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COIN
MACHINE
IlEVIEW
64
FOR
MAY
1945
Fort IVorth
its one-way traffic on all downtown streets.
Frank W. Wood
News items for this d e partment will
be welcome. Mail or 'phone to Frank
W. Wood, 3811 Live Oak , Dallas 1,
T exas. Tenison 3·1049.
NEW LITERATURE
Optimism still prev.ails among Ft .. W o~th
music and coin machIne operators, In spIte
of three years of wartime shortages of
material and labor. Local operators report
a splendid business during the recent South-
western Fat Stock Show which had its
most successful season in history with its
1945 Exposition held March 9 to March
18. The show's record attendance of ou~­
of-town visitors brought plenty of busI-
ness for all types of amusement devic~s
and especially for the downtown mUSIC
locations. Contrary to the usual procedure,
business since the Fat Stock Show has
continued good and operators say their
collections are still on the up-grade.
One of the finest music locations in Ft.
Worth or the Southwest, is the J. Curtis
Sanford new Chicken Bar at 5101 Camp
Bowie Blvd. The new Sanford restaurant
is one of the most beautiful cafes in the
South. Completed in Western Ranch Style
architecture, the new eating place cost
over $150,000. Jack Maloney of the Panth-
er Distributing Co. is operating the .mag-
nificent music system for the new ChIcken
Bar. Sanford also operates a downtown
Chicken Bar at 802 Main Street.
Ft. Worth vending machine operators
report cigarette supply as the most acute
it has been since the wartime shortages
set in. The short rationing establishe4 by
local jobbers has been cut to an even
thinner supply during the past week.. There
is also an acute shortage of smokIng to-
baccos. The popular 15c sellers in the
standard brands are scarcely to be found.
Operators say that lack of fags has caused
an unusual demand for smoking tobaccos.
Accordi'nO' to Jack Maloney the quality
of records" now beinl!; received has im-
proved. Jack reports that a better quality
of platters is now being produced by
most of the large recording companies.
While the supply of records is still short,
Jack says more of the hit tunes .are also
being received. Some of th~ recordings no~
getting .the best play Include Decca s
"Rum and Coca-Cola" and "Twilight
Time'" Capitol's "Accentuate the Positive"
by Johnnie Mercer; Okeh's "Smoke on
the Waters" by Bob Wills, and Victor's
"Tip-Pin" by Erskine Hawkins.
.
Jovial Tony Loicano, owner of the BIg
State Novelty Co., is smiling with sa~is­
faction over the progress of construction
work on his firm's new home at 1601-03
Houston Street. A completely remodeled
50 x 100' two-story brick building will
house the company's business within the
next few weeks. The enlarged quarters
will provide executive offices, ~ales and
display rooms, a complete repaIr depart-
ment together with warehouse and s.torage
facilities. With the occupancy of theIr new
home, the firm wi11 change its name to
Big State Distributors.
Recent news from former Ft. Worth
operators now serving in Uncle Sam's
armed forces, show Bob Martin wit~ the
U. S. Army in France! Lee Martin .is
with the Navy and now on active duty In
th e Pacific theatre; Lucile Petrick, who
wa ~ e of Ft. Worth's successful women
, has been a member of the
or
"~I '- some time and is now stationed
wttwaiian Islands.
for operators of some down-
612 dons is expected to improve
.urrent change of Ft. Worth's
ations. The city is abandoning
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New Motor Selector Guide
An interesting and extremely helpful
booklet has just been published which pro-
vides design engineers and production ex-
ecutives with an easy, step-by-step method
for select ing correct type and size of frac-
tional horsepower motor for any applica-
tion. Its data is presented in outline style,
highly illustrated and exceptionally cO.m-
plete. It gives, at a glance, the comparatIve
characteristics of the various types- tells
how to decide on horsepower, duty cycle
and speed. In addition, it explains many
"built-in" controls which are desirable for
certain applications. Such other vital fac-
tors as the different kinds of operating
conditions are high-spotted to insure con-
sideration. And, finally, it includes a ques-
tionnaire form specially prepared as an
aid for initiating the design and develop-
ment work so essential to the powering
of new products.
A free copy of this ingenious Motor Se-
lector may be had by writing to The Dun-
more Company, Motor Division, Racine,
Wisconsin.
New House Organ
) The first issue of Westinghouse "News-
front," a new monthly publication by the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur-
ing Co. appeared this month.
The 'four-page report, printed in two
colors and illustrated with drawings and
pho tographs, will contain shor~ articles
describing the firm's latest achIevements
in the fields of scientific research, engineer-
ing and production. Featured in the fir~t
issue are a round-up on the company s
annual report to stockholders, a story on
a new application of the Precipitron air-
cleaner for the removal of fly-ash, and
a picture page illustrating recent West-
inghouse developments.
Requests to be placed on the mailing list
should be addressed to the Editor, West-
inghouse " Newsfront," 306 Fourth Avenue,
Box 1017, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tinted CiCJs Ahead
WASHINGTON- A novel machine for
printing cigarette wrappers to make them
match an evening dress has been patented
by Harry Friedwald, New York City.
Machine utilizes the same paper now
used in the industry, and the small amount
of aniline dye required for tinting has no
effect on the desired paper characteristics,
the inventor says. The patented merchan-
dise mechanism consists of a device that
can be attached to standard continuous
rod type cigarette machines. Through a
system of rollers, uniform rectangles. of
color are applied to the wrapper-forming
paper web immediately before it is fed to
the cigarette-making machine.
Photoelectric cells hooked to magnets
control the web so that a severing device
cuts each cigarette precisely to size. Half
an inch of whIte paper is left unprinted
at the " bite end" of the cigarette, since
fastidious smokers hesitate to put a col-
ored end between their lips, and a much
narrower strip of white paper is left at
the tip. Means are provided for changing
the color of the dye. Twenty-two claims
were granted on the patent, which was not
assigned.
Kanter Buys Route
CINCINNA TI-Charles Kanter, of Ace
Sales Co., has purchased the music route
of the Wilbur Sommers Music Co., Cin-
cinnati, and will merge it with his present
routes.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
May. 1945
This Index is an editorial feature and is not
part of the advertiser's cO!'t~~ct. This publica-
tion assumes 110 reaponslblhty for errors or
omissions.
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Amalgamated Distributors Co ............................. 26
Automatic Coin Machines & Supply Co ........... 24
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Bucklev Music System. Inc ...................... Cover IV
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