Variety (Mar 1935)

VARIETY WedneddA^, March 6, 1935 Stock Md (Continued' from -page 6) Group managed tb flnieh the week jHonday (4) with : a gain of nearly -r4hree-quartera -of ~ft-'PoInt-4n -the^ averages; In comparison with; this fine showing, the Dow-Jones indus- trial averages fell to 102.B8 at the tlose for a losis of 0,66.: Except for the marked Btrerigth in Unal trading daysr averages for- the Amusement . Group practically du- plicated the movement of tha pre- ceding-'Week. As In that, period the high was .27,and-low wap jceglsterpd at 2B%. The. marked difference be- ■ tween the weieks was that last week the group wound up at 2ft% and well above 'the previous week's close. Like the whole mart, activity fell oft, only 134,3 00 eha. res exchanging . Kahds.-■ •-" " ' The. big push In eplumbla Pic- tures certlflcsttes was largely re- sponsible ^or the, splendid showing ; Of :the ,12 "anwseineritsi:. It " forged ahead to- "new tbpa'^on successive days'; fliially hitting '44^^ 611 Mbn"^ day, which Is a new high for 1934- . '35. This issue fell bit. to 44 at the close, but eyien at this lieyel it sport- ed a gain of slz .pblnts. : , ; • Indicative <»f the.activity was the ._:fact^that;^itjnade: tlila Jspejctacul.ar. climb On volume nearly ias large as _ Iioew's: coinmon. . _It was just 400 shares below "lidiew's In . point' of transactions, 1T,400 shares of Co ~lqiHbtaT*lx^ch.aTigIng-hanr vAnbth^r good mover was<Pathe A, which .cllmbed;i% points to 15in antlclpatloii Of the stockholders Vbt- ing for a rfeorganlzatl.on plan, which they did Monday. The low for this . .Issue- was- 13%, but 'It went up steadily: after this sho^ of weak- --ness early in the wieek. The peak, prlpe .w'as . $16 per share. In - con- trast, the; Pathe common slopped off ; .to 7Bc. a- share, or a quarter of a point from thfe low ebb for a934-'35. As with the Class A stock,; this-trend undoubtedly was in anticipation of the okay in reoirganlzatlbn. Consolidated Film preferred was a iBtrong'feature in final .sessions, - It . .surged up to 20%, and showed neat- ly a pbint . net gain at the closing ■ price of 10%. The cpmmon^^^^^^ : about held .its owh. .< .• ' ; There / was . considerable Invest ineht buying of Loew'? commbn re ported. The stock hit a top of 36% and never fell below 34%. The clos Ing level was 35%, Where it showed en advance of %. ■ There'Was quiet strength in eyi- deince in Radio Preferred < B trans- actions. The top was 43%; while - the /low- point was .41%,.- -Despite general market -weaknesSt this issue . finished off the week "at 42%; whcrfe . ..Jt_was a; fraetldnal gainer."". RCA's annuitl report showed net j .earnings on Radio B atock of $3.27 a .share, after caring for all dlvl-. dendis on .the .Class A . preference. Issue.. The annual 'statement also •revealed that there was consider-; able cash on hand—$ 21,600,000. rep- resenting casn, and marketable sS^" - curltles • avallsiblb to • the company. However, • the . offlcial. - statement . elalmed that; the accumulated and accumuiating dividends on Radio B - could-nbt-be-pald at-present-wlthout- Impairlns the corporation's workr ' Ing-'caplta;!—^ '-^—p: "■ ' ■ ——'i Marked upturn in Ptlrartiount liens Was reflected In; "part • by a small tlimb by Parahibunt" certificates oh —^-the blg-boar-dv--TJI>ls stock wound up the week on tbp at 3%, up, half a point on the week; lilttle oi' no interest was taken in m&ny preferred issues In the- amuse- ment division. ' M e t r o-Goldwyn , Mayer preferred appeared bh the tape for the first time in a: number of days, selling at a new low.fon the. year at 27 It was off three-quar- ters on a few transactions. Warner Brothers preferred was ' heavy the forepart bf the week, slipping to 17% before flnrling much support. But it finished at 19%, un ; changeO. The common was , down ': fractionally at 3%.;; " \ WB-U falk No Help .. Neither the 'Warner Brothers' is- ' sues pr .Universal preferred reacted favbrabiy to h'ews of Warners' re- ported purchase of .Universal.. Uni- versal was off 1% points at 36% bn ' ohly SO itransactlohs.. - •-: There '■ \vere;; no transactions : .in Eastman kodak preferred; Westing- house preferred stood firm at >4 I ioew's—prefei^ed-.—advanced-^rao • tionally to 104%. r.----:,-\-- \--/--^- Declaration, of the usual quarterly dividend of .15c by General Electric - ■ was ihuch as expected. It had a-nar- ■ " ; ipGW " trading range 'through-; the week, being .down fractionally, at the cIo.se, 23. Apparently the earn- •-ings .statenient,.-showing. 59o net on the common, was fairly well known. .This compared with earnings of 38c per share for 1933. ; G.B. i-eported net profit available for common stock dividends, after paying the speiclil stock dividends, -amounted-to-41-7Tl51,000-ln-1934-as compared with $10,856,000 , during . 1933. There wo:a ah Increase in . the ; number of stockholders, from J88,3.16 at the close of business in 1933 to li«,248 oh Dec. 28, 1934. ., t>Ivldend payment announced by . Cbliimbia Broadcasting'. Systeni; Inc., sent both .classe.s of stock lip about > point in overrthe-coiinter trading. The payment wlH be .40c perVshai-e on both classes of stock. The monthly shareholding reports JUeA. vvlth the_ New ..York stock ex-^ change listed Lbew^is, Ine". ' X "RbB-" ert Rubin, a director of that com- pany, ..waailftted^ias: haying . _500. shares of common on Jan. 31 this year. It also was revealed that Ru- bin bought .600 shareis!, of the same. Jan. 16. •' "■.... There was the smallest turhbvet of stocks in the past mohtli of any February, since 1921; .when .there were; far fewet shares Usterd: Vol- utiie rose to. 1,000,000 shares or mOre on only two days; During the month jndustrlai stocks receded 2%. itall shares fell back .10% and;the .utility sharejs also were .under heavy at- tack- -by,. the _JifiiEura. .AroU.aement Grbiip averages were off 0.354 net' dui:lng February^ or less than three-eights of a, point. - J.-.:-..:-,:, .:.PaF,!J-i«ns :Ur.' .;'.:_'j.".::;.-;,' Paraniount lleiis forged, ahead to hew peaiks Saturday and Monday in' antlclpatibn of the Pardmount-Pub- li± bbndholders' protective commit- tee's- favorable report-on. the "reor- ganization plan. Frank A; Vander- llp, . chairman, announced that - the committ ee had adopted; arid apr prbve^^HeT'plani "3rbnday. T4) JParamourit-Broadway 6%s soared fb a new l934-'35. top at 50% on Monday, closing at that level for a aln—of—fourT-poihtsrrrrPjtrMriOuntr- Fambus-Lasky 6s hit a fresh top at 75. They closed at 74% fbr an ad- vance of 4% pointis. The certificates of the same went tb the sariie t)eak price. At this pblnt they w-ere ahead six points at the close. Paramourit-Publlx 6%s. did even better, hangings, up. a ,:new.^l934.-*35; tbp at 75%.. These bonds showed a gain of 6% pbints. on the-week. Cer tiflcates of the sanie duplicated: the figure and were ahead 6% :.points at the finish. Patlie 7s, which have been called fbr redemption on" May ; l- at -$10i3 plus accrued interest, ' touched a new high : at 104. .They wound up at 103% for a gain Of 1% points. Keith: 6s- went .to 69, closing the week at 68%. "These Hens showed ah advance of. 1% points net. .General Theatre Equipment bonds stiffened to 7:%, where they were: up flve-^lghts. .Warner Brothers 6s were off fractionally at 52% Loew's 6s also made a new 1934-'35 top at 106. They' were ahead half a point at 105% at the finish. , Expected favorable action- on Pathe'a ;'reorganization plan, :.alsb was reflectied in .trading fbr. Pathe Exchange 8%, preferred stock in the over-the-coimterAmark^et. - The _bid price - rose. to'. 109 %,, whrch . was -3% points ahead of the closing quota- :tlon last week. • • jncbrporatioiis^ NEW YORK . Albany. ■ Sclilne UnitArprlMS Corp,t pioturos and theatrical bMSlneBi; capital : atoclc, 100 HhareB, • tio pat value, ■ Haward M, Antovli; Hannab Fahrer and Sadia Fear],; all of 1260 Sixth avenue. New Tork. T6»kvlll« rsp*rtloBa; Ino,T *WMB«in*ftt centers, etc.; catiltal stock, 100 etiarei. no par' value. Dorothy. Wexler, 250 We^t 94th- street,—Now-:Tork;:jrvln(f.-KoBeni. berg, 191S Southern Itoulevard, Bronx, and Bstelle: Forner, (02 Gmplre boule- vard, Brooklyn. : Eaatem Theotre Corp.i ploturea, etc.; capital stock, 100 aharea, no par value. Joaeph Wolowlch, 167S Sterling place; Jtose Kaplap, 1141 Preeldeht street/ and Mollle Slngerman, 1«8 Ocean avenue, all of-Brooklyn. ■; . . I)Mtroy Corp.t tneatrlcars 61 all kinds; capital, stock, 200 shares, no par value. Richard S. Petty, S12 .West lOCth street, New Tork; Marie D. Devahey, 22S 78th street, Brooklyn, and Bdna Ryaii, 43,5. 72nd street; Brooklyn, s ' Compo ; Radio .Corp.;';general radio business: capital stock, |6,O00.. BenJ. Feldstein,' Betty'CutleT and ;Iiouie Feid- stein,. all of 2q9 Broadway, New Tork. "Pehihilii Plctorea Corp.l pictures, etc.; capital. stock, 100 shares,: no par value. Alfred A. Thomas, 2107 Broadway; Vlc- torla-'Xiaah' and vWllUaih--Males; -WO Broadway, all ot New Tork.. " Audubon -Amuieiheiit,' Inc.;. .pictures, playa,: etc.: 'capital stock, |1,000. .. Freda Jaret,' Miriam M.. Rosenblum; and ' John G. .Zellner, all of. 16 Court street, Brooklyn. Casino Prddootlbna; Idc'.; pictures, etc.; capital stock,':100 shares, ho par value, June 'K. '• Rothman, /Betty Black and Klo.rence .L,;.Leiy,..all..of.J45.0.vBroRd.Wfty.. JTew lork. •■ Interstate nieatra Premiums,'.-Inc.t general .advertising.- and - -merchandising- business; capital stfick, 100 shares, no par value.- . Jean' Langua, Ben C. Asher anil■AMflmft.ty Malalana,: all of 110 West 40th street, New~York, T. ,0,, A«^.Jnc..| .theatrical. entertain- ments; -etc.; caplts;! stock, $10,000. John Camero^ij.- 40 .Wj-ckoff- street, Brooklyn Heights;. Powell Cclchton, 4 . IJurhdm road,.' Bronxvllle,' and Margaret S. .Hem- ingway, l>2-Garfleld -plaocEl', 'Iiynbrook, Xi. I, - Industrial Arts: ExpoeItlon» Inc.- oper- ate Industrial: expositions; capital stock, MOO.: ^Gertrude-B._Bryant, -7412 .88th road,. Woodhaveh; Mary B. Maloney, 233A Arlington avenue, Jersey. City, and James F.- X).Ufty, 2922 Grand loohcourse," Bronx;" Promotional Films, Inc.; motion picture cameras, etc.; . capital stock, 100 shares, no par value. - R. M. Savlnt, J. Mlchelson and Cell Bemert,. all of 1501 Broadway, New.'Tork. - CALIFORNIA: ^ - . Sacramento. ;:FUm Prodncte, Inc.; capital, 2,500 shares.' Directors; \ Andrew, ti.- Stone, O. A. Keith, liaurenoe Le Baron;: : Chaffey Co. (newspaper publishing); capital, 1,000 shares, 110 par, permitted to issue. 511 shares. Directors: Fred Le iBlond, -B.- N. Martin, U B.. Martin. Golden State ^odcey Clnb ({jOs Angeles county); capital, 1600,000, none sub- scribed. Directors: J. Dale Gentryi Earl Gllpiore, Alfred B. Green, AI J. Vnlack, Carroll A, Lo-w. Perkins Theatres Corp.; capital, $26,000, .none subscribed. Directors: Ralph B. Perkins, Laura T. Perkins, Lester M.: Per- kins, LuclIeB. Perktns, all of Alhambra. .;,^.:.y -iTExAS-vv;- '-^-;vU::"-.-: - Galveston..: Plains, Radio: Broadcasting Co., -Ama- rlllt);^ capital.JtocJc," $60,000; .telephone-; telegraph. Incorporators^ ' .Wilbur..: C. Hawk, Gene .A, Howe, G. W.' Camp. ■ OBITUARIES ELIZA WARREN EUi»"7ra'rtlBn, 70^^^^^ abtresses. to essay , role of 'Hamlet' .wlth-.J3^uccie3s,.„dled-jJajri. 20. In her Cleveland home after a, long illness; A leading Cleveland actress in the 'OO's, Miss Warreii >ya3 encouraged in stage-career ;by.uEiflle Elsler, . and became a pupil of Alfred Ayers. She played with E. li, Sothern and Adele Payne in Shakespearean plays fbr a while, her deep volcb'fitting her' for masculine roles, inid06 she tippk character roles In D. ^W. Grif- fith's first sllehts. In recient years actress devoted herself to dramatic school, lectures and directing^; . Miss Warren's ..full, naine was Eliza Warren Sutton.:^ HANS SANDQUIST Hans Sandqulst, 39, ^dUd: in St John's, hoispltal. Long Island City, Feb. 2^; of cphipllcatlohs fbliowlhg a falU bh the ice. He hai played with \Wlllard Mack, in 'Thiei Scarlei- Fox/ with Mary Boland ind others :anrd- 'Iroaden-his last'; appearttnco in^ VTheA^yorld Wa-lts.' ' , , : Bbrhnn~Sfbc1tHblm, he becaiineTiih American citizen and . was a mem-: beiM>i-4h«-^d-Nv^VrI:nfant^ seryed bn the Mexican border and in the~ Headquarters Cenipany 61" the 105th Infantry! during ; the World Waf. " Interment- • liii : thW ~: National Cethetery, C!yi)ress 111118, with ' military hbnors, . EDWARD O. SMITH ' ■ Eiwafd .ib^ Smith, 59, -veteran Ihe^" atre manager an'd former director of personnel at Metro, died Feb. 25 In Hollywood after: a lingering illness. Fbr: 20: yeBrs~deceased was-mianagi ing director for the Shuberts in Boston; in 1920 he opened Er-- langer's : Blltmore in Lros Angeles and later managed the Masph Opera House there. He then leased the El Capltaii theatre in .Holly.wobd and after. a- few: yearia at this stand moved over tb' Metro, whbre he rer. malned up to a year ago. His widow survives. many stories; in l^la year ahd^a half tn iI6liywoM 7h6 tWiie^^^^^ several screen plays. ' ' -BETTy, -BRICE'^ ■■ Mrs. Betty Pratt, 39, known <fti the stage and screen as. Betty Brlce, did Feb. 15 in Var^ Nuys,. Cal. ceasied appeared In Belasco plays and stock companies In, the east before enterliier pictures. ! Survived by her husband, John li./ Pratt, former concert singer. ADELAIDE FttZ-ALLEN Adelaide Fitz-AHen, ■ 7.9,. .who Jiad played In the sui>port of the younger Saivliil, .Boucicaulty Arnold "IJaly and others, died In a New Tbrk hos- pital. Feb. 2i5,-:of broncHiai piieu- .monicu. ''.; ; ■■■■■ ;-;'r-.■■,-; .■:-':':-■\' ' :: Most recently she has been on the air, notably as the Nancy ' of 'The: Witch's Tale' on WOR. " : Frank B. Mortbh, 65. died March 3 in New . Yorit. Funeral servlcbs ' today_i^ednesday)._atiPark:JW^^^ Membrial Chapel, N. tV Mortoii was formerly' of Morton lEHTd^lltottTgnd -rtbr^-r^eenti y with Morton Bros. •: . ^—^ JOSEPHINE (^ANiFIELp Mrs. Jpsephlrie Cahfieldi, In charg:e: of Equity's inemberiBhlp depattmeht, .dlfii_at_heth9.me. In .New^ urday (2) a,fter a week's illness. : prie was-49 ahdVa^member-bi!-the association since Its -inceptloh; 17^4 251i 37 105 5% . 4V4 -^4yC': ovi 62VS 46 . 4% 4m 8% 3t% 4714. Hlgh. Low. 7% ; 2H . 44% Summary for. Week Ertdlng Monday, March 4: STOCk EXCHANGE Sales. ~ 'Issue'ahd rate. 1,200 American Seat:,, .17,40O_Gol. P.-vtc. . '2,800 C onsol. Filni..^,. i,m Consei. Film. pfd. (%)t..... "TW .. .... . 79 , 2,800 E«8t*nan Kodak (6)... . 2,5d0 Fox Class A..;........ IVA 4tB,-iM Gen. Elec. . (60c).. 20H .17,800 Loew (2)........... 72 : 700 Do. pfd. (6%).... 21 .aOO Met-GMjBfd. (1-^ i% 72tn200""PaSirouifrctTls' HiBh. .......... C% ■ .-. 122>4 86H 104% ;27it iA)w.: Wfc : --as.. -L.; ,L Net- Last, chg. OH .-;.44- ,.-+.6,. *JL*JLXJr.* t V.li •JL*. ; %. '0,400 Pathe Exchange,'... -lovi-v r-6;300- i»ath6 ciaBS''A''.-4.Tn'.-7^.-;'.";;7;777 : 4% . 36,200 Radio Corp. V 28%-- - - -3,600 Radio -pfd. A (8%). .16 . 10,300 Radip.pfd. B........ 1^ T|600 RKO- •■'••**••••••'•'•'•••••• 4• 16% 30 'Universal.pfd.-............'...... 2% 80,400 Warner Bros. 16 S80 Do. pfd.... 27% 23,200 WestlnBhouse 82 20 Do. pfd. (3%): • Pius etocic extras.: high. _.t Paid this year on account of accuAiuIations. : iNe\v 1034r'3C CURB 17% 814 13 ■74% 100 60Vi- 75 7B: : '75% 41 '■:67".' Bid. ■: ■ 26 46% 109% : : 3% : .7% 1% 8%'. 61 . 86 . 80 .29%: 28%, 20%... 26. . . 85 ■: 18%' •40% Aslced; ■ 27% .: '*8% C.700 Technlooibr....... 800'Trnhslus '(10c)*'.., • s. 18% .8 . BONDS ?14,000 Gen. Thea, Eq. '40 - 7% 27,000..Keith 6s. '40.............V..... 09 .:2U,O0P Loew es, •41,.r:..........,....tl06 41i000 Par-Broadway 5%a, -'61...tnOli 182,000 iPar-Fam-Lasky es, •47;.......,..'t76 127,000 :, Do. ctfs.. ;.;.-.t76:' . 206,000 Par-Pub. 6%s,::*6.0................476% 571,000 Do. ctfs.,.; ......i....i.;t76% 00,000; Pathe:7s, '37i........,..........tl04 8,000 RKO debs 6b.... ........... 80 77,000 AVarner Bros. -Os, '39..i..,08% ^ OVER THE COUNTER, N.Y. 1!!% 67?i ; 104% 48 - -. 68% 68% 103 80 . : 61%.- 16 8 / ; .SHERMAN BRQWN ; ; .1 Sherman: Brown, 6 9^ for 41' yeairs nriahager of. the: bjayidsph -theitre, Milwaukee, and a nations,! figure in thelegitimttre fleidrdied at hls there : last ;Thursday (28) after a^ three-month illness. ; :' ■ .- Brown resigned as. mianager of the Davidson In 1930, when tliat the- atre changed hands, the managerial relns-^pfng -to • Ja-ines, Higlef. .Since that tlnie he has been employed by the..coUiity.:Rark jb.oard. .as. an :a88lst- -ant-^eeretar y. . — '' '.'■" ;■' ' Ho .is survived: by his -widbw, one daughter and live .sons.. 1.:^^ ._M?Sv ISABELLALW F. RICHARDS ANDERSON : .F. Richard Anderson;.60, architect and- f or- Jhahy v-years - costume- de- signer for Zlegf eld and ' Ai L. Er- langer, died . in Ne^,. Rochelle March 4. . -.-y■'■ He was associated; with Erlahger for 36 years, and was: architect of tthie New Am^tei-dam and other the- atres. At the sanie .'time, as partner for Schneider & Anderson, he de- sljgned the costumes bf many of the plays, occupying the theatres he had built..::J■ "...v.;.:;.,-.:..—..,.. J-':.;/-:-.; :Suryiylng are_ his j mother, his 'wldbw and; two sons. ' . ..'..'«4 *.. * * Col.- Broadcast.' CqI. ■ PIct; '.pfd.. .i. •.«•..•••%.. »•' ,.. .'Pathe.Ex. pfd.......i.; ?ar-Pu.b,_ • •,» • •.«.» - :V: •■-1 Paid this year. : t Nexv 1034i'8B high. (Continued; froiii page 6) pariy win be bitered ah oPpbri^ to exchange- -piresent- holdings - fbr- new securities. Each , share Of 8%. preferred will receive one; share of %1 convertible preferred and five share a of n ew common. . : / Holderis of Class A prefeffed will get; two sharea of hew commbn. ;^a;e3fint;comnib0- atpbkho.lders are to receive onertwentleth of a share of the; new common stpcfe ■ • By the terms, of: the reorganlza- tibn plah, there will be about: 573,-, 000 shares of the new |1 par Ifathe common Btock:putstandl^ shares of the IT oonvertible' pre- ferred Issuev: The commbn will be listed on the New York, stock ex- change, while the' prefefence stbck .wlll-iflgure only in over-tiie-cbunter market transactions; ; . . With the reorganized corporation in operation, the old^ common (stock; the Class A' pref eir ence Issue aind 'the"8%" preferreq will disappear en- tirely from active trading. ; ;:Appllcatlbn •wiU be ina.de immedi- ately; fbT ' the permanent .listing of the new cbihmpn oh the stock e» change. However, it is . ezpeoted that these shares will nibt is^ppear 6n the big board for- about .SO days. ; RAVMOiyD E. RUSSELL Raymond iJ. Russell, 36, fOr .many yekrs. a carnivai press agent a,nd former riewspapermanv died at his home in -Dennlson, Ohio, FcbruiEiry 28 frbm heart trouble. For the past several years had acted as promo- tion and explbitiatlon agent for sev- eral' well-known :carnlvarsi ' Surviving are. his pkrerits,; three daughtersV five; brothers 'and' two sisters! — -HERBERT BUNSTON ; ; Herbert Ruhston, 61, stage and screen actor, died of a iicart at- tack: In Los , Ahgbies, Feb. : 27... Funeral services wcre- h!e.l:d:iyiarch: 3: Deceased tbured with niariy legit attractions,; entering plcti^res: after .appearing witii;ina;Claire:in-.'Last of Mrs.: Cheney,' His last picture Wtt8~'Clivb'bf;iiridla' (filrni). ^ " Survived by wldQWi; 'son : and' daughter. ABNER (ABE) APPLEBY —"A-bner^fAbe): -Appleby, 6'4, owner". a:hd: manager of the Roxy, Toronto, burlesque theatre, was - killed in his office March 4, by robbers. , petalis will be;found on the bur« lesque page. JOHN NELSON ■ John .Nelspn, 64, died of pneu- monia'Feb. .26 in St. Paul.^ "Was in vaude for many years with his wife, Gussle, in a musical act. Survived by his; widow and fotir sisters.- Burial in Marshfleld, Wis. / Mrs.- Isabella Obrdon, 82,- Soprano and; once a member of the Emma - Abbott Opera Co., died at the horn* of her daughter in Denver, of pneur monla. She ,1b s.urvived: by two daughters. Interment lii Denver,. :, ARTHUR HAUK ;h.ui:JHaui{rJ:iSi!dth!^^ was kilHed March 2 at HawkinsvUlebi Ga,. Survived by his widow, two. daughters and a brbther. ' DetiaLils . On; the Outdoor page, : V ; MOSES WOLFE :.;^. 'Moses Wolfe, 64i veteran le^^^^ vanes: agent, : died In Chicago on March 3 of pneumonia; ; Wolfe had been associated with; the only. midwest legit prbduclhg firnv'Klint & Gazzplo. . ; GEORGE \y.;RITZLER ^ George-W. Rltzlei:, 35, was killed. In. an auto accident March 2. talis- on. thelOutdoori-page. 1_ De- Bion H. Butler,-of Southcr-ti Pines,. Si Gi, at one time puttllclty manager for the North Carblina State Fair, died Feb. 21 at his home. ' Mother bf; Catherine Pfbctoi:, ieglt actress, died " March -1; at -her.home In Toronto after sevbral months' Illness, Miss . Proctbr -was playing herb In 'Ah, Wilderness' at the time. - Mother,, 71, of' Leo 'Cohen, I^eW^^ bboiter, died In the ■Brbnx,::iN. March 3. ■■ jSiBlCRiGA^ENXY- Arch Gaffney, 81, screen: writer^ died Feb. 26..bf, spinal meningitis in Los ApgeleS;; ;.Bpdy taken; to .I)U;. inbht,; N. J./for: burial. .. Deceased was author of 'Ad .Man,' which wals sbreened as ;No Mairiage Ties;' : A former New Ybrk World mian,: he collaborated with; Jim Tully on Buriey Ph6i(0g '; (Continued from page 1) :jijou Powers, JiJorrls ;BlaIr,:l Harold _ ahd Reeves and-Gaye LaBar; Raid w.ks ;accbm;pllslied by: IB cops, who l^roke up the Friday. (1) matinee aniiriiacorted the troupe to headquarters In; pa:trol wagons. jrhoselAciested_-w*ue^iiater:Jieleasbd_ in bond for hearing In city Court; . Gayety reopened only JW'days ago . J)P0ja...lts. :ac.quig.Itlon ;by:,I,'"ft.^i^ *_ Clamage, Town was flooded^wllh 'passes,' :oh which a 26c 'service, charge' Is made. Business "was; big before the raid and house has been turning.'etn' away sincer