Variety (Oct 1934)

"Tuenday, Oc-tober SO, 1934 iff T » O O R S No Govemmental WiWhIniSllph, Qct. ., iMiaiKos tliat tho K'>vV^rnmcnt Is prcpaV'^W ImpoKO a code on the <artiiwernt'nt parkH, i)i)*>Is and bcat lios vii vc etnphatlcaUy denied today by Deputy Afltnthlstrator William P- FnrnKWortli as the National Asso- ciation «)f Amust'niont Parlts. I'ools iUld Hoachos moV)ilizo<l for a linlit yith the Nfttiom^ljjecavery Admin- ■'iBtrntlon.^-';^-^.;.; , A'->■"' ;'v. h/ Empliasizing that he la slandlni? l&y tlio ilccixion roaolicd last spring ; when till' park c-od«> vas tossed In a assured btxiraioni tlijit has no intontloh of conipellins adoptloh of a fair compethlon pact and hns not t;ono baol^ on its promises to leave the problem of oullawinj; un- :'Tf aiffV..p> f! i L Hj i{^*ii ''yi»'':.i ! »-. ' ':|l>ii :.| i iauB.ti y- ;^ jtsoif/ :.':vv;;";;:V'--:-- •.^■■/■^r^;- 'The cod« esominllitcHS or the a««o- clation knoWi,,tS© m«ttiem sec- tion is not irotrtif to Impose a code •nd also wust know tliat any steps to forniulate a cod© for. this indus- try wbald isc Ukeii vy tl^U diviak^ ^Th members of tlie committee h*.V6 mbt connnunieated with me about .' the matter at all.' V The li^te^t scare of park, pool, and - t**aeli opafiittorti 1» believed in rov- i" ment clreleii to hftve resultea en- tirely from a mlfttfndeTStonding' of a routine letter sent out by the NltA " notifying industry niemi»ers that tlie -•9(dO hftJi been abandoned but that ment Apreement. The PRA. which . Is entirely voluntary in nature, was Vused a year apo to speed up oodi- . flcatlon and fnake inroads into the iin^roploym«m'|i#cp^ ipe- v. ieiflo compactB eottltf >e negotM^ ' This kpreement merely gtlpulaited minimum wapes from $12.50 to $15 ' wecJjily in cities of different popu- -^latloii fi^upn and Bpeclfled- that i •igfieni: WoiiW: , i»rort«- «mpi0yce« ■ gettlhB un««t tis iwWwts^ Wore than . 40 hours. ^ Altl»oui,'h Nit A remained mum. in tome circles there was speculation (Bver the possibility that the 'threat' Kid been inaitiitifiict«r«d l^ithln the ' industry to increase membership in the N.A.A.P.r.U. and that the mis- understanding of the terms of the V PKA might not be entirely accl- i :#eiitiBili CtoVcimment executives said . . the^ wer« e^nifldOttt: tfto l*tteif inbout til* PliA had been misinterpreted :|ta[d the apprehension arose from \~litck of familiarity with the terms Of thl« 48;reement. Sx^preuiHg t.MW(^^ that the trade a8sok»latlwi w)ufti oointW^^^ to . expand and become a more eflleiont organization, Farnsworth explained '■ his reasons for dropping the pro- ■ posed park-pool rbcaeh code .and Virged members of the inidlilirtSnr; 'to^^ -r stanij) out unfair coi •', tlirouKb voluntary efforts. "The real task of the association V is not to light the NKA l>Ut to bo td\'jstaiii .Wftl«t!A(^i^^ :. utcH cilmlhatinR the eompetitivc y advantages now enjoyed by mti- y. nieip.'illy owned resorts and amusc- ;. ments whicli generally pay no taxes V ;&nd ;hQLye ]oiMret^<^t'<(Kl^^ ;;-|-^.HtiniBr:..cosi(i." ■■■ ■ ' ^.■'■■C"'"-: • "The park - pool-beach rbde Was ahandonetl prineii)ally because we ■ of the NRA realized the unfairness ••' ;<>< Asking coninieri ial operators to vm i u tm ' ■ytM»«. ,"iMftd- /shorten hourftvun^ ii; klitt: - Ihunieipal con»|»etltoi*ii Were willing to make a similar con- tribution. This was the major rea- ; sons wiiy the government was will- ing to turn.the pfoWem of correct- ing abuscv 6t ttltor kn4 tinf&lir. cbm- > iwtition oV<^ '^',Syri'tit^ Btahdfng by that position^' ;i^;^>. -'^ ' ■ $300 FINES iV ;v Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 20. .* i. v!^^ treasury of the city of Little the extent of ■■:^:;'^^'jfi'1mcii''-'^ by 18 employfieB ',. iif two carnivals playing T^lttlc Tlock •*'<the week closing Saturday (20). ' Five women included In the raid ' were charc«<i with Indecent ex- ; |H»8ure, but 4jf i)M tiW^n irerc convicted of gaming or exhibiting ;: gan^lijig devices. The equipment ivf^s i.Y. STATE FAIR nd '86 Dale Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 29. The 1935 New York Stale Fan- wil| open on August 31 and continue UM?0Uii^^^ ^ 7. it was iiht nouhce4 . |b^^ H. commisifeitier of agrleulttirt'. hert-C^ attend a me-tin.i,' o" the State jStfr Industrial Exliibit Autiiority. Industrial Kxhlbit Auth(/ri(y named ChavK'Kot^- Chapman of ^,yra- cuse pi-esidV'nt to succeed' the" laic Charles H. White of Tonn, NeW ex- ecutive eeniniitlee iiirludes: Col. Henry U. Ihewster, Syiaeuse; .Mi;:- Vera McCrae, Ne>y York; T- Arthur ptlVer, Chotenitgny, ati* fc^ HL-^Siirt* man, Yonkers. Authority will move immediately to obtain fumis from the Federal Public Works Administration to finanee ir^tlo** of ^^j*^ horticul- tural building, faitm ; implements building and pure I f^od exhibits building. Kstimated <*(et Of th<- three is $600,000. ■ Chi Fi^ Fla^ tft IMO^^ in 1934 AffMiist 22 MUlions in 193$--- Black Forest Only ViUftge JCALjE$ WIN Still CANADA EXPO'S ! : Chicago, Oct. 29. Century of Progress for 1934 will run approximately 33% below that of last year's Fair, based on e«ti- mated atiendahca dgures and gen- eral epeiiding within the grounds for e^terlee and anttisements. Last year's attendance clicked ' off 22,000,000; current session will hit about 15,500.000. AAd the expendi- tures within the groKinds last year figured |l.lT |«r |NMn^ while this season it ilrift: iiiw |tMt Ightly under $1. ''■■■■:<.■'.■;■ ':' On a survey on expenditures made on Sept. Zt, 1933. it was ihown that in 124 dajra In il88 the concessions grossed close to $22,000,000. This year the survey running to Oct. 20 for the 146 days since opening last May 26. the total expenditure Within the gronadit WAS |i4.Btt,BlS. Add j^l^ed oii the center of the Mid- w«if^ f)iftiif«| p^t ||j5a,8W. While thie 'ftttr^'prnti^ over ©ii iM teiand. it ■ haa :m^0Ui»^-:':'H9Jm:- mf^': to Oct. 20. "■■N>-: • i*ioe»rtl«ii»p:vv Ho^irever, des|f>ue thei^e eeripu;s de- creases frotii last yea** In m^iny cbn- cessiiins, there are other items which show actual increases over 1933. These include both shows and , \Ullage«. For.ihijt^nce,. the. 8j>.ec.iivt ie^ shwir. 1!«^«* '0f ii^ clicked to $175,673 while this sea- son the figure is up to $220,518. Tliis .show has received the best of iievvspaper notices and ; wprd-ofv mou t h. commeht: > bit Itt really spiehdid pageaijit oif UiaMeiKNPtatioii. Atiother upper fe the Midget vil- lage which last year was a winner at $173,031 and which on Oct. 20 thi«i'''8eBBoh'tiit ■i4f^54^.:^ This year the big money-maker was the Guess Your Weight scales which have already garnered a nifty 1182,663. Spread all over the grbuhds the aewkw «re lh« only carney items which are not segre- gated on the island and therefore have been getting a flite : play throughout the exposition., All the above figures take care of hold-oyer concessions. This year saw the addition of other conces- sions, most of which are Villages. to that perhaps two million dollars for ebfh taken In at subconcesslons Hardly possible that any of these ' Ottawa, Oct. 20. Although the giBi:te (ind flrrandsta nd receipts of the Central Canada K.\- hibltlon exceeded the take for last year by $7,601, Ottawa's annual fair thifii fall Just broke even, due to varioue bttildtfig repoilre.; Gate receipts totaled 123,834 for the six dayff, while the-grahtlstand show brought in $2O,6t)0 which, in itself, was an increase of $5,121 over 1934. "Wages and salaries paid to temporary employees totalled f 12,- 000, while $25,000 "vtras thci listed ex pendfture for prize money, v . ' Chi,.*<?entury' Pageant ■ :.J^'y:;.::yTprCoast for Fairs : : Chicago, Oct. 29. Plans are hot #or the moving' of the click 'Wings of a Cehtuiy' jpiig- eant from the Chicago World's Fair to several dates on the west coast. Tran9portation pageant needs a ealt of i!S(^ jilus actual early steam- boats; -iecowiotly**^ .::; wagons iahd coaches, and therefore at least 10 acres of groimd. Negotiations are on for both the ,San Diego and San Frahelsco fairs, but meanwhile the t O wi^r a t hink -they reipiilar show« In such «ip<^t« as fle- attle, Los Angeles and S.an FraA- risco for the regiil.'ir linnie-townert?, 'Wings of a Centur' siiow wa.(l a heavy two-year winner in Chi, . over which the Fair has no control and the absolute total money inside the grounds hits tRUybe 116.500^000. This i« bawd oh jua iiUe^ to 06t. 20 of li.S41,0fT.' ' But the real story of the Fair Is seen not in the total figures but in the grosses secured by the various concessions, particularly those Villages will come out on the right side, excei)t perhaps the Black For- est which hae- hoen running far ahead of the other Viliagefi with a total take to Oct. 20 of l38t,837. And there won't be much profit In that for a Village that is estimated coist $250,000 to erect and the operatihg cost yjit t<(* |^ • .'■. ^■■• "Chidtgo. Ocf Carney nniggs never give up hope. Another attempt is being made to organize the canilval field Mnder vt||i(^^- tag e^,>l^inertcj»n C^ Asfoefa^* Hon, Ihe. Behind the movement la Max Cohen, general counsel, with headquarters In Itochcster, N. Y. Mimeograiihed letter over Cohen'* signature has .gone out ,to every carney own4E!|i^".MHil '^Iimig9t\ ^kihg V'. theim to Attend the first annual meeting of the association to be held at Toronto starting Nov. 25. This meeting will be held in cpn- . junction with the antitf^'; get td* \ gether ol thei Ntttional AeaoictfUicA v' of ' Amusement i*erkR, Pools ' Beaches, the International Associ(i<f .H; tion of Fairs and Expositions a»4;'.': the Canadian .Association of FalifegJJ Which held over firdM last year. A i Midget Village riii;#eond and the perfect understanding of tlie dif-| Italian Villiige Is third with $191,431 ference between 1933 and 1934 may | at which gross it Is a loser by a be seen in the gross of the Streets of i wide margin. , A Salon's Vacation Charlotte, N. Cv, Oct. 20. J. Sherwood l*pchurch, of Jtftielgh, state legislator from Wake county, .answered the troupers' call and joined the Ringling clrcu* at Ashc- yirte !to'r.Vi8it on the show through Tennesiiee, Korth CWollna, Qeoir^ifa and Florida until the riose of* the season. He was once on the show before entering politie.-^:. and take.s his annual vaentlon of two weeks ae guest of officials with the circus. Notes of ^1^ Fai^ Fair officials claiming that the lu st publicity they got Was froni out of towi^ newspapertnen i^riting In their home towin-pfiper« 'itx^im the Fair after viaitlng it. . Margery MaxwelU Of the tlhleago c.rahd Op^ra, eingtiik ft thevFair. Fair aehieycd the" 16.O0O,4Q0\ a^^^ mlttance mark, whleh was the dum- ber set for clearing the $10,000,000 doH.'ir bond is-'^iie. Kufiis l»awes to be( (iiiie prcsidt nt of tlie Mti.v<niii of S»:i'ru< .-ind In- dustry tn Chlcopo aifter the Fair eloaea.' Paris, the Greyhound Bu^ liipes and the skyrld.ei- ihree'litife' -^itpmerfs- of last ye*r.; . ■^■'v-CX'^J's--'' ■■■ GompariMni ■ In 1933 the Streets of Paris cracked all ttspositldn records with • cos^ Wae: ttttiUHftized in 1933 and the a gross III' iM days of $1,236,409, op^^htfili' lwifet this yenTP Was held This year, the Streets of I'aris! down. grossed $182,555 in 146 days. An«l ! Morrie Kn^iland Is a brutal red that 182 grand is not a small figure sj)las]i f<ir a Village that cost over Streets: of Paris. comes next and loses Oil additional building costs for this year and he.'ivy operating exi)ense. Belgiiuu $11.S,000 will mean a Profit this year since the when compared vith the other takM around t!h•^«lt|^ this season. In 1933 the Skyride, which can't get off the nut, totalled $602,537 to Sept. 28. To Oct. 20 this season the ride registered. $345,236. In 1933 the GiSBy hMii i li : ijwg^ -Miieg'' earied enough tired giuns to click of |i,257.148 for the period stirveyed; this year the figure hits $812,344. Belgium Village in 1933 hit a wal- loping $482,000 and this season takes Old ffe id elburg regiti^iit^ant fed $808,990 worth Of people in 124 days In 1933; this year in 22 days additional has clicked off little more than half of that figure at $19S.S38. $300,000 atid which grossed only $120,30^v <iiily tW^ that held up this Village at all was the Globe theatre and its Sliakespeare tabs. There are many concessions .and Villages which have marks so low that they have refused to allow the Ifair tp release their figures. Iluge losses were sustaltied by Irish, Colonial an<l Spanish vllla.res ni>ne of which will even get near return- ing their original Investments. And over on the Midway ;the ride s and red hblse win fihish the sea*»oh bathed in carmine. l>ut tiie boys n< ver give up hope. They are already talking of rnayb< Among the amusements, the Fly- ; another Fair here next year, or of ing Tttrni: whirled in a j moylhr^o :Sah 13^^ ^Siiiti.Vtm^. $l3f>,988 and this year it's $03,416. cisco. Itopo BpHng« eternal hi a IviPt season the Cyclone Coaster, roncesslpnaIre's heart. Al Barnes' Widow and Jake Newman Ippp^ New <-r'l^ Ahi^eles, Oet. 20. CorporatlOh papers were filed liere by the Great Western AnirrtHl Clr- cuiir;: k^#rir;:^,«eit> **aded::rhy>;lii^ Jane Barnes, widow of Al C B;jrn*'.s. with Jflike Newman, ono-tim.e man- ager of most of the railroad'irtb^ws in this eoMOtry. . ■ ^ nana'/ire' te^ hftve a ■ new show ready for the road by spring, 'with the operators undecided Whfther it will take to the read (.\er the macadams or as a railroad unit. .V'/, ■■•^ Understood that 4eei<ite the cor* porate title, thow will eerry the imioiihtftil if 'Al O. Harne.--' will g,, <,ii fi,, n;irne. That title was scild to the |{iM,(,'liiigK al<*ng. iWlUi the IJarniWs.; show pi o|.eijtit:,f!' seyeral years . ago. , \Vli^n^^:fc idled two; ycni'M hgo» he iert' hISj. Widow :i vi/.< ;il.le fnr- tuno. Newcircu.s will li;<ve to start from M faleh as the iJarnes estate ret.'iiiied ;io slimy piopcrties, iJn- derf)t6t»d yjt'-wrmiin *a>lter, Mo, ivitlrih the next tnonth to tr.v', and Work out a deal v.ith Mrs. William Hall, widow <if 'Kin moiid JilU.' buyer i}t l,'ahkriy>t,. cir-: e.uffep, trt it^rifif* or btiy soigne <tt tl^*' Kobhins:' JinW'., f|oirnt»r' fjiros.;, anil othef enuj|iment she how liai* ijVh her tMmL ■ and Exhibltj^na, all <i(j WW^ simultaneously with the ' Toronto Royal Winter Fair. (letting the carney boys logethei^ is an old idea, but It's an idea that has never succeeded. AssociatiQA. is organised 'for the purpose of pre* moting the interests of the carnival industry,' but the boys in the racket could never sec it as an industry. Only thing they see is that each trlek must do anything to beat the rival outfit to a ci>vete^ fair or i<imflu Sffeing the Malen For years the boys have talked of dividing the country up into dis« tricts and naming certain fiariiiOg for ct^t»i!H territprlea., fahr fttMt«( h&ve done. Btft lilrgiii as the map Is drawn up and tho apportioning begins, the boys sud» denly remember an Important Ffiif date ia c|M>9 And they start cuttinjf each othSii^i thrbiit trying to grab tho date. Charter members of the associa* tlon aro Heckmann & Gerety'a World Best Shows, Conklin'e Ail Cahadian" fiihiowie. Johnhy J: j[«H4i' Expositien Shows, Mighty Shecjley Midway and the World of Mirth Shows. It is worthy of note that the liubin and Cherry shows and the '|£i«ie|:^^ps«»#«^ Griiberg fs ip«^4«^ not meni- bers of the alisoclialtloh. Besides the Gruberg shows there are several other Important carnles which wouldn't toueh the association with a 10-Coot pole. There's eviden.tly, something about the carney i^cltet which doesn't permit any organizn- tion, and the new attempt is generally 'admitted among ihi\ out- door showmen as doomed to failure* DONAHUE SLATED FOR . ■■SCKlBi^^Qct. 29.' ^^pe Dona hMe. te ji^Wg for^^^ the RliigJing RrotHii*8^Clrieii«r ' I..il<ely that he will st.ay in .'iiirl become the «ucces.sor for the Jaie GeiGn:ige.'!.itfeighori.>; ■■ ' ■ ICarlari, la;, Oct. 29. y. When business men here put oh ll two-day ean^ival, cirrus and jam- Ii'iree, til- V fir^'ured tliat Shelby . county residclvts might Just as well . share in the box office; '.prot^it^^:'-' f^ffliJBjammoth iK^ KntcHftlnrheht, cohtestft and all went over $l,00n. Just to give all a goo<l start home-i . ward and to pep them up. more thani. too turkeys, ducks and clileketVa weriB 'Irelpaficd slmult.'inejMj.siy^^^ the busincRs *eetlohv :gr?tVbe]hi'IiK!^coinl^^i^ owhei^v■ -■ ■ • ■ iiiiiiiiii'i>>iii mii .V"i.i./i'ii' 'liv^jiv1.11 ii;I iV,■ ■ : VARIKTir Adrfrr** MiilfrClM*. rOfrrr.ARn?" ai»vkhtii*I'n<j or Clliri I .^IC I KITFH*i wil l NOT IIP. \llVi:ilTISKI» I.KTTKKS .ADVKKTIM.!) O.NK ItiSl i: ONL-V in r>r*-wtia,r<f, Vtr'jfti;'; . ,t*rf'y Foii«' Alfr'H- •* ,: