Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

WE WILL BUY,-
WE WILL SELL,-
2 !in or ig inal crates ) New Kee-
ney F.P. & P.O . Comb . ) Super
Bells ................................ .... .... .... $240 .00 Ea.
3 Ba ker' s Pacers, Daily Double
and 30-to-l !like new!. ........... 199. 50 Ea .
3 Evans Lucky Lucre s (fine con . ) 199. 50 Ea .
1 Mills Spinning Reel !like new) 100.00
3 Bally Free Play "Gold Cups " 34.50 Ea .
3 Mills 5c 9 .T.s........... ....... ...... .... 37.50 Ea .
1 Bally 5c Reliance Dice............ 25 .00
All a re ve r y clean and in fi rst-class condi-
t ion . 1/ 3 De posit, Balance C .O . D.
We will also buy complete good condit ion " Free Play" 5 ball Games 1941 models such as
School-Days, Sparky , Silve r Skates, e tc . , etc . What have you? Give full description and
prices, rush via ai r-mail .
BALLY FREE PLAYS
Spor t Special s, Reco rd Times , Blue Grass ,
Dark Horse, Trophy Clubs and " 41" Derbys.
BALLY PAYOUTS
Grand Nationals, Santa Anita s, Jocke y
Clubs, Turf King s, Long Shots , Sport Kings,
Pace Ma ke rs .
EVANS J ACKPOT MODELS
Ba ngtails , Ga lloping Dominoes, Evans Pacers ,
Keeney ' s Super Track-Times. Fo r tunes and
Ai r -Raiders.
THE R. F. ' TOG 'I' DISTRIBU'I 'ORS
MILNER HOTEL BLDG .
PHILADELPHIA
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
24
FOR
FEBRUARY
1942
PHILADELPHIA (RC ) - Operators have
taken th e curtailment of machin e produ c-
tion in the same patriotic mann er as all
citize ns have accepted th e restriction of
oth er materials essential to war produc-
tion. T he slogan of members of both local
associations has been " If It's For Defense
Then W e Are For It" and have supported
every effo rt to use music machin es and
amusement games for promotion of Bond
Purchases and oth er pro grams reques ted
by the local defense boards.
Th e Phonogra ph Operators Association
of Eastern P ennsylvania and the Amuse-
ment Machine Operators Association have
made important executive changes for th e
New Year. Activity of the groups durin g
th e next annum will b e similar, however,
to th e programs inaugurated durin g the
terms of the retiring officers. This is r e-
garded as a tribute to the excellent prece-
dents established by th ese men wh o are
r elinquishing their posts in ord er to enabl e
other members to carry the burden of lea d-
e rship.
The Phonograph Operators Association
also promised an in creased activity to gai n
public recognition as the outstandin g trade
orga nization in the country by securing an
organization al expert to handle their busi-
ness affairs and to wo rk on probl ems with
their officers. Jack Cade, well known to
local Phonograph Operators and form er
manager of the office of P enn Co in-O-Mati c
Co., local Wuditzer distributor, was th e
man selec ted.
Cade ass umed th e duties of busin ess
man ager on F ebruary 2 and received nu-
merous telegrams and messages of con-
gratulations from his fri ends and asso-
cia tes. H e was introduced to the member-
shi p at a s pecial dinner-meeting held
at the swanky Club Bali on Thursday eve-
nin g, J anuary 26. At that tim e he promised
th em that he would strive to do work that
would assist .and promote th e industry in
th is territory.
Th e Phonogra ph Operators Associat ion
held an elec ti on early in Janu ary which
saw William Kin g elevated to th e Presi-
dency. Other changes will be listed in th e
nex t iss ue of the R EVI EW.
Miss Edna Gall agher, who has worked in
th e music group's offi ce since it was first
opened wi th Frank H ammond as busin ess
manager, will r etire from her duti es ea rly
in F ebruary. She will continu e to be on
call for work when needed.
An election of officers was h eld a t a
meetin g of the Amusement Machine Opera-
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
tors Association and the following we re
elected fo r 1942: WiIli'am "Big Bill" Rod·
stein, President ; Sam Stern, Vice Presi-
dent ; Robert Stein, treasurer ; and Jack
Brandt, secretary ; while Joseph Silverman
was given the new post of recording secre-
tary.
Martin Mitnick, who had held the
prexy's chair fo r almost a deca de, retired
due to his desire for a rest and was given
th e unanimous thanks of th e entire memo
bership for his ca pable leadership during
the organization's most difficult and tryin g
years. Sam Pinkowitz who also was reo
placed as an executive offi cer of many years,
followed Mitnick in handing over the
duties of vice-president to a man who h ad
not previously held an exec utive post in
th e group. Rob ert Stein replaced " Bill"
Rodstein who was moved into th e presi-
dent's post.
Many operators are sellin g Raymond
Rosen & Co. their old, cracked or broken
records which the RCA-Victor di stributor
is purchasin g in any quantity. The cam-
pai gn to coll ect old records, which are not
"laminated" or paper-centered, will con-
tinue for several weeks, accordin g to Paul
Knowl es, record department manager.
Harr y Bortnick. •
Harm in Pin Games? No!
NEW YORK-~ Inquiring Fotographer"
Jimmy J email ( NY Daily News ), stood at
4th Ave. and 67th St. in Brooklyn asking,
"Do you see any harm in pinb all ma-
chines?" With a total of six passers asked,
the industry b atted 1.000, drawing six noes
from student, wife, postman, service station
attendant, tobacco dealer and Navy Yard
worker.
Comments, coupl ed with the " No harm"
answer, stressed value of games in creatin g
a social gathering, skill , fa scination and
suitability for indoor fun, attraction of
people into stor es where th ey make pur-
chases. One man pointed out that b etting
on the races is permitted, and " that's worse
th an spending a few ni ckels on games";
anoth er, that drinkin g or ni ght club visits
would cost him a lot more.
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Observatory Attack Feared
L OS ANGELES - Coin operated tele-
scopes on th e grounds of Gri ffith P ark Ob-
servatory, here, ou ght to be removed, thinks
one Angeleno . Th eory is that from th e air
they give appearance of fortifi ca tion and
might draw bombs from enemy planes, re-
sultin g in destruction of the observatory
itself. Suggestion is bein g consid ered by th e
local P ark Commiss ion.
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BUY DEFENSE BONDS
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ThaI sparkling, fr iendly greeting from O. D.
Jennings &- Co. is Ih e voice of Mar y Murray,
shown on dul y 01 Ih e switchboard and infor-
malion desk.
Rieharme Well 'S to.e ked
LONG BEACH- On e of the fin est assort-
ments of .new and used marble tables to be
found in th e West is at th e Long Beach
Coin Machine Co. wh ere Jo e Richarme
holds forth carin g for the needs of th e
amusement table operators of Southern
California.
" New tables are becoming increasingly
difficult to obtain," declared Jo e, "and many
of our factories are now limitin g our pur-
chases to only a few of the current models.
However we hope to be abl e to take care
of the needs of all our regular custom ers
and our used de partment has been enlarged
to th e point where an operator can get
almost any type 1)f machin e h e needs at a
fi gure th at represents a real savin g."
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Permo Pointers End Year
CHICAGO- P ermo Pointers, the newsy,
bimonthly bulletin of and fo r coin phono-
gra ph operators, published by P ermo Pro-
ducts, has rounded out its first year of pub-
li ca tion with the holiday issue.
In pleasing contrast to preceding issues,
the holiday issue was printed in gay tra-
ditional Christmas colors and was most
attractive in appearance. Credit for th e
success of P ermo Pointers goes to E. C.
(Gene ) Steffens, Vice Pres. and Mgr.
P ermo Point Division. P ermo Pointers is
mailed without charge to over 7500 coin
phonograph operators, servicemen, and dis-
tributors.
In the December issue, in mentioning its
distribution of P ermo P oint book matches,
it states, "It's easy to get a P ermo Point
Match, but impossibe to get a match for
P ermo Point."
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An astronomer is a man who looks at
th e moon when he is not in love. A lover
is a man who looks at the moon when he
is not an astronomer.
" Wh at do elks have that oth er animals
don' t have?"
"Well, wh at ?"
" Parades."
SEE IT TBBU IN '42
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