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Cities Adopt Cig Tax
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lotion's Capitol
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Reported by
ROY S. RAMSEY
Coin News in Spotlight
COIN
MACHINE
IIE'IIEW
18
FOil
AP./I.
1947
With the Republican split slowing Con-
gress to a walk and the gove~ll!-~nt bureaus
afraid to move for fear of inViting budget
cuts, local coin news is grabbing th~ spot-
light from the national scene. Washington
coinmen are up in arms over a proposal to
slap a twelve-dollar license fee on all coin-
operated amusement devic_es_ Th~ .proposal
was aired at a recent Pllbhc hearing before
the District Regulations Committee along
with a restriction which would ban the use
of coin machines (except phon"o graphs) by
school children during school hours.
Ira T. Byram, Jr., general manager ?f
the Silent Sales System, told the Commit-
tee that the proposed fee "will add another
straw to the back of a camel that is j~st
about to break." The industry, he said,
cannot stand another penny of expense.
A spokesman for the local Federation of
Citizens Associations retorted that, "what-
ever p..Toblems the Industry may have, the
problems " of the District government' are
much greater if it is to meet its bud~et."
Referring to the attempt by the AmerIcan
Federation of Musicians to get a percent-
age of automatic phonograph receipts, the
spokesman asserted, "everybody knows that
Petrillo is the man who may bankrupt the
Industry."
.
Lawyers for the District government
stated that music machines were included
in the proposed license fee because of the
expense of inspecting their electrical in-
stallations, especially those of the remote
control type.
William R. Lichtenberg, attorney for the
Washington Coin Machine Association, tes-
tified that the Industry would accept the
ban on use of coin machines by school chil-
dren between the hours of 8 and 3, but
protested a proposal by a citizen group
which would extend the ban to 4:00 p. m.
If finally accepted by the Regulations
Committee the license fee and school hour
ban will be submitted to Congress. Coin-
men will then have a chance to repeat
their arguments before both die House and
Senate District , Committees later in the
year.
Court Upholds 5-Balls
Elsewhere on the local scene, five-ball
coin machines have been cleared of the
label "gambling games" by the Washington
police department whi.ch has ?een cond~ct­
ing a vigorous campaign against gambling
in the Nation's Capital. Police acceptance
of the machines is an outgrowth of a recent
District Court of Appeals decision holding
that the five-baIlers are a game of skill.
Five-Cent Music Remains
Music machine operators elsewhere in
the country may be rapidly shifting to ten-
cent play, but here the price has so far
remained at a nickel, despite faIling grosses.
A spot check by this reporter of locations
in near-by Maryland and Virginia suburbs
Local headquarters of the U. S. Confer-
ence of Mayors reveals that special cigar-
ette taxes are being rapidly adopted by
hard-pressed cities in an attempt to relieve
their financial burdens. St. Joseph, Mo.,
joined the group last August with a tax of
$1.00 a thousand. Miami's new levy is ex-
pected to bring in over $600,000 a year.
Denver has upped its tax from one cent to
two cents per package. First large cities
to adopt this type of tax, according to the
Conference, were Kansas City and New
York City which slapped on the levy in
1938.
Local city fathers are expected to follow
suit some time this year with a one-
cent tax, while Maryland legislators are
talking up a state-wide fee of two cents
per package.
Sc:ientific: Mac:hine Corp.
Resumes Produc:+ion of Games
NEW YORK-Ham and eggs . . •
pork and beans . . . Sterling and silver
• . . Scientific and Pokerino . . . So
successful has been tbis amusement game
and, so many have been placed on location,
that the name of the game and its manu-
facturer are synonymous everywhere.
Scientific Machine Corp. is now clearing
its production lines for more hit games,
the first being Field Goal, soon to be re-
leased.
Founded in 1931 by Max D. Levine ' and
Fred Hailparn, Scientific has played a vital
role in expanding the arcade and amuse-
ment industry. Among its many "firsts"
was the Industry's earliest light-up pin
table.
Nuptial Note
OAKLAND-A. H. Bouterious, general
manager of Mills Sales Co., Ltd., returned
from a business trip to Las Vegas in time
for the bell-toIling ceremony of bookkeeper
Evelyn Crenshaw and Byron Lenarose.
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MACHINED STEEL
POSTS
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eliminate needless servic:e c:alls for
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wasting valuable time stripping In
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"
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rubber c:yl!nden. A set of 6 Installed
In 30 minutes will last for a minimum
of 6 months of heavy play - and
rubber c:ylinders may then be re-
plac:ecl--rlght on loc:atlon-ia a few
sec:onds and for only a few ~ents.
COUNTER GAME HIT
STYLED for PROFITS"
by
DAVAL
SKill THRill
MACHINED STEEL
POSTS
Improve the appearanc:e of your
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Complete Set of 6 Units wit"
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--SEE-
PAUL A. LAYMON
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
C. A. ROBINSON & COMPANr
2303 West Pic:o
FEderal 1810
Los Angeles 6, Calif.