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Vendors, Fresh Fruit - Fruit-O-Matic
Mfg. Co., 5225 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.
Vendors, Hot Drink-Bert Mills Corp.,
SuperVend Sales Corp.
Vendors, Postage Stamp- Northwest-
ern Corp.
Vendors, Post Card - International
Mutoscope Corp.
Vendors, Sanitary - Twin-Tex Vendor
Mfg. Co., 12653 S. Irving Ave., Blue Island,
House Ways and Means Comm ittee seemed
certain to omit counter games from the
$100 excise tax, a move that would greatly
encourage this type of machine.
Salesboards (coin-operated) - ' R. C.
Digger Appeal Gives Rise
Walters Mfg. Co.
Scales- A. B. T. Manufacturing Corp.,
To Case Against Officers
Watling Manufacturing Co_
PHOENIX, Ariz. - City and county offi-
Shoe Shining Machines - Northwest
cials have been ordered to face contempt
Engineering & Mfg., Inc_, 3114 West 28th
charges after officers picked up some 60
St., Minneapolis.
Ill.
"digger" amusement machines in Phoenix
Shuffleboards - American Shuffleboard
Voice Recorders-International Muto-
territory recently. The Superior Court had
Co., Coin Machine Service Co., 1547 N.
scope Corp.
Fairfield Ave_, Chicago; King Pin Equip-
The success of the convention added previously ruled that the machines were
ment Co., 826 Mills St., Kalamazoo, Mich. ;
laurel & and Industry commendations to the not gamblin g devices and a permanent
injunction was issued about a year ago
Monarch Coin Machine Co., National Shuf-
leadership of Herb Jones and Vince and
against confiscation of the machines by
fleboard Co., Purveyor Shuffleboard Co.,
Grant Shay. It was a compliment to the
th e city or county.
Shuffleboard Specialists, 1114 S. Michigan
pioneer membership of the ACMMA also.
The case regarding the claw machines is
Blvd., Chicago, Valley Shuffleboards, Inc.,
In the amusement field , the shuffle-bowling
333 Morton Ave., Bay City, Mich.
type of games made a good showing but under appeal to th e Arizona Supreme
Shuffleboard Accessories - American
some of the well-known manufacturers of Court.
Old 'favorites are still the best sellers in
Shuffleboard Coo, Buckley Manufacturing
this type of game did not display. Based
Phoenix candy vendors. Melvin Sova (U-
Co., Coin Machine Service Co., Empire
on the convention showing, shuffle games
Select-It Vending Service Inc.) finds that
Coin Machine Exchange, King Pin Equip- . will mark up another good year.
ment Co., Monarch Coin Machine Co.,
The standard shuffleboards were en livened Baby Ruth (Cu;tiss), Hersheys and Love
National Shuffleboard Coo, Purveyor Shuffle-
by the showing of new boards and acces- Nest (Euclid) con tinu e to be the best in-
board Co., Royal Products Co., 926 W.
sories and one firm announced a trade-in come producers in th e machines.
Camel cigarettes are still leading vending
Irving Park Blvd., Chicago.
policy of sales. The national tournament
Shuffle Games - Bally Manufacturing
of ASLI was also getting under way at machine sales in Phoenix, according to
. Talman Andress of Andress Cigarette Serv-
Co., H. C. Evans & Co., J. H. Keeney & abou t convention time at Peoria, Ill.
Co., United Manufacturing Co., Universal
Music demonstrated a new vigor, more ice.
Other brands in order of their vending
Industries, Inc.
• so · than the number of music displays
Skee-Bowl Games - Edelco Mfg. & would indicate. At least three phonograph ' popularity in May are: Lucky Strike,
Chesterfield, Philip Morris and Old Gold.
Sales Co.
manufacturers held meetings of distributors
Guy Lombardo's Decca waxing of Third
Skill Amusement Machines - ABCO
at convention time and other music firms
Novelty Co., 2009 W. Iowa St., Chi cago;
welcomed their distributors from all parts Man Theme is still getting the most plays
A. B. T. Manufacturing Corp., Baker Nov-
of the country. Rock-Ola gave a preview in Arizona music boxes, according to Max
Cooke of th e Cooke Music Co. in Phoenix,
elty Co., Edelco Mfg. & Sales Coo, H. C.
of its new 50-selection machine to distrib-
large Seeburg operators in Arizona.
,E vans & Co., International Mutoscope Corp.,
utors.
Victor's My Foolish Heart, with Mindy
Play-Write Corp., 596 S. Main St., Akron,
Bulk vendors gave evidence of an in-
Carson, is second in the early summ er col-
Ohio; Telequiz Corp.
creasing vigor in this field, following the
Slug Rejectors-A. B. T. Manufactur-
slowing of bulk vendor sales in 1949. New lections. There's No Tomorrow and It Isn't '
Fair are two hits that are income producers
ing Corp., National Rej ectors Service Co.
Il¥chines 'and even new names in the field
despite a wane in their popularity.
Trailers for Coin Machines-Morrison
added to the signs of progress.
Newcomers, popular in Phoenix, are
Steel Products, Inc., 619 Amherst St., Buf-
Machine prices, always a convention floor
Decca's Andrews Sisters' chanting I Wanna
falo, N. Y.
topic, was not enlivened by any surprising
Vendors, Ball Gum-First Distributors,
announcements. Automatic Products an- Be Loved and Gordon Jacobs' rendition
of Bewitched.
1748 W. North Ave., Chicago; Harris Gay-
nounced a price reduction on its cigarette
Ideal's La Mucura, with Bito Villa, tops
lord Mfg. Co., 660 S. Rochester Rd., Claw-
vendor. While th e convention was on, a
the Spanish-Mexican hit parade, with Peer-
son, Mich_; Northwestern Corp., Oak Manu-
decided price advance was under way in
less' Trio Los Jaibos doing Un Corazon a
facturing Co., Penny King Co.
the materials field.
close second. Pobre Corazon (Victor) with
Vendors, Bulk Merchandise - Harris
Chicago factories as usual played host
Gaylord Mfg. Co., Northwestern Corp., Oak
to visiting coin men and the factory visits Fernando Fernandez is third in the Mexican
music box collections. '
Manufacturing Co., Penny King Co. ,
were an important part of the convention
. Vendors, Candy - Automatic Products
time.
Race hits include Double Crossin Blue'S,
Co., Harris Gaylord Mfg. Co., Northwestern
with Johnny Otis (Savoy), Johnny and
Convention topics also included the ac-
Corp., Oak Manufacturing Co., Penny King
Cry Baby (Regent) and Joe Liggins with
tivities of Congress and more hearings on
Co.
Specialty's Pink Champagne.
the Johnson and Preston bills were to come
Vendors, Cigarette - Automatic Prod-
up early in June. But Congress was already
ucts Co., O. D. Jennings & Co., J. H.
getting bogged down on the tax and other
Keeney & Co., Inc.
major bills and it became evident that the
Vendors, Coft'ee~Bert Mills Corp.
an ti- crime drive might stall. Newspapers
Vendors, Bottle Type Beverage-Mills
had also increased their opposition to the
Why do you not give your em-
Industries, Inc.
Johnson and Preston bills, a fact th at may
ployees the consideration they de-
have much to do in' defeating them by in-
Vendors, Cup Beverage-Mills Indus-
serve, since it costs you nothing?
action.
tries, Inc., SuperVend Sales Corp., 134 N.
The 1% State Unemployment deduction
La Salle St., Chicago.
Good news was in the fact that the
Mr. EmplDyer:
ONE BAI.I.S
For Sale
PHOTO FINISH f.p .
PHOTO FINISH p .o.
PHOTO FINISH comb. f .p. & p.o.
SPECIAL ENTRY
BALLY ENTRY
JOCKEY CLUB
JOCKEY SPECIAL
$395 .00
GOLD CUP f.p.
395.00
TROPHY
425.00
LEXINGTON p .o.
59. 50
CITATION f.p.
49.50
KENTUCKY p .o.
69.50
CHAMPION f .p. like new
79.50
FAVORITE f.p. & p.o. original cases
FAVORITE f.p . & p.o. lik .. new
79.50
WESTERN
DISTRIBUTORS
1226 S. W. 16th Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Atwater 7565
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$89.50
79.50
224.50
249.50
449.50
:469.50
149.50
that you take from their salaries and
lend to the State does not buy them
as much unemployment DisabilitY Bene.
fit as you can obtain by purchasing a
regular insurance plan with a Private
Insurance Carrier.
This is not sales talk, but a fact-since
the law provides that no private insur,
ance company plan complies with the
law unless it gives better {wotectio,. than
the state III the .IIme cost.
The Association and Group Insurance
Bureau will gladly assist you to make
the challge over without charge by tele·
phoning them or dropping them a note
at
ZEIGLER INS. AGENCY, Inc.
541 South SpriGg Str_t
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