automatic Sales Co ........ ..................... 50
fair rate of commissions to the location
Brewer and Sons, Chas. A ........ ......................... 28
owner which still allowed the operator a
Pacific Mfg. Co . .. ............................. .... 23, 24, 25, 26
Brodie, M. ......... ................. ............... .................... 19
profit. This also enables the operator to
Pan Confection Factory .......... ............................ 22
Burel and Co. .............. ....... ..........
32
keep the finest of equipment available in
Pe rmo Products Corp ........................................ ... 62
Canaan, Will P ......................................... 29 , 49, 75
the locations .
Popmatic Mfg. Co .....
. ............ ......... 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Chicago Coin Mac hine Mfg . Co. .
..43 , 44
The response of the operators to this or-
Crystal Music Co .................... ,.... ...
59
Rane!, Inc .......................... ............ ... ...................... 80
40
ganization has far exceeded anyone's ex-
Daikin Co., A ................. .
Reinhart Novelty Co .............. ....... 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Robbins and Co ., D .................. ................. 28, 32, 34 '
Daniels , M. T ................................ .
34
pectations. We are sound financially : in
Decca Distributing Corp ........ .
... .... 64
Rock-Ola Mfg . Corp........
..Covers III, IV
e very way, and are growing so rapidly
39
Seeburq Corp., J. P.........
. ............... ......... 68, G9
Electrical Products Co ....
that in the near future the State of Califor-
Ellman and Zuckerman
30
Snacks .. ...............................
8
nia will be organized 100 percent. The
Southwestern Vending Machine Co . .... : ......... 78
Gabel Mfg. Co., John ......................
. ... 64
writer, who is president of the organiza-
Standard Transformer Corp.-
Glickman Co. ................ ..... ...................... ....... . ..... 45
tion, can only say to any operator who is
Globe Printing Co. .... .................
. .. 32
I S, 19, 39, ·41, 45, 47
not affiliated, that he alone is the loser.
Star Mfa. and Sales Co ...................... ............... 49
Go Getter Jar Co ..... ..... .. ....... ....... ....
47
He is missing the protection of the Califor-
Stoner Corp. ....
. ..................................... .......... 17
Grandbois Co. , U. G. ..................... ..................
46
nia Music Operators' Association, and is
Supreme Products Co ................................ 34, 41, 46
Harlich Mfg. Co...................... .............
30
not making the profit from the machines
Tom Thumb.... ....... .... ... .............
30
Hinners Co., R. ) ........... ......... ...................... ....... • 79
which he • deserves and needs to enable
Trimount Coin Machine Co. ............................... 8
Holdsworth Print Shop ........................................ 30
him to remain in business.
Turner, L. E. ............................. .............................. 60
Howard Sales Co·...................
. ...................... 16
Pe rsonnel of the State organization in-
Unit!;!d Amusement Co .............. ................. ......... 38
Ideal Weighing Machine Co. ....
42
cludes: George A. Miller, president; G. R.
Victor Record Distributors .... ............ ...... ..... ... 60, 70
Illinois Lock Co..... ..................... .... ...................... 40
Murdock, Los Angeles, vice-president; An-
Viking Specialty Co ............................. 31, 33, 35, 37
Jones Sales Co., J..L.....
. ....... 15
thony Compagno, San Francisco, secretary;
W erts Novelty Co ................................................. 41
L & H Specialties............
. .................. 32
F. Knudson, Fresno, treasurer. Board of Di-
Laymon, Paul A............
. ........ 36, 39, 40
Western Distributors, Inc.......
. ... 17, 73, 77
rectors is made up of Alfred Lamb, Oak-
Wilcox Mfg. Co., W. W .......................... ... ....... .. 36
Lloyd, Bob .....
....................................... 64
land; William Corcoran, San Francisco;
Wurlitzer Co., ·Rudolph .... 11 , 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61
Long Beach Coin Machine Exchange .............. 14
Glen Bridgeford, Stockton; J. C. Dorser, • L. A. Games Co ............. : ....................................... Z6
Zane Automatic Sales ...................... ...... ............. . 42
Fresno; Vic Saunders, Los Angeles.
e McCall Novelty Co ..................... .... ....................... 10 Ziegler Inst1rance Agency, Inc
....... 58
R. J. HINNERS COMPANY
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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