Variety (Sep 1939)

We<1ne»1ay, Sept. 20, 1939 UTERATI VARIETY 53 Time's Censor Crimp interpretative stuff, Time mag "feels It almost impossible to do a proper job without more informative ma- terial than it's able to gel through European censorship. As° a result, it is considering iship- ping one or more of its U. S. staff- ers abroad, with the Idea that in some way, somehow, they may be able to evade a portion of the blue pencil to which ordinarily-routed news is subject. Clare Booth, wife of publisher Henry H. Luce and author of 'The Women' and 'Kiss the Boys Good- bye,' is also being mentioned for one of the war correspondent jobs. In line with its policy of inter- preting the news. Time is issuing under separate cover a compilation of its 'Background for War' pieces which began in the May 1 issue. Of the regular size of the weekly news mag and containing a similar cover, the compilation, entitled Background f0r War, is selling for a nickel. The collection of reprints is to be the first of a series, it's announced. Idea is to tell every few months the 'why' up to date of the conflict in Europe. pacted by the McNaught Syndicate (or a like stint. Both Williains and Van Loon gained reps as foreign correspond- ents. Williams returned to the U. S. after being booted out of Germany by Hitler for allegedly offending the sensibilities of the-Fuehrer, and took over the Connecticut paper. He has since added to his repute for a num- ber of revelations concerning the Nazi inner circle. I Van Loon was a war correspondent for AP, but in the past lew years has been mostly a book writer. War Holding Up New Mags Entry of Canada into the war is holding up a number of projected new pulp mags because of the ;paper situation. Uncertainty as to whether Canadian paper producers will be able to furnish paper as required, together with possibility of sharp price rise, causing publishers to hold off on new pubs. Pulp shortage or rise in price, or both,' would not only halt new mag activity, but might cause • many established periodicals to halt pub- lication. ANG, AF Talk Peace Associated Press, singled out- for attack by the Amorican Newspaper Guild at its recent convention be- cause its labor policy, is al1e;;edly the biggest obstruction to harmonious relations between newspaper em- ployers and employes in the U. S., rnay soon make its peace with the Guild. Wire service has informed the Guild it's willing to resume col- lective bargaining looking to a con- tract for the N. Y. bureau. Should a pact be effected in N. Y., contracts for all AP bureaus are seen likely to follow. The guild's ire was aroused a few months ago when the AF manage- ment insisted on partial '■ensorship of the AP N. Y. unit's shop paper, *17.' As the result of the guild's em- phatic refusal, AP called off all ne- gotiations. Byron Price, AP. acting general manager in the absence of Kent Cooper, personally instituted the new peace talks. Bochestcr News Quits Humors bruited about for weeks -that the Rochester-(N.Y.) Evening News was imminently about to fold, bore fruit Friday (15) when the pa- per failed to appear. Paper's de- mise occurred just about a year after Its establishment. Reports that the paper was on its way out arose from reputed diffi- culty of the publisher, Frank Mc- Shane, to meet his payrolls. Pub -lisher's .difficulties had their culmi- nation Friday when the printers re- fused to go to work unless they re- ceived back pay allegedly due them McShane is imderstood seeking more capital with which to resume publication of the paper. Rochester's other two dailies. Democrat & Chronicle, morning, and Times. Union, evening, are both Gannett- owned. New Scribes' Group on Coast Group of Coast newspapermen has formed the American Institute of Journalists, with aims similar to those of the American Press Society, the membership of which is centered In the east New Institute has for its purpose the realization of a high eth leal code and professional standard In all branches, of journalism, and the preservation of the freedom and Integrity of the press. Among the Institute's organizers are Lee Shippey, columnist of the Los Angeles Times; Paul Zimmer man, sports writer on the same pa per; Ronald Waggoner, of the UP Los Angeles office, and William S, Kellogg, editor of the Gliendale News-Press. Spector's 'Green Hornet' Raymond Spector, of Austin & Spector, has obtained the agency cdntrol of the commercial rights to 'The Green. Hornet;' the Mutual 8ire<i series, which is owned by King-Trendle, Inc., of Detroit; He is following the pattern of 'The Lone Ranger' operation by licensing book publishers and toy, clothing, etc manufacturers. Spector has a deal on for a comic strip on the 'Hornet' while Univer^ sal will start releasing it as a serial in early January. Friendly Rivals Although Hendrik Willem Van Loon writes for Wythe Williams' pa per, the Greenwich (Conn.) Time, the two will be rival syndicated com- mentators on the European scene. Williams has been signed by the Watkins Syndicate to do a column on the foreign fituation, and Van I.oon Kofoed's Miami Column Jack Kofoed, more than four years commentator on 'World of Sport' and I 'Washington' shorts for Columbia Pictures, will resume his columning for the Mianni Daily News Dec. 1. A former sports writer on the N Y. Eve. Post, he did a similar stint for the News last winter. Although he has started work on another novel, his multifarious tasks will not interfere with his work for Columbia nor hinder his magazine writing. Austin DIspatcli Sold The Austin (Tex.) Dispatch passes to new ownership on Oct. 1, having been acquired by J. M. West, Sr., oil operator and rancher, from the com- pany headed by H. T. Knape. It's Ihe intention of the new owner to re- name it the Austin Daily Tribune. Dispatch is at present an evening and Sunday morning paper. Com- peting paper is the Statesman, which, with the morning American, is op- erated by the American Publishing Co. A. Garland Adair edits the Dis- patch. LITERATI OBITS John T. Lambert, 54, former pub- lisher of the Boston Evening Amer- ican, Boston Sunday Advertiser and Washington Times, died Thursday (14) of a heart attack. He was named exec v.p. of the Suffolk Downs Horse Race Track, Boston,' after quitting newspaper work last year. Prior to taking charge of the Washington Times he was Washington corre- spondent for the Hearst papers, and served a term.as prez of the White House Correspondents Assn. He was playing golf ■ in.Newton, Mass., when he suffered the fatal heart at- tack. Charles Hall Grandgent, 76, lec- i turer on literature and author of I many ' books .and essays, died in I Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 12. A fel- ] low of the American^ Academy of i Arts and Sciences, he was from 1927 | to 1930 prez of the Boston Authors! Club. James C. Dayton, 77, former pub- lisher of the N. Y. Evening Journal, died Thursday (14) in N. Y.. Eni tered newspaper work in 1903 a.>: an advertising solicitor on the N. Y. American, and became publisher of the Journal 10 years later. Resigned the post in 1928, later rejoining the Hearst organization in an Important capacity. He was an advertising con- sultant at his death. Ethel M. Dell, one of most prolific of contemporary novelists, died Sun- day (17) in Hertford, England. She had written at least one novel a year since 1922. At least 16 of her novels were best-sellers, and estimated that around 3,000,000 copies of her books had been sold in the U. S. alone. Bills Next Week .Continued from page 47. Clevc.'s Own Prize Awards Cleveland newspaper workers have arranged for annual miniature Pul- itzer awards of their own as rewards for the best work turned out by newspaper and press service editorial workers in that city each annum. Nine awards will be made. Chief prize will be for the outstanding newspaper work of the. year,, and the others for the best public service, news reporting and writing, feature writing, sports reporting and writ- ing, art and photographs, and head- line writing. Vision's StarUng Dale Set Starting date has finally been set for the new Sunday mag newspaper supplement. Vision, which has been a long time in the making. Gets go- ing Jan. 21, 1940, with Publication Corp. as sponsor. Impressive number of papers re- portedly signed for the new supple- ment which reputed ly w il be in a form different from any now in ex- istence. Editors of many of the pa- pers to use the supplement have l>een meeting with the publi.ihers for suggestions on features and format. Coronet Cots to 25c Weintraub-Smart publishing group is cutting the price of its Coronet mag from 35c to 2Sc. Second of the firm's periodicals to undergo'a price slash. Ken went from 25c to 10c be- fore it quit publishing entirely. Coronet is edited by Arnold Ging- rich, who does the same job for Es- quire. It's reported as buying little material lately. Gilbert's Vande History Bru.shup Douglas Gilbert, N. Y. World- Telegram by-liner, has- gone to Bay Head, N. J., to complete a book anent the hi.story of vaudeville on which he has been at work for a year or more. He planned going to a hideaway in Nova Scotia to finish the job, but changed his mind when the war broke out, figuring that Tio.<:sible emergency regulations might' prove a hindrance. fl5«,000 Libel Suit Louis R. Glavis filed a N. Y. fed- eral court action Wednesday (13) against Time, Inc., for $150,000 dam- ages, alleging libel. Plaintiff is an attorney, and the offending article appeared in the Nov. 21, 1938. issue of Life. CHATTER Richard Berlin, head of the Hearst mags, is a new. papa. Elmer Gertz, Chicagoan, writing a history of the Chi Trib. Philip Guedalla gets over late this month for a lecture tour, Raymond Gram Swing will do a book for Norton on the causes of the new war. . Charles Hoffman sold his short story, 'Summer Bachelor,', to Ameri- can magazine. Edgar Johnson spent his summer vacation working out a book-length analysis of satire. Robert Nathan divorced by his wife; Liicie-Lee Hall Skeldlng^-Na- than. He's the novelist Arthur Ijillman got something out of his first golf game—an idea for a whodunit on a golf course. Robert de Graaf adding four titles to his Pocket Books, among them 'Show Boat,' by Edna Ferber. Joseph S. Hyler motors to the Coast Jhe middle of October. While lhere ~wiirdo a book on assignment War has resulted in the postpone, ment of the publication here of Len- nox Robinson's life of William Butler Yeats. Burnett Murphy has resigned from the editorial staff of Tide magazine to become managing editor of the Civil Service Leader. Leslie Charteris and the family trailerize to the Coast shortly where the creator of 'The Saint' series has some scribbling commitments. Paul Corey able to finish his novel, 'Three Miles Square,' because of a boom in the egg business in which . he-engages.»dwa_npt_scribbling; Maj. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua, re- tired, has joined Newsweek as as.so- ciate editor and military authority He has begun a 'War Week' depart- ment Klaus and Erika Mann, .son and daughter of Thomas Mann, German novelist now an exile in this country, and themselves writers, are teaming for lecture dates. Hy Gardner (Brooklyn Eagle) set some sort of a Hollywood journal istic record with 35 interviews in seven days, including photographic poses with the film stars. Satevepost on Oct 11 has a piece on Fran Striker, author of 'Lone Ranger,' doiie by Joe' Bryan III. Bryan also has two-part story on Robert Benchley due soon in the SEP. Desire of Dr. Harry Overstreel to devote more time to writing has caused him to step down as prez o( the Co-operative Book Club. Dr. Henry Pratt Fairchild named to suc- ceed him. Tribute will be paid to Irving Bacheller, noted American scribbler, on his 80lh birthday next Tuesday (26) when alumni, of St Lawrence University and Rollins College give a dinner in his honor at the Hotel Alconquin, N. Y. Catherine Hayes Brown, mother of Helen Hayes, got $12,000 from the Satevepost for her forthcoming 'Let- ters to Mary,' treating with her actress-daughter's life. Random House has the book rights. Mark Hanna agented both. Bob Gorrlty Oro .Gloria Gale. .Vumle'a Grotto Gus Drliley Oro Hotel Scht<i«d«r (l^mplre Room) Ray Herbeck Ore K*rl RatMh'H Sepple Boch Oro Hclnno Slum WfiUcr ^lerhoff llarEuerlte nibble Jjinen'fl. 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Coyle McKay Ore San Diego Marp Duo Kendall i'upps Merle Clark ■lini Stie\pn-^rt'n Geo Prennell Al Alpxamler Ore .Stntler llntfl (Terrace Koom) , Frank Gagen Oic Bob Allen NITEBT OP BOBBED Milwaukee, Sept. 19. Joe Pick, partner with his brother, Sam, Jn the Pick's Club Madrid, was slugged Thursday (14) and robbed of $140 and a gun. Bandits missed ■ diamond stickpin. Coin was the Wednesday night'a receipts of the niter^.