Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

PAC. NORTHWEST
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LOUIS KARNOFSKY
COIN
MACHINE
H'IIEW
18
FOR
FEBRUARY
1941
SEATTLE (RC) -The arcade boys are
fighting mad and they don't care who
knows it. When the city council passed
the recent ordinance upping license fees
and making it a felony for anyone under
21 to play an amusement device, they de-
livered a devastating setback to the chaps
who are trying to make a legitimate busi-
ness pay dividends on penny play. But
the august members of the city council,
who have shown a pathetic lack of fore-
sight when it comes to dealing with the
coin game, are not entirely to blame for
this very evident faux pas. The Puget Sound
Amusement Association erred, and the
combined force of the blows have the ar-
cade men groggy arid reeling; but not out.
At the time the proposed ordinance was
in the offing, Emmett Lenihan, Associa-
tion adviser, announced at a meeting that
an exception would be asked in behalf of
the arcade men. Other members of the
organiza tion assured th e • arcadians that
steps would be taken to protect their
interests.
There is no record of any such action
having been taken or even attempted. Leni-
han privately admitted as much, declaring
it was an "oversight." Perhaps it was, but
while the arcade fellows sat back and
confidently banked on the association to
shield them against a blanket clause, the
ordinance was sliding through to the mayor
for signature · without any revision or dif-
ferentation between pin games and ar-
cadians. And a few mornings later, the
arcaders woke up and found a large ball
with a numeral eight staring them square-
ly in the face.
Backed to the wall by the proviso barring ·
anyone under legal age from playing an
amusement device, the arcade boys must
now turn away the youngsters who former-
ly had such a whale of a good tim e. As a
result, their volume has dropped off about
one-third. If the city council-in fact, if
the parents of Seattle's children-would
prefer having their offsprings hang around
the corner drug store or dodging traffic
while playing in the street, in lieu of enjoy-
ing themselves in a fascinating but harm-
less arcade, then Hitler is an angel, Presi-
dent Roosevelt a Fifth Columnist, and the
writer of this column is plain nuts.
March 1 is the date, the Mirror Room
of the New Washington Hotel is the place,
LOST KE·YS!
STOLEN
A PAIR OF BABY BEAUTIES! No, not neces-
sarily the gals { Jeanne Brown and Jerry
Mitchell, Chicago's own modelling team), but
and a laboratory model of Rock-Ola's new
"Tone Column"-flanked by Miss Leader-
ship-will occupy the center of attraction.
If you don't discover anything sensational
in Rock-Ola's amazing new innovation, then
you should have no trouble discovering eye:
sensation in Miss Leadership, that shapely
hunk of honey who adorns all Rock-Ola
advertising copy. On hand as official greet-
ers and demonstrators will be William
Price, Jr., vice-president and director of
sales, George Murdock, Wes tern Regional
Manager, and Ron Pepple, manager of
Northwest Sales.
Gay hearts have turned to sadness; bright
smiles have faded on Coin Row. "Ducky"
McFarland, dashing operator and heart-
throb specialist, has sold his route to Frank
Countner and answered the call of his
country. Starting on February 3, "Ducky"
dropped his picturesque sobriquet and as-
sumed the title of Sergeant McFarland,
Gun Commander, U. S. Army. Coin Row's
voice rises to a rousing cresendo in offering
its best wishes, and hopes that "Ducky"
won't forget to fire when he sees the whites
of the enemy's eyes.
Vaudeville's ace quick - change artists
KEYS!
MIXED-UP KEYS!
These costly troubles end when keys are kept
safe and orderly in a
KEY CABINET
This l{ey cabinet is made up of a back and cover section,
with back arranged for fastening to the wall with screws. The
ca.pa.city is increased by building it with one or two inter-
mediate sections.
Cabinets cannot be increased in capacity
after installed, except that an extra leaf of "102" hooks mav
be added to 1. 3, or 5 leaf sizes. (Illustration shows hack
and cover with two intermediate sections.)
Keys are bun"
from hooks on a ''leaf" of steel, each containing 102 key
hooks. The back has one leaf. and another may be mounted
in the cover. Each intermediate section is fitted with two
leaves, back to back. Thus. cavacities of 102 to (i12 keys
may be obtained. The sections open like a book, and un •
cover each other so that it ls always easy to get at the back
keys on any leaf. Ha.so and staple permit locking by a
strong padlock. which is furnished with each cabinet. Each
hook will accommodate one to four keys, and ls provided
No. 966 -Key Cabinet {Open)
with a numbered label holder above. Numbered labels are
provided with any series of numbers desired.
These cabinets are built of heavy steel, and each section is supported by three large butt hinges.
Cabinets are finished in Olive Green and special finishes can be secured at sli"htly higher cost
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PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
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W. W. WILCOX MFG. CO.
rather Dava/'s new twin small size counter
games, Cub and Ace. Officials of Daval indi-
cate they are swamped with orders for both
games.
have nothing whatever on Thomas Gum
when it comes to bringing in the new and
lugging out the old. For the nth time in
the past two years, the firm has changed
ownership. M. L. • Koser sold his interests
to L. N. Belden and is taking a crack at
the real es tate business. The new mafor
domo is a former North Dakota counter
and pin game op.
Morrie Dickinson was exuberantly happy
over his wife's meteoric success in the
beauty parlor game, but now Morrie is
rueing the day he ever let the little woman
chuck her household duties for a career.
Morrie's number is coming up fast in the
draft, and because his better half is not
dependent on him for support, Morrie is
ripe for the picking. "I'd try to come up
with a dependent, but time's too short
for that," quoth Morrie.
After years of close contact with oper-
ators th rough his service work, Kenny Kemp
pulled off his apron at Western Distributors,
and said, "Let me show those guys how
it's done." Whereupon, Kenny built up a
pretty fair sized pin and phono route, which
he operated profitably for months. Having
proved his poin t, Kenny sold out to A. K.
Lyons. He is now running an ice cream
parlor.
According to inside dope, $22,000 passed
hands last month when Alex Lewis sold
his route of more than two hundred games
to Royal Amusement. Alex headed for Cali-
fornia to "rest up", and with that kind of
dough, you can rest in any number of a
dozen ways. Royal followed up this pur-
chase by buying out Bill Waham's pin
tab le route.
J anuary was Blessed Event Month on the
Row with no less than three proud pappies
struttin g their stuff. Curly Gohr, Western
Distributors mechanic, came down with a
severe case of Girlitis on January 1, when
daughter Helen squawked her entry into
this world. That's the third gal in a row
for Curly; and, by the way, did you ever
hear of a more unusual way of celebrat-
ing New Year's Eve? Phono Op Ray Cor-
bin came through wi th a bouncing boy,
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