Variety (Aug 1941)

Wednesday, August 27. I94i 55 FDR'S Way : Continued from page 1; plained he 'picked it up In Norfolk.' It is understood, however, that a representative of the National Press Club called on the British Embassy about a luncheon for the Duke of Windsor, who is to be here in Sep- tember, and there was some half- joking remark made about another •famous personage' bound for Ameri- ca, with Churchill hinted at. The press club rep is said to have in- formed Farr who did some further checking and ^hose speculaUve story coincided with an announce- ment in Parliament that Churchill was away. What Farr did get in Norfolk, it is understood, was a few details of the meeting, which he combined with what he knew about the two men to make a color story that again made the American cor- respondents mad—they were sure the Daily Mail had a man on the boat. Stings from their desks.had the White House newshawks in Maine so hopping mad that the President had considerably more difficulty than usual in placating them upon his arrival from the conference, al- though no group of men in the country is more ardently devoted to Hoosevelt than those who cover his daily activities. He scheduled a quick press conference and when the boys came on board threw his arms around veteran correspondent Mike Hennessy, pushing him down in the Presidential chair. Then, mocking the tones and words with which he inevitably opens press con- ferences, he declared: 'Mike Hen- nessy says there Is no news.' CoopenUive—Plus A bit more playfulness and the lads were calmed. Later came an- other one of those instances which endear the President to newspaper- men. A correspondent complained that they needed .a bit of time to get their stories off and would miss the Presidential special returning Hoosevelt to Waihingtori. 'How much time do you need?,' the Chief Exec queried. 'Half hour,' was the reply. 'Okay, we'll wait 45 minutes,' agreed the President Actually, the nation's chieftain and his entire party of officials, waited an hour at the President's order expressly for the newsmen to write their stories. It's things like that that never fail to amaze foreign newsmen who cover the President. Another evi- dence of his thoughttulness occurred last fall when the Capital cor- respondents accompanied him on his train to Philadelphia for an inspec- tion of the Navy Yard. Train arrived late in the evening on a siding far down in South Philadelphia near the Yard. Quite certain the newsmen wouldn't relish sitting there all evening, the President arranged with the Philly police for a caU-and-de- livery service by radio squad cars to take his boys uptown and bring 'em back when they were ready. Esteem of the White House cor- respondents for Roosevelt, instead of sinking with the passing of time, as has almost Invariably happened with past presidents, has grown with familiarity. versions of plays, tab musicals and other types of diversion. Occa- sionally, the shows are put <Ai in the factories in longer versions after hours, although with the double shift a lunch-period entertainment may fair at 10 p.m. Aside from (he ENSA shows, which, of cour.se, are free, Miss Fields said regular variety houses in the provinces are also operating full blast and doing tremendous business. Half an hour after the all- clear signal sounds in the heavily- blitzed industrial areaSj-she declared, the theatres are full. Talented Factory Hands Great new source of talent de- veloping, Miss Fields remarked, is among the factory girls themselves. They are providing their own enter- tainment in many cases from among people in their own ranks, some of whom have surprising ability. 'I ex- pect England will develop many new performers after the war is over from these girls who are getting their first taste of show business,' she declared. Miss Fields' initial performance was in the factory in her home town, Rochdale, where she herself worked as a girl of 14. She also made a number of appearances on battle- ships at Scapa Flow and did one big concert at Albert Hall in London be- I fore returning to the United States. WIND CAUSES $12,000 DAMAGE TO RUSSELLS Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 26. Wind flattened four tents, includ- ing big top, of Russell Bros, circus when it played Richmond recently. Damage to equipment was estimated at $12,000 to $15,000. Blow occurred in midst of after- noon performance, and several hun- dred onlookers escaped serious in- jury. A lion's cage upset, but ani- mal didn't escape. Show played that night with o;ily a canvas sidewall, but management hoped to have new tops to finish season. Beatty Plans Circus Featuring His Animals Dayton, C, Aug. 26. Presently appearing with the Johnny Jones carnival, Clyde Beatty expects to put a 15-car circus on the road next season, featuring his ani- mal acts but including regulation circus acts also. He plans to tour the early part of the season, then join the carnival to play fair dates. Bills Next Week Continued from pace 47 CaesAr & RopIIh liuBier Kelin Jlev Ullnnlrub'a Knri RnTide Or« Hoyd Heaihen Paul KIrkland Jack & X^orralne Cufia Mniuin» Hnl Miller Ore Aulper Hro» T^oulse Sliei'wood Karl. CrPKK .T&nft Oiddlngo Jean Carle Clnb Maffalr Rnnny Weeks Ore Uernle benntttt O Cteorce LlbL^ Rev Cookie BowvrH Hlchiird Adrl&n t Dorli) Abbuit Cluli Vnnlly Fnir Kal Nira Ore Stella Ray Alice Mann Joey Lui-e CocoHDut CroTe MIckov Alport Oro Don HIro Ore Wnlly Wanifer Rev Hilly Fame Marin nlie L'^rnncla Amnpolu I.oppz Knrlco Ntivello Nancy Henky Keith Clarke (Melody l^onee) Marjurlo Garrelson Herb L<«wlii Crawford Hous* Hay ColMnw Ore Miriam JohnKuo CrawCor'leltes Carole Hall nay Miles Joun Petty Kox & Mounda Milton Geore* Ore Grade Fields sContlnned from page 2= turning to England next April. She plans to fulfill a promise to go to Australia in September, 1942. Miss Fields said lliat some 500 small entertainment units are now touring England. Performers get a minimum of £4 and a maximum of £ 10 weekly, with the name play- ers working for free. Shows, of every conceivable type, have been organized by Basil Dean, who heads ENSA (Entertainers National Serv- ice Association), Miss Fields said. Loncbeon Vaudeville Most of the shows run from half hour to an hour and are given in factory canteens during lunch pe- riods, she explained. They are con- sidered by government heads as Important morale builders. 'The Girls—they make up most of the British factory workers now— usually are packed as tight as sar- dines and are munching their lunch as they stand watching the concerts,' the* variety and film star said. 'Stages usually consist of makeshift platforms and often there are the noises of machinery in the back- ground, but neither audiences nor performers seem to mind and the entertainment is splendily re- ceived.* In addition to variety entertain- ers, Miss Fields declared Dean has set up troupes giving abbreviated Hl-Unt Pete llei-man Oro T.uclUe Grey Frank Petty . 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Uurothcn A I KerguKon .M.mrh (!Ih Shirley Jleller Sky-Vno Teddy King Ore irnton Grill Art Yairello Krapk Nainlfl Mike fiandretto. Villa Madrid Er'/t Covato Ore Murk I.:inp ciirr winehlll 2 Co-EdH Peter HlKgloa Key Taylor Weei View Park Riivz Af>h(on Ore Torrence & Vicloria House Reviews lews I «Ee 45 ' I sContUiaed' from page HAMID'S PIER, A. C. (HIPPODROME) Sal's Got A Wooden Leg.* Act ends with Maynard doing a series of rope triclcs which:,brought him tre- mendous applause at this catching Sunday (24). Roecker, in white trousers anc double-breasted blue coat, sings The Ranger Song* and Paul Whiteman': version of 'Road to Mandalay," en- coring with 'Did Your Mother Com< From Ireland.' Crowd liked him. Joey Ross and Gladys Bennett do entertaining dance, songs and wise- cracks. Her baby talk appeals. Harold Boyd, dressed as a gob and Three Jigsaws, huskies in con- servative blue suits, kept audience roaring with guffaws at their dizzj antics and acrobatics. Grace Drysdale entertains with smart marionet turn in which she makes the dolls perform various dances. She Anally comes out and does a dance of her own which was well received. Other attractions on pier include Vaughn Monroe's and Eddy Mor- gan's orchs, Terrell Jacob.s' circiu and 'fun house.' Carter. Literati Mrs. F. V. R. on V. S. Tlx Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt doesn't want (^nsorship of pix, even to put Uncle Sam's best foot forward in South America, says she. In her question and answer page, titled, 'If You Ask Me,' in September Ladies' Home Journal, she is asked, 'Do you believe we should censor movies for export to avoid a false impression of the United States to South Amer- ica?' 'I Jiave a great objection to cen- sorship,' she answers. 'I would far rather see us doing a constructive job of producing movies which tell the truth about this country an^ really give the South American people some idea of what our prob- lems are and what we 6re trying to do to meet them.' Can't Sell Answers to Contests Cease order was hung by a New York court last week on a practice which has been a tremendous head- ache for a humlier of years now to newspapers running puzzle contests. Federal Judge Simon H. Rifkind granted a temporary injunction to the Philadelphia Record ordering Jules Leopold, proprietor of the Puz- zlers Research Bureau, to stop sell- ing solutions to puzzles published by the daily. Court held that people who go into prize contests automatically enter Into a contractual relationship with the contest managers, because, in submitting their entries, they sig- nify acceptance of rules and condi- tions laid down. Those who offer for sale the answers to puzzles. Judge Rifkind declared, induce a 'breach of contract' and improperly interfere with the business of run- ning the contest. The Record is demanding a perma- nent injunction. Latter will be de- cided by a trial. OLYMPIA, MIAMI Miami, Aug. 20. Aoscoe Ates, Barbara Ray, Ginger Dulo, iris Karyl, Will and Gladys Aheam, Harrv Reser House Orch; •Barnacle-Bill (M-G). Envions of N. ,Y. Times' Scribes When Fleet Street (newspaper row of London) was blitz-Hl some time ago, among others to suffer was the New York Times' office. Paper promptly moved the entire staff to a topnotch hotel, where they were comfortably ensconced at a cost of $500 a week, which included 'bed and breakfast.' Naturally the other American correspondents have been casting envious eyes upon this lucky crowd, which has resulted in continuous and persistent requests for higher wages. They have a strong argu- ment to place before their publish- ers, based on the fact the cost of living in London at present is twice what it was before the conflict. died last week (18). Trustees are Tom C. Gooch, v.p. and editor; Al- bert Swinsky, Jr., advertising di- rector, and John W. Runyon, adver- tlsng, manager. Under the terms of the will, eight members of the staff of the paper, including the trustees, and several relatives of Kiest will share in the estate LITERATI OBITS John B. Main, 40, veteran news- paperman, who had been a member of the staff of the N. Y. Journal- American for the past six months, died of a heart attack Aug. 19 at his home in Ramsey, N. J. Guy Emory, Spartanburg (S. C.) Herald - Journal circulation man, killed in automobile crash. Chester E. Hutchlns, national ad- vertising manager. Savannah (Ga.) News and Evening Press, died Aug. IB. J. B. Howae, 46, publisher South- western News, Houston, Texas, died recently. Warren S. Hastlnfs, 75, for' 30 odd years an Albany newspaperman, died in Methodist Hospital, Brook- lyn, Aug. 22. Harry L. Izor, 63, editor of the Durand (Mich.) Express, which he acquired from his father in 1910, died Aug. 21 at his home in Durand, He leaves wife and daughter. James M. West, 70, president of the Dallas Journal and the Austin Tribune Newspaper Publishing Co., died, in Kansas City Aug. 24 of a heart attack. West, also an oil man, was reputedly worth between $30,- O00,000-$50,000,000. SUos Calvin Cutler, 76, publisher of the Hackettstown, (N.J.) Gazette since 1925, died Aug. 22 at his home in Hacketstown, after a 10-day Ill- ness. Fred M. Hammctt, 82, dean of Newport, R.I., newspaper man, died at Newport, Aug, 22 after a long ill- ness. He became associated with the Newport Daily News in 1882 and has been with the paper 56 years until his retirement in.1938. He was managing editor when he retired. With Roscoe Ates proving the b.o. magnet,' and a supporting bill that has its moments, Olympia can rlne this up as one of the best shows it has unveiled this summer. Ates is obviously on a goodwill junket, even going so far as to plug current and future releases. But at least he's got something more than a 'really 'it's so good to be able to work before a real live audience again' line of drivel. Monolog isn't exactly calculated to hypo 'em intc hysterics, but it's moderately comi- cal. Oddly enough Ates seemingly is anxious to shy away from hi; familiar stuttering routine, giving impression he wants public to know It's adopted and not an affliction. Raises point of whether or not this Is good showmanship. Very notice- able that occasional tongue slips go! biggest laughs. Barbara Ray, femme foil. Is on for brief exchange, and remainder of turn is devoted to fooling with a fiddle. Sleight of hand feats of Glen Pope can be picked up in any magic shop but obvious simplicity of his illu- sions is covered up by a depre- ciating line of chatter that keeps 'em giggling. Opening show he got gVimmed up.in couple of tricks, bul talked himself out of snarl, leavini' most undecided as to whether he did It on purpose or not. Mannerisms and vocal style of Ginger Dulo Is too close a carbon of Martha Raye. Not only is resem- blance very noticeable but she har to top it off with a full-fledged an- nounced imitation of the wide- mouthed warbler. Miss Dulo will do better to coast on her own tal- ents because she's got lots on the ball once she gets away from those Raye touches. Arrangements anc asides are socko and she has an arresting personality. Will and Gladys Ahearn can usually be counted on to turn in s creditable performance. Both are adept at rope twirling, hoofing and warbling. Will hqs a new mono tc go with his ropc-spinnlng single that gets plenty of guffaws. Opener Is Iris Karyl, a lusclouf looking tapster. Glorious gams, but tapDlng Is tepid. Full house with standees when caught (Wednesday) Leslie. < PM Jtoplalinr PM, which'^months ago adopted a one-edition policy, has recently started to replate pages one, two and three during the press run for im- portant news breaks. In most cases the lift catches the tail-end of the run, but some days extra copies are printed several hours after the regu- lar run has been completed. PM goes to press around 7 a.m. 'Weldon James, of the foreign news department, went to England in a bomber last week to replace Ben Robertson, sheet's London cor- respondent, for a six-week's stretch. Publisher Ralph IngersoU has ar- rived in Moscow and has made sev- eral broadcasts from there. Canadian Weekly Folds Watrous, Sask., Signal, weekly es- tablished in 1908, ceased publica- tion July 31, and business was sold to the other local paper. The Watrous Manltou. E. Leon Garrett, for the past eight years editor and manager of the Watrous, has been commissioned as a pilot officer in the Royal Caiiadian Air Force. American Boy Suspends The American Boy, for many gen- erations a juvenile publication, sus- pended with the combined issue of July-August. At the same time, Elmer P. Grier- son, president-treasurer of Sprague Publications, Inc., filed a petition of bankruptcy in the Federal Court in Detroit listing assets of $9,191 and liabilities of $133,389. Trostces for Dallai T-H Control of and management of the Times-Herald Publishing Co., Dallas, and subsidiaries,, including station KRLD there, passed into the hands of three trustees, long-time em ployes, who were named in the will of Edwin J. Keist, publisher, who CHATTER Savannah (Ga.) Daily Times has suspended as daily and will resume publication soon as weekly. Jeff Davis, formerly on Hedda Hopper's staff, sold "The Guy in the Preacher Coat,' a tale of show busi- ness, to Collier's. 'Botany Bay,' written by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall for Paramount, will be run as a serial in the Satevepost. R. B. Davis, editor of the Enfleld (N. C.) Progress, was struck by a cyclist at Wilmington, N. C, and suffered a fractured leg. Stella Adler is writing a series of lectures to be used this fall in the drama course at the New School of Social Research in New York. Stanley Silberman, copywriter with the Raymond Spector ad agency, has placed a children's book, 'Dexter.' with Simon & Schuster. Cecelia Ager is taking a vacation from her chores as motion picture editor of the New York daily, PM, to visit her family in Hollywood. Joseph D. Ravotto, UP and Variety corre.<'^?.ident In Madrid, and prior to tfiat stationed in Paris and Vichy, has been' shifted to Lis- bon. Constance Hope, who handles many of the Met's stars' publicity, will have a book entitled 'Publicity in Bracolli' published by Bobbs- Merrill, Sept. 22. Random House rushing 'Dakar,' by Emil Lengyel, foreign coi'respondent of N. Y. Times, into print. Contract calls for completion of the manu- script by Sept. 10. Vincent . Sheean, whose first American novel, 'Bird of the Wilder- ness,' was published by Random House, Aug. 21, was expected to ar- rive for the publication, but unable to leave London. Ray Brecht, formerly Harrisburg (Pa.) correspondent for the Phila- delphia- Evening Bulletin, become* the paper's Washington correspon- dent Sept. 15, succeeding Ted Wilcox, who will return to the regular staff. O'Neill Spencer, drummer with John Kirby fbr past four years, left tha^^^group recently and has signed a contract to playv-wlth Louia-Aim* strong's band. Joins outftt tomowQW (28) in.,Tex8s. ^ : ■ ,;, - • s .