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(December ll)
My Heart Tells M e
They're Either Too Young or Too Old
People Will Say We ' re In Love
PaJler Doll
P istol Packin' Mama
Oh. Wha t A Be autif ul Morning
Choo. Choo Baby
Sunday. Monday or Always
For the First Time
Put Your Arms Ar ound M e . Honey
Gutshall's Spot Busy
LOS ANGELES- It look ed like " Old
Home W eek" a t th e Jack Gu tshall Dis·
tributin g Co. on Decembe r 9th when cus·
tomers from all parts of the We t con·
verged upon th e establishme nt and enjoyed
a good old fashioned gab·fest whil e pi ck·
ing up equipm ent a nd supplies needed.
Those s potted at on e tim e in cluded Mrs.
Dorser and Mr. a nd Mrs. Johnny Knowl es,
Bakersfi eld ; Wa lter Gaunt, 29 P alms;
George Wheelo ck, San Diego; Milton No·
ri ega, Colton ; M. C. Edwa rds, Las Vegas:
and Sol Hanlon and Bill Simmons, Los
An gel es.
Gut hall is e njoyin g a ni ce busin ess on
needl e repointin g a nd sta te operators a re
very pl eased with the quality of th e work
a nd the se rvi ce th e re pointed n eedl es give.
Badger Peeps Big
CO I H
MACHIHE
REVIEW
32
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DECEMBER
1943
LOS ANGELES- Hollywood P ee p Shows,
th e new conve rsion that has r evived the
P a nora m to th e point wh e re ope ration is
even more profita bl e th an wh en the rn a·
chin es we re bra nd new, a re sellin g lik e
hot cakes at Badger Sales Co., accor din g
to Bill Happel, and ope ra tors who have
ordered have already r e·o rdered aft er mak·
in g te ts.
Th e conversion makes it poss ibl e to
ch ange a P a noram ove r in fi ve minutes to a
sin gle show unit featuring peppy subjects
that really cop the coin. Units a re provided
with a large and attrac ti ve front dis play
with " pin.up girl" pi ctures, sign and all
necessary parts fa- a qui ck and easy con·
version to astonishin g profits.
Badger Sales ha th e distribution on
th l: new Hollywood P eep Shows convers ions
for thi s a rea.
Buy Out A.M.I.
PHILADELPHIA- H erbert Sheward and
H arold R eese, veteran music operator ,
h ave taken over th e A.M.L Distributin g
Co. in this area. A.M.L h ad the Automati c
Hostess wired music setup and Sheward
a nd R eese plan on continuin g the ope ration .
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Wife : "Th e couple next doo r seems to
be very devoted. H e kisses h er every tim e
th ey meet. Why don' t you do that ?"
Husband : "I don' t know h er well enough
yet."
Clark Back From Capitol
Gaunt Is Real Old Timer ·
LOS ANGELES- Don W. Cla rk, head
of the Clark Distributin g Co., a nd member
of the Industry Advisory Committee to
th e OPA on p rice ceilings for th e coin
machine industry, has returned to the coast
from the first meetin g in Washin gton.
It seems reasonably ure th e OP A will
se parate th e industry into four sections,
nam ely : gambling devi ces, amu ement
tables, ve ndin g machines and mu ic; and
work our proper price sch edules accord·
in gly. Committee re prese nta tives were
elected to hea d each section but form al
announce ment of the individuals mu t come
through official OP A sources. Clark was
elected cha irm a n of th e Tax Advi sory
Boa rd on the Com mittee.
Next meeting will probabl y be held in
mid·J anu a ry althou gh th e members a re sub·
ject to recall to Washin gton before th en if
th e OPA so desires.
LOS ANGELES-One of the real old
tim ers in the coin opera ted music business
is Fred Gaunt, manage r of the Los A n·
geles offi ce of Genera l Music Co., who
ca n tell orne mighty intere tin g ya rns
about operating "' ' way back wh en."
Wh en Ga unt was mustered out of the
Arm y Air Co rps at the end of the last
World War afte r being tationed in France
for sixteen month , he entered th e music
bus in ess a nd operated electri c pianos in
the Loui ville, Kentu cky, a rea. Later he
and his brother had a distributor hi p for
Seeburg co in·opera ted electric pianos in
1925 and enjoyed a volume busin ess in
the territory.
With th e advent of the first automa tic
phonograph the elec tric piano was doomed
to oblivion and immedi ately Gaunt became
active with the new phonograph "contrap·
tion" and is c redited with putting out the
fi'rst automatic phonog raph in Louisville. It
was a fa r different machine th an th e ultra
modern machines of today. Th e patron
cranked the machine, in erted his co in, and
enjoyed the sc ratching of a tone arm and
un·amplified mus ic. In fa ct, a tremendous
improvement wa accla imed by op erators
and customers a like wh en Ga bel introduced
a phono graph with a cylinde r holding 600
needles. Th e cylinde r moved s li ghtly a fte r
eac h reco rd and a new needle dropped
into position for th e next record. Rendi ·
tions were natura ll y be tte r and customers
dro pped ni ckel s by the thousa nds j us t to
see the n ew fan gled device work.
Next cam e amplificati on and Gaunt a nd
hi s broth er co uldn 't imagine how th e
phono graph could be improved mu ch fur·
th e r. but it co ntinued on its merry way,
with new improve ment co nstantl y bein l!:
a dded, until today no on e will da re admit
just how fa r and how grea t will be th e
im provements in the po t war era.
Gaunt ca me West in 1929 a nd entered
th e opera ting business in California, and
hi s broth er, Walter, a fter los in g $10,000
worth of phonogra phs in the grea t Ohi o
ri ver flo od, ca me West in 1933 and i to·
day handlin g a subs tantial operation at 29
Palms. Whil e lo ca ted in Lo uisvill e, Walter
was on e of the largest phonog ra ph op·
era tors in th e co untry.
When Fred ente red th e busin ess years
a nd yea rs ago he believed it to be a profit·
abl e fi eld of activity a nd his opinion hasn' t
changed to thi s da y. In th e yea rs ahead
he predicts even grea ter opportunities fo r
th e a lert operator.
During the past yea r and a half Fred
has managed Ge nera l's loca l offi ce. With
his thorou gh knowl edl!:e of th e busin ess and
hi s keen fores il!:ht, he has ke pt the offi ce
supplied with th e most co mpl ete stock of
pa rt , tubes, phonog raphs and uppli es in
th e West.
Laymon Has Sportsman
LOS ANGELES- Occupyin g the center
of attention in th e showrooms of P aul A.
Laymon is th e new portsman con version
from Bell Products Co. Game is a con ·
ve rsion from Blue Grass, Dar k Horse,
S ports Special, or S port E vent, and accord-
in g to Laymon is th e fin e t conversion
I!:am e he has offered to da te. Paul is
bookin g a ni ce business on th e gam e and
adds, with emph asis, " Spo rtsman has no
bugs. In fact I h ea rtily r ecommend it to
be our best! "
Laymon continues to do a ni ce busin ess
on exporting games and Arcade pi eces to
th e H awai ian I la nds and has made a spe·
cialty on carin g for th e requirements of
o pe rators in that area. A sheaf of letters
a nd orders from Isla nd op erators attest
to th e effec tiveness of hi s person alized
servi ce.
In at Laymon's durin g the past month
to pi ck up equipment and supplies, were :
Ca rl Collard , S idn ey Sn yder, and W. A.
Shorey, San Bernardino ; Arthur Murray,
Pismo Beach ; Leo Vaughn , EI Ce ntro ;
John P atri ck , Santa Maria ; Mrs. Phil
Brown and Fred Allen, Ba kersfi eld ; A. C.
J a mes, Huntin gton Beach ; Ja ck Lipps,
Santa An a; V ern Winchell , San Gabriel ;
Frank H a rdy, Oxnard : A. F. Dorfmeir,
Fresno ; H a rry Gordon, San Diego: John
K etchersid, Hom er Gill es pi e, M . F . Til ·
lotson a nd Ray Twiss, Lon g Beach ; and
Leon S izes, Taco ma , Washin gton .
Lowery In Colliers
LOS ANGELE
Fred Lowery, of th e
Horace H e idt Band , has an inte restin g
bi og raph v, " Whi stlin g in the Da rk" by
Arthur Mann , a ppearin g in the Dece mber
18th issue of Colliers.
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Kaplan Ends Good Year
LOS ANGELES - Th e So uthwestern
Vendin g Machine Co. is bringin g to a
close a ve ry s uccessful yea r and is eagerl y
lookin g forwa rd to co ntinuin g to serve
the ope rators of th e West in th e year
ahea d, accordi ng to Ha rry Ka pla n.
" We've enjoyed a mi ghty fin e year,
tha nks to th e loya l pa tronage of ou r ma ny
fri e nds a nd customers. We have aimed to
always keep a I!:ood stock of parts and
suppli es on hand a nd equipment th at the
ope ra tor needs," sa id Kaplan. " Ri ght now
we have an unusually fi ne assortment of
Arcade pi eces. We rece ntl y purchased the
Arcade o f Arthur Mora n a t 527 So uth
Ma in S treet, and we invi te operators to
visit us and see our d isplay. As usual, the
c u s t o ~ e r" is always r ight at So uthwestern
Vendm g.
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