Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1943 November - Page 6
W. G. Gray Expires
Speed
THE DAY OF
VICTORY
AND HASTEN
TO PEACE AND
PROSPERITY
BUY MORE
WAR BONDS
SAVE YOUR TIRES -
GAS
Phone or Write Your Ne eds - PROMPT SERVICE
We are equipped to handle your wants-Complete stock of parts, new and used
9ames, ARCADE ECj)UIPMENT ... Vendin9 machine cards, etc . Our recondi·
tioned machines are tops ••• LOW PRICES .
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
6
FOR
NOVEMBER
1943
OPERATORS -
WE RECOMMEND
VICTORY GAME CONVERSIONS FOR SICK PIN GAMES
Now Ready for Immediate Delivery:
S9~!l
New Conversions:
Set
BOMB THE AXIS RATS for Star Attraction
f.o.b.
BOMBARDIER for VICTORY
CHICAGO
KNOCK-OUT THE JAPS (for Knock-Out), SLAP THE JAPS
(for Stratoliner), SINK THE JAPS (Seven Up), SMACK
THE JAPS (for Ten Spot), HIT THE JAPS (for Gold Star)
WE WANT TO BUY
JEE'P-AIR CIRCUS-SKY CHIEF-GOBS
WURLITZER 750's
MUSIC
Wurlitzer 750E
Seebu~ 8800
Seebur9 9800
etc .
SLOTS
Blue Fronts
Brown Fronts
etc .
CONSOLES
Mills Four Bells, 5c
Mills Four Bells, 5c and
25c
Mills Three Bells, late
Keeney Two.Way Sells
Keeney Four·Bells •
etc.
ONE BALL
FREE PLAY
Bally Lon9acres
Bolly Thorou9hbred
Bally Pimlico
Bally '41 Derby
Keeney Fortune
etc.
I
ARCA.DE
ECj)UIPMENT
Bally Rapid Fires
Bally Defenders .
Evans Super Bombers
Kirk Ni9ht Bombers
Keeney Air Raiders
Evans Tommy Guns
lIate model!
Mutoscop4 Sky Fi9hter s
Mutoscope Drivemobile
.. tc.
I-BALL FREE PLAYS
Dark Horse ....•......•••........ $155.00
Sport Spec:ial .................. 149.50
Mills 1940·41 1·2·3.......... 97.50
CONSOLES
BALLY HI HAND-Write
JUMBO PARADE CLUB BELLS $239 .50
Write
SUPER BELLS $249.50
PA~~~9~~CES BAKER~~~~~RS D. D.
All In excellent condition
Blue GI:' ............................ $155.00 .,
Gold Cup.......................... 79.50
Rec:ord Time ........••......••.. 149.50
BEST GRADE COIN WRAPPERS
65c: per M ............•••• 1000 to 50.000
Western Portable FI"me·Arc Welder ........................................................ : ........... $24 .95 .
,
.
-, (World's Lowest Priced Professional Weldin .. Outfit)
HUNDREDS OF GAMES TO CHOOSE FROM
Write for compiete price list
r
PAUL A. LAYMON
DRexel 3209
Mention
of THE
CHICAGO-September 18th the Coin
Machine Industry lost one of its real pion-
eers and beloved members when W. G.
Gray passed away at his home at Lake
Wawausee, Indiana, at the age of 72.
Gray first became associated with this in-
dustry during the Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893 when he was handling
salesboards. Thereafter he started the op-
erating of machines and opened an office
in Cincinnati. As his business grew he
moved to Chicago to be 'near his source of
supply for Chicago, even then, was the
capital of the industry's manufacturing
activities.
He is credited with having built one of
the first coin operated phonographs which
followed perfection of coin-controlled auto-
matic pianos. This venture was worked out
with the cooperation of Walter A. Tratsch
and Lee S. Jones, who was then General
Sales Manager for the J . P. Seeburg Corp.
Gray was active in the organization of
the A. B. T. Manufacturing Co. along with
Jack Bechtol, Dan Odom and Walter
Tratsch and the firm's first offering to the
operators was the A. B. T. Pistol Target.
Later A. B. T. became leader in coin de-
tection and introduced the famous A. B. T.
slug rejectors and coin chutes.
When marble tables made their appear-
ance Gray joined with Lee S. J ones in or-
ganizing the American Sales Corp. which
helped finance hundreds of operators
across the country.
Surviving him ' are his wife and two
daughters. Industry members acting as
pall bearers were Rene Lamoureaux, Ed.
Pace, Lee S. 'Jones, Walter Tratsch, Thom-
as Linane and George Buchmann.
700 Items Released
WASHINGTON, D. C.- A ray of sun-
shine beamed from the nation's capitol
early this month when it :was announced by
Chairman of the Smaller War Plants Corp.
Albert M. Carter, that Uncle Sam will soon
release wartime restrictions and permit
manufacture of certain essential civilian
products.
"About 700 items are being programmed
for production in 1944," said Carter, "in
order to provide the civilian population
with items necessary to heal th , safety and
general welfare."
The chairman urged small plants to set
machinery in mo tion immedia tely to obtain
contracts for manufacture of the prescribed
items. It is contemplated that the items to
be released must be manufactured in part
by small manufactures with open capacity
which have manufactured the items in the
past . • Manufacturers are urged to contact
their local SWPC office at once for full
details.
Program as ou tlined merits the endorse-
ment of all in the Coin Machine Industry
for it signifies a gradual return to manu-
fac turing normalcy which means manufac-
turers in this I ndustry will be able to sup·
ply new equipment after the war in record
speed time if essential manufacturing has
been completely taken ' care of when the
last shell is fired.
Happel to Chicago
LOS ANGELES-William Happel, Jr.,
head of Badger! Sales Co., trained out of
Los Angeles November 13th to attend a
series of meetings in Chicago' on the 15th ,
16th and 17th. He will visit his office in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to
the coast.
.
COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers
Speed
THE DAY OF
VICTORY
AND HASTEN
TO PEACE AND
PROSPERITY
BUY MORE
WAR BONDS
SAVE YOUR TIRES -
GAS
Phone or Write Your Ne eds - PROMPT SERVICE
We are equipped to handle your wants-Complete stock of parts, new and used
9ames, ARCADE ECj)UIPMENT ... Vendin9 machine cards, etc . Our recondi·
tioned machines are tops ••• LOW PRICES .
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
6
FOR
NOVEMBER
1943
OPERATORS -
WE RECOMMEND
VICTORY GAME CONVERSIONS FOR SICK PIN GAMES
Now Ready for Immediate Delivery:
S9~!l
New Conversions:
Set
BOMB THE AXIS RATS for Star Attraction
f.o.b.
BOMBARDIER for VICTORY
CHICAGO
KNOCK-OUT THE JAPS (for Knock-Out), SLAP THE JAPS
(for Stratoliner), SINK THE JAPS (Seven Up), SMACK
THE JAPS (for Ten Spot), HIT THE JAPS (for Gold Star)
WE WANT TO BUY
JEE'P-AIR CIRCUS-SKY CHIEF-GOBS
WURLITZER 750's
MUSIC
Wurlitzer 750E
Seebu~ 8800
Seebur9 9800
etc .
SLOTS
Blue Fronts
Brown Fronts
etc .
CONSOLES
Mills Four Bells, 5c
Mills Four Bells, 5c and
25c
Mills Three Bells, late
Keeney Two.Way Sells
Keeney Four·Bells •
etc.
ONE BALL
FREE PLAY
Bally Lon9acres
Bolly Thorou9hbred
Bally Pimlico
Bally '41 Derby
Keeney Fortune
etc.
I
ARCA.DE
ECj)UIPMENT
Bally Rapid Fires
Bally Defenders .
Evans Super Bombers
Kirk Ni9ht Bombers
Keeney Air Raiders
Evans Tommy Guns
lIate model!
Mutoscop4 Sky Fi9hter s
Mutoscope Drivemobile
.. tc.
I-BALL FREE PLAYS
Dark Horse ....•......•••........ $155.00
Sport Spec:ial .................. 149.50
Mills 1940·41 1·2·3.......... 97.50
CONSOLES
BALLY HI HAND-Write
JUMBO PARADE CLUB BELLS $239 .50
Write
SUPER BELLS $249.50
PA~~~9~~CES BAKER~~~~~RS D. D.
All In excellent condition
Blue GI:' ............................ $155.00 .,
Gold Cup.......................... 79.50
Rec:ord Time ........••......••.. 149.50
BEST GRADE COIN WRAPPERS
65c: per M ............•••• 1000 to 50.000
Western Portable FI"me·Arc Welder ........................................................ : ........... $24 .95 .
,
.
-, (World's Lowest Priced Professional Weldin .. Outfit)
HUNDREDS OF GAMES TO CHOOSE FROM
Write for compiete price list
r
PAUL A. LAYMON
DRexel 3209
Mention
of THE
CHICAGO-September 18th the Coin
Machine Industry lost one of its real pion-
eers and beloved members when W. G.
Gray passed away at his home at Lake
Wawausee, Indiana, at the age of 72.
Gray first became associated with this in-
dustry during the Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893 when he was handling
salesboards. Thereafter he started the op-
erating of machines and opened an office
in Cincinnati. As his business grew he
moved to Chicago to be 'near his source of
supply for Chicago, even then, was the
capital of the industry's manufacturing
activities.
He is credited with having built one of
the first coin operated phonographs which
followed perfection of coin-controlled auto-
matic pianos. This venture was worked out
with the cooperation of Walter A. Tratsch
and Lee S. Jones, who was then General
Sales Manager for the J . P. Seeburg Corp.
Gray was active in the organization of
the A. B. T. Manufacturing Co. along with
Jack Bechtol, Dan Odom and Walter
Tratsch and the firm's first offering to the
operators was the A. B. T. Pistol Target.
Later A. B. T. became leader in coin de-
tection and introduced the famous A. B. T.
slug rejectors and coin chutes.
When marble tables made their appear-
ance Gray joined with Lee S. J ones in or-
ganizing the American Sales Corp. which
helped finance hundreds of operators
across the country.
Surviving him ' are his wife and two
daughters. Industry members acting as
pall bearers were Rene Lamoureaux, Ed.
Pace, Lee S. 'Jones, Walter Tratsch, Thom-
as Linane and George Buchmann.
700 Items Released
WASHINGTON, D. C.- A ray of sun-
shine beamed from the nation's capitol
early this month when it :was announced by
Chairman of the Smaller War Plants Corp.
Albert M. Carter, that Uncle Sam will soon
release wartime restrictions and permit
manufacture of certain essential civilian
products.
"About 700 items are being programmed
for production in 1944," said Carter, "in
order to provide the civilian population
with items necessary to heal th , safety and
general welfare."
The chairman urged small plants to set
machinery in mo tion immedia tely to obtain
contracts for manufacture of the prescribed
items. It is contemplated that the items to
be released must be manufactured in part
by small manufactures with open capacity
which have manufactured the items in the
past . • Manufacturers are urged to contact
their local SWPC office at once for full
details.
Program as ou tlined merits the endorse-
ment of all in the Coin Machine Industry
for it signifies a gradual return to manu-
fac turing normalcy which means manufac-
turers in this I ndustry will be able to sup·
ply new equipment after the war in record
speed time if essential manufacturing has
been completely taken ' care of when the
last shell is fired.
Happel to Chicago
LOS ANGELES-William Happel, Jr.,
head of Badger! Sales Co., trained out of
Los Angeles November 13th to attend a
series of meetings in Chicago' on the 15th ,
16th and 17th. He will visit his office in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to
the coast.
.
COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertisers
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