Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1943 November - Page 13
soon as manufacturers can start production
on machines again.
Parking ~ meters continue to produce an
interesting revenue for this city. Two col-
lectors and two servicemen are now em-
ployed to service the hundreds of meters
now in use. Parking meters pay two ways,
nickels inserted into their coin chutes and
fines for overparking. Some are of the
opinion that the take from fines runs almost
as high as the cash take from the meter
coin tubes. However both the merchants
and the public seem to favor the meters.
Many Ft. Worth operators have their eye
on the merchandise vending business fol-
lowing the war. They contend that with so
many beverage venders being operated in
the large number of USO and Canteen
centers that America will certainly be
"coin operated merchandise minded" after
the war. It is predicted that there will be
a huge clamour for all types of merchandise
venders from the salted peanut vender to
every type of candy bar and beverage
dispenser.
Tom Murray ,
HOUSTON
HOUSTON-Harvey Gani, former office
manager of Houston Decca branch, was
killed in an airplane crash in Florida late
in September. Gani, together with Branch
manager J. H. Hart and salesman Eugene
WANTED
, Us~~d Seeburg Phonographs and Wallomatic Box~s-Any Model
,
State Price and Condition
.
rOR SAI.E
Scales. Kirk Horoscope.
Good condition. each ...... $127.50
Seeburg Wallomatics. 1939.. 10.50
Seeburg Amplifiers for 12
Record. with Tubes.......... 20.00
Seeburg Speakers for 12
Record .... __ .... __ .. __ ..... _........
7.50
412 WURLITZER PARTS FOR MECHANISM. AMPLIFIERS. MOTORS. PICKUP
HEADS. ETC. WRITE FOR PRICES
HAROI.D W. THOMPSON
415 CAROLINA ST.
Ward, joined the Navy in September, 1942.
Chuck Morgan has been manager of
Crumpacker Distributing Corporation Rec-
ord department since early fall.
R. & A. Distributing Co. and Stelle &
Horton, two major firms occupying the
same building for the duration, have a
Going Strong
BRAZIL
CONVERTED FROM
(DO.RE.MIl
With Return Ball feature that
creates last ball suspense to
,the Nth degree.
location reports indicat ~
that BRAZil is out-earning
a ll previous United conver-
sions.
Also Revamping
* MIDWAY
* ARIZONA
from (ZOMBIE)
from (SUN BEAM)
*
GRAND
CANYON
from (DOUBLE PLAY)
* SANTA FE
(from WEST WIND)
IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE
ABOVE GAMES WHICH YOU
DO NOT WANT CONVERTED ,
QUOTE US YOUR PRICES .
6123 N. WESTERN AVENUE
Speakers. New 2 W ire P.M.
12 inch J ensen ••.••••.•.••••••.• $ 7.45
Seeburg Remote Control Speak
Organs. good condition_ 27.50
Mills Amplifiers for Throne
with Tubes ••••..•.•••.••.•.. _ •..• _ 25.00
CHICAGO
SAN ANTONIO 3, TEXAS
really worthwhile mailing list. It has to
do with smokes for their former employees
now in the armed forces.
A sailor on a cruiser that had been in
more than two hot spots already told the
writer this one: He and his enlisted ship-
mates got themselves a phonograph. Then
sent in an order for popular numbers. The
order was lilled but not one single record
of the type requested was included. In-
stead, classical stuff at 75c to $1.50 per
record. The sailors enjoyed sailing the
platters overboard.
"What we wanted was records like those
on juke boxes back home," concluded the
sailor. This writer shall collect about half
a hundred for the lads, even if it means
"mooching" each operator for a number
that still has some plays on it.
James H. Hart, who resigned as Houston
Decca branch manager and enlisted in the
Navy about September IS, 1942, was re-
cently commissioned Ensign.
A group of prominent operators includ-
ing Bill Peacock, Henry Cruse, Ernest
Gates, Sam Ayo, Fred McClure, and several
others were discussing post war plans and
possibilities. Some sort of an operators
association was strongly favored. Plans
are also under way to resume the social get
together meetings that were discontinued
several months ago when food and beet
became so scarce.
Houston Decca branch has been under
managership of K. R. Wright for several
months. Former manager Chas. H. 'Went-
worth is in the Army.
The theory that automatic phonographs
could not operate profitably without beer
has been exploded here. Many locations,
particularly bever class restaurants, quit
selling beer altogether when it became evi.
dent that the shortage would continue
through the war. Cash receipts from phono-
graphs in those places not only held up,
bu t in ' many cases actually increased
substantially.
Lambert Brothers became one of the
major owner-operators of penny arcades in
the Southwest when they purchased the
holdings of R. E. Haney. The deal was
closed more than three months ago. At the
time they were purchased most of the
Haney owned machines were located at
Playland Park, Houston.
fohn C. Wright
A good woman inspires a man, a bril-
liant woman interests him, beautiful ones
fascinate him-but the sympathetic woman
gets him!
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers
CO IN
MACHINE
REVI EW
13
FOR
NOVEMBER
1943
on machines again.
Parking ~ meters continue to produce an
interesting revenue for this city. Two col-
lectors and two servicemen are now em-
ployed to service the hundreds of meters
now in use. Parking meters pay two ways,
nickels inserted into their coin chutes and
fines for overparking. Some are of the
opinion that the take from fines runs almost
as high as the cash take from the meter
coin tubes. However both the merchants
and the public seem to favor the meters.
Many Ft. Worth operators have their eye
on the merchandise vending business fol-
lowing the war. They contend that with so
many beverage venders being operated in
the large number of USO and Canteen
centers that America will certainly be
"coin operated merchandise minded" after
the war. It is predicted that there will be
a huge clamour for all types of merchandise
venders from the salted peanut vender to
every type of candy bar and beverage
dispenser.
Tom Murray ,
HOUSTON
HOUSTON-Harvey Gani, former office
manager of Houston Decca branch, was
killed in an airplane crash in Florida late
in September. Gani, together with Branch
manager J. H. Hart and salesman Eugene
WANTED
, Us~~d Seeburg Phonographs and Wallomatic Box~s-Any Model
,
State Price and Condition
.
rOR SAI.E
Scales. Kirk Horoscope.
Good condition. each ...... $127.50
Seeburg Wallomatics. 1939.. 10.50
Seeburg Amplifiers for 12
Record. with Tubes.......... 20.00
Seeburg Speakers for 12
Record .... __ .... __ .. __ ..... _........
7.50
412 WURLITZER PARTS FOR MECHANISM. AMPLIFIERS. MOTORS. PICKUP
HEADS. ETC. WRITE FOR PRICES
HAROI.D W. THOMPSON
415 CAROLINA ST.
Ward, joined the Navy in September, 1942.
Chuck Morgan has been manager of
Crumpacker Distributing Corporation Rec-
ord department since early fall.
R. & A. Distributing Co. and Stelle &
Horton, two major firms occupying the
same building for the duration, have a
Going Strong
BRAZIL
CONVERTED FROM
(DO.RE.MIl
With Return Ball feature that
creates last ball suspense to
,the Nth degree.
location reports indicat ~
that BRAZil is out-earning
a ll previous United conver-
sions.
Also Revamping
* MIDWAY
* ARIZONA
from (ZOMBIE)
from (SUN BEAM)
*
GRAND
CANYON
from (DOUBLE PLAY)
* SANTA FE
(from WEST WIND)
IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE
ABOVE GAMES WHICH YOU
DO NOT WANT CONVERTED ,
QUOTE US YOUR PRICES .
6123 N. WESTERN AVENUE
Speakers. New 2 W ire P.M.
12 inch J ensen ••.••••.•.••••••.• $ 7.45
Seeburg Remote Control Speak
Organs. good condition_ 27.50
Mills Amplifiers for Throne
with Tubes ••••..•.•••.••.•.. _ •..• _ 25.00
CHICAGO
SAN ANTONIO 3, TEXAS
really worthwhile mailing list. It has to
do with smokes for their former employees
now in the armed forces.
A sailor on a cruiser that had been in
more than two hot spots already told the
writer this one: He and his enlisted ship-
mates got themselves a phonograph. Then
sent in an order for popular numbers. The
order was lilled but not one single record
of the type requested was included. In-
stead, classical stuff at 75c to $1.50 per
record. The sailors enjoyed sailing the
platters overboard.
"What we wanted was records like those
on juke boxes back home," concluded the
sailor. This writer shall collect about half
a hundred for the lads, even if it means
"mooching" each operator for a number
that still has some plays on it.
James H. Hart, who resigned as Houston
Decca branch manager and enlisted in the
Navy about September IS, 1942, was re-
cently commissioned Ensign.
A group of prominent operators includ-
ing Bill Peacock, Henry Cruse, Ernest
Gates, Sam Ayo, Fred McClure, and several
others were discussing post war plans and
possibilities. Some sort of an operators
association was strongly favored. Plans
are also under way to resume the social get
together meetings that were discontinued
several months ago when food and beet
became so scarce.
Houston Decca branch has been under
managership of K. R. Wright for several
months. Former manager Chas. H. 'Went-
worth is in the Army.
The theory that automatic phonographs
could not operate profitably without beer
has been exploded here. Many locations,
particularly bever class restaurants, quit
selling beer altogether when it became evi.
dent that the shortage would continue
through the war. Cash receipts from phono-
graphs in those places not only held up,
bu t in ' many cases actually increased
substantially.
Lambert Brothers became one of the
major owner-operators of penny arcades in
the Southwest when they purchased the
holdings of R. E. Haney. The deal was
closed more than three months ago. At the
time they were purchased most of the
Haney owned machines were located at
Playland Park, Houston.
fohn C. Wright
A good woman inspires a man, a bril-
liant woman interests him, beautiful ones
fascinate him-but the sympathetic woman
gets him!
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers
CO IN
MACHINE
REVI EW
13
FOR
NOVEMBER
1943
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