Variety (October 03, 1951)

October S, 19S1 V «l MCVIIJ.lt Throws-Wei Blanket on Nkeries Court Rlorlu Ruini i Of Ohio Jungle Inn anticipating ♦ may hit • uug that nil Mci prtttviv if the rntrtsM rn Th# aitary « fu*h •# •ill kcMxn nil ut Mil __ of amendments that wnuld limit per - diem np«MM to $11, with pan* of It to ho spent m Honor, Is giv.ntf bon i fare* I ho jitter*. Should the Mil so through la tM form. It will mean the end of Ur nitery entertai n me n t .for , „ many An Important part ol ooft» HineUa fropt !• baaed on the checks run up b> salesmen entertaining hoy* tit and, for those In critical war- time production, buyers ace king raw material* Importance of artery enterlatn- fni nt In the bualaeat world la aeea ip the fact that taba oa the Diner* Club, a charge account system la rafes and restaurants, has been In- creasing. These charge accounts, generally, are maintained by bad* ness houses, who want more than a valevman * word for the taba run up With that system, an afflce record raa be mors easily kept for U« purposes. Aalto Orfs* Beefs Ths $11 limit oa expense ac- counts Is being protested by two of the largest organisations repre- senting outside salesmen Bureau af Salesmen National OrgaatU* t»«n» and the National Councti of Salesman's Organisations have put In beefs agamst that section of the bill. Among their T-Men Claim Tax Dodge By Chifefiam Hindi. ! stale fire marshal. 1 Chicago. Oct. I t 1 bungle Inn baa ®®RBffffHIR#ML b»" Efforts of state officials to have the Jungle Inn gambling casino ui Trumbull County, atar Youngs- town. torn down as a flro hazard wero agaut blocked by court ac- i»«*n last week. The trardowo or- der was issued August, INI b> the Government tape agents, who have been combing bistro records for the past severs! months for in- come tax evasion. have presented evidence to the federal fisnd jury fog | Uf alleged violations by Sam | * “■ 1 These are allegedly foe •he 1B45-44 period, after fttnella Hildegardes Date at N.Y. Pierre Another Link in Plaza’s Stiffer Rivalry ■L been dark Since a raid two years ago by slate liquor department enforcement agent* The courts did not question the Are marshals right to Issue the ••rder. but held that he should hair given the owner of the building a c ham e to make repair* Gov Frank J Lanark# has «h# Jungle Inn n mof the*four principal targets in his campaign against gambling ♦ Hildegardes return to the New York nitery scene Dee II. for a 11- week minimum at the Hotel Pierre * tjd iHion Room, spot light a that hJMfflry *» stiller "TbmffHU operated the Brown Derbv, which was shuttered by the rlty in 1P44 Hindi* then opened the swank Co pars ban* spending over $5U0 - "►$, but spot failed, even though M the government took over In an N|0n(v Wnnilpv attempt to operate the property, Among stars not paid off was Rudy Vallee *$i,000>. Internal revenue agents have been active rbecking in nearby Calumet City, wide open strip town, and also records of near north side •trip spots. Jictbs Loadpg Liquor Newman Albany, Oct 1 A telegraphed plea by actor Monty Woolley, supporting one, made in perwm by the Sandora) Springs Chamber of Commerce es- erutive secretary. failed to win from the State Liquor Authority a renewal license for Newman s Lake ■a i in- i u T [Houat In the Spa Woolley la a HsteU Wtk Many AcU ... - , .x v Miami Beach. Oct. 1 I ciaion <2$>< found there had been . Despite the fact that moat beach- j gambling in a Casino adjoining front hdlels here are expected to Newmansfrom ISM through |»49 hirkeby C hain Acquires Miami Beach Kenilworth kirfc.bv H*i,l MM. K.„ .<■ 1= *^11^ •.Uind th* kr«lt»..nh Hot*). Ml. ISL ,h r „ M w.iJjX h ’ ^‘2 i. ™’ »" d «-»"*• d.«r.* but ,Ub ih, Niinf ri»ti».- .Tut!£,to,.L ^ *•«-»*». im ..I mild ion x and addit ion of WO Hotel sherry-Nc'hertand. is r " c,,d b> M- Wn»( I., M* y !!««...« In 1*47. Cotk. 1 M.«.m I. ibr tmr u « " 1 r d T. Clausen for the past vtipprr club h »«« spi t ted that th# • wven years manager of the Sherry Havoy Haras Cafe lounge which ^• r therUind* Miami Beach has been at one time was bullish on names named general manager of the may *Im» piteh for the same nn- Kenilworth Frank Sheehan will the park paticmage All four hotels continue as resident manager fl are within a btmk of each other. Kirkeby chain Includes the overlooking Central Park Hampshire H«mse. Gotham and T*>e t'otitlten Room, under mac- Warwirk In New York. Narional. * ,rn Slanlev Melha who doubles aa Cubo, Warwirk. Philadelphia; entenainment director of Hlaekfttone. Chicago. Beverly WH- fhr hn«telry as well a* bandleader, •hire. Beverly Mills; Sunset Tower, haa br« a quietly building and also Hollywood and El Panama, Pan- ;**pn»dlng the budget You Sumac , City. current rllrk decided the; Frank Paget managed hotel to gw all-out although tn the same degree, the Cotillion * hooking of The DeMar- co#. the flick teeoff of Mimi Ben- n il and a couple of kindred high* lights la»l year augured sttffer op- position even then for the Ptaaa. Miss Sumac • better than $30,000 •com on her first semester was an _ la «1) MMfpM •’*** #a#h #th#c as well ns |and that the spot's manager Thom- that m* 9t maintakMwi sam- i •*$*! r,ulM »*» buying names dur a* F Splain had been so much " j lha|| | Ing the seavon Walter Jacobs. Lord intcrevted he nuilntained pavroll —I Tarleton Hotel operator, plan* to and employment records'* casino. pie rw«ni would run »I2 daily and ill aeUers generally ■ - . .. . - - . . have to do some fancy entertain- ftU ^ out of (he talent sweepstakes tnent of buyers and customers to For^the thif^ straight for the maintain good business relation* Organization* point out that pas- sage of the House amendment • ould serioqply hamper operations Andrews* 10G Reno .Andrsws Bisters signed for the R terside Hotel, Reno, starting Aov. I at $10,000. Other dates sre being lined up fur the tnn by the William Morris Agency. LANDRE VERNA ’Am*r fc«*$ Moo# igeff/nf Dsncn 7oom M Jacob* has bought the Hal Graham Orth for his hostelry. It will com- prise the major entertainment in the Jotaon Corner save for an occa- sional added starter. It's Jacobs' theory that the hotel's income from mams should tab# car# of ail ex- penses. including operation of the dining room. He feels that dining rooms and entertainment spots are essential to the patrons' conven- ience. despite the fact that money may be lost on their operation. He tiled the fact that the Tarleton 4 dining mom loot $3,000 last sea- son and the JoLson Corner also was in the retL. I Jaco b s states that because the clients are entitled to privacy, tran- sient trade should not be encour- aged Ho feels that many vaca- tioners staying at cheaper betels C t privileges that th# $30*40 a y guests enjoy merely by patron- izing bars of the more expensive hotels. The state hodv also found that Gerard f. King Indicted in the Saratoga County probe ordered b> Gov. Thomas E. Dr wry. holds §1 $15 000 mortgage nn the restaurant I but that interest was not disclosed In applications for the renewal of the liquor permit SLA had < hargrd the owners of Newman s permitted gambling on the premises, had allowed Gerard King to make use of the license had sold liquor on credit and had failed to keep adequate books and N.Y. Court Rales Sinatra Was ‘Served’ h Jsdfmeot if Vs. Hin oa Mpls. Runout * , « sews mi i viv*t JW-inrurr W1B ill Frank Sinatras rnntrntion that eyr-opencr to the Ihrrre She set an allfime attendance and money record, over 3 HUH people and with an average check between $• $7, that !• .<muring huainev*. especially 1 Coni mued cm page SC > Dallas' Adolphus leer he had not been served w ith a luminow and mmplaint in Conner non with a $47 000 default judg- ment itending against Him in N Y Supreme Court was dismissed l**t wick by referee Hernaid Nemer off Singer was granted a stay of iudgment last spring by Justice Samuel Dicksteln, who appointed * - n-»i- « , L *!W 2 '"V-M'.,., J. £ After taking testimony. Nrmeroff set to debut at the Hotel Adolphu* held that Sinatra waa pr«»|irrly Century Huoin on Th,tr>»dav *41 served Judgment was obtained by wilt he lifted Sugar n' Spice • National Apparel Shows. Inc whea The show will introduce several the singer failed to appear at Min new skaters lo Die to, a I mc »r neap«»iu Auditorium last Sept 5-7. Among them are Hoy McDonald Meantime, the May of judgment and Ijn* Faster. Ana Stefan and continues until Justice Dicksteln Eileen kleade IhMiglas Duffy; Pat- B#MffB$ 1,1 revoke It or reopen the tv Greenup tiarftet Jenney and Jams Moore COMOY UATSMAi fa* AM •fibs. 7»» o w o ut mom in • "U.t'JLl" •Lsr* IMtUUiH? ,, ,1.,, ,o SMITH Ya*k It MW Cubes Afescy Of Piemed With the resignation of Loew talent hooker Sid Piermont to ge Beginning yesterday Mon I, pa- trons of the dining spot had to whet their appetites with non-alco- holic beverages It is the first class club at the Spa to lose a liquor license v The management an- nounced in Saratoga that opera- tion will continue despite th# SLA decision. Woolley wired: ~A* g resident of Saratoga Spring* may I urge what- ever possible action to keep New- man a Lake House alive and func- tioning It is an important land- mark and source of pride and sat- isfaction to all Saratoglans and to thousands of visitor*. Its loss to the community would be a calam- ity - The Authority also announced It with the National Broadcasting Co. was bringing license revocation as talent-setter on the Kate Smith charges agamst The Brook, one of Show\ the Leo Cohen Agency will the few mags Saratoga spots with take over the bookings of the Loew • floorshow during the August rac- ing season this year, and was not renewing without a hearing, the restaurant liquor application fof the Hawaii Kluh on the Albany- Schenectady Road PAULA SMITH 14 $k, NlYjC. H. ItL Cohen outfit, which has booked Loew minor time for many years, will set the Capitol, Wash- ington on a flat fee basis. Piermont. who has been with Loew s for 30 >ears. joins NBC Oft, 15, Loew playing tins# has been dwindling consistently for the past few years. The backbone of the once-vast Loew vaude circuit waa broken a few years ago when the State. N. Y, went off the live stand- ard. Recent change of the Capitol, ! N. Y., to a straight film policy made the office a minor stop for the tal- ent agencies, leaving the Cap, Washington, the only regular \aude house on the circuit P#r th# first Urns M the history •f Loew vaud# operations, there ; latest shuttering cam# when will no functioning Marcus -Holiday For Love " packaged by HSi*! A ff D f y „organl- Show masters, was yanked after the zation whx h handled all U*e talent ; g rft ( four scheduled weeks, throughout the circuit. With the show was bought by Hofues. who takeover by Cohen, agency Is, for | had no financial interest in the pro- duction. at a flat 59 000 weekly with the proviso that producers Francis Weldon. Carter Wright Gerald Dot in take cart of they were unable to get the necessary financial back- ing the contract was ranrelled During It* Mx days. "Holiday" played to about 1500 persons—less than SO* * capacity Hofues opened the spot last year with a touring Ijhi Walters pack- age from the l^tin Quarter. If. Y . l remaining open at that time for i four seeks. BOND LACK BRINGS CARROLL’S 2D FOLDO Hollywood, Oct I Frank R Hofues. Texas oil and hotel man who bought Earl Car- rol Is last year, is bu*> scouting a new show for the spot after the theatre-restaurant * second dosing in slightly more than six months Ploce has been open only about •is weeks In all that Urn#. Latest all practical purposes, dissolved. Dnwlnth s U.S. Dates Daw lath Soliman. an Egy ptian I dancer, reported to have been 1 linked with Egypt* King Farouk. will play some nitery dates in the U« 8. She's been signed for the ** * ——i f t tm tiif I Monte Curio. Pittsburgh. Not 3$ Jj ** *2 y 11 mo I, Other spots ar# being lined up by ^*^1 •*■* sa. ism was I j rrry Roeen. V Rosen says that deal is also in the , works for Caf# Society Downtown. I, M. V. '« Greatest Original Novelty Act DEMATTIAZZI WONDERFUL DOLLS Oef. 4 —krvmiM HOTfL II ». 1< r. CASA BIANCA HOTR. r. BOOSmtT HOTfL r t