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Word: rejectors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Slugs Need Apply. But the most potent name in the industry is that of a company which makes comparatively few complete machines: National Slug Rejectors, Inc., of St. Louis. National Slug is the keystone of the entire industry: it makes the part of vending machines which rejects counterfeits and slugs. President and principal stockholder is John Gottfried, 46, a stocky, grey-haired, German immigrant. He had tinkered with gadgets for years before he stumbled on the simple system of his rejector. *He first tried to put his invention across in 1928. The effort failed. John Gottfried said that perhaps "people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Silent Salesmen | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

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