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of Directors will also serve as members of
the House Committee, Grievance Commit-
tee and Rules and Regula tions_
Business Expansion: Sam Stern contin-
ued to expand his control of local music
machine locations by purchasing the route
of Alec Lederer who operated as the Gen-
eral Amusement Co_
Private Fred Snyderman showed his love
of home-life by spending thirteen hours in
the air in order to stay home for one hour
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sny-
derman of Overbrook Vending.
"
Music To Undertaking: Al Berger, for-
merly manager of the music route for Stan-
ley Amusement, prop. Sam Lerner, trans-
ferred his activity from the entertainment
business to the undertaking industry. He
was succeeded by Leonard Kessler amuse-
ment machine manager, who thus ~ssumed
charge of all Stanley machine placement_
ColUJpbi!i Record Personnel Change:
New dlstnct manager for Columbia Rec-
ords is Rudy Tolney, who was moved here
from Detroit following the transfer of
George Prutting to management of the
New York and Newark offices. Tolney will
have charge of the Philadel phia and Balti-
more area.
Harry Bortnick
Singing Pictures in West
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
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FOR
MARCH
7942
LOS ANGELES-The Modern Distri-
buting Co., with Ed Hartman in charge,
has opened at 1349 West Washington Blvd.
to distribute the new Singing Picture
uminated Auxiliary Speakers to operators,
jobbers and distributors in the West.
The line consists of four Picture speakers
~9 inches wide by 23 inches deep, beaut~
dully framed and with a neat picture light
above. Speaker is mounted on the back of
the picture which is a silk screen process
of four art models in full colors. A larger
model, 33 inches by 41 inches has the
American flag and the slogan "On to
Victory."
"
Introduced in the East several weeks ago
the Singing Pictures have met with enthus-
iastic reception wherever installed and some
of the nation's leading Distributors are now
handling the lin e in the East and Middle
West.
Hartman, a" veteran in the coin machine
industry, stated: "We believe we have some-
thing really worthwhile for every music
operator in 'Singing Pictures.' The unit
lends class and dignity to any type of lo-
cation and the variety of subjects makes it
possible for an operator to supply just ex-
actly the type of picture that might prove
most satisfactory in any given spot. It's
superior tone has amazed the operators
who have already been in to see our demon-
strators. We cordially invite western coin-
men to come in and see this revolutionary
new speaker."
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Confucious h e say, " Buy h o nora ble
D e fense Bond and put Nip-on-knees."
Di g this ope rators and if you can 't
afford a bond get a h a ndful o f sta mps.
LO CAL O PER ATOR W I S HES
TO B UY a r oute o f Auto m a tic
P hon ographs, on o r off location.
S tate a ll in fi r st le tter. Give
mo~els and b est prices. Box 4 10,
Co in Machin e R eview, 1115 Ven-
ice Blvd., Los An geles, Cali f.
YOUR FRIENDS? ?
This listin? is made so that Music
Operators mIght know their true friends
In the Artist field .
The follow ing artists have composed
music. made arrangements for. or ap-
peared in past and forthcoming produc-
tions which are believed to paint the
Music Operating Industry in a scurrilous
light:
Ken Murray
Harriet Hilliard
(wife of Ollie Nelson)
Wingy Mannone
Milt Herth Trio
Kings Men
Charlie Barnet
Ann Sheridan
Ronald Reagan
Army Goes Seeburg
LOS ANGELES-Up in Camp Roberts
the men in service go for the Seeburg Sym-
phonolas . . . and man, how they go for
them!
"Take our word for it," declared L. B.
McCreary of E. T. Mape Music Co., "We've
delivered a bunch of machines to the boys
up there and the operators in charge tell
us the machines pay for themselves in seven
weeks. All of which goes to show the tre-
mendous earning power of the Seeburg
line. Captain Gilmore is in charge of the
operation there and speaks highly of the
day-in-and-day-out service the Seeburg ma-
chines give. We feel we are especially for-
tunate in being able to contribute to ArtrJ'1
morale in this manner and at the same
time make it possible for profits to accrue
for Seeburg operators ."
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"Mother, am I descended from a mon -
key?"
"I don't know, dear. I never knew any
of your father's people."
S50.00
REWARD
We-will pay $50.00 reward for
information leading to the ar·
rest of the thieves and the
return of five PACKARD PLA·
MOR Boxes stolen from one of
our locations. Serial numbers
of the five boxe, are as fol·
lows:
39840
40136
39854
39845
39851
If you have information con-
cerning these boxes. or if they
have been offered to you. com·
municate at once with
Specimen sign to be displayed i~ a prominent
position in the location. This sign would have
the bell mounted thereon as shown .
Phonos Stamp Salesmen
CHICAGO-A tested and proven method
of selling as much as one hundred million
dollars in U. S. Defense stamps has been
advanced by lack Nelson, Vice President
and General Sales Manager of Rock-Ola.
Plan calls for installing a bell in each
music location. Bell is to be located in any
conspicuous spot and connected by wire to
the q~arte~ chute on the phonograph. Ap-
proprIate sIgns around the spot should pro-
claim that with each 25c deposited the cus-
tomer will hear 5 tunes and in addition
receive one 10c "Defense Stamp.
A special sign should be made for dis-
p.laying over the phonograph calling atten-
tIOn to the offer and signed by th e location
owner, for this provides him with an excel-
lent opportunity to show his patriotism in a
tangible way.
"
In a Chicago test it was found, in an
ordinary spot, usually getting from 6 to 10
quarters a week, that the quarter gross in-
creased to 73 quarters the first week, 47 the
second, and 52, 41, and 48 on subsequent
weeks. Operators simply leave from 40 to
50 10c Defense Stamps at each location.
Settlement is easy for the operator counts
the quarters and makes the settlement ac-
cordingly. The cost of the Stamps is taken
off the "top" before the usual division be-
tween operator and proprietor.
Based on the Chicago test when 261 De-
fense Stamps were disposed of in 5 weeks
it becomes apparent that with such a plan
on the 400,000 phonographs in operation
today the coin-operated music industry
could absorb the annual sale of nearly one
hundred million dollars worth of stamps.
BOX 405
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