Variety (Jan 1942)

Wednesday, Janmry 14, 194a' 6S Literati Field Now Owm VH Ojrtriih* pM during, the past coupl» weeks has gone through a reorganizaUon 5Jth flnanciaUy and of Its staff. On ft. financial side, all the shares of *Ihe original stockholders were Siught out by Marshall FleW. the -cor^ration has been dissolved and PM has become a purely personal holding of Field. On the staff side, two assistants to the publisher have resigned, 10 staff- ers have been released and a num- ber of others added. PMblishers' as- sistants who are no more are Tom Fizdale, who was one of the original stockholders and did promotion for the paper, and Mrs. George S. (Beatrice) Kaufman. Flzdale's de- parture is a " money-saving move, with all promotion-publicity to be handled by PM itseU in the future. Mrs. Kaufman resigned to go into some activity more closely allied .with the war. She hasn't determined what, as yet. Staff changes are not for reasons of incompetence or economy, but because publisher Ralph ^n^ersoU does not feel that PM has discovered the right combination yet and be- lieves that by- widescale staff- shifts he may be able to acquire what the newspaper needs to push up Ita cir- culation, which has remained static for months. Seven of the staffers *ere released .In unusual manner. IngersoU told them they were not flred, but were being given vacations with full pay tmtil they found other Jobs. News- paper Guild plans to fight this as an evasiott of the contract provisions calling for consultation. before fir- ings. Guild feels that IhgersoU will not continue to pay non^workers in- definitely, as he says, and that this ' will result In the dismissals going to arbitration, wlth-the-GuUd members placed In an unfavorable position because they have not been actively working on the paper. Guild prefers straight firing with the accompany- ing payment of dismissal salary, as required under the contract. ■ Seven were let out In this manner. Including John Kobler, Lou Wede- Diar, Bob Brumby, Julian Fromer, Tabitha Petran, Paul Boss and Leon Goodebnan. Fired in the straight old-fashioned way were Ned Arm- strong and Gilbert Dewart Carl Bandau and Leane Zugsmith, his wife, who recently returned from a trip to the Orient for PM, resigned. Financial reorganization let all the original stockholders out with less - than 20c on the dollar. What' XSS^ finally divvied up was this: 1. $300,000 which Field paid for the voting stock of PM in the reorgan- ization of the paper which took place In October, 1940. This,- in itself, would have amounted to 20c on the dollar « the. stockholders, but it wasn't immediately diwled and con- siderable of it had been spent since October, 1940, in administration of assets of the former PM tfompany. 2. A sum (undisclosed) which Field recently paid for 15,000 shares of non-voting stock in- the PM com- pany which he formed after October, 1640. He turned this 15,000 shares over to the old company In addition to the $300,000 when he acquired the paper. ■ By now acquiring the 15,000 shares from the old company, Field gained complete ownership and thus was able to dissolve the corporation he organized to operate PM after Octo- ber, 1940. New York Mirror let out 33 peo- ple on Friday (9), Including 14 in the editorial department. Among those dropped were Jim Whlttaker, music critic of the paper. N. Y. World-Telegram discharged 34 about three weeks ago. traoklng Dowir On Na2l News Crackdown on the Transocean Nazi news servige by South Amer- ican countries is gathering force, -With indications that a majority will joon ban the agency, aUready halted to the U. S., from operations any- where on the continent. Bolivia, Which not long ago was the center Of a^planned Nazi pjitsch, Issued an decree suppressing the serv- Colombia arrested Willy Meyer, »r several years Transocean man- *«er in Bogota, th« capital, and "Urged him with distributing to- witarlan propaganda- and violating :™ , Sovernment decree regarding ;?f*'8ners. Offices/and radio sta- «,? °} esency'S^e closed and Tn. !- author} tj,,-vaftar Meyer, ""e-t-me. , imperial. German navy, was flapped in the dink.. Transocean i« still running in Ar- gentina,- however, and head office- for South America, . located in Buenos Aires, operates wtihout trouble despite fact it was con- demned In no uncertain terms by the Congressional Committee probing anti-Argentine activities, headed by Deputy Raul Damonte TabOrda. Agency, It was pointed out by the probers, is directly subsidized by the German embassy and pounds out thousands of words daily, which it offers practically for free to - any- body who will take it. Brazil, following the lead of other Latin-American republics, has closed two more Axis sheets, Italian-lan- guage daily Italia en Marcia and Japanese Revista Cultural. Rio government has also put Nazi Trans- ocean and ' Italian Slefani agencies under, special censorship: Order End of Phllly Ledger The Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger, on the ragg&d edge for the past couple of years, was ordered out of existence by the Fe^leral Court Monday night (5). Hie court rejected a stop-gap proposal whereby the employees would operate the paper themselves for another week without pay while Sherman H. Bowles, publisher of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican would put up an additional $30,000. Three times in the past three months the Court had agreed to ex- tensions while trustees sought a buyer. When the trustees an- nouncbd that they had failed-to ob- tain any bids, the Court ordered the paper, liquidated, ending the 27-year history of the last of the newspaper group founded by Cyrus H. R. Cur- tis. Folding of the paper meant the loss of jobs for 828 employees. It also left Philly with only one major evening paper, the Bulletin. There is also a tabloid, the Daily News, which has a comparatively small circulation. The Court allowed the Ledger Syndicate to operate tqt 30 more days while a buyer could be found. LITEBATI OBITS George Wright, 64, former man- aging editor of the Montreal Her- ald, died in Vancouver,. B. C, Jan. 7. Cynthia Lombard!, noveltist, died at her home, in New York, Jan. 9. Sam Hitler, 29, captain in the RAF and formerly with the Canadian Press in Toronto and London, was killed in action on Nov. 29 when he and four others crashed in a British bomber. He leaves a'widow, who is an ambulance driver in England, and a seven-months-old son. Chester T. Crowell, 53; writer, editor and former assistant to Henry Morgenthau, Jr., in the Treasury^ died in Washington Dec. 26. Walter E. Williams, 55, editor until 1940 of The Journal-News, Nyack, N. Y., died in Nyack Dec. 31. Sol Hess, 69, creator of the comic strip. The Nebbs,' died Dec 31 in Chicago. George C. Braden, 73, former Ohio lieutenant governor and onetime (ity editor of the Warren (O.) Daily Chronicle, died Jan. 8. Tom G. Wade, 60, Michigan man- ager of the Curtis Publishing Co., died at his home in Detroit Jan. 4. T. Irving Crowell, 75, chairman of the board of Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York book publishers, died at Upper Montelair, N. J., Jan. 11. Upping S. C. Eds Promotion plums are dropping thick down Dixie way, as several large dailies have upped personnel into more important positions. Vivian Ingle nan>ed managing editor, Columbia (S. C.) State, suc- ceeding Caldwell Withers, resigned, to join Advertising Service Agency, Charleston. Boykin Paschal, Savannah (Ga.) Morning Press and Evening News vice-president and advertising di rector, elevated to vice-president and general manager. Alfred E. Floyd, assistant advertising director, succeeds, Taylor Stone Whitfield, papers' local advertising chief, re tired after 43 years' service. Carl O. Jeflress, former Greens- boro (N. C.) Daily News arid Rec- ord news director, made managing editor, with H. W. Kendall, associate editor. Daily News, hiked to editor- ship. P. H. Balte, Charlotte (N. C.) Observer business manager, has been named general manager. Manila's Fall Trapped 26 Scribes Capture of Manila by the Japs caused fear in N. Y. as to the safety and whereabouts of 22 U._ S. and four British newsmen in the Philip- pines. It isn't knbwn whether they were captured by the invaders or were with the U. S. Army at Cor- regidor and the Bataan Peninsula. Latter was believed most likely. Communication with the PhiliiJ- pines has been limited to brief of- ficial messages sent by the Army 'command to Washington over the meagre facilities available. Last news dispatches from Manila were sent just before press circuifa were closed down without explanation Dec. 31. Fall of the city was im- minent then. Silencing of the 22 American staffers brings to a total of 60, the reps of UP, AP and INS trapped by war developments. in various foreign cities and unable to send out stories. N.T. Times Drops Bote New York Times will eliminate its Sunday roto section on Feb. 15. In its pjace will be substituted eight pages of additional pictures,In the Sunday Magazine section. Lester Markel, Times Sunday ed, said the reason for hierge'r of the two fixtures is that news pictures are .now pl,-iyed up so prominently in the d^ly paper that only background pnotos are left for roto use. These can best be used by putting them in the mag section, which is devoted to background articles, he explained. Additional piz, however, will not be used for illustrating articles,, but in a separate pic section. Bills Next Week sConUnued from page 48s Splc &. Span UlUy OhCHler neatflco & Danny ABncB WmiR Don Anton Ore .loo Jovlnclly QOtli St. Ratltnhrlln 0111 AtklnHiin Mutto & Tht-rcM RcRffle Duvan Jicllo JlAhnont Johnny Walker Blton Brown Tony Donncil Ore St^oD Club. i'li(irlotboi'H Huih Wnn-on KIppee Vele7. . Valttez & I'CKST Karl Denny Ore 20tli CeDtunr 3 Pcppera MIko l*e(lcoln Snlly lA Mnr ]41ancho SJiundera i^trolinmn (3) Venice Orill Nick Vni-allo Ore Kny KlnK Conch tta & Antonio Oroot l.eiiter Cltlc Kennedy IVnriTlck note! Roger fiianley Ore WrlxT'B llul Dmo C'unulen mi'l Rollora Da^e Pl^r-nn I'nnip Handle Trio ppi) llnnnrnnan Aiiionia Torrcii llurukl K I/oia .lai'k .\loHii Ton I .luion FIncko'a Oro Syd Golden UathK'r miloradlan* AVllBUU'e. Joe HouRh Art Maihuca C:itherine Wolff Glr rarol Joyce Geo lisMuei Oro Ynclit ClDb .Hairy Hotly t'l-nnc^fl Carroll Wniaon SIR "1 noht Club Boys Victor Nelson Ore Hotel Schenlcy Billy Hinda Ore Joy LInfl Hotel Wm Pcbb iCImtterbox) ■ Baron KlUoit Oro .Mnry Kries Hilly Cover Dabo nitoilos I'uu Wco Luula Sonny KalKon (Contlnentitl Bar) Prank AndrinI -I .Merry-Cu-Kound DubblCB JlDL-kur Ore I-'ranuCB :jione t'y Hollywood ■ New lllllcrent Penny Itni-ton Ore JLlL'tiy Kce ifUlp NolHun Nlson rafe Ai AiorlFio Oro Hob Ooncr Sianlcy Cortcllo UoRB Lola HcmU-liks Nut HouHe Sherdlnu Wolher O .Marvin Fulliluve liny Molvllte Harry Prank LOUIS K.O/SBAER IN 1ST RD. OF CHARTTY BOUT By JACK PULASKI The expected happened at Madi- son Square Garden Friday (9), when Joe Louis knocked out Buddy Baer, but faster thanrfls ti c ob seiveia flg- ^ ured. Most of 'em guessed the level- ing would occur between the third and eighth rounds, so when the 250- pound Callfomian was counted out four seconds before the end of round one it furnished! the only surprise of the much heralded bout It took longer for Wendell WiUkie to read a telegram from Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and deliver a short address than the elapsed time of the match. Willkle evi- dently knows little about the ring. He called the ch^mp 'Louie' in laud- ing the Brown Bomber, who gave his entire share of the takings to the Navy Relief Fund, then referred to Baer as Max, his brother who quit to Louis several years ago. Buddy laughed, his only giggle of the brief evening, but at least he didnU dog It. It was the second meeting be- tween the men, first being a sensa- tional affair in Washington last isum- mer. At that time Louis went through the ropes in *he first round as the result of a sock and shove. Lools Kicks In All Louis was highly lauded for do- nating his entire share, Navy fund getting $69,092, which included pro- moter Mike Jacolis' etid. The gate was $189,700. The Mirror made no mention of its columnist Walter Win- cheU having suggested the bcnedt Aght, but he was liberally credited otherwise \n the press. Winchell, in addition to his newspaper assign- ment, is a lieutenant comrfiander In the navy, on duty at headquarters In New York. Louis had made up his mind there would be no repetition of the fluke that made Baer a contender. Champ's punches were short, lethal power- socks. Baer went down three times from rights to the chin with upper- •cuts thrown in. Buddy's attempts to sock it out with the champ re- sulted only in a slight lip cut for Louis. As Bill Corum put it: 'Three rights made Baer wrong/ At $30 top It was an exclusive au- dience. In addition to officers in both services, prominent members of the Madison Square Garden club and their ladies were there in evening dress. The betting odds were 7 to 1 or more, with Louis naturally fa- vorite, but there probably was less betting on this bout than for an average fight card. . Motion pictures of the fight show that the champ connected with 63 socks, mostly on Baer's map, but the defeated giant didn'^t look that dam- aged. Film proves that Buddy took the offensive twice and landed two uppercuts. One made Louis good and mad, so went to work and made it short. After the fight. Baer sejd the only way he'd meet the champ again was with sbaitebail bat"in his'mits.' ' • DETROIT llook-Catllliac Hotel (Hook Coeloo) Frank Gnf^on Ore <Uotor Unr) Dick Rock. 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He declared his willingness to rest his entire case on this issue, and, after going into the unfairness of the court's charge, he rested his case. Justice Chase then asl<cd about the Gibney testimony and declared that it there had been no evidence to sup- port the figures it was 'terribly, harmful to the defendants.' Correa's Rebnttal Correa, in rebuttal, said Schcnck's boolcs did not reflect transactions In currency and that all gambling trafisactions were in cash and en- tered on the boohs as general busi- ness expenses. He said the stock sale was a sham and that'Sclienck, while accepting checks in payment, gave back an equal amount immediately in cash. He said all the entfies on the books were halt-truths or complete un- truths. He defended Gibn'ey's flares and said his examination was proper. In rebuttal, Davis said the Govern- ment had not proved bad faith on the part of either of the defendants or shown criminal intent. Proskauer also chimed in with the remark that the question was never put to the jury as to whether the expenses li;i<l been charced olT fraudulo''' cision was then rc.'-prvcd. . ' ' ' ■ '