Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Seven New Brands
COIN
MACHIN E
REVIEW
52
fOR
MAY
J94 5
NEW YORK-Seven new brands o.f c ig.
arettes, designed fo.r d i tributio.n o.n a
natio.nal market, have been intro.du ced s in ce
January 1st. Mo.st o.f th e new pro.ducts
sell fo.r 21 cents against 17 cents fo.r the
po.pular brands. Prices include c ity tax.
The entire suppl y o.f the 7 new bra nds,
ho.wever, represents an infinitesima l per·
ren ta gf' o.f to.tal ciga ret te co. nsumptio.n in
th e U. S. (600,000,000 per day) . One esti-
mate o.f thi s figure is 1.5 per ce nt which
is hardly eno.ugh to. alleviate th e natio.nwid e
sho. rtage.
Th e new brands are: Co.ffee To.ne, Ma·
pleto.n , Stratfo.rd, Lady Hamilto.n, Melo.dy,
LIOn a nd Duo.·Ble nd. Of these Duo.·Blen d
has been distributed fo.r so.me tim e but
o.nly to. clubs, and Lady Hamilton has
hereto.fo.re been manufactured o.nly fo.r
expo. rt.
Lady Hamilto.n has been manufa ctured
by F. & S. So.ter To.ba cco. Co.rp., .New
Yo.rk, at th e rate o.f 750,000 a day and a
few are no.w making their appearance o.n
the Eastern sea bo.a rd. Fleming·Hall Co..,
Inc., New Yo.rk, ha s been manufa cturin g
a nd distributing Co.ffee·To.ne at 21 cents
for abo.ut a mo.nth no.w. Alo.ng with Maple·
to.n a nd Stratfo.rd th e manufacturer claims
pro.ductio.n o.f two. millio.n per day.
Lio.n has just recently b een intro.duced
and is in the 21·cent bra cke t lo.cally.
Rowe Makes Bomb
BELLEVILLE,
. J .- Ro.we Manufac·
turing Co.., In c., can tak e credit fo.r th e
bo.mbs that fell o.ver To.kio. and o.go.ya in
th e recent success ful in cend iary raids.
The cluster bo.mb, manufactured by
Ro.we, ho.lds abo.ut 500 po.unds o.f M·69
o.r ince ndiary bo.mb and is design ed fo.r
CleARS'
15c CLASS E SIZE--50 TO BOX
Ind ividually Cellophane Wrapped
20 BOXES .......... $5.25 Per Box
10 BOXES .......... 5.35 Per Box
SAMPLE BOX .... 6.00 Postpaid
1/3 Dep., Bal. C. O. D.
F. O. B. New York
PAYWIN INDUSTRIES, Inc.
2715 Summ it Ave. , Union City, N. J .
. Infolm~
T hey like our ci gareffes. French sailors are
freafed f a f he A merican brand by Coasf
Guardsman Edwin F. Tref fin of Rockford.
Iowa. af a N orfh African port. Service men
fi nd fhaf cigareffes made in fhe U.S:A . are
preferre d fhe world over. ( Phofo f rom Coasf
Guard.)
raids fro.m hi gh altitudes. The cluster is
equipped with a no.se a nd tail and its fall
is th e sa me as a large bo.mb until it
reac hes an altitude o.f abo. ut 1,000 feet,
where it is then bro.k en. up by a tim e-fu se
and exp lo.sive charge.
In flight, the Ro.we clu ster o.f M·69
spro. uts fo.ur tail strea ms o.f gauze wh ich
serve as tiny parachutes and act to. regu ·
late th e speed o.f th e highly inflammabl e
ince ndiary. Because o.f its characteri stics
th e cluster permits a tight pattern o.f bo.mb·
in g whi ch pro.ved exceed ingly effective in
the past few weeks o.f co.ncerted raids upo.n
Japan.
1.000 Strike Match
WASHINGTO - Army Service Fo.rces
has anno.unced that it has no. info.rmatio.n
respecting li censee und er the Ringer pat·
ents co.vering Multiple Strike Matches.
Acco.rding to. the reco.rds o.f the Quarter·
master General, th e address o.f Ferd inand
Ringer, repo.rted to. be able to. license the
match, is 114 East 32nd Street, New Yo.rk
City.
PHIl!.
Write MILLS NOVELTY COMPANY 4100 Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, for latest Coin Machine Information
In Richmo.nd, Va., Lo.uis Melo.si, co.·
o.wner o.f a Io. ca l grill , bo.ught him elf an
o.rdinary ledger to. use in co.nj unct io.n with
hi s cigarette machine. The ledger is
gro.uped into. three di visio.ns-A, Band C.
"A" custo.m ers, under th e system, are al·
Io.wed to. buy o.ne pack a day. The "A's"
are the day·in·day·o.ut patro.ns. "B" patro.ns
are the o.nes Melo.si kno.ws by fa ce. They
get 3 packs a week. The HC" gro.up co.n·
sists o.f tho.se who. never buy in the same
place tw ice. Melo.si also. has a large ign
reading, "So. rry, no. c igarettes to.day."
( o.te: We suffer fo.r Melo.si as he si ts
alo.ngside th e vendo.r with his ledger and
hi s cru tinizin g gazes at th e patro.ns; and
th e perio.dic ho.i stin g o.f hi s sign.)
Do.wn in Nevada, Mo.., th e Lio.ns Club
held a su rpri se auctio.n at it regular lunch·
eo.n meeting. A minister's promise o.f a free
wedding ceremo.ny bro.ught 25 cen ts, but
a ca rto.n o.f ciga rettes brought ,S. And, th e
c.ig a re~,tes were promised fo.r "fu ture de·
livery.
Fo.ur daily newspa pers in the United
States do. no.t accept to.ba cco. advertising.
"B ip" Glassgold, o.f DuGrenier, put it
this way: "A chain is no. Io.nger than its
weake t link, and a chain·smo.ker's cha in
is no. Io.n ge r than th e lin e he has to. stand
in to. get th e links to. chain·smo.ke with."
H ere's a beautiful case o.f mal·distribu·
tion. The ciga rette pro.blem o.f o.me, Ala·
ka , is so. mewhat reverse to. what it is in
these parts. There is an o.ver·supply o.f
c igarettes and o.thers things we have no.t.
The surplu s is a result o.f go.o.ds o.rdered
last Fall to. supply co.nstructio.n wo.rkers
who. were later recalled.
In Flo.rida, if yo.u want to. sell cigarettes,
either who.lesale 0.1' r etail, all yo.u need is
a permit which Co.sts o.ne do.lIar. It is said
that nearly 20,000 have taken o.ut permits.
They must have happy tim es Io.o.king at a
permit to. sell th e uno.btainabl e.
Believing that a lad who. is o.ld eno.ugh
to. fight fo.r hi s co. untry and die fo.r it,
is o.ld e nough to. smo ke, the co.mmo.n
co.uncil judiciary and legi slative co.mmittee
o.f th e Wisco.nsin state legislature has ap-
pro.ved a measure whi ch reduces the smo.k·
i ng age to. 18.
The Army will buy at least 88 billio.n
c igarettes thi s year as against 77 billio.n
last year.
Electric Soldering Iron.
Unde r w r iters Lab. Approve d .
Extra fine fo r operators.
Guaranteed
100 Watt ............................ S7.95
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PAUL A. LAYMON
DISTRIBUTOR