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In connection with the intensive " Music For Defense" Drive to sell
United States Defens e Bonds, members of the Sales Department of the
J. P. Seeburg Corporation held a 3·day meeting at the Edgewater
Beach Hotel, Chicago , on October 4th. At this meeting , the salesmen
and executives shown above at the left, subscribed more than $30,000
in Defen se Bonds. This drive will be extended by the members of the
sales staff to include the Seeburg distributors , the Seeburg operators,
locations and their patrons. A huge variety of " Music For Defense"
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No Cabaret Tax on
Phonos. for Dancing
CHICAGO-A ruling was received by
the Automatic Phonograph Manufacturers
Association on October 10th from D. S.
Bliss, deputy commissioner in Washington
concernin g a tax on phonographs in loca·
tions where space is provided for patrons
to dance. Question was raised because of
the new 5% tax on cabarets and cabaret
entertainment as to whether a coin·operated
phonograph in a locat ion with dancing
space might classify th e location as a
cabaret.
Deputy Bliss' ruling is as follows:
"If only entertainmen t is phonograph
or coin·operated music machine and
space where patrons may dance the
five percent cabaret tax does not ap·
ply.
D. S. Bliss." •
Murdock Confers
With George Miller
SAN FRANCISCO - George Murdock,
district manager of the Rock·Ola Manufac·
turing Corporation, headquartering in Port·
land, who covers the eleven western states,
has just finished his annual visit with
George Miller, of Oakland, who is distribu·
tor for 29 counties in Northern California.
The counties are: Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta,
Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter,
Yuba, Nevada, Placer, Eldorado, Sacra·
mento, Amador, Alpine, Tuolumne, Cala-
literature will be made available to all Seeburg distributors , opera·
tors and locations in a gigantic promotion to spur Bond sales.
Above on the right: Seeburg officials, Bruce Jagor, comptroller; James
Barron , Vice President in charge of production ; and Carl McKelvey ,
General Sales Manager, are preparing plans for the huge campaign.
McKelvey started the drive with $30,000 subscribed by the members
of his Sales Department. Bruce Jagor will conduct the Drive among
the office employees and James Barron will be in charge of Defense
Bond subscriptions among the employees in his department.
veras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced,
Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings,
Yolo, Solano, Contra Costa, and Alameda.
Murdock reports his company has had
its largest year in history insofar as auto·
matic musical equipment is concerned. •
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More Buckleys
For San Diego
CHICAGO-Bud Parr, General Music
Company, Los Angeles, California, a dis·
tributor of Buckley Music System, reports
ever increasing business in San Diego,
Californ ia. He keeps the telegraph wires
busy for delivery dates on shipments to
San Diego.
In com menting on this business, Bill
Corcoran , Pacific Coast District sales man-
ager for Buckley says, "With the music
systems that have been shipped into th e
California territory in th e last two years I
know that Bud Parr has sold about every
operator in Southern California. In looking
over the city of San Djego, during a visit
in that territory several months ago, I saw
Buckley Systems in a good many prominent
locations and I told Bud Parr that we had
made a good start in that city.
"With the great expansion due to de-
fense work, many new places of business
have been opened up and many established
businesses have expanded. In making this
increase in business, the business men
themselves wanted to know that they were
equipped to give the best music and as a
result make the most money. That many of
them have decided in favor of Buckley in-
stallations is indicated by the great increase
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THESE FEATURE GAMES
FOR OCTOBER!
Chi. Coin STAR ATTRACTION ........ $118.S0
Exhibit KNOCKOUT ........ $114.S0
Gottlieb ABC Bowler ..........•.•...•• $118.S0
Genco JUNGLE ....••...........• $118.S0
• Genco GUN CLUB ......•.....•..•.............•.• $118.S0
"The House That Doesn't Chise/!"
in business from Bud Parr, General Music
Company.
"Buckley is making shipments right
along to Los Angeles and directly to San
Diego. Parr is providing for the installation
work so that one location after another is
being set. Weare proud to have our sys·
terns installed in these different businesses
and giving everyone the benefit of the reo
laxation and amusement provided by
music."
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~ Permo
Gives Records
Kind Treatment
CHICAGO-Every week is, "Be Kind to
Records Week", when the records are used
with Permo needles, says "Gene" Steffens,
vice-president of Permo Products Corp.
"Permo metal, used on Permo Point
Needles," he pointed out, "is compounded
in our own laboratory from the platinum
group of precious metals, the rarer of
which are Osmium, Ruthenium, Iridium,
and Rhodium, and is the result of 20 years
of metallurgical research."
Steffens declares that it is not difficult
to manufacture long-life needles, but, just
as important as the number of plays is the
effect of the needle on the record and the
capability of accurate reproduction. "To
be economical and practical," he said, "a
point material must be used that, by its
very nature combines all three of these fea·
tures- Iong life, kindness to records and
perfect reproduction."
According to the Permo official, the aver·
age use of Permo Point Needles is 2,000
plays, although many operator get 4,000
and there are frequent reports of six, eight
and ten thousand plays. One set of sta·
tistics recounted 21,000 plays.
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LONG BEACH COIN MACHINE COMPANY
1628 E. ANAHEIM
Phone 722-64
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Warden: "I have good news for you,
Number 949. You've been granted a pardon,
and will be released tomorrow."
Convict: "But I can't, warden. I'm on
the ball team, and the big game is tomor·
LONG BEACH. CALIF.
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