Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Kansas Ci1y
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MACHI"E
REVIEW
76
FOR
MAR~H
, 1947
News was more scarce than it has been
for months and months. Ideas from the
show had not jelled in the minds of K.
C.-ites wh6 attended and the thought we
got was the boys have not had time to
digest what they learned in Chicago and so
have not yet been able to apply better
merchantlising to their businesses. A num-_
bel' were out, sick or disgruntled. It may be '
"Dealers' heaven in '47" but our crowd ..
doesn't think so. After years of waiting for
national affairs to straighten out so that
business would be normal, dealers find that
there is still that all-important problem of
adjustment to the new conditions. Most of
them will worry through it and already
there is noted a strong tendency to take on
new lines to overcome diminishing profits.
This means more investment, added service,
more selling and chance-taking. A number
of dit;tributors have added merchandise
boards to their line and many more are
seriously considering the new food vending
machines_
Harry J. Brown, and Archie Kepford,
route man, Bro'Yn Music Co., enjoyed the
show. Mildred Wade reported that the
firm's new appliance department will be
open March 1. Visitors: M. · D. Quinlan,
Quinlan Music. Cd., Seneca; B. H. Stark,
Stark Music Co., Cameron; Bill Buton,
Buton Novelty Co., Independence; and E.
J. Maloney and Don Roberts, Cedar Rapids
Music Co_ The last two drove through a
bad storm t!) see the improved, remodeled
Brown Music store. As a result, Maloney
and Roberts are going into the phono record
business and already have a tie-in with •
route men.
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At the 22nd annual conven'tion of the
Missouri Ice Manufacturers Assn. it was
announced that the use of vending machines
will add to the sales volume of ice. The
machines which deliver completely wrapped
ice cakes by insertion of a coin are already
in use in some cities.
Rudy Greenbaum, Aireon Manufacturing
Corp., said that Aireon has been notified
th at the Reconstruction Finance Corp. has
approved a five-year loan of $2,000,000, with
25 per cent bank participation. Of the loan, •
$1,800,000 will be a revolving credit. Tbe
company announced the agreement of eight iI' ,
banks -on a method for participation and tHe
RFC board approved the method by its
action.
Frank Fasone, Acme Vending Machine
-Co., has taken on the Shotwell line of
candy. Anticipating a larger volume of
business in the future, he is looking for
larger warehouse quarters: , .
Warren Doud, Telecoin Corp., will open
up a new 25-machine baunderette. on West-
port Road.
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A. H. Myers, Irwin Weiler, and Jerry
Adams of Consolidated Distributing Co.
attended the show, had a great time and
got lots of ideas. "We took on se.v~ra l new
lines to be announced later, vlslted the
Rock-Ola factory with a large group of our
local operators and received a wonderful
welcome at Rock-Ola's open house."
Victor Roose, Automatic Coin Machine
Co., enjoyed talking to many of hi s cus-
tomers at the show and all were impressed
with the Packard phono line. "Our visit
was very refreshing. We received a much
better picture of the entire Industry, re-
newed our faith and optimism. We plan to
do more promotion now with an increased
number of lines. We came back from the
show with the knowledge of increased possi-
bilities of merchandising in the vending
machine field. We know now there is only
one way to answer the problem of diminish-
ing profits caused by higher production and
servicing costs-wo rk much harder and take
on auxiliary lines for increased revenue.
Griping won't solve the situation. We're
going to work harder, longer and more
efficiently and quit grieving abo ut the easy
money we used to make." The firm has
added E. H. Hamilton, who formerly headed
Packard's Tulsa office, and W. C. Comer,
who has a background of wide experience
in the fields of radio and electronics, to the
staff. Hamilton will work Kansas and
Western Missouri and Comer will act as
local sales and service man.
Dave Fleider of Advance Music Co. said
the new Aireon wall box created a very good
impression. Advance has added a line of
merchandise boards and was glad that Joe
Holloway, Wileo Amusement Co., of La
Crosse found time to pay them a visit.
• "It was a good show. We plan now on
buying still more pin games," stated Frank
Murr~y, Music Service Co.
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Harry Silverburg, W-B Music Co., an-
nounced that his firm had been appointed
Kansas and Missouri distributor for Interna-
tional Mutoscope. At the show Silverburg
was impressed with the new RCA hotel type
coin radio and plans to exhibit this line
when it is available.
L. P. Donohue, Confection Service Co.,
Inc., did all right at the show-he sold a
bunch of V-Select-It 'machines to the oper-
ators in his territory who attended.
Robert McBee is as busy as a bee reno-
vating his cigarette machines while his boss
.J. W. Johns, is out of town.
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Carl Hoelzel and wife, United Amusement
Co., and Mark Bloom, United Distributors,
Wichita, attended th e show. We expect to
see new lines showing up on his exhibit
floor shortly. Hoelzel's mother passed away
recently. Miss Mildred Nelson also reported
that Roger Bell, service manager, attended
the Mills phonogrliph show at the Conti-
nental Hotel, Chicago.
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L. C. Faherty and Roy I Jackman have
in corporated under the _me of Modern
Vending Co. Faherty was fQrmerly employed
by our local Coca-Cola factory and Jackman
was previously a major in the Air Force.
They will specialize in ve~ding almonds.
C. A. Burdsal, Automl~ic Hostess Co.,
would have liked the show better if prices
had been to his satisfaction. Generally, he
helieves that the public ,yill not pay more
than a nickel to hear a "hono selection.
De" TluJtcher
(!OIUID"DS
The theme song ~round this area during
the forepart of February was ' "Canada,
Take It Away!" AL~ng with other parts of
th e nation, we w, '. through one of the
ruggedest cota;' speJj~ in several moons. Of
co urse, th ere weren't many opportunities
for the sporting ger try to spoon and croon
under the open skies at night; neither were
there many wiWng to venture past their own
front doors. So .)i7 took a sharp drop_ The
weather afforded Oil", compensatory feature:
it gave local operators and distributors an
opportunity to 1'11" \lP to Chicago for the
big show.
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Among local coinmen who attended were
Howal:d Combi)',e and Elza Nye of Com-
bine-Richards; Bob Cohen, the Penny Ar-
. cade; Mike Cohen and Lester Fleck, Myco
Automatic Sales; Jack Shaucet, Times
Tonomatic; R. H.!lVarner, American Vend-
ing Co.; Woolf Soloo:!>oIl J of Central Ohio
Coin Machine Exchange; Estel and Ed
Shaffer, Shaffer Music Co.; and Mike
Charie, Capital Pla-Mnr:
Howard Comhir. dtah~ i to Chicag!) in
his plane, alog with SOI.le frieh " ds, but the
weather got [little too tough along th&'\.way
so they were [ Olnded at Fort Wayne. The '