Automatic World

AUTOMATIC
November, 193 2
T~irteen
WORLD
Philadelphia News
By K. S. LANSING
The Banner Specialty Co., jobbers
of coin-controlled machine s, 1. H .
Rothstein, 1530-32 Parrish st r eet,
Philadelphia, Pa., proprietor, repor t s
that beginning the fir st week of
October, business has shown some
improvement, inqUll"leS coming in
consider ably larger volume and evi-
dencing real buying interest.
L. V . Hodgson, manager of the
Eastern factory-owned branch of O.
D. Jennings & Co., at 831 Terminal
Commerce Building, Philadelphia,
Pa., has returned f r om a successful
business trip to Buffalo, N . Y ., where
mor·e than 800 coin-o~erated ma-
chin es of the concern have now b ee n
advantageously placed. Until r ece nt-
ly the Bison City had b een without
automatic coin machines since 1918.
Mr. Hodgson expressed an optomis-
tic view about conditions for the fu-
ture in Buffalo.
New Jennings machines that have
caught on well with operators and
public, a ccording to Mr. Hodgson,
a r e "Little Duke," a penny-play
jackpot, bell type, and "Zig-Zag," a
one-cent play. confe ction vender with
coin r·e fund feature,
a skill game
controlled by a push-button on top
of the cabinet. "Zig-Zag" also may
b e operated as a jackpot. This ma-
chine is so new that less than 100
deliveries of it had been made up
to September 1.
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While business at th e outset of
the present month was r eported a s
still slow, at the quarters of the
Sloan Novelty Manufa cturing Co.,
1250 North Tenth street, Philadel-
phia, Pa., it was stated that the m a -
chines leading in sal es at the tim e
were pin type. There has been some
effort among local coin machine con-
cerns to place pin games in "de luxe
diners" located in various portions
of the city, but at Sloan's "diner"
cars are not considered particular ly
strong locations, although it was ad-
mitted that {)ccasionally one tur n ed
out well.
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The Automatic Canteen Company
of Pennsylvania, G. G. Bro ckway,
manager,
formerly of 8 00 North
Delaware avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.,
has removed to 1511 Nedro avenue,
in the northern po rtion {)f th e city.
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The Charles Sweet Co., C. Am-
sterdam, manager, has move d from
97 2 North F r anklin st reet, Philadel-
phia, Pa., to lar ger q uart er s at 974
No r th F r anklin st reet.
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Small boys and "boys" of lar ger
growth not inf r equentl y t ear loose,
dest r oy and empty th e s maller types
of p enny ca ndy an d g um v e nding
machines that have b een attached
to the e xteri or of small drugst or es,
groceries, n ews and toba cco stands
in South and W est Philadelphia, Pa.,
but lately th ere have b ee n numerous
cases of looting p a y t eleph ones plac-
·e d in subwa y station booths. The Bel!
T elephone Company r ecently re-
ported that m ore than a score of
su ch boxes had b een r emove d by
thieves not only f rom s ubway sta-
tions, but from Market street the-
ater s and Chestnut street offices.
The police have a tip t hat one of
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300 Irving Avenue
Brooklyn, N. Y.