Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1943 December - Page 14
TEXAS
Texas "Take" Up
AUSTIN-State Comptroller George H.
Sheppard reported on ovember 24th that
coin machine taxes totaling 299,103.10
were collected by the tate in the 1942·43
fi cal year. This collection represents an
increase of 25,408.26 during the 1941·42
year.
Breaking the figure down Sheppard said
that $241,022.50 came from slot machines,
marble tables and other devices legally
clas ified as "skill or pleasure machines";
'58,080.60 was derived from automatic
phonographs.
Penny merchandisers and' cigarette rna·
chines are not taxed although the cigar.
ette machine must post a pa id permit cer-
tificate and the state collects three cents
tax on each pack sold.
Cleere Buys Frankrich
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
14
FOR
DIiCEMBIiR
1943
FORT WORTH-Clarence Cleere who
recently moved to Fort Worth from Brown-
wood, Texas, has p urchased the automatic
phonograph and cigare tte machines for-
merly operated by the Frankrich Distribu-
ting Co. About 200 pieces of equipment
were included in the deal and Clee re ex-
pect to keep the equipment in the loc.n-
tions now being serviced.
Frankrich will continue to operate mar-
ble tables in this area, as well a its Ar-
cade in the downtown area. Lesli e J. and
Jack Frankrich comprise the company at
And the Great
SOUTHWEST
Texas operators who are not affiliated
with the group are urged to get "on the
bandwagon" now by sending in your ap-
plication and remittance of ten dollar to
Earl E. Reynolds, 1713 Young Street,
Dallas.
HOUSTON
present for Sam Frankrich is now in the
army.
Texas Group Grows
DALLAS-The recently formed Texas
Coin Machine Association now boasts of
more than 100 members and it is hoped
the membership will exceed 200 by the first
of the year, according to an announcement
coming from Pl'esident Earl Reynolds. ,
Although only formed last October the
group has concrete plans for the advance-
ment a nd maintenance of the Industry in
Texas and operators have been quick to
realize the advantages to be gained through
an affi li ation. Plans for next year's work
are now being perfected.
At a meeting in mid-November in Chi-
cago of coin machine personalities from
various parts of the country, a committee of
six was selected to formulate plans for a
national organization. President Reynolds
was honored by being selected as one of
the committee members. Although the meet-
ing ended without an association being
formed the committee intends to work on
ideas and plans with the hope of forming
such a national group when conditions
warrant.
Vice Presidents of th e Texa As ociation
have not been appointed at thi s date but
the appointmen ts will be made from a list
of men who have contributed time and fin-
ances 0 liberally sin ce the organization
move wa launched.
HOUSTON, Texas-Tony Arwady, part
owner of Two Brothers Amusement Co.,
might claim some sort of a record for one
of hi phonographs that ha been broken
into and robbed four times within a few
weeks. According to a new paper report,
Tony estimated his loss at 400.00 ca hand
$350.00 repairs. The box is located in a
downtown dance hall, near a window, lo-
ca ted most convenien tly to a fire escape.
Operator William (Bill) Peacock was
head of th e wardrobe committee for the
Annual Shrine Circus held at Houston
Coliseum No. 8th to Nov. 14th inclusive.
This is the la rgest indoor ci rcus in America.
Attrac tive Wilmer Nye is well along into
her second year a secretary of Honston
Amusement Co. She says the work is very
interesting and she actually enjoys it.
Your Houston Corresponden t i indeed
happy to have his friend and your friend,
Tom MUITay, as ed itor of the Texas and
Great Southwest department of THE
REVIEW. It means that yours truly must
somehow, some way, find time from a 7-
day-a-week war job to reportin g what i
happ en in g in Houston and South Texas.
Becau e if he doesn't ole Tom will have
the world believing that "all good Texas
operator are in Dallas and Fort Worth."
(You boys know those North Texans; al-
ways behaving like a one man Chamber of
Commerce Publicity department). How-
ever, recent records do prove your corres-
pondent does need a prod in the seat of
the pants and he is all too happy that it be
given by such a grea t guy as Tom Murray.
John C. Wright
FORT WORTH
We have converted Mills
Bell Mechanism into our
Four Unit Automatic Cash
Payout, each machine is
equipped with New
4
SUPER 4
can play
can be
had in
at one
4nickel
or 3 nickel
and 1 quarter
play ......
SAM MAY COMPANY
851' 853 NORTH FLORES STREET.
TEL. F·0022· SAN ANTON 10, TEXAS.
time.
FORT WORTH-Operators in the Ft.
Worth imd Dallas area are lookin g forward
to a big holiday business. With thousands
of soldiers and sailors in town th e coin
chu tes will be kept working and cash boxes
will overflow. Arcades are braced for a
bumper run and venders will sell out of
merchandise faster than they can be serv-
iced. Phonographs will hardly enjoy a
silent moment except for record changing
time. From where we sit it looks like the
biggest holiday season for operator is
'
looming.
Jack Maloney, Panther Novelty Co., will
place the coin-operated music equipment
in the new and gorgeous Chicken Bar
which will so oil open in Main street. This
new bar is one of the most expensively fur-
nished and largest in the city. Automatic
equipment will have it place in the new
establishment.
oin machine row continues to 10 e some
of its members to the service every week.
More than 50 coin men from the row have
gone into orne branch of the service since
the war tarted.
Eddie Vinson, well known coinman of
this city and former servi e man for the
Novelty Co., died recently from a heart at-
tack. Vinson, at the time of his death, wa
a civilian air pilot instructor for the army.
He is survived by his wife.
The Ft. Worth Live Stock Show and Ro-
deo which opens in early March will, as
usual, afford another "hot" period for coin
machine cash box inflation. This event
brings in all the big-wig stockmen who
Tom Murray
come to town to spend.
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers
J
Texas "Take" Up
AUSTIN-State Comptroller George H.
Sheppard reported on ovember 24th that
coin machine taxes totaling 299,103.10
were collected by the tate in the 1942·43
fi cal year. This collection represents an
increase of 25,408.26 during the 1941·42
year.
Breaking the figure down Sheppard said
that $241,022.50 came from slot machines,
marble tables and other devices legally
clas ified as "skill or pleasure machines";
'58,080.60 was derived from automatic
phonographs.
Penny merchandisers and' cigarette rna·
chines are not taxed although the cigar.
ette machine must post a pa id permit cer-
tificate and the state collects three cents
tax on each pack sold.
Cleere Buys Frankrich
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
14
FOR
DIiCEMBIiR
1943
FORT WORTH-Clarence Cleere who
recently moved to Fort Worth from Brown-
wood, Texas, has p urchased the automatic
phonograph and cigare tte machines for-
merly operated by the Frankrich Distribu-
ting Co. About 200 pieces of equipment
were included in the deal and Clee re ex-
pect to keep the equipment in the loc.n-
tions now being serviced.
Frankrich will continue to operate mar-
ble tables in this area, as well a its Ar-
cade in the downtown area. Lesli e J. and
Jack Frankrich comprise the company at
And the Great
SOUTHWEST
Texas operators who are not affiliated
with the group are urged to get "on the
bandwagon" now by sending in your ap-
plication and remittance of ten dollar to
Earl E. Reynolds, 1713 Young Street,
Dallas.
HOUSTON
present for Sam Frankrich is now in the
army.
Texas Group Grows
DALLAS-The recently formed Texas
Coin Machine Association now boasts of
more than 100 members and it is hoped
the membership will exceed 200 by the first
of the year, according to an announcement
coming from Pl'esident Earl Reynolds. ,
Although only formed last October the
group has concrete plans for the advance-
ment a nd maintenance of the Industry in
Texas and operators have been quick to
realize the advantages to be gained through
an affi li ation. Plans for next year's work
are now being perfected.
At a meeting in mid-November in Chi-
cago of coin machine personalities from
various parts of the country, a committee of
six was selected to formulate plans for a
national organization. President Reynolds
was honored by being selected as one of
the committee members. Although the meet-
ing ended without an association being
formed the committee intends to work on
ideas and plans with the hope of forming
such a national group when conditions
warrant.
Vice Presidents of th e Texa As ociation
have not been appointed at thi s date but
the appointmen ts will be made from a list
of men who have contributed time and fin-
ances 0 liberally sin ce the organization
move wa launched.
HOUSTON, Texas-Tony Arwady, part
owner of Two Brothers Amusement Co.,
might claim some sort of a record for one
of hi phonographs that ha been broken
into and robbed four times within a few
weeks. According to a new paper report,
Tony estimated his loss at 400.00 ca hand
$350.00 repairs. The box is located in a
downtown dance hall, near a window, lo-
ca ted most convenien tly to a fire escape.
Operator William (Bill) Peacock was
head of th e wardrobe committee for the
Annual Shrine Circus held at Houston
Coliseum No. 8th to Nov. 14th inclusive.
This is the la rgest indoor ci rcus in America.
Attrac tive Wilmer Nye is well along into
her second year a secretary of Honston
Amusement Co. She says the work is very
interesting and she actually enjoys it.
Your Houston Corresponden t i indeed
happy to have his friend and your friend,
Tom MUITay, as ed itor of the Texas and
Great Southwest department of THE
REVIEW. It means that yours truly must
somehow, some way, find time from a 7-
day-a-week war job to reportin g what i
happ en in g in Houston and South Texas.
Becau e if he doesn't ole Tom will have
the world believing that "all good Texas
operator are in Dallas and Fort Worth."
(You boys know those North Texans; al-
ways behaving like a one man Chamber of
Commerce Publicity department). How-
ever, recent records do prove your corres-
pondent does need a prod in the seat of
the pants and he is all too happy that it be
given by such a grea t guy as Tom Murray.
John C. Wright
FORT WORTH
We have converted Mills
Bell Mechanism into our
Four Unit Automatic Cash
Payout, each machine is
equipped with New
4
SUPER 4
can play
can be
had in
at one
4nickel
or 3 nickel
and 1 quarter
play ......
SAM MAY COMPANY
851' 853 NORTH FLORES STREET.
TEL. F·0022· SAN ANTON 10, TEXAS.
time.
FORT WORTH-Operators in the Ft.
Worth imd Dallas area are lookin g forward
to a big holiday business. With thousands
of soldiers and sailors in town th e coin
chu tes will be kept working and cash boxes
will overflow. Arcades are braced for a
bumper run and venders will sell out of
merchandise faster than they can be serv-
iced. Phonographs will hardly enjoy a
silent moment except for record changing
time. From where we sit it looks like the
biggest holiday season for operator is
'
looming.
Jack Maloney, Panther Novelty Co., will
place the coin-operated music equipment
in the new and gorgeous Chicken Bar
which will so oil open in Main street. This
new bar is one of the most expensively fur-
nished and largest in the city. Automatic
equipment will have it place in the new
establishment.
oin machine row continues to 10 e some
of its members to the service every week.
More than 50 coin men from the row have
gone into orne branch of the service since
the war tarted.
Eddie Vinson, well known coinman of
this city and former servi e man for the
Novelty Co., died recently from a heart at-
tack. Vinson, at the time of his death, wa
a civilian air pilot instructor for the army.
He is survived by his wife.
The Ft. Worth Live Stock Show and Ro-
deo which opens in early March will, as
usual, afford another "hot" period for coin
machine cash box inflation. This event
brings in all the big-wig stockmen who
Tom Murray
come to town to spend.
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers
J
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