Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

With Southern Colifornio
Coinmen
both Wolf brothers, San Diego; Alvin
Ostergard, Escondido; Jake Arnoldus,
Caliente, Nevada.
Paul Laymon has almost given up his
first love, golf, in favor of ice skating
and it is repoi::ted that he is now giving
exhibitions of "sliding around on all
ends" every afternoon from 2 to 5 at
Pan-Pacific's rink. Tom Wall of Troy
Sales joined him once but gave up in
disgust.
Some of the plainest of crooks want
the fanciest of prices.
Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day, the
Notre Dame-U.S.C . game and the ap-
proach of the Christmas holidays some-
how managed to push this column out
of place so there's quite a summary of
news of the old year to clean up before
proceeding to new business.
B. 0. Teasdale, Wurlitzer distributor,
has moved into the space formerly occu-
pied by 0 . K. Music Co., at 5957 South
Hoover Boulevard in Los Angeles,
promised by
where he'll be happy to see all his old
Gottlieb.
friends and acquaintances.
CHICAGO .-"Our promise of a his-
Irving Bromberg opened fine new
tory-making surprise at the Show last
quarters at 935 Venice Boulevard, mid-
January has more than been fulfilled,"
dle of December. Space is provided for
declares Dave Gottlieb, president of D.
a combined lobby and display room of
Gottlieb & Co., recalling the line of
brand new equipment, a section just
Grip machines, introdu.ced in 1938,
behind it for older used equipment,
whose record has been "sensational."
and back of that a commodious shop.
At the left, on entering, is Bromberg's He believes every prediction made
private office; back of that separate ., about them was justified, since they are
now in their twelfth month of steady
rooms for storage of parts and supplies,
erything -
production and continuous advertising.
and for new equipment as it comes in.
Charms
He states their introduction came about
Congratulations and best wishes are
Ba/I Gum
because an extensive, country-wide sur-
offered both Teasdale and Bromberg.
vey showed enormous possibilities, and
eanuts
Harry Kaplan of Southwestern Vend-
that the tens of thousands · of these
ndies
ing Machine Co., which firm moved re-
machines sold during the year prove
cently into larger quarters, reports con-
them to be a staple in the industry.
siderable satisfaction with the enlarged
"This year," he continues, "we are
business volume he is now able to do preparing another revolutionary surprise
-and is doing.
which will be revealed at the January
TOPPER Goes To Town
Jean Minthorne, not long back from a
Show to be held at the Sherman Hotel."
World's Fastest Selling Vendor
quick trip to the Arizona office of E. T.
Gottlieb reports that manufacturers
Mape Music Co., which he manages in are making "more extensive prepara-
tions than ever before" for the January
conjunction with the Los Angeles
Show, with indications that it will be the
branch, reports a consistent interest in
452 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, Cat.
"most complete ever held."
Seeburg Symphonolas. Among buyers
of new machines reported as a result
of his visit, were Carroll Ward of
Phoenix; Stanley Tracy, Kingman; R. S.
Anderson, Tucson; Thornton Lorang,
MONEY!
Yuma. Buyers through the Los Angeles
office have included G . F. Cooper, Riv-
It's smart to make money-if you can! Here's
erside; Fred Trevillian, Santa Barbara;
the best way we know. Take one U-NEED-A
C. D. Mason, Redlands; Milton Noriega,
MERCHANDISER. Load it. Install it in the very
Colton; George W. Culver, Calexico;
best location on your list. Be sure the location
George Buckman, San Diego. Minthorne
has your phone number so he can reach you
also reports that Jim Alle, Los Angeles
when more bars need to go in. At the end of a
musicman, recently bought his two hun-
week count up your receipts. It's our hunch that
dredth Seeburg.
you'll be back then to see us about more
machines.
Recent acquisitions not all of them
Christmas presents: Jim Boyd, a new De-
The U-NEED-A MERCHANDISER
Soto sedan; H. A. Grobe, a new Ford se-
dan; Jimmy Engleman, a new Dodge
• Sells any five-cent bar-no special vending
coupe; E. A. Hopkinson, a new tonsilec-
size required . . . .
tomy (to you, he had his tonsils ex-
tracted); Mark Hopkinson, a baby girl;
• By comparison with other merchandising
Dave Gensberg of Chicago's Genco, Inc.,
equipment, you will find far more demand for
some fine Southern California sunshine.
and more profit in this machine. Locations are
waiting for it ... and it will lend itself to the
Travelers: Bill Nathanson, just back
finest locations---theatres, lobbies, public
from an excursion to Mexico City in
buildings, schools, hotels, restaurants, every
company with Music Operator Frank
type of industrial plant . . . .
Navarro, headed immediately for Chi-
cago and the NACOMM Show from
• Is large enough to sell five popular brands ...
which he returned with the Rock-Ola
phonograph distributorship for Southern
• Is compact enough to be attractive and easy
California. C . A. Blake, now represen-
to service . . . .
tative for Arthur H. DuGrenier Corp. of
New York, NACOMM Show. E. C. Mc-
• Is equipped with the same foolproof slug
ejector as U-Need-A-Pak cigarette merchan-
Neill, head of McNeill Sales Co. (Na-
tional Vendors), to NACOMM Show and
disers . . . .
main office in St. Louis. W. E. Simmons,
CASH
IN-Be Next-Ask us for Prices and Full
California district manager for the Wur-
Information/
litzer-makers, to Mexico City with his
wife on official business for his firm;
the Simmonses spent Christmas day in
Operators to whom we
the southern city.
•
have sold this equipment
Show Surprise
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Visitors: Spotted around jobbing es-
tablishments during the last weeks of
1938 were R. E. McKimmey, Phoenix;
Floyd Knudsen, Fresno; A. J. Fox and
have found that "The
Profit Is As Sweet As
the Candy,"
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