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[https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/3360059/ William J. Crum] ("One-Eyed" William John Crum... not to be confused with major general [[wikipedia:William Crumm|William Joseph Crumm]]) ... [https://gangsterreport.com/mafia-comes-asia/3/ this was the guy that made all the dirty work for Bromley in South Vietnam] ... [https://books.google.pt/books?id=GKA3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA873&lpg=PA879&dq=william+j+crumm+hong+kong&source=bl&ots=KfixYAvLTh&sig=ACfU3U0Hpin6PXpO0fjEttVbtOVurArxOQ&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV-4HWy-D3AhXRUOUKHZYOBeMQ6AF6BAgXEAM#v=onepage&q=william%20j%20crumm%20hong%20kong&f=false he was named in the 1971 Senate investigation of illegal activities at American military post exchanges in Vietnam] ... [https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/06/archives/w-j-crum-figure-in-saigon-inquiry-killed-in-fire-at-58.html he died six years later in a mysterious fire at his home in Hong Kong] ...--[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 00:26, 15 May 2022 (EDT) | [https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/3360059/ William J. Crum] ("One-Eyed" William John Crum... not to be confused with major general [[wikipedia:William Crumm|William Joseph Crumm]]) ... [https://gangsterreport.com/mafia-comes-asia/3/ this was the guy that made all the dirty work for Bromley in South Vietnam] ... [https://books.google.pt/books?id=GKA3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA873&lpg=PA879&dq=william+j+crumm+hong+kong&source=bl&ots=KfixYAvLTh&sig=ACfU3U0Hpin6PXpO0fjEttVbtOVurArxOQ&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV-4HWy-D3AhXRUOUKHZYOBeMQ6AF6BAgXEAM#v=onepage&q=william%20j%20crumm%20hong%20kong&f=false he was named in the 1971 Senate investigation of illegal activities at American military post exchanges in Vietnam] ... [https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/06/archives/w-j-crum-figure-in-saigon-inquiry-killed-in-fire-at-58.html he died six years later in a mysterious fire at his home in Hong Kong] ...--[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 00:26, 15 May 2022 (EDT) | ||
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| + | [https://dalemanpublishing.com/automatic-pleasures-the-history-of-the-coin-machine/ Wonderful book] by [https://niccosta.org/ Nicholas Costa] ... Yep... [https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:CashBox_US_1958-06-21.pdf&page=63 this ad] was [https://archive.ph/xeaUO/5cf83fd351aeebfcd0f238439fc20234ee4b0c9d.png also published] in the British newspaper ''[https://worldsfair.co.uk/ World's Fair]'' in June 1958, so ... we are fine :) ---[[User:Asagoth|Asagoth]] ([[User talk:Asagoth|talk]]) 19:02, 15 May 2022 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 19:02, 15 May 2022
This first draft roughly reflects what the internet currently thinks, but I think the internet is wrong, because it's essentially just referencing itself. It would be better to find material that actually came out between the 1880s and 1960s. -Black Squirrel (talk) 15:46, 14 December 2018 (CST)
They Create Worlds... but we have a wiki...
Don't worry... Alexander Smith has to revise his book... we just have to edit a page =) ... "...the company bought a never-before-used Mills slot machine tooling set from Bell-O-Matic..." my ass ... they knocked Mills mechanism off... Bromley was not just a "Mobster"... he was "THE MOBSTER"...--Asagoth (talk) 21:02, 14 May 2022 (EDT)
William J. Crum
William J. Crum ("One-Eyed" William John Crum... not to be confused with major general William Joseph Crumm) ... this was the guy that made all the dirty work for Bromley in South Vietnam ... he was named in the 1971 Senate investigation of illegal activities at American military post exchanges in Vietnam ... he died six years later in a mysterious fire at his home in Hong Kong ...--Asagoth (talk) 00:26, 15 May 2022 (EDT)
Automatic Pleasures - The History of the Coin Machine
Wonderful book by Nicholas Costa ... Yep... this ad was also published in the British newspaper World's Fair in June 1958, so ... we are fine :) ---Asagoth (talk) 19:02, 15 May 2022 (EDT)
