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IRVING SHERMAN
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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
The Columbia Broadcasting System in
New York needed a pin ball machine for
use in an Ellery-Queen Mystery story,
which is the rage at the moment. Brought
to studio one, the machine was used and
then forgotten by company officials. But
not so by the actors and employees of Co-
lumbia. Executives couldn't figure out why
everybody wanted to work in studio one.
According to last report, the game was
still the main center of attraction at the
station.
A good man hasn't a chance. Marty
Berger, of the Rowe Company, finding him-
self pressed for time, tendered his resig-
nation as president of the CMA recently.
But the boys wouldn't let hfm go and
insisted that Berger remain. Now Martin
is threatening to sue for his constitutional
rights--or whatever you do when a fellow
wants to quit and can't.
Where is George B. Currier hiding these
days? His haunts at 341 Madison Avenue
were combed but George was not to be
found. Currier probably has few equals in
the industry. Clean as a whistle and sure
in his dealings, his term as president of
the CMA was one of the most progressive
in the history of marble machine asso-
ciations.
"Red" Johnson, phonograph operator
who uses a plane to go places, might hop
off on an ocean flight one of these days.
Johnson does a lot of flying and he doesn't
see why there shouldn't be a lot of good
locations on the Irish coast.
Matty Forbes, managing director of the
CMA, finds a lot to do these days. Opera-
Atte1ttic1t . WRITE
tors are continually branching out, which
means more locations for Matty to check
and more disputes to iron out. But Matty
is doing a good job and the boys really
think a lot of him.
Motor scooters are becomin11; more and
more popular in New York. They may be
rented for 75 cents an hour and some of
the scooters have compartments attached
for an additional rider or baggage. Coin
machine operators should be able to take
advantage of this trend and use scooters in
the more congested areas.
The new Bally Beverage Vendors are
making a hit in this area. Operators are
finding that establishments which formerly
used only bottled beverages are very anxi-
ous to have a machine installed.
Joe Fishman, of the Amalgamated Vend-
ing Machine Association, keeps a close
watch on marble game developments. Joe
has quite a job on his hands. He has to
keep an organization made up of over one
hundred marble game operators running
smoothly.
Babe Kaufman is really making herself
known in the coin machine industry in this
section. In New York she gets locations
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FOR FREE SAMPLES A N D PRICES ON OUR NEW
PEANUT-SHAPED CHEWING GUM
Will vend in any peanut vending machine
A fast seller-people buy it because they like it
U. G. GRANDBOIS CO., KALAMAZOO , MICHIGAN
where other people _ only get hard looks.
Now she is branching out into New Jersey,
which is anything but an easy territory.
The broadcasting of phonograph records
from radio stations in New York is now in
a doubtful stage. Following a recent Su-
preme Court decision, WNEW, in New
York City, decided to withdraw its Victor
records for a time, in order to play safe .
Other stations are taking no action until
their legal departments advise them to do
so. It is the belief of local operators that
the outcome will be in favor of automatic
phonographs and they are planning on in-
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creased demands from locations.
P'il11t/elp,i11
By Harry Bartnick
Steve Bonotosos, popular Greek operator,
announces the arrival of a baby girl named
Mary. Steve has purchased a new car and
intends to install a cradle therein.
Bill Gross, local distributor, has set Octo-
ber 15th as his wedding date and is pre-
paring for the event by buying a new home.
Mike Scherdorf, brother of the late Har-
ry, is now operating a route of coin ma-
chines.
Ben Fireman has a new truck.
Henry Margolis has sold his coin ma-
chine route.
New members of the local Association
are: A. Dubow, Harry Lewis, Samuel Litt,
M. Muchnick and David Rosen.
The South Jersey Amusement Association
is again ac tive. A Supreme Court decision
has settled the legality of coin machines in
New Jersey and a membership drive is now
being conducted in the hope of enlisting
every operator in the southern territory.
New officers are Jule Obus, president; Joe
Medvene, vice-president; Ted Marks, sec-
retary-treasurer.
Joe Gillespie has sold his machines to
Artie Pockrass.
Dorothy Kaplan, secretary to Larry
Yanks, was married to Allan Bell, business-
man, on August 6th.
Jack Blumenthal has been promoted to
the New York office of Decca Records after
being stationed in Philadelphia for several
months.
"Tippy" Klein will handle the distribu-
tion of the Mills phonograph locally and
has opened offices at 815 Ritner Street.
The Economy Production Company has
placed a new product called the Phono-
Mike on the market. The item is a micro-
phone in which a person can sing or talk
and the voice will be blended through the
phonograph with the musical background
coming from the regular record.
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