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up to the mezzanine floor have also been
carpeted. So impressive is the finished pro-
duct th at visiting operators are tempted to
muffle their voices and address Johnny as
"Mr. Ruggiero."
Baily's Beverage Vendor is rea lly taking
hold in San Francisco in a big way, says
Johnny. All the beverage zones in the Bay
ci ty have been equipped with th e machines
and operato rs report excellent business
with them.
Einar Wilslev, who never drives his car
if he can fl y, has come for th with an an-
nouncement th at promises to make all air-
plane trips look puny in comparison. Some
time near the end of the month Einar will
Ry to Copenhagen. The purpose of his trip
is still shrouded in mystery. In fact, it took
a lot of good hard work to dig out that
much of the story. True, Einar's mother
lives in Copenhagen. At the same tim e,
though, he is one of the few eli gib le bacl1-
elors in the business. He has just bought
a new car, a couple of new suits, and is
letting his Prussian hair cut grow out.
Well, draw your own conclusion. We'll try
to keep you informed.
Les Baker, of Viking Specialty, has taken
a week off from business to drive his moth-
er and father to Yosemite and General
Grant Park. This is the first trip Mr. and
Mrs. Baker have made from their home in
Kansas to the Coast. They plan to stay
here some time on their return and take in
the Fair.
Extra! Extra! Johnny wins the big con-
test! The employees of the five J ack R.
Moore offices were standing on their heads
in excitement the firs t of August waiting
for the announcement of th e winner of the
company prize. The contest was staged for
the months of June and July, and was
open to all employees of the Jack R. Moore
offices in Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Salt
Lake City, and San Francisco. Entries
were to be judged on amount of sales, a nd
number and value of ideas on sales pro-
motion, distribution, efficiency, and admin-
istration which could be applied to all of
the company offices.
The prize was to. be a trip to the San
Francisco World's Fair or a cash award. of
$75. Employees of th e San Francisco office
were in a constant whirl as Johnny Rug-
giero tried out one after another of his
brain children. Apparently they were good
children, too, for they brought the prize
home to papa. Now he and his wife are
spending their winnings in Yosemite.
♦
Philadelphia Coin Mach.
Operators' Association
By Harry Bortnick
The entire trade has expressed extreme
pleasure at the settlement of the troubl e-
some controversy regarding payment of the
Mercantile Tax assessed against each ma-
chin•e operated in th e State of Pennsylva-
nia. Here in Philadelphia th e case has
been conducted as a test suit by the local
AssociatioR, but the Supreme Court ruled
against the operators and decided that pay-
ment must be made for each locati on in
which a machine was placed.
Although the payment of the heavy tax,
amounting to $21.93, works a hardship on
the operators, an agreement allowing ex-
tended payments has been worked out by
the officials of the Association and officials
of the tax collection department of the city
and of the Department of Revenue of the
State.
Harry W exelblatt, secretary and counsel,
is acting as the collection agency for the
Mercantile Taxes. The first of the part-
payments has already been made and com-
plete payment of the tax will have been
Bill and Bob Schuster, of Schuster Electric Company, · Cincinnati, pose with Harry
Payne, Wurlitzer representative. The boys took over the old Schuster firm in a difficult
business era and ·have successfully met conditions which might have staggered men
of less ambition and energy.
made by the end of the year, Wexelblatt
stated.
During the cou rse of th e negotiations
representatives of the State Revenue De-
partment agreed to waive th e fifty per cent
penalty for taxes which had not been paid
during th e due period. In addition to waiv-
ing the penalty the six per cent interest
charge which would have been added to
the overdue taxes was not charged against
th e operators.
These releases, granted by the tax col-
lection au thoriti es, saved operators a great
deal of money and again proved the value
of a strong Association which is capable of
acting for all th e operators in the area, it
was poiRted out by President Martin Mit-
nick.
♦
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A few days of really hot weather in
Southern California during the last week in
July and the first few days of August
caused many hard working operators to
forsake routes and locations for cooler cli-
mates. It was just a short spurt of heat,
however, and few of the boys took it seri-
ously for long.
Charlie Washburn, well known Los An-
geles' coin machine dealer, "ran in the
money" recently when he played a six dol-
lar bet across the board and his horse
came in a winner. As Charlie explains, he
made a mistake and bet on the right horse.
According to his story, Mrs. Washburn
picked three horses to bet on, and when
Charlie got to the window he couldn 't re-
member their names. So he placed the six
dollars on one horse and th e darn thin g
won-paying $206.60 to th e Washburns.
Charlie says it was all profit-he got in on
a pass.
Vacations have been playing a promi-
nent part in all activi ties for the past few
weeks and many "out-of-towners" have been
seen callin g on local dealers as they passed
through Los Angeles on their way to the
San Francisco Fair or other spots of in-
terest.
Ray Bazelon, of the Monarch Coin Ma-
chine Company in Chicago, spent several
days in Los Angeles vacationing.
Art Dawes, of San Diego, stopped off in
Los Angeles for a short visit with friends
ea rly in August. Art, with Mrs. Art, was on
his way to the Fair in San Francisco.
Out-of-town faces . seen at National's
headquarters by E. C. McNeil and Preston
Jarrell included: A. Pizante, of Vallejo;
A. B. McDonell, cigarette operator of Fres-
no; George O'Brien, from Oakland; George
Bates, of the Bates Sales Company, return-
ing from Ca talina where he was vacation-
ing; Ollie Trevillian and his wife; and
Mrs. Ernie Brennan, from Seattle, here on
a vaca tion.
Richard Groetchen, president of the
Groetchen Tool Company, arrived on the
coast during the first part of the montli to
visit with operators here. His trip west
will include San Francisco and Yellow-
stone.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Presher of San
Diego announce the birth of a baby girl
on August 3.
M. C. Edwards, Seeburg operator in San
Bernardino County, is flying to Detroit in
August to drive back a new Packard. Ed-
wards says, "It's all done with Seeburgs."
Mr. and Mrs. J ean Minthorne, Los An-
geles Seeburg dealers, visited Las Vegas,
Nevada, for two days late in July to look
over the operating possibilities with M. C.
Edwards, who has machines there. They
report Boulder Dam and the lake are very
wonderful sights- but the heat-well it
was 120, they say.
N. Marshal Seeburg, president of the
Seeburg Corporation, and Henry Roberts,
vice-president of the concern, visited with
J. P. Seeburg in Los Angeles for several
days during July. Marshal Seeburg and
Roberts took in th e San Francisco Fair,
where Roberts has taken all the top prizes
with his blue-ribbon pigs. Roberts is one
of the outstanding breeders of fine pigs in
the middle west.
♦
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