Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

J U LY, 1941
Subscription Order
COIN MACHINE REVIEW
111 5 VENICE BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORN IA
35 EAST WACKER DRIVE
CH ICAGO, ILLINO IS
Please enter my subscription to THE REVIEW for :
3 Years
$2.00
Year
$1.00
to start with the, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ issue. A remittance in full is
attached hereto.
NAM ~E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ADDRESS, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CI TY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ STAT<=-
E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
OPERAT OR~
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
10
fOR
JULY
794 7
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
7Ae Jh4UJt/*~
IN • THE • NEWS
JOBBER~
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
fHIIAll~lfHIA
PHILADELPHIA (R C ) - Philadelphia
swin gs into Summ er with a real vaca tion
spirit . . . business booming .. . weddings
plann ed . . . n ew ideas for th e coin mao
chine industry and ti ps on popular songs
for music machin es.
Leading local news stories, is the an-
nouncement of tenta tive plans by the
Amusem e n t Machine Oper a to r s' Asso-
J uly Pop ular Mech an ics:
ciation , to r eplace th eir annual banqu et
The industry's part in national defense
with a picnic because of th e hot weather.
is dramatically illustrated in a feature
Athl eti c competi tions wi1l fea ture the
page showing various methods of training
affair.
used at th e U. S. Armored Force School
M a uri ce F inke l comes to th e fo re,
at Fo rt Knox. On e of th e training devices
introducing a new device and a stage for
used is Bally's Rapid Fire machine gun,
music machin es. The device is to be placed
built with a miniature ta nk repl acing th e
on a wall nea r th e machine, to announ ce
submarine used in the amusement model.
numbers about to be played through the
simple process of drawing back a cur tain.
The stage will draw attention to the music
J u ne 1st Los Angeles Ti m es:
machine itself.
Jimmi e Fi dler, syndicated Hollywood
P revu e showings in several key ni ght
columnist, devotes a goodly portion of his
Sunday column to applaudin g the three
spots and restaurants are buildin g knowl-
edge of th e P anoram movi e machine.
minute shorts being made for coin·operated
Current opinion is that its possibilities at
movies. Says Fidler: "The maj ors will do
present are limited to top-notch locations.
well to watch th ese shorts fo r future
talent."
Carl C. Countrym an has joined the
merchandise-vendor operators as a new
member with offices near the Vine Street-
J u ly N ation al Geographic:
Holl ywoo d Distributor center. Opera ting
"Aroun d th e Clock With You r Soldier ' as Leo R ex, he has garnered several fin e
Boy" by F rederi ck Sim pich gives an hour·
lo cations fo r his machines.
by· hour account of a typ ical day in th e life
Nat Ch o d e rke r , recent bridegroo m an d
of th e average soldier. On page 35 is a half
candidate fo r " handso mest operator" hon-
page photo of a gro up of soldiers amusing
ors, who recently brok e up hi s partnership
th emselves with a target rifl e. Says the cap·
with Max Brown, h as resumed associa-
tion : "After a hard day on the target
ti on wi th th e Brown F amily. Na t an d
range, at night th ey pay to shoot some
Lynn B r own , youthful , energetic inventor-
more! It costs a ni ckel, with th is electrical
operators, have opened an arcade at Atlan-
device, to fire imaginary bullets at an im-
ti c City. Th e partn ers report that "busi ness
aginary air plane. But how th ey like it!
was terrific durin g the first weeks."
Marksmen of th e 47th Infantry try th eir
At Royal Distributing Co., J oe Nanni
skill at a Fort Bragg, North Carolina, post
succeeds Evelyn Russell as record pur·
exchange.
chaser. J oe is really a veteran in th e record
busin ess. Evelyn, who is too busy with h er
offi ce duties at th e present tim e to do any-
May 29th Fran co-A m erican R adio
thing else ( exce pt sigh with defi ght at
S h ow :
...
Tommy Dorsey's smooth arrangements and
P aying tribute to the coin machin es and
Sammy Kaye's swing ' n sway music) did
the men th at operatl: th em, Lanny Ross
tak e tim e out for a prophesy. EveJyn , who
devoted his entire M'lty 29th radio show to
has an un canny knack of selecting futur e
the operators, calling ' it, "Coin Machin e
stars, predicts a big recor ding combin-
Show." Th e program fea tured a mythical
ation from the teaming of Art Jarrett with
coin-operated phonogra ph with various
Hal Kemp's b and.
memb ers of the cast insertin g mythical
ni ckels.
Other women also fi gure in industry
notes this month. Lillian Cu tle r , clever
*
*
*
*
business manager of the Amuse{I1en t Ma-
chin e Association, h as installed an error-
proof sys tem whi ch h as ended operator
complaints about mix-ups. . . . E dna
Gallagh e r , recent bride, charming assist·
ant to F r a nk H a nunond, busi ness man-
ager of the Phonograph Operators' Asso·
ciation , has been discovered to be th e rea·
son for so many operators visi ting th e
office.
Th e partn ershi p of J ohn Workman
and Sam Ch a d win has been dissolved,
bo th men increasin g their individual loca-
tions successfully.
Nel son Verb it, Rosen Co. record sales-
man, has been selected as the most help-
fu l salesman in Philadelphia.
P e nny P r o duc ts Co.,Landsdowne, is
among the largest organiza tions installing
miniature bowling alleys. P enny reports
success and po pularity as far as th ese
amusement machin es are concern ed.
New hea daches in cigarettes have co me
up for operators. Oddest package is the
Chelsea, a twenty-four cigarette brand
manufac tured by Larns Bro thers Co. An-
oth er new-com er is Zephyr, kin g·size.
Th e patriotic list this month features
J oe F r eedma n who will soon don a khaki
uniform for Uncle Sam and th en try and
figure out how many n ickels there are in
.$21.00.
W eddin g bells chime in th is column
althou gh th ey're only an echo now for Ty
Yon ker , Rosen Co. service head who was
married to Dor o thy Sutcl iffe on Jun e 7
and received a gift from fellow em ployees.
They're still in the future fo r D onald
Lieber m a n , form er film director, who re-
turned to Philadel phi a and b eca me an im-
portant juice-machine operator. Mollie
Za mble, hea d girl at the High Point re-
cord shop, had a smart, n ew gown for th e
wedding of h er sister July 6. By th e way,
store manager Ernie, a clever boy with
ideas on style, has im proved High Point's
window display imm ensely. F rie d a Mille r ,
well-known to operators, plans to be mar-
ri ed late this year.
In th e "Con gratulations" corn er sits
Harold Be r e nba um, Active A musement
mechani c, who beca me a cigar store's ri val
with his activities in celebration of the
arrival of hi s n ew daughter.
Now we'll close with tips on popul ar
son gs: Barry Wood's presentation of Irv·
in g Berli n's "Any Bonds Today" and
"Arms F or the Love of Ameri ca"; Tommy
Dorsey's " Yes, Indeed." Vaughn Monroe,
who makes a big hit with th e gals in
Eas tern personal a ppearances, is a new
record artist to wa tch.
Harry Bortnick •
Hart Named Empire's
Managing Director
NEW YORK- Joseph J . H art has been
named managing director of E mpire Dis-
tributors and Jobbers' Board of Tra de, In c.,
the newly· formed tra de association of coin
machin e distributors and jobb ers in th e
Metro politan New York and New J ersey
areas.
Officials of the association declare: "Mr.
H art, with a background of 15 years of
sales management, publi city and sales pro-
motion, com es to the industry at a time of
great national emergency. In j ust a few
short weeks, he has earn ed the whole-
hearted res pect and cooperation of opera-
tors and thei r associa tions and he will un-
doubtedly create an appreciation by the
general publi c of the part coin operated
equipment pl ays in the present-day scheme
of things."
Empire offi ces are located at the Mc·
Graw·Hj]] building, 330 West 42nd St. •
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers.