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Thanks to the Packard
Pla-Mor Distributors and Jobbers
in the Eleven Western States for the Splendid Sales
Record made in the West during the month of March.
Your fine support was greatly appreciated.
Also our thanks to the hundreds of operators placing
their orders for many, many hundreds of PLA-MOR
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W. E. SIMMONS
COIN
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LOUIS KARNOFSKY
SEATTLE (RC )- At the close of last
month's copy dea dline, Tom Cater, Harper-
Meggee clerk, had Uncle Sam beating a
strategic retreat. Ticketed for quick in-
duction into th e Army, Tom did some
quick marchin g to th e altar instead, and
everyon e figur ed he had beaten Unc Sam
to the draw. But that strategi c retreat
turned out to be the start of a concerted
counter-attack, because today Tom is wear-
in g the khaki and singin g the blues. Re-
placin g him at Vi ctor.-Bluebird headquar-
ters is P ercy ( Call me J ack if you don' t
want a pun ch in the nose ) Starkey.
ALASK A IS INVAD ED ! Now tak e
it easy, pal, it's no foreign power th at is
violating th e fronti er of th e Western Hem-
isphere, but simply enterprisin g Earl
Heroux, th e arcade ace, who is pionee ring
his way to bi gger and better thin gs. A
couple of month s ago, Heroux drove his
first stake into th e F ar North by dis patch-
ing Floyd Whitsett to An chorage. Then he
a ppointed Harold Klones to operate games
and arcad e equipment at Fairbanks. Bojo,
th e famous accordion-playing gorilla is
headed for Anchorage, with Creator Bob
Seymour in tow. Makin g his invasion com-
pl ete, Heroux has purchased a part owner-
ship in the Northland Amusement Co., who
are embarkin g on a $50,000 project at
Anchorage, which includes construction of
a billiard parlor, skating rink, cocktail bar,
bowling alleys, ballroom, and fountain
lunch- not to mention a galaxy of arcade
eye-fa scin ators.
Howard Didrickson was all set to be-
come a landscaper, as reported in these
columns a month ago, but th e lure of th e
coin clinks beca me so strong th at he un-
dertook two full -tim e jobs, retaining hi s
interest in private club operations while
!'oin g in fo r his gardenin g architecture.
This double load sent him sprawlin g on
the landsca pe, and except for a l(enerous
break from Lady Luck, he mi ght have
don e his future landscaping from six feet
under.
Rolling along in hi ~ '40 Cadillac near
the muni cipal airport, Howard fell asleep a t
the wh eel. He opened hi s eyes just in
tim e to ca tch a glimpse of a telephon e
pol e hurtling straight at him. Th e wh eel
was wrenched fo a des perate arc, hot tires
squeal ed, and the automobile skidded and
spilled over.
Howard crept out unscratched, but his
legs were very shaky when he started to
walk. We understand he is now gettfog
eight full hours of sleep each and every
ni ght.
COININGS ON THE CUFF- Rudy
P eterson's girth in creased so rapidly that
hf! had difficulty gettin g th rou12;h th e doors
of his home, so he purchased a new and
much larger domicil e in Raini er Vall ey . ..
Add new hom e purchasers : J ack Howl ett.
ra ted No. 1 in the coin machin e mechani cal
fi elrl.
Th e stat e legislature ni cked pin gam e
boys to th e tun e of 10% of th e gross, and
slot machin es in clubs at the rate of 20%
Bt th eir r ecent session . . . . Lou Wol cher
dropped in on this Rection to di's-incor-
porate th e Seattl e office. Other Wol cher
offi ces lost their "Inc." too.
Dick Swapn, th e ex-nhono fl ash who was
snagged by the draft. has been transferred
from Camp Furray, Wash .. to New J ersey.
Dick is a member of the Signal Corps . ...
Ti g Leamer has sold his route to Johnny
Michael. . . . Michael is annexing routes
with machine-gun precision, on a scale
th at is almost rivalling the national de-
fense agencies.
Ron P epple's larynx · gave way at the
Rock-Ola showing and he was as hoarse as
an overworked ho g-call er. "I got that way
from r epeating, 'No deliveri es on ' 41 Tone-
Column for ten days'," quoth Ron . . . .
Sibyl Stark's moth er is helping daughter
with th e accounting work at Heberling
Bros.- but since when did Sib need her
moth er's presence to give a good "account-
in g" of herself?
Coin Row got free box seats to the test
fli ght of the new Boein g Clipper, as they
were held on Elliott Bay, front porch of
the Row . . . . If you hear them calling E.
K. Everett a whirlwind, it's not only be-
cause he's such a whizz as a service man,
hut because he braved an 80-mile storm to
hop a plane for Sea ttle after sitting in on
a week's schoolin g at the Seeburg plant.
Pappa Ed Brashem swells up like a
zeppelin every time somebody mentions
hi s tal ented daughter Joan. The 17-year old
Mi'ss is blessed with an enchanting voice
and P appa Ed predicts she will be another
J eanette MacDonald . . .. Opening of Har-
per-Meggee's Portland office cut about one-
half th e travellin g area from M. E. Little-
john's territory. He is now giving both
barrels to th e state of Washington . . .. .
Zipped-up volume a t Decca furni shed justi-
fi cation for th e a ddition of Ralph Yost to
the stock force.
Th e fa st-steppin g team of P erkins and
Anderson conducted a raid on the head-
quarters of "Pulchritude, Inc." and walked
out wi th the title firmly clutched in their
arms. This strea mlined duo, who specialize
APRIL
1941
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