Variety (Jan 1941)

Wvtlncfidajt Jannary 22, 1941 63 N LEGAIi NOTICE TTticB op .8ALt.-raul>remB Court or l-* Skate ot . N/BW \Tork,. County of • - ■ v;>ric--Henry C. BiiriiBtlne. etc., . iLri'.1 ano.. defendante: . poiJilion of the Supreme ^'"rco'unli of New TorW. dated^ahu- •"^^ . i= v« of the Court *t Special Term ^'"„iv °H't l).e County Court Hpuee. it '^''"H^'rind Oetitre Streete. BorOMBh of ritv of New Tork., on the >l,0lifl1?an. ^l^^i^^^iMi/et 10 o'clock li^ ^"^VStretofore aubhiltted t" the, SlVelx^or. ,6 »Jri to Bald pita. Gelat the iinovvlnif described property: ,x ^* Ai ihe i lKht title and: IntereBt of T or. fnc Corporatfon. ap^^^^ liru ory decree entered In the pfflce: o^ ICnerk of New York County on Octo tS* ™lS40; Tk^ the above ^ntUled^ acj ' fVon in "nrt to Kroperty of Jlayland Uftmi iB Cpiporatlbn of every kfhd. na- nire n-nd^ description and whercBoeyer i .inti' lncludliig all the real estate.; jre- Wtlcilirly describe*:^ " •'Tt.T- Ihit certain plot, piece or parcel .if Idnd tbgether with the buUdlnRS and fmohivotrie^ilB now located tjiereon or whIcTmTy hereafter be, erected .ther<.oii. rinate ivlnjs and helhR at Ro,cUaT%'ay B^a5h. Plfih Ward, Borough aTid Cminlj; ci>nH; nty and State of New ,To.|c. briiimlKl lind (1 escribedfollows:- . . i nPnlNNIN6 at the. corner formed^by ; tho I'ntersectlon of. the Southerly side O.t F^ciliiwav^ Bench>. Boulevard. foVmerly Kn as.- ("eiitral; Boulevard ..with the Fa" evly side ot Beach- 98lh.,Street. f<n- n,or v known as AV^rd _Ayenue;, runnlnfr Ihcnce Easterly arid alonu said KOutli- Ir v Ride of Ilockaway Beach. Boulev.-jrrt. « ilfstance -of H8.79 feet more pr less to a point therein .disUnt 62.26 feet Wpatellv-from.(he corner.fprmed.'.by the tnieMecVlon'of the said Southerly side of Rnclfaway Beach. Boulevard with the Westerly- side of Beach :..»7th :;Strcei; ' fortnerlv' known, .as ••TompaOn Avenue,. ■lliVnce- Southerly and on,' a llne-iParallel: with sBid Westerly 5ldei of Beach 97.fJi BtreetV a distance of llS.60 feet: thence Easterly and on a line at right ariRles <p ■aUl Westerly side of. Beaoli 97thvStreet. « distance oif 62 feet to the Tl^palerLv ■Ide thereof; thence Southerly and.along •aid Westerlv side of Beach 97th Street, a dislance of-^fS-SS feet_jhore...<?r less ' to a polrit'ln the Northerly, line of prop- erty acquired by the City flf New York ■ fof. Public-Pafk Purposes, as acquired ..In this Section, under A'^esllng. of May 11. • 1938; thence.. Westerly and'.along sftld. Norlheirry- line of property act^ulred by the nty of New. York for . .Public Park ■ purttoses,. a distance of 'ZOJ' feet..:to the' Easterly side of Beach 98th Street; • tlisrice Northerly; and. along aald. Bast- ■erly side of Beach 98tH Street, a dls-- fance.of. 680.01 feet more Or less .to the Southerly side tt BockaWay - Beach. Boulevard, formerly knowii as .Central. ' Avenue, the ^oliit 'or place of .beginning.^ .: tOGETHBR with all right, title and Jnterest of the mortgagor, of. In.and to the'lamia, lying In'the bed of any irtreet or avenue ' upon wlilch '-said, prpperty ..fronts, to the center line* thereof.?'. ' and ail buildings - and . linproverhents erected' and : situate thereon or appur- tenant. thereto, subject :to any. state' of ■ facts ■ an accurate survey would, show ' (Tid subject' to easements, restricti ve cavenantB' and agreements' of record,.. If ' any. to encroachments, and projections and to any violations pending .or. which may subse.q'ueritly be Imposed' against the premlsea. up'4o. .the date of sale by '- any governmental or . riiunlclpal author-. ' Ity. and 'all other property and'assets.' tangible and Intangible to-which the Re- cplver has title at the. time of passing'of title herein, except .cash en hand or In .bank belonging to the Receiver at tlte' time of pasqihg of -title 'hereunder, and any recoveries which may be .effected In behalf of Playland Holding Corporation la the above entitled action;. The foU 'lewlng'is a. diagram of the real property to, be Sold: The aforementioned property la- an. tn«usement park, khown ais VRockaways' Playland," located at Beach .9Tth and Beach 9Rth Streets, ttockaway. Beach, Kew York. • . ■ ■ .. The sale shall b» iipon the following terms:. ;., (a) . No bid shall be recelved'uiiiess ac- companied by a deposit with the Receiver of the siim-of 16.000, In cash or certlfled ■ check. "■ (b) The. successful bidder , shall make .'ID addltlonitL deposit 'Immediately upon the closing of 'the-bidding, In. an anibunt iuRldent to. make - the ' total' deposit, by : iaid bidder at least 20% of the amount : «t the succeBSfuI bid: .Alt other depoalta recelved.by the Receiver shall be forlh- ,.wllh returned, to.the unsuccessful bidders *ho shall have,made sucli deposits. (e) The. balance ahalt be paid In cash Pr certlfled chebk at the time of the elpslng of the title, to. take place thirty days after the date < of such salel at the jnices of SellgRbSrr A Lewis,, attorneys jor Receivers, 29 Broadwiay, Borough of Hanhattan. New York City, T . . may be aubhiltted to the. Jle- Ti "I " the bltlces. of hiB tttorrieyS !?r '"•bi-uary lOth; 1941. There haa'been deposited with the Be- n.i!'" *torementli9ned oiler of Rita jwet and a copy of the ahnii^l report of rv!^."'??'""*"'t for- Playlahd . Hoildlrfg l^jporatlpn. covering the fiscal year end- Sf ^eptennber. 30th. 1940 arid, a copy of sheet of PUyland Holding J'°''">'"atlon aS. of .December Slst,. 1940 v?i, offer,, accountant's report and ■J'««t will be «VallabI« for Iri- 1 by all Interested parties at the • ■ all i *Recelver'B attorneys dlifIrtg till J*"*"'*'* hours Of the day n> to the lime of such sale; CorDorJfit-*'';^"'",''' of Plaiyiand Holding. PlMi/Ji'X"'.""* known as f'RockaWays' Mih -S?* located .at Beach, 97th and Torv S'.'f't^ .-Rockaway Beach, - ISew Inf.!;!.?'']' ^" for Inspection by all » j?rS'te4;.partles, between the hoOrs- of ".oiidiy*,"*,Jf ".I".".' Heaitk'Kane' sContlBucd from >a^* isi will be .followed .by large-Space, two- color newspaper copy in 20 to 25 key cities where the ^picture will .have its initial showings. Donolme Goe agency is preparing the acts. - Hearst -has' Objected to 'Kaiie* on the basis that Us story too .closely reisiinvbles his own life; IjOueHa:Par- soris, itiotioii picture 'editor, of' .the kearst papers, who has been acting as sort .of ah oifTicial spokesman ..in .HpHy'i^.bpd rfor Ker i-bosis,. said;, last week that he was going thiou'gh'with a. suit : tp [ force the picture to be ditched. •;■ '. Miss Parsons, incideiitany, found hersejif in. raithei: eiti embarrassing, libsitioh,. When she . discovered the theiTie of. Welles' initial try. She had been loudly driini>-i5eating for hirii as •a- boy. wonder, after; much of Hpllyr wdpd. had bejgun to scoff at his long stay , oh - the RKO Ibt before/ pror duction oh his .first picture started., . - ijays office .wl^.r^^^ HanSs- bff 1 policy ■ In the .figiif: Hearst Ihas launc^ied ' against RKO; .because of its ijroductipn of 'GitiiEen Kane,'. the publisher, carries his battle.against the whole jfllm business. Hays office .attitude. is . that -it has.; no. control over . such a situation • beyond: thiat pf the .Production Cddis Administra- tion ■ahd.;hp- code, violation has Ijeen .fepprted. on the pi.cture, accprdihg to.: ihformatloino In New York. . '' , J .'Cooat'Kaiie'.TIuu " 'Hollywood, Jani-2L v •Advance? campaign .for 'Citizen Kane' jjoes; on regardless of threat- ened, legal retaliation against . RKO and Orson Welles; producer, diirec- tor, .Tvriter and star' of th* picture',' which is alleged, in.-certain phases, to parallel the life of . William. Ran- dolph Hearst.; . ':.!, : Full page ads^ It bi understood, are being placed In hatibnally circulated magazines, one of which ;ll^aaid to be Good Housekeepfing, a' Hearst publication. .Meahwhilei Welles is editing his .picture for the premiere, slated'fOr Feb. i3. - ; : In addition to printed : publicity, Welles : is preparing a \ 15-minute transcription fo be. released without cost to radio stations. Anothier spur to the. campaign is a life ^story; of Welles, written by Adele Rogers St. John, . to be published Jan. .26 In Hearst's American Weekly. Welles* next; Rkb production will be a Mexican yarn, part of which is based oii his own script and part oh a novel,The Way to Sanr tiagO,' by Arthur:. Galder-MarshaU, recently bought: by. the gtudio. Dolores Del Rip- -is slated as the femme lead. Detroit Tim.ra* Bcprlaal Detrpit, Jan. 21, ' ;\Evidence that William Randolph Hearst isn't fooling in his threatened reprisal against RKO for the filming of 'Gitizen Kane' was' provided here. The Dettoit Times, on« of the Hearst chain of newspapers, had been run- ning advance exploitation on the serialization of . 'Kitty Foyle/ sched- uled, to start rimning last week Ih the newspaper. Ihe exploitation saddenly stopped and the serial failed to stio^ir up in the newspaper. •Arsenic* {Coatlhued from pafO Is ZIVIC KEEPS TITLE flttt the publlcatloh Of tlio In,'*'*I'«'-tJsement of thia-^e ind ■ end- Iho flay preceding the da.to of bJ aSlu ;a.uch. Inspection ttiay be had ioV?..i at the offices of said Cor- tw«v S"' A?'' B«ach 97th Street, nock-; B^Sr n*\**' New Torjf, Telephone Ko. ■V,'* "arbor 5-12J0. . . ; . J^aied: New Tork., January IT. 1941. ' ttARRT ZAMORE. ■ «EunaBEia « i.BWig; / . nice .A p. o. AUdreiBB. 29 Broadway, JJprfliiKh of Manhattan; City of . .^ew York.- '■.' . who ihycsted asked to be declared, in and that none was lolicted to do so. Grouse,; laughingly; admitting that he doesn't kiiow the exact nuhir ber of 'backers,' suggests that some of them walk on; fpr. ono of -the cur^' tain calls iii Which 13:extraS are lised; He'also wants the critics to take that curtain call arid.; If there aren^t enough, ihOre of the backers can HIl out; In Engaging Dick Mahey to press agent the show; 'Grouse told hiiti; ihe reasbn he got the Job was ■because; you areVscrewier than .the Play-V' ■ ' .■ ..•.-^:; .. ' Arf entlne C,jainpii Down .■ ' .'Buenos'Aires; Jan. '21;' ' Argentine foreign bfllc^,'; on the eve of the ppeiiing of . 'Great Dict.a- tpr' in .iiontevifiep: ; Thursday ' (16 )i put its hoof down oh sale of tickets here for . a. ifip, across the Rlvei" Plate to see the film. Ferries were set to do a - trerheridous biz,, sincie .'Dictator' was 'banned Iri ATgeritina; . Despite the niy, hoWevir, :large ■number of persons from this side of the; river'are said to be In, the au- dience; By JACIl: PULASKI About three years ago .Henry Armstrortg,. cplbred flghtihg;; ^yon- der from Xbs \- Angeles, battered Barney Rpss sb badly that the then champion retired from, the; ..iring, Friday (IT) night at. Madison Square' Garden,. Armstrong; was trounced' as badliy by Fi-itzie ZiVic of Pittsburgh, who won the. welter; title last ;;.faU frbrn;Henry,. It.-looks likie the Coast, colored lad will. aLsij pass .oiit of, the; fistic picture,as a result bf the kayo he\:sustained ih. 12 rpunds at .?ivic's hands.." '- :—.^ ■ ./^ : 'Pejfpetiiiai motion,* 'as Armstrphg Was! called bver a period of years, had ;been seeiriiirtgly inyiricible. He: held \the feather,; lightweight and weltet,.titles simultaneously-, at one .stage. Obiservers; hpwever, always figured; that little Henry could; not ■keep, up his; blistering fighting. pia'C.e indefinitely, and there i.?; no; dpubt, now- th'af he iS washed; ..tip; as a ,.t3p scrapper.... :■ It was: noised -ai'ound .that Arrfv^. strong was riot taking care of, him- .self when he lost; the Welter crown to Zivic'in October. For that event Henry was. favbi'ed .1^4;; ; Fans;.,stili liked, him. to recapture the title Fri- day evening, when he was oxi th^ Ibrig end of TrSV Interest in (the. .sec-: brid meeting was so, strong that mbre than 23,d00 people jariimjed the gar- den, a new attendance record, gross being $78,242^ including state, and federal; taxes.-., ■. ';'.'■. ^ -;■ ',■•_";■ • At... their first flght|. Airmstrpnjg- wealtened' .;during the- last seyen rounds. His .eyeS were so badly, ci^t and . sWolijen; that he couldn't' see Fritzie, who hafl him almost biit at. )he beil. ' Plenty who saw that bat- tle,, rated the fiercest, last year, were; not cohvin.eed. .that Armstrong was reaching; the end of the trail. Zivic had become aware that Henry's punches had little sting: and ■ frbin the. eighth round on h^e changed his style :0f attack and . copped a split decisibn.- . This time .^^ivic started, the bout just thiat, - way, peppering the lad who .used to carry dynamite, in either paw, aind showing confidence that he Was the . master. ^ Heriry waded In as he always had but nothing happened. Instead of piimp-^ ing both arms, he was often virtual-, ly Inactive; slowed down, to a walk, colored boy's,,; eyes had been oper- ateid on to remove scar tissue since' the .first Zivic .meeting, but he again was so badly cut on the orbs that referee Arthur ,Dbnoyari refused to permit Heriry to' be, punished further and called off the rriatch early In the 12th round.' ; -'".'^ Donovan had gone to Armstrong's corner at each rest peiriod after the eighth round and ciailled the doctor "to look him over at the end of the'10th. At that time the referee told. Arm- strong's handlers that he would not allow more than one ipore round, the way. things were going. Cplbred boy ■ then ' fbught like he formeirly did; socking ZIvIc aroiind the ring and having him dizzy fpr a time. Thfit 11th round had the house in an uproar,, but It .was just a fiash fpr •ArmSltrPng had nothing when', the next round started.' After the fight the colored boy went to his doctor for more stitches around the eyes. . ; Eddie Mead, who giiidedt Arm^^ strong to the three titles, was absent; haying had a heart attack, but had he, been In Armstrong's corner the result cbuld„hardly have been diflferr erit. Al Jplsbri, who has, an interest in Armstrpn^,. Is rsaid to' have bet against him. fbr; the flirst. time. Star could not attend, appearing In 'Hold On I'd Your-Hats"at the Sihubert.. Sorijia Jlenie arid her ice show oc- cupy the ; Garden, "this week. Next boxing show there';ls carded for Jan. 31j when Joe Lbuis rheets Red -Bur- hian. ■''; '';.-.-'-" ' ' ' Chatter iCpiitlnued from page, 61; to. go to Italy arid .will ;take folc; in hew Spanish production. ; •Jbse Torres, Foi Cutter in Hpllyr wood, retiirhing to* filih, capital alter several ihpnths rest in Madrid. ;: Alejandro ;'Moliinedp, ' pic, 'distrib; and importer,;plaririing Lisbon, trip to search; markiet Ipr heW: riiaterial; , ■■ .Famous Spanish teripr,-, Jbse An-' tonio; Astigarraga; 86, kribwh-as Asti,- has .died, . Often toiired, iri -bpth Americas.:". ■']: Madrid, opera ^season: tirishuttered- at the Zarzuela theatrei which spe-. cialized in vaudeville during fall and; early.-winter.. .;^'\ . :, Airibassador Weddel and Ambassa- dor HPare. were guests of hbrtbr at, a New Year's cocktail at .the British- AmieriCari cl'tib. .,. . . ; Jiian 'Vaiera prize: of, 500-pesetas. Will bejaWarded to any magazine or . periodical, article^written': by . Spanish f or Spanish-Anierican author pn the. |,life,:. iiifiueric'e ■ or wPrks pf Juan. .■yaiera.'.V• • .;;■ •;.-•;..^.v ■ -..^.!';; Ambassador and Mrs.^ Weddel in- vited entirje 'American cPlbny on Christmas bay'tb an 'old fashioned eggnog.' At niight gave dinner tP small informal group Of American news cOrresppndents. , IMEaniiel del Castillo 'has begun new. pic;.- 'Tierra - Meiga.' Recently cpm- pleted 'El Famoso Caballeira.' 'Tierra Meiga' is megjged by FIbrian Rey, with scenario • by.; Adblfo TorradP; photbgraphy, Enriqi^e Qartner; :. ■ : Circo. de Price; opened ftladrid cir- cus season.^ in arena, which was al- nfibst ehtirely-Tdestiroyed during Civil War. Average;show, with usual rpu- tine of clever dogs, real arid ..fake horses, ■■indifferent, clowning," an Amazon and a niari. Pn; a flying trapeze^ ■■-.;,.:■. ■ .--.,.■:'• --;v-'. v; ; List of Spanish actors ,^yhb.died In- Spain; during 1940 include jtian ,Bp- nafe, Mantiel Rodriguez, Pepe Me- dina. ; Fernando ■ Perlquet, Eriiilio' Thuillier; Rafael Ramirez,! ViCehte Mauri; Ricardo Vargas; Pedro Fer- nandez Cuenca. Authors ihclude Goyescas, Emilio (Gonzalez del'Ca's- tillb, Antonito Asenjo and Maurlcip Lopez Roberts y Terry. New Spanish feieases: . •Malqueri- da,' with Luchi Soto, Julio Peria arid' Tarsila Griado, at the BilbOa; 'Jai Alai.' at the PalaCib de la Musica; 'El Fambsb Gaballeira.' • at the Rialto. Imriilnent releases- 'El Ultimo Husar,' with Gonchita Montenegro, megged by Luis Sagi .Vela; 'El Crucero Bal- lerares,' produced by RKO, directed by {Jnrique del Campo; 'Rapteme Usted,' With Guitar; 'Mari-Juana,' with Fernandito Augustihi. . Church Beef on Rurley ::,;: Waterbury; eprini, Jan. 21. ,, Return of hurley tP jaCgues theaf tre; was buttoned up .following clergy's cbriiplaints' ;two years ago,, last, week; drew, attention, of Rev. Michael'. ;F. KCating, .Cathplic priest. , .- Latter called upon- rinayor; police arid Gathplics; to check .JacqueS shows. ; Managemeht. proiriised . - operation and, city officiais a.ii.sured, ceriibrial^.in.spectipri eyery week.. : Ira ', Mangier' is a ; partner , :v^ith Jlrnmy Evans; in the operation .of the band and vaiide policy at, the White Plains' Courity Center, ; n.. Y: Mangier. booked band.s for Mike Todd's Dancing Campus .at Woild's ■Fair, N. Y., last Sunrimer. , Torii Labruni, legit bliirper, back ,at his; desk after grippe. , . .\ . . Jeff Keen, riianaglng editor and columriiist of the Daily News,- bested the.flu. ■.' :. "■ "■ ■.■'""■;-■. ■■■ ' ■■. .: . : John Paul Weber, ex-.WIP spieler; now attending the officers' trairilrig SGhoolatFbttpixC ■ • :Frahl< Palumbp has reopened. His spot in Miariii. now bbf^sts five, nfteir-; les that bear hi.s narriie. •; Eileen Kehtr WPEN's hbnie .econ;^ omist, now heads public relations committee of: State Nurses Assopla-r tiori."' ■' ■;■■■.■.■; '"' ■' ' ... Mort Bbirow, WPEN engineer, has; bought, a riew home. In the suburbs equipped' with a- .jpowerful ' shbrt wa'vie transmitter. - Stork Club, ordered by the Fed- eral Court to. drop: Its tag because of suit by nitery-of same naitie in New York; iisi how .;called ;;the Swan Club/ :Lynn: Hardy,. eJc'-treasuirer . of the ' Chestnut. St: Opera Houst, L-'epOrted slated ,to- manage-iy.e Walriii't theatre, when it 'is reopened, by .OScar Serlln for 'Life V/ith: Fathet.'' Martha Raye, Molly Picon, Everett Marshall, the Mills Brothers were among the galaxy pf talent at the Golden Slipper Square Ghib'g shin- dig.at,the; Acaderiiy of Music on Suni day^ (19).'.'' ■ ■■■■ ■■■ ■':- -■ Minneap^ By -Ln llccp ■ ■ Buddy Fisher brchestra into. Hotel Lowry. Jack Sidney back with Lou HOltz Hollywobd unit. ' Edythe Bush little theatre offering 'Matgin for Error/ . Donald Novis sfeppied out of 'Happy Hour* riitery. . ^ Father of . John Hafich of MrQ office staff passed away. . Kirsteh'Flagstad .soloi.st with Min- neapblis Symphony, orchestra; St. Paul -Winter Carnival angliri^ for Jiidy Garland iaS star attraction. Dorothy Hill, B. St K. production inanager, Iri frOm Chicagp to catch Lou Hbltz shbw; ; Joe Behan; former Warner Bros.* head booker, to RKO iri Des Moines in same capacity.. : ' E. J. Weisfeldt, Minnesota theatre nrianaging director, here to . catch MarCus show opening.: Mort H. Singer and his general riiahager, .Morgan Arties, drbpped into; town; to., look over their Or-,, pheum.':. , ■ ■ Alice Workman; wife of M^O branch manager, sponsored Variety Club bridge tea fpr Milk Fund;char-, ,ity^prbject. • v^:-;.. Myma Ldy dtie here Jan. 29 to stieak at Committee - tb - Defend- AmeriCa-by-Ai^irig-the-Allies meet-' ing at. Auditbriuni. ,' ": .Morton/ Downey .- cancelled Or- pheumi' booking next week Iri order to, hasteij ,to West coast to ti^,,tp j)atch up domestic;rift., : • Charlie^ Snyder, RKO; salesman out bf Sioux Falls,.,S, D., stricken with pneurifiohia; hei^e and In St. Barriahas hospital here. Theodore and Deriesha, dancers; irito Hotei Nicbllet, Minnesota Ter-i race, with Gus Arnheirii's orchestra; succeeding Carlos Mblina.- / ,' Hotel Radissori new Flame Room nitefy holding contest to select city's IQ best dancers ..for-.appearance ,,at brpheum with'name band. , .: AlkarSeltzer 'Barn Dance;* with 'Hoosier ' Hpt Shbts;' Henry . Bu^r; Eddie Peabbdy,, etc., into AuditbriUm 'for one-nightet Feb. 1 at 85c. tpp. Simorie -Siirion spotted- into " Or-: pheum with Bpbby May, 1?ed Mack, Isabel JeM^ell, Lorraine arid Rognari and Three Samuels Boys arid Wjnriie next week. Althbiiigh it expended/more'money for charity and other purposes In '1940,,'Twin City'Variety Club had ibettcr bank balance Jan. 1, 1941, ; than , at corresponding: time a year I a«o. ' ■ r: Attsttafia; By J^riq Gorrick. ; vSir Ben - Fuller seeking: Site for' Sydney theatre. . v. :■ ' Stariley Crick goes back for a sec- prid term as Sydney^s Lord Mayor. .; Leyante, ;magiciari< wiU rPad tour ; after contrsLct conipletioit' with Wil- liamsorirTait.:, - \ Hariiiltbn Webber in as musical di- rector State, Melbourne, for Greater Unibh Theattes. •, Waliace Pamell, Tivbli exec, hopes;, to have Laurel arid Haidy " this zOrie next:Lenten. ,Wefe George Wood Is expected to, do an Aussie runaround for Tivoll loop in February, :. , -, - * - Queensland exhibs aire still press- ing government, to bring- in a 25% . right to reject TJ. S.. pix. : ..Distribs are expected to. nix air-;, ing pix, prior 'to preems following protests from many exhibs. , Marie Burke may be spotted Info' a musical for.' Williamsori-Tait dur- ing '41. Last one was a revival of 'Wildflower.^ Prints bf 'Dictator* (UA) CUppered to this zone tb save time on preem timied for Vuletide-New Year , by Hoytst at Plaza, Sydney. Bid is being made to. introduce 'drive- in theatres' in. several Aussie • hinterland centres this sunimer. In- die interests are behind bid. ■ ■ Josef Szigeti, Hurigiarisin violinist, has been booked by ;the Australian Broadcasting Commission - fpr an Aussie concert and air runarourid. Increase in cost of raw fllni will riiean'uppirigs in newsreels pri local playarounds. : Pirocessing costs will also, be upped to distribs by local laboratories; Two most popular 1940 wartime, songs,'heard iri Australia were: 'Theire's a Boy Comiftg Home oh Leave.' and 'Til the Lights of Lon- .dbri §hine Again.' Exhibs are stilf pressirig S. dis- tribs to, conserve product as; much as pps.sIble;to preverit, any shortage) throughout '41 due iP possible, stop- page of U.S.boats to this zorie. New,;Zcaland government has Jtist conipleted pic shb'wing ' growth of territory over past 100 years; Pic, rurinihg to S.OOO feet, Is mainly in- tended for visual education in tha- tbp 'schools,,■'.,,-;, ■' , As an added attraction for the kids bh vacation,'Hoyts brought in 'Youth Will Be Served' (20th) with 'Blue Bird' (20th) at -Embassy, Sydney., Both Jane Withers and Shirley Terii- ; pie have been jow In b.o. during;'40 and new bid watched wlth attentioii. ; By John Qiilnn, ; Rose ICeane opens in: 'As You. De-; sire Me' at ' the ;-Resident theatra', Moriday (27). • ' ' ;; : - Jack Stewart sbjouming in New: York for month; -or, so, ^signing. ac- counts lor.; KOMO. ' . i .Irvin Cbbb set as guest/ speaker, before . the Buildets:; Assopiatioii at Hotel Presideriti Feb, 11. : Arlie Simmons; hpppirig via plane back and forth; to Florida; for' a brief; V^acatjon between band dates;; Noririie BlomquLst in' at "the Ca- bana room <^f Hotel Phillips .fbr a t'wb-w'eek sirigihg engagement.' V. Ruth Keridali,' continiiity chief at KC.KN; a,way from her desk a few d'a.vs la.'st 'weislt ,tus.sling.the flu. jimmy Liinceford and Nick ;Stuart arinnunced by Manager WiM- Wittig as dated for the Pla-Mor ballroom soon.'-,.^' ; ' ■ ■■ Barney Joffee returning from .-a, booking trip to Chi and announcing the signing of Matty MalnCck for' 'Vale-at Ihe To.-vpr soon.