Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

~/*tetcAelf j MOTORIZED
MERCURY
DO YOU KNOW Our DISCREET MODEL?
For the last 14 months, smart operators
have been opening territory with the dis-
creet model MERCURY which pays the re-
ward token onto a shelf, inside the cabinet.
Location can see the value of the token,
pays award to player and then pnshes
plunger which deposits token inside of
cash Box.
At collection time, there is in addition to
cash a complete record of all payouts made
by location.
May we suggest that you order a sample of
MOTORIZED MERCURY, either Discreet
or Payout Model. You will be pleasantly
surprised at its substantial earnings.
Remember - Clock motors give Mercury
a constant speed and uniform stopping
action.
Your Jobber has Mercury in stock, write us
for name of J obber nearest to you.
CROETCHEN TOOL CO., 12.4 No. Union St., Chicago, III.
RepGrts frGm CGlumbus, Kansas, brings
dGing, YGU can be sure that every indica·
tiGn around their IGcatiGns strengthens this
wGrd that a tempGrary injunctiGn has been
cGnvictiGn," he says.
granted by the CherGkee CGunty District
CGurt restraining city Gfficials frGm inter·
Much Gf the credit fGr the increase in
fering with the GperatiGn Gf a music bGX in
the size Gf the Grders cGming to. the dis·
tributGrs is the tempGrary settlement Gf \ a cafe IGcatiGn there. The city has an
Grdinance which prGhibits the playing Gf
the issue invGlving the $2000 bGnd reo
music bGxes in certain residential sectiGns
quired by the State Gf MisSGuri Gf all
Gf the ci ty after 9 :30 at night. The cafe
tavern keepers. FGr a time, early in the
Gwner charged that the Grdinance was
year, tavern keepers were mGre Gr less
"discriminatGry and uncGnstitutiGnal". •
wGrried because it was believed CGst Gf
this bGnd WGuld cut tGG great a slice Gut
Gf their earnings. But the tavern Gwners
have been able to' wGrk Gut a relatively
Sky Pilot Deliveries
inexpensive new arrangement that has
Being Made
sidetracked dus WGrry fGr the present and
thus music GpS have been able to' gO. ahead
CHICAGO.-Harry HGppe, Vice·Presi·
withGut fear that their IGcatiGns will be
dent Gf the Baker Novelty CGmpany, an·
clGsed Gn them. A late February survey
nGunces that after a IGng rigid test Gn
indicates that fewer taverns have clGsed
several IGcatiGns, Baker's anti·aircraft gun
in the first mGnths Gf 1940 than in the
"Sky PilGt" has nGW been put in prGduc·
same periGd Gf 1939.
tiGn and delivery is being made to. the
Tim Crummett has returned frGm FIGr·
many buyers who. placed their Grders at
ida with a deep tan that is gaining fGr
the recent CGin Machine shGw.
him the envy Gf every IGcal GperatGr. He
Baker's "Sky PilGt" is adapable to. any
spent his entire vacatiGn lying Gn Miami's
IGcatiGn. Its mechanism is simple and self
beach getting that deep brGwn, he says,
cGntained in a beautiful SGlid walnut cab·
and returned from FIGrida via New Or·
inet. It is nGvel inasmuch as there are no.
leans. OperatGrs in the SGuth are Gperating
installatiGn annGyances. Just set it Gn 10.·
just abGut the same equipment as can be
catiGn and plug in and it is ready to.
seen Gn Kansas City IGcatiGns and are
operate.
finishing their bGGm seaSGn, he repGrts.
HGppe further states that "Sky PilGt"
MiltGn Bartles, fGrmerly in the Kansas
City Gffice Gf Central Distributing, is nGW
has created "Umph" in an anti·aircraft
Gn the rGad fGr this firm in the MissGuri·
gun. It prGvides all the thrill Gf shGGting a
Kansas territGry.
real machine gun at an aerGplane in mo.·
tiGn which burst into. flames with each hit
A new cGin machine distributing firm in
made.
Kansas City is the Standard Equipment
CGmpany, IGcated at 207A WestpGrt RGad.
The 250 shGts fGr five cents is a great
It is headed by RudGlph "Rudy" Green·
CGme'Gn and the hits are registered Gn a
baum, who. was fGrmerly cGnnected with
separate register. The game is equipped
PGp·O·Matic in this territGry. The firm is
with sGund effects which is adjustable and
featuring the Buckley and Keeney lines.
can be varied to. suit any atmGsphere.
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Heads or Tails
Sales Big
CHICAGO-AI. S. DGuglas Gf The Daval
Co.., Inc., repGrted tGday, "Our new CGunter
game, Heads Gr Tails, has Gutstripped all Gf
Gur Gther games in sales so. far. It seems to.
us frGm the way that Grders are pGuring in
frGm all parts Gf the CGuntry that the game
is taking hGld and that the players find it
Gne Gf the mGst interesting games they have
ever had the pleasure Gf playing.
"We fGund this to. be very true when we
attended the Gpening Gf the gGrgeGUS new
headquarters Gf Sicking, Inc., in Cincinnati
this past week. Ops and jGbbers that were
present there all infGrmed us that they be·
lieved Heads Gr Tails WGuld be Gne Gf the
biggest mGney getters tbat we ever de·
velGped. The Grders we tGGk there CGn·
vinced us that the game is leading in this
state and is leading nGW in almGst every
Gther state where the GpS are using CGunter
games in quantity."
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.' .
Sandy: "That fellGw MacTavish has be·
trayed the SCGtch."
Andy-"In what way?"
Sandy: "He perspires freely."
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MAC MOHR SAYS:
LANCER
By EXHIBIT
Free Play, High Score Novelty
Game. Take my word for it •••
it', TOPS!
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