Variety (Aug 1932)

VTD O O R S VAKIETr OB IT U AR Y Jean a: le roy Jean Acme. LeRoy, 78, phe of the ploiheer^vin the motion picture, died at his. home In New. York. Aug. 9. Four or-flve yeara ago he suffered a paralytic sti'oke, but made a game flght against Its eiicroiaQhmeht. ' Back In, the late'70's LeRoy made a contrivance for the successive showing of. posted lantern slides, which gave some simulation of 'mo- tion, and in 1894 he gave the flrist .public eTchlbltlon of the: projected motion picture film at the Opera House, Clinton, N. J. Mindful only of its exhibition possibilities, he did hot patent hIS device until too late to give hliii a basic patent. . He giave valuable^estimohy in the case of Eberhardt .^chhelder and others who early faced the Motion Picture Patents Gp. suits, anci more recently figured in ^he W-E litiga- tion; He was a close- friend of Eu- gene A. Lauste, inventor of the sdund-on-nim device, and with liauste was imder . retainer to the Bell Laboratories. , His widpw survlvjes. GEORGE HENRY DAVIS George Henry. Davis, 71, Indle picture producer, died at his New Tork home of heart disease Aug. io. Most important of his connec- tions In' thte film' business was ', as president of Banner .Prp.duction and later as. organizer and hiead of Qual- ity Distributor Corp. . Davis entered the producing and distributing field about 15 -.yeara ago, coming - from dramatic -stock and - legit In.- and around San Francisco; -'Survived by W'lfe, Mrs. lillllan Davis, two daughters, Mrs. Morris York, Aug. 12. He was a surgeon Survived by his- widow, son, daughter, three brothers and two sisters. NATE KARP ARRESTED IN DETROIT MURDER Harry Batsett, booker In the Paramount exchange; Albany, N. T., died there la,st Week after several months' illn«lss. Survived by his widow. Mother, 81, of Frank Du Bail of the former Du Ball Bros.; died July 20. Jujius A. Meyer, 66, a member of the Den-ver municipal band, died there last wieek after a short illness.; Albert Heather, band leader and broadcaster, is 'dead In Toronto, In his early days he was a soloist in the choir of. "Westminster Abbey, London, and at the time of his death . was rehearsing one of the leaiaiiig parts in a local production of 'Hiawatha.' Mother-in-law, 60, ; of Wallace Beery, Mrs. Emma M. Glllman, dl^d in Los Angeles,. Aug, 9; Mrs. Lucille Hamilton died of cerebral hemorrhage in Auburn, N. T., Aug. 12; Details will'be found on this page. . Tom Vallanceii brother-in-law and representative of Sir Harry Lauder, died suddenly In Blackpool, Eng., Aug.' 13. Cable report on foreign page. ■ ; IN FOND HEftlORY OF IJOS.PEARLSTEIN Who Departed Tta)a Life - August 12, 1931 MRSr JdS^PEARLSTEIN^ I MR. A MRS. JACK WEINER Vqsb and Mrs. Lewis Kahn, both of Chicago, a brother,;-Charles Davis, and a I sister, Mrs. Evelyn Armour, the latter: two living, in Frisco, ieiurlal was Jn Westchester Hills cemetery, neat New . York,; .JACK RAY Jack Ray, 26, whose real name was John Darscolt Reynolds. ■ died •In New Tork,. Aug. 14. He was In the cast of 'Of Thee I Sing' and was stage manager of Heywopd Broun's. co-op 'Shoot the Works' last season. Survived by his mother. GERALDINE ULMAR Geraldine .tllmar, 7(», died In Mertstham,.England, A.ug. 13.\ She tnade her -, debut with the Boston Ideals in . 1879 . and was best known In connection with her work in Gilbert and Sullivan operas here and in England.,. She was the . orig- inal Turn Turn in the ■ American jjroductlon of 'Mikado.' She re- tired In 1924. DONALD McKENZIE Donald McKenzie, 29, British playwright whose 'A^uslcal Chairs' . Is one of; the, current London pro- ductions, wias killed in an automor bile" accident • at Bieauval^, France, Aug. 12. ; He had iwrltten four plays, but only 'Chairs' had reached production.' . . ■ Henry. .George. . Davis, . 61, Iphg prpminent . in theatricals and fpr. a : time a mptlpn picture produce^, died In New York Aug. 10.- Survived by ' his widow 'and two daughters. Claude S. Puflh, 25,v member of Slim Martin's dance orchestra, was killed In an auto accident In Los Angeles Aug. 6. David S. Rose, one-time mayor of Milwaukee, died there last week fol- lowing a long illness. At one tim^ the husband of Rosemary Glosz, prima donna. ' - ... • .■ . ■ ■ . - . f t Mrs. Emma Gillman, 60,, niptheri- in-la-w of Wallace .iBeery, died in Lps Angeles, Aug. 9. Irene. Berger,..'21, gymnast with the Three Falcong, .was killed when the trio: crashed during;their act at the -Steel Pier,' Atlantic City, Aug; 12. . Story ;oi['tlils t>a^e,. i :•■ . \ 'V • li:'.;^:' v'^-:. A. , H.. Harrigan,-: jp; ■ sci! 'of. ihe late Ned Harrlgan, died in • Niew Solomon Shagrin, 8P, father pf Max Shagrin, Hpllywppd. play brpk- ei*, and Jpe Shagrin, manager pf park theatre, Tpungstpwn, died in that city Aug. 14. ■ The widPw, three ether spns be- sides Max, and three daughters survive. N.Y.Exhihs (Cpntinued frpm page 5) are using 306 men will be numbered ampng figuring: In the break with th« 'Kaplan prganlzatlpn. The three circuits, by using Em- pire prpjectlpnlsts, are <;punting pn a yearly saving pf $760,000, sppkes- meii' declar*). During the negptiatipn& exhibltprs repprt' the ^Kaplan reptesentatipn agreed tp cpmpromlse with a 16%; and : later an 18,% reduction in scales. The theatre owners, how- ever, report themselves as holding out for a flat 30% reduction which, they say, would put bopth terms pf 306 pn virtually a par with thpse pf Empire. 306 Version The versipn at 306 headquarters, fpund many discrepancies In exhibi- tbr statements pf cpndltlpns. There it was denied that negptlatlpns are .ott at pne mpment and admitted Jn the next plus that the Ipcal is pre- pared tP retaliate, '^df the three circuits supppsedly ready tP sign with Empire, It was stated by 306 executives that Man- hattan is still negptlating and prpb- jably.wlll ccntlnue with-Kaplan. . Attaches pf 306 ridicule the ex- hlbitpr attitude that hpuses must darken unless' there )s a 30% cut. 'On the baslij that the average'booth in the Ne-w "Tork territory ccsts $200 weekly tp pperate the unlpnists ask, 'Dp they mean tp tell us that, be-i cause Pf $10 a day. they will be force tp olpsie doWh?' ' • As. fcr Eniplre being the strpngeri even shpiild the three circuit swlng- o-ver occur, 306 men. iresort to fig- ures which are contradictory to those presented by the exhlbs. They hold that there are around 600 theatres lighted In the New York territory while the exhibs place that figure at 400. They clalih that they; have 300 theatres while exblbitor leaders rate 30.6 at 200 houses. They hold that Empire has less than 100 theatres and that there are more non-unlpn houses; exhibitors de- clare that Empire would have over 200 theatres with the swing-over and that today not more than 40 houses !.are pperating pn a non- unlpn basis. In regard tp getting pictures fpr their 'war houses,' 306 officials re- fused to reveal the source of sup- ply, but say they will experience no shortage of product. At the same time they declare that they figured oyeratlnig costs dc'wn tp the last penny and are convinced that the theatres will pay for themselves. " MassillPn, O., AUg. 16. Nate Karp, advance agent fpr Kay Brps. circus, was arrested, at MlUerburg, O., on a charge of mur- der. He has been returned to jail here awaiting extradition to De- troit, Mich. Policie trailed the show for sev- eral days, but were unsuccessful in apprehending Karp until this week. He is alleged to have fatally shot Harry Gold of Detrpit in an at- tempted holdup in that city last Feb. 17. Karp had been with the show sev- eral weeks. Costello, Jr., Hurt Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 15. 1 Charles Costello, Jr;, injured Aug. 10 in a 25-foot fall in show at the Cortland fair, jgrounds, is much im- proved iat the Cortland hospital. ; Costello suffered a badly frac- tured jaw. He lost his grip on the aerial gymnastic apparatus, due to wet ropes, and fell to, the wooden floor of the stage, striking his face on the sharp corner of a large box. IIASS. FAIBS Worcester, Mass., Aug. 16. Although the . New England Fair has been discontinued there will be the New Worcester Fair and Prog- ress Exposition, Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. Q. A. Parsons of New Yprk, whp conducted the Worcester County Progress division of the New Eng- land Fair last year, has obtalni^d a lease on the fair grounds for the exposition. Alethela Grotto will sponsor the show. HO. FAIR'S 2-F0£-l'S Kansui City, Aug. 16. Lowered prices and the issuance of 100,000 two-for-one tickets are an- nounced for the Missouri State Fair at Sedalia, Aug. 20-27. While the general admission, 60c, remains the same, motor car park- ing>-chargeB-have-been-cut-ih. Jialf_ reserved seats have been reduced from 26 to 20c, and box seats- from 60 to 26c; SKIFFINO 1932 Athol, Mass., Aug.. 16. Oflcers pf the Athol Fair asso elation have vpted net tp hpld the .annual fair this year, but .,tp rcr Eume it next year. Business cpndl tipns were given as the reasen. The fair has taken place annually fpr 66 years. Headache Spots ": (Cpntinued from page 41). straightened put several business wi-inkles breught np by KSL. Mpst Impprtant of these angles was a re quest fpr a jucier slice of the coi'h NBC collected frem nietwork adver tisers for the putlet. At the getrtogether KiSL called the netwprk's attentipn to the fact that the statipn was In prpcess pf cpnstructing a new transmitter that wpuld raise Its pPwer fi-pm the pres- ent 6,000 wat'.; tP 60,000. Jpb is duo tp be Completed around Oct. 1. With this big .-.dditlonal shooting range, the station averred that It should be entitled to a lot more than the customary $60 and $26 per hour paid by the network. -WBC'a Attitude NBC rejoinder was along the lines that ltd policy did not perinlt and current business conditions did not warrant raising the established divvy. Point subsequently wasn't pressed by the station and the net-^ work figured that everything was hubky-dPry until wprd came thrpugh last week that the statipn had leaped tP the ppppsitipn. Several mpnths agp a similar sltr uatlpn evplved in Louisville, Ky., with WHAS. That station was also on the way to constructing a 60,000- watt transDiitter when Columbia alienated it from the NBC fold with a proposition to finance the new equipment. NBC's refusal to deviate from its rate policy tpward afflllates leaves it with three ether headache spurces besides Salt Lake City. These are WLW, Cincinnati; WJR, Detrclt, and WFAA, Dallas. First twp sta- tions have! been demanding the fiill local card rate for their end or .else, thereby making it tough for the net- work to clear commercial programs through these localities, while the Texas outlet has been demanding a substantial increase over the nom- ina.1 kickback. Entry of KSL makes it the 92d link In the CBS chain. Headin' South Early Birmingham,'Aug. 15. First circus of the season is putting'up paper in this sec- tion, although the fall season is still weeks away. It indi- cates circuses, will head toward .winter quarters earlier than usual. •Paper for Sam B. Dill's cir- cus is up at Montgomery for Aug. 20. Roosevelt Recommends Attraction for Fair Topeka, Aug. 16. With its advertising appropriation cut alniost to absolute minimum and other drastic overhead slashes, the Kansas Free Fa:Ir will attempt to exhibit as usual Sept. 12 for five days. Grandstand featurtf will be 'The Winter Garden Revue,' cdntractefS upon the recommendation to Sec- retary Maurice W. Jencks, by.Gbv. Franklin D. Ropsevelt pf New Yprk, who saw the sho-w at the New York state fair. Three days of horse racing and two days of dirt track auto races are on the program. Jencks has been secretary since the iBrstiof the year, succeeding A. P. Burdlck, who resigned to take a federal position and who died in Wichita two mpnths agp. ' Mrs. Hamilton Dies Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 16. . Suffering a fainting spell en the Rubin-Cherry carnival grpundS, Mrs. Lucille Hamiltpn, 44, of Atlantic City, fprmer sideshpw manager with the 101 Ranch, -was rushed to the City hpspltal, wherjs she died .Fri- day (12) Dr.' 'W. Lerpy Cprey, cpunty cprpner, said death was due tp a cerebral hemprrhage. Mrs. HamlltPn was npt cpnnected with the -Rubln-Chbrry 'shpw, bu|t was visiting spme pf Iter clrciib friends. She aiid her husba nd, Geprge W. Hamilton, Jr., came to Auburn about 10 days ago and have been demonstrating and selling rings In,a store in Genesee St. Quasi-Couiity Fair ' Mansfield, O., Aug: 16. . A fair to serve several counties is the aim' of the Richland County Fair board, which is making plans for the annual exposition here Aug. 23-26. Purpose will .be to aid communi- ties which have discontinued their fairs this season because of finan- cial setbacks. Ashland and Crawfprd counties have annpunced th^y wpuld be un- able tp hpld fairs this year and the plan is tp .ask farmers freni these cpuntles to jpin the Richland cPuhty shpw. CIRCUSES (For current week, Aug. 15-20) Hagenbeck-Wallabu Aufir. 15, 1a SaUe and Peru; 10, Aurora; 17, ElRln; 18, East Mollne; 10. Canton; 20, Macomb; 21, Quincy; 22, Burlington. Al G. Barnes Aur- IS, Roaeburg, Ore.;;10. Grants Pass; 17, Medford, Ore.: 18, Reddlngr, Cal.; 10, Red Bluff; 20, Willows, Cal. Seils-Floto Aug-, 15, Nortolk, "Va.; 10, Newport News; 17, Richmond, Va.; 18,-Charlottevllle; 18, tiynchburgr; 20, Roanoke; 22, Winston- Salem, N, G..; 29,- Durham, N. C; 24, aoil(^boro, N. C . ■. Barnes Cireuo Season 1032 Aug. 8, Spokane,..Wash.; Aug. 9, We'- natchee; Wash.: Aug. 10, Everett, Wash..; Aug, II, I.ongvlew. Wash.; Aug. 12, The Dalles, Ore.; Aug:-18, HilUboro, Ore.; Aug; 14, Albany, .Ore.; Aug. 16, <Rcseburg, Ore.; Aug. 16, Grants.Pass, Ore: Aug. 17, Med- f6rd. Ore.; Aug.' 18. Redding.' Cal;; Aug. 1», Red Bluff, Cal.; Aug. 20, Willows, Cal. CARNIVAL ROUTES (For current week, Aug, 15-20) Barker, .J. I,,—Tipton. ■ Beckmen & Gerety-'Davenport,. Ta. . Bruce Greater—Utica. Castle, Bhrllch & H.—lona. Mich. Conkllh'e All Can.—ti't. Williams, Ont. Cooping, Harry—Butler. Cotton Belt—Decatur: Edwards, J. R,-^Quah'er City. . Empire City—Bcrryvllle. ' Florida, Expa '(until Sept. 1). .Galler—Carthage. Gibsons' Blue Rlbbon-rCrawfordsvllJe. Gllck. Wm.—Messena. Greenburg. Am. Co.'-HJxford. Happyland—Bad Axe^ Jones, Johnny J.-^(3tate Fair) Spring- neld. 111. Krause Greater—London; Ont. Lanes, J. L.—Ft. Scott. Lang, Dee—lltgglnsvllle. Miner's Model—Abboltstown Model Shows of Am.—Toiiawandn. Pearson; C. E.—Albion. Rubin & Cherry-Kankakee. < Snapp, Wm. .R.-Oakland, Neb. Sol'ii LIbcrly-Grcenup. Southern Tier—Buffalo. Sunset Am. Co,—Clayton. ' } Weer, J. C.-Kendallvllle. Jrid. ' We.st, W. E.-(Falr) Bladen. 1GKL DIES IN THRILL PLUNGE, OTHER DYING Atlantic City, Aug. 15. Irene. Berger, 21, of Minneapolis^ died of a . broken back sustained In a 75-fppt fall frpm a trapeze in thei Steel pier circus, and Roxy LaRosO), 26, of Des Moines, is dying in the Atlantic <?lty hospital, her yiertebrao fractured, both legs broken and a lung punctured. Girls -were. working' in the aerial turn of the Four Falcons before an audience of 2,600. Miss Berger was swinging on the bar by a foot hold ready to catch Miss LaRose as she released: a teeth hold; The .flyer's foot hold broke and she plunge'd* as the other girl let go to make the flying catch.. Oryllle LaRose, husband, of thflj Injured girl, witnessed the tragedy and declared he would never gO aloft again, Act has been working through four shows a day slncQ June and never used a safety net. Anti-Camie Ordinance Introduced at Albah^r ■ Albany, N. T., Aug. IB, An ordinance prohibiting carnl^ vais and street fairs ifi Albany will be Introduced in the common coun« cll, Aug. 23. Mayor Thacher said he would sign the ordinance, wl^Icb is pretty certain of passage. The mayor declared carniyaJs tak(ei most of the mpney received out of the city and that entertainments sponsored by local organizations and churches, without the assistance oiC commercial groups, will beneflt fl^ nancially through the ban. Va/Fairs Fold Lynchburg, Aug. 15, Seven Virginia fairs, including the Interstate exhibition held here annually for the Iast'^7 years, haVe been ..cancelled . this - year. Most ■ of i:her-fairs—wiere—landmarkB;."TiiTd'in the hey-dey of 'Virginia agriculture alism attracted thousands of people every year. Depression was given'ks the rea> son for calling off - the Lynchburg fair, and it was said improved. con-> dltions would servb to . revive v the event next year. Other fairs not playing; are- those formerly- held at Winchester, - Roanoke, Fredericks' burg, Danville, Galax and- South Boston. Fair associatipns' at Marion .and Peterabiirg have yet to decide whether to -give up. Virginia state fair, held at Richmond, is reported to be planning an exhlbitipn as usual. Fpur-county 'fair at Suffolk; another larige. exhibition; will also show. ''.!'■ . y Rodeo's iFree-for-AU MinneapollB, Aug. 16. Rodeo staged by 'William Fedora at Robbinsdale, local suburb, wound up with, a free-for-all flght among the cowboy and Indian participants. Fight'followed the performance and resulted in the Jailing of -16 people. The mayor of Robbinsdale had re«t fused to issue a llcensd ^ot' thci rodeo* but Fedora carried the matter into.court and obtained a mandanuv yHt compelling its Isistuance. Biz Men Suve Fair Maquoketa, la., Aug.'I64 . Annual Jackson county- fair 'will be held two days, Aug. 31 arid Sept, 1, despite Indications early In the year that It would fold. ■ Buislness men have raised funds for the two^ day event. American Legion staged the event last year. Fair ofllcials threw up the sponge in 1930, after going In the red plenty and seeing np way put. Fair is: pne pf the eldest Inf this sectlpn pf the cpuntry. 1 CHILD'S CIBCUS iNJURT Altppna, Aug^ 16. A twp-lnch piece of wire, appar«( ently used in attaching an explosive to the trick automobile used in the Downle Brothers circus, burled lt<< self in the right eye pf a Bl3t-year«* old girl In the audience during the evening performance hero -last Thursday (11). Emergency operation performed but doctors have not yet determined whether the eight has been de^ stfoyed or removal of the eye neces-f sary. The child's father is , .s'erg'eant pf Jpcal police.