Variety (Feb 1938)

VARJETY 21 PararhounV? "estim^^ 'ed earnings for la^t- year, virtualiy unchangcid: froin 1936, Was the ftrst ■ picture; cdnipany ;to rejjox't- i^s full ;:X937 income. This rinanbiariummary, ■ shpwirijg: $6,030,000 cQhsplidaiteii earn- ings, along with lioew's, Inc., <iuari- ^ teriy 'v statement; of ■ $i2,?17,46{> ■ ■ and Warnei^ Bros/ $iiM9;599, also ^; ittg thifr- tet ; quarter iri: the~;fiscal yearvwere tfeported iiaist w WB was about $4O.0loo6 lower thait; cpriir i)auable. qUafter ; in preipeding ,year, and. Lo^y/^is Syas abp^ $5dOW less. Par'i offlcial estiitiate, aftei; ill • charges,; compa^^ ;f br ■year ended: Jan; 2; 1937 (i53.weefe^^ ,pi' ah ihdreasie of $ Figlure fpr 193i5, }idWeyer; included applicatidji: • of iriventpry reservie ^credit' of $2,- 000,000, pi-ovlded by company as of ;.' pec.-i8,.;i935.; ./A ^ '■•■:v.v\; ■ ■ ;p : of .$6,030,000. did nPt ^niilU^^^ imatcly . $600,000; tabbed, the ■ com- ^pany's direct-and insdirect h^ ■' est; as stockhipldet • in cpmbined' tinr ; distributed fearrtirigs in partij|lly ovvned; but riot! consPlidated sdbsids. : ; Par - report listed . common; .earrir• irigs. as $ 1.96 per share after deducV- ing $1,186,092 '. in dividends accrued .during year. 0A . both classes of .'pre- : -fenced, stocki- Gp.mputed ..per shSi.rfe. ;'eayhinss.. at. $2,227 'cpmntipn .share; wiien figured; aggregate, after irir; ; clu^ of share in . undistributed earriirigs of subsidiaries, j. Company showed a loss of $46.0p6 in the fourth quiarter ■ ended .Jan. 1„ 193a, as. a reisult; of cpmbined esti- V mated corisplidated earnings .and Jshai'e. of earnings of partially vPWiied siibsids. ■ Piir. estimated cphsolidated . iearhirig.s for this qujarter at $754,000,: after all charges, but before ii'»V'riiig in dividends, froni. nph-corisolidated; subsidiaries, which werer$8OQ.O00 in • excess of Phramount's d and in- direct: net -iTiterest as a- sto<:khplder- irit combihed . undistributed earning^. '. iuch fexibess ■ riepreseritihg; ;a '^partial distfibiition of share pf .earnings of :..;previ6us/;quarterSv ; Paramounii; $^ ■ the- annual' earnings: estimated , did .not iriclijde the. proceeds :irPm set- tlement during. 1937 pf reorfsaniza- tion iitigation: totaling, approximate- ly $1,650,000, nor $150,000 real estate : profit. ^ This- was credited to, general . . reserve, beings listed as recurring inV ■. .come.--.. ■■ '■■ :.:..'/^-' VReport did hot list imouht .paid :.\ .out as Federal surtax hpi^ what p^ tion: of $4,843,908 listed as consoli :[. dated < earhings, aftier ':: jpayirt^ pre- . .: ferred dividends, was consid9t'ed;un' distributed profits ' and subject- to ■ FederaLsurtaiXi'-': . ■ . • -tpew's: net profiit for .first quaf ter .jii its fiscal year amounting t<> r- 917.409, compared with .$3;457.973^ ' comparable 12 .weeks ended NoVi 19. . 1936. : Prpfit bfifote depreciation and , taxes amounted - to ;$4.368.850. as against $5,039,020 in .first-quarter of preceding year. ' Pev share . earnings; .were listed. as ; $2i;34 • at ^ preferi^ed share, against '. -:$25;29. .and $'1.69- pet conrtmon share* agamst: $244. v Despite dip ih earn-: . ings, tipew's" Will show- more than , $6v oh comihon - for: fiscal year if ; pi'eseht i:ate .of ihconie is; maintained in: subsequent three quarters^^^^ ;; Warner Bros, repprt for 13 weeks " ended Nov. .27. sho^ihc; a net .bp.er . • atihg profit of $1.685;599, was lower ; : tliah; th'> $2j047.936 reported in ci^ - iespondi / period in the nrecediri.f» year. :How6veri lielt .profit ];>ef :>cliarifes totaled ;$3,523;P65„- ;. ; • :. W.nrners earnin'^s. ; werfe pqual . tip. $16;35. oh each ;prtiferjed share in the first quarter, leaving • idiyidend';. ih ; airrear- at S2i.l3% per share oh Deb, . .1. ,1937. Aftei' allpwahce f^r pre-! : jferred diy.vy rbquirements., the .ciprri- . ; pjiny showed ;42c; tier share Prt com- ■ mon. Intome enabVed the ..cornTj.'^iTiv .' ■ to reduce its deficit from; $4;i83.044 ; tp. $2,466,983, latter bbitig the fi^nre - clarricd .to .balance sheet 'as - of Nov. •27;.h937.,'.;-v; ' ■':?:■:}:■ Cpmpahv. ahnbunced that / di rectors have authorized officials. ;of ■ corpprfitiph tb . form ia pian whereby, ... new dcbentiires .wpuld; lib pflfered in exchan'Te .fQr;existih^ debentures and ■ for , ofTbririg cprnmon stocfc in. ex- ;.ch?n«re vfn.r. t>art. of. the .Pref'»rTed . Indlevied that.:it .W^ • definite pl»n .would be approvedi .be;- • fore .summer,. '.: .r'/ . ' Altpona, Feb. 1.V 'Lpcai .theatre, interests are. leading industries ipcaiiy^ -in . thb^^^^i^^ tremendous reduction in ; erriplpyv menti Silverman Bros, have Jjuilt new. Logan, theatrb and ^busiriess' building;; enlarging ^ Strand ' theatre in;. cohnectiipn ^ with the. . buSiri'ess'^^ cphstructipn..- ' -i-^' . A. NotopPulos, ; pperatihgv thr theatres, V has ■ ;purchased ^ the; J*enh theatre; building aind 'adjpihihg prop- brtiies; ; jPenn; thpatfe, fbrmbr ; Or-: pheum, aihd vaudevi house, is used for. secohd-run features;. : . :■■ ^,;F?irmoht, •■Wi.^'3ra|.» .Feb^i. .; John. S. Urse ahd Joseph i Morron^ ;have. completed:;plans .for' qohstruct- -ing ia' theatre on: Mbrgantown avenue; costing ; $35,000 : and "seatingl^T^^^^^ Orpund will; be brpken March 1.: iErectiort of the third Warnier the- atire hefe will; cost .$i5^ .and' seat 9O0 "persphsi;; "^RJ^-^TTTChightr fttbw rnanagirtg the Fairmiont and ;the. Vir- ginia,' the;, other two VfB .theatres^ will also: manage hew house.. ■ ■ ■ ;WnkesrBarte.. Pa,;"Feb;':l..'.■ ' Coraerfoi^d.-':ha^, opened 'its :neW Forty Fort .and hew Hart; theatrbs. latter named in hohor/of iate Mayor- Daniel L, Hart. Both txPuses; pix ;6nly,: seat i;2Q0. ;C)jfficiai$ rated the ;Hart as thb .inost modern; neighbor- -hpodhpuseih the chain, v^- • ■ : .; ■ Qn Easter 'the; Cbhierfprcl, pamed in hopor of the . chain's fpuhder.^^^^M^ E. .Gpmerford, will be bpe^^^ l\ouse,;-pix prjly ahd hp ■ abcpmmodja- tions for fiesh,; wili seat, 2,$60, with 1;900 seats ph main .fibpr., Pat^ is - expected, from sin area within a radius of 50 miles.J. !; •'. ; The ; ihree ;hPUies. wiU^^^b tptjil number of Comer ford.llbuses in thispity tb;eight. ' r ;.;. ; ! EXPECT U TO SHOW LOSS PF^I,000,000 ON ' .Eairhihgis/'. .sta.temehtr .ox- 'Uni_ver;s£il' Pictures; .expected to .be released in the. next :few > days, -is expected , to ShoW a sUbsfan;ti.al.,los.i for the fiscal year; ended last fall despite, a profit shpwn for the final quaitbr.; Thbugh. pfficial ^figures not revealed-;^^^^ las*;, quarter Will rih no measure make up a loss in e;?cesss; of:. $1,C*3,006 .shown- for. .thie preceding three, puatters../ '. .: > .- •Fiscal year ', just ; cornpletbd ■ 'by. U; Is :expected tb. shbw,-a loss of arolind $1,000,000. V,;:; .,/;\rark;'-Aye;:.2biiiliig. ■•; ■■..'■-..,:; ;; ; Last- of the applications for; thear tres in the nO\y restricted F'ark ave- nue (N.Y.) area will, be .argued ije- fbre. the Board of-St,iandards;ah peals Feb. 23 by Robert Waltbn CSOe- let intbrejsts at public heiaririg> Real- tors, are seeking; •yariation, of the new .zoning laws,'effected this past sumrnbi\ .Which prohibit th'eat^^^^ ph Fifth, . Park and 'Madjspn avenues from. l4th: to llOth streets. .'; . Case: in point' " property ait 384 Park avenue, okay .for which was sought before the Fifth Avenue As- spciatibn campaigned fpr and final- ly achievedvhew laws.-. ; : Pittsburgh, Feb. 1.;' v Wave pf • stibkups ih . Goldeh:' Tri- angle last ■ wejek ;'extended ' tb- -two dowhtbWn theatres and -alrhbst "cost one house manager his life. Lone bandit: stiack ;:telegrarn blank into .Katherine. Smit.h,, cashier,; at the Art Cihem;a bo^coffib "T.hi.?. ;is.: .hold-Up; hand .' ;^ ^ yoUr cash/ She; cpmplibd without Kesitai, tiori; .gi;vihg the robber $100 in cash. When she founded alarm and Joseph Mazze>: informed a- new, sub-^patrbl-; man, assigned to duty in the district was was standing in Ipbby at time, latter pulled'but his-Service ^^^^r and it was accidentally • discharged; Bullet, .whizzed-by'Mazzer^ ing him by fraction bf an inch. /. . Earlier ;ih . Week, ihd theatre on -Fifth avenue was also held up by..'a ;'single. ;robber, : who stuck his gun thrbugh Avindow wicket and forced Harriet - jacksbn, ticket- seller and alsb a. ciggib; giri at Nut. Club.' here, .:tP pasi ' out ;$87 in Cur.-, rency. .Neither pf the hbld-up men: Was apprehended and wide front- page newspaper publicity giyen both daring robberies ;pi:ccipitat;ed: bity-: wide editorial campaign for bigger Pittsburgh police force:. . N.W. ADied States, in . Iliiisullled; Swarthmbre Philadelphia. Feb. 1.-. No film house'U intrude its presence bh; the ■• QUakbr college town of Swarthmox-e; near here. Proposal by a real estate man at: a town meeting last Wednesday, for change in zoning laws tb allo.W erection■ of ■; a theatre was hissed and soundly beaten, 563 to 37. -■ . : - ;■ ■;:•- . ■-:-• ■ Protests against sullying Swarth- mOre's socialite soil were lodged by traffic:clubs, woman's clubs, realtors. Swarthmbre Cbllege: and just plain citizenis. ..Ai'^umenti; included: : *It would spoil the restful and non- cpmmbrbial atmosphere. of the to\yh; it wbuld bring 'in all. the riflf'-raff;: it wbuld create a traffic, 'problem, .and it would awake the ;r'b.sidents at ll.:15 every night, \vith autbmobilcs start- ing-ui>.'%.;,■; • '': \rV-l--: ^ Nearest theatres are i,n Chester and Media, three miles away: ; ' : N. Y. Coniish Screenplays WB's *Blackweirs Island^ ■ \ ■ V \' ■ '^v'-"' ■ :Hollywppd,. Feb. ■ i. - ; : - Warners assighd^ J^ Litel to the tbjj ; • role :.\.'-: -'^^ - screenplay' fpi?; Which, .has been- c pleted by Dave Mai'cus, New York city's > commissioner of corrections, and Lee Katz. staff .writer. ' .Lew; Seiler ;-set.. jto; 'dir^^^^ March. It as .starting date; Herd on the :.--•■ : .Holly wood; Fet). 1. James Hogan, who will direct Parambunt's.-.heavy, .budget wcsterji epic, 'Marching ;Herds,!' traJhcd oUt yesterday (Mon; )'''fQr. a spot, hear Laredo, "rbxas,. where, the longhbrn cattlb -sequencps Will .be: filmed. Bal ance pt .unit, including playiers; will fbllbw■pbxt.^'wetk. ■;- May Rbbsph has been set in . the picture, which has Frances Dee'and Pvandblph Scott in the top brackets Phllly's SHckup :;'^.':-;.;■ .. . Philadelphia, Feb. I;,; .While SJlO patrons watched, a west- ern at the Park here Friday night; real^iifiex desperatpi^rpbbed.vm of day's receipts of $505 at the rear of the house. ■■. B?tndit scrammed with customers entirely pbliyious to ;What had happened. -'; . ' ]' /. ;' Mbney ■was in a rriclal box ;which Mrs. Evelyn Keller, 24. cashi was hahdihg; to Robert' Nisensbn; . the manager* As she turned it over, guy stepped from rear pf seats and ^.'ulled an . autoniatic, Warning, -Keep ; quiet or. there'll be-; trouble,' He made a getaway in a car standing biit front. , 1-10 Tears In Detroit y'-':'■.{ ■: Detroit,,Feb.. 1. For a three weeks' spending, spree; with . $3,500 bf United. Detroit the-; atres* boxoffice rbceipts, two brother employes.'Of the chai : this Week be- gan l-lO-yeai'. terms ih Michigan's stalb;: prison;, Charles-Yates; and his brother Allen, who pleaded guilty tb embezzlement ; charges Rafter being seized cpupla weeks ago in Houston, Tex., were sentencbd last week by Recorder Judge Christopher , E, Stein. Charles ;Yates to 2-10 . years and -his: younger brother to 1-10 years. ; The..youths, Whb$e.^d^^ bpllect.- receipts from the Michigan and Madison theatres and; tiup; them pVcr tp express cbmpany for bank depositing. ■■ filled bag.s ; vvith., \yaste paper and escaped', w ith by b r $3,500 before, theatre: offic'ials opened; bags' foUowihg Monday, morning at bank. . CounierleitersV Arrest. -:>:' Oklahoma City. Feb. 'ly ■.. .. The sharp byes of Inez Edge.: cash- ier for the iReho, ; Ihcatr*, here,- arc credited with "beirig responsible for the arrest of10 ;cpuntei;feitci"is and smashing-bit the largest bbgus;.!^^^^ gang ever to operate in .:6ldahbm:a;: On Dec, 16, last, ?^'i.ss. Ed;'.; : received a: bill frbm a; patro h an d a tier hp Li c-- ihg'it was.phoney called.police who .'•came :ahd; turned .the theatre; ligh.ts Pri While: she.' picked ..out the man who had presented her with the bill at;thb b.oi. . ;.■;•■ '• Since: that tjrhe:;'ppbrat.i'v'es ;;,haye ■been- ■ woitking on the ; ;; fiha;ily capturing the' rcmartlitig' mqrh'oeI'S pf the gang and Ibcatinjfi; .<he ijidbo Reservoir- .'Hill. • Tu.iiia, ;■-''where ;more .than ;$6,?60-' had' beieh : printed lb' be passed: Put: in ..Oklahoma and \ three surrounding states. ■-:"'■-- ■." '■'■['\. -'^''; ■.: ■ Minneapolis^^ ynlbSs; independent bxhibitors; unite to fight . producer : monopoly • they will bb exterminatedi ; North- west Allied States, independent the- atre owners' organizatipn,* was told, at the ropenihg.^ sessiph. pf, ;its three- day ■cpnyentiOfn by J. P.; Devaney.; former. Minnesota 'state ■ siaperi.pr cpUrt chief ,'justibe, its chief cpuhsel.; Devaney: declared the Jindependent exhibitors': main problems are . mo? nppoly ...pWnership . which: is . fast, driving ■ him put of the field;: the unfair uniform contract, and divided .Jeiatiership; . As a isplutipn, ;he adyp- cale.d .theatre diyprcement of; ta'x. legislaticin' aimed .at; produe.er own- ership, and,. pperatiPh bf theatres: amendment . to; the; bp and a united front. / The organization trained its' guns oh .UniyiBrsar; for .selling the Painay pictures:'^ a separate' .deal,. instead of .delivering the: fllm.,.tp .its regular cbntract-holders.;; President: W. A. Steffes appbinted;a,committee to ob- tain an;. explanatidn frbm ;.the: 'com-. pany for 'holding ub'-e xhib itor s. .- ; ' :' it was indicated-.>the -. body fight to redueb ;film rbntals,^t^^ inate percentage deal, blpck bpoking, studio and film s.tars' .*i;adip '.Prpad- castihg,' to prevent double features frbm bbta.ihing 'any-further .fpothpld: in the territbry,: arid. to secure pass- age: jby' the; nejct :.statb . legislatur.e. of a theatre ' bhaih tax 'and;:a theatre divbrcenient^bilh: / • :^: :.; : ^' , Frank : Mahtzke, local ! Universal branch .itianagerf'..declared, h would ask to •. appear before the association tb /defend the:. ■'Pahay^^^ pointed biit; that the . 'Panay' shots were, pot included-./in the .regular newsreel and that Universal Was not obligated:, under its. cphtracts to de-\ liver the film. Furthermbrb, he said; the corisiderable: extra expense' in- volved in making: speedy, deliveries of 'Partay' j ustified the .sbpaVate deal. He also contended that, epnsidei:ing the boxoffice returns compared tp. the picturb's: cost, exfiibitbr -squawks' are out of order. Itwas. pointed out that: Minne-; apolis and St. Paul neighborhood e^c- .hibitbrs have :.kept their . :pledge to hold aloof from the doiibie, features despite their . use in • four Minribspta, Amuse..Co.; (Par) Twin; City : down tpWn hpUses and still aite'. deterrpihb^ not tb ,resort tb them. Wprd was to he' brought frbm. Par that its preseht; plans call fbr no additipnal tWin biliv Ing.. : - ;-; .'■;:/ " r '^^^ / ' '' ^ Because a new $100,000 theatre at Brainerd, Minn., operated by a non- member Of .thei orgahizatipri; .Js using double features two changes a week —one at 10c and the other at 15c ad- mission—-the matter, called for the prganizatibh^s . attehtiph,':. :President Steffes said. Up tP this time, the dual bills have;gained pnly a small fpothold: /the territory, but there lately has been aVtendency to dabble more arid more. With the policy i n the smaller towns, Steffes said. For this reason members • were to use pres- sure on distributors' here to aid in its curtailrhent.; : ..' .: IW'ost theatres in the territory now are bpbrating ; at a loss,, Steffes- 'ad- mitted, . but - hp expressed hope Ih a t' exchanges and labor cbu.ld;be made .'to see the light;' Unless the pres- ent trend is chbckedi hoWeVer, many exhibitors Will. go broke and the industry generally i^ill suffer^ he declared. As far; as taxes ahd vari PUS supplies are concerned, the:like- iihopd is that the exhibitor ipuVdeh . will\grow. increasihglyJheayy, Whiie,: at the same time, prospects are that grosses Will continue to dimini.sh and admissibh .;priccs;;;in.$fea ihg to offset: higher, taxes and olher costs;- may have 'to be . slashed. ■ he admitted. '-:- ':';. ' M^rnbefs to vote . ph ^a. resplutioh cphdemhing: participatibn of st and film stars; . Tadib ' brpadba.stSi with; all indications pbiniihg: tb. ils adoptib.ni:-'. Another • resblu cion i.s aimed at.non-theatrical competition from newspaper^ and others- spbn- .^oring free .shoWs" ari,d,:bliier.. jn'.cr- tajhments.; The matter of :the bi-gaii- ization. getting behind proposed leT' - lation'■ ■ 'Minnesota to tak '-theatip .chaihs .and to cbmpcl .producers- .to cUvorcethemselyes '.'from . tjieatrb bsvhei'ship; and:! pporatipn also • Wa.-; .bcihf; considered," ':,' .; ,;-, ■' S •.. RKO 'held, a; special,'Snow Whi;e pi'e.'Obw.;;ff>r iroe'njbqrs;' :A gala, ban- quet, \villT^music' provided by.-: Eclcl-'c ' Vnrz.b's biphcsira, :prelimihai\v 16: ;i!s Orphcuni cngagcmcn l, \ to. w iiid-' ai). the convention, v ;-.''''.;' Charles jRcagah; fWest diviiiion manager for' Parambuhti Who has, been pn a .sWinglpf. the' West andv. iti : Loffi; Aligeles,'yatUni'pted.. tp effect, .ja -.. peace ■ pact ;V^ith a: mlribrity • pf re-: ■ calbitraht. bpypbttirig exhibitors,' Will return to New York by the end of' the week. ; ' /'.:-"-'- •■';; -: : :He arrived in Minneapolis Monday (3i) to attend the .Northwest Allied States convehtibh; startihg then for ^ throe Relays. Y; Frank Freeman; V-P. over . Pair: thbatres;left N;Y, "Fridajr: \ (23) to attbnd the; same .conclave;. . , ■. - : :-'v'-'-::''-':-: Camdcn; N. J- Number of RCA Phbtophohe offi- cials arc attending the Nprthwbstern Allied: cPnyention :which started Jan. 31. ' . Minneapolis. Company' is ex* hibjtihg its Rotary ,:$tabilizcr ;. uni.ti and executives m'ade the* tirlp tb Min- neapblls to seiB that the mebhahisnri is prettied ; up properly; .' • - ': / . Home B: Snoojc, .'manager bf Phb- tbphbne sales, and EdWard Auger, sales executive, join Alec Bill, Min- nbapolis Photophone repi, there. 29 St; Loilis ."'.-'.";-.•:'...;' St. Louis,:Fbb. 1. ■'• ' Ooeratbrs of: 29 indie nabes here filed suit in the Circuits Satur* ■ day; (29,) .against :birebtor ,P£^ Safety .Geprge: W. Chadsey:,.-.Licen£^^ Collector Fred; A. Renick and-the pbr lice departinerit. fbrlan ihjuhctPn to restrain. them from ; enfbircing a.' S3fejty ordinance' passjed .by thb: board V" of aldermen last. Juh'b;', . : The ordi- ■ riance, : fpstered; by 'the. local lATSE, . , requires, arnbng .other things^^^^ the Ve^ nlacbment bf ladders and trapdoors leading ^to projection TPbrhs :With staii'ways and dQor;.scp^ winding room?; tWb; - exits in each booth and proyisiphs for wli'ing. . - : .Fred'.Wehrenberg, president of the MPTOA of Eastern Mis.souri and Southern Illinois, said that.virtually all of the 85 houses^ except: the first . runners. Would have to. make ejc-:, .tensive : alterations tb •comply with - the brdihance; \ ' ''; "?' '; •; •'' '>.'- Wehrcnberg also said the-irijunc- -.. ;tiPrt'' suit; .Was de.term 'as a' '•- li\iend}y 'prpceeding at a:rrieeti'ng..of ; the theatre owners', asspciatioh . last wbek; ;ahd -that/-the contested or- ; dinance had been violated in: HQ greater degree the 29. theatres bwrted by the plaintiffs in the: injunc- tion siiit than in bther houscsi ' ; . .The filing: of the ^suit '.followbd aiii /; announcement by . Director Chadsey ' that. he would reqiiest the police to - close the Lbe, a:Nprth:St. .Louis h^ibe; .- because it had hot been altered tb comply with the ordinance. Chad- ■ sey said the indie operators had 'de- fied the ordinance'- and he would rc- cluest . the Police Department to star ■ tipn gehdarmes; at the Lee to prevent it:frpm operating. ; .After . Circuit Judge William '..S.-'--"-.. Cbnnor set a hearing for Tuesday • (I). Chadsey :decided : tp defer , his closing order as he quoted the Judge as saying it would be unfair to clove . any one theatre until, after the hear-. ing. .. r -,:;_• ,^:■'.;-;.:■' ■ The plaintiff's petition charges that compliance with the prdinance would hot increase the safety of the thea- tres, Which have conformed, to; prior safety requirements, and to 'enforce ; compliance ..'Would amount tb con- fiscation as it is physically ;inpipios-; ■ sible in some instances; to make the changes .pircscribed -by 'the. brdin The plaintiffs.: said. they had. applied ', tor a. .rei>owal.. .bf bperating licenses ; .which; haVe been refused by |jicerise .Gpiledtbr'.:RcriickvbecaUse. Cha .department .will npt issue certiiQcates • of apprbval. :';:■': : .. ...'-;' Owners of the Baden, Star, Strand, pbugljas; Ashland; Compt.on, Lowell, liob i n, ■: P a'u 1 i ne. Mary la rid, K in g Bee, , Ci-.Lteriqn,;;<(3ue.erts,;. Saiisburg* Mar'r.. quctie. Pajhfi, McNai'r, Melba, Michi- '4an. Virgini Melyiri,... -.HpHy'Wood; '; Iliyoli, Senate. Bremen." Circle. Cih'-:-, .rtcrella arid . the .•Will'^ Rpj; ' \ ad- dition . to the Lee, are participating: ;■■''the suit; .. '■:. -'-'.; ' '■':•••:; '' -" .;' The ordinance wa.s ;.;pa's.sbd . at' the ;. .' 11s K'li ce'of'. the 1ATSE; ^ n^^^ pcolarpd that:a ';com.m'i;tfc.e. of i'th'eatrb ' p\wiers • arid 'represcptatv''.'' of ' the. 'liir/ving :pibttifc' bpe^i^^^ liriibn had- sttidic.d .' the; -bill - before, 'i-t Was sub-': i^iittbd.tp: thq.Boar.d 'rjf Aldernibn He „ilvo as.s^rt.!$; thcrbrdiriance,:cari'easi^ be ebriiplicd- with,. ■ ;:'■:. :.