Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1942 October - Page 8
OSED GAMES
2 Anabel ........... .. .. ...............
1 All American ................... .
1 Argentine .... _....... ........ ....
Bandwagon ........ ..............
Gold Star ..... .... ... ............
Blondie ._ .... __ ............ ..........
Hi Hat ..... ........... ..............
Legionnaire ........ ..............
Major 1941 ......................
Metro .. .............. ................
2 Pan American .. ................
1 Red , White and Blue... .....
Salute ..................... ...........
Sport Parade .... ...... ........
Stratoliner ......................
Seven Up .... .. ...... ...... ........
Showboat ............ ............
Ten Spots .................... ....
Ump ............. .....................
West W ind ......................
Zig Zag ..................•... ......
Zombie ....... .......................
Sporty .............. ................
$20.00
30.00
60 .00
30.00
27.50
17.50
45 .00
60.00
45.00
30.00
52.50
30.00
40 .00
35 .00
40 .00
40 .00
55 ,00
45 .00
30.00
55 .00
55.00
35 .00
15 .00
each
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NEW GAMES
Defense ..................... .... . $1 22 . 79 each
Gun Clubs ........................ 98 ,70 ..
Home Runs ...... ................ 107.70
3 Victor y .. ...... ..... .. ..... ......... 109.09 ..
4 Yanks ................................ 119.82
4 Zig Zag s .......... ........ ........ 99.29 ..
COIN
M ACHINE
REVIEW
8
LONG BEACH COIN
MACHINE COMPANY
FOR
OCTOBER
1942
·/ {IlIfJIlJ eit~
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (RC)-This col·
umn, probably the last you will see from
this correspondent for some time, is more
of a "good-bye" letter than a news account.
We wanted to get around in Kansas City
and tell all our operator friends so-long
before we left but circumstances prohibited
us from completing this objective. So now
we are in camp.
However, before we left we were able to
learn that Boss Berkowitz of Universal
Manufacturing Co. has completely recov·
ered from his emergency operation for ap-
pendicitis and that his firm's equipment is
working night and day on the ever-growing-
more-popular jar games.
Steve O'Hara is back in Kansas City
after a trip and job in the South_ While in
Tulsa he worked for Charles Hillinger of
the Star Amusement Co. He says that mu-
sic is going over great down there and that
guns are getting a lot of attention. Although
his plans aren't certain, Steve believes he
may go back to the Oil State sometime in
the near future. His headquarters late in
August was the United Amusement Co.
The operators who were making bets that
Carl Hoelzel would soon tire of the worry
and work connected with running an up-
and-coming farm seem now to be out of
pocket for not only is Carl still very much
interested in the rural side of the picture
but now numbers among his assets on hand :
1,000 chickens, 150 hogs, and 100 head of
cattle. And what's more, he's growing hi s
own feed . All the talk about meatless days
doesn't worry him a bit_ He says, "I've got
all I want running around on the hoof."
Ed labowsky, now daytime manager of
Wonderland, has brought back his work
bench and any local operator who would
like to see what a few converted electrical
parts can do to add new interest and life
to heavily played equipment, that has been
working on an 18-hour-a-day basis, should
look in on Ed. Tommie Thompson is night
manager and offers a prize to any operator
who can point out a good-looking waitress
in the 12th and Grand area that he can't
name, address and telephone number.
Operators in the Kansas City area are
now breathing easier since the new "Per
Unit" City ordinance has become effective
requiring the $10 stamp for tables and the
$5 for phonos. At first it looked like these
stamps might be of the $25 variety.
Most local distributors report that they
are still able to fill orders- on at least good
used equipment_ And word is making the
rounds that Vendo Manufacturing Co., now
in war production, will shortly be awarded
the muchly prized Service "E" for excel-
lence in service in war production_
Arcade men throughout the area are very
happy because they are having one of their
best hot-weather seasons. Most of them re-
port that they are at least breaking even,
which is something many of them have not
done during summer months in the past,
and a few report rather good profits which .
is very unusual. And all th is with their
best season just ahead.
Rural operators are the ones with a legiti-
mate kick. Transportation has become a
serious problem for them and most city
headquarters firms are cutting down on
their rural operations. And added to this is
the fact that many, before excellent loca-
tions, are now just so-so with traffic falling
off at a rate to be expected.
Vendor and peanut operators are also
pulling in their nets in many areas. Trans-
portation and the fast rising prices of pea-
nuts and confections are given by most of
them as reasons.
But, on the whole, the picture is good
since transportation worries are also limit-
ing the coin machine players to the more
congested areas and giving operators an
opportunity to douhle up on the better
spots. The development seems to be that
total inco me from the coin boxes is more
or less stabilized with expenses about the
same, and in some cases less than formerly
STOP!
I WANT TO BUY:
Sky Fighters
Drive Mobiles
Rapid Fires
Defenders
Chicken Sams
Ace Bombers
Super Bombers
K. O . Fighters
Texas Leagues
Late Model _Card Vendors
Western Baseballs
Kirk Night Bombers
Keeney Air Raiders
AND
All other kinds of legal
arcade equipment
One piece or one hundred
Send your list, g iving quantity
and price wanted
Empire , Coin
.Machine Exchange
2812 w_ NORTH AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILL .
HUmboldt 6288
with reduction in route expenses that have
been achieved.
So lon g. We'll be seei ng you- IN THE
ARMY.
B. K. Anderson
Anderson at Camp Roberts
LOS ANGELES- As this issue of THE
REVIEW went to press, word was received
from th e former Kansas City correspondent,
B_ K. Anderson, who is now in Company C,
84th Infantry, at Camp Roberts, California.
U·NEED·A·PAK
CIGARETTE -MACHINES
LATEST MODEL, CENTRAL DELIVERY
U·NEED·A·PAK CIGARETTE MACHINES.
LIMITED STOCK-FIRST COME-FIRST
SERVED!
Net Price
1 5-Column ............ $125.00
9·Column............ 104,00
7· Column............ 86.50
F.O .B. San Francisco
WRITE FOR COMPLETE PRICE LIST OF
USED CIGARETTE MACHINES, ALL
TYPES AND MODELS AVAILABLE.
R. A. PAR INA &. CO.
156 NINTH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
OPERATORS! Workmen's Compensation Insurance!
$25.00 DEPOSIT WITH POSSIBILITY DIVIDEND REFUND OF $5.00 10 $ID.OO
Why Pay More? Get Details Now!
Inc. J929
Zeigler Insurance Agency I "Inc.
54J S, Sp ring St •• MIchigan 096J
Specialists-Co in Mach ine hi dustry
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is y our b es t introduction to our advertisers.
Los Angeles. Calif.
2 Anabel ........... .. .. ...............
1 All American ................... .
1 Argentine .... _....... ........ ....
Bandwagon ........ ..............
Gold Star ..... .... ... ............
Blondie ._ .... __ ............ ..........
Hi Hat ..... ........... ..............
Legionnaire ........ ..............
Major 1941 ......................
Metro .. .............. ................
2 Pan American .. ................
1 Red , White and Blue... .....
Salute ..................... ...........
Sport Parade .... ...... ........
Stratoliner ......................
Seven Up .... .. ...... ...... ........
Showboat ............ ............
Ten Spots .................... ....
Ump ............. .....................
West W ind ......................
Zig Zag ..................•... ......
Zombie ....... .......................
Sporty .............. ................
$20.00
30.00
60 .00
30.00
27.50
17.50
45 .00
60.00
45.00
30.00
52.50
30.00
40 .00
35 .00
40 .00
40 .00
55 ,00
45 .00
30.00
55 .00
55.00
35 .00
15 .00
each
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
NEW GAMES
Defense ..................... .... . $1 22 . 79 each
Gun Clubs ........................ 98 ,70 ..
Home Runs ...... ................ 107.70
3 Victor y .. ...... ..... .. ..... ......... 109.09 ..
4 Yanks ................................ 119.82
4 Zig Zag s .......... ........ ........ 99.29 ..
COIN
M ACHINE
REVIEW
8
LONG BEACH COIN
MACHINE COMPANY
FOR
OCTOBER
1942
·/ {IlIfJIlJ eit~
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (RC)-This col·
umn, probably the last you will see from
this correspondent for some time, is more
of a "good-bye" letter than a news account.
We wanted to get around in Kansas City
and tell all our operator friends so-long
before we left but circumstances prohibited
us from completing this objective. So now
we are in camp.
However, before we left we were able to
learn that Boss Berkowitz of Universal
Manufacturing Co. has completely recov·
ered from his emergency operation for ap-
pendicitis and that his firm's equipment is
working night and day on the ever-growing-
more-popular jar games.
Steve O'Hara is back in Kansas City
after a trip and job in the South_ While in
Tulsa he worked for Charles Hillinger of
the Star Amusement Co. He says that mu-
sic is going over great down there and that
guns are getting a lot of attention. Although
his plans aren't certain, Steve believes he
may go back to the Oil State sometime in
the near future. His headquarters late in
August was the United Amusement Co.
The operators who were making bets that
Carl Hoelzel would soon tire of the worry
and work connected with running an up-
and-coming farm seem now to be out of
pocket for not only is Carl still very much
interested in the rural side of the picture
but now numbers among his assets on hand :
1,000 chickens, 150 hogs, and 100 head of
cattle. And what's more, he's growing hi s
own feed . All the talk about meatless days
doesn't worry him a bit_ He says, "I've got
all I want running around on the hoof."
Ed labowsky, now daytime manager of
Wonderland, has brought back his work
bench and any local operator who would
like to see what a few converted electrical
parts can do to add new interest and life
to heavily played equipment, that has been
working on an 18-hour-a-day basis, should
look in on Ed. Tommie Thompson is night
manager and offers a prize to any operator
who can point out a good-looking waitress
in the 12th and Grand area that he can't
name, address and telephone number.
Operators in the Kansas City area are
now breathing easier since the new "Per
Unit" City ordinance has become effective
requiring the $10 stamp for tables and the
$5 for phonos. At first it looked like these
stamps might be of the $25 variety.
Most local distributors report that they
are still able to fill orders- on at least good
used equipment_ And word is making the
rounds that Vendo Manufacturing Co., now
in war production, will shortly be awarded
the muchly prized Service "E" for excel-
lence in service in war production_
Arcade men throughout the area are very
happy because they are having one of their
best hot-weather seasons. Most of them re-
port that they are at least breaking even,
which is something many of them have not
done during summer months in the past,
and a few report rather good profits which .
is very unusual. And all th is with their
best season just ahead.
Rural operators are the ones with a legiti-
mate kick. Transportation has become a
serious problem for them and most city
headquarters firms are cutting down on
their rural operations. And added to this is
the fact that many, before excellent loca-
tions, are now just so-so with traffic falling
off at a rate to be expected.
Vendor and peanut operators are also
pulling in their nets in many areas. Trans-
portation and the fast rising prices of pea-
nuts and confections are given by most of
them as reasons.
But, on the whole, the picture is good
since transportation worries are also limit-
ing the coin machine players to the more
congested areas and giving operators an
opportunity to douhle up on the better
spots. The development seems to be that
total inco me from the coin boxes is more
or less stabilized with expenses about the
same, and in some cases less than formerly
STOP!
I WANT TO BUY:
Sky Fighters
Drive Mobiles
Rapid Fires
Defenders
Chicken Sams
Ace Bombers
Super Bombers
K. O . Fighters
Texas Leagues
Late Model _Card Vendors
Western Baseballs
Kirk Night Bombers
Keeney Air Raiders
AND
All other kinds of legal
arcade equipment
One piece or one hundred
Send your list, g iving quantity
and price wanted
Empire , Coin
.Machine Exchange
2812 w_ NORTH AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILL .
HUmboldt 6288
with reduction in route expenses that have
been achieved.
So lon g. We'll be seei ng you- IN THE
ARMY.
B. K. Anderson
Anderson at Camp Roberts
LOS ANGELES- As this issue of THE
REVIEW went to press, word was received
from th e former Kansas City correspondent,
B_ K. Anderson, who is now in Company C,
84th Infantry, at Camp Roberts, California.
U·NEED·A·PAK
CIGARETTE -MACHINES
LATEST MODEL, CENTRAL DELIVERY
U·NEED·A·PAK CIGARETTE MACHINES.
LIMITED STOCK-FIRST COME-FIRST
SERVED!
Net Price
1 5-Column ............ $125.00
9·Column............ 104,00
7· Column............ 86.50
F.O .B. San Francisco
WRITE FOR COMPLETE PRICE LIST OF
USED CIGARETTE MACHINES, ALL
TYPES AND MODELS AVAILABLE.
R. A. PAR INA &. CO.
156 NINTH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
OPERATORS! Workmen's Compensation Insurance!
$25.00 DEPOSIT WITH POSSIBILITY DIVIDEND REFUND OF $5.00 10 $ID.OO
Why Pay More? Get Details Now!
Inc. J929
Zeigler Insurance Agency I "Inc.
54J S, Sp ring St •• MIchigan 096J
Specialists-Co in Mach ine hi dustry
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is y our b es t introduction to our advertisers.
Los Angeles. Calif.
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