Variety (Jun 1930)

Wednesday, June 11, 1930 TIMES SQUARE VARIETY 43 Craze on for Girls Escorts Wanting To Stick 'Round When Not Asked ' Paula and Sally Gonzales, sisters, 21 and 20, respectively, hostesse.s in a night club, appeared in West Side Court and told Magistrate Rapliaol JMurphy what a lough job they hud jn getting rid of Leonard Legrudo, 26, hosiery salesman, of 3CS West 30th street. Leonard refused to (juit their apartment, tho sisters said. They called the su^ierin ten dent of the building, who tosped the hosiery Balesman through a window. Leon- ard still wanted mere. The sistei-s J»ad to get Patrolman William Ken- nedy of the West 6Sth street sta- tion who "bagged" Legrudo on the ■ charge of" disorderly" conduct. The. hostesses stated that they roet Legrudo at their place of em- ployment. He offered to take them home.in a taxi. "Judge, who would refuse a ride home after a hard <3ay's work?" queried the sisters. When arriving at their domicile, Legrudo invited himself..^ in. He was insistent. They tried to get him to go but he refused. Legrudo ■had bought ice cream and cake and why should he be "rushed," he ask- ed Assistant District Attorney Wieder. The superintendent "began hostili- ties, said the salesman. "I did nothing, judge," said Legrudo. "$5 or two days," announced the coKirt. ' Legrudo paid. Taaffe Only Fooling Thomas J. Taalle, 22, engineer and residing at 839 West End ave- nue, received a suspended sentence Jn West Side Court from Magistrate Haphael Murphy after the defend- ant had been found guilty of dis- orderly conduct. The defendant is the son of Thomas J, Taaffe, manager of • Loew's New York theatre, asserted Detective Howard Clancy, of the West 100th street station, who made the arrest. Younte Taaffe was charged with throwing a cylinder containing sul- phur dioxide in the lobby of the apartment at 310 West 94th street. The sickening fumes created excite- ment in the building and brought the police emergency squad. The defendant had escorted Kay Armstrong and Agnes Cameron, night club hostesses, to their home, '310 West 94th street, after they had "attended a party at the elder Taaffe's homo, stated Clancy. The hostesses rode In the defendant's roadster to their home. Arriving at their apartment, Young Taaffe was bade "goodnight" by the girls. But he desired to es- cort them to their apartment up- stairs. They raced inside the lobby with the defendant after them. The elevator operator shut the grill door Jn Taafffi's face. The latter then threw the cylin- <ier. The fumes pervaded the entire ljuilding. A call was sent to the detectives and emergency squad. The arrival of the cops added to the exciternent. The defendant, said he wa.s only "foolin'," .stated Clancy. MINIMUM TARIFF IDEA V. Goes for No-Couvert But Two-Buck Combo Rate Small cabarets, or what's left of them in Greenwich Village, are cut- Jating on former tariff or mixing beveraf^es and food in order to off- sC <he opposition of the speaks of the nt'ishborhood and still keep going. The cabs have the edge on speaks wjth those seeking entertainment since none of the .speaks project anyttiing in this, direction save beverages. ^ With the new reduced scale in gmger ale.s, seltzer and other mix- ing waters are scaled at 25 cents instead of 50 cents as formerly with only .stipulation being that couple tables must yield a minimvmi check of $2. The small places are not offerinj.' phows but ha^e, n)u.«ical trios to fu)'nish dance mu.sic. • ^'Variety" For Summer iWK, JViy ana AVOVtiT $2 Address "Variety," Nevw York MAYOR'S NEW SEC ON DRESS THING, TOO The appointment of M.agistrate Thomas 1^ McAndrews as secretary to. Mayor James J. Walkei* was jubilantly received in Times Pqiiare. Judge McAndrews h.ns lived most of his life off the "Main .'?tom." His home is on West' 61st street. Hardly any member of the mag- istracy Is better known to the show people and the owners of the.the- atres than Judge McAndrews. The Mayor will have lc step some to keep abreast of McAndrews sartorially. * ' Judge McAndrews is a lover of shovvs and also' the "right uower" of John F, Curry, leaxler of the "Wigwam." John F. Hylan gave McAndrews his first appointment on the magis trate's bench. Only a shbrt time ago Mayor Walker reappointed the judga for 10 years. The appointment of Judge Mc- Andrews as secretary to Mayor Walker Is believed to groom him for McKee's job as president of the Board of Aldermen. YeHow Peril Forces B'way Dance Halls to Flat Rate for Dance Most Broadway dance halls are going flat rate admissions instead of former taxi dance arrangement in order to withstand competition from the Chinese restaurants operat- ing without cover charge and' per- mitting patrons to dance as long as they wish after dining. The chowmeineries' have cut in considerably on couple trade, "but the dance halls are getting the stags as usual because of Jhe hostess angle. The flat rate charge in the dance hall doesn't mean a thing to a fellow unless he brings his own dance -partner along. N. Y. HOTELS' METHOD TO BEST DEADBEATS New Yoi-k's hotels, especially those around Times Square, will no longer be safe for questionable characters, deadbeats, persons living incognito or others avoiding one thing and an- other, if the plan put into effect by one of the largest becomes general. The plan, as tsied by one knawn hostelry, does not make a per.son's home his castle whert living there, unless he is o. k. with the manage- ment or has the necessary refer- ences. • The hotel in question is sending hotel dicks through tenant's rooms while latter are out, checking through labels in clothing, corre- spondence, etc., to determine if name on register is the same. It is understood from. the inside that the dicks are going through everything in rooms of guests they don't know or are suspicious about, taking no chances on sheltering per- son.? not wanted or on getlinff cheated out of hotel bills. After being in the hotel two days one guest was checked up under tJie plan,'with the di.scovery made that he was registered under an assumed name. Among his effects was a bill from another hotel. That other hotel was called and they made the pinch. How far the plan will go through po.ssibility of guests squawking on being investigated by hotel detec- tives cannot he said, but at the hos- tel-y where it is in p/ogress there is .some known re.senlrnent against the stunt. Mebbe • Knoxvllle, June 10. This anti-evolution talk pro- duces strange Ideas. A local news photographer was snapping an old Wible, huge thing, in front of a wom- an's ho'ust. A laborer walke<l by and inspected the Bible. He was told it was severjil centuries old. I'ondering, the overall 'phi- losopher .said: "Them Bibles way back there was a lot nearer right than the ones they've got now, wasn't they ?" Inaccurate Biographies William Haines By Claude Binyon PEGGY WORTH MUST SUE FOR BALLYHOO BOOZE FLYING RATE IS CUTINTOLEDa Bootleg B. Be Pools o « Despite abolition of the Albany basf hall pod through couit edict, several other l.a.«( bull .pool.'; arf b<- ing bootlegged around New Yojk and especially in Times Sqijarc. I-ool tickets sell for V, tut only the chumps are going for. ihoiri preferring to pass uj, to j'lay clfif e pools, which bring It.st. retuin.s but, are on the up and u), ai.U.f uit pay- off when you win. Toledo, June 10. Independent plane operators at Toledo Transcontinental airport claim they are having their throats cut by Curtiss-Wright Flying Ser vice as result of record' biz done by Indies carrying for penny-a-pound. Standard passenger rate had been $1;50, tut Walter Allen, m. c. for Curtiss-Wright here, began hauling at %1 per and threatened to go to BOc if Indies cut to $1. Arbitration meeting failed when everybody concerned began calling each other liars and questioning geneology. Battle goes on. Indicated Curtiss New York office will take hand. Alleging that she threw a party on behalf of Kakor & Co., real es- tate tirni. to which she invited as guests prospects to buy real estate, Vegpy Worth, actress, has lUed suit .against the real estate company for $110. In her list of expenditures for the party, she innocently listed "Liquor, gin and scotch, $59." leaker Company, through their attorni-y, Abner J. Kubie'n', of Hxi- bien & Bre^off, alleges the claim illegal on the grounds that she list- ed "liquor." Miss Worth's allegation she was engaged to throw su<'h a party by the sales rnanager of the company is also denied. Broker's Ring Returned By Stranger in Hotel; Court Frees Chauffeur BLUE'S BOOKKEEPER FREE Not Enough Evidence on Girl's Larceny Complaint Margherita Padula, 23, of 118 Elm street, Albany, N. Y., sobbed when she lost her case In West Side Court. Edwin Sheres, 29, bookkeeper for Jack Blue on West 51st street, and residing at 836 Belmont avenue, Brooklyn, who was charged with the farceny of MiBS Padula's $150 was freed by Magistrate-Kaphael Murphy.. The court felt that there was a lack of evidence. Sheres was forced to spend a night Jn West Side Jail at the'time Magistrate George Ewald directed a complaint ' of larceny lodged against him. Sheres* Incarceration was due to the fact that time was lost after hie fingerprints were taken. Sheres entered a general denial of the charge. He stated he was not an officer of the outfit but just an employee. Miss Padula stated she bad re- ceived 22 hours of dance lessons from the Bluie outfit. Two more hours were due her. "It was not the hours but the promise made that they would obtain a job for'^me," sobbed the little dancer. A woman employee and attorney for Blue pointed out to the court that Miss Padula brought tho ac- tion as a publicity stunt. "We sent her to a job, but she has a yen to be a 'Folliejs' girl" asserted the attorney. Blue has been arraigned in West .Side Court on similar complaints from other pupils. Policy Slip Carriers Caught, but Freed Detectives Carberry and O'Ncil of Inspector Patrick McCormick's staff ai rested two men after an auto cha.se that began In front of noose- velt Hospital and wound up on West 57th street. The prisoners were charged with poflseflsing hundreds of policy slips. They were dis- charged by Magistrate Murphy jn West Side Court. The rnen gave their names as Jam* V Johnson, 41, salesrhan, 414 West 3Cth street, and Harry Hast- ing."-, 43, 102 UeKalb avenue, Brook- lyn. A paper bag containing liun- (Ire/ls ol alleged'*"slii)s" were found in the tonneau of the defendant'.'- ear. Two men that sat in the tonne.-iu »-«eajieU when the chase came to a halt. The slips were taken to court as evidence but not being actually found In the possession of Johnson or Hastings the court dinmlssed the defendants, Sidney Breakstone, 26, taxi chauf- feur, of 208 East 12th street, was freed in West Side Court by Magis- trate Murphy. Breakstone was charged with the theft of a $'7,000 diamond solitaire ring stolen from the -finger 1>t Herbert Mansfield, broker, of the Victoria Hotel. The ring was mysteriously re- turned to Mansfield by a stranger. The latter rapped at his door at the Victoria, so he testified. Prof- fering the, ring to the broker in his apartment, the stranger said: "Is this your ring, Mr. Mansfield?" handing the broker the gem. While the latter took it to a window, the stranger disappeared, testified Mansfield. He could not say that Breakstone removed the ring from his finger. Detective John Walsh of the West 47th Street station, testified that Breakstone had .said he gave the ring to "Mr. O'Keefe." Who the latter is was not learned. The name cf "Chick Lewis," said to be an owner of a nlgKt club at 2d ave- nue and 9th street, came to the sur- face during the course of the in- vestigation. Mansfield admitted he had had a few highballs. He said he visited several night clubs. AQOR, 65, HOMELESS, ASKS COURT FOR 2 MOS. Making a tearful plea to Magis- trate George Kwald in West .Side Court, to be sent to the Workhouse on Welfare Lsland for two months. John Cody, C5, homeless, jobless and friendless, told Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Max Wieder he was the originator of the Hebrew come- dian character. The court granted the old actor's wish. Cody's clothes, threadbare, and his face seamed with lines of care, thanked the .court. "At least I'll get something to eat and a place to lay my head," ho said. Cody stated he had not eaten Jn two days. He was on the verge of colliipse. Wieder directed that Court At- tendant Kddic .Sullivan, get some hot chicken broth for the old actor. Wieder slipped a $10 bill in Cody's hand a*" he started for the Work- hoii.se. Wieder advised Cody to think it over before the court sent him away. Cody w.as insislerit. Cody said he began in the show business fis a program boy and played in Volk's Garden on .Spring street, he said. "That is many years ago, my boy," mentioned Cody. Indoor Golf Course Craze Increasing in Square Many indoor golf course.<- in('rea8- Ing In mushroom growth In the bide Htrect.** of Times Squar<, B(.girjjier.s usually Mad at. the three-hole layout and after pro- ficiency In iliLs direction go for th€ nine-hole courses, of wJikIi nevei'al are spotted aiound llu- Square. There's no use mincing words. WillKiin (Yahoo) -Haines was ijio town snoot back in Stanton, V;u Two doors away lived Otto Wliip- Ii<>t, the sort of kid who ftirgots his name if you ask him too quick- ly. Otto came honie one day with his clothes in tatters and halt his hair shaved off. Mrs. Whipiiet shrieked. "What. happened to you?" she cried. '•I w.as playing," said Otto numb- ly. "I was playing with Yahoo Haines." '■fUit your clothes!" exclaimed Mis. AVhlppet. Otto shrugged liis shoulders. "We were playing cowboy," he said. "1 was Yahoo's horse." "But your h;iir!" mourned Mrs. Whippet. "It was hot being a horse," said Otto vaguely. "Yahoo said if I had my hair cut shorter it would be cooler. But he didn't have time to cut It short all over so he shaved it off on one side." "Where is that Haines boy?" de- manded Mrs. Whippet, savagely. Otto shrugged his little shoulders ag.aln with an air of utter flnallty, "It's too late," he said. "He has already been spanked for the day. He went to the grocery store for his mother and swallowed the change on purpose. He did It te- cau.se he's going to visit his cousin in the country tomorrow." Ke Grew Up Yahoo continued like tJiat. Hi.s father was a broker d'iia really didn't have enough spare time tD take Yahoo out on a lonely road and accidentally push him out of the car. So the kid grew up. " His first real lovo affair wan a Stanton event. Yahoo met the girl, plump blond of 30 or so, at a church social. "How are you, kid?" he asked, slapping her somewhere-g. "My cave man!" cried the girl, grabbing Yahoo by the neck and pu.shlng the-floor against his head. Haines sat up and looked deep into the girl's eyes. "If I ever marry," he said, "I want a girl like you. A girl who can curb my impetuous nature. I'm a wow w4ien I get started." "If I ever marry again," said the blond, "I want a son like you." "I'm a man," said Yahoo irri- tably. "1 burn tip and grow cold. I smoke. Feel this muffcle." The girl felt Yahoo's muscle and the bone snapped. When Yahoo got out of the hon- pltal he went to New York, In New York . Bijou Fernandez, on a quest for talent for M-G, saw Haines on tho street one day. Yahoo was stand- ing morosely, and there was a de- feated look in his eyes. ; "Do you like New York?" asked Bijou. "It's all right to visit," said Haines, "but It's no place to live." "Did you make that up out • of your own head?" asked Bijou. "I think so," said Haines, scratch- ing it. - • "you," said Bljoii, "are Just the type I'm looking for. Would you like to be in pictures?" "No," said 'yahoo. "All right," .said Bijou. " She starte(jr walking 'iayray. "Hey!" yelled Yahoo. "Why don't you coax mo?" Yahoo took a train to Hollywood. .SUirting in "Three Wl.se Fools". Jor M-G-M, but before that for Co- lumbia, he soon was' known the length and breadth of the land as "that funny feller." Eventually he became a star. iBfe "To' what," an lntcrTj|Hpr once asked him, "do you atti^Rc success?" Haines thought It over. "I don't know," he said, "unless It ..was hard work and plenty of Jl." "Plenty of what?" asked the in- ter vi('wer. "Just iilenty of work," said II;tin('S. "()Y],'' f-.'iid thf- interviewer. ■ Hhe wa." a lady, but she ."ocmed dir-apT'Oirited. I^'Lvlies are like that. Jed Harris ha.s Charles Lawton, Knglish star of "On the .'^jiot," for I'.i (;a<l way. Harris turned down the lOdgar Wallace jneller of that ii;mie whieh I>eo Shubert bought for N. Y, /