Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Highlight of the visit was a plane ride
plugs a sorely needed gap in the repair and
over the Columbia River. Passeng'e rs were
service branch. Vern recently disengaged
Mr. and Mrs. Beutler. Pilot was Jack
himself from partnership in Puget Sound
Mo.ore. The winged carrier was Jack's
Novelty, and while distant pastures in
private model.
California looked green, the Moore offer
looked greener.
"Where there's smoke, there's fire"-
The ' "door" that blackened Johnny In-
"where there's a well, there's water." So
man's eyes was manned by five sailors; it
convinced was George-Schnabel of the au-
was "slammed" in his face because he re-
thenticity of these statements that whe.n
sented being called a 4-F. P. S.-Johnny
the community watering system at hIS
bucked the Normandy beach on "D" Day,
home in Kirkland dropped off to a mere
was awarded the Purple Heart, and is an
trickle he promptly invested $3000 in
honorable army dischargee.
equip~ent and started digging. The well
turned out to be a huge success, except
(Captain George Hopkins of U. S. Engi-
for one slight flaw: no water.
neers, one of the four men who decided on
Richland, Washington, as an atom fac-
(When the news flashed over the wire
tory si'te, was your correspondent's civilian
that Russia had declared war on Japan and
supervisor at the local engineer office late
the Red juggernaut began moving in the
in 1938. Tall and bespectacled, with tre-
Norm ' Pacific, your ex-Aleutian scr~bbl~r
mendous drive and energy, George was in
wondered if he, too, would be movmg If
charge of a meteorological survey to de-
he were still there. Many a time when an
termine how much rain fell at which
"all hands'; meeting was called in the chill
place.)
wasteland we contemplated on the possi-
bilities or' a Westward jaunt.)
While PFC Ron Pepple boarded a
steamer for shipment to his new army sta-
Highlights and Lowlights - "Double
tIon in Ketchikan, Alaska, Wife Hazel
Duty" Ken Rader has thinned his music
tacked a "For Sale" sign on Northwest
and pin game route to a mere skeleton of
Sales. As soon as a buyer says, "I do," she
the halcyon days of yore to allow. him to
will hie Northwest to join her spouse.
turn in a full shift at the local shIpyards.
His name was O'Farrell C. Elkins and
Ken's an electrician . . . . We knew they
he walked into' Puget Sound Novelty ask·
couldn't stay away long; Coin-itch bit the
ing for a job. "I'm medically discharged
Booms again, so Van and Beulah bought
from the Navy," he told Owner George
half ownership in Hart Novelty's Skagit
Schnabel, "and I'm willing to try any- , County Branch .•.• Saved from the shoals
thing."
of divorce by last-minute negotiation, the
COIN
"Ever painted before?" queried George.
matrimonial boat piloted by the Cy Mor-
MACHINI
"No, but I'm willing to take a crack
gans is back in safe waters again. Cy is
AfYlfW
at it."
gaming in Tacoma.
So George put him to work painting
One of the best salesman ' this town ever
games. Not long afterward the senior
knew said "Hi" to the Row: Genial AI Gus-
painter was termed "non-essential" and
tafson who never yet has failed to have
Elkins moved into the Number One spot.
some 'deal or other encased in his sleeve
Fol
"Look at the games he turned out,"
ready to slip out at a propitious moment.
SEI'7'.
enthused Boss George; "as pretty a job as
AI's two illustrious pupils, William (Bud)
1945
I've ever seen anywhere. That's one thing
Parr and Johnny Michael went far in the
about discharged vets: they've had it plenty
business because of his tutelage .... Heber-
rough and sweated it out at all hours for
ling Brothers bid farewell to music operat-
fifty or so bucks a month. Whe'n they're
ing when they sold their phono holdings to
given a chance to earn a decent wage at
Don Lapham, veteran slot op and tavern
decent hours, they appreciate the fact and
owner . . . . For the nonce, Andy Huffine's
l)sually make exceptionally good work-
employment problems are over. The Decca
men."
chief hired a desperately-needed and much
(Even the deadliest weapon in the world
sought-for stenog.
cannot stop the gagsters. When he heard
(The crush is on the Japanese empire
about the atom splitting iM two, one wisen-
in a vise-like grip. Who knows but by
heimer cracked: "What do they call the
the time 'mis sees the light of print, it may
other half-Eve?")
be all over all over. But ever-optimism can
Moore Memos-A taxicab pulled up in
be costly. Even as talk of a "quick end"
front of the local office and out jumped
mushrooms the country, our boys are dy-
Lynn E. Kiefn er to renew a long-time
ing and being maimed. The pot on the
friendship with Bert Beutler. Both oper-
fire has reached the boiling point. Let's
ated in Los Angeles years ago. Kiefner is
make sure the lid aoesn't fly off before me
now a top-selling insurance man. • • • The
goose is completely cooked.)
Seattle and Portland offices joined hands a
recent week-end ago in the Rose City.
Cpl. Louis Kamo/sky
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PHONOGRAPH ROUTE WANTED
Operator wants to buy Music Route direct from owner-
operator. Fifty locations or more. Northern California only.
Price must be fair. Will pay all cash, or will buy large
route on terms. Please send list of equipment by Mfr.,
Model and Year: net take and operating expenses. WID
treat all -replies confidentially.
•
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BOX 705
c/ O Coin Machine Review
1115 Venice Blvd.,
Los Angeles 15, California
WYMOA Holds Meeting
LOS ANGELES-A regular meeting of
the Western Vending Machine Operators'
Association was held at McDonnell's Cafe
in the Gates hotel on July 31st lind several
important matters concerning the vending
industry were discussed.
J. J. Shalda of Pacific Peerless Scales,
spoke to the membership on taJf matters
affecting scales. A repqrt was ~ade on
the Restraining Order secured agamst the
City of Palm Springs by operator R. N.
Buchwalter. The city has a license struc-
ture which imposes additional taxes on
cigarettes sold through, vending devices as
against over-the-counter sales. Judge El-
mer W Heald of me Superior Court found
for the' plaintiff and issued the restraining
order.
The current tax matter at Ventura came
up for discussion and a committee was
appointed to go to Ventura on August 13th
and confer with each of the councilmen be-
fore the 'matter comes up again in the
city council. WVMOA is interested ~nly
in holding the tax down to a pra~tI~al
figure and it is the consensus of opmIOn
mat the Ventura figure is considerably out
of line insofar as vendors are concerned.
Secretary Norman 'Nussbaum reported
on the increase in stolen vendors since the
first of the year and revealed that he had
lost 24 machines in that space of time.
Nussbaum suggested members file a list
of stolen machines, descriptions and seri'al
numbers with the Association at the month-
ly meetings and working with the police
department it ,may be possible to return
some of these machines to their rightful
owners.
August meeting is being skipped because
of vacations and next meeting will be held
the last Tuesday in September. All vend-
ing machine operators are invited to at-
tend.
Nut Decline Ahead
ATLANTA, Ga.-Addressing a meeting
of the Georgia Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice in Athens Ga., Modane Marchbanks,
executive secretary of the National Pea-
nut Council, said that a serious post-war
decline in peanut production is in pros-
pect unless steps are taken now to pre-
vent it.
Miss Marchbanks, making a 3-point pre-
diction said consumption of peanuts for
war p~rposes is certain to decline; civil-
ian consumption will decline as shortages
of other foods decline, and civilian con-
sumption must be increased to absorb
the decline created by disappearing war-
time markets.
,
She went on to say that "a similar situ-
ation developed after the last war be-
cause the industry was not prepared, and
a decline in the price of peanuts was
rapidly followed by a drop in acreage.
"More than a million retail outlets are
available to us but we must provide new
and better peanut products," she pointed
out and revealed that the National Pea-
nut Council had undertaken extensive
research work. .
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An old lady walked into a court and said
to one of the judges, "Are you the judge of
reprobates?" "I am Judge of Probate," he
replied. "Well, that's it, I suspect. You see
my husband died detested and left me sev-
eral infidels, and I want to be their exe-
cutioner."
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Hostess: ',' And 'this, Nelly, is Mr. Ware."
Nelly: "Oh, Mr. Ware, I've heard about
you-we've got some furniture stored in one
of your houses."