Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1946 May - Page 12
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Lumber Muddle
Stymies Industry
WASHINGTON - The national lumber
situation is in a state of retarded con-
valescence, while manufacturers (including
coin machine men) and other volume
users of lumber are fast being ground to
pieces by government regulations, govern-
ment promises, and production bottlenecks.
Viewed from the nation's capital, the
prospect of any new solution to the critical
lumber shortage is the reverse of encour-
aging_ .
__ .
Despite elaborate plans of the CIVlhan
Production Administration to produce 32
billion board feet of lumber in 1946, lum-
bermen and manufacturers are gunning for
an immediate lifting of all OP A price
controls, contending that only in this 'fay
will production reach demand peaks •.
Coin machine manufacturers are bemg
severely hit by the shortage of cabinet
woods and are constantly devising new
methods to try to overcome the situation.
Some companies are buying cabinet fac-
tories to assure adequate supplies, others
are studying the feasibility of substituting
metal and plastics for wood.
All of the companies are said to have
field men scouting throughout the South,
looking for lumbe,r in backwoods sections
far from the usual markets. Some success
is reported from these · efforts, but where
the hitch comes in is that after the green
lumber reaches Chicago, principal manu-
CO'N
facturing center for the coin machine .in.
MACH'N' dustry, it has to go through a long period
of kiln-drying, processing, etc.
Manufacturers' representatives are even
active on the tree-less desert areas of the
Pacific Southwest, running down r~mors
of lumber stockpiled by government agen-
,pI
cies and declared surplus.
The OP A has attempted to ease the
It ..
. situation by raising price ceilings of some .
types of raw lumber and recently has made
an average upward adjustment of 20 per
cent on certain thicknesses and grades of
softwood plywood. Representatives of the
National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa·
tion and of many of- the nation's retailers \
_"'EW
.... "
Attention All Coin Machine Operators
DO NOT OVERLOOK THIS
Make wall installations easy with new "Horvath" Masonry Bit-
75'10 saving in time over hand chi$eling methods-Accurate,
clean-cut hole-Bit made of high grade carbon steel with tip of
tungsten carbide-Can be used in any electric, air or hand oper-
ated rotary drill-For use on CONCRETE. TILE. STONE. ROCK,
MARBLE, SLATE, BRICK. CEMENT. HARD RUBBER and PLAS-
TICS of any type-Can be re-sharpened after 150 to 200 drill-
ings.
Drill 51 ••
3/ 16"
1/4 "
'/,"
112"
Len'1,th
3
4"
4"
3/4 "
6"
.' 6"
1"
6"
.... st chance to 9" hl9h
prices for the.e 9ames:
&\~:- .. ::::::::::::::::~g:88
~~p:yll1 .. :::=:::::::::$~~:88
Do Re MI... ......•.•. 60.00
Double PIII1 •...... 60.00
Sporn Parade .... 40.00
Sporty .................. 15.00
Jolly .......• _ •.. _ ... 15.00
Stratollnor .:. ....•. 35.00
~:::e~Iii:iiii;iiii.-~ ~g:gg
e:3~u.~ .. ::::::::::: ~:88
l>:t!o~~~~ .. :::::::::: ~:gg
~t:~· Attracti.ii::: ~:gg
~!7n ~~ ... ::::::::: ~:gg
~'~;r -.vi"ri·iC·::::::: ~g:gg
Sty Blazer •.....•. 60.00
Wild FIre .......... 30.00
ZombI • ........ _ ........•......•..................•............•....... 60.00
We will buy all moire. of Phonograph.
IDEAL NOVELTY COMPANY
Phone. FR. 5544
2823 Locust St.
St. louis. Mo.
Shank SI ..
Price
1fe"
$2.90
2.90
3.50
4.40
6.90
8.40
3/ '6"
1/4"
'/,"
'/." or 1/2 "
'/." or 112"
WEIDMAN NATIONAL SALES COMPANY
5911 4th AVE.
DETROIT 2. MICHIGAN
Exc:lusive Distributors To the Coin Mac:hlne
have strenuously urged Congressional bodies
to enact immediate legislation to exempt the
entire industry.
To add to the troubles of the manu-
facturers of coin-operated equipment, the
CPA is moving to curtail all commercial
building in order to divert lumber to home
building. Thus the construction of stores,
commercial buildings, night clubs, arcades,
amusement centers of all kinds, and all pro-
jected locations which manufacturers and
operators had expected to spark their ex·
pansion programs will be blocked indefi-
nitely.
Most spokesmen for lumber are of the
opinion that there will .h ave to be more
axe swinging in Washington before the
axes can start swinging in the forests.
KeedooZle T esf
WANTED TO BUY FOR CASH
MEMPHIS-The Keedoozle is comi~g
back. The Keedoozle is the aut.omatlc
grocery store you read about back m pre-
war days. A demonstration unit of the
new, improved Keedoozle is having a pri·
vate showing this Spring.
In the Keedoozle, all merchandise is
displayed behind glass. The customer is
given a special key with a roll of paper
tape in it. To select an item, the key is
inserted in 11 contact Role beneath the
display compartment. The name and price
of the article is thereby automatically
printed on the tape.
The customer makes her selection and
completes her shopping with no packages
or baskets to carry, no carts to push about.
Indust~y
At the checking counter, the customer
gives her key to a clerk who removes the
tape and inserts it in a "translator" ma-
chine. Articles purchased are automatically
chuted to the sales counter.
Ease in shopping is not the only ad-
vantage claimed for Keedoozle. Reduttions
in payroll costs and a policy of purchasing
direct from producers mean substantial
savings which will be passed on to the
consumers .
Clarence Saunders, organizer of the Pig.
gly Wiggly stores, is the sponsor of the
Keedoozle; Automatic Electric Co. of Chi-
cago is making them. Installation of the
first unit is scheduled for Chicago about
June 1.
Though the Keedooz e will at first handle
only food products, expansion to five-and-
ten-cent store items, drugs, hardware, and
other commodities is possible. The grocery
stores will be set up either in single or
double units. A single unit can handle
$25,000 in sales in a lO-hour day.
Keedoozle Automatic Co., headed by
Saunders, will operate the stores in the
Memphis area and will maintain model
stores and warehouses.
Association Changes Name
LONDON-Members of the British Au-
tomatic Machine Operators' Society have
voted to change the name of the group.
New name is the Amusement Trades Asso-
ciation. Main topic of discussion at a
recent meeting was the development of the
export business.
o PE IA TO B 5 !
,
Since we insure hundreds of your present and prospective loca-
tions as Insurance Supervisors for the Southern California Tavern Association. is it not
good business for you to insure with us?
Ask the Operators Who Do So!
Zeigler Insurance Agency I "Inc.
54' S. Sprl., Sf •• M'dl,a8 096'
I
SpeciallsfI-Coi. Mddl •• '.d •• fry
Lo.
A.,., ••
13. CalH.
Lumber Muddle
Stymies Industry
WASHINGTON - The national lumber
situation is in a state of retarded con-
valescence, while manufacturers (including
coin machine men) and other volume
users of lumber are fast being ground to
pieces by government regulations, govern-
ment promises, and production bottlenecks.
Viewed from the nation's capital, the
prospect of any new solution to the critical
lumber shortage is the reverse of encour-
aging_ .
__ .
Despite elaborate plans of the CIVlhan
Production Administration to produce 32
billion board feet of lumber in 1946, lum-
bermen and manufacturers are gunning for
an immediate lifting of all OP A price
controls, contending that only in this 'fay
will production reach demand peaks •.
Coin machine manufacturers are bemg
severely hit by the shortage of cabinet
woods and are constantly devising new
methods to try to overcome the situation.
Some companies are buying cabinet fac-
tories to assure adequate supplies, others
are studying the feasibility of substituting
metal and plastics for wood.
All of the companies are said to have
field men scouting throughout the South,
looking for lumbe,r in backwoods sections
far from the usual markets. Some success
is reported from these · efforts, but where
the hitch comes in is that after the green
lumber reaches Chicago, principal manu-
CO'N
facturing center for the coin machine .in.
MACH'N' dustry, it has to go through a long period
of kiln-drying, processing, etc.
Manufacturers' representatives are even
active on the tree-less desert areas of the
Pacific Southwest, running down r~mors
of lumber stockpiled by government agen-
,pI
cies and declared surplus.
The OP A has attempted to ease the
It ..
. situation by raising price ceilings of some .
types of raw lumber and recently has made
an average upward adjustment of 20 per
cent on certain thicknesses and grades of
softwood plywood. Representatives of the
National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa·
tion and of many of- the nation's retailers \
_"'EW
.... "
Attention All Coin Machine Operators
DO NOT OVERLOOK THIS
Make wall installations easy with new "Horvath" Masonry Bit-
75'10 saving in time over hand chi$eling methods-Accurate,
clean-cut hole-Bit made of high grade carbon steel with tip of
tungsten carbide-Can be used in any electric, air or hand oper-
ated rotary drill-For use on CONCRETE. TILE. STONE. ROCK,
MARBLE, SLATE, BRICK. CEMENT. HARD RUBBER and PLAS-
TICS of any type-Can be re-sharpened after 150 to 200 drill-
ings.
Drill 51 ••
3/ 16"
1/4 "
'/,"
112"
Len'1,th
3
4"
4"
3/4 "
6"
.' 6"
1"
6"
.... st chance to 9" hl9h
prices for the.e 9ames:
&\~:- .. ::::::::::::::::~g:88
~~p:yll1 .. :::=:::::::::$~~:88
Do Re MI... ......•.•. 60.00
Double PIII1 •...... 60.00
Sporn Parade .... 40.00
Sporty .................. 15.00
Jolly .......• _ •.. _ ... 15.00
Stratollnor .:. ....•. 35.00
~:::e~Iii:iiii;iiii.-~ ~g:gg
e:3~u.~ .. ::::::::::: ~:88
l>:t!o~~~~ .. :::::::::: ~:gg
~t:~· Attracti.ii::: ~:gg
~!7n ~~ ... ::::::::: ~:gg
~'~;r -.vi"ri·iC·::::::: ~g:gg
Sty Blazer •.....•. 60.00
Wild FIre .......... 30.00
ZombI • ........ _ ........•......•..................•............•....... 60.00
We will buy all moire. of Phonograph.
IDEAL NOVELTY COMPANY
Phone. FR. 5544
2823 Locust St.
St. louis. Mo.
Shank SI ..
Price
1fe"
$2.90
2.90
3.50
4.40
6.90
8.40
3/ '6"
1/4"
'/,"
'/." or 1/2 "
'/." or 112"
WEIDMAN NATIONAL SALES COMPANY
5911 4th AVE.
DETROIT 2. MICHIGAN
Exc:lusive Distributors To the Coin Mac:hlne
have strenuously urged Congressional bodies
to enact immediate legislation to exempt the
entire industry.
To add to the troubles of the manu-
facturers of coin-operated equipment, the
CPA is moving to curtail all commercial
building in order to divert lumber to home
building. Thus the construction of stores,
commercial buildings, night clubs, arcades,
amusement centers of all kinds, and all pro-
jected locations which manufacturers and
operators had expected to spark their ex·
pansion programs will be blocked indefi-
nitely.
Most spokesmen for lumber are of the
opinion that there will .h ave to be more
axe swinging in Washington before the
axes can start swinging in the forests.
KeedooZle T esf
WANTED TO BUY FOR CASH
MEMPHIS-The Keedoozle is comi~g
back. The Keedoozle is the aut.omatlc
grocery store you read about back m pre-
war days. A demonstration unit of the
new, improved Keedoozle is having a pri·
vate showing this Spring.
In the Keedoozle, all merchandise is
displayed behind glass. The customer is
given a special key with a roll of paper
tape in it. To select an item, the key is
inserted in 11 contact Role beneath the
display compartment. The name and price
of the article is thereby automatically
printed on the tape.
The customer makes her selection and
completes her shopping with no packages
or baskets to carry, no carts to push about.
Indust~y
At the checking counter, the customer
gives her key to a clerk who removes the
tape and inserts it in a "translator" ma-
chine. Articles purchased are automatically
chuted to the sales counter.
Ease in shopping is not the only ad-
vantage claimed for Keedoozle. Reduttions
in payroll costs and a policy of purchasing
direct from producers mean substantial
savings which will be passed on to the
consumers .
Clarence Saunders, organizer of the Pig.
gly Wiggly stores, is the sponsor of the
Keedoozle; Automatic Electric Co. of Chi-
cago is making them. Installation of the
first unit is scheduled for Chicago about
June 1.
Though the Keedooz e will at first handle
only food products, expansion to five-and-
ten-cent store items, drugs, hardware, and
other commodities is possible. The grocery
stores will be set up either in single or
double units. A single unit can handle
$25,000 in sales in a lO-hour day.
Keedoozle Automatic Co., headed by
Saunders, will operate the stores in the
Memphis area and will maintain model
stores and warehouses.
Association Changes Name
LONDON-Members of the British Au-
tomatic Machine Operators' Society have
voted to change the name of the group.
New name is the Amusement Trades Asso-
ciation. Main topic of discussion at a
recent meeting was the development of the
export business.
o PE IA TO B 5 !
,
Since we insure hundreds of your present and prospective loca-
tions as Insurance Supervisors for the Southern California Tavern Association. is it not
good business for you to insure with us?
Ask the Operators Who Do So!
Zeigler Insurance Agency I "Inc.
54' S. Sprl., Sf •• M'dl,a8 096'
I
SpeciallsfI-Coi. Mddl •• '.d •• fry
Lo.
A.,., ••
13. CalH.
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