Variety (Aug 1938)

52 VARlETr UXERATI Wednesday, Aiigust 3, 19Si| Warde Suicide Pictures | Suicide of John Warde, who- Jumped Irbm the window of the), Gotham hotel in. Now York iast week, was tough on the photojs cov- erins the assignment Many were bh the job II hours without bsing able to take their:'lenses off the subject and unable (p! get awiay even for food. Associoted Press sent 23 pictures ovsr its Wirephoto service, incliidin';' an ou'.standins'shot'by Harold Tjar- rio. an AP Icnser. His shot, which caushl during his fall, was the' re- sult of careful jplannini:,' Aftei- consuUing with the police, Harris figured it;' y'buld take live seconds for Warde to fall. He esr timated Uie maxinnint- heisht ■ to which his flash, wpiild . reach, fiom across the street and then planned to catch, the- fair at the sixth floor. Discuss3d his idea, w.ith Torly Cam- erano, another AP; photographer on the job. Plan worked so well thiat as Warde fell, Harris caught, him clea: - \y in mid-air. Cnmerano started la'-- !ng his pictures as the body landed iii the street. Other photographer.? on the job were Lou Joln-den, of the AP; Jack Dwoner; W41tei Durkin, who cov- ered the crowd, and Kip Ross, who sat'On top of a taxicab iii the street, with a long :ange lens trained on Warde. ; Charles Haacker, of Acme, caughl Warde's fall just aftisr . he bounced off the, hotel marquee.- Altogethei- some 50 photbgs covered the assign- ment, many getting e.tcellent photo- graphic rcsults'undei' .trying circum- stance.':. Among, bthers who coyered- were Joe Co.sta and Waiter Ilarris, of the Daily Nev.'s. and Sam Schul- nian, of International. Boston Transcript l>ral Boston Transcript .has- solved its financial difficulties, following a series of . confabs with ereditor.f. Asreement calls for payment of full salaries every week, but each em- ployee, will receive two checks, one for 90'.i of the salar ' for 10'?i. Both are nego^'ao'e, uuv | any employee who wishes to help "the paper in its present-difficulties-^ may give the cheik'for the 10% to a member of the accounting depart- ment; who will hold it- unendorsed. Checks will not be given to the company ■ but held by the account- ing bmployee as'an individual. Thus the cheeks will Jconsriliile a first- lien on ths; property in tlie- event of t(ls- solution. ' - Company "bohcfils a.';, .though it had received- an outi'ighi loan witl)but interest. | AUhpugli there, will be ho fli-ing.'. several e.\ecutives have resigned, notably Jbiui Cibbon.s managin, editor, and Chester Morri.son, actih, city editor. ~Hcnry Claus now heads the editorial departments and Hamil- ton Thornquist returns as acting city editor. Powell M. Cal;of retains: his titles of, president, -manager and bufiness manager. ^ In resisning,' Gibbons stated he left the organization rather than al- low the disinissal of blder employees. vrlpps Sell's Buffalo,Tiroes . j cerebral hernorrhage. He was once Buirald. Time.-!, Sorlpps-Koward- .'!P9rts editor of th« Chicago Ameri- ov/.ned smce -1929, has . been over by George H. Lyon,- editor, and Earl J. Gains, biLsine.-is manager. taken' (^an and 'was the Arst to disclose the ... . . .. ... jg^l; Founded by. Norman E, Mack and sold tt) Sci'ipps at a price, reported •y and .anplhcr j.ai'ouhd $3,000,000, the papei* reached negotiable, but I its peak in the Itl^O's as a Demo- cratic mouthpiece with sensaiiorial. nevvs angles. In opening, announcement; Lyon and'Gains sai : ,;lf you are a stuffed ■.shirt, yoit probably'won't find the Times an arniiiiing or syrbpathetic newspaper. We. may not always pleilse, but we will never bore you. And if we ever get too highfalutin'- you will ithbw what to; do about'it.'- Aho.thei- Scripps-Howard sheet, tlis jVews-Bce in Toledo, p., yester day iTuesd.-iy) announced that it would cease publication ieHective that .day .(2). Chicago baseball scandal in His paper will, be continued: Warreii C, Fairbanks, - 60, pub- lisher iof the Indi^napolis Ne;ws, died July 27 in'Indianapolis. He was the son of Charles' Warren Fairbanks, year ago on speculation, and the case is typical of many to be found in other plants. Song struck; Mot-, ros as a positive hit, so he called iii seven Par producers to lend ear With, the result that the aiiditioa board's enthusiasm ran even higher than that of Morros.. Piece was pur- chased.oh ji deal under which it re- Vicc-President of the United Slates vei;ted to Garmichael unless screened -..-. -..^.i or printed within a.year. - To date, however, even the seven producers have been unable to And a spot for it in a picture, so Par is now; moving forward With publish- ing arrangements iii order to sa^-e its investment;' Bovard Quils .PoslTDiSpaiv Oliver Kirby Boyard has res.'gned! as -managing editor of the St. Louis Ppst-Dispateh, powerful. Pulitzer p.m. rag.: Bovard, 65 years old; said an unrccohcrijible differehre of opin- ion on policy, with Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.i owner. <JI tiie sheet, was tlie rea- ,spn for ^his withdrawal! Bovard, w :".o-:«a8 Hx£a--45Mi£)i^ xi-. ceived $7S;000 in the year before tite depres.sion' begaii. ,. . He fli-ed Paul Y. Anderson, his Washington correspondent, several montlis ago. Bovard denied^ that a recent cut of from: 8% to 20% foi: all members of ' the: organization drawing down more than $7,500 was responsible for his resignation. He Is reported to have been-cut $1.5.000 per year. His resignation is effecr live Aug. 13. Dwight H. Perrin. as- sistant managing editor, and Ben-^ jamin H. Reese, city editor, are in line for the- job. Bovard-s future plans are updctermined except for.a trip to London within, a few weeks. BMi«ii Booksellers Use BsdU . Radio -.program jointly sponsored by Boston ; booksellers and' "pub-., lishers will be continued Saturday nights this fall over, WAAB. Boston. Mabel Cobb is In charge of the pro- gram. Those sponsoring the pro- gram Include .R. H. White's book department, Waverly bookstore, Lauriafs and De Wolfe & Fiske. Publishers v/ho have contracted to co-sponsor the program include Applelon-Century, /Diittbn's, Farrar & Rinchart, Messncr, Fiink & Wag- nails, Harcourf, Brace; Houghton Mifflin,- Mocmillan, Lippincott, Put- nam's, Longmans, McBride. Mbrrow, Norton, Simon & Schuster, Stokes, Doubleda-y and otherk Pos.';ibiIity that 'the program may be piped tff WOR, New Vork. End n^Wood CiUztn Strike Newspaper Guild slrike against Hollywood Cit:^en-Naws was called off last SaUirclay (30) after eight weelis of picketing-i)y newsmen and' symp'atlietic picture people. Five ed-- itori'al workers, whose discharge pre- cipitated tlie. walkout, were rein- stated witiiQut prejudice. According lo terms of,the settlement, sigtxed by Judge Harlan Palmer,-publisheri at tlie same' time he signatured Guild cph tract; strikers will not penal-. iV.ed fbr their absence from..the job. Statiiis of five discharged editorial workers -vyill be determined by Nar :iipnal Labor Relations Board. Guild contract with sheet calls ^or minimum wage of $20 a Week lor cubs; : $45 weekly , lor. reporters of five years' expeviencis; .flve-dayi 40- ifbm .one l(r^6:Weeksr{K on-120 years' service; vacation- and sick leave., and seven cents a mile fbr. privately-owned cars.;. Repre- senting Guild in the settlement -were Philip Connelly, prez of L. A. chap- ter; Urcel Daniel, Guild. secretary, and Morgan Hull, international or- ganizer.' Coviol, Friede-CrediUirs Meet Creditors of Covici, Friede held a meeting last week in' Now York called by J; J. Little. & Ives, largest single creditor. David Werner, of Henry Linderney(sr.& Sons, presided. Confab .resulted in a c/editors' com- mittee being formed. Expected to meet again this week to discuss a plan for the future .opferalion'of the company. ■ Members of the creditors' commit- tee include H. W. Fensterstock, of KEiufman Si We'itzner,., representing "Little it Ives;:-Mrs. Florence Alex-' ander, representing the Schoen Printing Co.i- Sidnby Satenstein, of the American. Bpok-Stratford Press, also' representing the authors; David Werner, of Henry ; Lindenmeyer fit Sons; Aaron Sussthan, of ^Frankli^. Sjiier & Aaron Sussman, Inc., and Robert .Josephy, repiresentinjf the Covici eiinployes. Arthur- Strasscr/. attorney, for the. firm; also iis at- tending.. Presence of Robert Josephy, rep- resenting the em|>loyes; is believed the first time that a representative of the Book '& Magazine Guild, CIO iinion for the book publishing.' ipiz, has- sat ^ in on such- procedure. :€oSrt»V--SW«dfc*i»-ft;>.c'lii^i»«t. French Protest. Ghostlnr . Organized French jpurnalisin, has riaised" Its'.Voice in. protest 'against the practice of newspapers pub-- lishing stories signed by and siip- pbsedly written; by theatre, cinema and ■sports stars. The Bureau, 'of the. Nationial Syndicat of Journal- ists, meeting in Paris, gave the ques- tion ;free plaiy with a great deal of discussion during its last meeting. Althoueih no measures .were voted to combat the action, such measures asi riefusing. to write such articles unless . .they, bore the narhe of the writer...as .well as thje star or cham- pion .who furnished the facts, were among those discussed. .Ghost writing is a common prac- tice in the United States. Tesreaas Sac College'Humor. , Collegian Press, Inc., publishers of College Humor, and Joe Williams, sports editor of the N. Y. Wov|d- Tele.^ram, were sued Saturday (30> In N. Y. Federal Court by "Jeff Tas- reau, former pitcher for tlie N.' Y. Giants, and his son, Charles Francis Tcsreau, for $150,000 damages for libel. Suit is based on an article written by Williams and published in the mag last October. Tesreau, now piiysical education Instructor at Dartmouth Cbliese. complains, that the article sbhdered both him and his so|i by rehections on their sobriefy. Akron Times-Presa Sifhs American Newspaper Guild has signed a new contract with the Akron Times-Press, Scrippsrlioward unit, covering editorial -.nd adver- tising, workers. Scale for men-with three years' experience is $42.50. Gains credited by the Guild unit include the extension of the .contract to the {id salesmen and the liihltailori, of editprial apprentices—those with; le.ss than three years' experience- to i0% of the experienced staff; Scribner's: Moiilhly Novel Scrlbher'.-j wJll. nin a .short novel every month, beginning in the Sep- tember issue, due put Aug, 2S. Ac- cording to the editors bf the riiag which is np-w published by Harlan Loflan As'snbiates, Inc., the~ object is *to give writers the. space and free- dom needed ilor honest and realistic examination of life in coiitcmpoL'ary America.' First hovel will be .lenms' Weid- man's 'Wlial's In It For MS';.'. Boys Will Be Boys , Black e.ve.; adorning Dan'lon Walk- er. N.Y. Daily Ncv;s columnist, was dish'efd but by Qucntin Reynolds last weeki Pasling occurred outride Billy LaH.iff's tavern, N.Y., after Reynolds remonstrated with the col- umnist about an item the latter had printed.' When Walker cracked-tliaI apparently Reynolds 'can!t take pub- licity.', the latteV wliammed himi Walker subsequently -bragged that 'how I'm pfTicially a columnist.' Rey- nolds nrially apologized after beih,? urged by Walter Winchcll and Sherman Billingslcy to do so! Terper Into Author Dorothy Yoiing, hiece of Owen D. Young, ha.s withdrawn from the ballroom team of Miamie aivij Young, Her flrst ; novel, 'Diary Without Daleis,' has' been acceplbd l>y Rudolph .Field, who recently pub- lished a book hiy Eli.ssa .Land'i. Publication .bf.the hovel U 4us in i .the fall- Suit ys. Seldcs, Ken Mat George Seldes, Ken ■ mag.^ Kert, Inc., and , Insiders', World. . were named defendants Monday .(1) In a $200,000 plagiarism suit brought by Angelica Balabanofl, author and- so- cialist. : Siiit is a. result of. a chap- ter in Seldes' story,:'Sawdust Caesar',' which Miss:BalabahofI avers Is taken from her' writings and distorted in such a way, she complains, it made her look ridiculous in .the eyes' of her writing public and friends. She claims that'the only dealings She eVei- had with Seldes was to fur- nish him with material on. socialism, and otlier topics with which she was familiai-, but did not give the defendr ants the right to republish any of her Works. ' She. says the defendants sent her a check for $100 for having, used the chapter, but that ^he returned the check- to tbem. "Votes Acalnst Gnlld King Features Syndicate em- ployees, .have voted 209 to 253 against naming the American News- paper Giiild their bargaihing agency. Only 544 employees out of aii eligi- ble 635 balloted. Election was con- ducted by the New-Vprfc office of the National Labor Relations Board. Guild dispute with the Monmouth Publishing Co., Long Branch/ N. J., has' been settled.. In accordance with the agreement, the Board has or- dered the company to cease dis- couraging employees frpmi joining the Guild and, to . end other alleged 'unfair traide practices.' " -Company has already complied; with orders to. offer reinstatement' to Harry Carlin, discharged em- ployee, and to pay $1,000 to the Board's regional director In New York for distribution to Carlih, George H. Fannin, Jr., "and George McMillan ,for wa.(;es .lost as a result of their discharge. under Theodore Roosevelt WllllaiD A. Baker, 68, for 30 years with. Frank Presbrey advertising agency in New York; died August 1 at his Rahway, N, J. hpitie. Since 1933. Baker had been retired. During his . term with Presbrey he served successively as space-buyer, secre- tary and director. Survived - by widow, ..two daughters and four slsterjs. ... CHAITTER Oswald Garrison "Villard writing his. autobiography. Jaines Farrell's new book,; 'No, Star is Lost,' due out next month. . Maurice Hihduk has bee.i in Prague, getting material for his new book., New picture magazine, Yo^th, is in the works. Aimed at the juve inarkct. . .. pt. Louis Star-'Iimes has renewed its six months' contract with the Americian Newspapi ■ Citiild. Viking" Press, is publishing Roy •Ciiandler's new novel, 'Little Ix)ne Star,' for-Christmas season.. ' Maxwell. Shane -and Milt Gross sold 'Artistic Integrity.' a 'iieries bf Hollywood Sketches, to Esquire. ' T; J. Malbney plaiis to . change his annual collection of pictiires titled U. S. Camera into a quarterly in the fall. . Hugh Lytie has been appointed As- sociated • Pre.ss correspondent in Honolulu. Succeeds Glark Lee, who comes to, the N. Y. offices. Gene Fowler resting at Long Is-, land Jntil September, when' h^ cruises to the South Seas. to finish his new cow country novel, 'Powder. River.' ■'■■'.'■■ .Joseph y. Connolly, appbinted general : manager of- Hearst- news- paper enterprises last week, was of- fered that post a year ago and turned it.dpwn. , _^ ^ , . ^ Dust BTTHv IftStfl >'r" reeemiiy--i^ought-b^« Warners, will be published in book form by Bpbbs'-Merrill and :serialized in.Liberty. Sam Low, 'bf Whitman. Publishing Co.", Racine, Wis., in Hollywood lin: ihg up new material lor publication of stories used in Walt Disney car- toon shorts. L.' J. Carrel; formerly associated with University Book*. Inc.,- and with McGraw-Hill Book Co., N; "Y., hfis been appointed salesmanager of the University of Oklahbmei. press. ' 'They Learned to Laugh In JRussiia,' by Edward Liidwig, film, director at Universal, v^ill be published this fall in England and Russia.. Sbviet'gov- ern.nent has offered • studio and financial .help to produce the yarn as a picture'in Moscow. ; So^a Pt three pidtime newspaper' editprs are the authors of books pub- lished this summer.They-.are. Bill White, son at WilUam Allen "White; . Jonathan Danielsj - son of Josephus Daniels, and Robert X. McClure, son of Samuel G. McClura. Herschel V. Jenkins, prez of Sa- vannah: (Ga.) Morning News and Evening Press, has been elected permanent prez of Southern Paper Festival Assn., which plans to make the event' • south-wida' celebration of the growing paper Industry. Af- fair has been an annual event in Sa- vannah, Bills Next Week (Cohtiniied; from. PfmlMt.rtun Ina \n niikin Ore R'oiiiMlup jImrnl.a..(i.BllKffh«r' ' Kiiyiil Piilma' KsleUlft " Bovllle Don Rliio bro ' Klirratan RMf (.Slifiralou Hiilel) Bob rin'rrt.v Orb P.eEgy Wood South 'i'onuii.v .tack KI.Mlijw .0(0 .loan Pitrl'lgli Totom- I'olir Hallr'ni (.4ahiirnllHl«) Billy; ■V\'ood«. Con» 'Nlrker.i.on-,.Oe Wlirwani' HiillroMn. .Count Kmiivliliii: Or PHTSBUBOH .Aacfiorsve' .' Huglii iTorton Ore BufcoDaileii >r«i'ly Cireiror Ore HHi;tirMn'> - .Ch.irlla -Ajtrnew. bro Hotrl RiKHteVell 3 Andrin.ia . ■.; ,' .i-reit ; I.like Kiley bro .**Hni,ii\y WflUera'- ri-udy RU-a Hotel i9<'itani«f ' Howay B.iuni bra Kr^da- I.u'/lor Hij7,2 AKlpn Hole! Webater Hall Palo Harkneaa -Or,6 Cork Ik- BotiU .lenn Molrsirall- Hotal AVilllam PcBi 4 Urban- Rnof) Geo llamtlton Oro Jill-Xlorle.M (f'oatloantal Bar)' Billy Callxons i Julian (iardiraa J<9lH»vyv4iKis.'4a^T<Ji. -Paiin ' I.ou Hrpe.oc Oro .2 Jolmnnna' NKon C»U H Middleman Oro >iUn. Norman ... Dlik Barstnw Liberia bivena Cinire H.ay O.la Ansalo Dl Paliiit. Uar M'a .T & ,1U(io. Nyiatid Ray Sliienray ' Al Caull Slierfy. 'T^rie IVIIt'n (;lHb Paul Marlln bra Nira Ruyinond' f.lneoln .Terrar*.. "hoyal -VVorlii Oro rianny Wliiu - TCoHalle. WyniTo- - '.11m Pemnnh Uliuck (,'nllliit . Orrhari* Baron Klllnit Oro BIMy Tales Or« riau Caira Jlmihy Poyinn Or* Adelo.riirlha Billy Cover r'lilqulta . Berl Tayton -R«ir N'hfw, Mm* W '>farlai*o Oro- . . Ray Slyl#ii ■nirTu-.. aisz, 1.1— . T—H*** Newttfn ft. Neivtoji Wlndnalll Phil Cavox^a Oro .Toaoulii Orlll Oro. '.VI -Gre.vno Ctai^a Sla^ CLEVELAND Eat Again (Cohtinued from page 13) Alpliw Tlllaca Barbara Belnioro Pat -Vernon Franola VanofC -. Martin Winesch Otto Thurn Oro 'Annastas* . Eddie F07 Jr Margaret Dauna Adela Ardsley Katlii-yn C'rawfora Nina Varela - Robert Shafer. Georeo Dobbi llal x::onl<lln (leorgo Dilr , Kred Hlllebrand Delmar Poppea -Wealey Bender Karl McDonald Bootaf McKcnna ATalon Dorothy Henry Ca Hy Barron Oro Codar VaTaeas X Manlara Prince * Oitke Bi-omDeld Si iit'Vj 'Loulr JJeppe ChBt«aa Clab Gray .sia li-aiie Kesaler 'rhelma Slowe .loo Itogera . , Daffy Ik T.,anny Leon LeVerdla Creole OaMena 6 Blia nt Rhythm I Ituy Milea Sugar Brown .MUKi.Mlibltell I .lack Taylor I .lAliiiaon & Urider Itrt.icoo Rhniiis Klierdina Walker Or LITER.\TI OBITS THIS WEEK Dr. Charles H. Herly, 70. chemist, Whose development of liew uses for Slash pine paved the way-fbr manu- facture of highgrade newsprint in the south died July 27 in Savannah, Ga. Estimated, that almbst $100,000,- 000 has been invested , in southern paper mills in recent years as a re- sult of Dr. Herty's research and ef- forts. Less than two months ago the Sputherh Newspaper -Publishers' Assn. announced plans to construct a $7..'i00,0(>0 newsprint plant ai Luf- kirt, Texas, as the first unit of a pro- po!!ed chain of'paper mills. Bert E. Collyer, 61. hbr.se race handicapper: and publisher of Coll- .ver'.s Eye. a sports and turf panel', ied July 28 In Oiicago, of ■ fact^ the value of his warning ha.": multipiied a thousand-fold with the passing of the years since it was is- sued. . Morros insists America is a music- loving nation; and holds that the only reason audiences : have turned thumbs, down on the three previous .screen song cycles is because of the ,hapha2zard, manner in Which the music was mixed with the story. ' 'Indu.stry is now on the right track,' he^ declared. He said he be- lieved Paramount had hit the per- fect story-spng combination in Kt(Kt .OTIork Clofe Danny Rogers .Sammy ^ Alorria Bert Heriiiaii Betty Gale Ahit Halhawar BUI Miller Ore OnaraMt Clab Hid White pro . Hotel HolleiHlsa . Avia Kent' ' BAB Anibrosa .Loria -BroR. Bernard & sTleyena Sammy Watklns Or, . Hotel'Slat iar Mort Dohnio Oi-o Jack * Kildl«-s Paul J.onir Batty Day Savon, Qreeley Chee-Cliee'a Org Monaco'a .Cat* brant Wllaon Oro Alice Clark Rot O'Brien'* iHiara (lab Vii.lle ft Mollno .lol'inny Mayduk OrO: Steamer .Seeandbra Tony Capulo Oro' I.eo ft Rlia ; Vernon ft Billy Vanettea Nteaaior noodtlw* f'oley ft Adair t.lllian Slienititn Markell ft Knun .Mickey Kati Oro W'Hl7>a Share U't&f Henry fiannnn Oro Tony. Gr;i'n*la ' • SETBOIT Book-Cadlllaf HAtal (Htiak Caalno) Bolibia brayson Ore Bill. fonway Jimmie Slevenaoa , I.Moior Bar) " railfttriii.in AvIa Kent •Spawn of the North,; soon to be ' "'■''»"H' tT.i.-v previcwbdv : , K^ep 'Em Under Contract While" the studios have'met with some success in buying the work of frcp-lance Icleffers for use in their productions, he said the prodiicers have come to the conclusion that it is - a hit-and-miss way of handling the situation; and lhat best results are bbtaihiable bnly through having the tunesmiths under.contract; ^ _ Paramount is making arrangement for the publication of a Hbagy Gar- michael number which it bouglU a , C'halft Harry .Colleli Oro Ariiiiinda A .Maria Al I'.usla, fi> ■'. ■ ■ <'armiiie I^IOIovannl E'leiiora Rica ; Cucoanot Talma P)ill Skll'hnnn bro IJiiiiny Nulaii Barlow Uentor ■ Mllrtllv ltfty.M' I'Hir ft AImko ■ ^<l»nlo.^• ft Kaiilnn Cticuanultera 12- Enatnrood (iardrna Kildy Durliln Ore ' Kii.icllt Alex-unttor Ooo Kai'naBli Ore Chijralohe Cinrdent Ray Gorrell Ore : , l^eirgy . McCrtll Charles F.lri-cll Hotrl Stalirr (Terrace; Rouih) Fr.ink rs.neon rc ' JctrerMoit Heai'lt Jact ;.crawrord Ore DlT-le <DHla Stanley Klni'k Woodio Kw.l.T Norlliwood loa. Ray CaVlln .Oi'o Monty W>-:ii)liK I'erexe' KudolliU noiolliy Borllfi , The. Uii.irrl/uniia llrtaU Oaal9..Aviart.'rKi:i OT 1*aiva-|iia. Pa til Neli^hlior Oro ■Krunce* AlrCoy' I 'hn's -.Kenji'pc Krtii NlrliolM. Adorabl.^ .1 , T.*S Al-uUcilM i")'!! Rnllili KiNhi'i Che!- l*ant|>ht'U : Tn-J» .Krtrnn ■Phil Buinoiie.t^ie Walled I.Hho ruala* l.arr.v* .Funk Of*! BmMy" !!•*>'».»»* ■ Woh.tfer (Corklwlj <>rlll> ll'nry Tliola OM • J,»no .r.»K - V\ty,in Kli)tl..i WtsiwaoH «;;Vrili««' Tloran- ll>';.li, O"; 'vkj.i roK' -.Ki;'ie-< .ft .llrtl*'-? . liUiTy C'?U-ii