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Swindlers Infesting C. M. Industry
Acquire Amusement Park
NEW YORK-AI Schlesinger who is as·
sociated with Jack Fitzgihbons in the man-
ufacture of Barrel Roll Skee Ball Alley has
just purchased Woodcliff Pleasure Park, 25
acre amusement center located in Pough-
keepsie, New York. This site, when opened
in 1928 was one of the amusement show-
places of the nation.
Schlesinger and Fitzgibhons are contem-
plating making use of one of the buildings
on the grounds for the manufacture of the
Barrel Roll Skee Ball Alley as well as other
coin-operated games.
New Stancor Plant
CHICAGO-Construction of an electron-
ic parts plant which will use new manu-
facturing techniques developed in the war
will be started soon and completion is
scheduled for next fall, Jerome J. Kahn,
president of the Standard Transformer
Corp. has just revealed. Firm is a prime
supplier to coin machine manufacturers,
jobbers and distributors.
Factory, which will cost about $500,000,
will manufacture transformers exclusively
and will nearly double the company's pres-
ent floor space.
Agelu:y Expands
CHICAGO-The firm of Mangan & Eck-
land, industrial designers, advertising spe·
cialists and public relations counsellors, lo-
cated in the Board of Trade Building, La
Salle St., Chicago, have expanded into en·
larged quarters. In addition to Suite 4300
which they now occupy, they will maintain
offices in Rooms 4304 and 4305.
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Crooks Plying Trade Are Giving
Coinmen a Public Black Eye
CHICAGO-Beware of crooks, confidence men, swindlers, and racketeers
in various disguises-that is the warning being sounded throughout the
country by trade associations and Better Business Bureaus in an effor t to
combat a rising tide of swindlers preying on both business men and on those
hopeful of establishing businesses.
It is a warning that everyone in the industry should give heed to, for
swindlers and swindlers' methods have become increasingly dangerous
through greatly improved techniques. Unwary business men in the industry
are daily losing thousands of dollars through these unscrupulous methods,
and their promoters are in turn giving the industry a public black eye.
Nelson Founds Firm
CHICAGO-Jack Nelson has resigned his
position as General Sales Manager of Suo
perior Products to establish the Jack Nel·
son Co. at 800 North Clark Street and na-
tionally distribute several coin machine
products through jobbers and distributors
in various territories.
Nelson has had a long and successful
career in the coin machine industry. After
being with Billboard for twenty years, Jack
joined Rock-Ola and served as Vice Presi·
dent and General Sales Manager for 7
years. During the war he acted as President
of the War Activities Committee of the Na-
tional Coin Machine Association in pro-
moting the "Write A Letter" campaign.
Jack probably knows as many operators,
jobbers and distributors in the husiness as
any individual in the industry. Commenting
on his new venture, he said: "I am happy
to start in this new business as I feel confi-
dent the products to be marketed 'have a
definite place in the industry and will be
greeted enthusiastically by operators."
Ajax New Manager
NEW YORK-Ajax Board Corp. has
named a new manager in the person of Al-
len B. Tabakof. The new manager, recently
known as T/Sgt. Tabakof, was with the
Globe Cardboard Novelty Co. of New York
before donning his army uniform three
years ago.
Numbers of stories are circulating about
great losses sustained by unsuspecting men
and women, many with tragic overtones.
Savings accumulated through long years
of hard work are being drained off within
a matter of a few days into the pockets
of these unprincipled con men. Conditions
have become' so notorious in some cities
that many people and companies in the
trade have issued warnings to check care-
fully into all dealings with firms operating
under obscure names and reputa tions and
making high-sounding claims.
Oddly enough, it is not so much ex-
servicemen who are getting defrauded as
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