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Boy Designs Theft-Proof Box
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COIN
MACHINE
IIEVIEW
14
FOil
MAIICH
1945
pared with any other co untry on the fa ce
of th e globe, th e United States leads in
almost anything.
"For instance, in th e matter of automo-
bil es, France shows one ca r to 25 perso ns,
England shows one to 25, Germany one to
55, Italy one to 109, and th e United States
one to every 5 persons.
"We, in this co untry, own 60% of the
telephones in th e world. We own 44% of
the radios. We have twi ce as many hom es,
per thousand of population, as co mpared to
the .most cultured cou ntri es in th e world.
" With only 6% of the world's area and
only 7% of its population, we consume, in
normal tim es, 48% of th e world's coffee,
53% of its tin , 56% of its rubber, 21% of
its sugar, 72% of its silk, 36% of its coal,
42% of its pig iron, 47% of its copper and
70% of its petroleum."
With th ese optimistic facts before tbem,
no one in th e coi n ma chin e field, need ever
worry about the future and what chan ges
it may bring, for th ey will mean greatel
and greater pros perity.
Arcades Closed
HOLLYWOOD- As th e result of c itizens'
a ngry protests, and a united civi c dem and
that Hollywood be "cleaned up," three
penny arcades were rece ntly closed by the
Poli ce Co mmi ssion.
Represe ntatives of 40 Hollywood civic
groups, churches, sc hoo ls, P.T.A., and busi-
ness me n's a nd wome n's orga nizations, ap·
pea red before the co mmi ss ion.
City attorney Ray Chesebro had recom-
mended that all pe nny arcades "a nd noto-
rious night spo ts" permits be revoked.
John B. Kingsley, pres id en t of the Hol-
lywood Chamber of Com merce, to ld th e
co mmi ssion that by the who lesa le gra ntin g
of permits it had crea ted a con dition in -
tolerabl e to decent citizens and a d isgrace
to the city at la rge. H e said that he had
visited th e penny arca des with a minister
a nd had viewed disgustin g "strip tease"
fi lms f rom whi ch sc hool children were not
bann ed.
Here is customer ap-
peal that assures the
best in coin -operated
amuse ment. Famous
singers and danc ers,
top-flight bands, out-
standing hit tunes-all
creating a tremendous
CHICAGO-A boy named B1acki e was
ca ught steal in g quarters, from coin-operated
washing machines in local apartment base-
men ts, amounting to more than $900. The
boy was brought before the kindly judge of
th e Boys' Court. The cri me was a felony.
"Why d id you steal and what did you do
with the money, B1acki e?" asked the judge.
"I'm so poor. I've always been poor. I
just wanted to have a little fun and buy
ham?u~?ers for us kids a nd take in the
mOVIes.
" Black ie, I'm going to give you a chan ce
to work out so me plan to pay back that
mon ey. You can think it over in jail for
awhile_"
In a few days Blac kie was before th e
judge and handed him a crude drawi ng.
"This is a sketch of a burglar-proof coin
box," he said. "No one can open it_" And
no one could. It proved to be perfect, the
co mpany withdrew its co mpl a int and
Blackie was freed on probation.
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