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RCA Contest to
Replace Juke Tag
CAMDEN, N. J.-RCA Victor has an·
nounced its willingness to aid in the cam·
paign to erase the tag "juke box" from
automatic music machines and has ad·
vanced a contest with a prize of $150 in
record credit for the best name submitted
b.y o~,~rato~~ to replace the slang expres·
SlOn Juke.
The contest, announced in the Decem·
ber 1st issue of RCA's house organ Phono·
Graphic, is open to all operators in the
United States. A small group of writers or
other authorities in the Coin Machine
field will be invited by RCA Victor to help
judge the contest and the name of the win·
ner will be announced, and the prize
awarded in the RCA Victor Exhibit, at the
CMI show, Wednesday, January 14th. If
the winner is not preesnt at the show, l;1e
will be notified by wire on that date. If
more than one operator suggests the win·
ning name, the prize will be split.
RCA deserves the whole·hearted co·op·
eration and thanks of all operators in the
coin machine industry for this forward
step in helping to select a suitable title to
replace the misnomer "juke."
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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
49
FOil
DECEMBER
)94)
PHILADELPIA -
Discussion is rife
among local operators concerning the reo
tirement of a very few leading members
from the outstanding trade grou ps because
of special assessments necessary to cover
added operation expenses. Expectation is
that they will return to the fold following
further consideration of their actions upon
the entire local industry.
Many Philly operators sent their con·
Eddie (Tippy) Klein receiving a brief bio·
graphical sketch in a special "Who's Who"
gratulations to Frank Hammond, former
business manager of the local branch of
edition of the Philadelphia Dispatch. Tippy
the Phonograph Operators Association,
was introduced to the paper's readers as
proprietor of the Atlas Distributing Co.
upon his elevation to the vice· prexy's office
and also plugged -as active in operations of
of the group's upstate branch which meets
in Allentown and ar~a . . FranK is maki.ng .. the Premier Music Co. Proudest feature of
good in a big ' way as general manager of
all for Klein was the mention given to his
golfing talents, although he was eulogized
the Tri·S tate.
as a fine and outstanding industrialist.
Plenty of industrial biggies are getting
prominent boosts from local journals, with
Local operators received a pleasant
SEEING IS · BELI'EYING . . . SO
See for yourself the fine work of Mott's, official photographer for the industry
as re presented in every issue of this magazine. Every commercial shot a sales
triumph - every photograph an artistic achievement - at fair live-and-Iet-
live prices! Call
" hello" from charming band·leader Dolly
Dawn during her recent loca l visit. She
made a distinctly fine impression both in
person and in her renditions of songs on
the Earle stage. Sign of her increasing pop·
ularity was seen in the fact that her troupe,
of which she was the "name" star, drew an
attendance second only to that of Glenn
Miller. Her latest recording of "Hallelujah"
and "A Gay Ranchero" is being heavily
used on local machines and getting many
plays on the air·lanes. Other artists to boost
use of their records on local machines were
Artie Shaw and Erskine Hawkins, both of
whom set fine examples in operator·rela.
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