Variety (Nov 1927)

r. DISTANCE RADIO REVIEW (ATLANTIC COAST TO CHICAOO). - By RE. KENNY (VaH»|y»i C ^r r ti M iUtoM at Mt Vtrnon, N. Y.) lit Vernon. Not. 26. j)lfCaiie* rolling in like local8 tiMM nlghtB. Air cleared up pretty and with cold snap a lot of the heavyweights blocking the way of DX have been eliminated. So ^ood in fact that Cleveland, Chicago, jpitubur^rb and Canadli betan mak- Itif eyea at New Toili stations mrlf as i o'clock. WTAlf, Cleveland, brought in the ^ypsy program from WEAF not far from WHN, which, incidentally, has 2one down la the mtid mgHin and is oeing whipped by out of town sta- tiona, Inoludins WBBM, Chicago. KDKA, CNROrX?aaada. and WON all slipping through In great faahlon aarly in tha eveninff now. Boston and Providoneo also Im- proved. Jack Liewis' orchestra in Arourh WBBT, Boston, while WJAR, Provldenoa, olforod Rob^t J. Powers and band, partleulurly iked in their Verdi offering. But there is a terrffle whistle along with WEEI, Boston, now at 166 meters. Whistle disappears IrlMB ths station signs o& Smith New England Boom Governor Smith was boomed for ^Pisldent at a dinner tendered to Jerry O'Connell. defeated candidate for re-election as congressman from Rhode Island. Broadcast from Provi- dsnce and In clear for about a half iM>ur then WTAS, Elgin, 111., set up a terrilio whistto aaft^.M IM t» Had a ffanv in who ^allsngsd for as many orchestras as possible In ten minutes. Obliged with Wads- north's from HotsI Morrison through WBBM. Chicago, then Guy Lom- bardo from Granada cafe, same station. WTAM next with Joe Can- tor's unit from Far E]ast restaurant. Thence to Cincinnati for the smart Ray Miller band from the Hotel Gibson via WSAI. followed by Phil Romano's hot boys from the Xenmore through WQY, Schenec- tady. Finally. Billy Hayes and bia lads from WCAU, Phllly. The Bon Ton Banjolsta played from WDRC, New Haven. So so. Campus Serenaders snjoyed them* selves at WHAZ, Troy, whose new wave length is entirely suitable and strong. The old rsUatols barn danoe bills from WSM, Nashville, and .WZJI, Chicago. Qracs Wilson vocal- iattf won la lattsr. Organist's Request^ SMward Benedict, organist. Is obliging and pleading In his request programs from WJBT, Chi cago . His stuff also ataads out XTW. windy citir, iwrlfloaip flbMt Hmm Bights. XOIIa Council Bluffs, lipi* has joined the nightly procession here. Incidentally the program we heard amused because It was a commercial for a rubber concern In Wisconsin, with the orchestra the Ambassadors from Peacock Inn, and every time thers was an announcement it car- ried a plug for tho Inn Instead of the coBOin pajlat lit «i# btoad- oast. WOW, Omaha, Neb., flopped In with lots of Juice and was broad- casting a special in connection with the annual appeal for fiiaig la fvr- olMMo ohUdrsn's shoes. Atwater Rent tryouts heard at WSB. Atlanta, with WLSI, Provi- dence, presenting a Meyer Da vis orehsstra In a nice program. WRA.O. Columbus, O., in from the Mohawk with a terrible announcer but good baad. ■ ■ Orer Half of World's Broaibasteri k U. Washington, Nov. 29. United States has more than three-flfthe of the l.llt broadcast- ing stations of the world, accord- ing to the electrical division of the Department of Commerce. Thsos are dlvldtd m follows: 4S1 In foreign countrtss and ft! to ths United States. Europe has 196; North America, outside of the- United States, 128; South America, 52; AtSa» ||| Oos- ania, 28; and Africa, 0. Division of stations by countries gives Canada. 59; Cuba. 47; Russia, 28; Sweden. SO; Australia and Ger- many each. 24; Argentina, 22; United Kingdom, 20 r Wanes and Mexico each, 18; Spain, 15; Brazil, 12; Chile, 9; Finland, 7; fiwi^^<MrlMI^• and Austria, 5. Outside of tlM Vbilsi States, the most powerful broadcasting stations are those at Motala, Sweden, and Moscow. Russia, thees two having 40.000 watts each. Russia also has a 20,000 watt station at Moscow, and one of 10.000 watts at I^ningrad. Govemmehts own and operate 77 stations; associations and institu- tions. 87; commsroial and industrial ^tsblishments, Ct; broadcasting Uf: iad prlirata «m- PAlmoUvv's Stock •*Name" artists featured as guests of the Palmolive School Girls—de- rived from the Palmolive facial soap slogaii, iMsp tbat settosl gbrt asn- plexlon"—who will be further aug- mented by a permanent Palmolive radio stock company. This group compHs S B Virginia Rsa. Frank Munn, Elliott Shaw, Wilfred Glenn and Lewis James, all Victor record- ing artists; Frank Black of Bruns- wick; Irving gaaha>a , also a phonograph disk comedian; Edith Pl|^, Alice Resfisen. Jaipes l^altoin. Music Scale as Code Washington, Nov. 19. Old famfliar do rs ml fa «6 la si do is proposed as the foundation of a universal opM.for,.latsnMyUiaaal broadcasting. , Carlo Spatarl. a I«ong UlsaA mu- sician. Is here trying for a letters patent on the Idea. He has pre- pared extensive charts in connec- tion with his oolisnM. Radio commission is reported to have checked vp da ths Ids^ aaA to Uke It. Boddng Ti94ip Adams Art Bervlce. with Robert P. Linderman In charge. Is the radio booking offshoot of the Wolfsohn Musical Bureau. John T. Adams is prosldsnt of ths Wolfsohn concert bureau, from whsneo ths A. A. 8., Inc., derives Its name. A booking tie-up with the William Morris agency (Morton A. Mlhnan. In charge of tha radio bookings) has been effected. Helen Hoerle has been engaged by Adams as special publicist on behalf oC thsiir radio talent WO&LD BADIO FACT Washington, Nov. 29. Ihtomatlonal Radio conference With 7t aatlons participating came to a close here last week with a five-year agreement for the alloca- tion, of wave lengths, etc., agr s o d to. This becomes effective Jan. 1, next. Next conferenco !• sohsdulsd for ^adHd in 19ta. Washington Not Closing Washington, Nov. 29. Police have thought better of It ara not galag to attempt to en- force a Saturday midnight closing law on the local night clubs. Working under a poUco regula- tion that limits amustlttsnts from 2 to 11 on Sunday Meyer Davis, of the Le Pardis and Maurice Kafka, Club lildb. aioiig wHIf the owners of two other clubs, L'Aiglon and Better 'Ole, were ordered to appear in court to ahow cause why they AotiM iiaC ka Mi «ir •psrating on other hours than those specified. Corporation counsel announced cases would be nolle prossed. Victor Troup Delours The eight Victor Record Artists who wero to have opened a West Coast theatre for Loew'g DOO. t WlU not arrive until Jan. S. The thne has been set back due to the opening of three new houses by Publix in the Southwest. They will play these dates before coming to tho coctft. Mtytn-SilTer, London Finn L«ondon, Nov. 29. Georpe Meyers and Louis Silver open their music publishing busi- ness hers la January. Cyril lAwrence, former manager for Lew Leslie, will be in charge of th s Offltea. Ne»bit Club Okayed Jules Martin, manager of the Club Chez Evelyn (NesWt), was frssd In West Slds Court by .Magistrate Auguflt Droyor when arraisrned on the charpe of ronducting a cabaret without a licensee Hutiiic^s AiUMNiiicing B. (Vsd) Busing announcing the play-by-play description of the Army-Navy game did a good job of it for WBK. Tho Iioew station was the only independent broad- caster of the game, getting as mu ch a nd naore local attention as WBAF (Qraham McNamoo and PhUlips CarUn). Husing is an ex- N. B. C. an- nouncer, going over to WiiN with tho hitter's vaaion In ing Held. $15,000 WKLY. FOR TOUR OF TWO YEARS P. C. Copplcui Regains White- min by Remarkable Offer —Morris Still Booking A phenomenal guarantee by F. C. Coppicus, the eoncert manager, of IIS.OOO a week to Paul Whiteman and his orchestra eaussd Whiteman to leave his world's tour In Cop- picus' hands. William Morris, who effected the $11,000 a week Publix tour for Whiteman, will continue handling ths Jass maestro la pic- ture theatres, productions, and ererythlng outside of concerts. Coppicus was Whitsman's orig- inal concert manager. Tho |1S,000 weekly guarantee is for two years, some of the early concert bookings Including dates la the fte Bast In Ynhslnina, Singapore, Tokio. Hong- Kong. aa4 otlMT Orlsatal Mtr^- Warings' Baakmptcy fron fkiidiilMrti V«tire Fred and Tom Waring, of Wlur- Ing's Pennsylvanians, filed volun- tary bcmkruptcy petitions In the Pittsburgh federal eourt as a result of an Ill-fated Joint partnership with two Victor stores la St. Petersburg and Lakolaad. Via.' Am tho Waring Music Co., the musteal brothers, who head the Victor recording or- chestra bearln|f their name, oper- alatf 'tta %vMS' 'SMmhi 'taAftpsaAsatly to the Waring's Pennsylvanians. and lost money from the start. Florida business was "shot" as an sftormath af Mil Mlflk was what originally jroaiilli.'eili: ■■laslc store vsntura. 9Vsd Waring, dirsctor of War- ing's Pennsylvanians, lists liabil- ities of 128,919 and assets of $3,838. Tom Waring, tenor soloist of the band, ladMduany lists $1C.0M In MaMltliai and 1120 In assets. Bsnd Solvent As a stage band unit, Waring's in their second week of a three week's stay at the Stanley Philadel- phia. As a stago orchestra, the Waring's Psnasylvaalaas band is solvent and doing well at $I,S0(9 and $4,000 a week In Income. The Victor stores In Florida are In receiver's hands and will be dis- posed of at forced sales. Of FYed Waring's total liabiliUes over $26,- 000 Is OB notss and aesommodation paper arising from the store ven- ture. Tom Waring's total liabilities are from similar causes of collat- eralliM ttataa^ ininm ii rtitms and accommodation paper. In addition to the Uabillties Is a $9,718 claim by Cohen A Hughes, promlnoat Baltlmoro wholesale Vic- tor distributors, who are holding Tom and Fred Waring personally responsible for merchandiss sold the Waring Music Co. Among the unlisted aasetA in $6,- 649.90 which Cohen A Hughes, Inc., tied up by attachment writ on sal- aries due ftvm tha fltaidSir-Crandall Co. This sum when released under receiver's control will be utilized for wages duo as prsforrsd slaims. DIVOEC£ WITHOnT DETLNSE Dis Molnss, Nov. 29. Paul (Pinkey) George. Des Moines flyweight boxer, has secured a di- vorce here from Betty I<ou George, w a rking In s m h i rst In fihirng o. Ooorge stated that after they were married In Lincoln, Nfb.. April 2, he wanted to settle down, but his tHfs rsfussd and was al- ways ''drinking, getting aors 4nd throwing things." No defense was made to the di- astlaa »f lbs INSIDE STUFF ON MUSIC Ash Not Going to Paramount A belief Paul Ash might be returned, after his European visit, to th4 Paramount, New York, as tho M. C. there, is stouUy denied by those knowing. He will go back to tho Oriental, Chicago, It k$ ial<|, Aih MH tha Oi^tai for a facatloa^ asvoa weoko abroaC Deetruetlve Compstitlon Circle Tlioatre Co.. of Indianapolis, operating the Indiana theatre and ballroom, Circle, the Ohio and Uptown theatres, was obliged to tako a fun page ad in the Indianapolis *«Tlmss'* to nullify damaging reports anent the ballroom's alleged weak building construction. A snail Item in Variety several weeks ago concerning a woman suing the corporation for $10,000 damages resulting from a piece of plastsr striking her oa ths head, was alleged to haTS boon pasted on cards and olrculatsd br local competitors. The Indiana ballroom's drastic drop In business was ascribed to ttils competitive campaign and the ad was inserted to' offset public sentlmsaC Buslasss Is normal agaia. "Bslttmors" As Dsncs Crass The "Baltimore" bids fair to succeed the Black Bottom as a song and dance craaA Danny Healy, the "Follies" stepper and night club veteran, wrote ths number with Jimmis MoHugh for Jack Mills pubMcatloa. Healy routined a danco to suit the number and the night club gals gratuitously coached by Healy la ths daacs routine aC **Ba)llna9a^ for the song plug. - . Another Old Timor Ravlvs4 Xb iha cgrtila of old^tlma song revivals as fox trots^ tlis S. B. Mafto music hottM Is featuring a jass version of the classic "Down South,** arranged by W. C. Polla. Marks has already issued fo^ trot versions sC "Ida," "Parade of Woodea 6oIdlers" and "Hot Time In the Old Towm C K. HahFliP •ssnarlsa Charles K. Harris, veteran music publisher, is branching out Into th9 wholesale scenario authoring Held. Harris has issued a circular listing 28 scripts and their synopses ready for sals and alsd appends a list sf IS Harris scripts already produced. Of the preferred IS, thrso are "Munsey Magazine" original stories by Harris, published the past Harris took to scenario writing on a proUflo seals whsn finding ■taadard music business, with whldi ho has bsoa affOlatsd. too mttC music business continues, handling t&t ths buUb ths past vliiQli ars sUU ■suing through amll «r4«B|^ ala» Wiling tqaawk Includes Union 9lio powsr of ths Chicago FMsratlon of Mustclaas la tho most mlatt matters was shown when the union stepped In to onfc^os a clauss la a stage band conductor's contract after ths baadsmaa'a argumsata witk his employers bad been fruitless. Tho oonductor'o ooatraot saOs for top bniing ofvsr afWirtldag M "personal appearances of film stars." The theatre continually billed the feature picture oVer the band leader until ths union received tha complaint and notifled the theatre owners that orchestras In all thslT halMMi:WSald bo pullsd, '. --;^.,r'v;;'..- tlii atBdvctor Is now fsltlag plenty of blUtas. Walt Hoesner from San FTandsco, master of ceremonies at ths CapHol* Nsir York, last wsek, lg tha M a group M |isaMi-wanttlng(r»»lts" musicians In San Francisco had in mind last year when they took a slap at "a dignified musician turned acrobat." At tho time there was quits a debate in Ban Francisco at the musicians' anion, and slsawhora, avsr tk^ mtm typo of stago baad Isadors, musldiMMi wha cracked and did somersaults. What eecmed id annoy ths old time straight musicians was ths Of ths weekly pay checks ths vsrsatUs boys w«ra ivawtag^ Ihmf Mli H UK "Mtfili oompstltloa'* fir a aomst p li fa i r la 4 Trick Orgsn Players and Playing Del Castillo, the "Jesss Crawford of Now flmgland" when he featured cfrganlst at tho Metropolitan (Publte), Boatoa, has a waltlaf . aa list of 140 prospsctivs trick organists for his studio training cour seemingly Intent on acquiring the fancy money paid feature organists la the picture houses. Arthur Martel succeeded Castillo at ths Met tho lattsr rsslgnsd. Tho ploture house presentation glapt Is tM tkk Castillo's Joe Lewis bproTiiig, Recovery Chances Good Cfhlcago, Nov. tf. Hopes for the complete recovery of Joe Lewis are bright. He has re- gained his voice and the use of his right arm. Since the tragedy enacted In his hotel room, when three unknown assallanU slashed and slugged him bruuiiy, his physical gala baa bomi speedy. The serious skull contusion, which temporarily deprived Liewls of his powsr of speech. Is not yot hsalsd, and It Is bellevf?d another operation will be necessary. Dr. Daniel A. Orth Is In charge. Msaawhils pollcs Investigation Is imder cover. If at alL dues failed to prove the several suspects im- plicated. Lewis remains at Columbus hos- pital, SI4S Lakevic w avenue. HPFDUNG A 6r tip to a taxi' ab driver on a taxi bill is suiHcient. according to Magistrate Gtior ge W. Simp son In the TombH Court. He held liaffy f^f-uft. 29. o< 458 KMt 51flt ntrcrt for trial In Special Sessions on a charge of assault. According to Ksf-haln Ewrhoo, Bl. cabinet maker of 635 Herkimer street, Brooklyn, the complainant 0en/t stnMk btan la ths tsos ba- cause Bschoo only gave him a tip of five cenU aftsr riding a fsw blocks in Ssnft's cab. **A Ic Up di a blU of SS cents Is sufflclent," the magistrate said. It Is at the raU of SO per cent and X think moat waltsia wa«M ba Mlla* fled with mgli a tip." . iUOQE DREYER LENIENT Asospts Bsil Agsin for «*rsslf UK sof»--HsM far tptsUii Sooslsns Upon learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest after hla ball had bsoa isfffMtad by Magis- trate Ooodmaa, Hyman (Feet) Bd- son, former manager In Texas Ouinan's SOO Club, surrsndsrsd t» MsglstraU Drafor to West Wda Court and was held la |1»900 ball for Special Sessions. Magistrate Dreyer bad declined at first to flz bail as ths papevs showed Bdson had forfeited his bafl on three occasions. It was not u»- Ul Ansistant District Attorney Jo- seph Bums commualcatsd with his superior and received word that It was all right to fix ball that ths judge made it $1,000. Edson had bssn srrssted on oosb- plalnt of Thomas Donnogan. 1 L4b- erty street, representative of thO. Great American Surety Co., tor making a false financial statsaMal in another ball bon<l caHe. "h\^ t" explalnefl hl« reason for not appearing the last ti me wa s that he was oonflasd ta bod wHh a aa* vere cold* MiliaaiiiMi