Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

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gain more profit from his trip than from
any other in the past.
Our last coin machine show was in
- January 1941-six years ago! Six years is
a long time to go without a general exhi-
bition for the trade, but the war forced
postponement of ' all trade association
gatherings. In December of 1941, I wrote
a statement giving reasons why I thought
we should hold a show in 1942-and then
came Pearl Harbor! The show was off and
the Coin Machine Industry, which already
had joined heart and soul with our country
in defense manufacturing, threw itself 100
per cent into war production. We all knew
that in -global war all civilian goods were
out of the question and every single ma-
chine and hand was needed for ,the war
implements that must bring victory.
The record of the Industry in the war is
outstanding. A large number of our fac-
tories received "E" awards and those who
did not receive awards were probably not
eligible because they were doing' subcon-
tracting. The real story of war production
in coin machine factories has never been
told. Because we had the inventors, the
engineers and the modern know-how in
electronics, radio, and tricky electrical
gadgets of every description, some of the
most, delicate problems in detection, com-
munications, timing devices, . and automatic
controls were turned over to our factories.
Most of the work was extremely secret, but
the top men in the Army and Navy have
acknowledged the debt of gratitude they
owe our inventors, developers, and en-
gineers. Their opinion, succinctly stated,
was, "You're the only group that could
have done it so well and so fast."
Though coin machines were not produced
during the war, it doesn't mean the In-
dustry was asleep. Distributors and oper-
ators, too old for the armed forces, did an
exCellent business and in addition, coin
machines did a phenomenal job in furnish-
ing much needed amusement for our sol-
~iers and sailors, not only at home, but
III every remote corner of the world. Morale
officers everywhere insisted on coin ma-
chines for service recreation buildings.
Many of these items were patriotically
A·I RECONDITIONED
ONE·BALL FREE PLAYS
1
4
1
1
3
Each
Mill. Owl F.P •..••.......•...•...... $59.50
Mill. Five In On. F.P •• _ •.••...• 49.50
BI9 Three-tlew r.bullt F.P. 89.50
Forel9n Colors-u.ed F.P •.• 79.50
Vlctorlu. 43_ •.••. _ ...••• __ ._ ••. _ 79.50
A·I RECONDITIONED
CONSOLES
Bally Roll 'Em P.O •.... ___ ••.. $ 75.00
Bak.r Races P.O. 5c .......... 159.50
Bak.r Race. P.O. 25c
"'k. II.W) •.. _ ••••••••• __ ••••••••••••• 349.50
1 Jellnln9' SlIv.r Moon
5c P.O •............... _ ....... _ ....•..... 109.50
1 t~8~122! ~.'.I.~~~ .. ~~~ .....•. __ 219.50
9 Jumbo Automatic. P.O..... 89.50
1 Mills Jumbo Parade F.P.
(Fruit Reel.I._ .............. _....... 79.50
3 Keeney 1938 Tracktlm ••
P.O ••. -•.•...••.. _ .•.. _ ..... _ ... _......... 9500
6 1937 Tracktlme. P.O......... 39:50
Keeney Super Bell 5c, P.O. 200.00
Kepney Super Bell 251:,
•
• O. . .......... _. __ ................. 259.50
Mills Jumbo Parade P.O... 8950
Bally Roll 'Em. P .0. __ .......... __ 75:00
Term.: '/3 DeposIt wIth Drder,
Balance C.O.D. • .
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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
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FOR
JANUARY
SHERMAN HOTEL, CHICAGO
a
FEB. 4.5. 6-1947
COIN MACHINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
1947 Coin Machine Show poster is now Teady faT distTibution. The actual posteT, which was
designed by HeTb Jones, advertising ma.nager of Bally Manufacturing Co. and chairman of the 1947
Show Publicity Commillee, is 14 ip. by 22 in. in size and printed in four colors. Distributors and
manufacturers
urged to display the poster in their show-rooms. Requests JOT posters should be
addressed to Coin Machine Industries, Inc., 134 ,N. LaSalle Street, Chicago 2, Illinois.
are
TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE-
and you'll be doing well to provide your
"spots" with a real CHANGE MAKER.
STANDARD BRANDS
MULTIPLE COIN QUICK CHANGER
Holds Quarters, Dimes, Nickels and Pennies. Immedi-
ately adiustable to "kick out" with a flip of the finger
any of the above denomination coins In any number de-
sire~ne at a time to five at a time. Handy, self-
contained - drawer for "folding money." Coin Supply
completely visible at all times.
$26.95
IDEAL NOVELTY ( CO.
Badger Sales Co., Inc.
2823 LOCUST ST.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
2251 WEST PICO BLVD.
LOS ANGELES 6, CALIFORNIA
All Phones: DR. 4326.
Badger Novelty Company
2546 NORTH 30th STREET
MILWf4UKEE 10, WISCONSIN
All Phones: KIL 3030
1947