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machine show. Our directors are determined
to lift the dignity of the a'm usement indus-
try, which is one of the reasons for the
family appeal.
"As you know, this will be the first CMI
Show in history to ban the exhibition of
any coin-operated gambling device, which
is in line with the unanimous policy and
decision made by the Board of Directors of
th}s Assn. As a result of this policy, there
wIll be at least ten and possibly fifteen firms
who will show their products at a CMI
S~ow for the first time. It undoubtedly
wIll be the most comprehensive exhibition
of coin-operated equipment (other than
gambling devices) which has ever been
offered by this industry_
,
"Some of the new things which will be
seen at the Show will be frozen fruits,
coin-operated heating lamps, coin-operated
air conditioners for hotel rooms, a vended
package for cigarette lighters, and the Yale
and Towne Manufacturin!! Co., who are
, showing for the first time a surprise, which ,
they will not even let us in on at this time_ '
"There will unquestionably be any num-
ber of new amusement games due to the
fact that the rate and terrific run at the
coin-operated bowling alleys appears to be
nearing its end, and the manufacturers of
those games can be expected to come up
with some new ideas. All of the large
record com panies will, of course, be repre-
sented.
"Operators are sufficiently familiar with
the shows in the past to be able to visualize
the general type of exhibitor, and as to the
amount of booths to be engaged, there is
every indication now that this show will
set an all-time record."
Laymon Scores With
Bally Shuffle-Champ
LOS ANGELES-Shuffle-Champ, new re-
bound shuffle bowling game recently intro-
duced by Bally, gives the player an extra
scoring opportunity not found in other types
of shuffle bowling games, according to Paul
A. Laymon, Bally distributor, who reports
exceptional interest in this latest Bally
offering.
Laymon explained, that in addi tion to
stepped up, game-a-minute play, and all
the other features for which Bally shuffle
bowlers have been known, Shuffle-Champ
allows the player to pick up the 4, 7-6, 10
railroad. "And," says Paul, "Shuffle-Champ
is the only game of its kind on which this
railroad can be picked up."
The Laymons, Lucille and Paul, trained
out on May 19th for the ACMMA Show
at the Chicago Hotel Sherman on May
22-24. They expect to pick up a new Cadil-
lac in Chicago and return West via the
northern states.
Nobro Moves
SAN FRANCISCO-Nobro Novelty has
moved its offices and showrooms to new
quarters at 538 Bryant Street.
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JOilBSOB Bill AI Dellrill,
WASHINGTON - The crime investiga-
tions movement, which produced the Pres-
ton and Johnson bills with proposed bans
on sale and transportation of gaming de-
vices, started a new phase May 11 with the
five-man special Senate committee headed
by ' Senator Kefauver (Tenn.) designating
subcommittees to continue investigations of
various phases of crime.
The Senate Commerce Committee had
previously collected information on racing-
, news distribution and on gambling and
hearings began April 5 to attract attention.
The continuance of the investigations by
the Senate is further proof of the momen-
tum that is back of the movement, and
echoes of the investigation are sure to con-
tinue into the fall campaigns.
The amusement games trade was especi.
ally interested in the hearings held by the
House Interstate Commerce Committee, be-
ginning late in April and including testi-
mony of representatives of the games trade
on May 5 in Washington.
The Senate had rushed action somewhat
on the so-called crimes hearings and bills,
but the House committee showed a definite
inclination to take more time and to give
those opposed to the bills, or parts of them,
a chance to speak. It was also clearly in-
dicated that the ' House committee would
insist on some amendments to the Johnson
bill, or any final bill, that would at least
cla~ify the definition of what is a gambling
deVIce.
1. Congressmen at the hearing seemed
to show an inclination to follow the defini-
tions used in the Internal Revenue code in
collecting the $10 tax on amusement games
and the $100 tax on gaming devices.
2. Representatives of the carnival and
show business and the toy trade appeared
before the committee, urging more specific
definitions so that carnival games, etc.,
would be omitted from the gaming device
definition. The idea would be to make the
new law apply specifically to coin-operated
devices, they urged . An attorney for the
show business submitted a proposed defini-
tion.
3. Some Congressmen pointed out ob-
jections to the broad definition in the John-
son bill, or raised questions to show how
it might apply where not intended. A Con-
gressman from Nevada urged the commit-
tee to be sure that the bill would not inter-
fere with legalized gambling in states like
Nevada and that it would not interfere
with buying of equipment.
4. Herb Jones (Bally Mfg. Co.), presi-
dent of American Coin Machine Manufac-
turers Assn., answered questions from com-
mittee members and also presented a pre-
pared statement suggesting that regulation
of such matters as gaming devices be left
to state and local governments as it is now.
He said the proposed law would also reduce
employment in factories making the de-
vices, would increase the cost of enforce- '
ment and would deprive the government of
revenue.
George Jenkins, Bally Mfg. Co., pre-
sented a prepared statement of objections
to the broad definitions in the Johnson bill
and also pointing out weaknesses in the
plan to ship devices to states that legalize
gambling.
Attorney Raymond Schultz also spoke
for manufacturers of devices and used the
case of Mills Industries which manufac-
tures vendors and bells. He urged a better
definition of gaming devices than the one
in the Johnson bill, also that a real probe
of all gambling be made before bells are
banned. He said if a complete investiga-
tion shows that bells should be banned,
the Mills firm would support it.
5. Dudley Ruttenberg and John Picker-
ing spoke for Coin Machine Institute. This
organization supported the idea of usinIJ:
the Internal Revenue code as a basis for
definition of gaming devices, urged that a
section be inserted in the bill to specifically
exclude bowling alleys, pin ball machines,
target machines, etc. Pickering reported
that no present members of CMI manu-
facture bell machines.
6. O. D. Jennings, O. D. Jennings & Co.,
spoke as a manufacturer of vending ma-
chines, games and gambling devices and
opposed the Johnson bill as unnecessary
and unreasonable. He said ao national
syndicate exists in operating gaming de-
vices.
The subject of salesboards was intro-
duced into the hearings by a spokesman
for the Federal Trade Commission, asking
that such boards be included in the bill
to ban gaming devices.
Pittsburgh Coinm an Dies
PITTSBURGH, Pa.- Funeral services for
Louis G. Popkins, 52, owner of the Pitts-
burgh Coin Machine Exchange, were held
April 13. Popkins died of a heart attack
the previous day in his place of business
at 2203 Fifth Avenue.
A resident of Pittsburgh for 50 years,
he had been in the coin machine business
for the past 20 years.
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