Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

The I09th Consecutive Monthly Issue of the
C,ih IJtf(C~ihe ~ el7iew
.JULY, 1942.
The COIN MACHINE REVIEW fo,r J ul y;. 1942, Vol . 10, No. I. Publ ished mo nt hly at 11 15 Venice Blvd ., Los Ang e les, Calif. Fi tzroy 8269. Paul W . Bla ckford ,
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Army Issues Machine Order
WASHINGTON .- The War Department
has issued Circular No. 143 pertaining to
vending and amusement machines and de·
finir.g the methods by which machines may
be installed in post camps and stations.
The following instructions are listed:
I- VENDING AND AMUSEMENT MACHINES
MA Y BE INSTALLED IN POST CAMPS
AND STATIONS BY;
(A) Outright Purchase for Cash or on an
Installment Contract.
(B) Rental Purchase.
(C) Loan by the Vendor, who retains owner·
. hip.
2- The negotiating agency for procuring Vending
and Amusement Machine at Post, Camp and
Stations will normally be the Exch~nge.
3- All Vending and Amusement Machines in·
stalled on the Post will be under the control
of the Exchange, except those installed in
~oJ~:ta~h'e Se~~~j~io~~ub~f a'A'k ~~~6~ °fo~ra:h~
benefits of t~e Fund Concerned, at the discre·
tion of the Post, Camp or Station Commanding
Officer, and except where specific War Depart-
ment aut hority has been granted under the
Provisions of Paragraph A3 (l), AR 210-50.
4 ......... 10 establishing regulations for the insta ll ation
and operations of Vending and Amusement
Machines the Post Commander or the Com-
manding Officer of an exempted Station will
exercise due diligence to provide full protec·
tion of the Exchange or other Organization to
insure a maximum profit and a minimum possi-
bility of loss, including that of bottle loss for
those Machines dispensing Merchandise in a
returnable bottIe.
~ -Vending
Machines will not be installed in
permanent or Cantonment tyl'e Exchange Build-
Ings where personal service IS available for the
sale of the product.
6-- The Installation of Amusement Machines
which involve Gambling is Prohibited.
7-The Post Commander or the Commanding Offi-
cer of an exempted station is charged with
adequate protectIOn against loss by pi lferage
or destruction when Automatic Vending Ma-
chines of any type are installed. Sanitary pro-
vi.!ions incident to the operation of Automatic
Vending Machines of any type should be an-
ticipated and solved prior to the granting of
authority for the installation of any machine.
AUGUST TAX CALENDAR
Au gust 20
FEDERAL I NCOME TAX.
W ith-
h o ldin g Agent, Monthly return of tax
withheld on bond interest for the preced-
ing month to be filed with Coll ector of In·
ternal Revenue.
Au g u st 3 1
FEDERAL T AXES ON ADMIS-
SIONS AND DUES, FACILITIES, OIL
PR OCESS I NG, SA F E DEPOSIT
LEASES, ELECTRICAL ENERGY,
TR ANS PORT AT IO N, SAL ES (I N-
CLUDI NG RETAILERS' AND MANU-
FACTURERS' EXCISE T AXES ) Tax-
p ayer s. Return and payment of tax for
preceding month to Collector of Internal
Revenue.
Washington Columnists Plug Notional
Lottery In . Syndicated Articles
WASHINGTON, D. C.-That tho ughts
of a national lottery still remain upper-
most in the thoughts of many congression-
al representatives in Washington is evident
in two nationally syndicated news columns
eminating from the capi tol during June.
On June 12th Drew Pearson and Robert
S. Allen, conductors of "Washington Merry-
Go -Round" had this to say concerning a
national lottery:
"BOND LOTTERY-Rep. Adolph Sa-
bath of Illinois, genial chairman of the
house rules committee, wasn't able to sell
the president on government sponsored
lotteries when he called at the White
House. However, he was given a novel idea
on how to use the lottery principle in the
sale of bonds.
"Sabath contended that a legalized lot-
tery, cond ucted monthly by the treasury,
would ·greatly aid in relieving taxation
and raise billions in revenue for the war
effort.
"Under a bill he is sponsoring, the
Illinoian said, the government would realize
approxima tely $875,000,000 from the sale
of 1,000,000,000 $1 tickets, whereas if it
borrowed this amount at 3 percent for 20
years, the interest alone would total $525,
000,000.
.
" It wouldn't be the first time our govern-
ment has held a lottery," argued Sabath.
"We did it in 1776 to hel p finance the
Revolutionary war."
"Yes, I know," said the president, adding
th at he doubted the advisabi lity of lotteries
at this time because of the strong opposi-
tion of religious groups. Instead, he pro-
posed a compromise.
"Why not apply your lottery ideas to
th e sale of war bonds," he suggested. "The
Belgian government held bond lotteri'es for
a number of years."
Under the Belgian system, he explained,
drawings are held each year and bond-
holders with lucky numbers get substantial
prizes.
"If we could stimulate the sale of war
bonds in this country by the same system,
I might be for it." said the president."
Important Notice
For the duration of the War the Los
Angeles offices of THE REVIEW will be
open from 1 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. only each
day. Switchboard service will be from
10 a, m. to 4:30 p. m. and the offices will
continue to close all Ciay Saturday.
On June 22nd, Damon Runyon, wrltmg
in the Hearst papers from coast-to-coast
under "The Brigh ter Side", expressed him-
self as favoring the proposed lottery now
before Congress. Said Runyon:
"My theory of the lottery is that it should
be designed to get funds for the relief of
the fami lies of the men in the service, and
sho uld continue only for the duration and
perhaps a short time afterwards, but even
if the Governmen t did not care to use the
money for that specific purpose, it would
still make the lottery serve to fatten the
general treasury.
" I mean I am commencing to think that
it would be a good idea to have th e lot·
tery regardless of the ultimate destination
of the dollars as long as it helped take
off some of the weight on the customers.
I no tice that the bills introduced in Con-
gress providing for the lot_tery all have the
genera l jackpot in mind, and, while I
insist my thought about relief is best, I
am willing to compromise with the states-
men to get the thing going.
"My lowest estimate on the probable
return to the Government of the lottery
is $250,000,000 per year based on twice-a·
month drawings. I am not too ,good on
figures myself but I have had some pretty
sharp fellows do the calculating for mp.
and not one has come in with a smaller
reckoning. Their figures depend on their
ideas of the prices of the lottery tickets
and the number of drawings, one of my
experts estimating the probable profit to
the Governmen t at $350,000,000 on the
basis of $2 per ducat.
"I think this may be a trifle high, but
no man can say off-hand with any de-
gree of accuracy what a lottery might net
in a nation so devoted to gambling that
betting on horse hacing is legalized in
numerous states and various forms of lot-
tery such as bingo and drawings of De-
fense Bonds as prizes prevail in some
churches and illegal numbers and boleta
games, sweep-stakes and "club" drawings
for cash awards are going on daily almost
everywhere.
"In no other country on the face of the
globe, not even in Latin America where
government lotteries are common, has
gambling such widespread appeal to the
public as in the United States. Literally
billions of dollars are staked yearly here
on vario us gamb li ng enterprises, including
the stock market, and from an enormous
sum of this money the Government real-
izes not a dime."
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