Variety (Sep 1934)

■1 : ; i!'^ m Seulcmlief 29» 1934 - ^bft'i^Efl EMERSON BitbWN lV»ri< r I'.i uTson ISrown, riTi, .nitlior and irlaywriKlU, died in Norwalk, : CbfMi., fcS*^pt. 30, of cancer. He had :J^n ill »inc?e ea^^^ Juno* ;: W'ls Pf'i'hapii bt^8t kfiown for his pl,>y, 'The !'.:ul Man.' wfiicli ran fill" a year on Unadwai vvifhUol- i Vrook Blliin in the load. It yftm liate done into plcturcH. Oth<>r v>tiftya ^6re innifi SneniJlhrlft,^ 'A Fool Th.-rc Was' and ' A rjii l of To.lay.' .He wrote Moan of T'latt.s)>tirt?ir for MatX'l Normand. 'Too M;niy Mll- llan«' for Waliace.H^'i^, and 'Th* ■/■S<'veni!i^'''l>wrr ''irdi^'''Rtcii4r<i^ Miit^ei-■ moss. HI health caused..;li!tn to ro Into the desert, hut recit»ntly he wa.s able to return east and wrote .scv- «ral )>IayM for. w^ich he spusht pro- 'irtttiRt^t.li^ th* aijfliifir of niim(*r.<tt« short stories ahij fuU- IciiKth books ineludinpT 'feaco at Any Prli-e." in play form, which was published in Colliers, and reprinted ■ between covers. The theme was liuirireiiteii hy the trasks <l«»tti^ of iSi^*'" associated. • ^He 'l'^*"''''^ Myrtle Suzanne May ■^■1907. She died in 1022. leaving :tii»!o diiugl»t«?r8. Prudence, unraar- rlf<(|i. iuid 9|ri^ lUixiiiRiMi Maikln. both 'of;: ,:i>rli<iiiiv'j»«^V!^^ ' ■ Intet^rtiei^t: ■ Ut': " DENNIS J. CLARKE Dennis J, ('D|iddy*) €li^^ for 40 year« proprietor Of ihie Ai'gyte the- atre. Birkenhead, Eng.; died Sept. II at a ripe old age. leaving a wife, four sons and three daughters. Clarke wai» Knoswi throughout the worM and eyciry Amerloa^ wrtlst; who etrnie -to EJnsriand played' a lit his hf)Ufie. Always seeking new tiilent, he is credited with having Clven Sir Harry Lauder his first real tobanc^ and there is obviously a li^Uilii 1^ this a|t««atfOn becauM Sir Hartiy always played for Clarke at 'feast once a year without a con- tract, and accepting anything in the w.'iy of remuneration offered to. him. His first salary with the 'liiilMi* ii^M^ mailiager wajs ISO for the weelc^ and at the end of the engagement he was handed $25. The second en- gagem«'nt was f<>r J3.j and Clarke paid him ISO. i Clarke was one o{ the flrtut Brit- \|liMt'''r<»ad(e:ra:'bf 'Vm ;.w;aii one 5'» • ■ : V. • •• * HAIlllV HAVWARO /■ ilkvfy Ktayward, M, Pkeiflic coast lefrit Irnanagrier. died Sept. 20 In San l^ego, Cal., where he made his home for the past 25 years. He is sur- vived by hla widow, one son, Italph, rand 4 daughter. M^rsr^arry Payne. Death folldwiii^ # HNniji^ brought '.on"'''%' :::.a\:'«^(fa|fdfitt^ difteases. Hayv. ard was a product of the racilic Nortliwest and for m.any yeatflii, pi'Ior to 1910, played road itl^w attf'actions in t$poka^.«.: Itovr ■ to sah blego, hi» be(^ifie itoM^^ '.ciliteil. witli J.Tok Dodge, and the pair, at the helm of the Spreokles th'->atre, became the outstanding legit h(»use operators in Southern ;Callfbrnlji. : - / ■ ' ['■' ■[■{''^'"''■^'J^-- He retired from active fshow.'/biz tn''1929 when 8hortA{;o o^T^^aid.amw ■ fo.-ffd [he Spre9^kjes.-;tiito:;'j(k^^^^ ■ _pohcy. '''^ A'' HORACE WATSON ■ CT, theatre man- ageiVAjied of a heart attac^k'at his hortte in. Liondun, Sept. 18. " b3ga.h: hiii career as aii»istaht : to ■ (Sir Herbert Iteerbohm i'ree then irHHhager of the ^Ia^ymairket In 1896 he accompanied Tree to America . Willie the latter was on tour. For '■'ilk-'ili^i^n, Mr. Watson was assistant jBiHiiairor of thp Lyceum tMi^ Fred- erick Harrison ind Foriies ilobert- Bon. He took over full nianaKO- inonl of tlie I lay market in 1926. He was honorary treasurer of the British Empire Shakespeare Society and a director of the Society of vWest lOnd Managers and of Hie The- atrical Manager.s Assoc iation, her nvnrrlaKe' lo ihi^ columnist, and as a nienibor of the Lucy Stt>ne league retained her own name. She >vas «ep,arated from her husband sev«rar mofitha ^^o, but it wOa In his home In Stamford that she Wft« stricken with the coma, her own home adjoining liis. She was later rufihed to New York. I>uring the war «h9 WM in th^ Pa.ris .oflice .of thie'ChM>«<>'^ribuniB. 7 Since her mdrriaB^ i^i^S Hale had been one Of the loaders in feminist mo!M>WNi»il».'-v .■ ■ ■ v;;::-; ■■:7..: i«#IA^INB ASTAFIEVA Princess Seraphlne Astafleva, fa- mous international ballet ats^r, died at iier London homiB. 8i»jptt 11,'aged 50, followinR a strike In j'unei last. Deceased was a grahdnleco Of TTbi- stoi, ;ind in addition to her own teri)sichorean career, she staged ballets for Sir Qtwald StoU and Sh" Thomas Bteecham,, and was the flrit womtin to produce an entire Opera. Of late years she conducted a bal- let school and most of the modern stars were her ptipils, such as An- ton .i>oliil, Alice Markova, 4une B|)|^ llede $hi formerly M. Berthier. actor standby of boulevard theatres, died Sept. 10 at his home in Paris. Since the war he had. been one oj( t,h«..Theatre An- toine eomiHiily* aiiid wtor pta^yed iit Maurice Rostand's 'General Boul- anger* at the Porte Saint Martin. He closed his career with Henri Bernstein's troupe at the Gymnase, playing in 'l^^lis' ciiid 'fitappUiess.' His laat role wa«.^^r»peau In fiern- atoiiiTa ; .^he; A(ii(U:ik/; revived last siaaon.:. ItiDORi SllAOAt^i Isidore Braggiottl, 69, voice teach- er and father of Mrs. John Cabot Lodaf*;,..^ (S'ranceictk-j'^'';• ^ dancer, died in Los Angeles, Sept. 19, of pneumonia. He was born in Florence, Italy, and had been a resi-. dent of Los Angeley since 1927. Survived by ij||ir«^>^helr daughtieni,. Gloria and Lily Marta, four sons, Mario (Pray and Braggiotti), llama Herbert Sabastiano and Darilio. Funeral was held on the Coaat, followed by etetaOkiisim^w^ 'W0i^ fUturnfd to-Itialjv". |i«ft!b^: HaH^,':;.4# 't ^Mrn."/' H6y virood .Bjrduiji). <licd in New York. Sept, 18, til ajOomu. Siie was well known as ,fk. t*wait»; imWIottar :|ii»rttt»<^: lwft> re ll0MtHBA Aiivn. ! lit fV 72d St.. New York City <-||IU.«(TMA» CAKDH aad NtMilonery ^spOoiAIIy to HUit the pvr.tiiniilFttoii of Ihw Pr<»ff«'ion. AgontH wnntwj to aell my ciirrtu and dtationory. Write or call for detail*. I.llentl cOinihlHaion, MARIE SHOTWELt Mrs. Marie, &!hotweIV once a lead- ing figures on tite dramatic stage. died in a Long Island City hospital Sept. 18. She was stricken in the Paramount studios at Astoria, and ru«h«d to the hospital for treat* ment, but died it short time taten She was th© original Shirley in 'Lion and th© Mouh •,' had toured with E. H. Sothern and had been seen in msMy importanl prodttc- viiiian, havlRir IMea |ke«||riMl:^^^ of i>hiiadelj>hift for yeaht. He itlio iilii#>Mry4«« iPl JlM^ tab musical cd«M4kiR panics. . LOUIS RUDOLPH Louis Rudolph, 64. owrter of. the n:mmett theatre In Chioago, died in that city on Sept. 18 of pneumonia. Rudolph had been in th© thei^tre business some 20 years and at the time of his death wa» a director in the Allied AH»9*ciatlon ot Chicago. Widow '. 'Wikimi -'ik: '^m^y. ' eago;:. MISHA VOLGANIN Misha Volganin, 37. .nlnger with the glee club at the Radio City Music Hall, died in New York Sept 24 of a heart attack. ■ ' ^^ Volganin had been at the Music Hall since its opening, having pre- viously appeared^ ftilM^^olft^^^i^^ Widow,and •iMiifclisrt^irf^:;:-'- GEORGE F. MEIGHAN Geo. F, Melghan. circus executive with RIngtlngs and I^arnum & Bai- ley and aotivis lii )ihe. Jowa Cireus Fan* A»oeiatiort, d|iil lii ,9HM>atQ>i.. S|i^V|ieardon, retired New York pollc^hMll^t .succumbed to a heart at- tack eflifty iloni^^ (24). Services will be held ll,t Itoly Trinity Church Wednesday at 10 a.m. interment will be made in Calvary Cemetery. Reardon was a member of the prtacs Club. Among his numerous friends on Broadway>.peo^ffe M- Co. han.was Outstandfilp.. ' iFil his book. 'My Twenty Years on Broadw.ay," Cohan describes Reardon. and his ^ yeai^ onjthe police fotije; Patheir of Billle Dove died at North Hollywood. Calif,, Sept. 16. Survived by hi« widow; Miss Dove, and a son, C. R. Hohny, Coast cameraman and husband of Mary Virirink-Ai^DKtft,: actresa,':, '-'vr^/ir Mr*. Dorothy Perry^ Wife; Of Stepln Fetchit. died Sept* Monrovia, Calif. "' •" Metheiv 78, of Mao I>e lAlre, yavdeviUe eo'rnetist, died Sept.. 21 in KeW York. accident in Ti. A. Ac<>using liitii of being sulky, Ruth Chatterton, has filed .suit for divorce in L. At. against ije.<^ge IJrent. They were wed in ijff.'tAner she diVi»r<ed Iv^ilph Forbes, Norman Kt-rry, 43, divorced in L. A. by MVS. llelen Mary Kaiser. A bandit t^nsworing the ad of Christine umiBt- Ht^llNv^l #rtist. to sell a eMiii loolied -|l, then tfrabbetd it at the polnV't>t a ^iin. Valued at I2S0W Mcia^ t»Ilver «. P. Clanpett re- eeliired a divorce in I*. A.. fro<i{i the tlira writer. Superior Court Judge ]i!l*cjDt>mb. h. A., approved Miipky MeGMlre'H contract with Metro. . ' Answering liis wife's divorce complaint in Hollywood, Theodore KosK>ff as.serled his int('r<'.st In any girl d.'incing puiill.-s was strictly fatherly. lOIToim to conipel Miili.ael Ciirtiz to support her 1 ^-year-old .son were renewed wlien MatliiUle l''()rster, scenario writi'r. tiled suit .igain.st the director. She described the di- rector as father of the boy. .lames A. CornelluH, husbiind of Uuth Clifford, has tiled a cri>s.s- Complaint in the .actress' action to divdrce him on the Coast. Atty* W. V. R. Smith, who re- (>entty filed a |50O;0UU blackmail and libel siilt aitiBilnst Al Itogell and his attomeyM,: admitted, in U A. court that ho Had ho-p«ii»^ back his charRe«.:::\Ca«e .dlWM**^**^^''-^.-'' Priscllla M. Pryor hiiii*:i|Nf| ,Jii»it In Carson City, Nev., to "i^^^ Roger I'ryor. 1 'atrloia Lee, film at;tresi?, divorced in L.- .Ari.r^;■J^iiii^^ man. , ■ .laciiueliii'^ Saumlers has ttled a v<duntarv petition of b.aukruptcy in L. A. iJst.H liablllUeil :d« |!74»4if .illld a.s.sets of $1,700. lOvalyii Knapp. who v.<-ii;»is .-tbout 100 pounds, l.roui;ht in a ;U>0-lb. hrtnrlih oa Cat.ilitia l.slauil. HERBERT WEBER Herbert Weber, 31, died in Holly- Wood. Sept,,^ 211, . J^e hl^b«en isuffer- itiff from a (MmplteiRtto^^ and kidney trouble fr>r some time but the end \v;us unexpected. Wtber was the son of Harry Weber and associated with , his father,; ik the •f^iiU9ir/:b«MiBesj^ '^:<'pfaiii''^io Besides his father, he Is sur- vived by hi.s iuoth<'r, his wife, Mary Gray Weber, andi two children. EGANT TOSOFF Kgant Tosoff, 55, midget, well known in the thi^at'rlcal profession, and in Ja^> .|r<Mtr» in the grocery biislness ' twr mibnqtie,' edmrniltted suicide In his shop. Despondent jbecaufje of falling healths ■■• ( .; V, .;' : ■;'' ■;; ;:^;' ' '^"OlORGi" F. MEIOHAN George F. Meighan, 59, died Sept. 17 In Evanston, 111;, after a long period of '' poor :ll«Wtili-''^'5''^''- Melghan was general traffic man- ager for thelBingUng Brothers Cir^ cus for 15 years. He was also vice- president of the St. LquIj# and Han- nlbar RallroWK^',';;',y';^-^^-y'- */■ • 'Surviving ■y(»<^.'y,'Kte,,,.w|if<),.^'^^^^ ;a' dhughter. ■ ' ■. • ' '^ ■ r^'^ '' : ■ ' Albany. Sept. 25. First of new Supremo Burlestiue Circuit shows did |5,700 in six day* at the dapltol theatre, 'Which is being operated by Max Rudhick and Edwin W. Rowland. Whereas the number • of women patrons .could be counted on hands when l i ii i Bqf wa>- the ■ state, the Midwest ''XContim«6d^'ir«H^ park. There are to .lii -flO. Coney island concessions. Charlotte Simmons, of lOujopean opera and the I'hiladelphia grand opera, to join the San C^Iq Opera Company in Clii< ;igr». Doroliiy .Soutliwoith, from Knt^- land. piclied for po.ssitilc lilm mati'- rial. l>y I'niver.sal. Cliar-^es of indecency in m;iny of the peci* .sliow.s .at the l'".'ur v.cie made in a report to the .Juvenile Protective As.sn. by its executive dl^ rector, .Jessie II. 1'.inlt.fd. Ali(>e .laulowsiji, winner of tli<- World's I'aif contest for MLsih Chi- cago. giv( I, a co^ti^a^. With, the Ziegfeld Follies.' ' ' .Jackie Cooper ;ind the Schlld- ki-aut.s jias.scd ihrougli town. .Jinimie Diir.'into appeared at the l''air for two days." Betty I.iiiley. ajipeirlng vviili '.Vo More Liidics' in <'hicag<>. received ,i divorce from her husband. Maron George von Rischlawy, I'olish noble- mam^ V:: COMING SPRING . <Cc»htlnued ^ifihB^ marriage away from the girl he- wants, and then starts comiilainiii;; that she sees no evidence of any off- spring to perpetuate the fnn>ily name. Non-productivo bride does ;r >blt of philandering, groom, still ye^iis for tire girl he «*«iiti'd to marry, and she. in turn, is loved by the younger brother. The two brothers have both been Interested In a girl Who w«»rks In the drug- storo and when she winds up In dis- grace and leaves an 1 llegitimate ch iikt d^ teated a» bolong[lng to; the gobd :o^d t4i*i»iy, town. It end» up wtth'iicp^d^ being put vin.ittW.'.fiteCiBv'' ■■'7':''V- '-:'i- Meager mateirihi, but hot a» t»oi(>e^ leas as the sy«opHi». sound*. Bai^- beth Pattierdon in 'the tole of tho family drudge la fur^lnff in an out- standing i)erform.inoe and-Opftnlns night she definitely d«>8erved her s(do curtain call. Owen l)avi.<, .Jr., as the juvenile was the real sur- prise of the cast, giving a refreshing |)orfrayal of a cle.an. sincere New lOngland lad bewildered by his lech- erous surroundings. Thuiston Hall as the pompous judue who war; re- gardetl as :i man of wisdom l)ecause lie .always kept liis mouth shut, .also turned in a cap.vble p< rform.'ince. Author h.is livtMl anumg the llint- hearted. (Jod-fearing, h.irsii people of northern Maine long enough tO have caught the atmosphere without losing the tinderlyin^ tenderness that ocra.sionftrty. fcreO;^- to the; sur- face. His comied^y i^Q^iieli Were far ahead of Ills averagcit 4i^mid of plays but the plot, for thle dais and age, lookf /a bH/ jUke a^^^^^ hb* earlier dayi'With tKift litiHodriima de- I.-ted; : X*ff1>cy. ing yearly events. Spect.irle is tlin watchword of these productions, and as sue h they have utilized the hills and natur.il .surroundings to tlieir fullest extent. Reiiihardt ccmtrib- uted a march of 600 men bearimc lighted torches duWn ; SOO-fnot mountain. It w.is Inriiirosslve, but nothing to bring the audlenoo to ^ feet. Outside u( that one cotitrlbU- tion- the i)erirdnii9,nco differed Hlllo frtun the mftriy prpdutitianf/or tha same play as offered by 4miUl|geM. BiKge«t di*>ai»l>4tAtm«wit of th« evening wiM the ttil.ll4t work iitaged by Theodore Koslbif. it lajo^ed all Bembi«j>eo of «icnnlti6n 'mtHi waa little els© than a group of Jumpiiig youii^ lad|((M familiar .to ait follow^ erti of poWsreeis.' : Holo dances by Nlni Theiladie ^^ere. Well recolvtMi. Mtsii. iriie|lii0«i bretUtfhV here for the i>iay. dNfilByed a' technique abovo average. ; Acting honors were taken by Walter C<»nn>>ily as 'Rottom,' I'hilip Arnold as '(.)beron,' Mickey Itooney as 'I'uck.' St(>rling Holloway a.-* ■|''lute.' William lleru'y and (;»'or|.;o Walcott as "Uemetrius' and 'Lysan- der.' Ii'ratik Reidur .is 'Quince,' Olivia »le Havilland as 'Hermia.' h'velyn Venable as 'Helena' and .ItJiie Haydon as 'Tit.i ni.i.' Production is a jtroniotion from which it is lioped Mie world will reali/.»> tliat California is iMiltured. C. of C. contribute,! $.^iO.0Ol», and aiu)lher 5;.''>().()0() was raised l>y coji- tribulions fi'oni society h-aders. I'l.av will run live days |n ItullyWood, live in S;in l?ra.nci«c0 and three ;11|» 1 '.erkeley, Lo<-al engagement, though costly, : should show a profit. Rental for the bowl, including the orchestra, is $10,000 for the flvo days, plus a 5% of the gross. Relnlia«dt gets 12r>,009 for .; tagiiujt^v' Salaries for the prln> cipaw'^fl^iiilie^ ti.20o for , Ci^nHeliy way anil^ '¥i«jl Ifenabio. and tiH eaOh for'the other prlhcl|>nls. ; Other frxp<;ndlturefi, incl}idiAi; ad*;: yeftlHlniir Tind coniitrMiction on- thf l>owl stage, will, riin close tu .ll&.QOi,, A goodly expenditure to satlipfjtft^ lywood'.s esthetic leaning. ' .v. C^iARLBS ASH Charles Ash, age 50, formerly of Charles and Heft-n Asli, died at the N.V.A. lodtfOt ^r» nac. of a compll-, ca ticm:''.fittkdinaeH:''Idl^ '9»Vi< nry\y:^l-7'P\y%-\' -^' ■, ttii w^'tb; the lodge two months ago from hla hotne, "Wilmington. Del. lie was * yeiy >»^il-known vaude- CtNlSt Burglars ransacked home of J. .M. Nicholas, of Metro tech dept., and stole $1,000 in gems. Joseph Wild* 06. financial writer, lea|)ed to his d<E»ath . from a, bridge In .San DlegO.-.' ■ Hoi Slnidn. rated' a roulti-mt lllon* uire 28 yBain ago, is W4irklh» tt^ an In extra in Hljnii. Oogo tHttiyB sued foi; dlvorpe I^. A. by Harry f*^ Overbi^ck, Jr. > Robert Mandel. •6t Chicago, chair x«im. of J^he_ boardj of_ Mandel Brosi,' Hepartment stores owners, has bought the late Marie I)re.s.s1er's home for around $:?r>.ooo. Approval of acctjunting and dis- tribution of the $450,000 estate left by tJeorge I'.eban has l»een made in L. A. by Superior .Judge Wood. Mary A, Dupee. who descril>e.s herself as n, double for Marlene Dietrich. dem.in<rs $2.'i,000 of Albert and Marie Koth, as d.image.s for alleged injuries received ir\ auto lloliywond. .S.-pt.. 17. C'liliif'tly Jh tu o ;ii:tM liy \VTlli:iiir .StijiUp. ..lM-;ir«J «f|th' itius.i.' l.y l-Vlix *lfn?lcij<Hi.}in. I lirPctK"! by ' Max K<Miih,ii-ii(. <'(iMiirii>-H li;, M ix Mi'f I...! At]t;i'li s J'tulli.M-?i\i)ni.' ^ii Wvcsli t .lir- h- I I..V i:irnr Nil.idn. '11 - U,r>' lvi>.sli,fi', li.iUi t ni-t.'iliT. I'iCHi-nlfil l,,v -ho Ciiliriipnl:i 1''".s-l ivitl .\ss pci:il ion. Ci.st. hn l.tiilnc. WilM.-iiH l:'iirnuiii, Wlili^on II' niy, (!»orKP Wirii'(>lt,, 1>« KrIc'kMm. Ki-.-nk IJi^l<-h<T. I-'rt.nk .Siilly. WnU»T <'im- I1..11.V. SI-rlifK,' ll..Il.,w;>y. Otis tl.irl.m. "M M:iMi.n\. .Mi. Ii.icl \ rlia K y. ,l;i"i|iH^ljnir ill!. Witt. l-'ranccM-a MiHKKiiilli, <(livlH. ,l(v JlitNfllMnii; Kvblyft : V^nnl>t<>. J'li 1111* A rftul. t, JiH I., ^my^iitilj ■; .11 ii-key rtor,nf..v, NJnl. TlipM.n4«. Piartck; WiiKe. ■V.-r.i .iHtfahhuViu-, ■■. ■ HolIyWoOd'4'CUUarat bi(l Ki>1 away to ;i niaghlficent-stort.' It is-dotibt- f 111 if any tlvi<> Htldertaklng fever had .such ci.Mss supp,ort as this Max Ridnhar.lt eiToi t. In the tirtturfti setting of Hollyw(y<»dHQWl. W.060 1ieo,plo cramirted anfl ;jammed their Avay to see the i>|n y and m ing le w It h thO Cc>lebai. Tnoir: iufldslty must hitVe Ik-en iwtfcrled^^ Not So their cultural de.s^tix% ^ tor 'Midsummer N:ightv 'h^oVe4: Ifim Vbe^r :;.t.han. ' a commewcemfnt; : .oiiereiMe ti«? l»e»H?nt! ot the ■1 ■-■ VaSs;ir Without chain. : Relnliardt had. been i.iilvii i directors of4^*»m^-tm end of t^allfoniia to the otJier^—the. l).'Kkers beinuT v.irious ■Mow.spai)er.i and the .st.ite Chamber of Commerce—as the worM's stag- ing genius who would show C;ili- lorni.! wli.it spi'r>i;)i-lo re;illy i.s. Ueiidi.irdt w.is sujiposed t(> do this within a 10-(r;iy rehears.il period. Cnliforiil.i is used to al fresco entert iiimii iit with such famed pro- <luctions .IS the -I'lli^rimi ■(• IM.iy' •Mission I'lay.' the Heuvt lMi;c;int i*'»'»n St^tlngf paijoatti,. l^a- CContlnilied frt»m page 65) of the remainder unable to afford sliow-golng. They s.iy the winl»'r spottihgs will be away from tho, m.iin arteries, but the smaller ho^iMlii " in the podrer residentis^l nabe« ap4 pear not to have been consider^ Relief Continues Ciiy and state appear committed to the relief pay to actors well into the ivjiA(«ir«; S|tfl(gestl0n to place th^ «lffii!nArM itii pia^s bif lafffer «lT»aclt> than scluxil auditoriums is .ipi>ar- ently inspired by the surprisingly largo attendance drawn by the out)**!, door performances, which continiiHl^ but W hich W ill 1 >i^ f ore ed' i m ii niofr il soon. Hcouting agents for the CC camp shows h.avo mapped out booking* that could continue for ono year, with' the 1 'S^^^ camiMi thrbUghOut tha coofitry opunted In. Data has been g.-ithered In the hope th.it the gov- ernment will continue to finance lha camp^hows longer than, now sched- uled. Camp showr pjr(»je<;i Is date<i for tliree months, with the CG camps clo.slng down In NoVeml>er In th» n<»rthe:istern and middle AtlantlO area. Po.ssiblc, however, that South- . ern camps will-be -or<i#r!|Nl: C throiigh^the'wiriten/vy^ Shows are baiied oni six perform- ancr-s weekly. Hut ,i.s most c:imp.>» ire virtually emptied over the week-end—With mOst men going t# . their homes from Vr\^y\ junitl Mon^ day-i^aiex airie ItNi^g tti^fahge^ in adjacent conmiunille.s to fill in tho week. Just wh.it town siutts .aro beiuL,' clio.s. i) h.i.s not been rep()rted on. Work on tjieiiti:^ in iho can»pi^i is rjipldly befnr <^fim|iiw*ti^dv^^^^ already have atiiWtof'ittm(«^-^;:^^ swimming pofds. '■■'■U'-.. • ViA V.:\y\i' Itootlie i8.:vto(,'geiieral charge t»f tjie.^ city^<stat« ahd tho c;cc fiiirtflt* wft|&> atiindhs J^iweot directing the camp units uiiilor Bobthe. Latter Is galliering the 1 data on the proposed <l.uk theatres and armory l>ooklngs isind Will mako tho final rec(mi9W*^»iittl!i ■ tib thi .■ij>ayor,VV ' Oho vnudevjlie I'inlt for the camiii.s» is in rflre.irsal. Kirsi show of thi.n l.vpe will be sent out as an exj>er|- ment. aiid if t)i«r p^rtf^irmiinre I* liketU citlier vaude uhlts will brt ijJtlded, Cn mp project w ill be com- f '''> uidts In all, ' - . '"; ' J)o-.l' LETTERS ...V.I'^H 'or .MiiU to VAKIKTV A(lilf4>f.s Mil 11 rt«>rk. •;*»*Tr,\KHS, An\RI(Tl.s|N(i or C;iK( 1 l .tU I.KITI Its Ull I NOT IIK AnVICK'IlSKIi HH.nk,s K 1/ ru i? ^ Will f M.Tiiii'lt Aim Ki'.ol.' l.'i,.,l k d'Auvergu4i VmU T^#',»t(lifH«»>«i''v.;_..