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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
Best news of the month comes from
phonograph and cigarette machine dis-
lribu tors who report big increases in
number of machines being sold. They
say the influx of crowds for the New
York World's Fair is causing a boom in
machine vending. Also operators are
learning of many new spots-furnished
rooms, a new crop of ping-pong parlors
and shoe-shine stands, where local!on
owners are reliable and stands are well
secured.
Now that summer is here Al Bloom
does a Tarzan every morning through
the jungle of Fort Tryon park. Al, who
is doing fine as Managing Director of
the Automatic Music Association, states,
"From the way I see things up in Fort
Tryon, there are plenty of locations for
all the boys."
Bill Suessens has the desire lo see
royalty and has gone fishing in Canada
where he hopes to catch a glimpse of
the English sovereigns before they ar-
rive in' the States.
Max Cohen of the Automatic Music
Company is back in circulation. He has
been ill for about two weeks but has
returned to work, still a bit weak. How-
ever, Max is consoled, for he explains
that if he had fallen ill in the days be-
fore the AMOA his route would have
been all shot to pieces. With the AMOA
it is exactly as he left it.
At the CMA meeting on May 25, the
membership really had reason to be
befuddled. To begin with, there are two
sets of brothers in the Association that
are always known by their last names.
Thus Allen and Harold Jacobs are al-
way~ Jacobs; Jackson and Harold Bloom
are always Bloom; and just to make a
real evening of it, two members with
identical names but not related kept
bobbing up. Harry Pincus of Tobacco
Service and Harry Pincus of A-1 Ciga-
rette Service were the two confusing
gentlemen. All we can say is we hope
their creditors know the difference.
The CMA voted $50 for the United
Palestine Appeal. A permanent commit-
tee for the relief of refugees was ap-
pointed. The committee includes Jack-
son Bloom, Arthur Schwartz, Aaron
Gosch, Allen and Harold Jacobs.
Abie's Irish Rose stands for more truth
than poetry. Despite a fair sprinkling of
the sons of Erin in the AMOA, it has
fallen to Abe Bernstein of the Academy
Music Company to have more Irish loca-
tions than any other ·p honograph opera-
tor. Abie says he likes gefuelte fish but
"give me good old corn beef and
cabbage ."
Lee Rubinow, president of AMOA, has
been losing about lour pounds every
week and the boys say that by the time
he hits the home stretch he will have
that elfin-like figure he promised them.
Bill Alberg and Charlie Aaronson, two
gentlemen not unknown in coin ma-
chine distribution and operation, have
joined forces.
Jerry Lichner has parted with the En-
gelman boys of the Columbia Music_
Company and has joined the AMOA as
a full-fledged member. Jerry has the
best wishes of the boys on his latest
venture.
Meyer Spar of the Ditmars Amuse-
ment Center sold his route to Vince
Trella of the Elkay Amusement Com-
pany. Meyer has stated that he thinks
Vince got one of the best buys in the
game.
Sam Kressberg paid the Directors of
AMOA a visit and revealed that he is
interested in selling his 50 per cent in-
terest in the Capitol Automatic Music
Company. Sam said he is perfectly
content with his latest venture, the East
Coast Distributors Corporation, a See-
burg outlet, and that this keeps him too
busy for other interests.
Chris Metz of the Reliance Amuse-
ment Company has been reinstated by
AMOA after an absence of three
months. Quoting Chris, Al Bloom re-
vealed that Chris felt like a man with-
out a country during the time he re-
mained outside the Association.
Jack Rubin of the Monarch Music
Company announces that his wife has
just presented him with a daughter-
their first child.
James Hicks, who resigned as office
manager for AMOA, has join.ed S:1m
Kressberg's selling force and 1s doing
all right. Hicks should do well as he
knows most of the phonograph opera-
tors in the eastern territory.
Out of the Music Operators' Associa-
tion only three weeks, Jim Noonan has
changed his mind and decided to re-
enter. Jim says that from now on he
will stick with AMOA.
Harry Van Opstall of the International
Music Operators is in bed with a cold.
Nothing serious, it is reported.
Barney Schlang is making good as
outside field man for AMOA. The boys
say that Barney has the stuff and they
like him to come around.
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