Variety (Apr 1934)

62 VARIETY Tuesday, April 24, 1934 Stock Market (Continued from, page 6) more; cheering than in previous .week. Carloadings if ere up, in ex> > cess of seasonal increase and better than expected; power output showed a nice gain and .steel output rose from 49% to 62%, highest rate •since August;. 1933.. Trade reports "for spring business were more opti- mistic. : thah usual. Amusement group moved- up slightly from its previous-high of last week but indicated a tendency to . form a temporary top around these levels. Radio preferred B, as well as Pathe A, appeared to be ahead of group. Loew's has reached a definite .resistance level, around 35. . It made a new 1934 high, at 35%• previous week, and has been • unable to penetrate this point. Some -think Loew's will go as high as 40 once this, resistance point is pierced. Just how favorable the year's statemant -on earnin and how large an increase in dividend, if any, is to be made is more: likely to be the determining factor. Eastman Kodak, which has been giving signs of strength in recent 'weeks, finally got under full steam and late in week. Climbed, up to a new high at 96%. It closed week at 95%, where it was up 3% points net. Radio B made outstanding showing of -preferreds in group with .a net gain of 3% after soaring to another new high at 34%. It.was up more than 5 points from its low mark of week at this level, Warner, preferred also was strong, winding • up. week at its ne-7 top at 31, and .with an advance of $2. Madison Square.Garden, at 5%, and Metro- Gbldwyh-Mayer preferred, at 26, were new 1934 levels'. Pathe A registered, a hew 1934 mark at 23% and snowed 1%. points gain net for week. Westlnghouse ' also was. stronger and climbed to 42%, finishing with nearly three .points gain.. Consolidated Film pfdi was mote, active than usual, and mkde. nearly a poinf .net for week. RKO debentures. Summary for week ending Saturday, April 21: STOCK EXCHANGE Common, of company also got up half a point. Paramount certificates turned reactionary late in week and suffered a half point loss. Trans. - Lux Daylight Picture Screen Corp. reported net profit Of $114,926, compared with .1932 not of $93,175. Fox Film Corp. reelected its officers and directors at annual meeting.. General lectric vompany showed $4,566,000 profit available for div- idends, equal to 14c. a. share on common stdck, compared with 8c. a share for first quarter of 1933. Radio B and common stock of same, company were active through- out week, being leaders oh big board on several days. Pathe A also Was quiet, particularly the days when it was climbing up with other preferreds. Feeling in streev mat President Rdosevelt is now aeilnlteiy opposed to radical or strong inflation meas- ures reflected in demand for bonds and. preferred issues. But it also definitely puts a quietus for time being on ariy' inflationary demand for common stocks; And some of more shrewd traders "are inclined to think that preswit prices for ex- change issues have, riot discounted absence of inflation or declined to pre-inflatlonary levels. Only three amusement company bonds showed advances for week. And two -of these were to new highs. Warner Bros. 6s spared to a new top at 67, and closed with a net gain of 1% points, Pathe 7s also went higher and made a-new high at 98. General Theatre Equipment liens showed a 26c; net. advance, but got up to 10% during week. All others closed with minus signs. Paramount-Lasky and Paramount Publix bonds suffered most. Para- mount-Lasky bond certificates and Paramount-Publix 5%s lost 2 points .each. Other liens of these com- panies were off nearly as .much. Keith 6s dropped a point, as did High. Low* Sales. Issue and rate. High. 7% { °8& 1,300 American Seat.,-. 5% B% 2>A 1,000 ConsoL Film 4% 81 23 .8,800 Columbia P. vtc................ 80% 17% 10% -4,700 Goraol. Film pfd. (50c.)*...... : 17 93% 79 8,800 Eastman Kodak (3)...... J96% 17% 12% 21,000 . Fox, Class A 16% 26% 18% 01,000 Gen. Elcc. (60c,)... 23% 36% 26% 74,400 Loew <1)...... 34% 97 72 200 Do pret. (6%) 97 6 2% 1,300 Madison Sq. Garden t5% 25% 21 1,200 Met-Q-M pret. (1.80). ....t26 . 6% 1% 83.700 Paramount 6% 4% 1% 15,600 Pathe Exchange 3% 22% .10% 41,800 Pathe, Class A t23% 9%.. 0% .206,400 Radio Corp.........;.;...'...:.. 8% 80% 15 75,600 Radio, pfd. B....... t34% • . 4% 2% 17,000 RKO 8% 48% 10% $270 Universal pret 40% 8% 4% 42,400 Warner Bros.. 8 29 18% 1,300 . Do pfd *.. t.31 47% 35% 63,700 Westlnghouse 42% * Paid this year, t New 1934 high. 1 10-share trading unit. CURB ' 13 72 102 07% 54% 54 65 54 40. 41 . 64% 3 7% 2 8% 51 .85. 85 20% 28% 20% 20 30. 18% •40% .100 Columbia Plots 30 100 Universal Pictures............. 4% 7,200 Technicolor 10% 1,600 TranB Lux (10c.) 2% 30 4% 0% 2% 30 4% 9% 2% - % -% BOND8 8139,000 Gen. Then. Eq. ' 21,000 Keith 6's, '49 81,000 Loew 6's, '41..... ;..., 25,000 Pathe 7'e. '87.......... , 116,000 Par-Fam-Lasky 6's, ' 87,000 Par-Fam-Lasky ctfa, , ' 170,000 Par-Pub 6%'s, '59. i .., 183,000 Par-Pub 6%'s, .'59. ctfs 23,000 Par-Broadway 5%'fl, '51,..... 4,000 RKO debs 0's............... . .. • 035,000.-.Warner Bros. * ' ......... OVER THE COUNTER. Roxy/ Class A. De Forest Phono............. PRODUCE EXCHANGE, 4,900 Pari •New 1984 high. Judgments Gustav Blum; Vanderbilt Ave.. Realty Corp.; $217; Samuel L. Rothafel (Roxy) and Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp.; H. S. Cullman, receiver; costs, $2,065. DOROTHEA ANTEL 826 W.. 72d St.. New fork City Ms New Assortment of GREETING CARDS Is-Now Ready._^21 BeautlfaJL CARDS and FOLDERS, Boxed, Post- paid, for'' One Dollar Incorporations Albarty, New York. . Bowery Associates; Inc.; pictures; capi- tal stock, 120,200—200 shares pfd. $100 and 200 Com. $1; Tony Sarg, C4 West Ninth street; Cleon Throckmorton,.! Fifth avenue, and Donald S. Gllpatrlc, 23 East 74th street, all of NeW Tork. Overseas Booking Enterprises, Inc.; booking agencies for actors; etc.; capi- tal stock, 200 shares, no par'value; Ruth M. Reld, 1718 East 16th street, Brook- lyn; Augusta G. Breo, 15 Evelyn place, Bronx, and Katherine M, Malcr, 28-26 ^'Oth^s'trectv^one^sland^C^tjr^^-^.^^; Trrtnwrndlo Press Service, Inc.; news- gathering service, radio, news; capital stock, 150,000; Herbert Moore, Dixon Stewart and Arthur M. Qulsenberry, all of 342. Madison avenue, New Tork. Grahnm Picture Corp.; theatrical en- ... INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL! Shoes for the Sfoge Street 4V 3HO WFOLK'S SHOESHOP-* 15SI BROADWAY^ terprlses; capital stock, 100 shares, no par value: Jacob Lett, 2385 Coney Island avenue, Brooklyn; Willis B. 'Rice. 9C Kraft avenue, Bronxvllle, and Kenneth W. Romeyn, 9448 214th place; Queens Village. Ban- Productions, Inc.; pictures, vaude- ville, etc.; capital stock, $10,000; Nich- olas T. Agheta, 69 Klesell street, Forest Hills; George J. Bennett, 1027 Leggett avenue, New Tork, and Murray Rose, S2 East 31st Street, New Tork. , ; Amusement Sales- Aerial Activities, Inc.; amusement devices, aerial activi- ties; capital stook, 100 shares, no par value; George Cramer, -453 Gbundry street and Albert Splllman, 361 Payne avenue, , both of North Tonawanda, and Norman Bartlett, 330 Main street, Tona- wanda. American Group, Inc.; pictures; capi- tal stock, 200 shares, no par value; Anne. Kahn, 1164 President street, -Brooklyn; Harold J. Sherman, 748 Howard avenue, Brooklyn, and Joseph A. Lleberman. 1619 Broadway, New Tork. ; Albee Radio Product* Corp.; radio, television, electrical apparatus; capital Stock,. 180 shares—80 pfd. $100 and 100 com. no par value; Murray A. Schecht- man, 70 Pine street, New Tork; Martha Reif, 237 Avenue P. Brooklyn,' and Jeanette Herzfeld, 1169 Lincoln place, Brooklyn. Athenaeum Productions, Inc.; pictures; apltal stock. $20,000; Theo. A. Benedek, 303 East 53rd street; Edwin M. Rels- klnd and Maxwell I. Relskind, 1270 Sixth avenue, all of New Tork.. Sarro Enterprises, Inc.; phonograph records; capital stock, $1,000; Nathan Falk. Ralph Copland and Alfred H. Sch'uItzV all of 746 Fifth avenue^ New Tork. Hal 8kel|y, Inc.; plays, pictures, etc.; capital stock, 100 shares, no par. value; Henry A. Stuart, 412 South Walnut sreet. MUford, ■ Conn.; Hal Skelly. 106 West 66th street, and Barnet Kaufman, 646 Flfh avenue, both of Now Tork. CHANGE OF NAME From International Artists Beprescnto- tlves, Inc., to A. and S. Lyons, Inc.; illed dV Otterboufg, Sejndler & Houston,. 200 Fifth avenue. New Tork., From. Joseph .M. Sehenck Productions, Inc., to J. M. 8. Enterprises, Inc.; filed by Newgass, Nayfa'ck & Waldhelm, SCO Madison avenue. New Tork. ANNULMENT OF DISSOLUTION Joseph M. Sehenck Productions, Inc. DISSOLUTIONS Automatic Ticket Register Corp.. 246 Fifth avenue, New Tork. MEMBERSHIPS Chamber Music Society of America. Inc. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City. Majestic Pictures Corp., Oklahoma City; Okla.; capital stock, $3,000. . In- corporators, .Toe Silverman, Eva Silver- man and O.. W." Crane, all of Oklahoma City. • Ace Attractions, Oklahoma City, Okla.; capital stock $3,000. Incorporators; Joe Silverman, George H. Swisher arid George W. Swisher, all of Oklahoma City. Sterling Recreation Club* Sterling, Oklahoma*. Capital stock,: $500. Incor- porators, -I* T. Browell. Sam Henderson and E. J. Klauk, all of Sterling. Yukon Recreation Club, Tukon, Okla horaa. Capital none. Incorporators, Jessie Bennett and Fern Jones, Piedmont, and.R. Wi Carson, Tukon. Tennessee Theatre Co., Johnson City, Tenn., capital stock, $60,000- Incorp orators, S. W. Craver, H. V. Wynne and Ti A. Little, all of Johnson City. CALIFORNIA Sacramento, Fillmore Theatres, Ltd. Capital stock, $2,000. Subscribed, $300. Directors Nate Schelhberg, Max P. Horwltz, Joseph L. Greene. Pacific Amusement Dist. Co. Capital stock, 250 shares. None subscribed, Directors: Fred C. McCellan, Jessie Mc Clellan, Charlotte McCIellan. Faclfle Amusement Mfg. Co. Same. Fullerton Theatre Corp. Capital stock, 100 shares. None subscribed. Directors Charles A. Buckley, Albert W. Leeds, John B. Bertero, Beatrice S. Rooney, Ann FrledlundV San Jose Theatre Corp. Capital stock, 1,000 shares. None subscribed. Directors Charles A. Buckley, Albert W. Leeds, John B. Bertrero, Permits to Sell Stack WUtern Theatre Co. Theatre operat Ing. To Issue 100 shares (all) of capital stock at $100 par. Bren, Orsattl * Man. Theatrical agency. To Issue" 200 shares I o{ total of 10,000 shares, no par. San Jose Theatre Corp. To Issue .all of 1,000 shares, par $1. Legit Code (Cshtinued from page 63) bunal acting; on strength of legal Evidence and add that unless board's financial penalties are sub ject.tp review procedure might be challenged successfully as vlpla- lation of 'due process' clause of Constitution. . Stiff provisions for license revo- cation or suspension are probable, in view of the objections to heavy fines.- ; NRA Is sympathetic toward the statements of both brokers and managers Ihat nominal fines will have little effect toward ^keeping rebels In line and favor rather lengthy Suspensions, Think such power could be exerted by an in- dustry group without need for gov- ernment, okay, or without possibil- ity of legal interference. Another idea is. that of requiring brokers to post bonds which might bo forfeited in cases of violations, UUt^ielgUl^aoTlbra^ gestion. Details o£ administration appar- ently won't conform with, any par- ticular plan. Farnsworth supported this outlook, by asserting 'No one dan claim paternity for .it.' Prob- ably essentials of present system will be retained, and part of exist- ing regulations written Into code. Brock Femberton's 'soft ticket* scheme seems to be out of the win- dow, as does the 'Ohinopo lrtnndry ticket' proposition. HELEN GERTRUDE SWAN8EY Helen Gertrude (Gert) Swansey, who in her time earned big money as a circus equestrienne, died In the pauper hospital, Haverhill, Mass., April 19. Two years ago she re- ceived injuries In an automobile ac- cident frbmi which, she never re- covered. Haverhill was home town, her father having been the engineer, of the first train Into Haverhill. She iad been living there since her re- tirement and 'lately had been re- duced to begging food from the res- taurants for herself and her col- lection of cats and dogs. In the height of her career .she was with the Barnum & Bailey show and had tourned Europe with her own circus. Some time ago Maggie Cline. sent her $800 to save her from. being, evicted. She would not go to/the poor house,, preferring to struggle along. OBITUARIE S of bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. WoL. tors was a member of the curreiit 'Biff Hearted Herbert' And had been on the stage 35 years. Played in vaudeville as a whistler for 16 years and got her dramatic start in 'Paris by NlghC Had roles in several successes, such as 'Pinner at Eight;' 'Warrior's Husband,' 'Irene,' and ■Manhattan Mary,' Surviving are a daughter, her mother and a sister. WILLETT U ROE Willett Li. Roe, 50, former New York publicity- man, active for the past 15 years In Galveston, died there . April 21, of pneumonia. He was at one. time press man for David Belasco, and had handled publicity for a number, of other pro- ducers before going to Texas. As the secretary of the Beach'As- soclatlon It was he who originated the Galveston International Beauty Pageant, which he handled success- fully for a number of years. At the time of his death he was doing pub- licity for Sam Maceo*s Sui Jen and Hollywood night clubs. He Is survived by his widow, the former Belle Dalstone, his mother, and a brother. Funeral was held in Galveston yesterday (Monday). EDUARDO CODONA Eduardo Codona, 74, head of the Flying Godonas, died in Redonda Beach, Cal., April 19. As a small boy two generations ago, Codona left his' birthplace In Mexico to travel with the circus. He- was the father of. Alfredo, premier aerlalist until his Injury last year in New York. The elder Codona's wife, Hortense, one of the first women trapeze performers, died in 1931 at Long Beach, Cal. In addition to Alfredo, he leaves two sons, Abelardo, and Edward of Long Beach, and three daughters, Mrs. Victoria Adolph, Mrs. Hortense Ferrante and Mrs. Rose KrukOw. Burial oh the Coast. CONNIE EDISS Connie Ediss, 62, English come dienne, died In London April 18 after a long illness. She made her first appearance at the age of 12 in various provincial productions and .her last in London in 'Night of the Garter'.. She. made several professional tours of the United States during 1896 and 1920 and while here played in 'The Shop Girl', 'Girl Behind the Counter', 'The Arcadians' and 'The Girl on the Film*. Her most recent roles were in 'Bringing. Up Father', 'The Ghost Train-and 'Other Men's Wives', Her last American appearance was at New Haven in 'Oh, Uncle', in 1920 ELLIS C. BOSTICK Ellis C. Bostlck, 46, veteran showman, died In Winnipeg April 14, of heart failure. ' He had op- erated theatres In New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis,' Seattle and Milwaukee , for Loew's, Pantages, RKO and others. Survived by his widow, Cleo, who resides in Winnipeg, a son, his mother and two .sisters. Interment in Minneapolis. VICTOR MONROE Victor Monroe, 44, died at th NVA sanitarium, Saranac Lake* April 19. He had been ill for the last nine months. His last engage- ments, were with 'Strike Me Pink* and 'Mary.' Survived by his widow, Gertrude, and. his father. v Interment in Woodstock, Canada, JACK Jack Davis, 49, lately of the team of Browning and Davis, died in Chicago on April 17. Davis hod also been In the act' known as Jack, Jean and Jack, and had been a member of the Century of Progress Minstrels. Widow survives. Burial In Chi- cago. ROBERT J. DAI LEY Robert J. Dalley, 69, died of heart disease at the NVA club April 19. He was a well-known vaudeville performer having played ori all s cir- cuits. He had also appeared In mu- sical comedy. Had been living at the club several, years. Was burled by the NVA at Calvary cemetery. ELIZABETH W. DOREMUS ."Mrs. Elizabeth Ward Doremus, 81, playwright, died April 16, at her home in New York. Her most noted play was 'The Circus Rider' which opened at Daly's theatre in 1888 and ran for more than two years.' 'For- tunes of the King' was another of her successes. A daughter sur- vives. VINCENT T. FETHERSTON Vincent T. Fetherston, 68, died at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, of a heart attack April 17. Worked for forty years in box office of the Hollis theatre, Boston, thirty of which were as treasurer. Widow and daughter survive. POLLY DASI Polly Dasi, 62, well known Eu- opean circus clown, Who; played for 22 weeks at the New York Hippo- drome in 1923, died in The Hague recently. He had . played all of the leading continental circuses and had toured both North and South' America -aftd- India. He came, from an old circus family, his great grandfather having been a' vaude- ville artist and started- his own ca- reer at the age of .threer~ Survived by his widow, Lenpra, and a daughter. JACOB BOHRER Jake Bohrer, .70, orchestra leader of Keith's, Cincinnati," from 1900 to 1928, when it dropped two-a-day fVftude^foi^picturesr»-die^A-pr41^1-9- from a heart attack at his home. Previously he was first clarinetist with the Cincinnati Symphony or- chestra and had : dOublod violin and clarionet in John Weber's and Her- man Bellstedt's famed Cincy bands. In recent years sold insurance for ■ a Cincy bank. His widow and a son survive. DOROtHY WALTERS Dorothy Walters, 57, actvess, died ttt her home In New York April 17, GEORGE A. BILLINGS George A. Billings, 63, who was the image of Abraham Lincoln and played the part of the Emancipator on the: stage and screen, died April 15 in a Soldier's home at Sawtelle, Cal. MEISTER Carl Meister, 35, cameraman at Universal studios, died April 18 in Los. Angeles. Wife and child survive, rother of Jimmy Durante, Al- bert J. Durante, 47, died at Poly- clinic Hospital after an abdominal operation April 18. Surviving are his widow, a son, his father, brother, and sister. Mother of Michael Balcon, died April 9 at Birmingham, England, aged 70, aftef- lengthy illness. Balcon is Gaurnont-Brltlsh produc- tion chief. — M Other,- 6 2,-of- Dusolina-Giann 1 n 1;=- opcra singer,, died April 17 at horn© of her son Francis, Upper Darby, Pa. Survived by husband, two sonsf and two daughters. Father of Ann Pennington, ;p-l. died suddenly in New York Ap'ril 19, following a stroke; Mother of Elmer W, Hoffman, the Metro studios in California, April 17 in Los Angeles.