Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1948 July - Page 13
No Record Ban
Lifting-Petrillo
ASBURY PARK, . J.-The American
Federation of Musicians, headed by James
C. Petrillo, held its 51st annual convention
here during the week of June 7. Petrillo
told the musicians that the record ban
would not be lifted. He also said no nego-
tiations for lifting the ban were under way.
Broadcasting, trade paper for radio in-
dustry, said that following the convention
Petrillo did not seem so adamant about the
ban being lifted. He said, however, that
AFM had not had any bids for lift ing the
ban in recent months from the Industry
Music Commi ttee represen ting record manu-
facturers, radio and others.
Since the AFM convention last year,
there had been some reports that the or-
ganization would enter the recording field.
But at the 1948 convention Petrillo an-
nounced that legal counsel had informed
him the union itself could not enter the
recording business without getting into
trouble with an ti-trust laws.
Petrillo said the key issue was still over
the coll ection of the welfare fund, the rea-
son for the ban being called or iginally. Dur-
ing 1947 AFM collected $1,787,623 for its
welfare fund from the record industry,
which was approximately 1 per cent of
gross record sales for the year.
Many news reports said the AFM conven-
tion this year was more gloomy than usual,
that Petrillo himself was not as bold as in
former years. He told the convention that
the labor cause in general was faced with
adverse odds. All he could see ahead, he
said, "was darkness for the labor move-
ment as a whole."
Attendance at the conven tion was re-
ported to be a little over 1,000 members.
EXPAND with New Machines
Wurlitzer Appoints
Steele Distributing CO.
Jones Unveils
s. F. Branch
NORTH TONAWANDA - Steele Dis-
tributing Co. is the new Wurlitzer distrihu-
tor for the Houston territory, replacing the
Houston branch of Commercial Music Co.,
Inc_ "Commercial Music's Dallas head-
quarters and bran h operations in San An-
tonio and Oklahoma City are not affected
by the change," E. R. Wurgler, general
sales manager for Wurlitzer, stated in mak-
ing the announcement.
Steele Distribu ting Co., through arrange-
ments with Commercial Music, has taken
over the established Wurl itzer headquarters
at 3300 Louisiana St., and all sales, service
personnel and facilities of th is office are be-
ing retained by Steele Distributing.
Wurgler also announced that the Bowie,
Camp, Case, Franklin, Morris, Red River
and Titus counties of Texas, formerly a
part of the Arkansas territory, have been
consolidated with the territory served by
Commercial Music Co., Inc_
SAN FRA CISCO - They came - they
saw-they marvelled all day Sunday, June
13th when the Jones Distributing Co.
played host to the operators of northern
California in their umptuous new quarters
at 1263·7 Mission Street.
What the visitors saw was a revamp job
to end all revamp and remodeling jobs for
the Jones Boys had transformed a drab
building into a practical, functional jobbing
and distributing establishment, beautifully
appointed to cater to every need of the coin
machine operator.
On hand to greet visitors were R. F.
Jones and C. N. McMurdie, key men of the
Jone organization, and D. 1. Donohue, dis-
trict salesmanager for J . P. Seeburg Corp_
Display included the full Seeburg line, the
Bally line and various other pieces of equip-
ment J one will distribute or job in the
area. Refreshments were served and visi-
tors were loud in their praises of the Jones
Boys as "dispensers of true western hospi-
tality."
Price of Peerless Discs
Reduced to Operators
LOS ANGELES-Charles F. Washburn,
president of Coast Mfg. Co. and Ace Dis-
tributing Co., Inc., has announced that the
price of Peerless records have been reduced
from 65 to 49 cents to music operators.
"Despite the fact that Peerless records
contain three to four times as much shellac
as ordinary records and that we must pay
high royalties and heavy duty (discs are
recorded in Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto
Rico), we feel that operators deserve a
break and we are willing to cooperate with-
out reducing the quality of the record one
iota," Washburn said.
Washburn also announced that he has
signed Hermana Aguilar, Mexico's great-
est singing duet, to a Peerless contract. He
added that La Burrita (A Little Burro),
a novelty ditty, is proving the biggest hit in
six years.
PoUard Appointed Disfrib
For Aireon Ph'o nographs
SAN FRANCISCO-M. A. Pollard Co.,
one of the West's outstanding distributing
firms, has been appointed exclusive Aireon
distributor for
orthern California and
Nevada. The new Aireon Coronet is now
in stock and available for immediate de-
livery, a well as a complete stock of Aireon
part.
Recent visitors to M. A. Pollard Co. in-
cluded Bernard Craig, Aireon Mfg. Co.'s
general sales manager, and Clayton Bal-
lard, John Bennet and Cliff Goodspeed of
Portland.
M. A. Pollard Co. is also exclusive North-
ern California distributor for H. C. Evans
& Co.
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CALIFORNIA MUSIC OPERATORS ASSOCIATION i
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Officers
Organized to Protect the
G EORGE A. MILLER
Stat e Presid ent a nd
Busine ss Ma nag er
L. H . STRICKLER
Vice President
GREY THORNTON
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Secretary
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VERDENE TOMLIN
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Bo~r;;i";f Directors:
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C.
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Alternates:
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Automatic Phonouranh
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Tndustry
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Office Secretary and
g,_2~~~A
FRANK MORGAN
F. P. ALTHAUS
:
BOB STEVENS
J . R. RAMOS
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This association has saved the operators thousands of dollars
in unfair taxation. Automatic music is a legal, legitimate
business and we shall always fight 'to keep it so. We are
interested at all times in hearing from other associations in
the nation and exchanging worthwhile ideas and suggestions
with them. Please write.
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GEORGE A. MILLER. State President
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128 EAST 14TH STREET. OAKLAND 6. CALIFORNIA
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13
Lifting-Petrillo
ASBURY PARK, . J.-The American
Federation of Musicians, headed by James
C. Petrillo, held its 51st annual convention
here during the week of June 7. Petrillo
told the musicians that the record ban
would not be lifted. He also said no nego-
tiations for lifting the ban were under way.
Broadcasting, trade paper for radio in-
dustry, said that following the convention
Petrillo did not seem so adamant about the
ban being lifted. He said, however, that
AFM had not had any bids for lift ing the
ban in recent months from the Industry
Music Commi ttee represen ting record manu-
facturers, radio and others.
Since the AFM convention last year,
there had been some reports that the or-
ganization would enter the recording field.
But at the 1948 convention Petrillo an-
nounced that legal counsel had informed
him the union itself could not enter the
recording business without getting into
trouble with an ti-trust laws.
Petrillo said the key issue was still over
the coll ection of the welfare fund, the rea-
son for the ban being called or iginally. Dur-
ing 1947 AFM collected $1,787,623 for its
welfare fund from the record industry,
which was approximately 1 per cent of
gross record sales for the year.
Many news reports said the AFM conven-
tion this year was more gloomy than usual,
that Petrillo himself was not as bold as in
former years. He told the convention that
the labor cause in general was faced with
adverse odds. All he could see ahead, he
said, "was darkness for the labor move-
ment as a whole."
Attendance at the conven tion was re-
ported to be a little over 1,000 members.
EXPAND with New Machines
Wurlitzer Appoints
Steele Distributing CO.
Jones Unveils
s. F. Branch
NORTH TONAWANDA - Steele Dis-
tributing Co. is the new Wurlitzer distrihu-
tor for the Houston territory, replacing the
Houston branch of Commercial Music Co.,
Inc_ "Commercial Music's Dallas head-
quarters and bran h operations in San An-
tonio and Oklahoma City are not affected
by the change," E. R. Wurgler, general
sales manager for Wurlitzer, stated in mak-
ing the announcement.
Steele Distribu ting Co., through arrange-
ments with Commercial Music, has taken
over the established Wurl itzer headquarters
at 3300 Louisiana St., and all sales, service
personnel and facilities of th is office are be-
ing retained by Steele Distributing.
Wurgler also announced that the Bowie,
Camp, Case, Franklin, Morris, Red River
and Titus counties of Texas, formerly a
part of the Arkansas territory, have been
consolidated with the territory served by
Commercial Music Co., Inc_
SAN FRA CISCO - They came - they
saw-they marvelled all day Sunday, June
13th when the Jones Distributing Co.
played host to the operators of northern
California in their umptuous new quarters
at 1263·7 Mission Street.
What the visitors saw was a revamp job
to end all revamp and remodeling jobs for
the Jones Boys had transformed a drab
building into a practical, functional jobbing
and distributing establishment, beautifully
appointed to cater to every need of the coin
machine operator.
On hand to greet visitors were R. F.
Jones and C. N. McMurdie, key men of the
Jone organization, and D. 1. Donohue, dis-
trict salesmanager for J . P. Seeburg Corp_
Display included the full Seeburg line, the
Bally line and various other pieces of equip-
ment J one will distribute or job in the
area. Refreshments were served and visi-
tors were loud in their praises of the Jones
Boys as "dispensers of true western hospi-
tality."
Price of Peerless Discs
Reduced to Operators
LOS ANGELES-Charles F. Washburn,
president of Coast Mfg. Co. and Ace Dis-
tributing Co., Inc., has announced that the
price of Peerless records have been reduced
from 65 to 49 cents to music operators.
"Despite the fact that Peerless records
contain three to four times as much shellac
as ordinary records and that we must pay
high royalties and heavy duty (discs are
recorded in Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto
Rico), we feel that operators deserve a
break and we are willing to cooperate with-
out reducing the quality of the record one
iota," Washburn said.
Washburn also announced that he has
signed Hermana Aguilar, Mexico's great-
est singing duet, to a Peerless contract. He
added that La Burrita (A Little Burro),
a novelty ditty, is proving the biggest hit in
six years.
PoUard Appointed Disfrib
For Aireon Ph'o nographs
SAN FRANCISCO-M. A. Pollard Co.,
one of the West's outstanding distributing
firms, has been appointed exclusive Aireon
distributor for
orthern California and
Nevada. The new Aireon Coronet is now
in stock and available for immediate de-
livery, a well as a complete stock of Aireon
part.
Recent visitors to M. A. Pollard Co. in-
cluded Bernard Craig, Aireon Mfg. Co.'s
general sales manager, and Clayton Bal-
lard, John Bennet and Cliff Goodspeed of
Portland.
M. A. Pollard Co. is also exclusive North-
ern California distributor for H. C. Evans
& Co.
, •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• e ••••••••••••• :
•
! •
I
•
:
•
•
••
•
CALIFORNIA MUSIC OPERATORS ASSOCIATION i
• !
Officers
Organized to Protect the
G EORGE A. MILLER
Stat e Presid ent a nd
Busine ss Ma nag er
L. H . STRICKLER
Vice President
GREY THORNTON
•
Secretary
•
VERDENE TOMLIN
:
•
Bo~r;;i";f Directors:
:
C.
:
•
:
~: ~. ~~~~ON
•
Alternates:
:
:
Automatic Phonouranh
0
r '
Tndustry
.I.l
Office Secretary and
g,_2~~~A
FRANK MORGAN
F. P. ALTHAUS
:
BOB STEVENS
J . R. RAMOS
:. •
•• •
•
•
•
:
This association has saved the operators thousands of dollars
in unfair taxation. Automatic music is a legal, legitimate
business and we shall always fight 'to keep it so. We are
interested at all times in hearing from other associations in
the nation and exchanging worthwhile ideas and suggestions
with them. Please write.
:
•
:
:
•
:
GEORGE A. MILLER. State President
: •
128 EAST 14TH STREET. OAKLAND 6. CALIFORNIA
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