Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Miracles are being performed dai ly at
the well-equipped shop of Automati c Elec-
tronics in the heart of Coin Row. Firm
specializes in making parts necessary to
return electrically operated coin machine
equipment back to operating. Shop is able
to make any part, regardless of how intri-
cate, and with the present shortage of parts
has been able to help many operators re-
turn hundreds of machines to profitable
operation. All work is done by experienced
precision craftsmen. Drop in, and be
amazed.
Bill Leuenhagen is right on his toes
when it comes to calendars for 1945. Bill
is passing out a neat number. Next month
an added treat is promised in the shape
of a nifty plastic business card case-
something all operators can use.
"A good soldering iron is something that
has been mighty hard to get in the past,
but we've got them now and they're sure
swell." So said Lucille Laymon in sum-
marizing the advent of Dura-Heat at the
Laymon establishment.
Jack H. Keeney, Chicago manufacturer,
arrived in Los Angeles on the 14th.
San Francisco
Business has held steady in the bay dis-
trict in the past month. The election is
over, the boys have paid off their bets, and
everyone is getting ready for a bang-up
1945.
R. A. Parina of R. A. Parina & Co., at-
tended the national meeting of the Na-
tional Automatic Merchandising Asso cia-
tion i'n Chicago in October. The group will
sponsor a $25,000 public relations pro-
gram during the coming year and Dick be-
lieves it will go a long way towards ac-
quainting the public with the ins and outs
of automatic vending.
L. B. McCreary, general manager at E.
T. Mape Music Co., has been in and out
of the office to Stockton and Los Angeles
to check with the other branches of the or•
ZINCO
SPOT-A-
NUMBER
POCKETS
WILLIAMS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY
161 W. Huron St., Chicago 10, Ill .
WHY PUT YOUR MACHINES
IN MOTH BALLS?
Thousands of pieces of coin-operated equipment are now in storage
for need of an important part that would put them back on location, cash-
ing in on the present spending spree. We are equipped, with precision
equipment and competent craftsmen, to BUILD and CREATE the necessary
parts your equipment might need. Under WPB authority we have needed
prioriti es for repair parts .to keep your electrical equipment in operation.
MUTOSCOPE PHOTOMATICS
We can bring your old machines up to the equal of the last model pro-
duced before the war. We have an experienced mechanic able to do a com-
plete revamping job on your Photomatic mechanism, install the proven new
delayed developing mechanism, and other worthwhile and trouble-free im-
provements recently perfected.
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PANORAMS
We invite your inquiry on any Panoram operating troubles. We are man-
ufacturing special fibre gears, bushings, etc., for Panoram mechanisms and
can CUSTOM BUILD any special part unobtainable in the regular outlets.
COME IN AND SEE US WHEN YOU ARE IN LOS ANGELES. LET US
SHOW YOU THE WORK WE ARE DOING AND THE MULTIPLE WAYS
IN WHICH WE CAN SERVE YOU!!!
AUTOMATIC
ELECTRONICS
Los Angeles 6, California
West Pico Boulevard
2801-2803
CPA. 4111>
ganization.
M. S. Wolf and C. A. Garton, of Cali-
fornia Amusement Co., arrived in San
Francisco the first week in November to lo-
cate a bui lding to establish a branch of
their organization here. Firm has distrib -
uting offices now in San Diego and Los
Angeles. Garton will manage the local of-
fice when it opens.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maser, of the H. R.
Maser Music Co., are planning on spend-
ing the holiday season in Chicago and the
middle west. Hank will combine business
with pleasure, do some extensive buying
and also take care of post-war business and
plans.
Viking Specialty continues to be one of
the busiest spots in town with operators in
for the many special services the firm is
providing to keep vending operators in
business during the war months.
Another busy spot is Expositfon Games
Co. where Johnnie Wilson has worked up a
terrific business in supplying slot machine
parts to operators all over the nation.
Jo.hnnie had the foresight to accumulate
an unusually large stock of slot parts and
operators have found his stock "a port in a
storm" during the current parts shortage.
Portland
None other than Corporal Louis Karnof-
PUT TBE NIPS IN A l'IX
.BUY A BOND IN TBE SIXTH!
T~e pu rcha se of bond s today m_e ans just that much more sa ved for t he equ i!') me nt yo u
will ~ ant to buy whe n t he wa r ts over. We , here at Viking , wi ll be ready to offe r you
th e cream of t he cro!'" when tha t happy day returns.
Right now we must ma ke the most of what we ha ve; and we are d ed icated to d oin g
our utmost to he lp you kee p you r prese nt e qu ipm e nt op erating . W e ha ve a fa irly
ad e quate stoc k of cha rms , key rings , co in wrapp ers , coll e ctio n books, Fl exo Too ls
and various typ es of ve ndi ng d evi ce s. W e are an xio us to be of se rvic e to you . W oni
you contact us today ?
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VIKING SPECIAi.TY COMPANY
530 Golden Gafo Avenue
sky, former REVIEW Seattle correspondent,
and his buddy, Corporal Pugle, visited us
in Portland. They are two swell fellows
and we all enjoyed their visit.
"Bertie" Kristo! is still in the hospital
. . . and hubby Max is a mighty worried
man these days. Those of us who know
Bertie know how much she helped her
hubby . . . and we all miss her cheery
smile at the Montgomery Gardens th ese
days. She surely has all good wishes for
her speedy recovery.
Friends of Vern Helbig of Roseburg,
Oregon, will be surprised to learn that he
again has to go to the hospital for a short
time. His wifie Gladys surely is a brick!
Mr. Tipley, son-in-law of George Coombs
of Condon, Oregon, has just been inducted
in t he service.
Wil bur Jones has just purchased the
C. B. Cable route at Albany, Orego n.
Jones has great expectations for a large
operation after the war is over.
Percy Bucknum of Eugene, was a Port·
land visitor in November. Other visitors in-
cluded Percy Hargood, Ernie McGee and
Bert Schuler from the Coast.
R. M. Waggener of Coin Machine Ac-
ceptance Corporation, Chicago, was a vis-
itor to Portland and Seattle.
Edmund F. Mair, "Ted" to his friends,
former President of CMAC of Chicago,
was a recent visitor to the Coast, stopping
off in Portl and for a day en route from
Seattle to San Francisco.
E. M. Bush of Marshfield, Oregon, was a
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