Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

assembly and athletic events. All this as-
sembled into one unit, encased in a cabinet,
and meeting the provisions of the Under-
writers' Laboratories. School response has
been instantaneous but lack of parts is re-
tarding full-scale production.
Quick Clickin's-Climax and anticlimax:
Charley White hooked a 22-lb. king at his
favorite Possession Point haunts one day;
when he hurried back the following morn-
ing to continue the good work, this is what
he caught: one two-pound salmon and one
bad cold . . . . Quoting the head of a local
service department: "Manufacturers are
concentrating so fully on new equipment
that they ~re practically igno~ing parts. The
shortage 1s worse than ever.
It took two marriages to do it but Johnny
Michael finally made the paternal grade
with a girl. . . . Rising to the fore as a
result of .good management and a route-
buying spree, Central Music, co-owned by
George Sherwood and Phil Dennison, is
heading for the big time in the phono field.
_ .. Culled from the rumor mill: It's being
grapevined that a special session of the
Washington State legislature will be called
early in 1946 for the purpose of passing
measures governing returning servicemen,
but that, as usual, the lawmakers will de-
vote some time to their regular routine of
trying to put the pinch on the coin boys.
Whirlwinding up the Coast, Automatic
Instrument Co.'s Sales Manager Doc Eaton
spent three days in Seattle singing the
praises of Singing Towers .... It's not only
music operators who are requesting discs
that aren't but collectors of records who will
pay five to ten dollars for numbers three to
seven years old to add to their hobby stocks.
... Prizes, prizes, and more prizes are being
heaped on the silken head of Le Monde
Chic de Larson, Op Porky Jacobs' prize
toy poodle who has just made a triumphant
return from the international championships
at San Mateo, Calif.
After Rip-Van-Winkling for more than
four years, the Allied Phonograph Operators
of Washington is commencing to show activ-
ity . . . - . "Come up to Canada and let me
show you some real fishing and hunting,"
Operator James Stevenson of Vancouver,
B. C., told Western Distributors' Curly
Gohr. And darned if Curly didn't take him
up on it. Awaiting his return, Solly Solo-
mon envisions large juicy cuts of moose
meat .... Add to the Solomon Series: Son
Walter, after boatswaining it in the Coast
Guard for six years, is now a free man.
Highlights of his service career included
chasing subs in the Atlantic, zigzagging with
corvettes in the Aleutians, and manning the
San Pedro Lighthouse.
'Tis being eared about that the new pin
game equipment will cost about double the
pre-Pearl price .... Seven glistening silvers,
totaling 42 pounds, was the net result of
Ken Rader's fishing foray in Ballard . . . .
The itch to keep a-moving caught up with
Western Distributor's Pearl Lee, and the
firm lost a capable stenog.
Sgt. Louis Karnof sky
Salt Lal.e City
Mgr. Tom Douglas of the Yellowstone
Specialty Co. is in the east again on a
business trip.
Sid Stewart, Stewart Novelty Co., has
returned to his managerial desk from a
trip into Montana and Colorado . . He was
accompanied by Geo. Booth. This office
had a visit from former manager Dan
Stewart, who now is in charge of the Reno,
Nevada Casino.
Al McQuaid, formerly employed by
Stewart Novelty Co., returned from the
Photo Electric
, RIFLE RANGE
"Shoot the Jap" . . . "Chick-
en Sams" . . . "Convicts",
are all making top dollars
when converted into the
brand new Coinex Photo
Electric· Rifle Range. Can be
installed on location in 20
minutes by anyone: has
great player appeal: loca-
tion-tested. Rifle Range in-
cludes all the old target
principles. As stu11dard as
sugar and salt-.
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PAUL A. LAYMON
COIN
DISTRIBUTOR
1503 West Pico
Los Angetes 15
U. S. Armed Forces Air Corps this week.
He is a Utah war hero, now honorably dis-
charged, and has joined forces with Stew-
art Novelty again as a special sales repre-
sentative. Mrs. Marjorie Nuttall is a new
employee, having taken the ,position of
secretary and Elinor Alldritt is the new
bookkeeper, according to Mi'ss Leonard,
office representative.
B. E. Moran, office manager for Rowe
Cigarette Service Co., is home now recov-
ering from a serious operation which he
underwent in California recently.
Fred Murphy, coin machine department
man of the Heminway and Moser Co., is
currently in Los Angeles, accompanied by
Elmer Hull, representative for Salvador-
Radigues Cigar Co. of Tampa, according
to Marcia Crosby of the office personnel.
Pres. John Moser has again returned to
Mack's Inn at Idaho, for fishing. Ralph
Cracroft, ,office manager, is back from a
visit to California where he went for a
short time with his family.
Milo Nichansky, manager for Canteen
Service of Utah, reports that his brother
Albert G. Nichansky, is expected home any
hour now, having been overseas since
December 1942. Albert is Milo's partner.
He is awaited with much excitement and
enthusiasm. Milo still says he could use
more candy advantageously.
The Atlas Specialty Co. is trying to get
some of the U. S. Armed Service boys
back, upon their release from the army.
Atlas Specialty's manager, Irving Monsey,
is going into Las Vegas on a business trip
soon, according to S. A. McHarg, Eagle
Novelty Co. Boss, which operates in con-
junction with the Atlas firm.
R. L. Holt, well known in the coin ma-
chine industry here for many years, has
opened a new place in Salt Lake City for
general repairing for operators and is also
operating the Rainbow Dist. Co. Rainbow
has 7,100 square feet of display spac~,
fully fireproofed. Holt reports that Rain-
bow Dist. Co. figures to cover Montana,
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Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and Utah and
will have several salesmen busy in the
field constantly all year. This new set-up
FOR
is just getting under way and expects to NOVEMBER
have one of the most modern, spacious and
1945
up-to-date places in the Western United
States, giving display service and repair
service of the highest type.
Viola Hutton
Denver
Since Mr. and Mrs. D. J. King have
moved to their new location, they have
largely expanded their operations and have
added more help both in the store and in
the field. King has originated a labor-
saving device for popping corn used in
their machines, which operates at the rate
of 100 pounds per hour. Large bags are
filled from the hopper ready for delivery
to the various machines.
The new quarters are beautifully light
and sanitary, in a highly desirable loca-
tion, and will materially aid Mr. and Mrs.
King in handling their machines. Ample
space is afforded for operation of the pop-
corn device and for display of candy bars.
Lu Shulman advises that hereafter his
company will be Modern Dist. Co. instead
of Modem Music Co. and that he has
found the new and larger quarters for
which he has been looking the past sev-
eral months.
The new location is on Welton Street,
near the center of Denver. The building
is very large and will amply accommodate
the lines which the company will repre-
sent. In addition, the firm will have its
own private alley, which will make it con-
venient for visiting operators.
Lines which Modern Dist. Co. will rep-
resent are Rock-Ola Mfg. Co., H. C. Evans
and Co., 0. D. Jennings and Co., National
Sales Co., and National Cigarette Co.
The new store is now being completely
redecorated and will be ready for occu-
pancy in a short time.
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