Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

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New U-Need-A-Pak
Designed by Bel Geddes
NEW YORK - Norman Bel Geddes, out-
standing contemporary stage designer and
industrial stylist, whose streamlining of
buildings included the smart General Mo-
tors "Futurama" for the recent New York
World's Fair, has applied his talents to
the cabinet of the new U-Need-A-Pak cigar-
ette merchandisers,' first seen in Chicago at
the recent Coin Machine and Tobacco
Shows.
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Geddes is credited with bringing the
"simplicity of modern motif" to the vend-
ing machine industry, and his craftsman-
shi p resulted in the use of perspectively
converging body lines, cleverly graduated
chromed keyboard and a montaged mirror
in the new U-Need-A-Pak merchandiser.
In size the new model "500" has been
increased materially, with adoption of both
dual cigarette and dual match columns and
the inclusion of ki'ng-size columns as stand-
ard equipment. Free match delivery is
afforded with the purchase of cigarettes,
but one-cent box sales also have provision.
The model is manufactured in 7, 9 and 15
column units.
Returning to Los Angeles from the mid-
west shows, Max Kraut, U-Need-A-Pak's
western representative, was joined in his
selling activities by C. A. Blake, who closed
his local office for DuGrenier equipment.
The augmented organization will make its
headquarters in Blake's former location on
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South Hill Street, in Los Angeles.
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Golfer (to members ahead): "Pardon,
but would you mind if I played through?
I've just heard that my wife has been taken
seriously ill."
DuGrenier Appoints
Richard A. Parina
LOS ANGELES-Burnhart "Bip" Glass-
gold, vice-president of Arthur H. Du-
Grenier, Inc., concluded a lengthy business
trip to the coast on F ebruary 5th by an-
nouncing the appointment of Richard A.
Parina of San Francisco as West Coast
Representative for the DuGrenier line in
1941.
Parina is not a new-comer by far to the
coin machine business but has been a very
successful operator and jobber in San
Francisco for some time past. He has been
on every side of the cigarette operating pic-
ture and knows the business from begin-
ning to end. His helpful advice and counsel
will be valuable to the hundreds of Du-
Grenier operators in the West and the new
ones bound to join the ranks during the
year ahead.
Friends throughout the West join in
wishing Parina the best of everything in
his representation for a truly outstanding
organization.
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Kagan Named
Groetchen Rep
LOS ANGELES-John Kagan, who is
comparatively new in the coin machine
business, has been named western fac tory
representative for Groetchen Tool Co. pro-
ducts. A complete line of Groetchen equip-
ment will be warehoused in Los Angeles, so
that immediate delivery may be made from
stock.
Kagan personally will cover the territory,
and looks forward to meeting all western
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operators and jobbers.
Stamp Collectors Sought as
Vending Machine Patrons
BROOKLYN, N. Y.-Mixing of about
200 individual cellophane tubes, each con-
taining a stamp for a collector, with th e
candy and nuts in a vending machine is
believed by Dave Robbins, of D. Robbins
& Co., to be one ideal way of building
increased patronage. Collectors of postage
stamps number hundreds of thousands, and
with thousands of different stamps avail-
able the plan is expected to have long-
range drawing power.
Labels are available for machines where
the stamps are to be used and the tubes
containing the bits of paper are said to
be perfectly vendable through Master,
Esquire, Advance, Empire, Topper and
Columbus peanut machines. Robbins offers
to send free sample tubes of stamps to
readers of the Review who ask for full
details of the plan.
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1941
MODEL
IDEAL
PENNY CIGARETTE VENDOR
HOLDS 180 CIGARETTES
A BIG MONEY-MAKER
40% PROFIT
Only Vendor of Its Kind Made
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FOR
FEBRUARY
1941
Approved by U. S. Internal Revenue Dept.
No New Model
Bugaboo with
II I I II
MASTERS
No outdated equipment a few months
hence when you climb atop the MAS-
TER profit bandwagon. True, new im-
provements develop from time to time
and are immediately incorporated in the
MASTER without materially affecting
the general desi gn. We do this to pro-
tect YOUR investment! With MASTERS
you are always operating the
MACHINE OF TODAY!l l
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For further details and prices ask
M. BRODIE CO.
2180 Pacific Ave.
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
Long Beach, Calif.
VIKING SPECIAL TY CO.
530 Golden Gale Ave. San Francisco, Calif.
Or write direct to
The NORRIS MFG. CO.
Master Novelty
553 Wager St., Columbus, 0.
PENNY PLAY
BEAUTIFUL WALL TYPE
VENDOR ONLY 2½ INCHES
DEEP AT BASE
Finished in White Baked Enamel with
Chromium plated trimmings and built
to last a life time: There are more good
profitable locations for this Vendor than
any other type of Vendor made. Be
first to establish a route of these
money-makers in your territory. Your
investment Is small and the income Is
large. Don't delay-Save time, Order
sample machine with 400 cigarettes at
Quantity price, Only $17.40 for both .
Send Check or a Money Order.
Manufactured by
American Products Co., Inc.
720 N. Taylor Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
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