Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Record FiCjht Costly
NEW YORK- Th e 13-month recording
ban whi ch ended abruptly September 30th
when Decca signed with th e America n
F ederation of Mu sicians, didn' t cost th e
even million in lost revenu e prexy P etrillo
claimed but it did cost AFM in the neigh-
bo rhood of three million doll ar_
In the first half of 1942 Columbia is re-
ported to have pa id AF M $435,000 for th e
fi r t six months of 1942_ Vi ctor's report was
not available, but even if th e amount ap-
proxima ted th at of Columbi a's it would
mean a " tak e" of only a milli on dollars
for six months for the AFM. Added to thi s
fi ~ure must be th e contribution of Decca
which would be conside rably smaller inas-
much as Decca's fi gure would not includ e
classical recordin gs.
Using these fi gures as a basis for strik-
in g an average, hows th at AFM lost be-
tween two and a half milli on and three
million doll ars in the 13-month recor din ~
ban.
MUSIC
Sabin on Coasf
LOS ANGELES - Oliver Sa bin , "ice
president of Musicraft Corporation , New
York, left Los An geles Decemb er 8th after
pending several days here in conference
with his coast representati ve, Harry Fox
and Associates, and distributors of Musi-
craft records.
Sabin met with the Pacific Allied Pro d-
ucts who distribute Musicraft discs to re-
tail outlets in this territory, and with Ja ck
Gutshall of the Jack Gutshall Distributin g
Co., who handl es th e platters for th e auto-
matic phono graph trad e. He acquainted the
distributors with Musicraft's plans for th e
coming yea r and the increased produ ction
program now under way.
Sabin has been covering the country and
talkin g with di stributors as well as demon-
strating a new Luckite formula Musicraft
has exclusive on, whi ch is claimed to be
th e equal of shellac in the manufacture
of phono~raph records. While here, tests
were mad e in Hollywood and the results
surprised the old tim ers.
Musi'craft has just moved into its new
home at 40 West 46th Street in New York
City and Sabin reveal ed that Paul Puner,
Musicraft presid ent, is enthusiastic about
th e prospects for the coming year and
believe it will be th e biggest in th e history
of the firm _
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She : "Does it make any difference which
side of you I sit on?"
He : " No, I'm ambid extrous."
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A M erry Christmas ~
G eneral Mana ger
Los Angeles Manager
A
ImportaiirExecutive Chan g'e's'"Made
At E. T. Mape Music Company
LOS ANGELES- Two important changes
were a nnoun ced thi s week by E. T. (Ed)
Mape, who will take a well deserved rest.
Co., with offices in San Francisco, Lo An -
geles and Stockton , California.
L. B. McCreary, in charge of the com-
pa ny's Los Angeles office for the past sev-
eral years, has been appointed General
Manager of the firm's entire operations.
In his new position McCreary takes over
th e work previously handled by Van ce
Mape, who will take a well deserved rest.
"Mac" left Los Angeles on Friday of
last week to take over his new duties which
will require his spendin g part of his time
looking after matters in the other offices,
but "Mac" says he will still be abl e to
keep in touch with hi s many friend s in
Southern California.
The new work in th e northern part of
th e state should co me easy for him as he
is well acquainted with th e operators there,
ha v in~ been connected with the jobbin g
and di stributing business in San Francisco
for severa l yea rs before coming to Los An -
geles.
During his few yea rs here M cCreary
a dded hundreds of fri ends and customers
who a ppreciated his fa ir a nd square busi-
ness methods.
Second announ cement concerned th at of
the association of A. S. Beutler at the Los
Angeles offices. " Bert," as he is known to
his many fri ends and associates, has an
envi abl e followin g and fri endship among
the operators.
Beutle r first became a sociated with this
Indu stry back in 1930 when he se rved as
Secretary a nd Treasure r for the Amuse-
me nt Ma chin e Corporation, manufactur-
ers of the original All Ameri can Baseball
(See MAPE CHANGES, Page 36)
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