Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

A San fra ncisco smok e shop is endeav-
orin g to di scourage wom en from bu yin g
for th eir husbands or employers a nd has
hun g a "For Men Only" sign over th e
ciga rette a nd ciga r counter.
Thou sands of ciga rettes of popul a r
brand s aTe be in g thrown away ?ail y at
a n Oma ha dump ground , and Its non-
smoking owne r, George Green, wants to
know if it's okeh to give them away. Th e
smokes a re packages of 4, in 2-yea r-old
K-rati on kits bein g reclaimed for dog [ood_
Arm y sa id 6 "ve ry busy" perso ns are chec k-
in g 72,000 kits da il y, and th at, a lthough
80 per ce nt o[ th e cigarettes a re saved ,
some good ones undoubted ly are thrown
on Green's dump grounds. OPA told
Gree n it had no obj ecti ons to givin g a way
th e ciga rettes. But oth er qu es tion s, regard-
in g di sposal o[ go vernm ent p rope rty, may
be in olved_
A British sea man went ashore in Arch-
angel with ten ciga rettes in hi s pocket. F or
th ese th e Ru ss ia ns gave him 100 rubl es.
With th e money he bou ght 12 wine glasses,
whi ch he too k aboa rd a British mercha nt
ship wh e re th e stewa rd, ve ry short of
glasses, offered him two bottl e of (l in in
excha nge. T uckin g th em under hi s arm ,
he boarded a n Am erican mercha ntman ,
whi ch wa absolutely dry, and swap ped
th em for 6000 ciga rettes. Ashore aga in, h e
sold the e to th e Russ ians for 10,000
r ubl es. With th e money he bought two fin e
fu rs whi ch he sold in London for $500_
(Lad mu st have h ad a bit of Free Ya nk ee
E nterpri se.)
Cigar ettes Help Blood Bank
SAN FRAN CI S CO - A comm endabl e
measure o[ goodwill for th e automati c mer-
chandi sin g industry in thi s area is bein g
nurtured eac h week by th e generous sup-
plyin g of free cigarettes to donors a t th e
Red Cros Bloo d Bank by Dick P arin a of
R. A. P arina and Co.
P arina , a 10 tim e donor, started th e prac-
ti ce of donatin g ciga rettes several weeks
ago so th at donors might have cigarettes
with th eir coffee and dou ghnuts during
th eir blood bank visits. Th e Red Cross
hail ed . th ~ i~ ea and has been receiving,
and d, stnbutll1g, two thou sand ciga rettes
each week-all supplied by Par.ina. It is
estim ated th at about 3000 donors vi sit th e
ce nter each wee k and an average of on e
out of three will want a smok e or two
alon g with coffee and dou ghnuts. This was
th e ratio established at th e beginning and
it has been proven ad equate for th e ba nk
has not asked for additional ciga rettes in
any week although additional cartons were
promised i [ th ey were needed.
Rece ntl y Cha rl es C. Qui gley, director of
th e Center, wrote P arin a : "So ma ny fa-
vorable comments have been made recent-
ly at th e Blood Don or Ce nter in regard to
th e poli cy of passing out cigarettes in th e
Ca nteen th at I felt you should know how
mu ch apprec iated is your kindn ess a nd
Western
Portable Flame
ARC WELDERS
Life Saver for the Duration
(With Hood and supplies)
$27.45
- - SEE--
PAUL A. LAYMON
ge ne rosity. Throu gh yo ur kindn ess, we are
a bl e to ex tend j ust one more courte y to our
donors. Aga in I want to th a nk yo u on be-
half of th e Red Cross for yo ur support a nd
inte rest:'
" P arina's program for buildin g goodwill
can be dupli cated in eve ry key city wh ere
a Blood Bank is in op erati on. Not onl y will
th e opera tors be brin ging a more tol e rant
a nd apprec iati ve pe rspec tive to our indus-
try, but th ey will be aid ing our fi ghtin g
men by makin g the vi sits to th e center
more enj oyabl e.
Cig Mf s. Seek Men
W ASHI NGTO - Th e S mall er Tobacco
Ma nufacture rs group , a ffili a ted with Gro-
ce ry Ma nufac turers of A meri ca, is tac klin g
th e War Man pow er Comm iss ion for addi-
ti onal work ers and is tryin g to get th e
Agricultural Adju stme nt A dmini stration to
hel p toba cco growe rs in crease th eir pl a nt-
in gs. With 3,000 to 4,,000 more workers,
thi s group b eli eves th e industry co uld ex-
pa nd th e civili a n ciga rette suppl y fr om
last yea r's 240 billion to a bout 285 billion
units.
La rgest of th e "small er" ma nufa cturers
in th e group is Brown & Willi amso n, with
estima ted ciga rette produ ct ion in 1944 of
25 billion units. Ste ph a no Bros. is said to
have turn ed out 7 billion a nd La rus &
Bro . 6 billion units in 1944.
400 Vendors Dropped
DETROIT-Ciga rette shorta ge has only
a small effect on the numb er of licensed
cigar ette vendors in th e city.
Sgt. Charl es V. Schw a rtz, of the Lice nse
Burea u, stated th at onl y 1,100 vendors have
a ppli ed for 1945 li ce nse, as compared with
1,500 who had ap pli ed for 1944 li censes up
to th e sa me date a year ago. How ever, a
yea r ago lice nsees were required to obtain
ne w li ce nses by F ebruary I , and th e ve nd-
in g permits cost 1. This yea r, th e dea dlin e
da te was Ma rch I , a nd th e licenses cost $3.
A total of 6,928 ciga re tte vendors' li-
censes was issued in 1944.
Smokes to Bond Buyer s
BROOKLYN, N. Y.- If th e Midwood
thea ter had enou gh ciga rettes it could
fi nance th e war, accordin g to manager
Howard Co hn.
Thursday, 500 peopl e waited to buy
$112,500 worth of wa r bonds, "for cash,
no pledges acce pted," a nd receive free
cigarettes. On e pack for a $25 bond ; two
pac ks for a $50 bond ; four for a $100
bond ; fi ve for a 500 bond ; a carton for
a $1,000 bond.
Th e 3,200 pac ka ges given away durin g
the ni ne- hour sale were dona ted by va-
ri ous ope rators.
CO IN
MACHINt
REVIEW
53
FOR
MAY
1945