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Ed Wisler Says:
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW ·
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FOR
NOVEMBER
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The World Series may be over but
Packard's Remote Control PLA-MOR
is still going to bat, earning profits
the minute folks see its streamlined
design .•. indirect title strip light-
ing . • . rotor selector insuring per-
fect selection. Gives dependable
service, too! You'll get higher profits
faster with PLA-MOR. Let me tell
you more!
ED WISLER
District Manager
Packard Manufacturing Corporation
1446 E. McKinley
Phoenix. Ariz.
lay an egg the size of a n ostrich OJn-
e let. A silly son g, with moronic lyrics
a nd a lot of "now you sing it" gab b y
Kaye, it's worth trying a t a n y rate.
Victor.
HONEY-Teddy Powell revives thi.,
1928 classic on Bluebird. Too early to
tell what will happen but Powell b e-
lieves it will be hi s biggest seller in his
ca r eer as a recordin g artis t. Keep it in
mind.
I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T
GOOD-Duke Elli n gton has THE rec-
ord of this, with a b ea u tiful , pashy
and slow-tempoe d vocal b y Ivie And er-
son. Second choice : E lla Fitzgerald's
Decca a nd Vaughn Monroe's Blu ebird.
A slow s tarter but moving up consist-
e ntly. Duke's is on Victor.
SAM YOU MADE THE P ANTS TOO
LONG-Joe E. Lewis, the vet com e-
dian, has b een u sin g this parody on
Lord You Made the Night Too Long
for nearly 10 years. Now Vaughn
Monroe t:omes alon g, records it with
Ziggy Talent sin gin g, and he has (\
s urefire, can't-miss smash hit. A sen-
sa tiona l " natural" for all machines.
Destined to pull in many co ins for ops
who put it on f ast . ·.·Monroe's is on
Bluebird.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Regardless of
your place in th e Coin Machine Industry
of the Missouri Valley, it's Tax, Tax, Tax
wherever you turn. Seldom now is there a
meeting between even two members of the
industry that the talk doesn't get around to
the new Federal Location levy.
"It's swell! " Or "It's ruinous!" And
sometimes: "I can't see that it makes any
difference." But it's always something.
There isn't a K. C. operator without com·
ment and a willingness to air it.
For instance Frank Fasone of Acme
Amusement Co . reports: "We are finding it
difficult to get so me of our loca tion s to go
down to the Federal Building t6 pay the
tax. It isn't the money, it's j ust th at they
seem to fear anything connected with the
U. S. Government."
On the other hand Tommie Thompso n
of United Amusement Co. has found that,
"Most locations are very pleased with the
new tax, particularly in rural areas. They
seem to feel that at last a dividin g line has
actually been drawn between amusement
and gambling eq uipment. They tell me that
they're happy to pay the $10.00 on re·play
machines, that it amounts to less than a
dollar a month and that this new dividing
line is worth a great deal more than that
to them."
Gus Pusateri's new G & R Sales Co.'s
show rooms offer an excell ent example of
efficiency th at can be accomplished through
arrangement. Arranged around the walls in
such a manner that you can stand in the
center of the floor and see practically any
machine in the firm's stock, G & R shows
what can be done in this conn ection.
Darrell Thompson, forinerly with Central
Distributing Co., is the new G & R contact
man. Edgar Neil and John Washington are
in the shop.
Pusateri, who has been in th e coin rna·
chine business less than 6 months, is of
the opinion that most operators concentrate
th eir attention on mechanics so as to avoid
off·hour service calls. He believes in adding
to this equal atten tion to glass and wood
polishing to co mpl ete the job.
With Melton Bartells in the Oklahoma
City Central Distributing Co. is Ed Gore
who formerly sold for Cen tral here. Ed's
home town is Grandview, Missouri.
Cen tral's Parts Departmen t Manager
Clifton Bryant reports that orders are com-
ing through regularly now but are about
6-weeks behind.
Several local distributors h ave recently
asked the question, "What's happened to
the Saturday business?" Saturday was for-
merly a very heavy day along this City's
Coin Machine Row, but such is no longer
the case. Could it be that operators are
catching on to this 5·day week idea?
Joe DiGiovanne and Victor Buccero have
recovered from their recent accident which
completely demolished th e Acme service
car. Their new transportation is a very
natty Chevrolet of the latest vintage, white
wall tires, seat covers and everything.
Fortunately Fasone and Buccero were al-
most completely covered by insurance on
the wrecked car.
One of their biggest worries, most opera-
tors report, is explaining the new Federal
Tax to locations. Helpful in this connection,
they say, is carrying with them the outline
that appeared in th e October COIN MA-
CHINE REVIEW. Locations like to see this
explanation in print.
At Universal Manufacturing Co_ every-
thing is National Defense. The company
and the employees are buying the new
bonds and this firm's ticket deals are fea-
turing th e bonds as awards. Joe Berkowitz
is off on another trip to Chicago to secure
more machines, and S. L. Herman, adver-
tising and sales promotion manager, is
busy on new arrangements of the good old
Red, White and Blue.
United Amusement Co. reports one of its
biggest months in history during October.
Tommie Thompson is offering 2 to 1 that
Carl Hoelzel will gain at least 25 pounds
in the next six months. According to Tom-
mie, Carl in only a few weeks of married
life has already picked up 10 pounds due
to the excellent cooking of Mrs. Ho elzel.
From morning until night Tommie sings
praises of the Hoelzel table but to date
Carl has turned a deaf ear on the idea of
taking him in as a regular guest.
Benny Levinson, Junction City, Kansas,
is expected to soon be released from the
hospital where he has undergone two op-
erations and spen t more than a month's
tim e.
From Milwaukee, Wise., Bill Happel of
the Badger Novelty Co. traveled to Kansas
Ci ty recently to talk business with the
United staff.
Th e American Royal, one of the world's
most famed live stock shows, held in Kan-
sas City during th e past month , drew op-
erators by the score. And it goes without
sayin g that a few ribbons for prize stock
went home with them. Seldom is this event
h eld that operator's entries do not walk
away with at least a few of the awards.
Among others at this year's show was
Harry Olsen of Noel, Missouri. B. E. Knost
of Baker-Knost Novelty Co., Pittsburg,
Kansas came in with the Sunflower State
delegation; and Virgil Howie of Knox and
Howie, Pittsburg, Kansas, was in doing
business for the firm explaining that part-
ner Knox was much too busy at home
taking care of business to make the trip.
Ted Miller, Clarinda, Iowa, operator also
.came down to look over the blue-bloods as
well as coin machines.
Z. Gershon and Carl Hoelzel have bought
out Harry Brown's pin table loca tions of
abo ut 40 spots and rumor has it that Harry
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