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By Harry Borfnick
PHILADELPHIA, (RC)-With the Re•
publican National Convention in town
during the latter part of June local oper•
ators reaped a fine harvest of nickels. The
Republican delegates were supposed to be
busy nominating their executive candidates
but plenty of them took time off to play
pinball machines. As a result collections
leaped and many operators were again
grinning happily, for the first time in sev·
eral months.
With music machine operators it was
another story. Collections slumped off quite
badly, operators report, but no tangible
reason can be found. However many oper•
ators are interested in the newly introduced
cinema.phonographs. Tremendous interest
in these new devices has been evidenced
by all local tradesmen and they are assured
of a fine recepti'on once placed upon the
local market. So far
nothing definite is
known about any of
this equipment -
even distribution
being uncertain yet.
The High Point
Amusement Com•
pany, headed by
Maurice Finkel, will
be housed in more
elegant quarters
than their present
modern offices after
July 15. The new
H arry Bart nick
structure is located
directly across the
street at the southeast corner of 20th and
Market Streets, and it will be several times
larger than the present store. Major reason
for the removal is the more commodiouf
space afforded by the new place, which was
formerly occupied by International Coin
Machine Company. That company really
• modernized the place. The same efficient
office and sales staff will handle the busi•
ness at Hi'gh.Point's new place. Best wishes
for greatest success and maze] are offered
to Maurice Finkel and his charming wife.
Another removal to be effected during
the month of July will concern the Black.
hawk Distributing Company, headed bv
"Chuck" and Al Edelsohn. They will move
to new and more centrally located quarters
in the 700 North Broad Street district. This
sector is now really a coi'n•machine center
for it houses all except two prominent
distributors in the Philadelphia territory.
The only two exceptions are K.C Vending
and Lehigh Specialty. Even Al Rodstein's
new ARCO venture is only a few strides
from the Broad street sectfon, being Jo.
cated on Spring Garden Street near Broad,
while Sam Stern's Keystone Company is on
the opposite side of Broad street but also
on Spring Garden Street near the remain.
der of the distributors.
The K·C Vending Company recently he•
came local distributor for the Anti.Aircraft
Sky Fighter by International Mutoscope
and has models of these machines in stock.
They are now also stocking Jennings new
Modern three play slot, which was ruled
legal by the higher courts of Pennsylvania.
The Central Novelty Company moved
from their previous quarters at 439 Market
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Street to new offices and store location at
604 Market Street.
Operator Charles Baker has placed
candy and cigarette machines in all local
police stations, thus considerably i'ncreas•
ing his operations which are now among
the most important in the East.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
different chapters of the Phonograph Oper•
ators' Association of Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey will be held at the Phila•
delphfa headquarters of the organization
during July. Representatives from the
Wilkes·Barre arld Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
as well as the Newark, N. J., chapters will
be present at this conclave at which mutual
problems and Association matters are dis•
cussed.
The local office of the Phonograph Op·
erators' Association, with business manager
Frank Hammond in charge, established
contact with the recently reorganized De•
troit, Mich. Music Association and the new
Florida Music Organization for a friendly
exchange of ideas and methods used to
keep business on a high plane of operation.
Through the effort of coin machine busi•
ness organizations the recently enacted
Atlantic City tax on machines was reduced
from a proposed figure of $50 to the en•
acted rate of $30. This reduction meant a
considerable saving to all operators in that
area, who found their Associations' paying
dividends.
One of the more modern and intelligent
penny arcade operators is Andy Foster,
who has a concession in the popular Wil.
low.Grove Amusement Park. Andy has a
vast number of regular penny machines
but he cleverly put his obsolete pinball
machines to use by installing them in the
arcade with penny slots. These pinball
machines are among the most profitable
machines in his arcade, Andy said. He in•
duced greater play on the machines by
offering ticket•prizes for high scoring on
the machines.
In addition to his penny arcade, where
Andy has some of the most modern equip•
ment such as a shooting gallery and bow].
ing game on nickel slots, Andy has another
concession where he operates the Chicken
Sam shooting game of Seeburg. Andy has
also considerably increased his pin.ball
route until he is one of the largest and
best established operators in the city. Con•
gratulations on your quick growth, Andy.
We ran into three phonograph salesmen
in one day and all three reported fine sales.
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