Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1950 July - Page 18
few weeks a similar hike in the Columbus
area, reported in th e Jun e issue of TH E
REVIEW.
In the mu sic box
Columbia discing of
high, while Lisa Ki rk
ers do a ban g·up job
fi eld, Toni H arper's
Choo'n Gum stands
and the Honeydream·
on Love Me A Little
Bit. The Old Piano Roll Blues is still good
for ma ny plays in machines over th e city.
Th e Melachrino Strings' version of La Vie
En Rose has som e follow ers, wh' le in th e
Victor Folk song lin e Eddy Arnold's inte r·
pretation of Little Angel With th e Dirt y
Face rates at the top, as do all of Eddy's
works. Roy Rogers, a native Ohio boy, has
a good thing in Next To Th e X in Texas.
Several local niteries have been usin g
small dan ce combos to pull in th e busin ess,
but through the wee k days and durin g lulls
in band engagements th e music boxes are
still the old standbys. Television ha s been
hurting, to be sure, but the difference in
ce nt per quart; it is unlikely that milk dis·
tributors would raise th e pri ce to th eir
outlets.
Candy sales are holding up ra th er well,
with the peanut and peanut butter confec·
tions doin g a good summ er business, as well
as th e j ellies.
Ciga rette tax stamp sales are still climb·
in g higher each month. W. D. Bailey, ex·
cise section of the Ohio Dept. of Taxation,
reports that sal es for May of 1949 were
$1,487,027, while for th e same month this
year sales reached $1,592,561, an increase
of $105,534 th is year.
For th e five·month period from January
throu gh May of 1949, total cigarette tax
stamp sales were equ al to $6,902,787, while
for the same period of this year, sales
were $7,187,706, or an in crease of 4.12
per ce nt.
Chesterfields, Ll)cky Strikes and Camels
are on th e hit parade of cigarette smoker s
Operating Ideas Show Up Every Month
0/
These reports f rom various operating centers contain lots
ideas and
suggestions that make reading them worth while. The next best thing to being
able to visit these operators and talk with them, observe their routes and get
their ideas, is to read these reports from month to month.
time zones-Columbus is on Eastern Stand·
ard Time, while the East is on Dayli ght
Saving Tim e-has meant that many of th e
favorite TV shows are off th e air wh en
the tavern crowd rolls in. Wrestlin g is on
about four nights, but it, too , is off th e
air r ather earl y.
And so it is th at the amusement gam es,
like pin ball and shuffle bowl , tend to do
a little better th a n previously was the case.
or course, outside entertai nment durin g
th ese lush days of summ er is sou ght out,
but the air·conditioned bar is a favorite
haunt at ni ght for the ni ghtcappers in
Ohio's capital city.
Memorial Day found many central Ohio·
ans adding to the amusement machin e tills
at nearby Buckeye Lake, where the ar·
cades all reported good busi ness. The
Fourth of July looms as another big day
when th e peak of activity should be reached
for the summer. Operators hope th at peak
is maintained until the last day of the sea·
son-Labor Day.
This has been a peculiar season so fa r as
th e weather is concerned. Th ere have been
a number of 'cool and wet days for this
time of year and soft drink sal es have not
reached the point where people are sa tu·
rated with bottled and cu p.vended bever·
ages.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
has recommended a 10·cent per hundred·
weight in crease in pri ces paid to milk pro·
du cers, as a result of th e new Grade A
ordinance in creasin g their production costs.
Since this would be less th an one·qu arter
fast waxes
polishing wax
cleaners
weights
WRITt F O R a
'
PRICES & INFORMATION
PAUL A. LAYMON
1429 W . Pico Blvd.
Los An')_I_s 15 • Ca lif.
18
j
in thi s area, with Lu ckies goin g strong.
Arthur Godfrey's popularity on the air and
TV shows h ere have don e much to stimu·
late sales of Chesterfields, however.
Malt beverage sales are down 5.10 per
cent over last year, whil e 3.2 beer sales
a re off 4.01 per cent. Only wine, with
sales up 12.76 per ce nt over last year,
shows an in crease, Bailey said.
Beechnut gum leads in popularity in
Columbus, it appears, with Jui cy Fruit
and Wrigl ey's Spearmint followin g close
on its heels. Sales of gum are rather good.
New coin laundries still are goin g u p,
with a 33·unit installation scheduled for
th e new Town & Country Drive·In Shopping
Ce nter on E. Broad St. Slack seaso n is
here for th e installatib ns in ' th e university
di stri ct.
Nut supplies are plentiful and quality is
good, while a survey of sca les by a local
newspaperman leads one to believe th ey
should be checked for accuracy. Weighin g
205% on th e city sealer's official scales, he
found variou s machines weighing him from
36 to 280 pounds and in between weights.
I.os IIngeles
R eported b y P au l B lackford
Los Angeles and vi cinity continues to be
th e light spot on th e busin ess map with
reports coming in that busin ess in general
is considerably better to th e north. Sales·
men tra velin g th e Coast say th ey noti ce a
sudden spurt in activity th e minute th ey
get 60 miles from L. A. All of which can
only mea n th at Los An geles will soon be
part and parcel of th e general coast picture
for such has been th e developm ent in th e
past. 150,000 Shrin e nobl es and th eir fami·
li es dro pped a cool five million doll ars in
th e city during th e national convention and
th ere can be no doubt but wh at ·a fair
share went into coin chutes durin g th e con·
cl ave.
Breathing easier after the pro posed
cigarette tax was watere d down in · th e last
Legislature th e operators got another
heavy jolt wh en h earin gs were held in th e
State Building here on Jun e 14th to dis·
cuss new reg ulatory measures th at will
keep minors from buyin g cil!;s through
vendors. Fifty witnesses in cl udinl!; school
offi cials, Parent·Teacher representa tives and
others appeared before th e Assembly com·
mittee on public moral s. The new Cig
associatIon got a chance to fun ction by
putting in a plea for permission to allow
operators to endeavor to correct the situa·
tion. More on thi s elsewh ere in this issue.
Receipts in ge~eral have held rather
firm and are off only slightly from th e same
month last year. There has been a sli ght
pi ckup in the purchase of new equipm ent
which seasoned minds attribute to th e after
effects of th e ACMMA Show and the elim·
ination of the CMI affair. Jobbers and
distributors are more optimistic than for
som e little tim e whi ch is somethi/lg to be
jubilant about for there's been some long
drawn faces on Coin Row in r~cent month s.
San Franeiseo
R eported by Earl Raab
Local vendin g machine activity holds
firm., and with mounting evidence of a gen·
e ral economic stability, the Industry is
ca utiou sly expanding in the Bay Area.
General business conditions in San Fran·
cisco are running practically th e same
course th ey did last year. It is estim ated
that the level of business activity will reo
main fairly steady until it starts its Se p·
tember climb. San Francisco department
stores continue to hold th e best record of
th e ma jor cities of the Twelfth F ederal
Reserve Distri ct, latest fi gures indicating
sal es about four per cent greater than the
corres pondin g period a year a l!;o. Oakland
department store sales are off a few per
cent. Total employm ent in the Bay Area
co ntinues to ri se stea dily, and wholesale
and retail sales remain about what th ey
were last year.
Sales at vendin g machine location s were
off during th e first half of th e year. Eatin g
a nd drinking places re ported a drop of
about ten per cent, and drug stores a dro p
of about 'fline per cent. Wholesal e tobacco
sales were off about four per cent. This
situa tion was reRected in coin ma chin e
receipts. But in view of th e gen erally
healthy economi c conditions, it was not
considered a serious or perm anent develop·
ment, and there has been an upswing in
th e past month .
Automatic phon o operators re port an in·
PREMIUMS
FOR OPERATORS
who use high score prizes. We
have hundreds of items espe-
cially selected fo r th is purpose .
LOW PRICES
Immediate Delivery
Call and look our line over or
send for prices. Samples will be
sent C.O.D. with full return privi-
lege and cash refund .
*
ADVANCE AUTOMATIC
SALES CO.
1350 Howard Street
San Francisco, Calif.
COIN MACHINE REVIEW
area, reported in th e Jun e issue of TH E
REVIEW.
In the mu sic box
Columbia discing of
high, while Lisa Ki rk
ers do a ban g·up job
fi eld, Toni H arper's
Choo'n Gum stands
and the Honeydream·
on Love Me A Little
Bit. The Old Piano Roll Blues is still good
for ma ny plays in machines over th e city.
Th e Melachrino Strings' version of La Vie
En Rose has som e follow ers, wh' le in th e
Victor Folk song lin e Eddy Arnold's inte r·
pretation of Little Angel With th e Dirt y
Face rates at the top, as do all of Eddy's
works. Roy Rogers, a native Ohio boy, has
a good thing in Next To Th e X in Texas.
Several local niteries have been usin g
small dan ce combos to pull in th e busin ess,
but through the wee k days and durin g lulls
in band engagements th e music boxes are
still the old standbys. Television ha s been
hurting, to be sure, but the difference in
ce nt per quart; it is unlikely that milk dis·
tributors would raise th e pri ce to th eir
outlets.
Candy sales are holding up ra th er well,
with the peanut and peanut butter confec·
tions doin g a good summ er business, as well
as th e j ellies.
Ciga rette tax stamp sales are still climb·
in g higher each month. W. D. Bailey, ex·
cise section of the Ohio Dept. of Taxation,
reports that sal es for May of 1949 were
$1,487,027, while for th e same month this
year sales reached $1,592,561, an increase
of $105,534 th is year.
For th e five·month period from January
throu gh May of 1949, total cigarette tax
stamp sales were equ al to $6,902,787, while
for the same period of this year, sales
were $7,187,706, or an in crease of 4.12
per ce nt.
Chesterfields, Ll)cky Strikes and Camels
are on th e hit parade of cigarette smoker s
Operating Ideas Show Up Every Month
0/
These reports f rom various operating centers contain lots
ideas and
suggestions that make reading them worth while. The next best thing to being
able to visit these operators and talk with them, observe their routes and get
their ideas, is to read these reports from month to month.
time zones-Columbus is on Eastern Stand·
ard Time, while the East is on Dayli ght
Saving Tim e-has meant that many of th e
favorite TV shows are off th e air wh en
the tavern crowd rolls in. Wrestlin g is on
about four nights, but it, too , is off th e
air r ather earl y.
And so it is th at the amusement gam es,
like pin ball and shuffle bowl , tend to do
a little better th a n previously was the case.
or course, outside entertai nment durin g
th ese lush days of summ er is sou ght out,
but the air·conditioned bar is a favorite
haunt at ni ght for the ni ghtcappers in
Ohio's capital city.
Memorial Day found many central Ohio·
ans adding to the amusement machin e tills
at nearby Buckeye Lake, where the ar·
cades all reported good busi ness. The
Fourth of July looms as another big day
when th e peak of activity should be reached
for the summer. Operators hope th at peak
is maintained until the last day of the sea·
son-Labor Day.
This has been a peculiar season so fa r as
th e weather is concerned. Th ere have been
a number of 'cool and wet days for this
time of year and soft drink sal es have not
reached the point where people are sa tu·
rated with bottled and cu p.vended bever·
ages.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
has recommended a 10·cent per hundred·
weight in crease in pri ces paid to milk pro·
du cers, as a result of th e new Grade A
ordinance in creasin g their production costs.
Since this would be less th an one·qu arter
fast waxes
polishing wax
cleaners
weights
WRITt F O R a
'
PRICES & INFORMATION
PAUL A. LAYMON
1429 W . Pico Blvd.
Los An')_I_s 15 • Ca lif.
18
j
in thi s area, with Lu ckies goin g strong.
Arthur Godfrey's popularity on the air and
TV shows h ere have don e much to stimu·
late sales of Chesterfields, however.
Malt beverage sales are down 5.10 per
cent over last year, whil e 3.2 beer sales
a re off 4.01 per cent. Only wine, with
sales up 12.76 per ce nt over last year,
shows an in crease, Bailey said.
Beechnut gum leads in popularity in
Columbus, it appears, with Jui cy Fruit
and Wrigl ey's Spearmint followin g close
on its heels. Sales of gum are rather good.
New coin laundries still are goin g u p,
with a 33·unit installation scheduled for
th e new Town & Country Drive·In Shopping
Ce nter on E. Broad St. Slack seaso n is
here for th e installatib ns in ' th e university
di stri ct.
Nut supplies are plentiful and quality is
good, while a survey of sca les by a local
newspaperman leads one to believe th ey
should be checked for accuracy. Weighin g
205% on th e city sealer's official scales, he
found variou s machines weighing him from
36 to 280 pounds and in between weights.
I.os IIngeles
R eported b y P au l B lackford
Los Angeles and vi cinity continues to be
th e light spot on th e busin ess map with
reports coming in that busin ess in general
is considerably better to th e north. Sales·
men tra velin g th e Coast say th ey noti ce a
sudden spurt in activity th e minute th ey
get 60 miles from L. A. All of which can
only mea n th at Los An geles will soon be
part and parcel of th e general coast picture
for such has been th e developm ent in th e
past. 150,000 Shrin e nobl es and th eir fami·
li es dro pped a cool five million doll ars in
th e city during th e national convention and
th ere can be no doubt but wh at ·a fair
share went into coin chutes durin g th e con·
cl ave.
Breathing easier after the pro posed
cigarette tax was watere d down in · th e last
Legislature th e operators got another
heavy jolt wh en h earin gs were held in th e
State Building here on Jun e 14th to dis·
cuss new reg ulatory measures th at will
keep minors from buyin g cil!;s through
vendors. Fifty witnesses in cl udinl!; school
offi cials, Parent·Teacher representa tives and
others appeared before th e Assembly com·
mittee on public moral s. The new Cig
associatIon got a chance to fun ction by
putting in a plea for permission to allow
operators to endeavor to correct the situa·
tion. More on thi s elsewh ere in this issue.
Receipts in ge~eral have held rather
firm and are off only slightly from th e same
month last year. There has been a sli ght
pi ckup in the purchase of new equipm ent
which seasoned minds attribute to th e after
effects of th e ACMMA Show and the elim·
ination of the CMI affair. Jobbers and
distributors are more optimistic than for
som e little tim e whi ch is somethi/lg to be
jubilant about for there's been some long
drawn faces on Coin Row in r~cent month s.
San Franeiseo
R eported by Earl Raab
Local vendin g machine activity holds
firm., and with mounting evidence of a gen·
e ral economic stability, the Industry is
ca utiou sly expanding in the Bay Area.
General business conditions in San Fran·
cisco are running practically th e same
course th ey did last year. It is estim ated
that the level of business activity will reo
main fairly steady until it starts its Se p·
tember climb. San Francisco department
stores continue to hold th e best record of
th e ma jor cities of the Twelfth F ederal
Reserve Distri ct, latest fi gures indicating
sal es about four per cent greater than the
corres pondin g period a year a l!;o. Oakland
department store sales are off a few per
cent. Total employm ent in the Bay Area
co ntinues to ri se stea dily, and wholesale
and retail sales remain about what th ey
were last year.
Sales at vendin g machine location s were
off during th e first half of th e year. Eatin g
a nd drinking places re ported a drop of
about ten per cent, and drug stores a dro p
of about 'fline per cent. Wholesal e tobacco
sales were off about four per cent. This
situa tion was reRected in coin ma chin e
receipts. But in view of th e gen erally
healthy economi c conditions, it was not
considered a serious or perm anent develop·
ment, and there has been an upswing in
th e past month .
Automatic phon o operators re port an in·
PREMIUMS
FOR OPERATORS
who use high score prizes. We
have hundreds of items espe-
cially selected fo r th is purpose .
LOW PRICES
Immediate Delivery
Call and look our line over or
send for prices. Samples will be
sent C.O.D. with full return privi-
lege and cash refund .
*
ADVANCE AUTOMATIC
SALES CO.
1350 Howard Street
San Francisco, Calif.
COIN MACHINE REVIEW
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