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A survey of cases in which the lie de-
tector was used, showed that the instru·
ment was about 30 per cent wrong.
The four ridges woven near the edges
of a sailor's neckerchief signify that they
represent the four major U. S. wars.
A mature sequoia tree's roots spread
over an area of two or three acres_
The largest city in the world named in
honor of Christopher Columbus is Colum-
bus, Ohio.
A Stephen Foster memorial building on
the University of Pittsburgh campus
houses the large collection of Foster's
songs, manuscripts and letters, collected
by the American chemist Joseph Kirby
Lilly.
Every great race horse that has lived in
t~e last century is related to three Eng-
lIsh thoroughbreds: Matchem, foaled in
1748; Herod, in 1758; and Eclipse in
1764_
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The Potomac Baseball club, th e first one
organized in Washington, in 1859, was the
pioneer club of the South.
. Edward Payson Weston, at the age of 70,
III 1909, walked 3,895 miles from New
York to San Francisco in 105 days, and a
year later 3,483 miles from Los Angeles to
New York, in 77 days.
Some of the metal alloys recently devel-
oped have only one rival in hardness and
that is the diamond.
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The 19~ million fur animals trapp ed
annually in the United States and Alaska
does not include ranch-rai sed animals_ No
complete record of the entire trapping can
be obtained, since some states do not keep
adequate records.
The south celestial pole has no star
which marks it. It is in a dark region of
the sky.
The average locomotive in road freight
train service consumes about one ton of
coal for each nine mil es of traveL
The Japanese no longer use the term
"hari-kari" but have substituted the word
"Seppuku," which is a compound of Chi-
nese roots conveying the same meaning.
Although New York, with nearly 2,000,-
000 telephones, is the leading city from
the standpoint of numbers, it is San Fran-
cisco, with more than 44 phones per 100
inhabitants, which is considered as havin g
the largest telephone development of any
large city, followed by Stockholm Sweden
and Washington, D. C. Next' to Ne~
York in number are Chicago and London_
Rabbit nerves, transplanted into th e tis-
sues of wounded soldiers, repair shattered
nerves and save untold numbers of lives,
lel!s and arms.
Latin America constitutes only a bout
one-third the total export market for
American goods_
A new defect of the eyes, recently dis-
covered, is called "alPiselkonia," in which
the two eyes, as interpreted by the brain,
are unequaL
The first harmonica band was organized
by Albert N. Hoxie in Philadelphia in
1921.
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The average life of a milk bottle is from
50 to 60 trips.
Refrigerated food lockers were first used
in 1903, on the Pacific coast. They did
not begin to be used extensively until 1935.
MARCH, 1946
Advance Automatic Sales Co ............................... 18
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Apollo Record Distributing Co ............................. 92
Automatic Instrument Co ............... Front Cover. 47
Badger Novelly Co ................... 12, 27, 30, 32, 36, 41
Badger Sales Co ....................... 12, 27, 30. 32, 36, 41
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Blake Sales Co ...................................... ···········.· ........ 37
Buckley Music System, Inc ....................... Cover IV
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California Music Operators Ass'n ...................... 43
Chicago Lock Co ....................................... ···········_· .. 14
Clark Distributing Co ................................. Cover III
Coast Record Manufacturing Co ......................... 63
Coin Machine Acceptance Corp ........................... 51
Coin Machine Equipment Co ............................... 27
Coin Machine Service .............................................. 95
Courtney Records ...................................................... 60
Dee's Service Shop ................................................. · .. 54
DuGrenier, Arthur H., Inc ....................................... 33
Eagle Coin Machine Co ........................................... 14
Eastern Electric Vending Mch. Corp ................. 37
Excelsior Record Co ................................................... 64
Exclusive Records ..................................... ·········· ....... 77
Exposition Games Co ............................. 8, 17, 29, 74
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Gottlieb, D., 6. Co ........................................... ·········· 5
Groetchen Tool Co ................................................... l6
Gutshall, Jack, Distributing Co ..................... 62, 65
Harman Enterprises .................................................. 57
Hermitage Music Co ................................................. 51
Illinois Lock Co ........................ _ ................................. 22
Independent Lock Co ............................................... 25
International Mutoscope Corp ............................. 3
Jafco, Inc ....................................................................... 13
Jennings, O . D., & Co ................................. 18, 19,58
K. and M. Service ...................................................... 79
King, Dan III ................................................................ 67
Laymon, Paul A ........... 9, 11, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31,
62, 73, 74, 75, 80, 82, 83
M-B-W Associates ................................................ 52, 53
Mape, E. T., Music Co ............................................. 46
Merge Studios .............................................................. 46
Mills Industries, Inc ................................................. 55
Minthorne Music Co .......... __ .............................. 20, 96
Monarch Coin Machine Co ................................... 26
Moore. Jack R., Co .... _ .............................................. 42
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Nickabob Co ......................................................... 61, 78
Nickabob Sales Co ............................................. 61. 78
Nprthern Dist. Co ................................................. 52, 53
Northwestern Corp ......................................... ......... 39
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Osborn Distributing Co ........................................... 67
Pacific Coast Distributors ...................................... 72
Packard Manufacturing Corp ......................... 44, 45
Pan Confections ............. _ ........... _ ........................... _.39
Peoples Service News Co .............................. _ ....... 39
Permo, Inc ................................................................ _ ... 76
Pioneer Coin Machine Co ................................... 6, 7
Ponser, Geo., Co ............................ _ ......................... 85
Puget Sound Novelty Co ........................... 52, 53, 70
Quality Pictures Co ................................................... 50
RCA Victor Records ........................... _ ...................... 81
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Reliable Nut Co ...................................... _ .................. .40
Re-Sharp Needle Service .......................... 46, 54, 58
Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp ............................. 59
Rud., A. C., Co ................................................ : .. 52, 53
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Solo tone Corp ............................................................. 71
Soundies Distributing Corp ................................... 60
Spotlight Records, Inc ........ _ ............ _ ..................... 70
U-Need-A Vendors, Inc ..................................... 34, 35
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Viking Specialty Co ................................................. 40
Weidman National Sales Co ................................. 24
Western Distributors .......................................... 18,75
Williams Manufacturing Co ........................... 37, 73
Wolf, M. Soo Distributing Co ........... _ .......... _ .. 48, 49
Wolf Sales Co., Inc ....................................... _ .... __ ... 66
Zeigler Insurance Agency, Inc ................... _ ......... 21
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