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www.americanradiohistory.com No. 57. No. 50 December 15, 1945 The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly HAMS MAKE TOP PRODUCERS Seattle Show War Bite on S. F. Inks With Emote First; Biz Takes Dive Guild; Seattle, In Press Strike Showbiz Stays K. C., L. A. Later Boss Later

SEATTLE, Dec. 10.- Seattle's showbiz SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. -.San Fran- found itself "let down" for over two Till Next Fall cisco will become a full -fledged member Nearly all backgrounds weeks because of a printers' strike which city in the new nationwide subscription closed the three daily publications and circuit of New York's Theater Guild - show up among current major outlet of reaching the public thru Election Will Slow Action American Theater Society. Arrangements advertising channels. were concluded between the Theater presenters-even pitchman Curran, managing di- Check of leading theaters revealed WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.- Despite agi- Guild and Homer business "off" with no estimated per- rector of the Curran and Geary theaters, tation by influential Congressmen to get York By Frank Gill centage, altho several house managers executive and legislative action on a while the latter was in New last said it probably would be between 10 week. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The legit stage proclamation to end the present "un- is shortest route to show pro- and 20 per cent. Usual week -end and limited national emergency, it now ap- Four plays will be presented. First will still the Thanksgiving holiday S.R.O. signs were pears virtually certain that the current be Foolish Notion, starring Tallulah ducing on Broadway. not frequent in theaters either in record -sized taxes on entertainment biz Bankhead, which will open at the Cur- To prove (or disprove) this fact, The neighborhood and metropolitan areas. ran on January 14. Second will be Ok- Billboard has culled the ranks of the will stay unchanged until next fall at dis- Fringe Flackery the earliest. This became practically a lahoma, due at the Curran on February Main Stem's top 33 producers and certainty as the Senate moved to concur 7. Third will be a new production of covered that no less than nine are ex- Theaters turned to the radio, hand- in House action on extension of the Oscar Wilde's Lady Windemere's Fan. thesps; two more than the next most outs, neighborhood weekly publications, Second War Powers Act until next June. Fourth offering will be announced numerous group -dollars and cents men. church publications where possible, and Francisco is the first to Fifteen -per centers, newspapermen, law- papers in Present peak -level entertainment taxes shortly. San in many instances high school are hold -overs from emergency tax legis- make the network a Coast-to -Coast yers and p. a.'s followed with four for an effort to inform the public of feature new centers now being the first -named and three of each of the available lation enacted during trie war in the chain. Other bills. Even with all these heat of "unlimited national emergency," added are Kansas City, Mo.; Seattle and others, among the other "presenters." sources covered, the usual run of busi- which apparently will not be terminated Los Angeles. But that doesn't mean that men in ness was not up to par at the box offices. until after expiration of the Second War Harriet Watt, Chi rep of the Guild, has other fields haven't been dazzled by the Bad weather didn't help business, Powers Act. There is nothing on the set up at the Curran an office which will glamour (minus the headaches) of put- heavy downpours dampening any efforts statutes to require continuation of the immediately begin enrolling members. ting shows on Broadway and on theroad. of the public to "shop" the theaters for "unlimited national emergency" until Subscription program here will be lim- A couple of ex -candy butchers are top the best bill. Daily papers have carried lapse of the act, but most congressional ited to two weeks for each attraction. Stem names. At least one banker has starting -time schedules of all metropoli- leaders are expressing the view that it been persuaded to throw his chips on the tan theater features, and the public has would be an unwise policy to call on biggest gambling table of all; a broker 4 been accustomed to finding its show Congress or the President to terminate has left the bear pit on Wall Street, for blurbs brought right to the home fire- the emergency while the act is still in Public Shrugs, the "bull pen" on Broadway and musi- side. operation. cians have joined the ranks too. Biz Down Act Has No Tax Ferrer and Stone One flacker laid he had been "rushed Newest of the thesps to turn to pro- to death getting copy out to every avail- Second War Powers Act itself carries Ops Scream at no taxing provisions. Its provisions in- ducing are Jose Ferrer and Paula Stone. able source they could find," but that The former, born in Puerto Rico and "things definitely were down as far as clude rationing and priorities over scarce materials. If Congress had not moved educated at Princeton, won plaudits for business was concerned." 10% Tax Gouge his Charley's Aunt and his more recent Business in general found the public to extend the law until next June, its powers would have expired at the end of NORFOLK, Dec. 8.-C i t y council Iago in the Margaret Webster Othello. shopping around, and novelty stores in slapped a 10 per cent admissions tax His venture is the current Strange complained that "folks (See WAR BITE STICKS on page 41) initial many instances onto local theater and amusement en- Fruit. Paula Stone, one of the , Fred had adopted a looking around" attitude terprises last week over strenuous op- Stone daughters, and a pic, air and legit that was not usual at this time of the position from legit promoters and film player, teamed up with Hunt Stromberg year. Balt. Council Sets interests. Latter are seeking thru a Jr. to put over The Red Mill. Skating rinks, bowling alleys, dance newspaper advertising campaign, radio Next newest are Richard Kollmar and halls and pavilions, night clubs and 5% Amusement Tax plugs and trailers, to arouse public re- James L. Gardiner; whose hit musical, others in this type of recreation were sentment, but response to their appeals Are You With It? is their first venture. little affected by the lack of advertising for protests has been apathetic. Kollmar, who still has an air stint, is the sources, tho some reported crowds not Plan for '46 Budget W. S. Wilder, op of pic Palace chain vet thesp of the two. They met in Early up to par "but doing okay business." BALTIMORE, Dec. 10. -A 5 per cent and principal promoter of roadshow at- to Bed, where the latter, scion of a tax on admissions to amusements in Bal- tractions at the Center Theater, has wealthy Texas oil family, was getting his timore would be levied under the terms cast his lot with other members of the feet wet - legit- imately! He found the of an ordinance submitted to the Balti- Norfolk Theater Managers' Association novel from which the musical was Wildberg Puffs more City Council to provide some of the in the effort to have the tax repealed. fashioned and the show was on. Gar- new revenue needed to balance the Test will be made in the local courts, diner is planning solo production next. budget for the next year. Estimated attorneys for the association say. Frank On Legit Weed yield annually would be approximately L. Fowler, Wilder general manager, is a Gil Miller Oldest Actor- Producer $1,700,000, according to the tax proposal member of the committee in charge of Of the rest, all of whom are vets on put before the budget session of the the campaign. the Stem, oldest stage debber is Gilbert council. Present rate is $2.89. Other local promoters of roadshows, Miller, who, before inheriting his pop's In Preem Plans This is one of the three new tax plans concerts and other forms of flesh enter- producing mantle, trod the boards in CHICAGO, Dec. 8. -John Wildberg, likely to receive consideration. tainment have expresed no opinion nor 1906 for the first time. Next comes How- producer of Anna Lucasta, made it very Other points advanced for boosting the have they taken any part in the organ- ard Lindsay and Eddie Dowling, both of clear to The Billboard this week that his city revenue include a tax on tobacco ized opposition. whom debbed three years later, in 1909. heart is in Chi when it comes to opening products estimated to yield $1,500,000, Former, whose last was Strip for Action, up his new play, Curtain Going Up, an and a soft drink tax designed to divvy went back to acting in Life With Father, adaptation from a novel by Ursula Par- another $1,000,000. made but entertainment is furnished, after years of scripting. Latter, still rott. Wildberg said he would begin Amusement tax, submitted and pro- tax will be levied on the food or re- thesping in The Glass Menagerie, doubles casting' for the new show next February posed by Jerome Sloman, is patterned freshment bill. as a producer from time to time. Four on the West Coast and expects to land after State's one -half per cent amuse- Imposition óf this 5 per cent tax, Ego- years later, in 1913, two more noted pro- for the support- ment tax. Ordinance, as submitted, man explained, would not add to the ducers made their legit bows; George a big name there, but by The ing oast he would depend on Chi, Holly- would make the tax applicable to all total amusement taxes paid the pa- Abbott and Guthrie McClintic. amusement admissions, cover and similar trons of amusement places next year, latter, just back from E. T. O., is ready- wood and the Main Stem. by July Producer is faded with the definite charges in restaurants, cocktail lounges, inasmuch as it is expected that ing his latest for his frau, Katherine for the and similar establishments where enter - 1, the extra wartime federal tap of 10 Cornell., problem of finding a theater cent on all amusements will be lifted. Windy City preeming, as the Shuberts - lament is provided. If no cover is per That Legit Lure-for Biz Men control almost every legit house here Evidently legit has a lure for business with the exception of the Civic Theater, men. No less than seven are currently fur- where Wildberg is now showing Lucasta In This Issue nishing fare on the Stem. With biz to the tune of a capacity house every savvy and a sure kitty, most of them can Wild - 88 week. However, it is definite that & Vaude Grosses -36 Letter List 62 Reviens, Legit . to gamble a little stronger on the Bands ... 40 Night Club 33 afford berg is not alone in his aspirations to Burlesque 40 Magic 32 Stem than can thesps who have to haunt as over Carnival ..... 44-53 Merchandise-Pipes 63 -71 Vaude ... bring preem legit back to Chi, 54 -55 Music 13 -29 Rinks -Skaters 59 angels for backing. In most cases there Circus Films 62 the week end he will talk to several Classified Ads . 63 -69 Music Cocktail ... 37 Roadshow has been some definite connection be- 116 Merchandising -85 Routes: Carnival 73 persons in the Windy City's rich en- Coin Machines 75 Music ..78 73 tween showbiz and these men, even tho be more than Fairs -Expositions 56 -58 Music Popularity Chart. .24-29 Circus .. .. virons who are known to Final Curtain, Births, Night Clubs 30 -36 Television .....11 -12 they first stayed on the outside looking interested in backing the Midwest legit Marriages 43 Parks -Pools 60 -61 Vaudeville 30 -36 in. movement. These persons are also known General Outdoor 73 -74 Pipes for Pltchmen 71 Vending Machines 88 -90 take Herbert L. Harris, Honor Roll of Hits 24 Radio 5-12 For example, to have the wherewithal to back any 38 -39 Repertoire 82 Vets' Employment 42 whose latest The French Touch arrived or otherwise. Legitimate as movement, legit 19 here Saturday (8). He still functions Wildberg says. "We're determined to a pop perfumery company v.-p. His asso- produce in Chicago, whether we have to 25 Opera Place, Cincinnati 1, Ohio. Subscription Rate: One year, $7.50. ciation with showbiz stems back to the The Billboard, Main Office, under act of March, 1897. rent, buy or build a theater. It may be Entered as second -class matter June 4, 1897, at Poet Office, Cincinnati, O.. (See Hams Make Top on page 40) ' (See Wildberg Puffs Weed on page 41) Copyright 1945 by The Billboard Publishing Company.

www.americanradiohistory.com4 4 GENERAL NEWS-RADIO 'l'lie Billboard December 15, 1945 Congress To Press for ICC D. C. Showbiz Hopper

Policy After A -A Confab; WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.- Following are additions to the D. C. Showbiz Hopper which appeared in its entirety in the December 1 issue of The Bill - board, outlining the progress of major Congressional bills of interest to the entertainment industry. Seek Wire Service Merger HR -4009, BY REP. HARNESS (R., -Same as Harness Bill. Same future. IND.). -Aimed to insure War Depart- S. RES. 118, BY SEN. CAPEHART ment release of State fairgrounds in (R., IND.).- -Calls for full -scale in- time for 1946 fairs. Would require vestigation of foreign radio connec- Limey Opposition May Have Stolen Show War Department to relinquish leased tions with U. S. firms, including pat- property upon 30 -day notice from ent and trade agreements. Aimed State, removing all government prop- specifically at operations between WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.- Congress will that the U. S. might have been "out- erty and restoring the grounds as RCA and a Dutch company. Action resume pressure for a statement of U. S. traded." The point out that Federal provided by " lease. House Military suspended when RCA revised its international communications policy Communcations Commission Chairman Affairs Committee withheld action on agreements. Bill is in a Senate in- after the domestic reconversion hubbub Paul A. Porter was the only actual "spe- bill after War Department agreed to terstate and foreign commerce sub- has settled down, The Billboard learned cialist" on the U. S. delegation, which release fair property. Bill will be sent committee and "dead," according to subsequent to t h e Anglo- American was headed by the career diplomat and to floor if the promise isn't kept. sub -committee Chairman Briggs (D., Telecommunications Conference which Assistant Secretary of State, James C. HR -5260, by Rep. Johnson (D., Calif.). Mo.). wound up Tuesday (4) at Hamilton, Dunn. In addition, no one from Capitol Bermuda. Congressional action on policy Hill was invited to attend the conference outline which would clear the way for and the legislators resent the omission merger of all U. S. foreign wire and as a slap for urging immediate merger of radio message services, however, will be U. S. foreign telecommunication facili- Henie Det. Tops Teentimers Get delayed at least six months, if not until ties last summer. the new Congress, since little can be ac- FCC Chairman Porter, now back in Sock Promotion; complished in an election year. Washington, told the final session of the 1944 by 22G's; State Dept. No conference that the agreement needed no defense, asserting "it is a document 85 Stores Tie In Congressional sources informed The to proclaim." Mail Order Big Billboard that State Department objec- "It represents many significant ad- tion to consolidation of foreign message vances in the broad objective of estab- DETROIT, Dec. 8.-Sonja Henie Ice NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Sparkplugged transmission services is expected to lishing a more efficient system of world- Show at Olympia Stadium topped 100; by department stores in 85 key cities evaporate shortly with an anticipated wide communications," Porter added. 000 attendance in seventh show Friday thruout the country, The Teentimer shake -up in the leadership of State De- Club, radio seg sponsored by Teentimer, "It is a charter of (6). Show is running $22,000 ahead of partment's Economic Affairs Division. principles that, last year so far on gross, or 20 per cent, Inc., manufacturers of dresses and cos- Congressional leaders are critical of if universally adopted, should ultimately metics bobby extend to the peoples according to William H. Burke, general for the -sockers, and broad- State's "business man's" approach, con- of all countries the manager, altho actually one less show cast over NBC net on Saturday morning tending that American business practices opportunity to communicate cheaply and spot, 11 -11:30 a.m., has launched swiftly among one another." Porter in to date so far this season. a care- won't work in international communi- Washington Shifting opening from Thursday fully planned promotion pitch built cations where the field is controlled confined his analysis of the to around John Desmond, program attrac- wholly by foreign governments. General conference to reiteration of the remarks Friday helped show off to good start. tion. he made at the conference. Prospects are for S. R. O. for this and Teentimer products have about view is that some sort of consolidation next week -end, 400 stores that are exclusive outlets, would be favored by industry and that altho there will be no and a half million Johnny Desmond Fan it is up to Congress to reconcile different show Sunday night because of hockey sked. Total will be 19 performances, Club membership cards are being mailed proposals, which range from consolida- WOR Follows Circus to stores for distribution to the kids. tion within types of message services, two more than last year, and new record thru exemption of certain types, to com- Tradition With Yule that will probably be Detroit's for single Department stores in each of the 85 plete merger of all 13 of the pre -war attraction of any type is practically as- cities take a 60- second cut -in announce- message services. Short-wave radio sured.. ment on net show. Number of stores transmission, however, would be ex- Party for Bellevue New feature of business this year is already have corraled store auditorium empted from any merger plan. increasing percentage of seats sold by or local theater to listen to program and NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-An annual hold social at which kids dance, present With the executive branch still split ,Christmas mail, in contrast to usual heavier sales party for crippled children at at box office here, different from other fashion shows. Typical of promotion on the basic proposal of unification, Bellevue Hospital in New York, is on build -up was the talent contest recently Congressional leaders have been reluc- public cities. Management is building mail the service and promotional sales for future season by getting names run by Edwards department store in tant to push the policy issue, as it would agenda for WOR, Mutual's outlet here, Rochester, N. Y., bobby -sobk winner ap- be impossible to mobilize administration of patrons on cards thru gimmick of with first shindig skedded for December three prizes at every show, in form of pearing on New York show. votes. On the other hand, the White 22. WOR intends to haul a crop of its House, faced with the more immediate pair of ducats. Big item in campaign is the Teentimer artists over to the hospital for an hour flack kit which goes out to all depart- problems of reconversion pricing, labor - and a half's show, 15 minutes of which management relations and stabilization ment stores, containing newspaper mats, will be aired. will pay for the candy, ice cream, etc. display ads, slickly concocted of a peacetime economy, also is willing Station is building listener interest in feature to let the matter slide. the Feature is being set up by Charley Op- stories for placement in local press and project by asking its audience to penheim's flack department and the spot announcements. As blow -off on Merger Inevitable donate old clothes to the kids. Station special events division. pitch, Teentimer show expects to hit the highway and One Senator told The Billboard that present program in major complete merger of the message services cities, using store auditoriums or local is inevitable, both for national defense theaters. purposes and for better and lower -cost Show started on NBC net on November service to the U. S. The communica- ABC (Blue) Gets Its Step Two 24, with program revolving around name tions services, he asserted, know that band. Tentative list of bands which unification is the only out if they expect will get star billing on future programs to continue prosperous operation and includes Tony Pastor and Woody Herman. survive the sharp trade practices of Shake -Up; "Workers" foreign government- controlled services. Now in. Fact that the State Department took along to the conference representatives of private American communications Every Key Slot; `Ice -Capades' Grosses companies in an advisory capacity, is in- Track Clear terpreted by some sources in Washington as indicating a change in the State Sock 12G in Buffalo, policy on the merger question. Chief Central and West Coast Heads Report Direct stumbling block in negotiations hinged to Woods Despite on the fact that, while Great Britain Bad Weather approached the conference table with NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-Reshuffle of the herd on selling shows and helping to sell BUFFALO, Dec. 10.- Annual stand of the point of view of complete govern- executive set -up of the Blue web, which products using the Blue web, and Murray the Ice -Capades of 1946, sponsored as ment ownership of communications, started with a top -level shake -up some Grabhorn handling the selling of time usual by the Buffalo Hockey Club, went U. S. delegation had to reckon with in- months ago, continued this week on a on the network. With Thrower and over well, thanks to a big advance sale dividual operators in attempting to reach more positive plane, with a realignment Jaeger agreement. old -time personal friends and aided by fine promotion campaign, but of responsibilities on the vice- president Grabhorn packing plenty of savvy in last- minute ticket sales were hurt by an Absence of high -caliber communica- level. Two new v.-p.'s were named, two their spheres, the trade sees this re- unexpectedly early spell of very bad tions experts from State Department, new departments were created and alignment as a worth -while reshuffle. weather which completely tied up the however, is particularly irking to duties were reassigned. Con- Just Four town and made driving and traveling gress. Altho Bermuda conference was Fred Thrower Jr., sales v.p. until he Bosses from outlying districts hazardous. Show devoted to and the agreements reached resigned two years ago to join the navy, Likewise, sideliners are impressed by played Memorial Auditorium November relate only to commercial and press rate is back in his original slot. Pete Jaeger, Keith Kiggins's move and upping to one 20 thru 25, giving eight performances charges and British monopoly controls who filled in for Thrower, shifts to a of Mark Woods aids. Under the present (two matinees). Capacity of auditorium in certain areas, there is a lingering new bailiwick as v.-p. for creative sales. set -up Bob Kintner, offioially v. -p. for is 9,500 and house was nearly filled for doubt in the minds of many congressmen This covers program selling, promotion news and features and unofficially the week night shows, with 200 standees for and merchandising aid for Blue clients. expert on Washington affairs and public Saturday night and full houses for week- He reports to V. -P. Thrower. relations; Nicholas Priaulx, officially end matinees and Sunday night. Ducats v.p. and treasurer and unofficially Ed were priced 'at $1.60 to $3 including tax, Norton and Kiggins Upped Noble's representative, and Charles Rynd, Nylons Now John Norton Jr. comes with the de luxe seats going over big- up from station treasurer and assistant secretary, are gest. Publicity tie -ups were numerous relations manager to be v. of this . NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -WDNC, p. de- joined by Kiggins as assistants to Woods. during show's engagement, including a Durham, N. C., partment. Keith Kiggins, previously All other execs report to one of these fashion CBS affiliate Norton's boss, shifts his vice show at the Statler Hotel in which which shipped cigarettes -presidency four. connection with E. W. Edwards depart- to time buyers over to become an assistant to Blue web Only exceptions are Ed Borroff, v.p. for during smoke President Mark Woods. ment store, publicized with full -page shortage this summer-station the Central Division, and Don Searle, newspaper ads. While Hockey Club of- is in heart of tobaccoland Murray Grabhorn, who previously prexy of the Western Division, who re- -has backstopped Pete Jaeger ficials did not wish to be quoted on done it again. This time its a in sales as as- polit directly to Woods. With the addi- any definite figures, it was generally pair of nylons in commemoration sistant general sales manager, takes tion of Kiggins, the trade sees Prez charge of another estimated that attendance numbered of return of local hose mills to new department: sta- Woods freed of administrative obliga- about 70,000 persons, and gross take was nylon production. tions sales. tions and able to clear his desk, to a Thus, the sales about $120,000. Hockey Club will spon- set-up has Fred degree, for over -all planning and long - sor Ice Follies here January 30 thru Feb- Thrower as head man, Pete Jaeger riding range operations. ruary 3, another annual promotion.

www.americanradiohistory.com 5 December 15, 1945 RADIO The Billboard Communications to 1564 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y Swing's To Name Ork Programs

NAB Answering Anti -Radio Horn of Plenty Cycle Ready NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -What- ever you do, don't tell anyone that you'd like to learn more For Comeback Attacks in Ad- Agency Pitch; about the radio business! A guy in the copy department of one of the largest and most conservative agencies did that Gimmicks instead of stylists Analyzes Press & Mag Slams and now he's practically support- ing two psychoanalysts. expected to be Hooper point One day, while lunching with the office wit, our unhappy hero corrals-- nlusikers'trend up Presentation Really Aggressive mentioned the fact that he was mildly interested in radio and NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -Name orks are. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-National Asso- tion say that it is one of the best selling . jobs advanced by the industry since Paul would like to find out more about in the opinion of sundry top talent men, d ation of Broadcasters is currently lug- it. That information w,as carried on the way back as top program to top agency men, a pres- Kesten got out his now famous memo talent. ging around ago. Station back to the rest of the boys. Tip -off, as they see it, is in the emer- entation which is reported to answer on broadcasting some years was to send this and web toppers consulted, added that Their decision gence of ork pilots as guests. Thus, pro- competitive allegations in recent news- freshly created neurotic all their grams buying a Woody Herman, Louis paper and magazine anti -broadcasting they hope the NAB continues to be as mailing as it has in this case. surplus memos and Prima, Tommy Dorsey or Frankie Carle as presentations. A joint effort of the aggressive pieces from talent agencies. guest star, get the audience appeal and NAB, and the CBS and NBC promotion Last Thursday he had routed to name vaude of the full band for the price and research departments, the presenta- him over 100 assorted pieces of of an instrumental soloist. tion, still a very confidential item, is said material and it's been going on been prompted specifically by In the offing are a variety of band shows to have Lewis Return for weeks. pegged ideas be derogatory material issued by the Amer- He would open his big, fat on which will audience ican Newspaper Publishers' Association mouth! pullers and not top heavy in costs. Head- and Collier's mag. ache for name orks with a yen for radio NAB action, regarded as the first time commercial has, in the past, been an the industry association has taken posi- Sets Trend in inability to operate on their radio take. tive steps to refend radio against in- Thus, a band has to play hotels and roads by other media, is not simply an Buys theaters and clubs to stay in the black. out -and -out defense. Instead, it takes Frigidaire Only exceptions are the few top names a positive stand, dealing with the ad- Y &R Policies who get five -figure salaries from radio. vantages of broadcast advertising. And, In this class are Kay Kyser, Guy Lom- in boosting radio, it pauses to take 20th-Fox Plage., bardo, Fred Waring, etc. polite swipes at the figures and theories Will Give Agency an Edge But armed with an idea, like the quoted by newspaper publishers and Kollege of Musical Knowledge or Sammy mag men. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -Tom Lewis, ex- CBS Sun. P.M.'s Kaye's So You Want To Lead a Band, Ad men who have seen the presenta- colonel in charge of the Armed Forces NEW YORK, Dec. 10.- Frigidaire Di- the orks can take an air show and use Radio Service, rejoins Young & Rubicam vision of General Motors Corporation the idea in their personal appearance early next month. He will be v.-p. in has finally signed for 20th Century -Fox bookings, too. This works two ways, as charge of radio and a member of the package. Deal originally called for use the program sponsor benefits from the Web, BMB Hats agency exec committee and plans board. of the film company name in the pro- personal appearance dates. Lewis was a top producer at Y &R, with gram title, also exclusive use of 20th - Good Buys six years of seniority when he went into Fox players and properties. With name leaders proving a good buy Confab on Cost khaki in 1942. As v. -p. he will work out Squawks from-Louella Parsons, Hearst at $1,000 or $1,500 a shot as instrumental- of the Hollywood office. film columnist, and the Screen Actors' ists fronting the regular program combo Move is important in several ways. Guild stymied the original set -up. Both and more than a few name orks ready Of Net Reports With nine of the 20 Y &R programs saw the package as possibly restricting to break out with ideas, the talent men originating on the Coast (Ozzie and Har- their entry to 20th -Fox properties for figure they're also a good buy for pros- NEW YORK, Dec. 9. -Web execs are riet, Fanny Brice, Sherlock Holmes, Ed- guest shots. Latter was particularly af- pective sponsors at $2,500 or $3,000 a week. quietly meeting with BMB brasshats for die Cantor, Dinah Shore, Ginny Simms, fected by reason of its Screen Guild Angle here is that every name band informal discussion on the respective Duffy's Tavern, GE Houseparty and a Players' program on CBS for Lady Esther. around today has the advantage of three costs of membership. Idea is to alleviate regional, What's Doin', Ladies ?) having Under the revamped set -up, title will Hollywood years of plugging, via records and camp the cost complex on the part of nets by top brass headquarters on the scene, it probably be something like dates plus USO -ing for servicemen here having all sit around and talk informally. should expedite and facilitate Y &R Air Theater, Frigidaire will get what it and overseas. Networks thus far have sidestepped Coast radio operation. wants from the Fox lot by offering more signing up for fear of having to carry a Additionally and possibly most impor- dough and everyone will be happy. With the millions coming out of uni- major portion of the financial load if tant, having brass of top exec level on Show starts Sunday, January 6, over form and name band conscious, the rea- one or more of the webs didn't go along. tap gives Y &R an edge insofar as West full CBS web on the 2:30 p.m. half soning is that any good name ork pro- And hesitant nets have stalled for fear Coast new biz is concerned. And, as has hour. As soon as better time is open gram is bound to get a rating. Add this they'd have to pay more than another been noted by The Billboard in the past, the program will shift. Al Newman will to the bargain price and the cross plugs chain. the West Coast looms large as an inde- handle the ork and Bob Redd the stop- inherent In theater and club dates based Foote, Cone & Belding is the on an idea, and it sounds like a smart Talks are moving smoothly, with the pendent industrial factor in the post- watch. agency men outlook favorable for an agreement be- war economy of the U. S. A. agency. set-up. In any event, the ad nut. are beginning to talk turkey to orks. tween webs on the share of the Furthermore, the West Coast is the Another plus, according to the men Once this point isreached they figure home off e area for pic firms with juicy who buy, is the in- to sign BMB contracts. billing figures for all media. Lewis W6XYZ Mum Till who sell and those t Hollywood before going into serv- evitability of the cycle. It's been years knew since the cycle swung away from straight ice. As head of AFRS he worked out of the Buys ABC Hollywood with film people, so staying New Home Is Set ork programs, even tho in those days Sterling will be no handicap. ork appeal was based on style, not ideas. on the Coast now HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 8. -W6XYZ closed stylists are still around, as are Appointment of Toni Lewis as v. -p. in shop until it hauls its transmitter from Ork `Bride & Groom' Seg; of radio" does not affect plenty of newcomers. It's only a question "entire charge its present location on the Paramount of time, in the opinion of those who know, operation of Gordon Cates and Harry studio lot to its new 5,800 -foot perch before Former continues v. -p. and not too much time at that, Two CBS Soapers Ackerman. as on Mount Wilson. a fresh crew of stylists show up and start and general manager of the radio depart- Video outlet expects to resume air pix of listeners. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.- Sterling Drug ment, latter as v. -p. in charge of radio of January. In the meantime, grabbing the ears Company, for Bayer's Aspirin and Phil- first part Cycle has been away for years and it's program operations. Klaus Landsberg, Coast manager for tele- back. When the turn lips Milk of Magnesia, last week signed Thus one is administrative prexy, the vision products and director of W6XYZ, starting to come to sponsor the new ABC audience- parti- for is completed it'll be met by a fresh supply other the talent headman, and both pulled out for New York Friday (7) styles and sidemen. cipation show, Bride and Groom. Show work out of New York, which handles an exec huddle and will remain there of ideas and under the present plan, will be moved most of the agency radio. until December 15. from 4:15 down to 3 p.m., and Al Pearce, now at 3, will move up to 3:30. Ladies, Be Seated, which now occupies ABC Gets Pro the 3:30 slot, will probably be shoved to 4:15. Reason for the elaborate shifts P&G $3,500,000 to ABC is to create a full -hour parlay between Football Airing; Bride and Groom and Al Pearce, a move which Sterling and ABC think will mean stronger audience draw for both shows. If Eve Half -Hour Strip Opens Understood that Sterling Drug is con- Sells Wilson Org sidering canceling its Amanda and Sec - NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -ABC program of at least three sponsored shows. Sales CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-World's champion- ond Husband soap opera shows now on gridiron battle between the Wash- CBS. Former is sponsored by Phillips, and sales departments are currently and program execs, including Adrian ship working like eager beavers to clear five Samish, program v. -p., and Peter Jeager, ington Redskins and the Cleveland Rams latter by Bayers, and both are long -time 1945 professional football title members of the Sterling show farm. evening half hours along the entire web former sales v. -p., have been flying to for the for possible sale to Procter & Gamble. and fro between New York and points will be broadcast exclusively by the Idea behind the shift from soap opera Company on De- on CBS to audience -participation on Understood that P &G has indicated that west in an effort to secure the time. American Broadcasting would be interested in buying the P &G, rumor has it, is interested In cember 16. Blue, if the CBS 11 -11:30 a.m. nix goes it American thru, is to get larger networks and more time, worth $3,500,000, provided ABC airing five different shows, music, va- Broadcast was sold by the coverage at the same dough. On CBS can clear something between 8 and 10 riety, quf2, mystery and drama. At one sales staff here to the Wilson Sporting p.m. E.W.T. time, tho, it was suggested that the soap Goods Company of this city. Harry both programs are limited networks of 41 broad- and 42 stations, respectively; On Blue Both 8:30 and 9 p.m. appear to ABC company put in a half -hour strip. Idea Wismer and Johnny Neblett will the sponsor figures to get more at same programers to be their best possibili- was rejected because of the monumental cast the game from the Cleveland price. ties, but clearing either one means shifts difficulties involved. Stadium.

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Nets Forget ABC's Farm & Homemaker Seg NAB, Fed Ag Local Segs Bows Out as Farm Directors Meet Want More $$ CHICAGO, Dec. 8.- American's Farm have a hand in what public service and Homemaker's program, oldest farm program features should be encouraged. Ratings Iook okay, but radio program (1927), bowed out yester- "After all," he declared, "frequencies Farm Airings show builders warn of that day (7) in a tangle of controversy among and allocations belong to the people in ABC execs, the talent on the show and the final analysis, not to any one in- thing called saturation certain members of the National Associa- dividual or group of broadcasters. In tion of Farm Radio Directors, on whose cutting off this fine old program that U. S. Dept. To Press FCC convention in Chi this week the news many people had come to regard as an NEW YORE, Dec. 10.-It has long of the withdrawal of the 18- year-old institution, ABC may be doing itself CHICAGO, since stopped being news Dec. 8.- Closer ties between when web pro- program burst almost like an atom bomb a lot of harm." commercial radio and the U. S. Depart- gramers weep that one type of program in the midst of their plans to expand During the last three programs, plugs ment or another is of Agriculture was one of several headed for a speedy de- farm programs. indicating that the program was going platforms advocated by the National As- mise. But the latest wail from top Ed Borroff, ABC Midwest prexy, gave as off were aired, with results of more than showmen nets and sociation of Radio Farm Directors' meet- at agencies, a cry that the reason for the web dropping the 200 letters per day. ABC's New York ing in Chi this week (3 -6) in conjunc- daytime audience -participation shows show that it "had outlived its useful- office wired Chi office -where show are being tion with 4 -H Club convention. Org done to,death, is, in the opin- ness." originates -urgently demanding no more heard Ag Secretary Clinton Anderson ion of crack radio men, based on a set "We've found out for instance, "he plugs, since this would place the web incontrovertible pay high tribute to radio farm broad- of facts. declared, "that you can't tell New Eng- in the embarrassing position of taking casters in providing farmers with "clear Pointing to the recent flood of morn- land farmers how to raise cotton, and show off which commanded some public accurate info and assisting greatly In ing and afternoon gag quizzes, several that the average farmer wants to hear interest. the reconversion period." well -known show builders contend that facts on his region which can't be ac- However, Borroff sticks to his guns John Baker, complished satisfactorily on a web." chief of radio, U. S. Ag an audience saturation point is near. in that he says web is willing at any Department, told the 78 Radio Farm Most of them feel that the addition of Borroff said most stations claimed to time to resume airing provided it can Directors that the department "looked Web audience participation to the shows have better regional programs anyway, be proved show is popular enough to favorably" and only 37 upon moves to bring more aired daily by local stations has re- that net stations plus six warrant outlay. On the other hand, farm programs into the commercial radio sulted in an overload of a program for- college land grant stations carried the NBC after split with Blue, had nothing fold, provided Farm and Homemaker's show. He of they were kept on a high mat which, at best, exhausts listeners. but the title the old Farm and Home plane. Thus the department is willing One network chief phrased it this way: thought Club Matinee, which is shoved Hour, as Blue carried show, but three to provide material in the spot (11:30 C.S.T.), will have just months ago revived farm 'program with for a sponsored farm We have found in the last few years as big if not bigger appeal rural show, and sees more farm news -altho that daytime audience -participation is to areas. Department of Agriculture under old bank -rolled ever before. He says farmers have come a long way n a m e, grabbing Allis-Chalmers as -than Safety an inexpensive, profitable and popular in education, and variety shows was studied as a prominent factor in way to fill up a schedule. But today, would sponsor. developing farm programs, with the many of us are going appeal to them more than a network Former Blue web show featured Curley much too far. farmer show. Bradley National Safety Council reps telling the Just look at the logs. Mutual has only as emsee and singer. Robert group farm accidents were on the up- one afternoon audience -participation In sharp disagreement was a spokes- White was producer. man for the radio farm directors. He swing, and could be prevented by in- show and NBC none. CBS has three and jecting more farm safety In the pro- ABC airs no fewer told The Billboard that American was than six. With the making a big mistake in taking off one grams. exception of ABC, and possibly Columbia, of their few public service programs and CBS Curves New A spokesman for the group intimated this doesn't sound like too much. But, intimated that the FCC's fire might clearly the U. S. Ag Department would take Mutual. Its single gag quiz is the put plenty pressure on the FCC next successful Queen for a Day. But WOR, month when hearings for new stations, Mutual's New York outlet, carries an- station changes, etc., would be other, The Better Half matinee, and Pitch in Triple- held. MBS stations out of town carry their Elgin NAB Committee own shows. The same, of course, goes Parade As evidence that farm airing is play- for CBS, NBC or the Blue. When you Linked Airings ing a more important role in commer- add local and net audience -participation HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 10.-CBS will cial radio, action of the NAB in appoint- shows together, you get a powerful load Precede May pitch a new curve in the participator ing a committee from the Farm Direc- of noise. game Sunday (9) when it combines three tors to report on the farm situation was audience shows cited. The committee, headed by Larry Dialers , Take 'Em into a straight hour and Be a P &G Pitch a half broadcast using the same specta- Haeg, WCCO, Minneapolis, sent its report "It may be that listeners can still tors. Net's triple -threat theory was to the board of directors of NAB con- take it. At least, the Hooperatings seem NEW YORE, Dec. 10.-Procter & Gam- tried taining five major recommendations: to show that they can. But; if the trend ble, the nation's largest radio advertiser, first out on the CBS Coast web, and continues, audience may go t. c. Shows on weekly from 3:30 1. The preparation of a brochure on -participation won't is mulling lifting a leaf from the book of to 5 p.m. (P.S.T.) Sunday spot normally agricultural broadcasting, stressing the be worth buying. A little temperance, Elgin Watch with the presentation, on held by long -haired music or dramatic factors contributing to a well rounded please." Christmas Day, of a full hour, all -star shows. and complete ag service by radio sta- Other program men say that the temp- variety pot- pourri on NBC. Elgin for Fact that CBS was going to start a tions for use by management and possi- tation to air such shows is very great many years has sponsored two -hour series of participators was first revealed ble distribution to ad agencies, listeners because of their comparatively low cost, shows on CBS every Thanksgiving and in The Billboard last week when it was and others interested in farm broad- publicity and promotion value and Christmas. reported that net's space squeeze prob- casting. naturally, the fact that not many of P. Sr G., via four of its many agencies, lems would force airshows to originate 2. To develop closer working relations them remain unsponsored long. But is currently at work lining up talent but at Earl Carroll's across the street from with Ag Department agencies dealing too much of anything Is no good and trying not to duplicate Elgin's parade. Columbia Square. However, CBS later with agriculture, and institutions of over -emphasis on audience -participation Soap show will be aired from 3 -4 p.m., discovered that nitery still hosts G.I.'s agricultural education and research. can kill it off. the hour before Elgin goes on the air. Sunday afternoons at a servicemen's 3. To arrange periodic regional dis- No one says that such programs should That hour is normally owned by P. & G. dance and spot not available. As last cussions or clinics, with broadcasting be thrown out completely. But most for several soap operas. (See CBS CURVES PITCH on page 41) management, farm radio broadcasters, program men contend that radio will reps of the Ag Department, other gov- have to take it easy if it doesn't want to ernmental agencies dealing with ag, lose a good thing. farm organizations, farmers and ranchers Have you dialed Tele -Quiz lately? and others interested, to examine the Murrow possibilities of extending service of radio Coming Home; Due broadcasting to agriculture over com- mercial stations. 4. To establish for the convenience of Associated T a p station management, a guide for deter- Thinks Trade, for CBS 20th mining qualifications of tompetent agri- cultural broadcasters. For "ABC" Tag 5. To examine the NAB standards of practice as they apply to agricultural Floor Slot --- But Where's " ?" broadcasting. 25G In addition, the committee suggested Said To Be the NAB appoint an ag committee mem- NEW YORK, Dec. 8. - Twenty-five Talk Flirting With Three ber in each of its 17 districts to work thousand bucks is Associated Broadcast- Pigeonholes with station management in the respec- ing Corporation's price to settle out of NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Murrow, CBS tive area, and an agricultural director be court, its suit to restrain the American -Ed Murrow being assigned to video as Paley's appointed NAB head man overseas, has been called off personal rep. Angle here is that video's within to supervise all Broadcasting Company, nee Blue, from his trip thru the Middle Far East problem ag projects. ABC. Negotiations and big in the near future will be in Close NAB using the call letters by Columbia Prexy Paley. He's coming programing and production, but on a co -op between and the are about complete between the two back to the confabs and, Radio Farm Directors is evidenced by webs, final agreement hinging on As- States for in top level. Job of building shows is under the NAB holding a meeting at the same all probability, a new assignment. ' control, but the chore of deciding what sociated's desire to retain name while New post is still Paley's secret. How- type time in order to keep close ear to the giving ABC initials of shows to air when, how to co- farm situation. up to Blue. ever, pundits in the trade expect news operate with ad agencies, etc., is unfilled. Trade believes that 250's is relatively man to wind up on CBS the executive Under normal conditions CBS Boss NEW YORK, Dec. 10. small sum for Blue to pay to get rid of floor in one of three capacities. Paley might be expected to handle this -Harry Salter, nuisance value litigation' involves. One former big -time radio conductor and Ini- group expects Murrow to take over himself, as he did in the birth -pain days ex -major in the Army Special Services' tiated by the Associated last August, the news operations, while another expects of the web. But with Paley tied down Music Division, has been signed to con- suit has been postponed many times him to be used as home office expert on to the network, and a top -notch mind duct the ork on CBS's new version of and is now pending in Chi's United governmental affairs, both domestic and and diplomat required to handle an im- Assignment Home. States District Court with the next hear- foreign. portant future, Murrow might be the Home, Columbia's top public service ing slated for January 27, 1946. Third batch of thinkers anticipate man. show, began airings Saturday (8).

www.americanradiohistory.com December 15, 1945 The Billboard RADIO 7 The WNEW "MAKE- BELIEVE BALLROOM" with MARTIN BLOCK

WNEW `Ballroom' Leads For Period's Ratings MARTIN According to the September Pulse BLOCK of America's Y.) "Make - One report. WNEW's (N. Greatest - Believe Ballroom" during the across Salesmen the -board hours of 10 -11:30 a.m. and 5:30 -7:30 p.m. has a better average rating for the 14 quarter -hours than any other station in its area during the sanie period.

Current . average ratings for the The November Pulse shows other four leading N. Y. stations are: an even better picture. WABC. 3.4; WEAF, 3.4. WOR, 2.7; WJz, 2.6. WNEW's is 4.4.

VARIETY - October 24, 1945 It's another favorite program on-- WNEI!!! NEW YORK 22, N. Y.

T E N T H O U S A N D WATTS-ON T H E A I R TWENTY-FOUR H O U R S A D A Y REPRESENTED NATIONALLY BY JOHN BLAIR AND COMPANY

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TILE BILLBOA1th.IIOOPHI UILBI UK1I1ULITIO IXIIEX (Based upon Facts and Figures from C. E. Hooper Audience llleasurentent Reports) VOLUME No. 1, ISSUE No. 6 PROJECTED FROM NOVEMBER 30, 1945, RATINGS PROGRAMS WITH TOP EVENING URBAN CIRCULATION PROGRAMS with TOP FEM DAYTIME URBAN CIRCULATION Program Net Agency Sponsor Product Urban Listeners* Program Nef Agency Sponsor Product Urban Listeners' Edgar Bergen NBC JWT Standard Brands C &S Bob. Coffee 10,127,812 When a Girl Marries.. NBC B &B General Foods Sure Jell, Hope NBC. FC &B Lever Bros. Various 9,928.788 MH Jack Benny NBC FC &B Coffee Fibber Am. Tob. Co. Lucky Strike 9,611,726 Pepper Young's Family .NBO P &R Procter & Gamble Camay Soap McGee and Grand Central Station. .CBS McC -E Pillsbury Mills Various 1,455,701 Molly NBC NL&B S. C. Johnson Wax 9,448,143 Portia Faces Life ....NBC B &B General Foods Post's Raisin Radio Theater CBS JWT. Lever Bros. Lux 9,262,592 Bran Flakes Walter Winchell ABC L &M Jergens Ca Lotion 8,875,675 Fred Allen Breakfast in Hollywood ABC K &E Kellogg Co. Pep 1,420,846 NBC JWT Standard Brande Various 8,069,913 Theater of Today ....CBS BBD &O Armstrong Cork ,Quaker Rugs 1,416,462 Take It or Leave It CBS Biow Eversharp Pens, Pencils 7,491,148 JIr. Stars Over Hollywood. CBS Sorenson Bowey's Dari -Rich D. A NBC DC &S Bristol -Myers Ipana 7,191,221 Backstage Wife NBC DFS ('ummer Co. Energine 1,394,485 Music Hall NBC JWT Kraft Cheese Velveeta 7,047,847 Young Widder Brown NBC DIS Sterling Drug Various 1,389,799 Abbott and Costello NBC WE R. J. Reynolds Camels 6,883.093 Romance Screen of Helen Guild CBS Biow Lady Esther Cosmetics 6,854,535 Trent (MWTF) CBS DFS Kolynos Co. Kolynos, Aldrich Family CBS Y &R General Foods Postum 6,602,497 Bisodol 1,334,441 Eddie Cantor NBC Y &R Bristol -Myers Sal Jack Hepatica 6,586,534 Right to Happiness NBC Compton Procter & Gamble Ivory Soap 1,333,855 Haley Show NBC M &A Sealtest, Inc. Milk, Ice Cream Breakfast in Hollywood ABC Compton Procter & Gamble Ivory Flakes 1,314,983 Stella Dallas NBC DFS Phillips Chem. Co. Shampoo, Energine 1,304,126 PROGRAMS WITH TOP FEM EVE. URBAN CIRCULATION Billie Burke CBS L&F Lambert Co. Listerine 1,294,607 Just Plain Bill NBC DFS Whitehall Anacin ` Bob Hope NBC FC&B Lever Bros. Various 5,475,134 Pharmacal Co. Edgar Bergen NBC JWT Standard Brands C &S Coffee 5,030,808 Radio Theater CBS JWT Lever Bros. Lux 5,011.477 Fibber McGee and Molly NBC S. C. Johnson Wax 4,964,906 PROGRAMS with TOP MALE Walter Winchell ABC L&LMB Jergens Co. Lotion 4,866,200 DAYTIME URBAN CIRCULATION Jack Benny NBC FC&B Am. Tob. Co. Lucky Strike 4,723,852 John W. Vandercook..NBC Fred Allen NBC Standard Brands Various 4,161,636 DPB Oldsmobile Antos 4446618 Take It or Leave It CBS Stars Over Hollywood. CBS Sorenson Bowey's Dari -Rich Blow Pena, Pencils 4,880,306 Let's Pretend CBS BBD &O Cream of Wheat Cereal 341,372 Music Hall NBC J WT Kraft Cheese Velveeta 3,869,909 Theater Screen Guild CBS Biow Lady Esther of Today CBS BBD &O Armstrong Cork Quaker Ruga 331,267 Cosmetics 3,765,930 Breakfast in Hollywood ABC Kellogg Co. Pep 327,010 Eddie Cantor NBC Bristol -Myers Sal Hepatica 3,741.766 Front Page Farrell NBC Mr. D. A. NBC DC&S Bristol -Myers Ipana 3,653,604 PIS Whitehall Kolynos Jack Haley Show NBC Pharmacal Co. M&A Sealtest Inc. Milk, Ice Cream Grand Central Station.. CBS McC -E Pillsbury Mills Various 317.794 Abbott and Costello NBC WE R. J. Reynolds Camels 3,496,604 When Girl Marries. Kay Kyser (10- 10:30) NBC Colgate -Palmolive -Peet a NEC B &B General Foods Sure Jell, Soap, Dental 11H Coffee Cream 3,112,329 Billie Burke CBS L &F Lambert Co. Listerine 288,797 Tom Mix...... MBS Gardner Ralston -Purina Co. Cereal 287,118 PROGRAMS WITH TOP MALE EVE. URBAN Breakfast in Hollywood ABC Compton Procter & Gamble Ivory Flakes 256.58 CIRCULATION Just Plain Bill NBC DFS Whitehall Anacin Edgar Bergen NBC JWT Standard Brands C &S Coffee 3,375,937 Pharmacal Co. Walter Winchell ABC L&M Jergens Co. Lotions 3,324,094 Kate Smith Speaks CBS Y &R General Foods Certo Jack Benny NBC FC&B Am. Tob. Co. Lucky Strike 3,280,453 Portia Faces Life NBC B &B General Foods Post's Raisin Bob Hone .... NBC FC&B Lever Bros. Various 3,268,737 Bran Flakes Fibber and Superman MBS K &E Kellogg Co. Pep 248.377 :1brlyyMcGee NBC NL&B S. C. Johnson Wax 3,038,226 Take It or Leave It CBS Blow Eversharp Pens, Pencils 2,856,337 Radio Theater CBS JWT Lever Bros. Lux 2,764,953 Fred Allen NBC JWT Standard Brande Various 2,699.344 Abbott and Costello NBC R. J. Reynolds Camels 2,450,381 PROGRAMS with TOP JUVE. DAYTIME URBAN CIRCULATION NBC DC&S Bristol -Myers Ipana 2,406,739 Screen Guild Biow Lady Esther Cosmetics 2,194.535 Theater of Today CBS BBD&O lrmatrong Cork Quaker Rugs 696,803 Can You Top This?... NBC TB Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Soap, Dental Terry and the Pirates. ABC S&M Quaker Oats Co. Puffed Wheat 671,907 Cream 2,159,241 Let's Pretend CBS BB &O Cream of Wheat Cereal 590,481 Kay Kyser (10- 10:30) NBC TB Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Soap, Dental Billie Burke CBS L&F Lambert Co. Listerine 547,718 Cream 2,052.333 Toni Mix MES Gardner Ralston- Purina Co. Cereal 533,074 Music Hall NBC JWT Kraft Cheese Velveeta 2,050,283 Stars Over Hollywood CBS Bowey's Dari -Rich Blondie CBS WE Colgate -Palmolive -Peet Super Suds 2,046,475 Smilin' Ed McConnell NBC LBson Brown Shoe Co. Shoes When a Girl Marries. NEC B&B General Foods Sure Jell, MR Coffee PROGRAMS Portia Faces Life ....NBC B&B General Foods Post's Raisin WITH TOP JUVE. EVE. URBAN CIRCULATION Bran Flakes Edgar Bergen NBC Standard Brands C &S Coffee 1,721,066 Grand Central Station. CBS Pillsbury 3filla Various 410,057 Aldrich Family CBS R General Foods Postum 1,644,913 Superman M-BS K&É Kellogg Co. Pep 393,654 Jack Benny NBC FC&B Am. Tob. Co. Lucky Strike 1,607,422 Just Plain Bill NBC DFS Whitehall Anacin Blondie CBS (' olgate- Palmolive -Peet Super Suds 1.504,761 Pharmacal Co. Radio Theater CBS JWT Lever Bros. ' Various 1,486.162 Front Page Farrell NEC DFS Whitehall Anacin Fibber McGee and Pharmacal Co. NBC NL&B S. C. Johnson Wax 1,445,010 Breakfast Club ABC Swift & Co. Meat 300,513 Inner Sanctum CBS Y&R T. J. Lipton Tea 1,363,877 Lorenzo Jones NBC D S Sterling Drug Various 299,634 Dr. Christian CBS Chesebrough Vaseline 1,349.62 Great Gildersleeve NBC NLB Kraft Foods Parkay Date With :Ludy NBC Lewis-Howe Turns 1,212.596 Fred Allen NBC JW T Standard Brands Various 1,209.081 KEY TO AGENCY ABBREVIATIONS Mr. and Mrrs. North NBC L&M Jergens Co. Woodbury Soap 1,190.336 Bob FC&B Lever Bros. Various 1,184,917 Burns and Allen NBC B&B General Foods MH Coffee 1,178,327 B &B- Benton & Bowles M c C -E -McCann- Erickson Beulah Show CBS RW&C Lewis -Howe Turns 1,146.108 BBD &O-Batten, Barton, Durstine & M &A -McKee & Albright Osborn NL &B-Needham, Louis & Brorby DC &S- Doherty, Clifford & ShenfIeld P &R- Pedlar & Ryan PROGRAMS WITH TOP DAYTIME URBAN CIRCULATION DFS- Dancer -Fitzgerald- Sample R &R- Ruthrauff & Ryan When a Girl Marries NBC B &B General Foods Sure Jell, DPB-D. P. Brother RMS- Russell M. Seeds MH Coffee FC &B- Foote, Cone & Belding RWC- Roche, Williams & Cleary Theater of Today CBS BBD &O Armstrong Cork Quaker Rugs 2,444.523 JWT-J. Walter Thompson S &M -Sherman & Marquette Stars Over Hollywood CBS Sorenson Bowey's Dari-Rich K Kenyon Eckhardt Grand Central Station CBS McC E Pillsbury Mills Various 2,183/551 &E- & WE-William Esty Billie Burke CBS L&F Lambert Co. Listerine 2,131,123 LB -Leo Burnett Y &R -Young & Rubicam Portia Faces. Life NBC B &B General Foods Post's Raisin L &M- Lennen & Mitchell Bran Flakes Breakfast in Hollywood ABC K&E Kellogg Co. Pep 1,995,950 Let's Pretend CBS &O Cream of Wheat Cereal 1,974,422 *Urban, as interpreted in this report, means all cities with populations of over Just Plain Bill NBC 'DF8 Whitehall Anacin . total of radio Pharmacal Co. 25,000 a 14,644,878 homes. Young Widder Brown . NBC Sterling Drug Various 1.881.574 Pepper Young's Family NBC P & R Procter & Gamble Camay Soap 'No "number of urban listeners" reported for programs broadcast in less than 100 Backstage Wife NBC DFS Cummer Co. Energine 1,808.789 cities and therefore circulation figures not available. Breakfast in Hollywood ABC Procter & Gamble Ivory Flakes 1,806,738 Stella Dallas NBC DP' Spton Phillips Chem. Co. Shampoo, Energise 1,732.489 Romance of Helen DFS Kolynos Co. Kolynos, The Billboard- Hooper Urban Circulation Index is protected by the copyright of Trent (MTWF) ....CBS Bisodol 1,707.300 The Billboard and infringements will be prosecuted. RWG - AAAA It Works! MBS Makes Sat.Teen RWG Will Pitch NEW YORK, Dec. 8. - Foote, Pitch With Kid Skein Meets Moving Cone & Belding crew have a gim- After Contracts in mick of their own for the treat- And Program Switch ment of a practical- joking staffer. Det., Hub and D. C. They picked up several dozen NEW YORK, Dec. 10.- Mutual is build- Towards Paper cheap copies of old books, wrote ing itself a full hour kid skein, with onto the inside cover of NEW YORK, each an intent to steal, by booking Land of the NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Dec. 10.- Negotiations be- offer of $5 for returning same to -Due to pressure tween the Radio Writers'. Guild and the Lost, sock sustainer, into the 11:30 -12 from Mr. So- and -So at such - and -such Saturday a.m. slot. Program will be fol- scripters in Detroit, Boston and AAAA's for a minimum basic agreement an address. covering free -lance and contract writers lowed by General Foods' House of Mys- Washington, Radio Writers' Guild Is go- have, after six meets and three months of Now the practical joker isn't tery. - ing after staff contracts in those cities. talking, begun to make headway. laughing. People keep finding the General intent of MBS Writers from Going books on busses, trolleys and programers in the mentioned cities have hasn't been too easy, as agency reps have making the switch from Sundays at come into the New York subways and come in for their 3:30 p.m. office and asked refused to talk contract, claiming this five is said to be an effort to the would make them liable for anti -trust dollars. take away from CBS a goodly portion that Guild do a Job for them, too. : action. Instead, the talks have been with of the kid audience which tunes in to Contracts will contain the standard an eye toward the four A's coming thru reached on four phases. Let's Pretend at 11:05 a.m. Saturday, provision about the rate of progression with recommendations to their members. These and presumably dials out when CBS of staffers, division between are arbitration, the use of a puts on Billie Burke at 11:30. Idea is junior and Topics on the roster are a new release standard RWG form contract, the release the old program mood theory, this time senior classifications, distinctions be- form, arbitration, a standard form con- of the writer from responsibility for any applied to two networks. tween the different types of writing tract, control of rights to material, credits, ideas or wording coming from the ad agency, and payment Show will be heard in New York on (continuity, dramatic, etc.), the rights liability for material, single program on delivery for WOR without need for scripts, audition scripts, trial or outline scripts ordered for one -time programs. transcribed re- that a scrivener has to his work and the scripts, rewrite responsibility, peat at a different time, the method fo1- percentage of profits that writers are en- individual Big problems are the release form and lowed wnne urea was airing on Sunday. contracts, disability rights and, in a spe- writers' control of material. To facilitate titled to from rebroadcasts. Guild will cial category, the problems Hookey Hall, WOR program heard at make its pitch as soon as negotiations of the comedy material, subcommittees have been set up 11:30 Saturdays, is being writer. Thus far, agreement has been to work on these two problems. canceled by between it and the radio committee of Pharmaco Corporation. the four AAAA's are cleaned up.

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Mass Hearings May Clear NAB -A261/1.4 Nat'l Spot Contract Cloud Over FCC; Problems Due for Agency No'ing, 4 Nixes NEW YORK, Dec. 10.- Proposed new okay and ad men would prefer the pres- standard contract form, which was ent practice whereby the agency takes Loom Bigler and Better brewed by the NAB Sales Managers' Com- responsibility and thg client is not liable. mittee and a subcommittee of the AAAA's, will not be okayed in its present Option Biz Is form. Pact covers national spot biz and 2. NAB wants to give an option on Electronic Horizon Top of Everything is due to be nixed by ad agency men on time to the agency and not the client. four counts. As agency men see it, this practice pen- WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -In wake of for which Chairman Paul A. Porter, of 1. NAB wants to hold a client as well alizes the client, is unfair and will Congressional mutterings that Federal FCC, admitted the commission has been as the ad agency responsible for pay- eventually penalize agencies as well. Communications Commission is "retard- largely responsible because of personnel ment. Agency men see no reason why Example: Client shifts an account from ing" radio industry progress by failure shortages, FCC hearings are arranged to both should be liable. One or the other (See NAB -AAAA SPOT on page 41) to step up processing of applications, be held as near as possible to the com- FCC is ready to stage the biggest series munities affected. Those involving of mass hearings in agency's history. "substantial engineering questions" were With hearing sked arranged Wednesday skedded for national's capital in order to (5) on 271 cases which previously had get the most use of FCC's understaffed been earmarked for airing, the commis- technical department. Commission has sioners are preparing to go on a nation- already set 14 hearings for balance of wide circuit from the start of the new year and highlight of first 1946 stint year until the end of March and possibly will be consolidated hearings on video longer. applications of nine Washington broad- Moving to break the "bottleneck," casting and newspaper companies for the four available channels allocated to the metropolitan district. Gamut Department k All types of applications will be aired F &Z at the series of hearings. No hearings have yet been scheduled for New York, NS altho nearly more than twoscore other R cities will be scenes of the sessions. t . Under pressure of work, the commission Every has set one day for each hearing, except in cases of consolidation. In latter cases, Month day has been set for each party. Conse- Scripts and quently, the tight sked allows for no postponements and those who cannot Contests with prizes.. meet the deadline will be removed from the list and set down for hearing sub- Yours for the asking sequent to April. Meanwhile, 23 additional FM grants EXCLUSIVE IN were announced last Thursday (6), YOUR TERRITORY bringing total of conditional grants to 197, with over 300 applications still to be Write -Wire -Phone. acted on. Fifteen applications for Cleve- If your territory is open we'll land -Akron area, seven in Providence - send details and script. Pawtucket, R. I., area, and eight in Indianapolis area, were designated for hearing. Among new commercial video bids was one from Walt Disney Studios. - EST-1939 Newsweek Bldg., 152 W. That "Bigger" Job 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. FCC, in smashing the barricades, Is obviously girding itself for still bigger jobs to be tackled, as implied by Com- missioner Paul A. Walker, vice -chairman of FCC, in a talk Wednesday (5) before convention of National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners in Miami Beach, Fla. Walker declared that the expansion in radio, which is having decided effects on all belated fields in the electronics industry, is presenting WLW big challenge to government as well as industry, and he viewed "increasingly 700 ON YOUR DIAL heavy responsibilities" to both federal and State governments. "It is not visionary to predict," he said, "that, in the future, television as THE NATION'S well as facsimile may be combined with telephony. Two people talking long -dis- tance may be able to see as well as to MOST hear each other. Or if we call and fail to get an answer, we may, by means of facsimile, convey a message which the party called will find at his telephone MERCHANDISE-ABLE when he returns. These operations are technically possible now. Further experi- mentation n(ay effect economies which will bring these services within the reach of all." Visual Speech Walker cited peacetime applications of radar in ships, autos, trains, busses, taxicabs, etc., and he told about ad- vances in "visual speech" which will have chief potential value in teaching the deaf. He foresaw swift growth of all R sorts of related communications in addi- tion to radio, particularly in telephone OPNiMoL communications which will employ radio to the and which will be operating at incredibly We're NOT Sticking low rates. Use of coaxial cables thruout prosperous homes the nation, he said, has gone far beyond of the important experimental stage. Citing reductions Our Neck Out in rates already affected by these im- provements, Walker said that long -dis- when we say the best way to make tance toll rate for a three -minute day- your cash register ring is to tell 'em your EL PASO time station -to- station call between New York and San Francisco might be cut story over WIP! There are 8,000,000 of TEXAS to less than $1, with the rate alréady 'em in the signal area of Philadelphia's down to $2.50 from $9 11 years ago. Pioneer Voice. Our sponsors know it MARKET A New York- London call, he pointed out, now costs only $12 compared with $75 -ask any one of the 165! Only E BOD can take your in 1927, and the rates are due for further numage to ALL the © Paso 610 K. C. Southwest reduction. The FCC vice -chairman foresaw ter- MUTUAL'S 3rd MARKET AFFILIATE DonRANCL RODERICK. Owwr rific advances in video, FM and all sorts VAL LAWRENCE Mamy.e of gadgets like walkie- talkie, all of which Howard H. Wilson Co. have the FCC hopping in establishing Represented Nationally by GEO. P. HOLLINGBERY CO. National Aspreeeatatt.es and revising rules and processing ap- plications.

www.americanradiohistory.com 10 RADIO The Billboard December 15, 1945 Inking Bradley Cites Radio Gives Too Short for a Head As Ace Medium to MUTUAL busy concocting a new sus- Fax Cone, Chi prexy for Foote, Cone Sell Vets' Problems Butch Liberty taining afternoon comedy show & Belding, broke a bone in his foot step- tentatively labelled Party Time for first ping off a curb. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -Gen. Omar N. of the year. Show may air from the Bradley, administrator of the Veterans' CBS television Station WCBW, New Coast. Five- minute spot called the Administration, said Thursday (6) that Network, York, added two new directors, Johnny ----And Breath Nitwit which razzes radio, is Southwell and Bob Bendick, and one radio, along with motion pictures, is featured. assistant director, Jerry Faust, to staff. Southwell was last with Young & Rubicam the best medium for educating the Maj. Warren Wade, back at NBC tele- as tele director; Faust was radio and American people in veterans' problems. 26 Weeks at 2G Per. vision as an exec producer. Wade rode video actor; Bob Bendick was a camera- herd on morale, training General Bradley, discussing the new CBS and combat films man and director at WCBW before the series, Assignment Home, pointed produced by the signal corps. army and will handle mobile operations out NEW YORK, Dec. 8.- Liberty maga- of the station. that while the VA has a primary re- zine will sponsor CBS's Bill Shirer due back in the sponsibility to the veteran, many of Mayor La Guardia States by Christmas. He's been in Ger- his problems can be resolved by the weekly quarter -hour commentaries on Television Broadcasters' Association, many covering the Nuremberg trials. Inc., re- elected all of its officers at the community, provided it is informed. the Blue web effective January 6 at 9:30 Vet administrator, an ETO hero, said George W. Wallace, another khaki grad, annual meet of the board of directors p.m. Warwick & Legler is the agency. returned to NBC's advertising and pro- at the Hotel Commodore, New York. that communities must learn several Deal gives the mayor, who checks out motion department. Before his army J. R. Poppele, chief engineer at WOR, things: First, how to give advice; second, of city hall come new year, a free hand service, Wallace was assistant promotion was renamed prexy. F. J. Bingley, of that the veteran is now a mature man, even unto disagreeing with mag's edi- manager of NBC spot sales. Philco Radio and Television Corporation, and lastly, that most veterans are not torials. Publication has committed itself re- elected v. -p., and Will Baltin, secre- neurotics. Parents and friends, he said, James P. Gillis, with the army for two tary- treasurer. ought to find out what a man went for minimum of 26 weeks of sponsorship, and a half years, back NBC spot sales will pay "Butch" about $2,000 per week at thru and where he was so that they can net. division. Four vets were re- emeployed at old spots conduct intelligent conversations with on staff of Station WADC, Akron's CBS him. Announcer Tom Hudson, three weeks outlet, during the past week. Mikers As might have been expected, the contract out of the army, has been signed to do Roger Adams, Horace Norman and Karl This job of education, he feels, can being signed by the mayor, while sponsor, the "Teentimer Club" show on NBC. "De- Osborne were among returnees. John be done by radio. He expressed the hope agency and web execs mugged for the camera, tect & Collect" on ABC and "Lanny & Robertson, operator, is also back at sta- that other networks will present shows was nothing more than a copy of the Blue Ginger" on Mutual. tion's control board. similar to Assignment Home. web press release on the story. After the first couple of shots Hlzzoner noticed big block Lou Conterno, of Mutual's flack de- Robert W. Booth, after five years in lettering on handout, and covered it with his partment, begins writing a monthly khaki, returned to Station WTAG, Wor- mitt while posing. drama column for Swing mag. First cester, Mass., and took up old duties as WXYZ Debs 13 -Week appearance slated in January issue. assistant manager. La Guardia's free hand on subject mat - ter is protected by libel insurance on CBS's news program, "The World To- Miles Laboratories has renewed for the Hospitalized Vet three sides, network, ad agency and the day," is using recordings of overseas historical "Almanac of the Air" on Key- mayor. pick -ups. Idea is to get overseas reports stone Broadcasting System. Seg is five -a- on wax when transmission is good, then week series of one -minute shots that Series From B. Creek Program will go over 198 Blue outlets, spot on the program. broadcasts info culled from "Dr. Miles' DETROIT, Dec. 10. -An entertainment Coast -to- Coast, and stacks up as Liberty Historical Almanac." program designed to keep hospitalized mag's bid to regain top ranking among One Man's Opinion, daily humor col- veterans from being forgotten by the national weekly mags. Publication, with umn penned by Walter Kiernan, ABC Frank Taten discharged from the army public, went on the air over WXYZ Tues- 1,350,000 circulation, now runs in show commentator, returns to the Interna- recently, has hit the trail back to WCOL, day (4) under the title of This Is Percy spot. Back in lush pre -depression days, tional News Service after a spell with Columbus, O., where he'll take over as Jones. Title, which might be taken as a when Bernarr Macfadden bank -rolled Bell Syndicate. continuity director. good one for a soap opera, will be savvied the book, it was, thanks to sundry suc- Joseph Hershey McGillvra, by Michigan audience, however. It re- culent promotions, the top circulation station rep, Joseph Hershey McGlllvra appointed ex- fers to the army's huge hospital, largely medium in its field. goes to Chi this week. clusive rep for Station WMFF, ABC out- let in Plattsburgh, N. Y. an amputee center, at Battle Creek. Format of the Durante -Moore Rexall Show originated at hospital and fea- program, in process of being changed. WQXR, New York indie with the very tures an 18 -piece ork from the ASF plus Jeri Sullivan, singer on show, coming off. longhair, laying plans for celebration of G.I. vocalists. In addition to the straight No 15% for MCA on Liberty - its 10th anniversary entertainment, there will be a narrator Kate Smith's annual party will be held starting around January 1. Station officials are or dramatization and interview of La Guardia Sale; Big Burn at the Waldorf, December 17 or 18. Foote, a bit the Cone & Belding, new agency on the confused over whether they should make outstAhding experiences of veterans now show, picking undergoing NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -Music up the tab. their big splash in July or December. rehabilitation in the hospital. Corpora- It was July 1936 that WQXR got FCC Home -town atmosphere is built up by tion of America, talent agency which La Guardia will be thought it had Mayor the intermission approval to become a full -time com- picking and introing local men from Fiorello H. La commentator on CBS philharmonic mercial station, but commercials did not Michigan towns. Guardia sewed up tight for his radio broadcast on December future, this week sat on the curb and 16. begin until December 1936. Also presented is a "man of the week" likely to be a specially howled over the mayor's deal with Ernest Lee Jacknke Jr., fresh from Howard Dorsey, back in country after handicapped vet Liberty mag. MCA, never with a real overseas duty, returned to old slot in three years in khaki, has. joined making with a good record of readjustment. Nar- commitment from La Guardia, was out ABC station relations. staff of KMOX, St. Louis CBS affiliate. ration is devoted partly to explaining in the cold rain in the Liberty sale and the inner workings of the house hospital. proceeded to set up a squawk that could Show goes on for a series of 13 weeks be heard from Vine Street to Madison on WXYZ as well as the Michigan Radio Avenue. Network, at 10:30 to 11 p.m. True story of MCA and the mayor, ac- FCC Trying To Establish cording to reliable sources, was that Hizzoner agreed to let MCA sell him, if they could, but removed all strings which might have bound him to the Regulation Butcher's Dough talent agency. In other words. MCA To Comply With was allowed to do the legwork, but NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -Capt. La Guardia could be sold by another Harry Butcher, former CBS source without MCA collecting a penny. Washington rep who is corning And that's what happened. Court Order out in print with General Eisen - and Still Move hower's diary, stands to gross MCA officials, it is reported, are burn- close to $900,000 on the deal, ac- ing like one of those fires the mayor cording to reliable estimates in used to run to of a winter's eve. They Ashbacker Decision Calls for Plenty Hearings the trade. The Saturday Evening have investigated every possibility of Post, which begins legal action, but trade serialization dopesters say they WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. - Modifying, the 15 -day period and unless "good next week, has paid Captain have as much chance as Goering at its hearing procedure in broadcast cases, Butcher $175,000 Nuremburg. cause" is shown for delay, the petition for rights. Federal Communications Commission is will not be granted, according to FCC. About $250,000 more, it is said taking in stride its setback in Ashbacker Motions to enlarge the issues also are will be forthcoming in royalties Radio Corporation case in which the subject to the same conditions. Under from pub Simon & Schuster, and U. S. Supreme Court ruled against FCC a third proposal, parties will not be re- the Book of the Month Club. last Monday (3) as forecast by The Bill- quired to file proposed findings of fact Butcher still has the Great board. Ashbacker won its argument for and conclusions of law with the corn- Britain rights to the books, and Payoff --In Advance joint hearing on application by Fetzer mission unless they are specifically di- it is said that he can get close to Broadcasting Company for construction rected to do so by the commission. The $200,000 there. And a motion NEW YORK, Dec. 8. - Trade permit for use on same channel on non -filing of such proposed findings, picture sale should bring in at cognoscenti are totaling the ab- which Ashbacker had a change -of- under the regulation, will not constitute least another $150,000 or $200,000. normal amount of newspaper frequency application pending before a waiver of any rights. Parties not re- space culled by the signing of FCC, in what is interpreted as an at- quested to file proposed findings may Mayor La Guardia by the Ameri- tempt to forestall anticipated "strike do so by notifying the commission of can Broadcasting Company and applications," which the commission told the intention. Liberty PHOTO REPRODUCTIONS magazine, as a weekly the high court would be sure to develop FCC's main r commentator, and saying both If FCC were not sustained in its de- contention in the Ash - are ahead of the game even be- cision. FCC, backer case was that individuals who last Wednesday (5), tem- wished to hold up operations of any $x10 z¢ fore hizzoner goes on the air. porarily modified its hearing procedure broadcasting PHOTOS Blue web grabbed front page in broadcast cases. FCC explained the company could file a stories and pix in all dailies and counter application, and regardless of EA. action was taken to speed up disposition its merits, successfully block radio serv- óenui7e5/ossrPhotograp s good wire service breaks. This of cases which have reached an "un- Unsurpassed in Quality at anyPrice was a week before the commer- precedentedly heavy volume." ice of a higher qualify. The court, in reversing the decision of both NO NEGATIVE CHARGE NO Ex IRAS cial deal was set and easily re- the FCC 100 paid the web 15 Days -or Else and a lower court, noted that FCC's 8 =10-$ 6.00 MOUNTED the 50G it guar- license grant to Fetzer 1000 8 -= 10. 555.00 ENLARGEMENTS anteed La Guardia. Liberty mag The new procedure which the com- had been "un- FAN MAIL PHOTOS 20=30 mission will consider conditional" and, consequently, since $2.50EÁ. came along early this week and adopting as per- 1ó 00 POSTcteos zó.ó°o, . 30 =4Óf 3.85 EA. once again the clippings were manent if it should "prove to be suc- Ashbacker had not been given a hear- lush, even unto getting the name cessful," requires that petitions to in- ing, he had, in effect, been prejudged of the publication into headlines tervene in applications must be filed by the commission. of with the commission not later than 15 ®L OPY4r the story in the most conserva- 811-9 -,7== , Yotographerr days after the issues in the hearing have Bill tive old -line press. Shea, captain in U. S. Army Air 165 WEST 46 Tm STREET. N.Y. C. (19) first been made public. Requests for an Force, back at WNEW, New York indie, Brooch -9514 W1,1,,re Boole,o,d. Beverly Hal,. Col extension of time must be filed within continuity department.

www.americanradiohistory.com 11 December 15, 1945 The Billboard RADIO NAB TO RAISE CASH AMi CAIN tion's operations and improving its flack front. NAB, which has a reputation for its Pentagon -like habits of military se- crecy, is beginning to suffer usual ill Gets His Beat - -- effects of those habits, and its public Abe Schecter Up Dues, Open relations slip is beginning to show. Come Thursday and Friday (13 -14), a Broadcast NAB's finance committee will meet in Or "Ask and Get" Door to Press Washington to plan raising the dues on their 800 or more members who now pay NEW YORK, Dec. 10,-Col. A. A. (Abe answers. Schecter is a persistent man. from $5 to $400 a month, based on Everything was going along swim- various membership classifications. What to trade) Schecter, head of Mutual's news and special events department, mingly when someone, somewhere, de- By -law reshuffle may clip the new rates will be hasn't been finally cided that an exclusive interview for determined, but NAB is convinced that pulled himself a scoop last Wednesday night when Dr. Juan Isac Cooke, Foreign Mutual wouldn't be a good idea. The Arney's wings-is in mar- its future will expand with radio, so the before show wound up an MBS exclusive, but tariff will be what the traffic can bear. Minister of the Argentine, went ket for Frazier replacement an MBS mike with the first official in- with questions asked by reps of the AP, Finance committee's recommendations position INS and The New York Times. That was be taken up by NAB's board of di- person statement of Argentina's will in world affairs. But the story of how the last hurdle. Discontent rectors at its January meeting In Holly- like Usually these stories end with a bland WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.- Because of the increased member- Schecter pulled that exclusive reads over "inside politics" at the National wood. the book of a Victor Herbert operetta. announcement that owing to the sudden of Broadcasters is bubbling ship rates and in view of the fact that illness of somebody or other of no con- Association NAB's membership embraces everything A little over two months ago Schecter, over NAB's internal reorganization Wash- siderable importance, the program was increase from pint -sized broadcasters to big net along with Charley Heslep, MBS canceled. In this case it wasn't. The heaves and its preparations to video ington rep, dropped in to see the Argen- Its $500,000 budget to expand associa- stations as well as FM and outfits, show, as the well -worn cliche puts it, it's a foregone conclusion that the NAB tine consul. They asked that Colonel govern- went on. boys will be under watchful eyes. Mem- Peron, head of the Argentine Col. Schecter, despite rumors to the bers can't be blamed for wanting to see ment, go on the air. Consul said he'd contrary, has not retired to a rest home. that the organization warrants the in- find out about it. A week or two later creased fees. he reported that they couldn't have Peron, but they could have Cooke. That Ask any Central New By-Laws Revamped was fine. CBS Settles White - England distributor Key step in revamping NAB will be After another week's wait the Argen- recasting of by-laws to define lines of tine rep came back and wanted to know 'which station exerts the authority. Expectations are that the re- What kind of questions would be asked. Collar Situation; greatest sales influence writing of the by -laws will result in He was told. NAB back n New England. reduced power for C. E. Arney Jr., Not long after that he came SOEG Central secretary -treasurer, who, it is generally again, this time to ask, "How much the Signs With be The answer will known, had his eye on the vice -prexie job show would cost the Argentine govern- HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 8.- Screen Office STAG. and who has been dictating a lot of NAB ment." Nothing. Employees' Guild and CBS have agreed inside policy, including its public rela- Much waiting. on a pact covering local white -collar tions secrecy. Arney hasn't been too pop- Then he called Heslep to find out workers. Contract will be the first in ular with most of the press because of whether Dr. Cooke would have to answer the trade in this category. his public relations policy which has in English, on account Dr. Cooke, he Deal, which must be voted upon by been anything but beneficial to NAB. don't speak so good the English. He the membership, calls for a union shop Most oft -repeated complaint is that was told that MBS's Argentine man. and a 20 per cent wage tilt. Actually. Arney has shown favoritism in doling out Gerald Dougherty, would translate his the salary hike is 20 per cent for those yarns, and, as result, a lot of the press at the starting price and 15 per cent fellows no longer take NAB news re- for those at the top in each classifica- leases seriously. in this nation to bring what people want tion. NAB's board of directors, it is learned, to hear rather than what somebody else Contract will be for one year starting has already suggested that functions of thinks they ought to want to hear." January 1, 1946. There's no retroactive Arney and A. D. Willard Jr., NAB's new "Freedom in religion and freedom of pay. exec v. p., be defined in amended by- air walk hand -in- hand," he said. "The laws. Under present set -up, Arney American system of a free and competi- BOSTON'S EXCLUSIVE technically carries as much or more tive radio is the only system for our More Radio News on Page 41 power than Willard, whose line of au- democracy," he asserted. thority apparently will be increased un- AMERICAN der re -cast rules. Willard is viewed as Prexy Justin Miller's "good right arm." OUTLET When the board meets next month it will revise the by -laws to recognize the post of exec. Arney Miffed In New York, Philadelphia, Washing- ton and wherever else NAB boys get to- gether, chit -chat during recent weeks WANTED has always turned to the association's in- ternal troubles which many of the big- A COWLES STATION wigs hope will be remedied soon. One Represented notionally by the Katz Agency widely told story has it that Arney was disappointed when he didn't get elevated, nominally, in the course of the recent topside reorganization which brought Miller in as prexy last October, and 4Z673 GLOSSY 8x10 Willard in as Miller's top aid, at least in name. PICTURES PUBLICITY PHOTOS Same story has It that Arney raised a fuss and handed in his resignation. Ac- 4Z673 listeners wrote WLS for 100 for $6.15 cording to this yarn, Arney's friends on the board induced their associates to re- As low as 5c Ea. in quantity. If you a picture of "The Arizona Cowboy." use photos you should get our price list ject the resignation and to raise Arney's and see our samples before ordering. salary from $12,000 to $16,000 yearly. Drop us a card for free sample and price Come what may, NAB, in view of its The offer was made on only 38 list. This is not the cheapest service, preparations for increased membership but our prices are low enough so that will be on the spot to stick to you can now afford real quality. Prompt, fees, announcements -18 of them between courteous service. Quality guaranteed. rules of free press and to stop playing favorites. Inside reorganization plans are Mulson, Dept. B, proceeding, and NAB is in the market 5:00 -5:30 a. m. 310 E. Washington Ave. for a director of engineering to replace BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Howard S. Frazier, whose resignation was The combination of complete announced Friday (7) by Prexy Miller. Frazier, who is opening up offices in nation's capital as a private radio man- coverage, top talent and loyal listeners mmin1...... '`J". will be retained by el1'r'r- Aw rtes_ agement consultant, Ana agrrIlO NAB as and will complete Yawls sr an adviser is why WLS GETS RESULTS! . -- _- == certain projects he has undertaken. w ni - Cornelius Added At the same time NAB has announced WBNS the appointment of Helen A. Cornelius Columbus, Ohio as special counsel on retail broadcasting

advertising. She also will run a private Táe : and other top Radio Stations use record of song hits advertising and counseling office. PRAIRIE this 3x5 VISUAL Also announced was progress in plans of over 100 publishers, plus old FARMER favorites. Includes lead sheets and for setting up an employee -employer re- I/90 KILOCYCLES lyrics of chorus. lations department in NAB. Board of 30.000 WATTS STATION Samples free. directors authorized Miller to take the AMERICAN AFFILIATE CHICAGO 7 necessary steps. 1619 Miller, in Universal Bible Sunday REPRESENTED BY JOHN BLAIR á COMPANY his I way broadcast (9) over CBS, reiterated 19 oft -repeated plea for freedom of radio, NewBroadYork TUNE-DEX and he pointed out that "we are free

www.americanradiohistory.com 12 TELEVISION -RADIO The Billboard December 15, 1945 WPTZ Off .Air Chi Likes Niter y Action Stuff, With Stars Talent for Air Segs For 6 Weeks; May Be Answer to Radio's CHICAGO, Dec. 10. -Radio interest in Staffers Kept night club talent, an on again, off again proposition PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.- Philco Cor- at best, seems to be some- what up here this week as a result of Need poration tele station here, WPTZ, will ABC interest in a new show featuring of Middle Dough Segs shortly go off the air for six weeks for a Jack Waller, vet nitery comic, and nib- change in channel. WPTZ was on Phila- bles for several delphia's 3. moves other club names. Pro- Channel It down to fessor Backwards (Jimmy Edmondson) is Sponsors Still Look for Less Than Ceiling Shows Channel 2. said It is to be certain for an NBC airing understood that Philco will not shortly, and Phil Grey, another club NEW YORK, Dec. 10.- Radio action value -and performance value-of a release any station staffers during the comic, is being groomed for regional drama, making liberal use of the star name. And the cost would still be within change -over period. Instead, company showcasing via WLW, Cincy. system, is likely to be one of the more reason. will go ahead with its expansion plans. There have been further indications important post -war program trends, ac- Attempts to develop such a program that nitery talent may get another cording to top talent and production type were made last summer when the crack at radio. In the past, many comics executives. Lines of thought pointing Columbia Broadcasting System aired a have been out as radio performers either to the probability of such a program de- series titled The Sea Has a Story starring NBC -CBS Battle because so much of their material is veloOment are: (1) Desirability of find- Pat O'Brien. Mutual Broadcasting Sys - blue, or is designed for small, intimate ing a tested formula for medium -priced tem currently broadcasts another of the Of Video Sports groups. Lack of mike personality has shows; (2) tenure of the present high type, The Rogues' Gallery, starring Dick been the downfall of many singers. How- price structure in the talent and pro- Powell and sponsored by Fitch. ever, events here in weeks past show duction field is regarded as uncertain, Lack of a tested formula in the Starts Wed., 12 that radio programers are still on the and (3) action dramas, including mys- medium -priced program bracket has al- NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-There will be a prowl for talent along the Loop. teries, adventure and detective yarns, ways forced many sponsors to either of very warm time in Madison Square Gar- Waller show is being packaged by Phil have been able to grab fair audience ac- two extremes-the expensive variety lay- den Wednesday night (12) when both Phillips and written by Leonard Nathan- ceptability without names and would out costing between $14,000 and $20,000 CBS and NBC tele gets under way with son. ABC is so interested that it is naturally develop better ratings when or the low -cost show of perhaps $3,000. remote pick -ups of college basketball paying audition costs. dressed up with the added marqueé Radio's middle bracket has always at- games. As predicted in The Billboard for tracted the more experimental- minded. December 8, the two nets begin clawing Whether or not such a situation can con- at each other's throats across the Garden tinue indefinitely in the post -war period boards. REVIEWS is being questioned. Feeling of the Columbia's mobile unit, immobilized talent agents is that top -priced pro- by the war, is back in use, and sports - grams will hold their own as long as the special events director Bob Edge, also Don Lee economic structure remains stable. back from the wars, will be in harness Balaban & Katz Should the economic structure suffer with the play -by -play. Bob Bendick, severe strains as a result of post -war Reviewed Monday (3) 8:30 -10 p.m. , ex -G.I. who was a CBS cameraman be- Reviewed Friday (7) 7:30 to 8:30 reconversion, it is felt that the medium - fore Pearl Harbor, has been appointed Style - Vaude, films. Sustaining on p.m. Style-News, variety. Commercial priced program bracket will necessarily director of the mobile unit and will han- W6XAO, Hollywood, and sustaining on WBKB, Chicago. attract more sponsors and will necessar- dle production. ily have to develop a more stable type Tele flesher this time was a salute to The Fair department store, one of NBC pulled its first coverage of basket- the United of programing. ball Saturday (8), but the fun really Nations. As to why these Chi's largest, started its new commercial Average radio action program entails lands should be so greeted at this par - video series on WBKB tonight and starts Wednesday. Neither net has as ticular time was a talent layout of $3,000 and does fairly yet signed a sponsor for the games, but not made clear unless, proved, among other things, that there well in the matter of audience accept- of course, it is always timely (atom is a definite danger point at which a trade rumor has it that the one which bomb or no) to ability. Addition of a name, it is argued, first lands a bank roll will get an ex- love one's neighbors. Lat- video programer can begin to have too would boost such a show into the star ter must have been the reason, because much selling on his show. clusive on the games. It is understood group singing Hi! class and would not raise . the talent both webs have prospects Neighbor! was used to The first stanza of The nut to more than $5,000 or $6,000. that lined up, start and close the half -hour live show. Fair's series Mean- but most of them want to hold off until Whatever consisted of nothing but telecasting while, its Hooper would definitely be up.. the first showing so they may see the cause, the effects were various products on sale the good. First of all, it gave W6XAO an at the store. cat in the bag. excuse to string Tnis was done intentionally, for the up a series of vaude series is supposed to be an important acts which otherwise may have stranded part of a "tele- shopping" service. in mid -air. Tie -in is always good, but Articles NBC Ups Sked General Mills Buys especially displayed on the programs can be ordered welcome on tele where con - by phone calls from the home viewers. tinuity and form are essential. Also the All of this, Video One -Shot On "good neighbor" gimmick served the of course, is intended to be To 171/2 Hours purpose of putting an experiment based on the theory that home viewers in a at some future date the public will not friendly and forgiving state of mind have to go Columbia's WCBW toward anything that was to follow. out of its homes for shop- First ping for some items but will be able to During 6 Days NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Second big -time act was four Chinese girls singing make choices after seeing the sponsor for CBS television, General Mills, Purple Bamboo Lullaby, with lyrics in items NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -NBC's television displayed on television programs. The station here, WNBT, signed a contract for a one -shot film last both Chinese and English. Unfortunately way The jumps its weekly week. the diction was bad, leaving Fair handled the experiment number of broadcast hours to 171/2, G. M. will sponsor a pic on the the curious indicated, however, that there is a point history of cake called 400 Years in Four in the dark as to what our brave allies spread over six days, when it begins say where too much selling becomes con- airings of basketball and hockey games Minutes. while crooning a purple bamboo fusing. On tonight's show various men's The 28- minute film will be aired De- cradle song. However, the tune was from Madison Square Garden this week. clothing and sports items, as well as Seventeen and a half hours a week cember 18, starting at 8:38. First heavy - pleasingly Oriental (and not too long) household furniture and table billing advertiser go and vocal work okay, making the act not accessor- means that WNBT has doubled its time to on CBS was ies were telecast. Camera work and on the air inside of Lever Bros. hard to take. lighting a year. Teresita Arias represented the entire were good and the articles Basketball and hockey account for could be seen and appreciated, but there nine and a half hours, more than half continent of South America in a Latin were so many "Missus Goes a Shopping" dance which proved colorful and added displayed in such a short the total time. Friday night boxing time none were sold to the best advan- takes another two and a half hours, Being life to the revue. Due to the element of tage. After Shed by J. Reed King motion terp as a rule makes good tele seeing so many items, the meaning that almost two thirds of NBC's NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -Video versions viewer's memory of any specific one time is filled by remotes. The Television The tare, This was even true in the case of was of Missus Goes a Shopping, audience the six little gals who banded together hazy. Quarterback, with Lou Little, adds an- participation show featuring John Reed to offer a Polish dance. Whirling peas- We think It would be better for The other half hour to the sports total. King, drops off Columbia's WCBW Janu- Fair to weave some comedy or drama Films and drama fill rest of the time. ary 8. Understood ant skirts added zip to the show and into that dough split distracted from the heavy -footed, awk- the sales pitches. There might be sim- from projected sale of seg is the chief ulated shopping scenes in the store, with reason why emsee King is bowing out, ward routines. permanent spot outside the studio and Show then took an unfortunate nose- children's antics adding human interest, right plus his desire to devote more time to or a in front of the station's slide pro- his own tele packages, Thanks for Look- dive with Kria lytelissarato's reading of husband and a wife out Christmas jector. When slides are to be telecast ing and King's Record Shop. a Russian fairy tale. Despite the hero- shopping. At any rate, there should be the camera's swung around and pointed The Missus, which has been on ism of the Russian warriors, this part something to increase audience interest at the projector. If a newscaster is to WCBW for over a year, won a TBA award of the salute was hard to swallow. First and get the show out of the boring be caught, the camera is turned com- last year as the most successful adapta- of all, scanning a story teller via video doldrums of sheer salesmanship. pletely around on its permanent base tion of a radio show to television. is a tough nut to crack. Viewers tire of In direct contrast to The Fair's offer- and, pointed thru a hole knocked in looking at Ube same person from the ing, the Commonwealth Edison program, the wall of the news studio, is focused on same angle in the time it takes to spin Telequizicalls, showed how entertaining the newscaster. The result gives little Hoosegow a yarn. In this case nothing was done to and effective video selling could be chance for unusual camera angles or Yule Airing Again solve problem. woven PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8. -For the 12th the What made things together to hold audiences inter- lighting or good background, but it does consecutive year KYW will air the an- worse, the woman spoke too rapidly to est (and thus increase the chances of eliminate a big bug at WBKB. nual Christmas concert by inmates of the make comprehension easy. Also consider- the commercial messages being effective). Cy Wagner. Eastern Penitentiary here and the ing the great wealth of Russian lore, it Edison's show, arranged and produced oounty prison at Holmesburg. Idea was seemed that Miss Melissarato could have by Adrian Rodner, has its commercial first originated 16 years ago by James picked a more interesting and colorful cleverly woven into a quiz program. As PHOTO R PROD UCT /D NS ' P. Begley, station program manager. Each tale. a show for a public service company f prison gets a separate half Altho none of the acts reached pro par, interested in selling electricity, this pro- Made from your own photos or negatives In any hour, and the size. No order too small- cost as little as 5t. show features prison band, glee club, fact that they were tied in a bundle gram is a natural. Now doing work for RCA, MCA, DANNY soloists and novelty groups. sold them as good entertainment. An- For its new program tonight WBKB KAYE, EDDIE ROCHESTER, JACK BENNY, other example of production carrying the initiated another gimmick worked out KAY KYSER, JOAN EDWARDS, ate. Write More Video Reviews on Page 41 load for not -so -hot material. by Bill Eddy. `WBKB, cramped for space, for pamphlet Scanning showed W6XAO's image qual- has always been troubled with the neces- "How To Sell Your- ity has taken a turn for the better. sity of having intermission slides tele- self," free samples, However, lighting still needs more at- cast during scenery changes. Eddy there- S08 1p tention. Juicers should strive for even fore rigged up a small studio next to prise list B. Mail ; flooding, especially in close -ups where an the station's control room. Here an an- orders everywhere. íO0 s41á REPRóóúcTiONs occasional chin shadow can so easily nouncer sits and reads the news during %S1' u-60 100 8x1O Se.do grow into a beard. change of scenery between shows. In- 50 8x10 4.00 Full hour was devoted to canned stuff genious part of the arrangement is that MOSS c4ft0,1 Prices on Postcards and Other Sizes on iiequest. with only a cartoon proving eye- 50 % Deposit With Order. Balance C. O. D. worthy. the studio is just about large enough Photo Service PHOTO SERVICE CO. Show opened wick three films, closed for the announcer and a few lights. The 155 W. 46, N. C. 1. 5 W. 45th St. New York City with Ubree. Lee Zhito: camera used is one that is placed in a Y. 19. BRyant 9 -8482

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Performing Artists Again T hat Legal Pen Confab Called NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-"A letter will make you feel better" - an army chaplain's advice to troops On Duplicat'n Look at Disk Dough; Meet in the Pacific, paid off last week. Seems that Paul -Pioneer's Max Mayer, terribly annoyed at Lucky Strike Hit Parade's slight of P -P Unfair tune exploitation Skedded After January 1 fave-(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight, and very by podium -pubs has trade much discouraged by the lack of itching for tighter rules Hoping for Copyright Act Revision success enjoyed by pub -mates in Still court fights with the cigarette t, down wrote a letter NEW YORK, Dec. 8.- Another attempt Philadelphia. Pioneers who attempted men, sat and By Joe Carlton to LSMFT explaining his woes. of the great at settling the problem of a royalty pay- 'to solve the problem were Fred Waring, 9th NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-One ment for the interpretive artist will be Paul Whiteman and Irving Caesar -and Result -tune honored with a reforms instituted in the music biz is NAPA to its right to li- posish slot on Parade last week to materialize within the next made after the first of the year. Maurice was able prove better. expected J. Speiser, of the National Association of cense stations and collect royalties in and Mayer feels two weeks when a conference of leading of the country. Record Possibilities trade says are terrif. network execs and music -trade figures' Performing Artists, stated this week that various parts ink, some paper a meeting of "all interested parties" will companies injected themselves into the What with some is called here by Charles C. (Bud) Barry, a "pecuniary and a little patience, pubs might program director for the American be held soon. Interested parties would picture, claiming they had a steady stride include, in addition to NAPA, the broad- right" by virtue of manufacturing the be able to maintain Broadcasting Company (ex -Blue net- casting industry (represented by the disk-and therefore were entitled to in Parade. wait). National Association of Broadcasters), some compensation for commercial use. At this meeting, Barry declared, an be to evolve a code or the record companies, the American Fed - Those Nickels effort will made eration of Musicians and the coin ma- -And formula whereby program standards gov- Position of the coin machine industry erning the playing of pop tunes over chine interests. "It is hoped the latter the will attend," Speiser said. in the general picture intrigues the air can be heightened. Specific NAPA, which says the juke box industry AFM Sits Back ev}ls against which such a set of rules Controversy over the `interpretive collects some $300,000,000 yearly -all would be aimed include excessive dupli- right" of a performer to collect royalties dropped into an estimated currently is defi- from nickels cation of certain pop tunes from records used commercially 500,000 machines. NAPA's . estimate of being featured by name bands and nitely by no means a dead issue and is the financial extent of this industry is Waiting NBC artists on commercial and remote ether - currently being aggravated by various based upon figures prepared by the Na- ings. factors: (1) Recording , artists - the tional Labor Board in June, 1944, when Besides representatives for all four Crosbys, Sinatras, etc.-are at a popu- it investigated the wax industry in con- major networks, NBC, CBS, ABC and larity peak and their wax works are nection with the AFM's ban on records. 5u1ì Mutual, delegates from key orgs and being increasingly used by radio spon- Copyright act, in its present state, pro- Spitalny pubs in the music trade will be asked sors, and (2) indie stations are coming vides for no take from juke boxes -and to attend. Latter will include spokes- of age, are getting more power and more any move in this direction would be men from the Music Publishers' Protec- audience acceptability, and their use of closely watched by entire music in- H. L. Still To Wave Baton tive Association, contact men's union, records is even cutting in on audiences dustry, notably ASCAP, MPPA, SPA and ASCAP, BMI and some major and minor hitherto held by key network outlets. individual publishers who have looked pubs operating under both ASCAP and longingly in this direction for years, NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -Late this week BMI license. Too Easy To Sell with frustration. execs of Local 802, American Federation Other factors enter into the picture. of Musicians, expected momentarily the Survey Started Station salesmen readily admit that naming of a new contractor at NBC to Need for reform in radio program sponsors who will not take a live pro- of succeed H. Leopold Spitalny, who last rules, which would be passed on, of gram are pushovers for a record show C. M. Finney Out week was barred from the job for one course, to all aspects of the song trade, featuring a top artist. These programs year by the Union's Trial Board. The was brought to Barry's attention thru frequently not only get good ratings - Associated----Muzak; local, said one top exec, has the right the efforts of Paul Secon, of The Bill- but ratings comparable to live programs to accept or reject any musician named board Music Department, who undertook in similar time slots -and talent cost All to the post. Spitalny, according to 802, recently to prepare a three -month sur- is non - existent. It's Houghton must wind up his contractor duties Mon- vey of the bands and tunes getting net- day (10), but can still conduct and en- work play. Secon's statistical survey Recording artist figures that with such NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -In an unex- of move, Clinton M. Finney last gage in other work open to a member broke down these ditties into categories a set -up he should cash in. With the pected Musicians' Union. Tune Was war over, he's even more desirous of cash- week quit his post as president of Asso- the such as: "How Often a Hit -Muzak Corporation and affiliates. Samuel Chotzinoff, manager of the Repeated; How Often an Original (or ing in- because a revision of the nation's ciated music division of NBC, stated late in the - income tax schedule is a possibility and Resignation, effective immediately, has other number published by a maestro in consulting posish after a short week that Spitalny had already folded owned firm) Was Repeated, and How this would permit him to keep some of Finney up his work as contractor but was re- the earnings records might give him. vacation. Often Standards Were Being Aired." Con- Trade, tho caught by suddenness of maining at the network as a conductor. clusions drawn from this survey, Barry Copyright Revision Hope break, nevertheless wasn't completely No name was mentioned as a successor, asserted, made it clear that program napping. Understood all along that altho some are being considered, includ- standards had been heavily abused with Solution to the problem may come in ing Roy Shields, of NBC's Chicago Divi- various ways. NAPA hopes for a revision pulpman Houghton's efforts to clean a great amount of unwarranted material broom of new ideas weren't sion. Network is wary of even discuss- getting network exploitation. of the Copyright Act of 1909. Such an house with a ing case feeling that the matter in- would obviate the necessity jibing with Finney's plans. - (Look for a complete analysis of this amendment Music biz generally sorry to see the volves only Spitalny and the local. survey in next week's Billboard.) of the org's battling the matter out in for tighter rules for the various States -a method which has Finney out. Remembers him well No Comment Adoption of new and been found costly and not too success- his soothing pitches in the Petrillo and Spitalny, whom the local has penal- playing pop songs on radio programs the de- ASCAP disagreements. Credits him much for infraction of union regulations would be gleefully welcomed in many ful because of time factors and -Muzak to pres- ized Alley. has been no lays of court action. Secondly -and in with building Associated at NBC, has made no statement as to parts of Tin Pan It ent status. the case before secret for a long time now that big the event the interested parties could whether he will appeal with horror not agree on push for a copyright the Executive Board of the American and little pubs alike look AFM at press on the rush of batoneers into their own amendment -there is the possibility of Federation of Musicians. contention has an amicable agreement wherein artists, Mr. Whiskers Gets time stated no appeal had as yet been song -selling set -up. Pub filed pointed out that Spitalny still always been that free and open com- record companies and the American Fed- -but is okay, but when the maestri eration of Musicians would all be cut had plenty of time. petish In AIM -ASCAP Musicians' union scale for the job of start forming pubs of their own, the in on the take. Name artist, says Speiser, scene takes on would, of course, get the biggest royalty contractor at NBC is $330 weekly. whole song plugging share Act Via APC Act streaks of monopoly. Plug- swapping by cut, but side musicians would also the maestri, excessive boosting of their in the divvy, according to by -laws of the NEW YORK, Dec. 10.- American So- own songs and angled deals which dis- NAPA. ciety of Composers, Authors and Pub- gorge three or four pub houses built Problem of a royalty payment to re- lishers won a partial victory last week in Sonny Dunham around the strength of one name -band's cording artists was brought to the fore their attempt to get Uncle Sam mixed air time have been developed to such years ago by NAPA in the WDAS case in up in Harry Proper's suit against them extremes, established music men claim, for 150G royalties due Austrian Society - To Vogue; Makes that today radio puts itself in the posi- AKM -when Justice C. G. Walters de- tion of favoring special interests when cisioned that the United States Alien it exerts no further jurisdiction than Property Custodian "may" join Proper Label passing on the morality of a given tune Frankie & Tommy as a co- plaintiff. Justice Walters, tho Three for or banning the re- playing of a tune opinionating that Proper was a "true" NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -Sonny Dunham within a two -hour period. receiver for AKM and had the right to has been signed by the Vogue Record Ain't Sweethearts file suit, nevertheless gave Alien Prop- firm of Detroit. Deal's one -year term Sour Grapes? erty Custodian 60 days to apply for co- paper with minimum guarantee of eight Maestri, of course, feel that pub com- third maestro is just a case of sour grapes you heard plaintiff ship. sides per annum marks the plaint NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -If Original ASCAP pitch was that APC, picked up in recent weeks by Vogue. springing out of the former's realization Frank Sinatra's radio show Wednesday being charged with the protection of Other two signees were Art Mooney and that much gravy could be ladled out of (5) you'll know that there's still no love Orks can't see why they Tommy alien property, was the responsible re- Shep Fields. the pub racket. lost between The Voice and ceiver for the Austrian Society and that Dunham's recording activities of late shouldn't extract profits from tunes that Dorsey. if a claim was filed, APC rather than haven't been too considerable with the they do so much for on the air, and the Said Frankie on the air when Axel Proper should be the plaintiff. exception of some extraneous sides for net result has been that currently al- Stordahl asked if he was going to buy Suit revolves around 150G in royalties Premier label, but back a few years he most every batoneer who can command something or other on the 52 -week easy - which Proper says has piled up for was well set on Bluebird and then later a fair fraction of ether time hires him- payment plan: 1936 -1938 and which has been held in on Hit. Orkster starts recording for the self one room, a press and a songplugger "Not me, in 52 weeks I can be back care by ASCAP during war years. Aus- new diskery about January 3 when he and makes like a publisher. with Dorsey and you know what kind trian Society and ASCAP originally inked makes a Detroit stand. Current at Clar- Following close on the heels of the of money I'd be making then." in 1933 but stopped doing biz in 1936. idge Hotel, Memphis. (See NET -PUB MEET on page 22)

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NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -If you are a rash prospective buyers will have to co- operate and reckless fellow and tell the Victor with the record even as subjects are asked to co- operate with professional hypnotists boys that their records put you to sleep, but feels that this is no barrier to folks you are inviting a platter in the puss. who have been trying to knock off 40 Same goes for the lads at Decca, Columbia, winks unsuccessfully since Rip Van Capitol and so on down the line--but wait Winkle's time. -stop -when you get to De Luxe diskers. Other claims for Slater supporters in- They'll love you if you can say they're clude supposed certification from medical peddling Mickey Finns on wax. authorities that no harmful or permanent effects can be stimulated by his routine. All this surprising reaction because Also said that in recent tours of army De Luxe, which operates out of Linden, camps and hospitals, Slater enrolled a N. J., just concluded a contract with one tremendous list of insomniacs who went Ralph Slater, hypnotist, and they are now down for the count before his sleep -talk. ready to launch into the record market with the very definite idea that they've Reaction in the trade to the De Luxe got a wax Svengali who puts folks to project is mostly whimsical, as one spokes- sleep or, at least, helps them to grab a man put it, pointing out that "they golden doze. Novel approach has some really pulled a sleeper on the wax field." basis, since Slater, who holds down a half -hour spot on Mutual Network Wednesdays, has been drawing quite a bit of fan mail with his sleep-purveying gim- SER H OT fy mick. To exploit this gift Slater has for rabble -drowsing, De Luxe has contracted for a series of seven one -record albums which will be titled along the lines of %) Recotts Time To Relax and Time To Sleep. Faith NEVER GROW OLD in Slater is backed up by an alleged deal THERE ARE OVER 150 OF THEM calling for $25,000 guarantee against a THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN possible $50,000 return in royalties. OUT OF THE CATALOG. First demonstration of how Slaterism would work on wax will be given by De Luxe at a distributor meeting in Philly, Saturday (15), where the mesmerist will endeavor to provoke the assembly into sleep and then, it is assumed, to sales. Claims for Slater demonstrations are that five minutes of his waxing and "Gosh, I feel tired" sets in. Company admits that i BMI Clan Gathers; Not Just Today -But Always On Deceit Records a She Broke My Heart In Three Places No Accurate To From Columbia's "Swing In the Saddle" Newest Juke Boy t Barn Dance Polka Soilsatioll From Paramount's "National Barn Guide $48 Pointers Dante" Skee -Dee Waddle -Dee NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Regular meeting From Columbia's "Rockln In the of Broadcast Music Inc's board of di- Rockies" 4 The Nuts and the Beanie, rectors skedded this week will, for the From Columbia's "Rhythm Roundup" first time in BMI history have members Don't Be 'Yellin' Me Your Troubles of the field staff sitting in. Reason Saturday Nitee -NBC Network. for joint get- together, BMI spokesmen Permanent Address WADE AGENCY say, is "purely coincidental" Annual assembly of field men "just happens to 208 W. Washington. Chicago occur" during the same week as the board's biz huddle, and "it was felt that directors would like the opportunity of discussing matters with the BMI staff." Trade appreciates board's yen to "dis- cuss matters" with fieldmen, wonders tho, how much Professor Peatman ACI acceptance caused the "coincidence."

It NA 0 EA/NTE \n,s/X eolORt tñ.-rÿ-EAI sag THE DINNING sMRM /XO MOON WELL i'OoI lltl SISTERS Four- Platter Disk Debut Backed by Their Rendition THIS chirpsome trio burst into the platter j field by breaking a record; a feat that's getting them talked about (as if they of the Ballad Hit haven't been the subject of plenty of fa- vorable comment to date). They debbed with Capitol with a four - disk album; three more platters than any other 1 AUTUMN SERENADE musicians make for an j CHECKERWAY opener. This standout debbing CHARTER COACH CO Inca 1 COLUMBIA RECORD follows along the happy " 0 groove they've dug in Again is at your service with a showbiz in the past 12- Fleet of 1945 36 - month period, wherein they Passenger I $0 Fitz john C e made their first p. a.'s in o a h e s especially / name niteries. Recalls by table sitters and suited for Orchestras. / managements alike indicate that the after- Contact dark path will glitter with the girls when rA and if pic, air and platter commitments MR. ED LOEBEL, Mgr. permit. Since January, 1945, they have / 935 S. Paulina St., Chicago, Ill. racked up a record -breaking 18 weeks at Hay. the College Inn, in Chi's Hotel Sherman, Phone 6606 $ and long stays at Detroit's Latin Quarter and the Glen Park Casino, Williamsville, N. Y. In addition they hold the distinc- tion of being the only chirping combo to A NEW WESTERN SONG play both the Chicago and Oriental houses in the Chi Loop. This one they pulled In the Valley of off during a six -month period this year. Currently the girls are on the Coast, CONTENTED COWBOYS having difficulty skedding their day to cover Prof. Copies Free Capitol diskings, two Columbia pix and LIBERTY MUSIC CO. guest airings as well as vaude and nitery 812 East 11th NEW BOBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION appearances. St. YORK 8

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gives some idea of what a sock Crosby or a Hope (Frances Langford) tonsiling can do for a tune. Idea of the Lindy Ears, Not Segs, boys is that payment won't stop but that the price tag will be definite -and that it will be so much for so much- TERRIFIC! Count in New a Peatman. Can They Be "Bought" The other side of the pic still con - COLOSSAL! tinues-that the big Peatman point pro- Tune Index grams can't be bought -but that the tune has to make the grade on its SENSATIONAL! "merit." That "merit" line, of course, has the Brilibillies in hysterics -with TAKE May Not Kill Payola -But them it's simply: "You take your No. 1 plug tune, you 'work' it ('work' equals STUPENDOUS! 'payola') and then you work it some NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -Big and little, more -and if the 'work' is enough, the YOUR the pubs agreed this past week that tune has 'merit.' " FABULOUS! pubbing the Peatman Radio Music Cov- erage Index in place of the "Plug Sheet" Fact that some top ASCAP and BMI was going to be a step forward for the firms have put it on the line with all PICK! industry. (See Page 24.) the dough in the world, and the tune WONDERFUL! Good or bad, they agreed has still turned up its toes and died a- that any report that was borning, doesn't stop the "what d' yuh an honest plugging in- want" boys from insisting that it's the STARTLING! dex, instead of a wish - dough- ray -me, not the do -re -mi that fulfillment plug report, makes the tune. was on the credit side of Regardless, everyone admits that with MAGNIFICENT! the ledger. BMI, which this issue of The Billboard -and other started out with a huge trade newspapers-the die is cast (corny black negative on the that). If no one dials the program with entire project, is just as "your" tune on it -it's worthies as a set against it --but BMI brass huddled plug. Even tho John G. Peatman (Doc- It has never been the Lombardo habit to toss during the seven days between the an- tor Peatman to you) gets white around nouncement and the pubbing of the first the gills when his Audience Coverage Songs With. Greatest Radio Audiences, Index is referred to as the "sheet" they're superlatives around .. abut when a recording as The Billboard calls it, and, altho not going to pay off on the win, place and ready for the light of print, have come show positions -in the Peatman-call it as powerful as this one came along, we simply up with a few ideas of their own on how "sheet" or a record of the songs with the to make Peatman pay off for the music most radio coverage. industry's all -year -round Santa Claus. Peatman, says the trade, has made a had to haul out the dictionary and find a solid step in the right direction -but Curtail Payola -No! it's only a step -the payola is still with word for it! The New Year will have to There were a few contact men who ad- us -only it's for "value received." mitted that the change to Peatman would curtail the payola. Some were even hustle to come up with a greater two -sided ready to contend that the switch would cost 'em more dough-but that the B. Hutton -Capitol Split platter than this one! dough would be spent on "ears." not performances. If a program can deliver HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 10. -Betty Hutton an audience of 15,000,000 homes (and will leave Capitol Records in January. toppers do), which would mean 750 Reason is thrush is disking only novelty DECCA presents Peatman points, that's worth lots of ditties and would like to try her hand moola, since as low as 2,000 Peatman at straight stuff. With Capitol carrying points can make a tune No. 1, and a a full load of fern balladists as is, she Peatman topper seldom goes beyond the thinks she'll be better off with a differ- 3,500 figure. In summertime, No. 1 may ent waxery. Both parties appear not sink below a Peatman of 1,000 -which too sad about the divorce. GUY LOMBARDO AND HIS ROYAL CANADIANS You've Heard About 'Em! IN THE FIRST BIG You've Read About 'Em! H IT NOW THEY'RE HERE! FOR 1946

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instruments of every type, Including pianos, and it cited increases in numbers Plenty Talk, of music students. Prexy Justin Miller of NAB was quoted in a formal release as saying he was confident that harmony can prevail "in all our relations if we adhere to a policy that is fair and equit- iceoAev No Action on able to the listening public, the musician and the broadcaster." Lea's Anti -Petrillo Bill, toughest and most specific one yet introduced in Con- RAVES ABOUT Petrillo Bills gress, is beginning to get the hard knocks registered against Senator Bailey's (D., S. C.) more general measure which is still NAB's awaiting a hearing in the sub -committee "Velvet" Glove of Senate Judiciary Committee. Bailey's bill has been assaulted as broadly hitting WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Congressional at all labor and therefore unacceptable. action on legislation to curb American Representative Vito Marcontonio (N. Y., A. L. P.) told The Billboard that for a u'.'s Federation of Musicians' boss, Jimmy similar reason he would not support the Petrillo, will now have to wait until next Lea Bill, even tho he was opposed to session, it appeared today, with strong tactics exercised by Petrillo in demand- likelihood ing double music crews for AM stations that a rather stormy public which also have FM outlets. Marcontonio hearing will be staged on Representative said that care must be taken to avoid Lea's (D., Calif.) Anti- Petrillo Bill some- crippling rights of labor generally. comE time in late winter or early spring. Mean- / while, National Association of Broadcast- Bailey Bill Doomed? ers, which has no love for Petrillo, is Bailey Bill now appears doomed to the showing a gloved hand to Petrillo and scrap heap altho some senators are still holding its ammunition in readiness for going thru the motions of trying to get public hearing. it out of committee. Senator Eastland Congressional reluctance to push vigor- (D., Miss.), chairman of a sub -committee ously into action on anti -Petrillo legisla- which has been promising a hearing on tion Is seen as reducing chance for pass- the Bailey Bill, has reiterated that he is age of Lea Bill. One sign of the reduced only awaiting Bailey's return to Washing- chances appeared last Thursday (6) in ton before calling a hearing. Some Sen- the wake of four -hour sessions of NAB's ate observers are now beginning to wonder committee on AFM when NAB avoided whether Bailey, who is still absent from recording itself publicly in support of the the capital, is interested in getting his Lea Bill and in condemnation of Petrillo. bill discharged to the floor. At any rate, While it is known that the NAB com- there will be no action on the Bailey mittee on AFM is blistering over Petrillo measure until next session. tactics and is encouraging public con- Another factor in Congressional atti- P demnation of Petrillo by the NAB board, tude Is the current "cooling off" period Which meets January 3 and 4 in Holly- on labor matters in Congress. Some law- wood, the committee was content to ex- makers believe that action on anti- press itself In a mild compromise post - Petrillo bills ought to wait until the meeting statement. general labor policy is determined. Sharp- est critics of Petrillo insist, tho, that the The NAB Statement AFM boss is in an anomolous category The NAB announcement reiterated that and should be dealt with separately- radio has done much for music and mu- and expeditiously. For the time being, sicians and that FM expansion will do Petrillo is saved by the recess bell, even even more. It pointed to increased de- tho there might possibly be some blow- mands reported by retailers for musical ing off on Capitol Hill before that.

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Class C Spots Get Raise NEW YORK, Dec. 8.- Substantial wage increases in 70 Class C spots have been negotiated for musicians by Local 802, American Federation Of Musicians. These spots include ballrooms, various night clubs, restaurants, bars and grills. Not all contracts are the same, owing to different working conditions and hours prevailing at the different spots, but the following chart gives a good idea of the differences between' the old and new scales. Old Scale New Scale Leader Side Men Leader Side Men Arcadia Ballroom $ 90.00 860:00 $112.50 $75.00 Roseland 90.00 60.00 112.50 75.00 , Wivel Restaurant 106.95 71.30 129.00 86.00 Russian Kretchma 80.00 65.00 100.00 75.00 Zimmerman's '74.44 51.94 125.00 75.00 Bal Tabarin (Show Band) 75.00 60.00 100.00 75.00 Bal Tabarin (Relief Band) 65.00 50.00 80.00 60.00 Chin Lee's 65.00 55.00 80.00 70.00 Lee's 65.00 55.00 80.00 70.00 a., Corso Restaurant 67.50 52.50 82.50 62.50 Cafe Wienecke 67.50 52.50 82.50 62.50 Switzerland Restaurant 65.00 50.00 80.00 62.50 Old Roumanian Restaurant 75.00 62.50 90.00 70.00 Rainbow Inn 67.50 66.00 80.00 65.00 Luchow's Restaurant 75.00 51.00 82.50 56.00 Lorelei Restaurant 67.50 52.50 77.50 62.50 Madison Bar and Grill (Week ends only) 30.00 25.00 40.00 30.00 Round Room Cafe 50.00 40.00 55.00 45.00 Club Lincoln 40.00 37.50 65.00 55.00 Tango Palace 50.00 40.00 60.00 50.00 Bellaire Castle 50.00 45.00 75.00 60.00 Shore Road Casino 55.00 40.00 70.00 55.00 Perlman's Restaurant 35.00 35.00 50.00 47.50 Sheib's Inn 45.00 40.00 65.00 50.00 Russian Inn 55.00 45.00 60.00 50.00 Turn Hall 53.65 40.65 58.65 45.65 In addition to raises for leaders and side men, contracts provide for hikes in pay of stewards. Generally the steward receives $2.50 more than a side man. Contracts also provide for improved working conditions.

Year's Day. December 31 shows will be- Borge,Spitalny Open gin at 8:30 and 11:45 p.m. This will be the first time any such plan has been carried out in Detroit. Det. Music Hall Bill Other artists on the roster of Music GEORGIE AULD and lus. dsclresimal DETROIT, Dec. 8.-Victor Borge and Hall for January thru April are Grace his ork are booked to appear at the Moore, Malcuzynski, Larry Adler, Paul + Music Hall, Detroit, December 19. Phil Praper, Grand Opera Quartet, Conrad Spitalny and His All -Girl Orchestra are Thibault- Margaret Speaks, Trapp Fam- slated for three shows, two on New Year's ily, Yehudi Menuhin, Tito Guizar, Veloz HERE COMES HEAVEN ACAIN , Eve and a matinee performance on New and Yolanda and others.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 20 MUSIC The Billboard December 15, 1945 MILLNER Music - -- As Written NEW YORK: LARGEST STOCK OF RECORDS AVAILABLE TO OPERATORS ONLY Henry Tobias, Miss You scribe, now PREMIER running Viking third of the Saunders - SCOOPS 'EM AGAIN Viking- Chelsea pubs. Working on tune By Popular Demand We Are Bringing Back Those Ever Popular he wrote with Don Reid Tell Me That You Love Me Honey and already has rec- MILLS BROS. ords set on Columbia and Capitol. TILL THEN and Tho Sunny Skylar ain't telling who's going with him in his new publishing ven- YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE .53 ture, he already has first tune ready to go. RECORDS WE ALSO HAVE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 'Twill be "Ten Little Indians," writ- ten by Skylar and pianist- orkster BEULAH'S BOOGIE-Lionel Hampton 530 YOU'RE NOBODY 'TIL SOMEBODY Frankie TAMPICO -Stan Kenton 530 LOVES YOU -Russ Morgan 530 Carle. DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF DIG YOU LATER -Perry Como 530 Benny - LET IT SNOW, SNOW, SNOW Goodman closes Terrace Room HITS Betty Hutton 530 - Vaughn Monroe December 23 and heads for Meadowbrook COME TO BABY, DO -King Cole Trio 530 530 AREN'T YOU WHITE CHRISTMAS-Bing Crosby 530 Gardens, Culver City, Calif., where he GLAD YOU'RE YOU? - WHITE CHRISTMAS, ANNIVERSARY Bing Crosby . . . #29013 Lotus Blossom 530 WALTZ Lombardo opens January 3. Revived Memphis I CAN'T BELIEVE -Guy 530 THAT YOU'RE IN SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE Shaw Five Jazz group, featuring Phil Napoleon, LOVE WITH ME -Bing Crosby 790 -Artie 530 Dream Lucky Blues LET HIM GO, LET BEER BARREL POLKA -Glahe Musette 79¢ Frank Signorelli, Chauncey Moorehouse HIM TARRY - WOOD CHOPPERS' BALL Evelyn Knight 530 - and others, got off to a flying start, with Julia Lee Woody Herman 37¢ the Monday night slot at "400" Club De- RACE RECORDS THAT GET TOP PLAY cember 23. Opens on the 25th at Frank GUARANTEED HITS Dailey's Meadowbrook.... Dorothy Reid, #29012 If It's Good GOTTA RIGHT TO CRY -Joe Liggins WE'RE TOGETHER AGAIN -McVea ex- chirper with Benny Goodman and His Honeydrppers 890 All- -Stars (Vocal Rabon Tarrant) 890 and Show Me Missouri Blues BLUES AT Joe Randy Brooks orles skedded for canary SUNRISE -Ivory Hunter.890 MY BABY'S BUSINESS- Julia Lee DRIFTING BLUES -Clarence Brown and James Rushing Vocal 890 spot with new Buddy Rich band when Three Blazers 890 RECONVERSION BLUES - it opens Newark's Terrace Room De- BABY, DON'T YOU CRY -Clarence Ivory Joe Hunter 890 Brown and Three Blazers $90 SOMEBODY DONE CHANGED THE cember 25. #29011 Shipyard Woman Blues UNLUCKY WOMAN BLUES- LOCK ON MY DOOR- Wynonie Harris.890 Jerry Kanner's Spin Record firm signed Helen Humes 890 COOL DISPOSITION BLUES - Crown Prince Boogie HONEY DRIPPER -Joe Liggins and Arthur Crudup 370 Rosalie Allen, hillbilly disk jocker and His Honeydrfppers 890 VITAMIN A BLUES -Joe Williams 370 yodeler, to five -year contract. Jay McShann BE BABA LEBA -Helen Humes .....890 BARTENDER BOOGIE-Jack McVea 790 Ery Brabeck, former arranger with HE MAY BE YOUR MAN -Helen Humes.890 I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU - MERRY -GO -ROUND BLUES -Jay Mc- Savannah Churchill 790 several well -known bands, takes off navy #29010 Hootie Boogie Shann (Vocal by Crown Prince Charlie) .890 CALDONIA -Louts Jordan 37¢ lieutenant bars next week and returns HILLBILLY RECORDS GOING VERY STRONG NOW to his old slot as band location man Garfield Avenue Blues IT'S BEEN SO LONG, DARLING - TALKIN' 'BOUT YOU -Hank Penny 790 with Frederick Bros.' New York office. Jay McShann Ernest Tubb 370 SEND THIS PURPLE HEART TO MY YOU TWO -TIMED ME ONE TIME TOO SWEETHEART -Denver Darling 370 The Murphy Sisters received a plaque OFTEN -Tex Ritter 530 HEARTACHES -Idaho Call this week from Song Hits mag as the YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY -Tex Ritter 530 (A Sure-Fire Hit) ,, 79¢ outstanding new singing trio. #29009 Kansas City Kitty HONESTLY -Dick Thomas 79¢ IT'S TOO LATE NOW TO SAY YOU'RE WEARY NIGHTS AND BROKEN SORRY -Idaho Call 790 Trail to San Anfone DREAMS-Dick Thomas 790 SILVER DEW ON THE BLUE GRASS CHICAGO: GUN TOTIN' MAMA -Painpy Cowpas 790 TONIGHT -Ozle Waters 790 Ambrose Haley rr YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND- IS IT WRONG ? -Monte Hale and Boys 790 Stan Kenton's orle does four numbers and his "Ozark Ramblers" - Bill Carlisle 790 DON'T PLAY WITH MY HEART - in the Columbia filmusical, Duchess of OUT KIND -Grandpa Jones 790 Six Westernalres STEPPIN' 790 Broadway, currently in production. They and OUR DALE Cr CUMMINGS SPECIAL FOR THE WEEK are Avocado, sung by June Christy and #29008 Stars Stripes on Iwo Jima HAWAIIAN HONEYMOON -THE TUNE WRANGLERS 37c Gene Howard; I Can't Believe My Eyes, Mist Over the Moon and I Never Had a Good Old Turnip Greens Haley Samples Sent on Request -Send Us List of Your Needs Dream Come True. . Oscar Pettiford Ambrose has replaced Junior Raglan on bass with and his "Ozark Ramblers" RECORD SALES Duke Ellington. . . . Eddie Mallory's MILLNER CO. new ork came into the Rhutnboogie De- 5916 PLYMOUTH AVE. (Phone Cabany 1205) ST. LOUIS, #29005 Blue Skies MO. cember 7. . Hazel Scott is shopping for baby clothes for an early summer My Blue Heaven arrival. . The Modernaires play the Harry Cool Earle, Philly, week of December 14, after which they'll spend a week in New York doing transcriptions for Ziv and platters #29003 Ain't Misbehavin' for Columbia. Sophisticated Lady Jack Braun is now covering the Cincy Russ David DILLE area for Leeds music. . . . Lem Johnson, ADeLUX.t the Negro sexist, set to take a band to IT'S the Pacific area for USO. . . . Rubella #29002 Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five SELLER BEAT! Blakely, ex -Hamp crooner, readying a WITH A BEST four -chick vocal group to accompany him Jungle Twilight on a road tour. . . . Paul Edouard Miller, Four Notes co- editor of the swing section of Esquire mag, leaving that post shortly. . . . DELIVERY Teddy #29000 You Sure Look Good To Me IMMEDIATE Phillips starting two weeks NO. 1004 at Tune Town Ballroom, St. Louis, December 17. I'd Do It All Over Again Four Notes THE FOUR BLUES HOLLYWOOD: Eddie Heywood, who goes into the Los #28999 Daddy's Got Woo Woo do it with .. Angeles Orpheum Theater December i l really rr for one week, is being leased by 20th Southern Comfort Century -Fox for CAN JUMP Lucille Ball's next pic, Tony di Pardo ' "THE BLUES Dark Corners. . . . Cleffer Lew Pollack by is in critical condition after being backed stricken with meningitis. 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www.americanradiohistory.com December 15, 1945 The Billboard MUSIC 21 On Pan - the Stand McFarland Twins American's (Reviewed at Dixie Hotel, New York, December 6, 1945) (Mgr. -Charlie Barber; agency -none) TERRIFIC George and Archie McFarland are two clean -cut, hard- working lads who took the bull by the horns with this no -dough N OVELTY stand. Gambling for that "certain" break, the twins landed the date on their own hook and book -GAC's been dropping word around that it had a BLUES hand in, but this the maestri disclaim vehemently. They're trying to prove they're good the hard way. H IT And hard way it is! Four shows a day, running from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., as well as a disjointed air time arrangement that (PAN -no. 019) means juggling the shows whenever the coveted "shot"-rolls around. Plus which, the Dixie wants show bands, so the HE'S BACK IN A HURRY Twins have to don the funny hats, gam- bol around and generally give the place WITH Y a Latin - eighth touch. Which is fine for the management, but the McFarlands ANOTHER SENSATIONAL RELEASE have to work like beavers to retain a self -promoting dance-band motif despite ON all the monkey biz. This last part makes it hard to rate the paired maestri for US location potential, dance sets not being that frequent or pointedly styled. But if no single arrangement touches off screams of praise for musicianship, MERCURY RECORDS neither is any given number too far be- M fegt low a wholesome quotient. Certainly should sound lots better than "just a SIOUX CITY SUE show band" on the air. As a theater bet there's much to be I'll Keep on Loving You said for the ork. Leaders, as we said before, knock themselves out with per- sonality numbers built around the twin - leader gimmick. Also, they've a froggy - voiced trombonist who has a real flair for i gargled lyricing. Add in a quantity of special material and the net product INY HILL looks better in the compact Dixie Room AND HIS ORCHESTRA than many a name bander caught on MERCURY RECORD 2024 u the local stages. McFarlands say they can stay here for six months or they can move on to THE FIRST TIME ON RECORDS ! RADIO'S FAVORITES something better if it comes up. Opin- ion here is that they'll get going before m the 180 days are up- they've got front, they'll bear the brunt of heavy rehearsal and genuine plugging, and with some agency support, which they don't have, they'd be equipped to carry off many a BLUES neat theater stunt. Joe Carlton. 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Week's winners appear on the artists this week, bringing in the Prairie next broadcast and the series' winner Ramblers, vocal and instrumental four- receives a contract to record with Light's Plenty Promotion some featured on the Alka- Seltzer Na- band for Guild Records. tional Barn Dance, and Rex Allen, Sta- for Retail tion WLS, Chi, Western singer, into the Half -hour show will also feature guest Paper Mercury fold. Prairie Ramblers pre- stars from the musical world andDanny viously waxed for Columbia, while the Sullivan, Light vocalist, Grab bag idea Pitch is Allen's debut to the will be carried out thru the seg by musi- Yuletide Mercury contract cal numbers, quizzes and prizes all being NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -With "Peace wax works. drawn from a large sack. On earth, good will to men" ringing loudly in their hearts, and potential Broadcasts will be from the WOR ears, Donahue & heavy pocket coin clinking in their Billy Eckstein Signs Guild Theater. 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1{OflOR ROLL iOF WITS (TRADEMARK) THE NATION'S 15 TOP TUNES

1. IT'S BEEN A LONG. LONG TIME

2. CHICKERY CHICK

3. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING

4. I CAN'T BEGIN TO TEl1 YOU

SCuKES AGAIN S. WAITIN FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN

6. THAT'S FOR ME ON 7. I'LL BUY THAT DREAM DECCA 8. WHITE CHRISTMAS 9, TILL THE END OF TIME RECORDS 10. SYMPHONY 11. (DID YOU EVER GET) THAT FEELING IN THE MOONLIGHT! 12. IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON LET HIM GO, 13. LOVE LETTERS 14. IF I LOVED YOU LET HIM TARRY 15. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN! The nation's 15 top tunes, THE HONOR ROLL OF BITS, is determined by a scientific statistical tabulation of various degrees of each song's popularity as measured in the follow- ing survey features of The Billboard's Music Popularity Chart: CHICKERY (HICK Songs With Greatest Radio Audiences; Records Most Played on Disk Programs; Play Status of Films With Leading Bongs; Best Selling Sheet Music; Best Selling Retail Records, and Decca No. 18725 Most Played Juke Box Records. The title "HONOR ROLL OF HITS" and the listing of the hits have been copyrighted by THE BILLBOARD. No use of either may be made without THE BILLBOARD'S consent.

ENGLAND'S TOP TWENTY BONG ENGLISH AMERICAN 1. IM IN LOVE WITH TWO Irwin Dash Music Music Makers SWEETHEARTS Pub. Co. 2. THE GYPSY Peter Maurice Music Co. 3. BELL -BOTTOM Campbell Connelly & Co. Santly -Joy TROUSERS 4. I HOPE TO DIE IF I Campbell Connelly & Co. Advanced TOLD A LIE 5. UNDER THE WILLOW Mac Melodies Co. TREE 6. THERE! I'VE SAID IT Campbell Connelly & Co. Valiant AGAIN 7. CAROLINA Irwin Dash Music Pub. Co. 8. COMING HOME Peter Maurice Music Co. Harman 9. THERE MUST BE A WAY Bradbury Wood Stevens 10. JUST A BLUE SERGE Victoria Co. Berlin SUIT 11. JUST A PRAYER AWAY Campbell Connelly & Co. Shapiro- Bernsteil 12. SYMPHONY Chappell & Co. C happell 13. LET'S KEEP IT THAT Noel Gay Music Co. 1.11111&_., WAY 14. CHEWING A PIECE OF Bradbury Wood Chappell STRAW 15. REMEMBER ME Cinephonic Music Co. NEW HITS 16. I SHOULD CARE Southern Music Pub. Co. Dorsey Ill More Sterling 17. GOODNIGHT, MY WON- Francis Day SHIPPING DATE DEC. 17th DERFUL ONE 18. THE MORE I SEE YOU Chappell & Co. Bregman- Voceo -CO.D I9. PABLO, THE DREAMER Southern Music Pub. Co. Southern ! 20. LET HIM GO, LET HIM Yale Music Corp. Morris El STERLING AINT'CHA GLAD TARRY 103 Publisher not available as The Billboard goes to press. SR. EMPTY BED BLUES

STERLING SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO

sRf 104 j MONTE'S BLUES by MONTE EASTER and His Orchestra PLAY STATUS OF FILMS WITH LEADING SONGS Tunes listed alphabetically are in films Chart are listed, since many film -featured VOCALS BY MONTE EASTER currently showing or to be shown soon. tunes never reach any degree of popular- Only tunes which have won a position in ity, and many others are never even This new band is making a terrific name for itself on the West Coast. one or more of the other features of the published. Comprises Monte Easter (who has played trumpet with top name bands the country over) ; Hubert Allen, tenor sax; Earl Simms, alto AFTER ALL THIS TIME (Chelsea). in IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING (Wil- sax: Martha Potts, piano: Charles Blackwell, drums; Addison Monogram's "Swing Parade of 1946." Na- liamson), in 20th Century -Fox's "State Farmer, bass. tional release date not set. Fair." National release date -October, 1945. OTHER STERLING HITS: ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL (Leeds), IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON (Harms, Inc.) sung by Roy Rogers in Republic's "Don't in Warner Brothers' "Too Young To SR -101 I NEED IT BAD and BANKS' BOOGIE Fence Me In." National release date- Know." National release date -December 20, 1945. I, 1945. by BUDDY BANKS it HIS ORCHESTRA October DIG YOU LATER (A HUBBA-HUBBA- JUST A LITTLE FOND AFFECTION SR -101 VARIETY BLUES and THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME HUBBA) (Robbins), sung by Perry Como 20th Century -Fox's "Doll Face." Na- (Shapiro- Bernstein), sung by Connee Bos- in well "Swing BLUES FOR MY DADDY and LILLETTE'S BOOGIE tional release date not set. In Monogram's Parade of SR-100 1946." National release date -January by LILLETTE THOMAS and Her Boys DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF (Burke -Van Heusen), sung by Betty Hut- 12, 1946. Na- List price, 75e tax Distributors in major cities, or write ton in Paramount's "Stork Club." LOVE LETTERS (Famous) in Paramount's plux tional release date -December 28, 1945. "Love Letters." National release date - I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU (Bregman- October 26, 1945. Vocco- Conn), in 20th Century -Fox's "The date SOME SUNDAY MORNING (Harms, Inc.), STERLING RECORDS, INC. 7 ph nethCHelsea 3 33N7Y. Dolly Sisters." National release - in Warner Bros.' "San Antonio." National November. 1945. release date-December 29, 1945. I'LL BUY THAT DREAM (Burke -Van Heusen), sung by Anne Jeffreys In RKO's THAT'S FOR ME (Williamson) In 20th ON RECORDS ALWAYS MEANS A "Sing Your Way Home." National release Century -Fox's "State Fair." National re- l date not set. lease date-October, 1945. AS ON SILVER /% GOOD PLATTER

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SONGS `YITII GREATEST RADIO. AUDIENCES (Beginning Friday, November 29, 8 a.m., and ending Friday, December 7, 1 a.m.) Tunes listed have the greatest audiences alphabetically. The total times the song on programs heard on network stations in has appeared among the top 30 in the New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. List Peatman survey to date will be indicated is based upon John G. Peatman's Audience in the chart under the "Weeks to Date" Coverage Index, a national survey of pop- column, but only those making their ap- ular music broadcast on radio networks. pearance for the first time this week are The index is projected upon radio logs indicated. Other tunes have been on made available to Peatman's ACI by the Peatman before but this information has Accurate Reporting Service in New York, not been published and is therefore not Radio Checking Service in Chicago. Radio available. The music checked is pre - Checking Service in Los Angeles and the ponderately (over 90 per cent) alive. rating services of C. E. Hooper and Pulse, (F) Indicates tune is from a film; tMi Inc.. together with information supplied indicates tune is from a legitimate mu- by the American Broadcasting Company, sical; (R) indicates tune Is available on the Columbia Broadcasting System, the records. In each instance, the licensing Mutual Broadcasting System and the Na- agency controlling performance rights on tional Broadcasting Company. Listed are the tune Is indicated. the top. 30 (more in the case of ties) tunes Wks. to Lie. date TITLE PUBLISRER BY Along the Navajo Trail (F) (R) Leeds -ASCAP I. Aren't You Glad You're You (R) Burke -Van Heusen -ASCAP 1. As Long As I Live (F) (R) Witmark-ASCAP But -I Did (R) Remick -ASCAP Chickery Chick (R) Santly- Joy -ASCAP I. Chico Chico (F) (R) Robbins-ASCAP Come to Baby, Do (R) Leeds -ASCAP How Deep Is the Ocean? (R) Berlin-ASCAP I Can't Begin To Tell You (F) (R) Bregman -Vocco- Conn -ASCAP H I Loved You (M) (R) T B. Harms -ASCAP I'll Buy That Dream (F) (R) Burke -Van Heusen -ASCAP 1. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (F) (R) Miller -ASCAP It Might As Well Be Spring (F) (R) Williamson -ASCAP It's Been a Long, Long Time (R) Morris-ASCAP It's Only a Paper Moon (F) (R) Harms, Inc. -ASCAP Just a Little Fond Affection (F) (R) Shapiro -Bernstein -ASCAP 1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (R) Morris -ASCAP Love Letters (F) (R) Famous -ASCAP 1. Oh, Brother! (R) Bourne -ASCAP Put That Ring On My Finger (R) ABC -ASCAP 1. Slowly (F) (R) Rudy Vallee -BMI Some Sunday Morning (F) (R) Harms, Inc. -ASCAP Symphony (R) Chappell -ASCAP (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight (R)..Paull- Pioneer -ASCAP That's For Me (F) (R) Williamson -ASCAP 1. The Last Time I Saw You (R) Barton -ASCAP Till the End of Time (R) Santly-Joy -ASCAP Waitin' for the Train To Come In (R) Martin Block -BMI Walkin' With My Honey (R) Republic -BMI White Christmas (F) (R) Berlin -ASCAP

RECORDS MOST- PLAYED ON THE AIR Records listed here in numerical order dlcated to this chart, other available rec- are those played over the greatest number ords of tunes listed here will be found in of record shows. List is based on reports Most -Played Juke Box Record, chart. received by The Billboard from disk (F) Indicates tune 1s from a film; (M) G.I.'s hiked miles to Jockeys thruout the country. Unless 1n- indicates tune is from a legit musical. hear it "over there" .. . POSITION Going Strong Weeks I Last This to date I Week Week Lie. Sy They'll crowd around 9 1 1. CHICKERY CHICK ...Sammy Kaye...Vlctor 20- 1726 -ASCAP 10 2 2. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James..Columbia 36838-ASCAP to hear it over here! 9 3 3. IT'S BEEN A LONG, Bing Crosby -Les Paul Trio LONG TIME Decca 17708 -ASCAP 2 7 4. SYMPHONY Freddy Martin..Victor 20- 1747 -ASCAP 5 4 5. WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN Peggy Lee Capitol 218 -BMI Coupled with 2 8 6. SYMPHONY Benny Goodman Columbia 36874 -ASCAP 2 16 7. I CAN'T BEGIN TO a firstie by Jo, TELL YOU (F) - . .Harry James Columbia 36867 -ASCAP 5 6 7. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING (F) Dick Haymes Decca 18706-ASCAP 3 8. WAITIN' FOR THE - TRAIN TO COME IN.. Harry James Columbia 36867 -BMI 8 8 9. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Charlie Spivak..Victor 20- 1721 -ASCAP 1 - 9. DIG YOU LATER (A HUBBA- HUBBA- BY DAY' - 'DAY HUBBA) (F) Perry Como... Victor 20 -1750 -ASCAP 1 10. WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby Decca 18429 -ASCAP 18 -5 11. TILL THE END OF TIME Perry Como.... Victor 20- 1709 -ASCAP with PAUL WESTON and His Orchestra 3 9 II. I CAN'T BEGIN TO Bing Crosby- Carmen Cavallaro TELL YOU (F) Decca 23457 -ASCAP 7 11 11. IT'S BEEN A LONG, CAPITOL DOUBLE SMASH! LONG TIME Stan Kenton Capitol 219 -ASCAP ANOTHER 9 II. I'LL BUY THAT Harry James..Columbia 36833 -ASCAP - DREAM (F) CAP. 227 11 10 12. THAT'S FOR ME (F) Dick Haymes Decca 18706 -ASCAP 5 12 13. IT MIGHT AS WELLPauI Weston- Margaret Whiting BE SPRING (F) Capitol 214-ASCAP 2 14 13. NANCY Frank Sinatra..Columbia 36828-ASCAP I 13. 1 CAN'T BEGIN TO - TELL YOU (F) Sammy Kaye...Victor 20- 1720 -ASCAP Coining Up I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU (F) Andy Russell (Paul Weston Ork).... Capitol 221 IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY Freddy Martin (The Martin Men).... Victor 20 -1747 WHITE CHRISTMAS Frank Sinatra (Axel Stordahl & Ork) Columbia 36860 THE HONEYDRIPPER Jimmie Lunceford -Delta Rhythm Boys. Decca 23451 MY GUY'S COME BACK Dinah Shore Victor 20 -1731

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BEST -SELLING SHEET MUSIC Tunes listed are the national best sheet according to greatest number of sale& music sellers. List Is based on reports (Fl Indicates tune is in a film; (M) Ind- received from more than 20 jobbers in all cates tune is in legit musical; (R) indicates sections of the country. Songs are listed tune is available on records. POSITION

Weeks I Last This

to date I Week Week 9 I 1 ! 1. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME (R) Morris 7 I 2 2. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING (F) (R) Williamson 6 4 I 3. CHICKERY CHICK (R) Santly -Joy 5 3 4. I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU (F) (R)..Bregman -Vocco -Conn 10 5 5. THAT'S FOR ME (F) (RI Williamson 12 7 6. I'LL BUY THAT DREAM (F) (R1 Burke -Van Heusen DINAR 3 8 7. WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN (R)..Martin Block SHORE 19 6 8. TILL THE END OF TIME (R) Santly -Joy WITH RUSS CASE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 14 7 9. ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL (F) (R) Leeds 1 - 10. WHITE CHRISTMAS (F) (R) Berlin

BEST -SELLING POPULAR RETAIL RECORDS Records listed are those selling beat In according to greatest sales. (F) Indicates PASS THAT. the nation's retail record stores (dealers). tune is in a film; (M) indicates tune is in List is based on reports received from a legit musical. The B side of each record more than 700 dealers in all sections of la listed in italic. the country. Records are listed numerically POSITION

Weeks Last 1 This PEACE to dater Week 1 Week 8 2 I. CHICKERY CHICK Sammy Kaye ....Victor 20 -1726 I Lost My Job Again 4 5 2. I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU (F) Bing Crosby- Carmen Cavallaro I Can't Believe That You're Decca 23457 PIPE in Love With Me 9 1 3. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Bing Crosby Decca 18708 Whose Dream Are You? 9 3 4. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James.... Columbia 36838 Autumn Serenade Everybody Knew 1 - 5. SYMPHONY Freddy Martin....Victor 20 -1747 In the Middle of May 3 8 6. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING (F) Paul Weston -Margaret Whiting But How Deep Is the Ocean? Capitol 214 Me 4 6 7. WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN Peggy Lee Capitol 218 by Irving Berlin I'm Glad I Waited for You 11 4 7. I'LL BUY THAT DREAM .. Dick Haymes -Helen Forrest.. Some Sunday Morning Decca 23434 RCA VICTOR 20 -1775 (Continued on page 80)

BEST -SELLING POPULAR RECORD ALBUMS Albums listed are those selling beet in than 200 dealers in all sections of the the nation's retail record stores (dealers). I country. Albums are listed numerically List is based on reports received from more according to greatest sales. POSITION

Weeks! Last I This

I to date Week 1 Week 3 1 1. Merry Christmas Bing Crosby Decca 403 CHARLIE SPIVAK 9 3 2. On the Moonbeam Vaughn Monroe Victor P -142 AND HIS ORCHESTRA 9 2 3. Going My Way Bing Crosby Decca 405 34 - 4. King Cole Trio Stranger in Town Collection of Favorites Capitol 24 - 4. Glenn Miller A -8 VOCAL BY JIMMY SAUNDERS Glenn Miller and Ork Victor P -148 Home Country VOCAL BY IRENE DAYE BEST - SELLING RECORDS BY CLASSICAL ARTISTS Records listed are those classical and than 350 dealers in all sections of the semi RCA VICTOR 20 -1774 -classical records selling beat in the country. Records are listed according $ nation's retail record stores (dealers). List greatest sales. is based on reports received from more POSITION

Weeks I Last This to date! Week I Week LARRY STEVENS 25 I 1 1. Chopin's Polonaise Jose Iturbi Victor 11 -8848 II I 2 2. Clair De WITH MAHLON MERRICK AND HIS Lune ORCHESTRA Jose Iturbi Victor 33 4 3. Warsaw Concerto 11 -8851 1 1 Wallenstein, Los Angeles Philharmonic Ork ....Decca 29150 It's a Grand Night for Singing 4 I 3 4. Warsaw Concerto Sanroma Boston Pops Victor 11 -8863 (FROM 20TH CENTURY -FOX PICTURE "STATE FAIR ") 5 1 5 5. Ave Maria I Andre Kostelanetz and Ork Columbia Come Closer to Me 7416 (FROM THE MGM PICTURE "EASY TO WED ") BEST -SELLING RECORD ALBUMS BY CLASSICAL ARTISTS Albums listed are those classical and more than 200 dealers in all sections of the RCA VICTOR 20 -1776 semi- classical albums selling best in the country. Albums are listed according to nation's retail record stores (dealers). greatest sales. List is based on reports received from POSITION Weeks Last This to date Week Week A New Continental Hit! 22 1 1. Rhapsody in Blue Oscar Levant, Philadelphia Ork; Eugene Ormandy, con- ductor Columbia X -251 and his 31 - 2. Music to Remember (From the Life of Chopin) HENRI RENÉ Musette Orchestra Jose Iturbi Victor SP -4 2 - 2. Peter and the Wolf Koussevitsky, Boston Symphony Victor M -566 The Blonde Sailor (Waltz) 9 4 3. Kostelanetz Conducts Andre Kostelanetz Columbia M -574 1 - 3. My Favorites Silk Umbrella Polka Fritz Kreisler Victor M -910 3 - 3. Tschaikovsky Nutcracker Suite VOCALS BY THE VICTORIANS Stock and Chicago Symphony Ork Columbia M -395 25 - 3. Rhapsody in Blue RCA VICTOR 25 -0056 Sanroma (Piano) Boston Pops Victor DM -358 8 - 3. Strauss Waltzes Andre Kostelanetz and his Ork Columbia M -481

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Week Ending Music Popularity Chart Dec. 6, 1945

MOST- PLAYED JUKE BOX RECORDS Records listed are those receiving the taons of the country. Listed under the greatest play In the nation's Juke boxes. title of each of the most played records List is based on more than 500 reports re- are other available recordings of the same ceived direct from operators in all sec- tune. POSITION

Weeks last I This Going Strong

to date I Week I Week 7 2 1. CHICKERY CHICK -Sammy Kaye (Nancy Norman -Billy Williams -The Kaye Choir) Victor 20 -1726 (George Olsen, Majestic 7155; Gene Krupa, Columbia 36877; Evelyn Knight -The Jesters, Decca 18725) 9 1 2. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME-Bing Crosby -Les Paul Trio Decca 18708 (Harry James, Columbia 36838; Stan Kenton, Capitol 219; I Charlie Spivak, Victor 20 -1721; Phil Brito, Musicraft 15040; I The Five De Marco Sisters, Majestic 7157) 8 3 3. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME -Harry James (Kitty Kallen) Columbia 36838 (See No. 2) 4 5 4. I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU (F) -Bing Crosby -Carmen Cavallaro Decca 23457 (Andy Russell, Capitol 221; Harry James, Columbia 36867;

I Sammy Kaye, Victor 20 -1720) B 6 5. WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN -Peggy Lee (Dave Barbour Ork) Capitol 213 (Harry James, Columbia 38867; Louis Prima, Majestic 7156; Johnny Long -Dick Robertson, Decca 18718) 11 4 6. I'LL BUY THAT DREAM (F) -Dick Haymes -Helen Forrest (Victor Young Ork) Decca 23434 (Harry James (Kitty Kallen), Columbia 36833; Hal McIntyre, Victor 20 -1879; Joan. Edwards, Cosmo 4561 2 9 7. WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN-Johnny Long - Dick Robertson Decca 18718 (See No. 51 1 8. WHITE CHRISTMAS (F) -Bing Crosby (John Scott Trot- - ter Ork) Decca 18429 (The Mel- Tones, Jewel G -4000; Frank Sinatra (Axel Stordahl and Ork), Columbia 36860; Guy Lombardo (Tony Craig), Decca 18717) 17 7 9. TILL THE END OF TIME -Perry Como (Russell Case Ork) Victor 20 -1709 (Les Brown, Columbia 38828; Dick Haymes. Decca 18699; Ginny Simms, Columbia 39849; Don Baker, Continental C -1162; Bob Graham, Jewel 3000)

11 8 I 9. I'LL BUY THAT DREAM (F) -Harry James (Kitty Kallen) Columbia 36833 (See No. 6) I 10. DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF (F) -Betty Hutton - (Paul Weston Ork) Capitol 220 3 10 II. WAITIN' FOR THE TRAIN TO COME IN -Harry James (Kitty Kallen) Columbia 36867

I (See No. 5) 3 12. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME -Stan Kenton (June - Christy) Capitol 219 (See No. 2) 8 12 12. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME-Charlie Spivak (Irene Daye) Victor 20 -1721 (See No. 2) 6 10 12. NO CAN DO-Guy Lombardo (Don Rodney -Rose Marie Lombardo) Decca 18712 (Xavier Cugat, Columbia 36836; The Four King Sisters, Victor 20 -1719) 1 13. SYMPHONY- Freddie Martin (Clyde Rogers) ...Victor 20 -1747 (Marlene Dietrich, Decca 23458; Benny Goodman, Columbia 36874; Jo Stafford, Capitol 227; Danny Ò'Neil, Majestic 17162; Guy Lombardo, Decca 18737; Bing Crosby, Decca 18635; The Phil Moore Four, Musicraft 15048) 1 113. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING -Sammy Kaye (Billy - Williams) Victor 20 -1738 (Dick Haymes, Decca 18706; Paul Weston- Margaret Whiting, Capitol 214) 1 13. DIG YOU LATER (A HUBBA-HUBBA-HUBBA) (F)- - Perry Como (The Satisfyers -Russ Case Ork) Victor 20 -1750 1 14. I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU (F) -Sammy Kaye (Nancy - Norman) Victor 20 -1720 (See No. 4) 1 14. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING -Paul Weston-Margaret - Whiting Capitol 214 (See No. 13) Coming Up CHICKERY CHICK -Evelyn Knight -The Jesters (Bob Haggart Ork)..Decca 18725 SIOUX CITY SUE -Dick Thomas National 5007 THE HONEYDRIPPER-Joe Liggins Exclusive 207

MOST- PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS Records listed are folk records most more than, 500 reporta received direct frorn played in juke boxes. List is based on operators all over the country, POSITION Weeks Last This

to date I Week I Week 5 3 1. SILVER DEW ON THE BLUE GRASS TONIGHT Bob Wills Columbia 38841 20 3 2. YOU TWO -TIMED ME ONE TIME TOO OFTEN Tex Ritter Capitol 206 9 2 2. SIOUX CITY SUE Dick Thomas National 5007 6 1 2. IT'S BEEN SO LONG, DARLING Ernest Tubb Decca 6112 10 3 3. WITH TEARS IN MY EYES.. Wesley Tuttle Capitol 216 8 - 3. TEXAS PLAYBOY RAG Bob Wills Columbia 38841 MOST- PLAYED JUKE BOX RACE RECORDS

Records listed as race -type dish most I based on more than 500 reports received played in the nation's juke boxes. List is direct from operators all over the country. POSITION This Weeks I Last I

to dateI Week I Week 19 1 1. THE HONEYDRIPPER Joe Liggins Exclusive 207 6 2 2. THE HONEYDRIPPER Jimmie Lunceford -Delta Rhythm Boys Decoa 23451 2 3. THE HONEYDRIPPER Roosevelt Sykes. Bluebird 34 -0737 2 3 3. BEULAH'S BOOGIE Lionel Hampton Decca 18719 4 3 3. LEFT A GOOD DEAL IN MOBILE Joe Liggins Exclusive 208 26 3. CALDONIA BOOGIE Louis Jordan Decca 8670 3. BLUES AT SUNRISE "Ivory" Joe Hunter. Exclusive 209 3. BE- BABA -LUBA Helen Humes (Bill Doggett COLUMBIA RECORDS Octet) Philo PV -106

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ADVANCE RECORD RELEASES Records listed are generally approxi- supplied in advance by record companies. nutely two weeks in advance of actual I Only records of those manufacturers vol- release date. List is based on information untarily supplying information are listed. A RED KISS ON A BLUE LETTER.... Les Brown (Doris Day).. Columbia 36896 AIN'TCHA GLAD Monte Easter Ork (Monte Easter) Sterling SR -103 ARTISTRY JUMPS Stan Kenton Capitol 229 AS LONG AS I LIVE Johnnie Johnston -The Satisfiers (Lloyd Shaffer Ork) Capitol 228 AT LEAST YOU COULD SAVE ME A Herb (Flamingo) Jeffries (Eddie Beal DREAM Trio -Three Shades of Rhythm- Chorus directed by Carl Jones) Excelsior HJ -100 ff9a4t fAardetv BETTER LET MY GAL ALONE Tampa Red Bluebird 34 -0740 BRING ENOUGH CLOTHES FOR Timmie Rogers and Excelsior Hep Cats. THREE DAYS Excelsior TR -107 CARIOCA Carlos Varela Havana -Madrid Ork Coda 5028 CHICAGO Tommy Doryse (Cy Oliver -The Senti- mentalists) Victor 20 -1773 DARK WATER Luvenia Nash Singers Excelsior 147 DAY BY DAY Jo Stafford (Paul Weston Ork) Capitol 227 DIEZ MINUTOS MAS Marga Liergo -Rafael Mendez -Pan Amer- ican Ork Pan American Pan 021 EL JUDIO RUMBERO Carlos Varela Havana -Madrid Ork Coda 5028 EL MUERTO SE FUE DE RUMBA (THE Marga Liergo- Rafael Mendez -Pan Amer - GHOST GOES SLUMMING) ican Ork Pan American Pan 021 EMPTY BED BLUES Monte Easter Ork (Monte Easter) Sterling SR -103 GOOD DIP Erskine Hawkins Victor 20 -1777 GUITAR POLKA Al Dexter and His Troopers (Al Dex- ter) Columbia 36898 HONEY, DO YOU THINK IT'S Al Dexter and His Troopers (Al Des- WRONG? ter) Columbia 36898 RE-ORDER TODAY! HURRY, JOHNNY, HURRY The Buchanan Brothers..Bluebird 33 -0541 I AIN'T MAD AT YOU, PRETTY BABY Flennoy Trio Excelsior FT -116 Management I NEVER HAD A DREAM TO MY Hollywood's Four Blazes (Connie Jor- NAME don) Excelsior FB 110 IF YOU'LL BELIEVE IN ME Don Weston -The Rhythm Rangers GENERA! AMUSEMENT CORPORATION Westernair 4006 I'M ALWAYS BLUE FOR YOU Cal Shrum and His Rhythm Rangers... Westernair 4007 Record No. I'M NOT HAVING ANY (THIS YEAR). David Street (Russ Case Ork) 7161 Victor 20 -1778 I'VE GOT NUGGETS IN MY POCKETS. Britt Wood -The Rhythm Rangers Westernair 4008 I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING. Woody Herman (Woody Herman) Columbia 36897 PHIL REGAN ... singing JUST A- SITTIN' AND A- ROCKIN' Stan Kenton (June Christy)... Capitol 229 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW, Danny O'Neil (Ruby Newman Ork).... Majestic 7162 LET'S HAVE FUN TONIGHT Erskine Hawkins (Ace Harris and * Sunbonnet Sue Chorus) Victor 20 -1777 LOVE ME Woody Herman (Frances Wayne) Columbia 36897 * By the Light of the Silvery Moon LOVE WILL BLOOM IN PARIS THIS Hollywood's Four Blazes (Connie Jor- SPRING dan) Excelsior FB -101 (With Majestic Male Quartette) MANY TEARS AGO Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plow- boys Bluebird 33 -0540 Two favorite Gus Edwards numbers sung by Phil MERCY MAMA BLUES Tampa Red Bluebird 34 -0740 Regan in the Monogram picture, "Sunbonnet Sue.'.' MONTE'S BLUES Monte Easter Ork (Monte Easter).... Sterling SR -104 ORCHESTRA DIRECTED BY HARRY BLUESTONE MY LOVE Flennoy Trio Excelsior FT -140 NEVER TOO LATE TO PRAY Tommy Dorsey (Stuart Foster -The Sen- timentalists) Victor 20 -1773 OH! GOOD GRACIOUS, KATY Britt Wood -The Rhythm Rangers Westernair 4005 OLD SHOES BLUES Cliff Lange and Orchestra of Stars (Teddy Walter) ..Pan American Pan 020 THELMA CARPENTER ONE MORE DREAM (AND SHE'S Johnnie Johnston -The Satisfiers (Lloyd ... singing MINE) Shaffer Ork) Capitol 228 PARTING OF THE WAYS Cal Shrum and His Rhythm Rangers (Don Weston) Westernair 4008 PRIMROSE VALE Pat Killoran Ork Joe Davis 3606 * Just A- Sittin' and A- Rockin' ROGERINI Cliff Lange and The Orchestra of Stars Pan American Pan 020 Duke Ellington's new rhythm song SHE KNOWS WHAT TO DO Monte Easter Ork (Monte Easter) Sterling SR -104 ORCHESTRA DIRECTED BY EARL SHELDON STACK O' BARLEY Pat Killoran Ork Joe Davis 3606 STEAL AWAY Luvenia Nash Singers (Elise Boone).. Excelsior 147 SYMPHONY Danny O'Neil (Ruby Newman Ork).... * Hurry Home (Assisted by Deep River Boys) Majestic 7162 SYMPHONY Jo Stafford (Paul Weston Ork) ACCOMPANIED BY BUD FREEMAN AND ORCHESTRA Capitol 227 TELLING MY TROUBLES TO MY OLDDon Weston -The Rhythm Rangers GUITAR Westernair 4005 THAT'S A GOOD LITTLE OLD DEAL.. Hollywood's Four Blazes Excelsior FB -109 THAT'S THE WRONG GAL, BROTHER. Flennoy Trio Excelsior FT -140 Record No. THE BIG -LEG MAMA'S FINE Hollywood's Four Blazes.. Excelsior FB -111 THE BOOGIE BEAT'LL GETCHA IF 1023 YOU DON'T WATCH OUT The 5 Red Caps Joe Davis 7135 THE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF THE SKY The Buchanan Brothers..Bluebird 33 -0541 THE INDUCTION BLUES Flennoy Trio (Jimmie Edwards) Excelsior FT -117 THE RAMBLER Pat Killoran Ork Joe Davis 3806 UH -HUH David Street (Russ Case Ork) Victor 20 -1778 WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN Les Brown (Doris Day)... Columbia 36896 WITH TEARS IN MY EYES Cal Shrum and His Rhythm Rangers.... Westernair 4007 YOU CAN'T BREAK THE CHAINS OF Cal Shrum and His Rhythm Rangers.... LOVE Westernair 4008 YOU MUST WALK THE LINE Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plow- RECORDS boys Bluebird 33 -0540 IStudio: New York City Sales: St. Charles, Illinois YOU THRILL ME The 5 Red Caps Joe Davis 7135 (Subsidiary of Majestic Radio &Television Corporation)

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1llSiC Popularity chart ó-k6: °s1:411 YOU'VE NEVER HEARD RECORD POSSIBILITIES In the opinion of The Billboard music try into best selling, moat played or Dion staff, records listed below are most likely heard features of the Chart. to achieve popularity as determined by en- YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED CRYSTAL -CLEAR (Until You Break My Heart) Les Brown ....Columbia 36884 This may not be a "Sentimental Journey" but with Doris Day's vocals Les Brown does a sock job of the tune and it's in the money -but definitely. This is a must. BUZZ ME Louis Jordan and Tympany Five Decca 18734 -B the Jordan ordered. Jordan TONE This is the top disking of this song -and it's just what sells it vocally and the Five deliver their usual big-little band handling. This also is a must. THAT WENT OUT WITH BUT- TON SHOES Tommy Dorsey.. Victor 20- 1761 -B HEARD TD gets the billing on this but he has Pat Brewster, Stuart Foster and the Senti- UNTIL YOU'VE mentalists doing most of the work -and they do a top drawer job. It's the word that'll get 'em . . . on jukes and in the home disk spinners. Tune's okaytoo. SYMPHONY Jo Stafford (Paul Weston's Ork) Capitol 227 For the first time this French tune is handled as it should have been from the start. "Symphony" is on the way up in The Billboard popularity charting -and this should kick it right upstairs. It's okay for nickel droppers and crew -cut home mooners. YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE Spike Jones and His City YOU LOVE Slickers Victor 20- 1762 -B This is for Spike's fans -and while it's not a "Cocktails for Two" it doesn't have to be, to be sold out as soon as it hits the stores. The paytables will love it just as well as the gang that messes up the house. THE HOUSE I LIVE IN Frank Sinatra ..Columbia 36886 There's been so much publicity about this that it would sell-even If it weren't as good a job as it is. This may not be juke stuff but it's an over- the -counter seller par excellence. RIP VAN WINKLE Ella Mae Morse (Billy May's Ork) Capitol 226 Ella Mae Morse hasn't had a tune -turning like this in a "Cow -Cow Boogie." It has just the right tune approach for E. M. M. and the words aren't negative for the Morse. Check this as a tune that will wear out plenty of juke copies and will sell over the counter.

RECORD REVIEWS By M. H. Orodenker t, ghtface portion of reviews is intended users. Boldface portion Is Ints>tdsd (Or for information of all record and musse guidance of juke box operators. TOMMY DORSEY (Victor) The Moment I Met You -FT; VC. That Went Out With the Button Shoes -FT; VC. It's real contagion that Tommy Dorsey packs into this couplet. With plenty of iuíi)IIi bounce and beat, the band gets off Buck Ram and Gall Meredith's "The Moment I Met You" right from the edge. With just as much contagion in the rhythmic tune itself, the Sentimentalists carry on with their close harmonies. Flipover finds a de- lightful novelty in Sid Robin's "That Went Out With the Button Shoes," which Dorsey RECORDS dishes up in crisp and catchy fashion. He calls on Stuart Foster, Pat Brewster and the Sentimentalists to give out lyrically in most engaging manner.

' Music ops can tag both of these sides for the selectors. BING CROSBY (Decca) The Bells of St. Mary's -FT; V. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen -FT; V. Guild Records have made a sensational advance in After sitting on every one else's session, Bing Crosby cuts two on his own. With John Scott Trotter providing the usual rich and melodic musical bank, Crosby is his record manufacturing with the introduction of own self for two standard songs, taking liberty with the tempo to give full expression to each. "The Bells of St. Mary's" is brought back again as the theme for his new flicker, and "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" gets full meaning and expression laboratory- tested CRYSTAL -CLEAR TONE. Fidelity in Crosby's song. While the sides do not spin bright for the music boxes, the picture association and clarity such as never before has been achieved will attract attention to "The Bells of St. Mary's." KAY KYSER (Columbia) on ANY records will be found on the new Guild Coffee Time-FT; VC. Angel-FT; VC. Contrasting the sweet and hot a la Jimmy of the Dorseys, Kay Kyser turns the Records. trick to good returns for "Coffee Time" with Michael Douglas singing the cute lyric In a soft and dreamy manner and Lucyann Polk picking it up for a more spirited and rhythmic setting. Douglas has even greater opportunity to display the romantic quality of his pipes for "Angel," a sensuous love ballad from the movie "Yolanda and the Thief." Gets assist from the Campus Kids with the Kyser band blending Latin rhythms to the lovely melody for the instrumental stanza. Plenty of contagion for the juke box clan in the Hyser coloring for "Coffee Time." ELLA MAE MORSE (Capitol) Buzz Me -FT; V. Rip Van Winkle -FT; V. WRITE, WIRE OR PHONE With tunes tailored for her vocal talents, and a rocking rhythm background provided by Billy Mae's band, Ella Mae Morse picks up plenty of ground among the cow -cow fans with this spinning. "Buzz Me" is a slow and low -down race blues ... AT ONCE! and Miss Ella Mae turns in a salty song and is just as sultry for the brighter spin- ning of the modernized story in jive of "Rip Van Winkle." Miss Morse's fans will find both sides to their likings, with race locations a hatch for her "Buzz Me" buzzing. for Guild's free display cards, window AL JOLSON (Decca) streamers and catalogs, and keep pace Swanee -FT; V.. April Showers -FT; V. The new generation of phono fans can hardly be expected to appreciate the song with the steadily growing public ac- selling qualities of Al Jolson. But for those who dote on nostalgia, there is no get- ting enough of these two songs closely identified with the "jazz singer." Still in good Guild artists and Guild voice, it's the same Al of old, whistling and singing his way with Gershwin's first hit, ceptance of "Swanee." For those who remember "Sinbad the Sailor" and how Jolson could never get off the stage until he delivered at least a dozen or more encores, "April Showers" Records! is a prize possession. The swoon singers can take a lesson in singing from these. Appreciation of these sides are beyond the realm of the juke box fans. RATE SMITH (Columbia) Just a Little Fond Affection -FT; V. Tumbling Tumbleweeds -FT; V. For the forthright song selling, Kate Smith rings the bell with a resounding smack. With song material that holds meaning, Miss Kate gives the ballads just that and adds to the contagion contained in "Just a Little Fond Affection" with vocal color DEDICATED TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE BEST IN RECORDS added in the close harmonies of the Four Chicks and Chuck. Miss Kate and the vocal troupe also bring back an old fave with renewed vigor in song of the wide -open spaces, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." Jack Miller's orchestra provides full musical body for the song sellers. RECORDS With "Just a Little Fond Affection" looming big in song hit circles, Kate Smith's INCORPORATED interpretation rings true as a coin catcher. (Continued on page 80) 665 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y.

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2 Op Usually "Ice -Capades" Mates With Who Gets Ethel Pays and Pays "Ice Follies" To Sire "Cycles" Is " ? "---- Millen Or the NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -The rival produc- said the joint operation does not herald Shuberts ing firms of John Harris (Ice Capades) any future merger between Harris and NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -A little nifty in AGVA and police both on Shipstad- Johnson and denied that fur- booking tangles developed here this week performers' side it's and Shipstead and Johnson (Ice Follies) ther common productions are in the around Ethel Waters, set for the Em- -and are joining in a mutual venture in the works. Trade says if Ice Cycles gets over bassy Club (ex- Riobamba). Before the only names who quit Hans Brinker line, to be called Ice Cycles. there will be more two -way operations. botch -up is worked out Equity and Frescott said the new show is being AGVA are likely to get into the act, New package, with a cast of about 90, is produced because the competitors have along with Miss Waters; Bill Miller, of By Bill Smith now in rehearsal and goes on the road enough extra but unfilled playing time the Embassy; Charlie Yates, of Associated Booking Office; "Doc" Milton Bender and NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -If contracts are early in January. available to make the effort worthwhile. a big deal in the biz the little paper that Norman Frescott, Harris's manager, Both Ice Follies and Ice Capades work a passel of lawyers armed with injunc- is signed between cafe owners and actors solidly thruout the year, he said, thus tions. is the one that counts most. Reason is restricting such possibilities as Holly- Miss Waters was inked for the ex -Rio- that the employment contract is the wood. Moreover, in the territories c 3v- bama in early fall to work four weeks pay -off. It is what Chiado Buys Casa; ered by each of the earlier shows there with options at about $2,500 weekly. At brings in the dough for is a lot of demand for return engage- this time Miss Waters was on the point the actor, his reps and, ments which neither show is able to of leaving the William Morris agency but the owner hopes, for him. Drops NameOrks for take up, and Ice Cycles will be used to had not yet tied -up with a new agent. Because it is so basic satisfy this proposition. An additional "Doc" Bender, who says he is not an it is also the breeder HighBudgetActSked factor, said Frescott, is that new arenas agent, but declares himself a mutual of considerable argu- are either building or in the bluepi int friend of both the actress-singer and Bill ments in which news- DETROIT, Dec. 10. -Club Casanova, stage, thus providing an additional rr ar- Miller, brought the parties together for paper critics play a major leading indie downtown spot, shifted to ket for a new icer. Ice Cycles will be the deal. Whether Bender is to receive role. An agent knocks new ownership this week, with take- produced by a new corporation, Inter- commission is debatable. He says, only himself out trying to sell over by Sam Chiado. Lowell Bernhardt, national Ice Attractions, Inc. if she does well; Miller says, 10 per cent an act for a certain price. The op who who has operated the spot for a dozen According to AGVA, the new show will to Bender above Miss Waters salary. But may do the buying has to be convinced years, starting as a neighborhood restau- come in under the two -way contract both Bender and Miller check that the that the act will bring in the dough. rant and converting it originally into signed with Harris and Shipstad- Johnson headliner agreed to make the opening Finally a deal is made and the performer the Blue Lantern and about five years last year. The pact for each of the date dependent upon what ever time opens. If it's a good booking the act is ago into the Club Casanova, is with- earlier shows is identical, being a "Class Miller could finish his rebuilding and happy, the agent draws his 10 per cent drawing from business to devote his en- A" traveling type with $60 for chorines other chores. The approximate date was and the owner 'rubs his hands at the tire attention to his oil well property in and $125 for principals and several other understood by the three to be November nightly take. Everybody is happy-until Central Michigan. features. At the time the deal with the 29 and the contract was so written, it is the reviews come out. If all the crix, or Chiado is a brother of Mickey Chiado, two leers was signed, said Matt Shelvey, reported by Miller and Bender. a majority, agree that the performer is owner of the Club Gay Haven and of AGVA, there was a provision that all Comes the "Exclusive" doing good, the happiness is intensified. president of the Metropolitan Cabaret future shows produced by the two firms come Meanwhile, Miss Waters finally left But if the boys who are cuffed by the Owners' Association. He was formerly would in under similar terms, and WM and signed up with Charlie Yates, joints turn thumbs down then the fat's employed by his brother at the Gay this is now being done. The union con- of Associated Booking Office, on what is in the fire. The agent will insist the Haven, but has never had an independ- tracts have two more years to run. reported to be an exclusive agency paper. lads who pan and praise don't know ent venture of his own. Yates, who is out of town, could not be from nothing. The actor does a burn Policy change is being introed, with reached for comment, but Miller con- and the op may start thinking that heavier emphasis upon show budget and tends and an Associated spokesman ad- maybe he's been sold a turkey. If biz with more and /or better acts to be P h i l l y Shangri - La mitted that the agent had inked Miss continues good the op doesn't care one bought, Chiado said. Name bands, which Waters to appear in the Shubert Passing way or another. But if it doesn't the have been a recent feature of the spot, Show, which she is to join in Pittsburgh act is in trouble. including Tiny Wolf and Blue Barron, Tries Colored Show shortly. Miller claims Yates jumped the Shubert Acts Ask Out -Sometime are being dropped, with the money spent gun on this, stated that the on them going to acts. Chiado maintains Plus Cover Charge deal was closed on November 29 or 30 If the performer is a name he may that the average night spot patron would when he, Miller, didn't open as sched- ask to be let out and if the op is willing rather have a good show than a famous PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.- Manager uled. and can get a replacement things work band, and is starting to book accord- Adolph Goldman has announced a Miller, of course, is refusing to yield out okay. But in these situations name ingly. change of policy for the Shangri -La night her. The Shuberts, on the other hand, acts seldom play an important part. It club which will revive two customs un- are reported up in arms because she fig - is the smallie who usually finds himself familiar to nitery patrons here for many (See WHO GETS ETHEL? on page 36) on the receiving end of a cancellation. years. Both are due to be put into ef- According to the present rules all em- El Portal Club Sets fect on December 14. Spot will feature ploymeait contracts are made on a play all -colored shows and slap a cover charge or pay basis which means that either on all corners. the op plays the act for the full run of Green Light to Deb; Ment Card Tab the contract or pays him off. But while First show booked for two weeks with it means just that, without any ifs and No Games? Ops Mum two -week option is a tab unit headed by buts, there are ways used by the boys to Marva Louis, Peg Leg Bates, Coleridge By Police in N. Y. get around it. Main reason is obvious. MIAMI, Dec. 10. -City council of El Davis orchestra and a line of girls. If a performer opens and doesn't do good Portal, a Dade County village, granted It is approximately 10 years since a tôp the cafe owner not only wants to get rid a night club license to the new palatial mid -city nitery featred an all -colored S of him but also doesn't want it to cost 86 Club, located just outside Miami city floorshow. Idea is expected to catch on. kedded Soon him any dough. Legally, the op hasn't limits at 86th Street and Biscayne Cover will be called a music charge and NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -Back in Sep- leg to stand on. That little phrase Boulevard. will be 50 cents per person week nights tember, 1943, the Police Department, pay or play" has him stymied. So In issuing the permit, Mayor A. W, and 75 cents per person on Saturdays Division of Licenses, passed a whole he approaches` the act with a pitch about Moore stated that he made it clear to and holidays. Notice printed on each 'batch of new regulations covering cafes. how bad business is and how much bet- W. D. (Bill) Bartlett that no gambling menu explains reason for music charge. At first there was a terrific beef and ter he'd be if he improved his routine will be allowed. Besides Bartlett, it is Management says charge enables them court suits to enjoin the police from in- or if he came back in the next show or said that Charles Thomas and Merle to lower the price of food and l::quor terfering. But after all the yelling and some other reason. If the performer Yarborough are ops. Bartlett remains and that patrons make out better in the court battles were over the P. D. had its can't see throwing away . any salary the in um. long run. way. op is stuck for the length of the contract But like all new rules people get ac- or some adjustment is made. A few years customed to them and then gradually ago the Condos Brothers opened at La forget about them. One that cafe ops Martinique and apparently conflicted may have headaches with is regulation with another act on the bill. So, accord- Bigger Drinks, Bigger Tariff, No. 5 which says in part all employees ing to Nick Condos, Dario approached of night clubs shall have identification them with something like this, "You cards ". . . in his physical possession boys are doing terrific. The customers Says OPA With Strong Proviso while in the place of employment (cafe)." like you and I like you. I'm gonna Because there has been no recent en- bring you back into a new show where forcement of this order a lot of per- you'll really get a job done on you." The WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. -When bever- the higher price cannot be charged. The formers have neglected to get these lads were happy and said fine. "In ages are offered by public drinkeries and quantity must be a multiple of the es- identification cards, and a lot of cafe that case," said Dario, "will you close eateries in quantities twice or triple the tablished smaller size, i.e., double, triple, ops have forgotten about it also. tonight ?" No, Dario had to pay them only sizes for which they have established etc., in order to qualify for the higher It is understood that there will be off anyway. ceilings, prices may be double or triple price ceilings. an effort to call on cafes to examine Procedure the seller's ceiling for the smaller sizes, Higher price may be charged for the cards. Anybody working in a cafe who Louse -ing ef- can't show one may find himself out but less subtle method OPA announced today. This action, larger quantity only if the establishment Another favorite fective next Saturday (15), is taken at continues to offer the customary smaller of a job. How soon the checking up is to louse up the performer. There are Industry will on a concerted basis is not two well -known ways to do that. the request of the Restaurant size also, and the smaller size must ap- start at least Advisory Committee to provide ceilings pear on menus and price lists al, con- known. In fact the Police Department One is to order the waiters and the bus- milk, any new drive is contem- keep their arms folded when the for new sizes of drinks, including spicuously as the larger size within three denies that boys to which a restaurant or tavern would after increased is first plated. But Commissioner Cornelius act is on. And if you don't think that for days an quantity look at not have an established ceiling under offered at a higher price. A report must O'Leary, in charge of Police Department method works, brother, take a 4 -10, 1943, "freeze." licenses, admitted that some "effort, some of the performers around who are the existing April be made to the nearest OPA distract of- by OPA pointed out that if the usual fice, giving the price being asked and which will start from local precincts, made by house claques rather than may begin." (See Contracts Are Broken on page 35) quantity is increased only a fraction, the quantity.

...,,, -- --4r.-wHi..,csw,2ii.4r>,r-c - www.americanradiohistory.com December 15, 1945 The Billboard NIGHT CLUBS-VAUDE`1JILLE 31 Vaude Outlook Okay Shangri - AGVA TA She Saw Du Pont For 60 Clubs in Erie; Slaps Curfew PHILADELPHIA, Dec. B- Fracas Ends in Savannah Churchill and S. H. On Benefits in Dudley, manager of the Fans 15% Increase Seen Theater, were miles apart when ERIE, Pa., Dec. 8.- Investigation of Garden Jan. I Kissing Fest? it came to price for the singer's act demand in Erie shows a ready market run as star of the show. After for singles, doubles and small units of NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -The Shangri -La three weeks of bickering, Dudley all types. Entire field here is behind NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -The long run of AGVA battle which managed to reach Was ready to give up the strug- locked doors. All clubs operating with benefits staged at the Madison Square the courts has finally been settled with gle when he struck on an added talent are fraternals, vets orgs and dues - Garden will receive a jolt when the both sides apparently having kissed and inducement for his offer. In ad- paying clubs of all types. Survey of the Theater Authority makes its latest deci- made up again. Brawl began when Noel dition to cash, he added six pairs local field shows a total of 60 clubs op- sion known. Ruling decided upon in a Sherman, who produced the shows for of nylon stockings to the deal. erating on a membership basis. Of this four -hour meeting Thursday (6) says the club, claimed that Dewey Yessner, Miss Churchill accepted without total, 30 per cent are using talent regu- that beginning with January 1 all bene- Shangri -La op, owed him $8,000. further dispute. larly. Majority using only week-end fits in the fight arena will have to be AGVA came into the picture when dates. This offers an opportunity for acts over by 12:30 a.m. Sherman charged that some of this to pick up shows at two or three spots on This means that those marathon money was due him because he had ad- Friday, Saturday and Sunday. shindigs like the Night of Stars and vanced salaries to the performers. So have their Florida Gov. a Pilate Since the end of the war returning similar annual functions will the union went after Yessner and told pressure shows cut to the bone. TA has also him to pay up. When he refused the veterans have been putting on asked the Garden to arrange a more union hung an "unfair" tag on the club. for more shows. With crowds following On Miami Gambling; the best shows, budgets are being upped. equitable spacing of benefits. It says Op countered with a court action Local report they expect at least it sees no reason Why it should permit the Philly local agents more than one such show a month in- against and the national Says It's Cop Job a 15 per cent increase in the amount of office, and managed to get a temporary clubs using talent. Despite their re- stead of as many as four in a week which injunction. At the preliminary hearings MIAMI, Dec. 8. -A parade of witnesses stricted memberships, leading clubs are seems to be the practice now. it developed that Sherman's claim did testified before Dade County grand jury The Garden has agreed to co- operate advertising bills in the daily papers and the officials prove re- not include performers' salaries and it all week, and gambling in Miami area on the air. Agents also report that with but in the event also appeared that the club alleged a took a new turn with a statement by calcitrant and insist that running the the increased demand for show, acts are the TA business, the counter claim against Sherman for about Gov. Millard Caldwell, in attendance at being held in one club for two and three Garden is none of $4,000, which their accounting records a convention here. the org has put teeth in its new ruling by disclosed. This discrepancy between shows. This automatically increases not permitting any benefits there at all. Said the governor: "I was not elected demand for acts since the doubling up Neither the TA or the Garden envision Sherman's verbal complaint before AGVA as a policeman, and control of gambling of more than one club becomes more and the testimony in court led to AGVA's As chief any difficulties. lifting of the "unfair" charge. is a police problem. the State's difficult. Banquet business, almost de- Some effort was made at the meeting executive, I shall not in any way inter- funct during the war, has jumped up to call for payments to performers who Yessner and Sherman exchanged re- vene in the gambling problem of Dade into important bookings, with many in- leases and the spot began operating appear at those benefits. It was voted or any other county. dustrial plants creating the largest de- down, however, when it was pointed that again. "I will not make any move to super- mand. it would be interfering with performer's sede the authority of local officials to Outlook is impressive here, according future bookings if, they turned down stop gambling. People of Dade County to Wyima Miller, AGVA booker here for benefit requests. No performer, It was Hermann Goes Into National chose their public officials and entrusted club dates. Theater bookings of legit pointed out can turn down a major to them the duties of enforcing the laws. and musicals look dismal, however, due booker who wants him for a benefit. For Hotel, Havana, as Show Boss If the officials assume a liberal attitude to transportation difficulties facing one- even if there is no direct pressure, the toward gambling, that reflects the de- night performances. implied pressure is terrific. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -Henry Hermann, sires of a majority of the electorate." Ruling will apply to the Garden only, local lounge and cafe agent, said yester- Meanwhile Dade County grand jury, and will not affect hotel affairs. day (7) he has just signed on as resident under special court orders to sift allega- entertainment manager at the National tions of gambling in the county, heard fering from grand jury fever." Judge Hotel, Havana, Cuba, and will leave C. D. Van Orsdel, chairman of the Dade Paul D. Barns intends to get to the bot- MIAMI, Dec. 8. -Al Mercur's Holly- shortly to launch a big -name policy for County Law Enforcement League, Mon- tom of the charges. Gambling is out in wood Show Place, a brand -new night New Year's and thereafter. Spot has day. Sheriff Jimmy Sullivan will testify city spots for the time being at least, spot, opened Friday, November 30. It is not been splurging during the war but later this week or next. Van Orsdel has and Van Orsdel wants to close up things on West Flagler Street, just a step from now is ready to go ahead. Hermann said made charges that the sheriff has neg- in the county, and if successful there downtown. Offers continuous entertain- he has his lines out for name attractions lected his duty, allowing gambling at won't be much doing in what is ex- ment with Eddie Germaine, singer; Bob and is prepared to authorize big dough Turf Club, Teepee and De Luxe Bar. pected to be . the best season in many Maisson at the electric piano, and Flo for same. Van Orsdel claims clubs are now "suf- years. Myles, a pianist of ability.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 32 NIGHT CLUBS- VAUDLVILLL The Billboard December 15, 1945 Havana- Madrid, New York Mocanlba, Miami Beach, Talent Policy: Dance bands and floorshows NIGHT CLUB REVIEWS Florida at 8:30, 12 and 2:30. Owner -operator: Angel Lopez; publicity, Ed Weiner. Prices: $2 -$3 Talent Policy: Dance band and ice shows at minimums. act of Spanish songs. First, a peppy 8:30 and 11. Management: Jack Friedlander, jabbering number, goes across well. Next Zanzibar, New York owner-operator. Prices from $2.50. Havana Madrid's new winter show is a is a ballad, which Miss Delmar should routine affair, tho it carries several per- avoid as she lacks the ballad style and Talent Policy: Dance bands and floorshows In a glitter of beauty, Mocamba spot formers who at 8:15, 12 and 2:30. Owner -operators: Joe have something on the ball. voice and which she insists on dragging Howard and Carl Erbe; publicity, Carl Erbe; starts the winter season with a bang, a Offering lacks an outstanding climax, out. However, she compensates for this production, Clarence Robinson. Prices: $3.50, turnaway attendance indicating the de- just putters along. lull in the last number, a mixture of minimum. mand for this class of entertainment. Line of six opens, wearing black and quick syllable stuff and a really sexy Donn Arden's icer called Tropicana clicks white costumes. Routine is commend- bit of torso wriggling. Goes off to a very The new Zanzibar show, variously heavily, but a Miami favorite stole the ably brief and earns a fair hand. good palm. billed as the International Laugh -Lease show. Jerri Blanchard comes back and Revue or the winter edition Jackie Fields, magi, is first of the acts The Barrancos, an attractive and able of the Zan. - scores a personal triumph, doing her on with zibarabian Nights, will do business foi' parodies which include Eadie Was a Lady, a combo of magic and a drink - dance team, appear to do three hot -stuff the Broadway mixing stint. Fields's patter is fairish, Latin terp routines in connected order hottery. It is not a bril- You Never Say Yes and It's Gotta Be This but he rushes it too fast, as he does liant offering, but it contains enough or That. But the honey is her rendition and to finish with a jitterbug bit. They elements of different sorts to satisfy of Mr. Levine. This fern wows most of his prestidigitations. Illusion are too good in the S. A. department the cus- stuff is not outstanding most customers. It is well paced and tomers and is a riot. and doesn't to need a phony closer such as they use. it has a heavy quota really go with the second half of the Juicy mitting. of marquee punch. Tropicana does not attempt to have a act. In the latter, the magi Its main drawbacks are that it is weak plot. Skaters follow out a Latin routine hasn't mas- Dean Martin, wearing his new schnozz, in comedy and that at least two of tered his business too well. There are is next -to- closing. He has what it takes its of congas, rumbas and sambas and do frequent fumbles attractions reveal nothing more than them well. Billy Lowe, an excellent and misses. Tightening to be a major act -appearance, person- they have shown many times and speeding the turn would help con- ality, voice, skill. But on a night club before. tenor, announces and sings the show. siderably. Fair laughs First -night audience Wednesday (8) re- Glamorous skating line of seven gals en- and mitts. floor he does a curious combination of ceived the program well. Josephine Delmar, a bountifully built overselling and underselling. He is just Chances proceedings in gorgeous costumes but shapely brunette, follows with an (See Havana -Madrid on page 35) Opens with the line (8) in attractive appealing to the eye. Pantaloon finish black and white costumes in a fast lit- causes some merriment. tle routine in which Ralph Brown, solo Lois Dworshak is the star of the pro- AMERICA'S FOREMOST tapster, also works. Gals go thru their duction. Fern has plenty on the ball and ACRO- BALANCING DUO paces at a pleasing clip, seguing into her interpretations of blues and jungle Brown alone. Cleat bumper has a lot jive stamp her a top -notch artist. THE of fancy audience -catching stuff in his Muriel Pack's hula to the click of bunions, dhiefest being a style of tapping castanets is well liked. Jean Braith- on his heels, He is a very skillful terper waite runs a close second in a graceful with plenty showmanship. Only fault skating specialty. is he stays on too long. Reactions hearty, Dick Salter, only man in the show, running to whistles. has a breathtaking tango, and to do this Ella Fitzgerald follows with a scorch- on skates proves himself a master of LA M ing opener, Honeydripper, in which she the gliders. BERTIS displays some of the best jump singing Machita and his band pep up festivi- heard in these parts in a long, long time. ties. Guests are going to like to dance Weakens initial impression, however, to this music. Tropicana should be here ¿asfehi "rout with a so -so ballad, then recovers with a long time. Larry Berliner a solid CURRENTLY job on Kiss Goodnight which brings cries of "more." Encores, of BLINSTRUB'S BOSTON course, with Tisket - Tasket, getting a top A bit of dexterity punctuates the show hand, and a Skat chore on Flyin' Home. at this point in the person of Prof. Lew OPENS DECEMBER 25 (4 WEEKS) Howell and Bowser, held over, are next Pone Wah, who tosses and catches twirl- to give the show whatever comedy it has, ing plates with abandon. Concludes with CLUB CHARLES BALTIMORE which isn't much. The singer of the a fluorescent whip dance. team has Next on is Personal Management Eastern Representative a fine voice -rich, dexterous a petite Chinese tapper, and trained-which he uses with a lot who dances under the unglamorous LOUIS W. CONAN LEON NEWMAN of savvy on a whole range of tunes. Guy cognomen of "Butch." Very lovely and is strong enough to stand as a single. fascinating with her jitter routines. The CENTRAL BOOKING OFFICE MARK J. LEDDY OFFICE Comic of the Tel-Sings, a clever duo 43 WEST 48TH YORK pair has a funny mug but with some in- 203 NO. WABASH AVE. CHICAGO ST. NEW CITY needs material badly. Comedy is mostly triguing dance interpretations, round lame or of the toilet variety. With out the show. Do a mirth- provoking stronger rib stuff team has good possi- satire of Greta Garbo and George Arliss bilities. Receptions good, bringing on dancing the Gavotte. Good cutting job encore bit. by Al Guera and ork (8). Business tops. Production number follows with Ray Edward Murphy. Sneed Jr. attempting the role of a ballet dancer. Aside from a few trick Sneed jumps, shows nothing as a balletist. Line's R part of the routine flows into a "black light "' sequence whioh is topped by a revolving ball mirror effect to convey the idea of snowflakes. A good show - manly sequence, on the whole, and pro- ductive of good mitting. FRED Maurice Rocco, doubling from the Roxy, is on next with the usual. First two numbers pulled just fair palming, but he got into high with his third in which he dances at the keyboard and ended with heavy mitts and two encores. Ink Spots are next -to- closing, also SANBORN purveying the usual stuff on some standards and newies. After a pretty good exit hand they returned for If I Didn't Care, and in the regular pattern And Still Around with and solid applause. Finale has the line dancing, the prin- cipals taking bows and Ray Sneed Jr. the "Missus" and turning on some really juicy snake -hips stuff to which he ought to stick. Cootie Williams ork earns a laurel for "Button" a grand job of accompaniment for a show requiring many different tempos and effects. Claud Hopkins relieves. Biz capacity. Coke and Poke, billed, did not show when caught. Paul Ross. Direction Forbidden City, San NAT KALCHEIM Francisco Talent Policy: Dance band and floorshows at 8, 10, 12. Owner -manager, Charlie Low. Production, Walton Biggerstaff. Prices: $1.50 minimum, dinner from $2.50. WALLY OVERMAN A well- balanced show here with all America's Finest Cartoonist Act Chinese entertainers. Chorus line (8), Management exotically costumed. handles routines JACK KALCHEIM with well co- ordinated pep and verve. The famous French star, CHARLES A shrewd operator, Charlie Low, doubles FREDERICK BROS. as emsee. He definitely retains the dis- New York TRENET, is at present obtaining a tre- tinction of having one of the top Ori- mendous ental night spots in the country. success in PARIS, at the Music Gladys Mar, a vocal newcomer, high- Hall lights. Has socko quality voice. Her `:A QsV%'.K:. Till the End of Time rN evokes plenty of f Until Jan. 3 fiend clapping. Suave Dudley Lee pre- Roosevelt Hotel, N. 0. L ' E T O I L E sides over the male singing department. "The greatest act of Its kind In Smooth at the mike with It Had To Be show business." You and It's Been a Long, Long Time. -Seymour Weiss. Has Sinatra type poise while performing.

www.americanradiohistory.com 33 December 15, 1945 The Billboard NIGHT CLUBS- VAUDEVILLE A VAUDEVILLE REVIER'S M MILLION DOLLAR ENGAGEMENT E AT Radio City Music Hall, Oriental, Chicago CITY MUSIC HALL (Reviewed Thursday Afternoon, Dec. 6) R RADIO New York Russ Morgan's ork (five reeds, five I NEW YORK (Reviewed Thursday Afternoon, Dec. 6) brass, five strings and three rhythm), season coupled with the pic, Captain Kidd, C To celebrate the Christmas here, for the genial house has pulled all the stops in putting should do good biz spectacle. It is as color- trombonist- leader hasn't played here for A on its annual a couple of years, and he has plenty of ful as a tropical jungle; has beautiful 9 ASS effects. It has friends locally after a number of long rather than sensational stays. even gone in for a semi -book show which hotel room S stretches out thru four acts. Plot Is Band gets its biggest punch from the simple. Boy and girl love each other; leader himself, who's probably the most girl becomes jealous and gives the boy natural emsee among frontera today. the air. Discovers it's all a mistake Morgan -styled music's on the sugary N and they marry amidst great jubilation. side, with the fiddles getting a good ß vi II toll Girl is Patricia Bowman; boy is Rudolf break to show that strings mean a lot U Kroeller. Scenes take place on the vil- to really putting over ballads. Did okay lage square and in the toymaker's shop, on one swing special, with intro proving M AN ORCHID plenty of latitude for Sharkey that volume doesn't have to be high to ° ONE OF THE BEST... allowing Jerry TO to flip and flap his way thru his rou- make the music solid. Morgan himself B tines on the outdoor set and for the contributes several fine muted trom- WALTER WINCHELL bit where E ¡ Briants to do their slow corkscrew drops bone bits plus a mitt -getting TOPS IN TOWN - in the toy shop. Both acts fit the scene he Steinways a medley of his own hits. R like a nylon swim suit on a Varga model Band's showmanship department is com- DOROTHY KILGALLEN DON'T LIE and draw enthusiastic responses. pletely in the hands of the leader, who FIGURES First half handles the assignment capably and Stageshow is in two parts. with his homey 1st WEEK $126,000 the Nativity spectacle grabbed plenty of laughs 1 TO is given over to humor. SINCERE THANKS which this year is as big and beautiful 2nd WEEK 130,000 as ever. House staff in shepherds' cos- Chirp Marjorie Lee wisely sticks to the tumes open with Holy Night. As they moody ballads, where she's the equal of V LEON LEONIDOFF 3rd WEEK 125,000 come on stage from side boxes lights go most girl singers today. Her tender treat- down and Star of Bethlehem appears in ment of two current pops earned warm E 4th WEEK 120,000 the sky bringing on the Wise Men with response. Gal is well suited to this band's JACK DAVIES donkeys, horses and vehicles. Cloud ef- book. Tenor man Bud Weber handles the N 5th WEEK 123,500 fects give impression of motion. Caravan bouncier numbers plus the tenor and stops in front of stable. Doors open clary breaks capably. T THE ROCKETTES 6th WEEK 117,000 slowly revealing the Nativity spectacle Jeanne Blanche opens the show with a with cast singing Come All Ye Faithful. tap routine that displays well her ability R 7th WEEK 105,000 Reception was tremendous. to pick 'em up and drop 'em, but she CORPS DE BALLET 8th WEEK 112,000 Second half opens with a charmingly lacks flash until her closing series of I effective ballet which spins. Encore bit won a much healthier conceived and L 9th WEEK 78,500 segues into a winter scene showing boy mitt because it was filled with acro GLEE CLUB and girl. Then comes the village square steps that kept the payees' eyes on the scenes and some alert. o with colorful crowd TOTAL $1,037,000 slick choral work. Big doll in window Remainder of the bill was Bob Du- RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL PERSONNEL of toy shop attracts boy and girl Pont, who always manages to add a few Q . helped, too . . revolves to inside an already fine P.S.: The picture sees green. Stage new juggling bits to U the Waldorf." y of toy shop, with girl discovering that standard routine and thereby wins AND EXECUTIVE STAFF "Week -End at doll is really a doll and not a rival. mitting even from those who attend I Switches costume with doll on stage to weekly, and Hal Stone with Nina Kaye, fool boy. Toymaker comes in and chase whose standard trom- blowing mixed with S Personal Management scene follows. Dolls come to life and scissor snipping pulled a mess of laughs go thru some eye -filling terps, bring on and plenty of palm whacking at the T E. Z. KEOUGH, Chicago, the Briants (2) (toymaker is the other bow -off. Johnny Sippel. half of the team) for some funny rou- tines and bits of business. Next scene is back to the village square showing Chicago, Chicago wedding and ending with the customary (Reviewed Friday Afternoon, Dec. 7) order and kick routines of the him close sled Cab Calloway and company are making Critics acclaim Rockettes, who wind up pulling a their annual visit here, and again, the with the married couple. Biz, ca- hi -de -ho king brings an extremely well - Plc, The Bells of St. Mary. paced and balanced show. Show is even the "Find" for 1946 pacity. Bill Smith.. stronger than last year's, with Pearl Bailey and Dotty Saulters both rating encores and getting them. Strand, New York Calloway aggregation (nine brass, five BACKWARD (Reviewed Friday Evening, December 7) sax and four rhythm) offer a brand of PROFESSOR some mo- jump and pop music that's just bouncy New Christmas show has enough to get the swingsters and just (JIMMY EDMONDSON) ments but they're so far apart that pack- of lulls. It opens mellow enough to entice the longhairs. age seems a collection Cab used only one really wild flagwaver to a bow to the season with Hal Mc- with a jump ver- and that was the finale wherein the #1 COMEDY SENSATION Intyre's ork giving out crescendo beat Is good. Leader's mug- sion of Jingle Bells. The scrim snow Boys ging has slowed down a little, but he's flakes give the tee -off a nice start. still the eye- catcher when it comes to JUST CONCLUDED have one production number that is reeds are stick -waving. Cab also rated nice re- framed with skill. Brasses and sponse on his one attempt at the scat pulled down front, with floor lights hit- library and his other try on a pop tune. 4 BIG WEEKS them when they take a chorus. ting Un- It's unusual to see two gal singers rate Silhouette and spotting is effective. heavy applause during the same show, CHICAGO THEATRE fortunately the number chosen doesn't but la Bailey and la Saulters both nab live up to the build -up. Song announced (See CHICAGO, CHICAGO, on page 34) version of Swanee River is THEATRE as American and VARIETY SAYS: CHICAGO loaded so heavily with harmonics act of Prof. Backwards (Jimmy Edmond- counterpoint that any resemblance be- Gate, Hit of the bill is the unique wrote and Golden son), who is making his first appearance at the B & K flagship after tween what Stephen Foster following a long run at the Panther McIntyre's lads give out with is being out of town but a few weeks what San Francisco Room of the Sherman Hotel. strictly an accident. Result was a dull 5) didn't act too (Reviewed Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. on in a professor's cap and gown, he goes into a funny line hand from a house that Coming on. happy in the first place. Show is a riot of jazz, with Lionel of chatter at once and has 'em laughing from the first gag Material ex and part of Hampton and his ork in the lead. Band manner of delivery makes it even funnier. After this Johnny Desmond, -G.I. session. is clever and his long (See Strand, New York, on page 34) tees off with a Flying Home jazz he brings out a large blackboard and proceeds to amaze by writing By the time the thing gets well under words backwards, upside down and in combinations keeping up a steady way -with Hampton banging a barbaric line of chatter during his mental calisthenics. Spell it backwards or New York drum, his brasses screaming and the forwards the guy is a wow. Loew's State, rest of ork catching the jazz fever -whole (Reviewed Friday Evening, December 7) business reached the proportion of- a State's current offering starts well and celebration in a jungle of wildest jazz ends fairly well but sags badly in the dreams. Sgsston lasts a good 20 min- STARTS SOON ON NBC fact that cheers middle. May be due to the utes. At every pause the audience AS FEATURED COMEDIAN house had to replace Ross and La Pierre for more. Slide, Hamp, Side; Air Mail at the last minute due to illness in the Special, No Can Do, and Hey, Baba, Re HIS OWN 1/2 HOUR SHOW team. Theoretically the skein of the Ba are other Hampton numbers. Hamp- show would have been tighter as origi- ton, himself, solos on the vibraharp. nally planned. Herbie Field wows the house with THANKS TO JULES HERBUVEAUX Opens with Mel Hall, standard cycling clarinet and saxophone work. Arnette act. Hall goes thru his well -known Gobbs, Johnny Griffin and Trumpeter AND C. L. MENSER with the single, double and high Jimmy Nottingham also step out of the paces bring wheels, ending in the bit where he does band ranks for specialties. Vocals PERSONAL MANAGER a head -stand on the rolling stilt. Good Madeleine Green to the mike in You from the fair -sized crowd. Were Right, Baby. The Rimmer Sisters palming Red HARRY GREBEN Jesse and James, first seen in these are a fast tap dance team. CHICAGO parts at the Zanzibar, follow with their, and Curly are a comedy duo billed as 203 N. WABASH AVE. fast, furious and breakneck acro -taps "Two Hep Gaters." Pic, Mama Loves See LOEW'S STATE on page 34) Papa. Edward Murphy.

www.americanradiohistory.com - -.-e- ,.. - '4' -- 34 NIGHT CLUBS -VAUDEVILLE The Billboard December 15, 1945 three routines. Two are dance stuff with heavy mugging that detracts rather IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII STRAND, NEW YORK which starts off okay but becomes tire- than adds her work. (Continued from page 33) to some. Main reason seems to be the McIntyre also carries a Glenn Miller's overseas outfit in his sameness of both routines. It needs quartet (two theater preem, showed a pleasant per- guys, two gals) who have one spot of added bits of biz and some under, rather their own but are used mostly for back- sonality, an attractive grin that can be than overacting to sell. Pair also do a used more, but only a so -so voice. Some ing individual singers. The group is un- ç;tk'Y' talking bit where he makes like Boris billed and so far has no handle. of this was apparently due to nervous- Karloff (he looks like him) and she \v ness and rehearsal fatigue. Boy opened Pic Too Young to Know. Biz fair. dead pans. It starts off okay but bogs Bill Smith. with Waiting' for the Train, followed down in the Sinatra take -off a la Karloff. with It Might as Well Be Spring and Reason here is stretch -out. A couple of went into a Glenn Miller medley. Came bars instead of a whole chorus would back for an overlong Symphony, both get better returns. CHICAGO, CHICAGO the English and French version. Desmond (Continued from page 33) has a nice easy style and sings a smooth Johnny Woods, comic, had a hard their share because their styles and song. Should do better after he gets a time selling his radio commercial rou- choice of selections don't duplicate. Couple of shows under his belt. tine. His take -off of air and pic names Winsome Dotty, once a pro dancer, has Slam Stewart Trio (Earl Gardner, was skillful enough, but once they finally worked some terping into her piano; Hal West, drums) gave the show started they didn't mean anything. Rea- presentation, and the addition is sure- the shot in the arm it needed. But as son here is that a good impression is not fire to pull more palming. Rated one they close the bill the hypo is too late. enough. To cash in a performer must encore and would have had another Three guys really went to' town on have material to sell with the take -off, coming up if stage time would have al- Slipped Disc, This or That and Lady, Be and Woods didn't show any. lowed it. Pearl Bailey has only a couple Good. On latter the band came in for In the voice department Frankie Les- of sides on Columbia to presage her some sock work. 6tewart has one piece ter, a slight, thin lad did okay with coming here, but after her vaude p. a. of biz that drew top hands. His gut box I'll Buy That Dream and It's Been a here she should get a number of re- bridging down to the highest note got Long, Long Time. Ruth Gaylor, a cute quests for her presence at supper clubs a splendid reception. bouncy brunette, got some nice mitting locally. Gal has that knack of making The Albins, knockabout comedy dance with her Kiss, Good Night; Tired and it seem as tho she's singing right next team, get laughs on appearances alone. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. Canary to you, even if it's a big vaude house. Boy is big and full of muscles; gal is has possibilities but needs a lot of ex- Treats her rhythm blues numbers in a a pint -sized cute blonde. Couple show perience in acting. She relaxed and natural manner, much like over -punches a hillbilly blues singer, and the change from the usually shouting and jiving Negro chirps is a welcome one. Gal has played down the facial mannerisms, and substitutes glib double- entendre side re- marks during her songs to pull plenty CHARLIE MASTER Jr. of chuckling. Three Poms, gals, two in slacks and the TAKING OVER FOR other in abbreviated garb, run the gamut of tap -terping, with the two in RETURNING EAST slacks doing precision taps that accen- for personal appearance tour after two solid years on the West Coast as featured tuate their positive ability, while the singer on CHARLIE MASTER third member does an acro bit to swing music. Both their tapping and acro won full approval here. NBC Tho Moke and Doke are a revised mon- Hollywood San Francisco CLIMBING HI WITH RHYTHM icker for what was once "Moke and plus record breaking engagements in leading Poke," act hasn't changed essentially, coast hotels, clubs and theaters. STARTING 5TH YEAR except that the nets man, Doke, does a OPENING swell job of Stepin Fetchit dancing. DECEMBER 17 Pair pulled a couple of gags which didn't RETURN ENGAGEMENT fit in a white vaude house, altho they'd NICOLLET HOTEL go over big in a race house. MINNEAPOLIS Johnny Sipper. WITH THE PACIFIC Personal Manager PHIL TYRRELL LOEW'S STATE, NEW YORK 203 N. WABASH AVE. CHICAGO USO CAMP SHOWS (Continued from page 33) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111 dance act. Two young Negro hoofers get over solidly. Then Harry Martin lets down the pace of the bill with a tiresome act combin- ing gag musical bits on three instru- ments and a string of dog -eared patter. It is bad management for the house to let him stay on so long considering the oteAead little he has to offer. Results in terms of laughs and palming just passable. Sylvia Froos follows under the handi- cap left by the previous aot, but suc- ceeds only halfway in picking up the show again. For one thing her yellow, billowy gown with big red roses should be eliminated -it makes her look rather erice blimpish. For another, her musical com- edy delivery is lost or largely dissipated in the two pops with which she antes. II On the third number a novelty called IN Do It Now her turn comes to life and 4. TASTE t brings her a hearty hand. Encores with an overly long parody involving so -so LAUGHABLE ENJOYABLE impressions. Acts need careful over- ENTERT AMA"' hauling. CURRENTLY James Barton is on next -to- closing and provides a welcome lift to the proceed- ings. From his repertoire of bits, songs, SILVER FROLICS -Chicago dances and sketches he has chosen his standard two -drunks routine, a sof t- shoe terp with buck -and -wing touches, (WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY )000( e, sketch about a sharpie of the 1920's NEW YORK CHICAGO HOLLYWOOD and his own version of Cardona. His great pantomimic skill, remarkable tim- ing, gubbucket humor and seasoned de- livery hit the audience immediately and bring enthusiastic reactions down the LOOK LOOK line. Reg Kehoe (six women, two men) JOHNNY LEONARD MITZIE LUCKY GIRLS close with a vibraharp act. A bass, cym- bals, maraccas have been added to give AND HIS BACK AT THE VOGUE TERRACE, more body to the tinkly music produced. McKEESPORT, PA. Stick wielders work cleanly in a serles of ORCHESTRA AFTER TWO WEEKS' ABSENCE thoughtful arrangements of pops and semi -classics. However, despite ability CLOSE JANUARY 3, 1946 shown by the members thereof, the act FEATURING suffers from basic fault of all this acts of Thanks to BILL HOUSEHOLD, Prop., and JOE type -the difficulty of varying the HILLEN pace, the tendency to knock out the JUDY TREMAINE music at a canter, the fundamental lack of punch. Considering the problems in- Currently of volved, aot builds to a nice finish and earns good applause. Picture is High- ness and Bellboy. Paul Ross. HOLLYWOOD DINNER CLUB LARRY LURE MOBILE, ALABAMA "THE DUKE OF SONG AND HIS PIANO" CASHBOX COLORED ATTRACTIONS Featuring Topnotch Sepia Talent HELD ACTS - DIIOS - TRIOS and BANDS Personal Management ALPINE VILLAGE Write, WIre OVER ELDORADO or Phone CLUB THEATRICAL BOOKING AGENCY ALLSBROOK PUMPHREY AGENCY Personal Representative: R. J. Marin Colored Radio Artists Assn. 301 Fox Theatre Bldg. 3458 S. State St. -Suite 407 -Chicago RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Detroit 1, Mich. Phone VIC. 7917 -Nlte Phone WEN. 5434

www.americanradiohistory.com December I5, 1945 The Billboard NIGHT CLUBS -VAUDEVILLE 35 Joe Glaser- Leland Hayward Contracts Are Broken ---- But Pre - Yule Deb Set Shift Offices -No "To -Let" NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Joe Glaser's As- For Buff Casino; sociated Booking Office will shortly move from 745 Fifth Avenue over to Madison, Op Usually Pays and Pays Plans Name Shows where the Leland Hayward offices are located. But before the boys start a (Continued from page 30) pay, he can find that before the night rush for the vacated quarters they might payees. In fact, one local op who wants is over he hasn't any show at all. All BUFFALO, Dec. 10.-Harry Altman's like to know that MCA will take over an act to stick around will wander the entertainers may be pulled and the new Town Casino, giant downtown the offices and the Leland Hayward staff around the club and bawl the hell out of "unfair" tag hung on the spot. nitery, is now nearing completion and will move in. waiters and busboys for not making with But there is still another way, a way is expected to open before Christmas, in Incidentally, Glaser has added quite the hands. that doesn't even involve AGVA. There time to take in holiday biz. New night a number of acts to its list. New comics If cutting down applause isn't enough is a little known paragraph in the New club was built from scratch at a cost are Sammy Walsh and Henny Haden, there is still another way. The lights are York Police Department's regulations of $125,000 on the Main Stem site, where latter recently got his release from MCA. screwed up. They may come up spots governing cafes which say, "No financial Altman's Town Barn burnt down last when they should be full; blue when indebtedness to entertainers shall re- season. It will be real class spot with they should be white and black -out on main unpaid beyond the period when lavish interior layout, such as domed punch lines or business. It is all an such indebtedness becomes due." Ac- ceilings, carpeting, de luxe fixtures. "accident," but these "accidents" hap- cording to this cutie any act which is let Casino will seat 1,000 persons in nitery pen during every show until the act out without getting paid off in full can room, which will be terraced on five goes crazy. He knows very well that the go to the police and finger the spot, and levels for better vision and have no op is out to get him and he's willing to if he can make his charge stick, and posts at all. The glassed-in cocktail fight back. But in the process of fight- with a contract in existence there is no lounge will accommodate 300 and boast ing back he may hurt himself insofar reason why he can't, the club can lose a large bar with revolving stage in cen- as getting other jobs are concerned. Ob- its license. ter, plus a separate stage at one end of viously, if he can't be presented at his So -o -o -o if a performer goes into a room. Owner of the new venture is R. best, a potential buyer who comes in to cafe and the op doesn't like him it's & H., Inc., namely Harry Altman and see him isn't going to be enthusiastic. just too bad for the op. For the pleasure Harry Waller. Irving Milch is the at- Then, of course, there is the music. It of not having him around he'll have to torney. Ruben Bodenhorn, who did sev- isn't too hard to wander off cue on bits pay the act off in full and then go home eral Latin Quarter niteries, is decorator, of biz. Where the drummer is to come and take it out on his wife and her while Charles E. Speich, Buffalo, is the in with a roll he makes with the cymbal. relations. Because so far as the perform- architect. William Morris agency will be The key can suddenly change; the brass er is concerned the police department exclusive talent bookers. Joseph O. Klein, can get too loud. Yes, there are ways and AGVA says, "Danger! Don't touch." formerly with Stuyvesant Hotel and . and ways. Chez Ami niteries here, will be Casino's The performer, trying to get out of a steward. held over!!! Use of will be on large scale, Always contract can also pull a number of fast talent future bookings, contact ones. A sluff -off performance isn't too Cleric Blasts including name headliners and semi - For hard to manage; coming late for shows names. Shows will be productions fea- WALLY GLUCK, pers. rep. "an accident you know-can happen to turing six to eight -girl lines. Acts will 206 S. Elmwood Ave. Buffalo 1, N. Y. anybody" can occur. And if all these enjoy the 10 modern, separate dressing fail-well, a guy can get sick, can't he ?" Minn. Liquor rooms with showers and special lava- tories, according to Owner Altman. For Comes AGVA his opening show he plans to have Terry Where all or any of these things hap- Nitery Ads Lawler, singer; De Marlos, dance team; MEL pen for the purpose of breaking a con- Raymond and Shay, Vikings, Seven tract AGVA is usually called in. Of MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 8.- Nitery biz in Sliman Acrobats and Muriel Kretlow line course, the agent is also in there. But State was thrown into turmoil here when girls. all too often the agent forgets he's sup- Dr. Richard R. Raines, Methodist minis- Meanwhile Altman has kept his equally HALL posed to be an artist's representative. ter, charged in a sermon that Minneso- Glen Casino, rep. large suburban nitery, the He makes more like a cafe owner's tans spent 80 per cent more for alcoholic open and attracted biz despite early win- UNICYCLE ACE His reason is that there are plenty of beverages in 1944 than for public schools. ter these past weeks. He's been featur- acts around but he has to keep on the Cleric proposed liquor industry -and ing well -known headliners out there, good side of the spot if he wants to keep it was interpreted as cafes as well as off - such as Jackie Heller, Jan Bart, Tommy selling it acts. So what, he figures, if sale establishments- should have adver- Dix, Maurice Rocco, Dinning Sisters, CURRENTLY I don't make so much on this act, I'll tising rights removed. In order to keep Modernaires with Paula Kelly, etc. make it up on that dance team I'm put- liquor industry from winning support ting in next week. Unfortunately this of young people, advertising for wine, LOEW'S STATE attitude among agents isn't so rare. It liquor and beer should be eliminated to NEW YORK is a position taken not only by the make it "less easy," he said. Calumet City Sets smallies but also by the large offices. So Modus operandi would be: slice adver- BOX 109, Paw Paw, Mich. this leaves the act in a whole. So AGVA tising one -half the first year, 25 per cent Nitery Comeback comes in. second year and eliminate entirely third A union rep can come in to the spot year. Ban would apply to radio, news- CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-Foundation for and catch the show. If the actor has a papers, magazines,, billboards and all what is expected to be the first of a legitimate ,beef AGVA can pull the act other media. series of new promotions to put Calumet and force the spot to pay off for the en- His figures cited showed $90,000,000 City, Ind., back on the amusement map tire contract. This doesn't happen often spent for drinks by the State in 1944 as a night -life area, was laid this week but it is provided for, even tho ops are against $50,000,000 for public schools. when Jack Gannas and Sam Mitchell, StZ6glie not aware of it. The union's position in Minister's blast was picked up imme- ops of the Riptide, Calumet City dancery this is quite clear. It says that ops diately by United Temperance Movement and lounge, reported they are building a should know the acts they buy and once of Minnesota, which declared that federal bistro, Which will feature a complete they make a deal they have to go thru legislation to ban all liquor ads is floorshow with a substantial budget. ROBERTS with it. If the op is stuck that's just too needed. Such a proposal will be made The city was quite an amusement cen- bad, either'he doesn't know his business to Congress, it said. It admitted that ter before to the war, but suffered MENTALISTSamiMAGICAL MASTERS or the agent pulled a fast one. No cafe any State law banning such ads would considerably when gas rationing and the know the Rep.: owner will admit he doesn't be ineffective because it would not cover draft cut down patronage. Calumet City Por. HARRY GREEN ' M ' business. He throws all the blame on network radio shows or national maga- lies in the center of the Indiana oil v;é the agent. The agent isn't going to zines and papers coming into State. refinery and steel production area and stand by and be accused of throwing Charles S. Davis, executive secretary is approximately 20 miles from Chi's curves and besides, he doesn't want to of On -Sale Liquor Dealers' Association, Loop. Versatile Comedian lose the account, so he passes the buck called minister's sermon "unbridled While plans for the new spot are still Jack "Quickie" Griffin to the performer. The fact that many statements which are not helpful in the vague because of building difficulty, Now Tenth Week acts are booked sight unseen is blithely situation." He declared "we try to run Gannas reported that he and Mitchell, ANDY'S LOG TAVERN, CAMDEN, N. J. ignored. No agent would willingly ad- our business as clean and legitimately as 'together with Bill Johnson, another lo- Write mit he would do such a thing and no possible and don't deal in half- truths cal op, are set to bring a good -sized Wire op would admit that he didn't know all and prejudices." Show into the room when it's finished. Phone JOLLY JOYCE about the act. So AGVA takes the po- Location of the new nitery is in the Walnut 4877 Earle Theater Bldg. sition that inasmuch as everybody con- middle of the State Street amusement Walnut 9451 PHILADELPHIA, PA. cerned knew the act's work it is pay or Miami's Traymore Gets Own center in Calumet City. play. So it is back to the old merry -go- Previously the bulk of Calumet City s round of who gets paid and who does Blue Angel With Bea Kalmus allure was a long line of cocktail lounges what to who. and striporiums. About a year or so ago a dance team MIAMI, Dec. 8.-This town will soon "DOC" GUNN was booked into an East Side class hotel have a Blue Angel, modeled on the New "Magic With a Bangl" by MCA. After the first show the team York version. Spot is being operated Turf Club Switching to Class Just finished three straight years with Camp was let out. It later developed that no- by Bea Kalmus, who is doubling as one Shows -20 months overseas. Write or wire body had seen the act work before. The of the performers on tap. Opening is Pitch; Carlos and Melissa Set office which made the sale admitted that set for December 20. Mervyn Nelson HARRY NATHANO it was relying on reports for its sales and Duke Art Jr. are inked in so far. GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. 8.-Sam 48 W. 48th St. NEW YORK CITY pitch. The hotel admitted it had be- Spot 1s located in the Traymore Hotel. Macao is switching his Turf Club to a lieved the agent. But in this case the and has capacity of about 200. Policy supper club policy patterned after the team was paid off and no harm was done. will be a la New York. Blue Angel -Ruban Bleu idea, beginning BE A BOOSTER December 21. Room will be the first of for After the First Show its type in the town. Spot seats 250 and In the old days, letting an act out HAVANA -MADRID is having a lounge addition built for the MILTON SCHUSTER after the first show was common prac- opening. Macio is dickering thru New Want Talent at All Times. (Continued from page 32) York for initial bill. Carlos and tice, even tho there was a contract in agents 127 North Dearborn St., Chicago 2, III. force. It was all very simple: Nobody too slick, just too poised. He doesn't Melissa are set so far. paid much attention to contracts and punch $o the audience, but instead there was nobody around to make them. fritters away his effect in a series of But now AOVA has muscles and the lit - meaningless gestures, postures, manner- tie paper which both parties sign means isms. Closer application, a stronger ef- exactly what it says. Today no reliable fort at reaching the payees will benefit HARRY MARTIN agent will sell a performer on a con- shim. Also his arrangements could be CURRENTLY tingent basis. The least an op can sign simplified to his advantage. Reactions LOEW'S STATE THEATER for is a week in a cafe or a split week pretty good, calling for two encores. if it is a theater and split weeks is its Juanito Sanabria ork just so -so on NEW YORK regular policy. Of course, if an op gets accompaniment. Carlos Varela band re- Dir. LEO COHEN tough and says the act is out and no lieves. Bis lair. Paul Ross.

www.americanradiohistory.com `\\\\\\\\\\\\\\.j36 The Billboard NIGHT CLUBS- VAUDEVILLE -GROSSES, Dea:"nber 15, 1945 100 GAGS, $1.05 Music Hall 78G; Roxy 70G; 5 Nitery Bills g or FUN- MASTER GAG -FILES Paramount 60G-- --Nose Dives Usher in Sock Nos. 1 Thru 13 / 13 Different Scripts NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -A tough combo Johnny Desmond and Too Young to Winter Season of stormy weather, no holidays and Know (reviewed this issue). MIAMI, Dec. 8.- Winter season really S Christmas right around the corner hit Loew's State (3,500 seats; average, $25,- hit on high this week with five new $1.05 EACH Stem houses a roundhouse last week. 000) nose -dived from previous week's shows. George Dientz's Paddock opened Make Checks Payable to Even new bills took it on the chin. $31,000 for Enoch Light, Hal LeRoy, Tuesday (4) with Nick Long Jr., Hal Paula Smith. Radio City Music Hall (6,200 seats; Cookie Bowers to $20,000 for the second Thornton, Don Tannen and Frances average, $100,000) collected $78,500 for its week of the same bill. Pic was In Welch. Bill Jordan's Bar of Music took Mail to the "FUN- MASTER" ninth and final week for Bob Evans and Hollywood. New bill (reviewed this issue) down the shutters Wednesday (5), with 00 200 W. 54th St., N. Y. C. 19 Week End at the Waldorf for a beautiful started Thursday (6) has James Barton, a brand -new bill at Clover the same eve- total of over a million fish. Show teed Ross and LaPierre, Sylvia Froos and ning. Bill Bantlett's swank 86 Club \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\7. Highness and the Bellboy. came to life Thursday (6), off with $126,000. Next came $130,000, also Club Ball $125,000, $120,000 and $123,500. For the headed by Hal Fischer. sixth, seventh and eighth innings the Next week Lou Walters's revue, Mid- figures were $117,000, $105,000 and $112,- Masters's 1- Nighter night in Paris, bows into the Terrace BLACK LIGHTS 000. New show opening Thursday (6) Thursday (13). Frolic spot breaks away has Sharkey, the Briants and Bells of from its ballroom routine on Saturday St. Mary (reviewed in this issue). Nets Coliseum $2,226 (15), bringing in Gustave G. Coplan's BLACK LIGHT FIXTURES ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec. 8.- production of The Drunkard with two Roxy (6,000 seats; average, $75,000) Frankie Masters's ork played the opening shows nightly and dancing between All fluorescent and lumines- slipped to $70,000 for its third stanza winter dance shows to Tommy with Beatrice Kay, Maurice Rocco, at the Coliseum here Nunez ork. On the same cent materials, satins, filters Arthur Wednesday (28)', attracting 938 dancers night E. M. Loew's Latin Quarter gets Blake and Dolly Sisters. Bill opened with and grossing Manager way. $93,000, followed by $90,000. Rex MacDonald under Sandwiched between these LARGE STOCK $2,266. Admission was raised by the openings is the new show at Kitty Davis, IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Paramount (3,664 seats; average, $75,- management to $2.50 per head. with Emil. Boreo the headliner (14). 000) teed off with $60,000 for its preem Charlie Spivak and his ork are sched- Thursday (20) Ned Schuyler's Beach- Write for Our Catalog with Tony Pastor ork, Marion Hutton, uled for the ballroom Friday, December comber, Bee Kalmus's Blue Angel and Paul and Eva Reyes and Masquerade in 14. Sammy Kaye, who broke the house Ciro's make their bid for a share of the Mexico. records with a gross of more than seven sock biz in view. BLACK LIGHT PRODUCTS Capitol (4,627 seats; average, $55,000) grand last winter, may return for an- 450 East Ohio Street Chicago 11, III. fell to $65,000 for its second week with other stab in January. Jimmy Dorsey ork, Carlos Ramirez; Low, Union Killing Hite and Stanley, and Yolanda as against opener and previous figure of Sally Rand, Vagabonds Net Settled 8G \\ \ \ \ \\ . $80,000. for ÚBLIC Neat 29G at Golden Gat e 40 Strand (2,779 seats; average, $45,000) ADDRESS for its fifth and last week with Vaughn SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. -Paced by Balm by Widow Monroe, Fred Sanborn and Confidential Sally Rand and the Four Vagabonds, MINNEAPOLIS, SYSTEMS Agent saw a, poor $38,000 Dec. 8. -Suit for $10; as compared Golden Gate (2,850 seats; average, $32,- 000 brought against Casablanca / Complete!!! with previous week's $49,000. Started off 000; prices, 45 to 95 cents) grossed $29,- night For Inly.door club corp for the / with $70,000, then came $63,000 and $52,- 000 for week ended Tuesday fatal slaying of her use o n (4). husband, Albert Schneider, by the miss- 000. New bill opened Friday (7) has Hal Stageshow also had Niles and Nadyne, ing Rubin Mane -back McIntyre ork, Slain Stewart Trio, Shetsky (Wayne Saunders), guarantee. Ted Cooke and Helen Hughes Dancers. former club manager, was settled out of / P.A. Sys- Pic, Cornered, third week. court by Mrs. Schneider tems with for $8,000. IElectrlo Schneider, union organizer, was shot Guitar out- and killed in the Casablanca in a brawl /let. Write, Abracadabra Is Sock WHO GETS ETHEL? following an after -hours drinking party /stating area ...:::.. :.:.:...::.....` of space you (Continued from page 30) last July 27. Shetskay, indicted on charges occupy. ures into their vehicle $125.00 Up 4 -Day and are rumored of the murder, went to trial before a I Biz in Toledo to have gone to Equity about it. jury and disappeared from the scene MORRIS MANDELL a CO. TOLEDO, Dec. Blackstone con- while I/ 131 W. 14 St., New York 11. N. Y 8.- Injunction his trial still was in process. On tinued to pack 'em in during a four -day- Talk court ruling, the case continued without five-performance (December 2 -5) There also is talk about injunctions the engage- flying back defendant who subsequently was ment at the Town Hall Theater here. and forth. Miller says if convicted of the slaying. He has never Wednesday matinee sellout she tries to open for the Shuberts he will with per- serve her with restraining been found. formance starting at 3:30. School of- a paper. The Judge John A. Weeks of Hennepin Dis- ficials co- operated Shuberts, it is learned on good authority, by permitting stu- have trict Court, who signed an order dis- Fits It Then dents time off to attend. threatened to serve both Miss missing the damage suit against Casa- Waters and Miller with a similar docu- blanca, also ordered the Through Is This was first time in the city for ment if she doesn't open for them. receivership ac- Blackstone on full show schedule. On tion brought against nitery of Mrs. A check at AGVA concerning Miller's Schneider be stricken from the t,rNUrt Locked prior visits at Paramount and State rights in the matter elicited the infor- the records. MMM theaters (atageshows and movies) box mation that an "approximate opening Buttonhole N--in.d,nkN office always was fair. D- rar Securely date" is considered to be the period one Wisconsin Nixes Mayor MwsInfion Blackstone route: Akron, December 9- week before and one week after the pre- MI/ or 12; Utica, N. Y., December 13 -15; Erie sumed time. Thus, technically, Miller is Theater, in position MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 8.- Amendment Cart not be passed to another Schenectady, December 16 -22. where if he pays Miss Waters of State law to enable the mayor of by December 13 for the week's "work" Minneapolis to revoke a liquor license without destroying it. Assorted from 6 Colors. December onwards he can protect was the major item in a legislative pro- Sample and prices Raye -Naldi 18G, L. A.; his pact. The op says he may do so, gram on request. Order Today! under consideration by United Clark Revue 21G but hopes to straighten everything out Temperance Movement of Minnesota. WESTERN BADGE & NOVELTY CO. in time for his planned December 27 Proposal was made after Mayor Hum- 402 Opening. N. Exchange St., St. Paul 2, Minn. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8.-Mary Raye phrey of Minneapolis was blocked by and Naldi are expected to trip over a State ruling, for revoking liquor license weak $18,000 b. o. at the Orpheum (2,200 Tropic Isle, Brooklyn Spot, of Casablanca night club, scene of the seats) this week. Other acts: Johnny fatal slaying of a union leader. Mayor "110W TO MASTER Mack, Merry Men (3), Harry Steffen, Looking for Names Now had called a hearing on the shooting, THE Anne Triola. Pic, Condemned. but before he could get under way with (The CEREMONIES" Last week, Cottonseed NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The Tropic Isle, it, the State attorney -general ruled the Art of Successful Emseeing) Clark and his old By Billy Glasen Hollywood Barn. Dance Revue roped in an -line downtown Brooklyn cafe, is right to cancel on -sale liquor license "One of the Best M. C.'s In the Business" an okay $21,500 take, sharing the stage out hunting for names to preem with rested with the issuing branch of govern- $3.00 Per Copy with Smiley Burnette, Sunshine Girls, what it hopes to be a new policy. Spot ment, the city council. PAULA SMITH Ozie Waters and Art Wenzel. Screen fare, has been running with lines and three - 200 West 54th St. N. Y. C. 19, N. Y. The Fatal Witness. four acts for some time. Recently it got rid of the lines and limited shows to acts. SID WHITE'S Earle Grosses Fat 26G; Charles Carol, op of the club, admitted that he tried to buy Tommy Dix and Joey SOUTHERN THEATRICAL AGENCY Basie 817 Washington Ave. Miami Beach, SCENERY Heading Pop Bill Adams but both were unavailable. In Fla. any case room expects to bring in some A. G. V. A. & A. F. of M. Dye Drops, Flat Sets, Cycloramas, Draw Curtains, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8. - Box- office name for New Year's and failing that Operating Equipment take went well over the average at the expects to preem with attractions short- THE MAJESTIC HOTEL Earle Theater (seating, 3,000; prices, 45 7th at the Ocean Miami Beach, Fla. SCHELL SCENIC STUDIO s.HighColumbus, ly after that. Spot now seats 325 but O. to 95 cents) for the week ending Thurs- alterations are being made to increase Catering to the Profession-Professional Rates day (5). The tills had a fat $26,500. it to about 425. Room operates on a EYELASHES Count Basie, a heavy fave here, was the no cover -no minimum basis. If it gets "Beau- T -Glo" top item on the stage bill, which also its name talent it expects to up the Hand made of human hair. Natural colors. Made featured Shorts Davis, Ann Moore, Dusty tariff to $5 for New Year's, which Carol WANTED for Actors by an Actor. $1.75 PAIR. Agents Fletcher, Jimmy Rushing and the Three says the OPA has permitted It to do. Girl Acrobatic Dancers wanted. GEO. HALL (Distributor), 127 N. Dear- Rockets. Isle of the Dead got a good born St., Chicago, III. hand as the screen attraction. Good Money for Right Girls. Must Coast Ciro Gets Pearl Bailey; Be Able to Do Good Aerial Work. Second Colored Act for Spot Answer With information 0\\ \\,ACTS WANTED BOX D -90, The Billboard, Cincinnati 1, O. HOLLYWOOD, Break your jump East or West-can offer many night club, theater, convention and Dec. 8.-Pearl Bailey, banquet bookings now. Write, wire, come in. I the Negro singer, will open at Ciro's, 10 here, for two weeks beginning December TEN WEEKS 21. 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www.americanradiohistory.com December 15, 1945 MUSIC -COCKTAIL The Billboard 37 Communications to 1564 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y Park Av. Holiday Bookings Hold Up in Six Months &Three Showbiz on Years, for Friends Is in Again; One Day Biz Drooping NY Central May Sell Hopes, Despite NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -Pat Ruggles, ex- NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -In the past few Auld band, who was NEW YORK, Dec. B.-From indications the war ended and food rationing vir- manager for Georgie days some of the flesh peddlers have been developed so far the holiday season looks tually ended, a lot of party -givers are picked up by authorities last April on buzzing with talk about how showbiz was to be about on a par with the same coming out of hiding and this is treat- charges of selling marijuana here, was in for a boom on Park Avenue because period last year as far as bookings of ing calls for units. sentenced this week to six months in (1) hotels would expand their supper units and lounge acts are concerned - While demand is uniformly for all prison and three years probation by Crim- club policy and because (2) practically that is, good volume at good prices. types of acts, most agent report special anal Courts Judge John W. Clancy. all the hotels on the street owned by the While biz in the lounges themselves is emphasis on small bands and entertain- Ruggles, whose real name is Pasquale New York Central had been sold. not as bright as it was at this time, ing combos among the buyers. Ruggiero, was dropped by Auld when the So far as any expansion in show policy 1944, ops apparently are not letting criminal charges were first preferred. In at such hotels as the Park Lane, the gloom enwrap them as the Yuletide ap- court, Ruggles pleaded guilty but claimed Ambassador, the Marguery and others is proaches, but are commiting themselves Berkes Buys Clique; he had been peddling dope as an ac- concerned, the whole thing seems a mys- to stuff they can offer patrons in search commodation to his friends, not for profit. tery to the people concerned. Insiders ad- of cheer. Ops Returning to mit, however, that under the railroad's Lounge agents here are not agreed Old management policy has been extremely about the level of dough being passed Longhairs, Crewcuts conservative, and with new owners in the over the counter for talent. Some say Auto Sales Rooms saddle a change could occur. the mazoom is a little under last year, But whether or not a sale is being DETROIT, Dec. 8.- Clique Lounge, h i l l y Planning gone thru, Wall some better, so the average would place leading midtown spot in the heart of In P contemplated or has the dollar -mark at about last year's Street sources say that Central's sale of the uptown business district, shifted is not a new level. But all are agreed that there hands this week, with Philip and Meyer Annual Self -Plugs Park Avenue real estate is plenty of demand. story. It comes up every three or four Berke, newcomers to the business, taking for over. Former owners, Alvin Rodecker, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8. -A guild months and has been coming up for the "Hold-On" Helps Gilbert Michel and Jack Stone, have contemporary music has been formed by past 10 years. It is admitted that with One factor making for good volume of returned to the automobile sales field, local musicians with an eye to plugging land values being what they are a sale sales, say the flesh- dealers, is a tendency taking over an agency for the new their own compositions here and else- now would be logical. on the part of ops to hold on to what Kaiser- Frazier car. where. Series of concerts featuring only they have in stock already, rather than Spot was to be managed by Edward the works of Philadelphia music writers switch into new bookings. This cuts F. Casmer, who recently sold out Lee is planned as an annual event. Pubs Nix Clements' down the material for turnover sales and 'n' Eddie's, for the new owners, but Group will also make tours and at- hypos the demand for what is left at Casmer may not take over the post be- tempt to interest a radio sponsor in the a time when the normal demand itself is cause of his wife's serious illness. idea to pay for air time. Both pop and New Platter Plans healthy. Lounge uses a pianist, with Marie classical tunes will be plugged. Board HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 8.- Cowboy singer, Another fact, apparently, is a rash Stanley booked in for an indefinite stay. of musician- judges passes on all compo- Zeke Clements, who planned to release of private party engagements for the Location right across from the General sitions used on concert programs. platters of his tunes New Smoke on Christmas period. Last year there was Motors Building makes the spot a leader the Water and I'll Have to Live and some of this type of business but sev- for business men's patronage. Learn under his own Liberty Records eral influences worked against any Fans Shutters After 4 Weeks; label, will have to pull two titles. Trou- large -scale development. One was the Is ble is publishers of the dittids (Adams, scarcity and the price of desirable enter- D. C. Latest Lounge, Casbah; Yule Reopening Planned Vee & Abbott) have already turned tainment, another was that wartime sen- over songs to other diskers and, if Clem- tended to hold down gala and Former Del Rio Is Now Duet PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8. -After a four - timent week run with colored stageshows and ents releases his pressings before the expensive shindigs except among the WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. -The capital others, tiff might result. Clements is men in service installations. Now, with first -run pictures, the Fans (formerly for city has a smart new lounge, The Casbah. Pays) does a record shutdown under I. now en route East to pick up talent Spot opened recently under the manage- Hirst management this week. Colored future Liberty releases. ment of Earl Woodson who is reportedly support has been slim, and since the running it for an undisclosed syndicate house is under six month's lease from House Sold to Hazel Scott Foursome Jells of ops. Room is specializing in Negro Morris Wax, Hirst is expected to relight Chi Palmer To Regular Hot Combo at 7C talent and is spending about $1,000 to for the Christmas and New Year holi- Hilton Hotel Interests $1,500 weekly. Capacity is about 240. days. The management announced a NEW YORK, Dec. 8.- Eugene Cedrick, Don Hanley working there currently. name -band policy when and if it re- CHICAGO, Dec. 8. -The Palmer House, who knocked together a foursome to ac- Meanwhile the former Del Rio, newly opens. well -known Loop hostelry, was purchased company Hazel Scott on her recent con- decorated and rebuilt, has blossomed out this week by Conrad Hilton, owner of the cert tour, has jelled same into a regular under a new tag, The Duet. hotel chain which bears his name, for hot combo and has opened at Murphy's, Chi Terps All Year Round a reported $19,200,000 from the Palmer Trenton, with further dates set for three - Inks Allied House Company which represents the four months. Cedrick works on tenor University CHICAGO, Dec. 8. -With biz reported Potter Palmer family who have owned sax. Others in the outfit are Slick In Distribution Deal up in the suburban and outlying danc- the hotel since Civil War Days. Jones, drums; Edgar Brown, bass, and HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 10. - University eries, O'Henry Ballroom, Class A terpery, Tho reps of the Hilton chain here Fred Jefferson, piano. Bill Peterson, of Records Inked Allied Products Company, 18 miles southwest of Chi's Loop, will would not comment, it is believed that CRA, who is booking them, claims a L. A., to handle its national platter dis- remain open all year instead of its usual the entertainment policy currently uti- price of $700. tribution. Allied reportedly has 20 agents shuttering from after New Year's Eve lized, a $4,500 budget weekly in the Em- covering Western States and affiliate to St. Patrick's Day. R. J. Verderbar, pire Room, the large dining room in the companies in New York and Chicago. owner and manager of the dancery, said hotel, will continue to be at least what Jimmie Richards, owner -manager of spot will continue with its semi -name it is. When Hilton took over the Stevens University, and M. H. Sterns, Allied's band policy. Doors are open Wednesday, Hotel here about a year ago, he intro- sales manager, sewed up deal. Friday, Saturday and Sunday eves. duced a heavy budget into its Boule- OUTSTANDING SMALL BANDS, vard Room, and insiders report that his TRIOS, QUARTETTES hotels generally go heavy on the enter- DUOS, - tainment budget. for Better Hotels and Smart OFF THE CUFF Nite Clubs & Cocktail Lounges Terrace and Hurricane First Now booking regularly 125 units Embassy, Philadelphia, January 2. . . . throughout the United States. East: Miami Rooms Tagged by Fox Featuring smart society orchestras TOMMY DIX current at the Latin Quar- CHRIS -CROSS and orchestra have ter, Boston. MARION INCLAN and also brilliant all -girl bands. been signed for an additional four weeks NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -First results of Ferdinando, Hartford, Conn. booked for the National Hotel, Havana. look -see now being carried on at Club . HAROLD DOBROW, wearing his the in . PHYLLIS MARSHALL into the Blue Purple Heart, has resumed agenting in the Florida situation by Dave Fox, New loom, Newark. . . . JIMMY CASSIN Morris, York local head, is a demand for bond McCONKEY ORCHESTRA CO. working at the Hollywood Grille, Pough- the nitery department at William money from the operators of the Terrace New York. . . JOHN BOLES, Ruth CHAMBERS BUILDING keepsie.... CLEON AND JOE held over Terry and Marcia Maguire being set out Room and the Hurricane, both in Miami, KANSAS CITY G, MISSOURI at Dunphy's, Newark.... TONY RAND dates in the according to Matt Shelvey, head of staying on the Maryland Club, Wash- of Hollywood for theater at . . . SOPHIE TUCKER goes the AGVA. Shelvey declared Fox went JIMMY SUMMERVILLE cur- East. to ington.... Coronet, Philadelphia, in April. . . southward to check a set of recom- rent at the 44 Club. Newark. . JERRY LESTER heads the next show mendations made by Arthur Kaye, FREDDIE MASTERS can be seen at the at the Copacabana, New York, opening AGVA's Miami man, concerning the op- Dubonnet, Newark.... RODOLFO COR - erators of various spots in the vicinity. 0 January, 15. . . ARTINI AND CON - NEJO working at the Onyx, Nutley, N. J. SUELO Palmer House, Chicago, Established spots are not being asked KEK LITTLE into El Patio, into the LITTLE JACK with Irwin Corey. . . . CARL RAVAZZA for bonds, said Shelvey, but places run Washington, for Christmas. . SNUB inked for Ciro's, Miami, January 18. by persons unkonwn to the union will MOSLEY now doing a thrice -weekly shot FRED TOPLIS AND HIS JESTERS are be asked to ante up before shows are VARIETY BOYS on the Blue Network. . . . KING COLE new at the Shangri -La, Philadelphia. allowed to go in. So far the Terrace TRIO return to the Cove, Philadelphia, EDDIE BAUERS takes his piano and Hurricane have been tapped and AND ETHE January 17, but hit the Brown Derby, and songs to DuMonds, Philadelphia. there may be several more before Fox Washington, first. SAMMY YOUNG and His Royal entrains for home, said Shelvey. TOPS" at the LEO BREDEN'S outfit are now at Al- Dukes are current at the Modern Cafe, pine Hut, New Britain, Conn.... BILLY Philadelphia. THE THREE CLEFFS TAVERN de- in the Club Nomad, Mandel, Gamsa Still Booking DIXIELAND Utah AUSTIN now heading new cocktail are the spotlight at City, New . . . BENNY MORRIS Salt Lake 14 partment at Universal Attractions, Atlantic City. York. . JACK GRANT Trio in their and his unit with MISS CLAIRE on Iceland Under New Operators ri.....,. .... 12th week at De Witt Clinton Hotel, the vocals, set the pace at the Chateau NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-In writing of Albany, have been held over for another Renault, Atlantic City. . . . ART WIL- the sale of Iceland in last week's issue L'eGsè+"ae A/a.wyewa.,t four weeks. . PATRICIA KINGSLEY, LIAMS, piano and songs, returns to the of The Billboard the name of Jack Man- piano, featured at the Emerald Room of New Torch Club, Atlantic City. . . . del, who books the room together with rRutcfJ[;x AT;E il the Top Hat, Union City, N. J. . GEORGETTE is at the Cadillac Tavern, Senia Gamsa, was inadvertently omit- KENNY JAGGER now at Miami Hotel, Philadelphia, for songs and piano inter - ted. Understanding is that both Mandel Dayton. O. ludes. . FRED GRAY and his quin- and Gamsa will continue to book the Season's Greetings tet have been added at the Calais, Phila- Iceland for the new ops. To All My Friends delphia. . . . THE JUD JOHNSON TRIO New show due here December 20 will Here and There: current at the Melody Inn, Philadelphia. consist of Danny White, just out of the BISHOP ZERO MOSTEL due into Lee 'n' Eddie's JACK BERRY, singer -pianist, now army, the Skating Whirlwinds, Le Brun RAN Detroit, December 21. . CALVERT at LaMaina's Cocktail Lounge, Camden and Campbell, a line and a girl singer "Outstanding Pianist" (N. J.). P. O. Box 2715 NEW ORLEANS, LA. SISTERS and Enya Gonzales open at the not yet chosen. www.americanradiohistory.com 38 The Billboard LEGITIMATE December 15, 1915 Communications to 1564 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y Morehouse in Editorial Bankhead S.-A. Appeal to Reason Ups`Notion'B-0; ONCE more legit gives evidence of ter seems to be that the financing Lead at Eighth traditional short - sightedness of such a proposal would put the and no leadership. It's another case burden on a few. But if practical 350G in 3 Mos. of come boom times the devil take financing could be worked out so all would carry their weight, CHICAGO, Dec. 8. -Reps for Foolish Mth. Tabbing the hindmost and come a tough that at b. o. than any other dramatic produc- stretch let everybody cry in their they are for it. Notion, starring Tallulah Bankhead, beer and blame everything and The Billboard is not, wedded to claimed this week to have earned more One Shift in Standings everybody but themselves. any financing method, whether it tion in a comparable time since the play In its September 15 issue The be by a percentage of grosses or by has hit the road. From September to a small assessment made on each December, the play has pulled over Billboard pointed out that post -war 350G's which is better than Oklahoma, NEW YORK, Dec. 10. With eight reconversion was important to the production. It realizes that to start added to the tab since- averaging considering the higher cost of staging a shows theater and that the next couple of with the N. T. I. S. would obviously musical. Stem crix accuracy a month ago, score "free loaders." However, still tabs Sun's drama pooh -bah, Ward years presented a golden opportu- carry some In Chi alone, the gross will be over Morehouse, out in front of the field with nity for legit to regain much of lost it all comes down to a question of $100,000 for the four weeks it will run a perfect score, 100 per cent. Morehouse glory. Legit, it pointed out, must leadership. If enough producers here (closing 16). Big reception is big has clocked only 18 shows out of the 26 be sold and sold nationwide. The can be made to see the writing on reason why show will not close in Chi included to date in the tally, but he has Billboard offered a concrete and the wall and get behind the post- as originally intended, but will travel on hit every one of them in the nose. workable suggestion the establish- war sales of their products, the rest for a westward jaunt, including catch on it's neapolis, St. Paul, Des Moines, Kansas As a matter of fact, running order ment of a National Theater Infor- of them will soon that City, Salt Lake City, Sacramento and Los of the nine experts of the New York mation Service, supported and man- time to get on the bandwagon. Angeles. dailies remains almost status quo. Robert aged by and for the commercial the- However, it seems that that time Main reason show has done so well Coleman (Mirror) holds his second place ater. The supervision of such a is not yet and the penny- wise -pound- here and elsewhere is the pulling power slot with a score of 93.3 per cent. Mirror bureau would be in the hands of a foolish attitude of the vast majority of Tallulah, as the vehicle itself has cric caught all 26 shows and was wrong of managers to The Bill- rated only lukewarm reviews. For the twice. Herald- Tribune's pundit, Howard committee composed of representa- puts it up tives of the various theatrical crafts, board to attack the problem from a most part, crix here unanimously sup- Barnes, sticks close on his heels with porting this contention. It's Tallulah a score of 91.7 per cent, based on 24 judg- with the actual work carried out different angle. the all the way thru, they say, and show ments, two of which were errors. Louis by a competent, paid press agent Almost anyone will admit that reps nod and chortle. Kronenberger (PM) and Lewis Nichols who would spread the gospel of legit plan is soundly beneficial to legit. (Times) are still tied for fourth position thruout the country. Financing of The Billboard, therefore, will make at 88.5. Both have covered all 26 items the project would be via a levy of a formal application to the Carnegie and guessed wrong three times apiece. small fraction of 1 per cent of the and to the Rockefeller foundations New Negro Rep John Chapman is a few steps behind grosses of every Stem and road pro- to set up such an office in order them with four errors out of 25 guesses. may prove itself to the skep- News expert's score is 84.0. duction. that it The project was submitted to the tics. These funds have already been Preems Dec. 22 One Shift League of New York Theaters, and tapped for the benefit of the Na- Single in the line -up is the move - NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-A new Negro shift that organization polled its 105 tional Theater and Rocky Mountain repertory company will open its doors up by Wllella Waldorf into sixth place members. The response -or rather conferences, and there seems every over Robert Garland (Journal- American). for biz at the McKinley Square Theater the lack of it- appears to indicate justification for this project to re- in the Bronx Saturday night, December Post's fern cric went wrong on only one assistance. of the additional eight shows and upped that legit management as usual is ceive similar 22. Managed by Dr. William Dunn and her score to 80 with five errors out of a primarily interested in today's gross The main point is that every post- Georges Gersene, the McKinley Square possible 25. Garland slipped up on two and not in building for the future. war period is critical for the theater. Players will preem with Arsenic and Old more and dropped his average to 76.9 Only a half dozen producers appar- Will it muff its opportunity this Lace, featuring Avon Long in the role per cent. His score is based on six ently have the vision to see merit in time? Or will it use every facility of the dramatic critic. wrong out of 26. Burton Rascoe (World - were to develop the vast new audience Org will do a show every two weeks the idea. Enthusiastic replies and maintain a permanent company. Telegram) continues to trail the field. received from Theron Bamberger, that the hinterland provides-an Rascoe has covered them all, but has Outstanding Negro legit stars will be Alfred Bloomingdale, Shepard audience which has been made con- added to the casts from time to time. nine errors chalked up against him out letter was published In scious, by G.I. shows, that "round of the 26. His score is 65.4 per cent. Traube (his First production will be directed by Otto The Billboard, November 10), Cheryl actors" are really something to see? Simetti. 10 Not Tabbed Crawford, Emil Friedlander and That is what the National Theater Ten current productions have not been Harry Fromkes, representing less Information Service is aimed at to included in the tally to date, as they than 6 per cent of the League's start. CDG`Wife'Hits Dixie have neither failed at this writing nor membership. The Shubert interests The Billboard is out to sell the been on deck long enough to make the are likewise favorably inclined, with theater to the people -in spite of success grade. (The Billboard yard stick itself. Trail; Biz Climbing; for measuring Stem success is 100 per- reservations. Feeling in that quar- formances.) However, comes another Baker month and most of these should prove Roads`Pickup' up one way or the other, which can NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-South continues easily make for sudden shifts in cric getting a full share of legit with the averages. Picks G.I. 13 Yrs. Net Civic Drama Guild's production of Guild Fund's Soldier's Wife, the second show within Final tape won't be broken before the a month to pass thru those parts. First season ends on April 30, 1946, and there 445G in Benefits was Angel Street. Produced by Stanley are plenty more judgments to be passed Contest Winners Woolf, legiter is now playing one and in the meantime, so the present running NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-First three win- three -night stands in cities like Knox- order is far from final. ville, ners of the Armed Services Award for NEW YORK, Dec. 10. -Stage Relief Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta and The Billboard merely presents a record Fund celebrates its 13th birthday this Charlestown, W. Va. Box office for the from month to ,month along the way, writers was announced last week by the play started off slow but take is going to show how the experts hold their own. Theater Guild. They are Corp. Haig month. During the 13 -year period 220 up. Manoogian, Sgt. Robert McKnight and benefit performances of Stem hits have Woolf is trying to build his CDG into $445,155. an org that will stand for good drama. Lieut. Daniel Rudsten. First two are been given, grossing in all In 1945 12 were given, with Song He feels that if the CDG can keep send- two -time winners, having won first and benefits ing out solid shows, org will gradually `Pharmacy' Sock second awards in the National Theater of Norway topping any single show's win audiences and will not need high - Conference Armed Services contests. gross in 13 years. Musical turned up pressure flecking to sell ducats. His re- Winners in the Guild Conference with $5,641 at a $5 top. ambition is to have the CDG be to the ceive $500 cash each from the $2,500 road what the Theater Guild is to New 15G Advance fund placed in trust by Guild brass This year Brock Pemberton, vice- York City. Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn dhairman, replaced John Golden as fund Producer is especially bitter about -O. with the Dramatists' Guild last May. treasurer, a post the latter has filled units such as Earl Carroll's Vanities, B. in Montreal An additional award of $500 has been since 1932. Also Walter Hampden, Aus- which he claims is nothing but a third CHICAGO, Dec. 8. Eddie Dowling's made to Theodore Ward, Negro play- tin Strong and Stanley Gilkey were rate burly. "Units such as this ruin St. Lazare's Pharmacy,- which will be wright, for his script Ouah Lan'. Ward elected to the exec committee headed by the road. They make it bad for the preemed for the first time in the States scripted The Big White Fog for the Fed- Rachel Crothers and including Antoin- next 10 shows following them, because December 23 at the Studebaker, opened eral Theater, Chicago, in 1938. His Sick ette Perry, Jane Cowl and Marc Connelly, the customers, once bitten, stay shy of in Montreal (4) with 15G advance b.-0. and Tired won second prize in the Chi- all of whom, with Pemberton, have the b. o. and biz suffers accordingly." sales, thus placing it in the category of cago play contest in 1938. served for the full 13 years. Company travels in a station wagon; Paul Robson's Othello -which was the a truck carries the sets. Long jumps only other vehicle to approach that ad- are made by train. Most of the booking vance figure in Montreal. For Montreal, is done by the United Booking office, is to 50 in Chi, vet- with Woolf getting some dates on his 15G's equivalent Stem Crix Poll own. After touring the South, show goes eran theater men say. to the Southwest then the Middle -West. One reason advanced for big sale in CDG expects to do three more plays on Montreal is fact that most of the play- May 1, 1945- November 7, 1945 the road next season. ers are French- Canadian and the play Bight Wrong or Accuracy Another newcomer to the road, Harry itself is laid in an Eastern Canadian No Opinion Percent. Baker, has just launched his production province. That is also one reason Ward Morehouse (Sun) 18 0 100 of Elsa Shelley's Pick -Up Girl. Show Dowling chose Canadian city for the Robert Coleman (Mirror) 24 2 93.3 opened in Allentown doing fair biz but opening. Miriam Hopkins's supporting Howard Barnes (Herald- Tribune) 22 2 91.7 since then b. o. receipts have picked up cast is exclusively French- Canadian. Louis Kronenberger (PM) 23 3 88.5 considerably. Company will be on the It is said about here Dowling is try- Lewis Nichols (Times) 23 3 88.5 road indefinitely, doing everything from ing to get back into Chi crix and thea- John Chapman (News) 21 4 84.0 one -night to month -long stands in the tergoers' good graces (he made some Wilella Waldorf (Post) 20 5 80.0 large cities. Baker plans to hit the large sore when he yanked The Glass Menag- Robert Garland (Journal- American) 20 6 76.9 cities between here and the Coast such erie off here for Broadway) and that to Burton Rascoe (World -Telegram) 17 9 65.4 as Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, etc. make amends is pulling St. Lazare's here (Note: Voided in this tabulation are revivals with fixed or limited Manager is playing up the juvenile de- instead of Main Stem, and if show goes runs. Also not tabbed are 10 productions which have preemed too re- linquency angle strong in his flecking, for opportunity of proving themselves.) getting local judges to see and endorse over, wM keep it in Windy City a cently to have had an show. good run before trying Main Stem. the

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LULL PROVES SOUR Pre- holiday loll hit the Stem this week and dealt out b. -o. wallops all Broadway along the line. Even the hits which had sellouts for previous stanza took a BROADWAY cent. Blame, as usual, tossed to holiday coin-beating anywhere up to 25 per shopping and pre- Christmas spirit. Opening "Sound of Hunting" and "Marinka" both decided to call it a day; latter SHOWLOG however, has run up a pretty fair success marker of 166 performances. Only one new entrant this week, "The French Touch," which preemed Saturday Performance Thru Dec. 8 (8). However, list gets a boost of three neat week on Wednesday, Thursday THE FRENCH TOUCH and Friday, when "Brighten the Comer," "Hamlet" and "Dream Girl" bow -in (Opened Saturday, December 8, 1945) in that order. List will be back to 31 lighted Stem houses. CORT THEATER Dramas Opened Perin. Opened Perfs. A comedy by Joseph Fields and Jerome Opened Pests. Clair. Set and 10- 9,'45 72 both "Oklahoma" and "Carousel." Choderov. Staged by Rene Anna Laesst& 8- 30,'44 542 Therese Jan Sterling replaces Anne Jackson lighting by George Jenkins. General man- (Mansfield) (Biltmore) Daughter" at the Wil- ager, Edward Choate. Stage manager, Annette Sorell will be air- guested in "Dunnigan's Press Mary Dark of the Moon 3- 14,'45 810 by Capt. Tim Healy (WMCA) Monday bur, Boston, Monday (10). "Carousel" Joseph Olney. representative, play, a return engagement March. Presented by Herbert H. Harris. (46th Street) (17). Incidentally she will be leaving unit will Closes Saturday (15). shortly having been signed of "My Sister Eileen" for O.I.'s at Petard John Regan the troupe Albans Naval Hospital, Tues- Roublard Brian Aherne Dear Rath 12- 13,'44 420 to a seven -year pdc contract by Selz - the St. Jacqueline Dalya (Henry Miller's) nick. day (18). Mervyn Vye out of cast Giselle Roublard Thursday (6) mat. Ray Jacquemot Schwartz William Malten Deep Are the Roots 3- 26,'45 86 Wengraf Voice of the Turtle, The. 12- 3, '43 705 subbed. Felix Von Brenner John (Felton) (Morocco) Jacqueline Carlier Arlene Francis The 12- 8,'45 1 Day Before Spring, The.11-22,'45 20 French Touch, Vicki Cummins air -guested with (National) Boucot Ralph Simone (Corti Arlen (WABC) Thursday Henri Jerome Thor Margaret Bill Johnson will appear at the Kelley Glass Menagerie, The 3- 31,'45 292 (6). Elliot Nugent and Martha Scott Police Athletic League Benefit at the Georgette Louise (Playhouse) ditto with Maggi McNellis (NBC) Mon- Toto Richard Bengali has been Garden. Johnson and Patricia Mar- Mary Cooper Haney 11- 1,'44 475 day (3). Peggy French shall were guested by the Dutch Treat Nanette (48th Street) signed for the National company Madeleine Sara Strengell stand Club at the Park Lane, Wednesday Stewart Stern Dream Street gossip has Frank Fay which will begin a four -month (5). Clarence Geiger has switched Robert being considered for a gubernatorial at Boston's Plymouth on Christmas Paulette Libby Linn will have from "Bloomer Girl" to take over as- John Graham nomination by his friends. Joe E. night. Ruben Rabinowich sistant s. m. chore. Marcel Brown took day off from rehearsals the drum- beating chore and Abe Odette Renoux Madeleine LeBeau company Follow the Girt, 4- 8,'45 698 Dave Hyatt Friday (7) to fly to Toledo to receive Cohen has been signed as Reiner M.A. degree from University of Toledo. manager. Rehearsals start Monday (Broadhurst) Joseph Field's and Jerome Choderov's All available house seats have been (10) when Harvey Stevens checks in Marinka 7- 18,'45 166 latest will likely cause no conflagration. reserved for the visiting mayors who from Coast and Louisa Horton arrives ( Barrymore) It's plot is tissue thin and as a play it convene here next week. Show is from Chi. Closes Saturday (8). Jerry Wayne -city -fathers first choice, has turned in notice, so show will certainly could never be tabbed as a out -of- town Touched Me 9- 25,'45 84 How- gleefully reports drumbeater Tom Kil- You have to look for another lead before major contribution to the theater. patrick. (Booth) departing for the road. ever, with all its horseplay, The French Edmund Gwynn recovered from I Remember Mama 10 -19, '44 580 Oklahoma! 3 -31, '43 1,179 Touch should prove a customer pleaser. grippe Monday (3). Show resumed Jame) Authors have had to stretch their plot (Made Box) performances as of that date. Will (St. make last out an eve- Adrienne Gessner and Ruth Gates play Sunday night performances for Ruth Weston celebrates her first an- to the limit to it out with grippe Monday (3) thru next three weeks, eliminating Monday niversary with the show Monday (10). ning, but they have spruced it up with Thursday (6). Lois Holmes filled in showings, beginning Sunday (9). Re- Cast will give a benefit for the Stage plenty of chuckle lines that keep it bub- for former and Ruth Revers for the hearsals start next week for Kath- Relief Fund January 3. bling along at a fast clip. latter. Margaret Willims took over arine Cornell- Cedric Hardwicke "An- vacated spot and Cora On the Town 12- 28,'44 898 may be turned down on Lois Holmes's tigone." No other players yet an- (Martin Beek) A few thumbs Smith went on for Ruth Severs. Nancy nounced. the score that patriotism and sacrifice Marquand also out Wednesday (5). Nelle Fisher will do choregraphy But it her. and stage two song numbers for Equity should not be treated farcically. Celia Babcock subbed for Library Theater production of "The would seem that the Fields -Choderov Life With Father 11- 8,'39 2,552 Musicals Drunkard." Lyle Clark will direct combo has been very smart in eschewing (Bijou) show. serious war emphasis -which experience Mermaids Singing, The.11-28,'45 ` 12 Are Ton With It? 11- 10,'45 84 is proving unpalatable to theater paying (Empire) (Century) Polonaise 10- 8,'45 73 guests. At any rate, the result is pretty Walter Abel and Beatrice Pearson Joan Roberts honor guest at Nylon (Adeiphi) air- guested by Maggi McNellis (NBC) Fashion Show on the St. Regis Roof, Price scale reduced and Sunday mat good entertainment. Friday (7). Ditto Lois Wilson by Tuesday (4). Thursday (6) Lew Par- and evening performance in the sched- The conceit concerns an aging actor - Adrienne , Ames (WHN), same date. ker and Dolores Gray guested at News- ule. manager- playwright who is forced by the John Van Druten left for two -week paper Guild Page One Ball at Red Mill, The 10- 16,'45 63 Nazis to write a collaborationist play vacation on Coast ranch, Friday (7). Madison Square Garden. Show gave (Ziegfeld) occupation of Paris. He agrees Will be back for Christmas in time to a special Victory Bond mat Friday (7). Song of Norway 8- 21,'44 516 during the prep John Beal's entrance into (Imperial) to it only when he gets the idea of add- Abel, Lois Wil- Bloomer Girl 10- 5,'44 494 "Turtle" cast. Walter 1- 27,'45 362 ing a final unrehearsed scene which will son and Frieda Inescort were guested (Shubert) Up In Central Park blast the Nazi conquerors out of their by the Comoedia Matinee Club at Whole show treks to Camp Upton (Broadway) (5). Last two Betty Bruce out ill Monday (3) thrn seats on opening night -tho while he Hotel Astor, Wednesday Sunday (9) to give a G.I. performance. Tuesday (4). Marilyn Wynn subbed knows that it will mean a concentration were likewise guested by Theater As- Nannette Fabray and David Brooks has replaced at Astor on Friday (7). Newspaper Guild Page for her. Dick Williams camp or death for him and his whole sembly guested at the Sam Brin as company manager. Lat- Rugged Path, The 11 -10, '45 33 One Ball at Garden, Thursday (6). Theater troupe. for Police Ath- ter goes to Columbus Circle (Plymouth) Both also appeared as house manager. George Ashly has Sound of Hunting, A 11- 20,'45 23 letic League Benefit at Madison Square His production is further complicated Haas been named treasurer of the Circle. by the advent of two former wives as well (Lyceum) Garden, Monday (10). Richard "Hamlet" will give a 0.1. preview Closes Saturday (8). has switched back to assistant stage (12). , as his current matrimonial incumbent, manager's chore. Has been with "Day Wednesday all of whom the Nazis insist on having in State of the Union 11-14, '45 29 Before Spring." the show. The ladies don't get on too (Hudson) ICE SHOWS well. Also the Nazi big shot wishes to Strange Fruit 11- 29,'45 12 Carousel 4- 19,'45 272 (Royale) (Majestie) HMs Off Te Iee 6 -22, '44 702 make one of them his mistress. Collins leaves cast Saturday (Center) Claim around 12G for week. Pro- Russell subbing for Flor- All of which adds up to an excursion duction split into three acts from two, (22). Joins "Georgia Boy" No re- Lucille Risch is Further cuts in script placement set yet. Agnes DeMille back ence Ballard. Latter recuperating into sex and patriotism, with the scale Wednesday (5). ballets of from appendectomy. heavily weighted by the former. Every- go into effect Monday (10). on job. Busy tightening thing is treated flippantly in spite of the undercurrent of impending disaster. Hits nor show song hall of fame. They Its hammy gaiety is a welcome relief serve essentially as a means of getting after some of the grim realism the Stem more story across and there's certainly ROUTES has been treated to of late. Out -of -Town more than enough of that without set- ting more of it to music. Dramatic anti Musical Brian Aherne, back to the theater for Opening the first time in years in other than a Philly Crix Tab Robert Browning costume, has a field the Bankhead, Tallulah (Studebaker) Chicago. day with the role of the hammy great Three out of four experts gave "Ely" Philadelphia. thumb -down for a score of 25 per cent. No: Barrymore, Ethel (Locust St.) lover. The ladies will likely swoon over NELLIE BLY (Bulletin), Edwin Billion Dollar Baby (Shubert) Boston. R. E. P. Sensenderfer Blackstone: Utica, N. Y., 12; (Erie) Schenec- him. Arlene Francis, Madeleine LeBeau (Opened Saturday, December 1, 1945) Schloss (Record), Jerry Gaghan (News). Yes: and Jacqueline Dalya contribute excel- Martin (Inquirer). tady 13 -15. Linton Blossom Time (Municipal Aud.) Fresno, Calif., lently as the wives, ex and current, and FORREST, PHILADELPHIA Beach 14; (Banta John Regan is impressive as a theater Nellie was the gal who circled the 12; (Municipal Aud.) Long A musical comedy in two acts and 19 scenes, promotional Ana High School) Santa Ana 15. handy man. Rating top honors is the presented by Eddie Cantor and Nate Kar- globe in 1888 under the Carmen Jones (Erlanger) Chicago. performance of John Wengraf as the son. Book by Sig Herzig; lyrics by Johnny banner of the old New York World and Dear Ruth (Geary) San Francisco. chief nasty Nazi. Latter comes close to Burke; music by Jimmy Van Heusen; staged did it in '75 days just to make Jules Dear Ruth (Harris) Chicago. running away with every scene in which by Nat Karson; choregraphy by Edward Verne's agile fictional hero look like a Desert Song (Civic O. H.) Chicago. Caton; dialog directed by Edgar MacGregor; five Dunnigan's Daughter (Wilbur) Boston. he appears. slowpoke. Today when it takes only Opera Co. (Cox) Cincin musical supervision by Joseph Lilley; scen- hours and a matter of minutes to cover Gilbert & Sullivan Rene Clair's staging keeps things mov- ery by Kai Velden Studios; costumes by same nati. Brooks. the United States, Nellie isn't the Hasty Heart (American) St. Louis. ing at the pace such a script calls for gal who caused such a stir among our Joy Forever, with Guy Kibbee (Blackstone) and George Jenkins's set of the boxes CAST: Lubov Roudenko, Marilyn Maxwell, grandparents. Chicago. and proscenium of a stage is one of the William Gaxton, Victor Moore, Fred Peters, In this version of her world trotting, Late George Apley (Walnut St.) Philadelphia, craftiest he has devised. Benay Venuta, Walter Armin, Bob Straus, who is a Lawrence, Gertrude, in Pygmalion (Plymouth) Fred Peters, Edward H. Robins, Elfrida Der - Nellie has a slow -witted rival Boston. In sum, Touch may be frothy and went, Artells Dickson, Walter Armen, Jack victim of politics, sea sickness and a city Life With Father (Music Hall) Houston, Tex., But is amusing and well- acted, Bernard Kovier, Jack Voeth, Bob slicker. The race is a nightmarish ram- 12; (Paramount) Austin 13; (Texas) San thin. it Whitney, Antonio 14 -15. the kind of entertainment that ought to Strauss and Edward H. Robins. ble thru Russia, China, Arabia and the Lutesong (Shubert) New Haven, Conn., 13.15. make customers feel that they are get- Paris Exposition. Murder Without Crime (Copley) Boston. Eddie Cantor's debut as a producer is the Pittsburgh. ting their amusement dollars' worth. anything but auspicious. He will have Victor Moore is Phineas Fogarty, Musical Repertoire (Nixon) Bob Francis. to ex- ferryboat deckhand who competes Nellie Bly (Forrest) Philadelphia. to work long and hard at comedy with Marilyn Maxwell, who makes Nellie Of All People (Shubert-Lafayette) Detroit. get out of the red for Nellie Bly, which fast Oklahoma (Colonial) Boston. boasts (to its credit) fetching costumes, a beautiful lady. Gaxton is Moore's Olsen & Johnson (Shubert) Chicago. few bright talking sidekick. Benay Venuta makes Only Girl (Music Hall) Kansas City, Mo.. excellent scenic effects and a lively fern saloonkeeper. 13 -16. moments with William Gaxton and Vic- a hard -boiled Rainer, Luise (English) Indianapolis 1042; Ouch! The five dancing Debonairs click with 13 tor Moore. They are not enough to Cora (Town Hall) Toledo, O., -15. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.- Dentists overcome a ponderous plot, however. their clever routines and Bill and Passing Show (Cass) Detroit. holding annual confab at the Baird's marionettes tour the world on Pick Up Girl (Royal Alexandra) Toronto. idea is basically a good one but amusing smaller scale. Rebecca (Lyric) Richmond, Va., 10 -12; (Cen- Hotel Pennsylvania last week, The an ter) Norfolk 13 -16. combined with pleasure in their even the much needed rehearsing and There's Nothing Like Travel, a lilting St. Lazare's Pharmacy (His Majesty's) Mont- choice of a legit show for play - trimming will leave this a doubtful en- waltz, is used as a reprise and rivals real. try as entertainment. It's more of a You May Not Love Me as the click tune. School for Brides (Erlanger) Buffalo. going. Of all on the Stem, they Soldier's Wife (City Aud.) Savannah, Oa., 12; picked Deep Are the Roots. story with music than a musical comedy. Moore's chanting of Fogarty the Great (Civic Aud.) Augusta 13. The tunes are well written but are is the hilarious showstopper. Spring in Brazil (Ford) Baltimore. neither candidates for the Honor Roll of Maurie H. Orodenker. Student Prince (Biltmore) Los Angeles, www.americanradiohistory.com 40 GENERAL NEWS The Billboard December 15, 1945 Burlesque Hains Make Top Producers; Magic Notes By James C. Sherman __By Uno In the third issue of each month The Emote First and Boss Later Billboard's Magic column is conducted MEI LING is featured Bob - by a nationally known magic or mental at John (Continued from page 3) quips that "You have to be an attorney personality to pinch -hit for Bill Sachs. ston's Hollywood, San Diego, Calif., late comic Lew Fields, with whom Harris to be a producer." David Wolper, legal This week's guest is Jim Sherman, popu- where current stock principals include (a nephew of Mrs. Lew Fields) trouped eagle for another producer, Mike Todd, lar Chicago magician and magic dealer, Eddie Ware, Joe (Say No More) and for years. Harris debbed as a producer came into legit producing via the nitery who in the past year has made several Bozo years Lord, Hillary Dawn, Tillie Griffin, ago with the early Richard Rodgers biz. A former owner of the Hurricane, tours with Edgar Bergen and Charlie Eldona and Moss Hart shows. he moved on to the Main Stem with a McCarthy to entertain G.I.'s at army Raye and Ina Lorraine. Frances John- Neckwear Producer turkey, then Follow the Girls from camps and hospitals. ston is number producer over 24 chorus which he later bowed out to Al Borde. Then there's Joseph Hyman, co-pro- He is readying two IHAVE been asked by Bill Sachs girls and 10 boys. . . . WEN MILLER currently new shows, to jot ducer with Bernie Hart, of Dear Ruth, By Appointment Only and If I Die Be- down my experiences the past year has replaced Moe Costello as manager whose outside interest is neckwear man- fore I Wake. with the Edgar Bergen shows, playing of the Gayety, Norfolk, which also ufacturing. He, too, is no Main Stem camps and hospitals. In the 35 years tyro. Oldtimers will remember the Elsie Candy Butchers, Okay, Too that I have been doing professional changed its name recently to the New Janis Sunday night shows at the Cort, The route from candy butcher to pro- Gaiety when the house was sold by Mrs. magic, I thought I had covered every, which he helmed. ducer is a long, rough trail, but two top type of audience and every condition, Rudnick (Billie Shaw) to the Hirst Cir- Two of the most colorful of these biz - helmsmen made it, Oscar Serlin and J. J. year Leventhal. The former, -born, but my work in the past brought cuit. . MOE COSTELLO still op- and- Broadway boys are Alfred De Liagre Russian many novel Chi educated, in a number of classes of out experiences. erates Hotel Tazewell, Norfolk, with Ned Jr. The Voice of the Turtle and Mike In World War while hospitalized Crane, former burly producer, as mana- Todd Up in Central Park. The former, ex's, turned producer. Starting as a I, in. candy butcher, he rose thru usher and France, I organized a small unit to en- ger. . . . ARLEN STEWART and Crystal coming from a well -heeled New England The Aymes, ex -burly features who were set woolen mills family, tried aviation, real ticket taker to the box office, later be- tertain our own gang. thing caught for the road company of School for estate, banking, publishing and the fam- coming assistant manager of the Olym- on so well that the other hospitals sent 1 Brides, are recovering after five weeks ily textile mills before breaking into pic, Chi. During his years at De Paul for us, and it wasn't long before we were of medical care for shock sustained when showbiz. Todd, the youngest boy getting University, he wrote for vaude acts and playing all over France. The experiences the train bearing the troupe was wrecked a pharmacist apprentice certificate In later took a whirl at gag writing, after gained there taught me that hospitals between Little Rock Birmingham Illinois, made his a trip to Europe to study ex -legit there. and camps couldn't get enough enter- and first million heading a tainment. However, the conditions killing eight people. . . LAMEE LANE, construction company building tailor - His initial producing venture on Broad- there following her Burbank, Los Angeles, en- made homes. He was also a big noise way in 1929 was Preston Sturges's first were vastly different from those en- gagement, is playing nurse to her dad, in the building of play, The Guinea Pig. He did a single countered over here. In February of this sound stages at the year Mrs. 111 at home in Huntington Park, Calif. advent of early talking pix. His bow to turn as a thesp in another show and Sherman and I were Edgar Miss Lane is set to open next week at the showbiz was with the New York World's then went back to producing and writ- Bergen's house guests at his beautiful Follies, I is Angeles. Fair where he made a pile as a conces- ing. His Life With Father phenomenal home In Beverly Hills, Calif. At that sionaire. Also there's Victor Payne -Jen- success put him up there among the time most of his shows were broadcast JACK 78UCKLEY, formerly teamed nings, ex -RAF pilot in World War I, who younger producers. from the studio. He decided to play more With Kenny Brenna, has been booked went into producing in London in 1924 Leventhal, Broadway and road show camps and hospitals while we were there., by Charlie Allen to go overseas with after three years biz in India and two In vet, really began his legit association in After one of the broadcasts, the gang the Irene company. . YVETTE London. He started on the Stem 1937. his native Austria as service messenger kept hollering for more, so a little ad lib.' (Emily Greeno), after her two weeks at for Ulric Haupt, the director. But once show was organized. The idea took so the Star, Portland, Ore., moves into the Gent's Furnishing Shuberts in U. S. he broke into biz as a pitchman, wonderfully that it became a regular Liberty, San Francisco. . BILLY But, most noted of all ex -biz boys, are later as a candy butcher in Brooklyn, thing each week. As a matter of fact, PITZER, Cliff (Snuffy) Cochran and the Shuberts (Dark of the Moon), who and debbed as producer at the Playhouse, real thought and time were put into the Tommy (Kat) Reynolds are in their gravitated from gent's furnishings to Passaic, N. J. From there he branched 'after -show, which usually ran about an 14th week at Arthur Clamage's Fox, large -scale legit operations. out to the Main Stem and In later years hour. Indianapolis. Others in the cast are Handling thesps as a 15 per center has gone big on the road. His most re- The most impressive thing about the Wynette, featured; Betty Via Lynette, gives some of the boys ideas about grab- cent Broadway show was Marinka, which aftershow, from my standpoint, was the Condee, Trudy Wynn, Roberta Baker, bing off big dough (or king -size head- shuttered December 8. size of the audiences. In my many years Texas Lee, Fred Frampton, Verne and aches) as producers. Presumably that's of magic I have entertained audiences LaVerne and Al Grace Frazier. . . the reason why no less than four of the Notes and Words from seven or eight people up to 2,500, SAM COHEN, manager of the Hudson, 33 current producers were originally At least three musicians have hit gold and regarded an audience of more than Union City, N. J., played host and fed agents. Max Gordon was one who broke on Broadway; two vets, one a newcomer. 2,000 as very large. At one of our shows over 200 returning vets residing in the in on the Stem in 1925 in association The vet is John Golden, who was a song- at Great Lakes, Ill., we hit an all -time theater's vicinity in a party on stage with the late Sam H. Harris with The writer and thesp before breaking into high of 4,500, and you can imagine the after show time December 7. Mayor Jazz Singer and other shows. Leland producing some 30 years back. He au- thrill. This was a far cry from the size Harry J. Thourot delivered the welcom- thored a long series of songs and ing Hayward (State of the Union) peddled mu- of audience that attended the Bergen address. Entire Marlane -Marty Fur- flesh with great success on the West sicals before moving into producing, broadcasts. None of them was smaller man unit on the Hirst Circuit, together eventually becoming one of the best than 7,000 with the stock chorus, Coast before breaking into Broadway. and they usually averaged house ork and Nat C. Goldstone (teamed with John C. known in the biz. The other is Richard 10,000 and 11,000. This called for an. attaches helped entertain the 38th Rodgers, co- creator of numerous hits, Street boys into Wilson) Bloomer Girl, still functions as entirely different technic in show pres- the early hours of a 15 per center on the Coast. Al Borde, and teammate of Oscar Hammerstein II entation, as you had to build the show December 8. . FRED O'BRIEN, pro- in I Remember Mama. ducer, was called suddenly from Midwest flesh peddler and nitery booker, to fit that type of condition, if you can - the has debbed on Broadway with Follow the The newcomer is Edwin Lester (Song visualize 10,000 howling G.L'$. Roxy, Cleveland, to attend the funeral The of his mother, Mary O'Brien, 79, who Girls, tho still carrying on as an agency of Norway), a musician from New York, principal thing I learned with died at her New York home November op out of Chi. Story goes that Borde who moved out to the West Coast and such a large audience was that every- fronts for capital by thing had to be fast and flashy. 28. . . . GERTRUDE BECK is back in subscribers, air eventually turned to showbiz as founder It is burly with the I. B. Hamp -Evelyn Tay- comic Phil Baker among others. and general director of the L. A. and not hard to imagine how stupid it would lor unit on the Hirst Wheel after six Cric Steps Down San Francisco Civic Light Opera associa- have been to do small things with cards month's illness at her St. Louis home. tions. Originally a pianist and singer, or billiard balls that could not be seen It's news when a press drama cric he served in World War I, took a 12 -year past the 50th or 60th row. ALVIN, Minneapolis, opens December steps down off his pedestal and tries to flier into business, broke away in 1933 21, after being shuttered the past season, do what he's been panning others for and started producing at Grauman's IT WAS in producing shows of this kind with Charley Fox, op of the Empress, doing. That's just what vet producer Chinese Theater in Hollywood. that Bergen demonstrated the master Brock Pemberton (Harvey) did. As far Milwaukee, taking over. . VAL DU Among the others now on the Stem showman that he is. Everything moved VAL holds over as feature at the Rialto, back as 1910-'17 he was legit ed and cric with the speed of lightning, on The New York Evening Mail and are a brace of medics, a former poetess and when Chicago, . PETTI DANE current later it was all over the gang was usually The New York World and The New York and play reader, a librettist, a banker, feature at the Empress, Milwaukee. . . . broker, two stage managers, theater man- hollering for more, proving the oldest GURSTON ALLEN, owner of Casino, Times. In 1917 he broke into producing adage show as aid Hopkins began to ager, set designer, radio scripter and a in business, "always leave Toronto, was a Chi visitor last week. to Arthur and union official. them wanting more." Condition under EMMETT CALLAHAN, manager of fend for himself in 1920 with Enter which the show worked were always in- the road company of The Desert Song, Madame. Medical Department teresting. Sometimes it was a large audi- now at the Civic Opera House, Chi, is the Russell (Buck) Crouse (partner with The medics, neither of whom has a torium; often a hangar, and on many former burly owner. HELEN Howard Lindsay in many hit shows), was show on Broadway at the moment, are occasions the show was given with the LOVETT currently grabbing top billing a Midwest, later a New York feature Dr. Paul Czinner, husband of Elizabeth stage partially in a hangar with crowds at the Casino, Toronto. . . . IRMA LEE writer. Still later he broke into showbiz Bergner, who produced her last show, overflowing on the outside. unable to open in Boston, due to illness, as a flack, which puts him over into a The Two Mrs. Carrolls (with Jules I recall one experience at Kelly Field and was finally replaced by Roberta second class of producer material. Leventhal in the background) and Dr. when the show was given Baker the Palace, for all the at Buffalo. Amateur First (See HAMS EMOTE FIRST on page 70) civilian employees. You can imagine the Newest scribbler to hit the Stem is thrill of standing on a stage and looking ______William Cahn, ex -G.I. and former Hub out at an audience numbering a good- d trade paper ed, who flirted with amateur Polack Circus Into size town -16,500 to be exact. Add to r legit before venturing in with Devils that the fact that they had been stand- BURLESQUE PEOPLE Galore, which flopped here. Currently ing in a hot sun for two hours, and it g (kph, L. A., for Yule takes no imagination to realize the dif- STRAIGHT MEN, COMICS he has two ventures readied for Broad- LOS way ANGELES, Dec. 10.- Polack Bros.' ficulty of entertaining them. Under r showing, Willie Kringle and They Circus will move into the Orpheum these very trying conditions, GIRLS RR STRIP WORK Lived in Brooklyn. the Bergen Theater here for a two -week holiday technic of fast tempo, flash and lots of Legit flack has been a stepladder for stint, starting December 18. 0 Steady Work. Write or Wire at least three successful producers to Show ap- comedy proved itself the perfect formula. Joseph Allen. peared last summer at the same house No act on the show ran over seven or climb into the saddle. Kermit Bloom - and pulled such a good b. o. Orpheum garden, former for pro- eight minutes, and usually averaged six gEMPRESS TREATER P Hacker another management booked it for its Christmas or seven minutes. ducer, Herman Shumlin, himself a for- package. I540 Woodward, Detroit 26, Mich. mer p. a., is now producing with Deep The show usually opened with me do- / Acts skedded to appear include Hubert ing the candy pitch, with Edgar Are the Roots. Vet producer Jed Harris Castle, tight wire; Power's Elephants; Bergen is another who from flack ranks. and Earl Ebi, the producer of the Bergen came Mable Stark in lion -tiger taming act; show, dressed in No less than three lawyers have found the Antelecks (5), high perch act; Four circus coats pitching producing successful. Theater Guild the candy in the audience. The pitch COSTUMES Sidneys, bicycle act; Bo Bo Barnett will (See MAGIC on page 71) Rented, Sold er helmsman, Lawrence Lagner, a patent supervise clowns and Jack Klein will Made to Order attorney and successful legit scripter, is be ringmaster. Al Lyons and house ork for all occasions. of (1919) of The- Custom Made GIFTS. one the founders the decked out in circus garb will support ELASTIC NET OPERA HOSE Send 25e for Sequin ater Guild. (Current shows Carousel, show from the pit. Circus has had a Black or Nude, $6.00. Strip or Chorus and Net Hair Orna- Oklahoma.) He broke into producing on tough time trying to find housing for Panties, $1.25. Net Bras, 75e. Rhinestone ment and receive his own with the New York Repertory animals in downtown L. A. As a last G- Strings, $10.00. Bras, $2.00. Long Eye- Circulars FREE Company in 1931. John J. Wildberg resort Polack Bros. will shelter beasts lashes, 81.50. add 15e postage. THE COSTUMER C. CUYETTL, 346 W. 45th St., New York 19, 298 State St., Dept. 2 (Anna.Lucasta) is a theatrical attorne under tents to be pitched on parking lot N. Y. Phone: C1 -role 8.4137. Sonenectady 5, N. Y. mouthpiece for the Group Theater, wh in rear of theater.

,.Neat --- - yhR- '!- .-16.4i' www.americanradiohistory.com December 15, 1945 The Billboard COIN MACHINES 77 Coin Machines Hit Less By Strikes Than Thought DETROIT, Dec. 8.- Effects of the Gen- have too depressing an effect on busi- eral Motors strike are proving very scat- ness. tered in their impact upon the coin ma- Strikers themselves are probably stay- chine business, but less serious in the ing close to home and the picket line, Detroit area than most predictions an- but the employees affected by layoffs ticipated. during the strike still get jobless com- pensation. These, together with those Because this strike is expected to be who lose in trade as strikers curtail the first of what may be a complete na- purchases of various commodities, such tional pattern and because the strike as storekeepers of all classes, are still situation is so centralized right in the spending for entertainment and ma- Detroit area, it rates more detailed study chines get their share. To many, this as typical of what the industry may face is an opportunity to take the rest they in the coming months. have waited for during three years of steady wartime production, and they are Trend to Taverns out to take advantage of it. General amusement spending is hold- Up -State Hit Hard ing up remarkably well around Detroit. Some theaters even hit their highs of Up- State, in Flint, reports are that in the past two weeks of strike, the situation is more serious, because the year is so dependent proving that business depended chiefly the entire community NJ upon what was being offered as an upon one company. In such inttances amusement attraction. Venders of all the level of spending is cut an estimated types in theaters have profited accord- 50 per cent. nu ingly, but the same trend is observed in In Detroit proper operators generally games, such as ray guns and bowling report no significant change in play since nu alleys, which are leaders in Detroit the beginning of the strike except the amusement machines. They continue to trend away from the cocktail lounge get a fair degree of play. type of spot, which is compensated for n Two "active" of- by some increase in neighborhood fices with com- Liquor sales are off a little in night taverns where machines get more play. spots, with the cheaper neighborhood Reaction of operators here, while oc- njL plete facilities for spots getting more of the trade, while casionally pessimistic on the surface as nserving the op- the swankier cocktail lounges are losing far as immediate business prospects are erator with all out a bit. However, patronage is up to concerned, is good. of equip- normal in the bigger spots which have nutypes elaborate floorshows- showing that the ment. public is still spending for amusement - even tho the total of the check may be nu l.tctl amusement %lcivees Co. reduced a bit by fewer drinks. This situ- Gazette Lists active ation means that juke boxes, assorted 900 N. FRANKLIN ST., PHILA. 23, PA. of the n venders and games, especially AVE., NEWARK 5, N. J. bowling alley type, are getting good Patents of Use n417 FRELINGHUYSEN play, since their appeal is more directly ``itou Gan Always Depend on Active-2411 Ways" in proportion to total attendance than to the total spending for liquor. To Coin Firms 44 Play Games More WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. -Three patents which might be of use to juke box and Some change in patronage trends is other coin machine manufacturers are noticeable. The factory worker who IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE is becoming listed as available for licensing or sale went out night clubbing 20 issue of official REPLY REPLY he is going over in the November the a thing of the past, but Gazette of the U. S. Patent Office. REQUESTED now instead REQUESTED D-L O'GRAM to the neighborhood tavern Official descriptions follow: and spending on the machines there. On Patent No. 2,147,605. Loudspeaker with the whole, this means more revenue for oscillatory coil. Dynamic speaker con- ALL OPERATORS the machine operator, since the bigger structed to overcome disadvantage of un- night clubs did not prove too profitable EVERYWHERE, U. S. A. the certain centering, making it acoustically for game or juke operators, with correct. Center disk has a series of single WE WANT WURLITZER, ROCK -OLA, SEEBURG AND floorshow and music as counter attrac- radial projections separated by air gaps tions. But without live entertainment and so secured to render it torsion free. MILLS PHONOGRAPHS. ALL MODELS. WILL PAY in the beer garden the patrons turn to Elongated oscillatory coil disposed in air the machines and they become the neces- plate of HIGHEST CASH PRICES. WRITE, WIRE WHAT YOU man's night gap between pole core and pole sary adjuncts of the "poor the magnet system allows performance HAVE TO OFFER. club." of maximum vibration so that lower tones D -L MUSIC Detroit Is more typical of the general are produced. (Owner) Walter Lissauer, 592 10TH AVENUE strike situation than certain up -State care Lissauer Laboratories, E. Walnut NEW YORK 18, N.Y. towns, such as Flint, where it is esti- Road, Vineland, N. J. mated that 90 per cent of industrial Patent No. 1,735,820. Stabilizer. Device workers were dependent upon General placed between source of current supply Motors. Here the strike affects imme- and radio receiving set, delivers a con- All Orders Shipped diately only a fair percentage of the total stant potential by eliminating changes employment of the city and does not due to variations in direct, alternating, SALESBOARDS Same Day Received Average pulsating or similar currents. Tube con- Holes Play Description Profit Net Price sists of a tungsten arc operating in an 400 5e LUCKY BUCKS, DEFINITE PROFIT 5 7.00 5 .85 520 50 EASY ACES, DEF. PROFIT, SLOT SYMBOLS 13.00 1.25 inert gas, etc., connected to a potentio- 520 250 EASY FINS, DEF. PROFIT. SLOT SYMBOLS 55.00 1.25 Henry Lemke Cites meter. Has negative resistance char- 720 50 BABY BELL, SLOT SYMBOLS 17.97 1.75 acteristic so that when voltage drop 1000 25e ALL OUT CHARLEY, DEFINITE PROFIT 60.00 3.26 1000 $1.00 JACK POT CHARLEY, THICK 6 PROTECTED 195.30 2.50 decreases, current increases and vice versa. 1000 5e OUT DOOR SPORTS, THICK. JUMBO HOLES 28.40 3.25 New Purchases as care Theodore SPOT OF GOLD, THICK, JUMBO HOLES 28.14 3.25 (Owner) Richard A. Ward, 1000 50 42.76 3.25 Sheldon, 209 South State Street, Chicago. 1000 100 BIG DIME DOUGH, THICK, JUMBO HOLES control 1200 50 TEN BIG FINS. THIN, JUMBO HOLES 35.20 2.60 Expansion Program Patent No. 2,382,055. Remote 1200 50 VICTORY BELL. THICK, JUMBO HOLES 99.57 3.50 system. A means of operating, over a dis- 1200 500 TEXAS CHARLEY, THICK á PROTECTED 152.75 3.00 DETROIT, Dec. 8.- Enlargement of the tance, a plurality of control devices or WRITE FOR OUR LATEST PRICE LIST route of photographic machines or simul- Large Stock Plain, Tip, Definite, Jackpot Boards and all kinds of Cigarette Boards, i0, 20 or 54 extensive motors, either separately deposit with orders-balance C. O. D. operated by Henry C. Lemke, of the taneously, by transmitting a number of stating your requirements. 25% all Lemke Coin Machine Company, is point control signals over a single carrier, to NOVELTY CO. BOX 66, MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA No. 1 on his post -war expansion pro- start, drop or vary the speed of mobile MICHIGAN CITY gram. Lemke is currently placing an equipment of land, sea or air by televising order for 10 more photo machines, which certain signals or characters. (Owner) will make him one of the largest opera- John H. Homrighous, 1029 Wenonah Ave- tors in Michigan. nue, Oak Park, Ill. Lemke was in Chicago, where he at- FOR SALE tended the outdoor show conventions of Console Machines -Come and Get 'Em various organizations, and will also con- of Stocks These machines do not fit in our operation scheme and we desire to sell them quickly. tact coin machine manufacturers and Report Note the prices. distributors, combining a social conven- 20 Jennings Fast Times, 5c Payout $50.00 Each tion with a buying trip. Of Special Value 2 Jennings Cigarolas, Late Models 50.00 Each 2 Bally Royal Draw, 5c Payout 50.00 Each 50.00 Each 1 Groetchen Sugar King, 25c Payout To Coin Industry First Come -First Served. Write, Wire, Phone Funeral Rites Held PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8.- Transfers of LOUIS CERNOCKY Fox River Grove, Ill. stocks reported to the Securities and Telephone: Cary 3611 or 3621 Exchange Commission included the fol- For Mrs. Berenson transactions involving concerns lowing is of- 31,275 out of the company's 50,000 shares MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 8. -Mrs. Sarah in the coin machine industry. president. Clare Jacobs also an ficer and director of the corporation. outstanding, thus giving him a control- Berenson, 76, mother of M. M. (Doc) Gift of 3,000 shares Aireon Manufac- interest. Berenson, operator of Minnesota Ma- turing Corporation stock by Randolph C. Buyers were not named. ling Walker, president. This left Walker's SEC also reported that E. L. Cord, one- Most of the stock was bought from chines Company in Minneapolis, died at Edward S. Preston, former president of her home here November 15. Funeral holdings at 1_0,300 shares. Recipient of time head of the now defunct Auburn Automobile Corporation, had purchased the firm, and Adelor J. Petit, former vice - was the following Sunday at Kenesseth the gift was not named. Both severed their connec- Israel Synagogue. Other survivors are Sale of 20,000 shares of stock in the 15,811 shares of common stock in the president. her husband, Isaac; four other sons, two F. L. Jacobs Company by Clare S. Jacobs Chicago Electric Manufacturing Corpora- tion with the firm, and Harold T. Ames brothers, a sister and five grandchildren. and sale of 6,500 shares by Rex C. Jacobs, tion. This brought his holdings to was named president. www.americanradiohistory.com ?8 MUSIC MACHINES The Billboard December 5, 1945 East Juke Ops Eye Teen Clubs

Younger High Talent - Pub Set Gets Aid Aches Push Atlantic City establishes club especially for junior Wax Org Plan high school boys and girls Diskers Want Biz Back ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 8. -With juke NEW YORK, Dec. 10.- Harassing tac- boxes sending solid again in teen -age tics of name artists and music pubs, as canteens up and down the East Coast, well as other manifold problems in the re- opening of the Ventnor Junior High wax business, are forcing record com- School Canteen may mark a departure panies to consider the advisability of in youth centers, Atlantic City observers setting up a trade organization. Such believe. an org was mulled years ago--when wax While most canteens admit youngsters industry was much smaller and less from 13 to 19, the Ventnor Canteen complicated -and tho leading wax execs limits attendance to junior high school went on record as favoring the plan, boys and girls. Juke operators and nothing came of the idea. Diskeries ad- others who have looked over the layout mitted mutual distrust prevented uni- declare that it has all the earmarks of fied stand on any problem -even the success. Petrillo ban on recordings. In Philadelphia, where the music op- Need is admittedly more acute than erators' association played a large part ever, owing to the industry's great ex- the original launching of teen centers, pansion in the last few years. In Leading record official let his hair some predicted their city would have down week, for 15 of the new type this claiming that arbitrary room at least demands of both artists and pubs were clubs. seriously hampering operation of most Line Drawn diskers. Name artists nix work for a Basis of the new canteen is a fact flat sum and insist upon royalty ar- rangements and commitments. often overlooked by grownups. Adults BING CROSBY, standing beside a juke box, thanks of Usual of all boys girls all the music mer- deal calls for name artist to tape the commonly think and chants who co- operated in the drive to aid the Sister Kenny from 13 to 19 as teen -agers sharing the Foundation which retail price of the record with a royalty same needs and urges of adolescents, but helps those unfortunate youngsters who are stricken with infantile paralysis. ranging from 1 to 5 per cent. In addi- to the youngsters themselves it is not as tion, artists who rate are able to wangle simple as that. To them, a sharp line a minimum guarantee against royalties is drawn between the junior high school -an arrangement which commits the group (13 to 16) and the senior high Music record company to a certain number Of boys and girls. in Dept. Martin Announces pressings. The Ventnor Canteen, begun last year Oh, Those Commitment Blues as an experiment, attempted to meet Stores Making Two More Record Insofar as a record company is geared this problem. It has met such success to a limited number of pressings, the in- that its backers expect the idea to spread Firms to Concern evitable is bound to happen and does thruout the nation. namely, certain recordings of hit caliber- Feeling too old for playgrounds, and Shopping Easy cannot be given proper exploitation be- snubbed as too young for high school CHICAGO, Dec. 8.- Christmas shoppers CHICAGO, Dec. 8. -The James H. cause only a small number of pressings canteens, the junior high boys and girls in at least two Chicago area department Martin firm, which just last week nabbed can be made once the commitments are have flocked to a canteen set up for stores are going to have telephone music a Midwest distributorship set -up for the taken care of. Case in point is Les their exclusive use. to make the weary search for gifts more Mercury label, added to its line again Brown's waxing of Sentimental Journey Mrs. John Barrett, first vice -president pleasant. this week with acquisition of two new a couple of months back. Columbia could have sold many more platters and recreational chairman of the Vent - J. D. Madigan, president disks pressed in New York. than nor Parent- Teachers' Association, took of Madigan it made, and Brown was unhappy about Brothers, large West Side Chicago de- Jimmy Martin, prexy of the Chicago the entire deal. When such a situash the lead in the adult side of the pro- partment store, announced that ampli- distributing firm, announced appoint- gram. The city co- operated by lending occurs, sales figures are in no way a test fiers in his company's store will supply ment by Swank Records as well as by of the worth of a record. the youngster's use of a pier for their a gentle background of yule tunes this Spin Records, both Gotham firms. The canteen. year. Music will be piped from a central Swank records are to feature the record- Smaller Lists Certain Juke Entertains studio, and it will be carefully chosen to ing of Barber Shop Quartets and already Already, record companies are using the diskery has signed of As in other youth centers, most of the give customers a lift after long shopping four the top smaller lists -and the lists are expected Important committees are composed en- tours, according to reports. quartets singing today. Hillbilly tunes to grow even smaller, to the detriment will be pressed exclusively on the Spin of new talent. "Under a system which tirely of students, who are then able to In Evanston, Ill., just north of Chi- records.. choose the records to which they want cago, the Edgar A. Stevens store has in- permits such commitments to name art- to dance, the refreshments and other en- stalled a similar music system to soothe Both distributorships include terri- ists we can only take care of a limited tertainment they want. ragged nerves of shoppers. tories in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, number of names," one exec stated. He Coin phonographs, of course, are the Minnesota and Missouri. also pointed out that the artists not Other principal metropolitan mer- only demand and obtain commitments, heart of a teen -age club, whether for chants no doubt will be watching the junior or senior high students. Ventnor but also insist on choice of tunes. In effect of these installations on sales. addition, publishers insist that the rec- Canteen also has a number of soft drink Music from jukes have long been advo- machines. One adult supervisor of a ord company use certain artists for spe- cated as a means of keeping up spirits of Radio Firm To Buy cific tunes -or else. The implied threat, teen club reported that four soft drink shoppers, and previous tests have indi- venders in his group's canteen were able of course, lies in the legality of publish- cated that a background of music tends Musicraft; ers to demand the full statutory rate of to pay the rent. to increase sales. Many large stores Puner Dancing is an especially important two cents per side on disks sold. thruout the nation have used music As compared to the old days of the part of the Junior High Canteen because during holiday seasons, and a few have To Continue Prexy of the social poise it gives. Many of the record industry when artists and pubs used it as a method of giving their HARTFORD, were more tractable, the situation is now younger boys and girls naturally must workers a lift before store opening. Gold Conn., Dec. 8.- Irving M. be taught to dance, which actually is an Felt, president of Jefferson -Travis_ Cor- likened to the case of the tail wagging & Company, Lincoln, Neb., has used poration, the dog. The wax works want to take educational feature since dancing is so music in this manner for several years. Hartford, manufacturers of ra- often the basis of both high school and dio communications equipment and over their own biz again and are on the adult social functions. sound receiving equipment, announced way to doing so, either thru a trade or- this week at a special meeting of stock- ganization or an internal blow -up in Rent Machines Hermann Announces holders that it has voted to acquire all several of the bigger diskeries. Amusement machine operators here the outstanding capital stock of Mu- have shown interest in the Ventnor sicraft Corporation. project since it opens an entire new field Purchase of Large Musicraft will be operated as a wholly - Name Paul Beck as for music machines. Canteens rent the owned subsidiary of Jefferson -Travis, ac- machines for whole afternoons and eve- Building in N. Y. cording to Felt. Paul Puner will con- Service Head for nings when dances are held. Some think tinue as president of Musicraft, Oliver that these locations will become a stand- ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 8.- Arthur Her- Sabin and Albert Marx will conth4le as ard part of every alert juke operator's mann, president of the Arthur Hermann vice -presidents and Irving M. Felt Juke Manufacturer routes once machines and records has are Company, of Albany, announces the pur- been elected chairman of the board of CHICAGO, Dec. 8. -Paul Bleck, who plentiful again. chase of a three -story brick Philadelphia $45,000 directors. has been service manager for AMI for the operators, recalling the building at 282 Central, Albany. Firm past 15 years, has been placed in com- role played by the Philadelphia Music will distribute the Aireon juke box in 43 plete charge of the service department Machine Operators' Association under counties in Upper New York State. Declare 60c Dividend on and service operations covering the Jack Cade in establishing the first teen Hermann also announced that his firm firm's new model juke boxes, according canteens in 1943, are watching the Vent - will do $10,000 worth of renovation be- Decca Record Co. Stocks to Doc Eaton, general sales manager. nor development with added interest. fore occupying the new building. Eaton also announced that Forest Plans are reported afoot to set up cen- Showroom, office, warehouse and serv- NEW YORE, Dec. 8. -Decca Records, Teeter, pioneer phonograph and parts ters modeled on the Ventnor Canteen ice center will be used for the distribu- Inc., declared dividends of 60 cents per man who has been associated with the in several of the city's more crowded tion of automatic phonographs and ac- share of common stock. The firm made trade for some 10 years, has been ap- (See East Juke ON on page 82) cessories. similar payments last December. pointed parts manager.

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classics, rich in melodic appeal, Love Letters is the picture theme and Stella Record Reviews by Starlight is a wistful serenade serving FOLK RECORD REVIEWS f to spotlight Ray Turner's concertizing at the Steinway. (Hillbilly, Race, Cowboy (Continued from page 29) companying band doesn't blend as well Strictly class music for class locations. for the forthright singing the DeMarcos Songs, Spirituals) THE FIVE DeMARCO SISTERS give to Chico, Chico. BILLY ECKSTINE (National) By M. H. Orodenker (Majestic) With a top tune in "It's Been a Long, Long Time," vocal pleasantries I'm in the Mood for Love -FT; VC. It's Been a Long, Long Time -FT; V. the of the Five Long, Long Journey VC. Chico, Chico-FT; V. DeMarco Sisters may bring in some coinage. -FT; GENE AUTRY (Columbia) There's plenty of quality in the vocal Billy Eckstine increases his stature as Don't Live a Lie -FT; V. blend SLAM STEWART (Savoy) the ebony Sinatra with these sides. It's I Want To Be Sure -FT; V. of the youthful Five DeMarco Play, Fiddle, Play -FT. Gene Sisters. But considering the youth of Dark- Eyesky -FT. a fine brand of sepia swoon as he sings Autry takes two plaintive and the gals, there could be more of a youth- romantically for the familiar l'nt in the pretty melodies and sells 'em like a Two of the standard singing bass Mood for Love and is just as million in his easy going and relaxed ful enthusiasm in their rhythm arrange- pieces featured by Slam Stewart are effective ments for vocally, the sisters have what for the singing of the race blues, pack- style of song selling. With the accom- backed on this disk, cut with Errol Gar- ing plenty of vocal punch in Leonard panying string band providing a spright- it takes to crowd out plenty of the plat - ner at the piano, Mike Bryan's guitar tering vocal troupes. But even without Feather's Long, Long Journey as he sings ly setting, the cowboy chanter wends pickings and Harold West's drum beats. of a lover who is blue being without a his way whimsically thru the cautious striking any note of individuality, the Play Fiddle Play is taken at a moderate DeMarcos make it pleasant plattering as sweetheart. The Eckstine band provides lyrics in a very likesome fashion. Sing- tempo with Slam's string bass teeing off the maestro with solid support for both ing them smoothly and sweetly, with the they blend their pipes for It's Been a and polishing off the side as he climbs Long, Long Time, singing it as a slow slow spinnings, with the hot horns tak- Autry hand in penning the tunes, Don't up the neck of his viol. A livelier beat ing turns in singing Live a Lie is a simple story of pride ballad and doubling the tempo for the is set for Dark -Eyesky, and again, it's cutting under the last stanza. stanzas. keeping lovers apart, while in I Want To Bud Freeman's tenor sax Slam's uncanny fiddling that creates the Be Sure, he tells of his caution before and ork provide adequate support. How- excitement. The race locations will crowd the machines ever, the Dixieland character to the ac- with coins for this disk, particularly for "I'm telling his girl that he loves her. Both Spinning is for the hot jazz fans. in the Mood for Love." sides ring the bell for the phono boxes as well. (Decca) RUSS MORGAN SPIKE JONES (Victor) WILEY & GENE (Columbia) That Feeling in the Moonlight-FT; VC. RECORDS You're Nobody 'Tit Somebody Loves You The Blue Danube -FT; VC. Make Room in Your Heart for a Friends - FT; V. VC. You Always Hurt the One You Love HILLBILLY RECORDS FT; FT; VC. - Forgive Me-FT; V. Try Me Just One More Time -Tex Grande. , 79d The velvety rhythms- expounded by Individually and collectively, Wiley Gun Totin Mama- Cowboy Copas 790 Russ Morgan spin in plush setting for It's a hodge podge, overdoing a good You Wouldn't Understand -Bill Carlisle 790 thing, in the inane manner in which (Walker) and Gene (Sullivan) making a Heartaches -Colorado Hillbillies 790 these two sentimental ballads. In addi- fetching twosome for the singing of the Sioux City Sue -Dick Thomas 790 tion to his conversational style of sing- Spike Jones gives a pot and dish -pan Stepping Out Kind- Grandpa Jones 790 symphonic touch to the Strauss classic, cowboy chants. With a heavy outdoor Shoo Fly- Crockett Mountaineers 796 ing a song, maestro Morgan adds his flavor to their tonsilling, and with trim Talking About You -Hank Penny 790 Steinwaying to That Feeling in the The Blue Danube. Nor does the hysteri- singing of electric guitar pickings standing out A Little While Longer -Six Westernalres 790 Moonlight. Just as restful, relaxed and cal Carl Grayson and Del Por- among the accompanying musicians, the Honestly -Dick Thomas 790 rhythmic is his own You're Nobody 'Till ter help. However, Spike more than Baby, You Done Flubbed Your Dub makes up for the Strauss muddling with boys sell it singly and doubly for their With Me- Carlisle Bros. 790 Somebody Loves You, a pretty senti- own homey Make Room in Your Heart Triflln' Gal -Colorado Hillbillies 790 mental ballad for which Morgan spins a devastating satire on the singing of Don't Hang Around Me Anymore -Tex the Ink Spots for You Always Hurt the for a Friend. It's a blues torch tune Grande 790 the homey philosophy lyrically to excel- for Forgive Me, as one of the boys tells lent returns. One You Love, with Carl Grayson and RACE RECORDS Red Ingle providing the vocal pathos. how he left his girl broken -hearted and Honey Dripper -Joe Liggins 890 A welcome relief from the raucous rhythms, now wants to make it up for her some. Tavern Boogie-Roosevelt Sykes 890 the Russ Morgan refinement for two swell The phono fans will find their fun in "You how. There's a tear in his voice as he Brother, That's the Wrong Gal - songs should mean much for the muslo boxes Always Hurt the One You Love." lyrically begs forgiveness, with the piano, Flennoy Trio 880 at class locations. Baby, You're Running Wild -Cecil Gant 890 fiddle and guitar providing a bright mu- My Baby's Blzness-Jimmy Rushing 890 RAY NOBLE (Columbia) sical background to keep the spinning Please Believe Me -Frank Haywood .... 890 Be Baba Luba -Helen Humes 890 Cuddles -FT; VC. moving along. Phono fans will favor Blues at Sunrise- Johnny Moore 890 I'll Be Walkin' With My Honey-FT; VC. Popular Album Reviews both chants. Watch That Stuff -Cecil Gant 890 Cock -a- Doodle Doo- Wynonie Harris 890 Ray Noble adds a whimsical touch to CURLY WILLIAMS (Columbia) The Things You Want the Most of All - both of these bounce ditties, fashioning THE DESERT SONG (Decca) Southern Belle -FT; V. The Four Blues 790 his rhythms in a manner that not only Jealous Lady -FT; V. I'd Do It All Over Again -The Four Notes 796 This Sigmund Romberg show classic He May Be Your Man -Helen Humes : 890 intrigues but makes for tuneful and toe - comes to full bloom again with baritone With a hot string band, the Georgia Got a Right To Cry -Joe Liggins 890 tapping spinning. Plenty of harmonic Peach Pickers, providing a toe -tapping Brooklyn Boogie -Happy Johnson 890 color in his arrangements, highlighting Wilbur Evans and soprano Kitty Carlisle accompaniment, it's I'm Still In Love With You -T -Bone Walker 890 leading a company that includes a an alfalfa hot style Sugar Mama Blues- Johnny Criner 890 the blend of saxes and clarys. Frances spirited male chorus directed by Jeffry of singing that Curly Williams gives out I'm Drunk -Clarence Williams 890 Hunt is equally effective for the singing, in serenading a Southern Belle. Joined Please Believe Me -Frank Haywood 890 both for Cuddles and I'll Be Alexander, the orchestra directed by What's on Your Worried Mind ?-Cecil Gant 890 Walkin' by the other outdoor shouters in the With My Honey. Isaac Van Grove, and additional lead in 3 TERRIFIC POPULARS voices in the lyric tenoring of Felix band, it makes for a Curly Williams Daddy's Got Woo Woo In His Eyes- While both side spin brightly, "I'll Be Knight and the singing of Vicki Vola. Trio imploring the Jealous Lady not to Tony DiPardo 630 Walkin' With My Honey" has edge weep any more. Spinning is just as toe - Honey, I'm In Love With You-Ben Pollack 790 the for With the accompanying booklet provid- music box play. tapping, with piano, fiddle and guitar Send us your order for Records on any Label. ing the story synopsis along with the cutting in with a Western brand of in- Sample Service-Lists mailed on request. CHARLIE BARNET (Decca) song lyrics, and the singers engaging in strumental heat. Both sides make for Immediate shipment. bits of show dialog to give the spinning Just a Little Fond Affection -FT; VC. a sense of continuity, it's like an evening bright spinning in the music boxes. Surprise Party -FT; VC. at the theater in your own home parlor. THE CARTER FAMILY (Bluebird) LACLEDE MUSIC CO. Returning to the records, Charlie Bar- Both Wilbur Evans and Kitty Carlisle When the World's on Fire -FT; V. 4080 Laclede Ave. St. Louis, Mo. net brings a band with plenty of body are in excellent voice,.,actually living the Keep on the Sunny Side-FT; V. and power in its blowing. However, the spirit of the song in their singing. With For the backwoods singing with re- band boys are shunted back in favor of the 10 sides taking in all the show fa- vivalist fervor, the Carter Family spin out the authentic style. With all the a more commercial presentation. Set vorites, the - package measures up to full off at a bright tempo, with Fran Warren musical enjoyment. members of the family joining in song giving casual expression to the vocal, to the accompaniment of guitar and ¡WANTED PHONOGRAPHS; Just a Little Fond Affection has the GYPSY MELODIES IN SWING auto -harp, there is a spark of the re- A. maestro leading the entire sax section (Seva) ligious excitement in their going -to- IF WILL PAY CASH FOR with the solo flash going to the trumpet's Heaven When the World's on Fire. A light growling. Barnet's tenor sax blows Some months ago, Jan Bart, sweet happy mountain melody, the Carters WURLITZER it blue as does the trumpet to tee off romany tenor troubadour, introduced a spin homey philosophy in their singing Surprise Party, with Redd Evans coming modern transcription by Buddy Kaye of Keep on the Sunny Side. It's the 71 600 800 ,! AO in for this session to give the novelty and Sammy Medoff of Russo folk ditties. kind of singing that warms the cockles 700 850 / AP lyrics a delta sing. No spark of any At that session, he apparently cut of the rocking chair and fireside brigade. 581 7 0 real musical or vocal enthusiasm for enough sides to give the label a swell package of Russo -Gypsy melodies in the FUZZY KNIGHT (Jewel) SEEBURG FA either side. Texas With a Capital "T " -FT; V. Save for the popularity of "Just a Little modern fox -trot setting. With full un- The Hep and the Square -FT; V. Cem Cadet of FA Fond Affection" itself, there is little in these derstanding the bitter -sweet qualities Fuzzy -voiced Fuzzy Knight gives out Invoice 8800 Ill sides to excite the phono fans. of the Romany chants, captured alike in AP effectively for both of these outdoor Regal 9900 the lyrical adaptations and in the full novelties, with Deuce Spriggen's Western AP VICTOR YOUNG (Decca) Classic 1 musical bank provided by the Gypsy Band providing the lively beats for both Love Letters -FT. Swing Orchestra directed by Medoff, Bart of these Cindy Walker ditties. Particu- Stella by Starlight-FT. offers six sides that hit the mark in 14 ROCK -OLA larly effective is The Hep and the Square, Victor Young, with a concert orchestra Czardish With Me, A Gypsy Serenade, to which a dash of the boogie beat is Standard DeLuxe / accenting strings and harp, paint a Mahshynka, Gypsy Romance, Ecstacy, Super Master applied. It's a comedy tale of Jackson AP beautiful tonal picture for two of the Ochi Chornie. All are familiars and the Hep and Elmer the Square who met Counter Model 39 conductor's compositions. Both real dished up in refreshing manner. at the Madison Square Garden rodeo. WRITE OR WIRE AT ONCE 1 When Jackson asks Elmer to shoot the jive, he gives out with his trusty .45. ALLIED MUSIC DISTRIBUTORS Mated side, Texas With a Capital "T," i BEST- SELLING POPULAR RETAIL RECORDS is a rousing salute to the Lone Star State 5143 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago 9, Ill. (Continued from page 26) and will be self- satisfying for the folks ; down that way. However, the phono POSITION Weeks! Last This fans everywhere will go for the comedy WURLITZER - SEEBURG - ROCK-OLA to date I Week I Week contents. I 8. DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN - CHIEF Betty Hutton Capitol 220 BOB WILLS (Columbia) I'm Just a Square in a So- White Cross on Okinawa-FT; V. cial Circle There's an Empty Chair at the Christmal MOTORS 2 9 8. DIG YOU LATER (A HUB - Table -FT; V. BA-HUBBA- HUBBA) Perry Como Victor 20 -1750 Tommy Duncan, who gives out vocally REPAIRED 00 Here Comes Heaven Again for Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, 10 DAYS SERVICE OMM 9 - 9. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG hits a poignant theme for this twosome. TIME Charlie Spivak.... Victor 20 -1721 Both ballads are tear -jerkers, and Dun- If I Had a Dozen Hearts can warbles 'em that way. Provided with 'SHIP TO US EXPRESS PREPAID 1 9. WHITE CHRISTMAS (F) Bing Crosby Decca 18429 - Let's Start the New Year a lively rhythm beat for White Cross on Right Okinawa, he sings of the Gold Star in 1 9. SYMPHONY Benny Goodman ..Columbia 36874 some mother's heart. With the string - My Guy's Come Back band slowing the pace, gets real maudlin ELECTRICAL COMPANY 5 7 10. -IT MIGHT AS WELL BE Empty Chair at the SPRING (F) Dick Haymes Decca 18706 for There's an FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS That's for Me Christmas Table. For those who like 606 610 MAIN ST.. MAI.00N. 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At the same time, the describes what a wonderful world this Release date, December 10. Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mike city made a move to require the closing will be if you help the Victory Loan and Hammergren, general sales manager for of all business on Sunday from 10 a.m. yourself by buying bonds. This fast Wurlitzer, announces that operators of to 1 p.m., cafes expected. tempoed patriotic number is played by Program 1221 that firm's juke boxes everywhere got MARK WARNOW and his orchestra and The hit parade tune, It's Been a Long, behind the drive to aid Sister Kenny sung by popular JERRY WAYNE. Only Long Time, is played by STAN KENTON during a nationwide campaign between COIN TELEGRAMS the words appear on the screen. (Treas. and his orchestra. Blond bundle of November 22 and December 8. (Continued from page 74) Dept.) charm JUNE CHRISTY sings the vocals. Hammergren gives Bing Crosby credit blank from its cylinder, examines it, Band setting. (Filmcraft.) for the idea then turns a knob that shuts off the CHUCK FOSTER and His Orchestra which brought the jukes flashes on the give a musical description of a Latin JERRY COOPER sings a memory - into the Kenny campaign. Crosby is the customer's machine and gent, by name, Jose Gonzales. The com- evoking tune called Saloon. The setting national chairman of the Sister Kenjiy last two squares f glass which an- 1s "Gay '90's" with a moustached bar- foundation. nounce: "Your Telegram Is Accepted plete band, as well as Foster himself, Thank You." - sings the lyrics of this catchy novelty tender, cop on the beat and flashes of The juke box manufacturer requested number. Band setting. ( Filmcraft.) be- plumed damsels thrown in for good its operators to put stickers on the record The beam of light playing on the send- June Comes Around Every Year a measure. ( Filmcraft.) changer window of every juke telling the er's message triggers a photoelectric cell standard pop tune is played by EMIL The oldie, Winter Wonderland, sung public that 10 per cent of the money in his transmitting apparatus. This COLEMAN and his orchestra with Emil by the rhythmic and luscious DINNING taken in by the machine during the photo cell controls the voltage in a cir- doing a solo at the piano. Throaty voiced SISTERS. Costumes are eye -appealing campaign would go to the Kenny Fund. cuit running to the receiver's cylinder LOUISE TOBIN handles the vocals. snow suits and the setting is an outdoor and a metal point just a fraction of an A great majority of the operators gave inch from the cylinder. When the beam Band setting. (R. C. M.) winter scene; snow and all. ( Filmcraft.) full co- operation, according to Hammer - PAUL PAGE'S "come- hither" voice does The attractive BARKLEY SISTERS give of light passes over the black characters gren, who also added that the results of written by the sender, it causes a spark well by the swingy novelty tune Sophisti- a swell rendition of the top tune, A Kiss the final tabulation should cated Hula. Dancers (8) in shimmery Goodnight. Flashes of romantically in- please Crosby. to jump between the receiving cylinder cellophane "grass" skirts do a jitterbug clined couples provide interest. (Film - Said Crosby, highly elated with first and the point. This causes a black spot version of the hula. Native setting. craft.) reports of the campaign: "I'd like to in- to appear on the gray blank. The spots (R. C. M.) CHUCK FOSTER and his orchestra dividually pat on the back every juke are etched out in the shape of the liters The currently popular hit tune with play Waitin' For the Train To Come In. box operator who turned a share of his of the message, including every hook the Latin flavor, No Can Do, is sung by Glamorous and blond MARILYN PAUL 'take' toward this cause. He may per- and curlicue. the famous DINNING SISTERS. A hip - sings the vocals in a realistic railroad sonally never see the kids who benefit swinging dance team and flashes of dark - station setting. (Filmcraft.) from his generosity. I will, and I know Operator Control eyed beauties in mantillas add variety. The Trouble With Me is presented by from what I already have seen, the great The central receiver of messages also Garden setting. ( Filmcraft.) SPADE COOLEY and his Western gang. good it will do. All I can say to you is has a control knob by which he can in- RED RIVER DAVE AND HIS BOYS A cute cow gal whistles at rangy TEX thanks a million for going my way. crease or decrease the darkness of the play the cowboy ballad There Ain't a WILLIAMS while he sings the vocals. Somehow, somewhere, you'll get your letters. It simply varies the voltage in Town in Texas. Dave and a blond cow- Western costumes and setting. (R. C. M.) reward. Good deeds have a way of re- the photoelectric circuit. He can keep warding their doers." re- running the message until satisfied. girl are @@ very attractive twosome both An unusual arrangement of Chopin's on the *roads and some Western style famous Polonaise is presented by the Also, before he signals the sender the yodeling. Costumes are Western and the AIR LANE TRIO. Beside the music - message is accepted, he can keep re- running it until satisfied with his copy. setting is a bar. ( Filmcraft.) making of this popular trio (organ, Cleveland I'm Gonna Love That Guy, one of the guitar and accordian) there is also a Coinmen After transmission, the original tele- top tunes of the day, is presented by graceful dance routine by four pretty gram drops into a small compartment STAN KENTON and his orchestra. belles. (Filmcraft.) Cohen, Levine, Visit below the sending cylinder. Blond, vivacious JUNE CHRISTY sings We, the Cats, Shall Hep Ya is strictly This machine only permits the cus- the vocals. Band setting. ( Filmcraft.) a jump number, doubly so when pre- Spike Jones Set tomer to send messages, but Western THE COUNTS and THE COUNTESS sented by dancin', prancin' CAB GALLO- on Union has another of the console type really beat it out in the boogie number, WAY and His Orchestra. Band setting. HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 8.-In Hollywood which can either transmit or, by flip of I've Got To Be a Rug Cutter. The No gals in this one. (Filmcraft.) this past week were two members of the a switch, receive messages. It has never COUNTESS in a gown that's definitely Madelene Quincannon. Cleveland Phonograph Merchants' Asso- been placed in coin operation, officials ciation -Jack Cohen, president of the or- said, but it appeared equally adaptable. ganization, and Robert Levine, Cleveland The telegraph company, however, is distributor. unlikely to set up its machines on the The EYES are on OHIO Cohen and Levine visited Spike flat sum basis used in the publicity Jones and His City Slickers on the set stunt at the World's Fair. In the ma- and of Ladies' Man at Paramount studios. chines, as elsewhere, it would charge Jones, who had previously entertained varying rates for messages depending Look to ROCK -OLA for the phonograph merchants with his an- upon the distance and wordage. tics while in Cleveland, was shooting a LEADERSHIP number with Eddie Bracken, star of the Coin Operation .. r `` new musical comedy. There lies the largest obstacle to coin 1 After hearing the new numbers Jones operation, but Meyers was quite opti- l--N, has whipped up for this picture, Cohen mistic that company engineers would be I predicted the Jones disks when released able to solve it without losing even a will break the City Slickers' own juke night's sleep. Simplest solution, no box record. doubt, would be a mechapssm modeled Jones told Cohen that he is developing on the coin -operated telëphone. The I ; `` a number of new tunes, including The central operator would signal the amount 1 WINDSOR DISTRIBUTING CQ Green Danube, Benzedrine Beguine and of the charge, possibly by lighted signs. Cleve Idnd,OhiO. Whiffenpoof Song. Then a light or other indicator in the ; ; central office would show when the customer had deposited the correct t,"° \ EAST JUKE OPS amount in the coin chutes. (Continued from page 78) Great recent improvements in coin areas. Backers are groups combatting chutes and selectors, however, might juvenile delinquency and other civic or- make possible an even simpler set -up, ganizations. especially if coupled with electronic --I Atlantic City authorities reported that counting or registering mechanisms. opening of the Ventnor club last year Locations open to coin -operated tele- 1 was accompanied by a very noticeable graph stations would number in the t drop in juvenile delinquency in that thousands. Among those that come 1 area. quickly to mind are hotel lobbies, all - 1 Civic Enterprise night lunchrooms, neighborhood drug- 1 stores and small -town railway and bus I The clubs also serve to focus the stations that close all except the wait- youngsters' attention on various civil ing room after the 9 or 10 o'clock. and social problems. Several Midwestern Meyers pointed out that they would be canteens, for instance, have been active especially convenient in neighborhoods in fostering racial and religious tolerance remote from the present telegraph offices DIST. CO among youngsters. They also encourage and in office buildings where telegraph ARGO the youths to co- operate in civic enter- business would be too small to justify Doyton,Ohio. prises, and teach them how to do it at regular feeder wire service, but too heavy the same time. for ordinary messenger handling. "This is a golden opportunity for the As for their effect upon other coin music machine industry to render a real- business, it would seem that their adop- ly worthwhile service to the public," one tion by Western Union, which controls operator declared when teen canteens all U. S. telegraph wires since its ab- first swept the country. "Here is our sorption of Postal Telegraph, would chance to show the public, and the press serve to open many new locations to coin in particular, that we deserve a perma- machines as coin telephones frequently nent and respected place in the mercan- have done. Rock.Ola Is ready with the "Phono- tile, business and industrial life of a graph of Tomorrow," the finest automatic phonograph that engineer- community." ing skill can produce. Better hold up Wartime shortages of both records and COIN MACHINE DISTRIBUTORS placing your obligation until you see machines prevented real fulfillment of this music marvel of the age. Phone, this prediction, but the music machine AND OPERATORS wire, write full details. Let us installed a Stream-Lined Bookkeeping. operators now appear to have a new Accounting and Inventory Control PAT- opportunity. Especially is this true as TERNED TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. W. C. DEATON the end of the war shows no decrease juvenile delinquency and murders S. M. SOLOMON AUDIT (0. ASSOCIATES in see Lake Shore Dr. CHICAGO 11 and robberies by teen -agers continue to Phone: WHltehall 8380 GALION, OHIO take the daily newspaper headlines.

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www.americanradiohistory.com 84 MUSIC MACHINES The Billboard December 15, 1945 AMERICAN FOLK TUNES Cowboy and Hillbilly Tunes and Tnnesters

All Communications to 155 N. Clark St., Chicago 1, Ill. Hayride Week -End one of the song poems will be used for that purpose. Discovery was given a big The hayride -barn dance idea is catch- spread in the local papers, and hillbilly ing on all around the Philadelphia area talent in the area have contacted Capano and newest week -end idea has started at in the hope that they will be permitted near -by Carlisle, Pa. This town is lo- to introduce one or more of the songs. cated near one of the army camps still Sally Hunter, a newcomer to hillbilly in operation and is drawing the major singing , who is boomed as one of the portion of its crowd from the soldiers finds of the year, is reported to have an who enjoy the hillbilly music and also inside track on the field and will prob- the hayrides. Customers can either ride ably introduce the tunes on her new out to the barn where the shows and early morning show. dances are presented in the hay wagons which congregate at a specified spot in Honored at WFIL town, take intermission rides or do both. Mrs. Mae Ford, Camden, N. J., resident, A small oharge is made for any extra was honored at the WEIL, Philadelphia, rides and the idea is popular. Burgandy Hayloft Hoedown broadcast at Town Hall 'Hillbilly Band and Mary Ann are fea- recently. She founded the 24 Selectees' tured at the spot and weekly guest stars Mothers' clubs with a membership of are a feature of the entertainment. 4,300. Clubs give aid tó G.I.'s and their Large collection of lyrics, which were mothers. Hayloft Hoedown made her obviously folk tunes during the early "queen of the broadcast" and invited pioneer days, have turned up in an old officers of each of the 24 clubs to attend Philadelphia attic. House had been shut the show and pay honor to the founder for many years and new heirs discovered of their groups. Program included musi- the collection when they were examining cal requests from Mrs. Ford and the the property. Music for the lyrics did club women in addition to their G.I. not turn up after a strenuous search sons. had been made of the premises. Lyrics Sue Anderson takes her Arizona Riders. were a cowboy band, for a tour of the hinter- turned over to Frank Capano, Phila- lands of Pennsylvania during December. delphia publisher, who is now specializ- Unit headquarters is in Philadelphia and ing in American folk tunes. He will at- the group will tour Reading, Harrisburg, tempt to discover the music thru re- Lewisburg, Lewistown, Lancaster, York, FIRST OFF the production line at Packard's Indianapolis plant are these search, and if it is not available, Capano Birdsboro, Williamsport, Mildred, Bernice, PIa -Mor wall boxes. The first shipment of the wall boxes went out November expects to set the words to music and Forksvllle and Steelton. Sue sings with 30, according to company officials. Carl McGowan (left), production supervisor, the band, and unit features a full hill- publish the songs with an explanation billy revue. Niagara division of the company, receives congratulations from W. F. Sturby, about their discovery on each title page. Several firms in the area are interested Signs Contract president, for meeting the production dead line. in sponsoring contests to discover the Rosalie Allen, hillbilly disk jockey and beat tune that could be written to a champion girl yodeler who writes tunes year contract with the newly organized Prairie Farmer -WLS, December 1, at the given set of lyrics, and if the heirs agree, as well as sings them, has signed a five- firm of Spin Records, 74 Riverside Drive, Eighth Street Theater. New York. Her release, Swear first I I'll WLS acts will again entertain at Never Wear a Pair o'Shoes, backed by the annual Chicago Municipal Tu- Clementine with modern lyrics, is click- berculosis Sanitorium Christmas ing solidly all over the country. Party. Jack Holden, National Barn ( Rosalie's next waxing will be "The Dance announcer, who builds the Hick With the Hiccups" (Top Music show each year, will be emsee. He Publishers novelty hit) in which she will have with him on the stage the will team up with comedian Johnny Prairie Ramblers, Connie and Bon- MUSICAL, Woods, also just signed by Spin. nie Linder, Rex Allen, Jimmy James, Woods, back on the big time after Ted Morse, Mac and Bob and Chris- MOVIES three years in the army, is now ap- tine. Party is scheduled for De- pearing at the RKO- Boston Theater. cember 19. Hank Lawson and His Music Mixers, GET THE MOST FROM booked to follow the Korn Kobblers Rex Allen and the Blackhawk Valley into Rogers Corner, New York, will Boys and Penny West entertained Indi- furnish the music. ana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois L 4 -H Club winners attending the National YOUR "PLAYING TIME" r Versatile Rosalie conducts á nightly 4 -H Congress December 5 at The Prairie hillbilly show over WOV, Jivin' the Corn Farmer -WLS breakfast given in honor (6:40 -7 p.m., Monday- Saturday). of these outstanding Midwest youths by NEW PROGRAM Theme song of the program, which pre- the farm paper and the radio station, sents modernized, swingy versions of in the South Ballroom of the Stevens No. 1221 FEATURES hill- country and Western .songs played Hotel. by a hillbilly trio, is swingin' a hillbilly Burl Ives, renowned folk artist, opened tune, written by Rosalie in collaboration in Chicago's smart supper club, the May- with Ben Jaffey, composer of Please fair Room, at the Blackstone Hotel De- Don't Squeeza da Banana. cember 7. The HIT PARADE DAY Two sides by Terry Fell and the Fellers Top Tunes of the have just been released on the Memo label. Songs are You Ran Around While I Was Gone and I've Done All I Know To Do, both written by Terry Fell and SEEBURG PKKUP COILS IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME published by Melody Moderne of Holly- Except 8800 -9800. Price $1.50. wood. Fiber Main Gears for Seeburg ó Wurlitzer I Lee Ryer and Noel Marchant have just Less Steel Hub, $3.00 Ea.; Doz. $33.00. had their new Western song Smoky Moon VoIConfrol KeysforSeeburgSWurlifter: accepted for publication by Melody A KISS G.OODNICHT I Package of 24, $1.00. Moderne. Song is set for recording early Package of 100, $3.00. e this month for January release. On 8800 -9800 PICK -UP COILS, the $2.00 and Old Coil. schedule for cutting at the same time Quantity Prices to Distributors and Jobbers. are Trails to Santa Fe, I'm Serenading Terms: 1/3 Deposit- Balance C. O. D., My Lucky Star F. O. B. Los Angeles. POLONAISE and Melancholy Cowhand Factory guaranteed against defective work- by the same writers. Lyrics of. the first manship and material. 1 two are by Juanita Roos, whose work is Soundies ,constantly Over 1,400 big well known to readers of these columns. E. T. MAPE MUSIC CO give you "Hit Pa- producing MANUFACTURING profit WOWO Feature DIVISION raders" to make the subjects to choose 1701 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 15, Calif. most of your play- Honey Davis and Her Radio Round -Up DRexel 2341 ing time. These star - from. are the near -early morning feature on studded programs WOWO, Fort Wayne, Ind. They are heard All films feature top - notch approved for 45 minutes each weekday morning. artists and name by city and State Before coming to Fort Wayne, Honey bands. censor. and her group were at WWVA. While there they made personal appearances in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In Fort Wayne they will book in Indiana, L IVES I SOUNDIES DISTRIBUTING CORP. OF AMERICA, !NC. Ohio and Michigan. 209 W. JACKSON BLVD., CHICAGO 6, ILLINOIS Honey broke into show business as half A COLLECTION OF of the team, the Davis Twins. Sonny, her twin brother and the other half of 21 FOLK SONGS the team, is now serving with the navy AND BALLADS * PHONO OPERATORS . . . HERE IS * in New Hebrides. He will rejoin the act following an expected discharge. $1.00 * i THE PERFECT SERVICE * Autry in Chi AT YOUR READY PRINTED -0 Gene Autry, in Chicago for the Na- DEALER OR DIRECT * STAR TITLE STRIPS tional 4 -H Club Congress, entertained LEEDS MUSIC CORPORATION 800 of the boys and girls FOR FULL DETAILS SEE YOUR BILLBOARD COIN MACHINE DIGEST . . OR WRITE attending the * conclatrp at the WLS National Barn RKO BLDG. RADIO CITY. N. Y. * STAR TITLE STRIP COMPANY, 708 ARCH STREET, PITTSBURGH 12, PENNA. Dance, where they were the guests of

www.americanradiohistory.com 85 December 15, 1945 The Billboard MUSIC MACHINES Bob Slifer Returns `SONORA4 Correction "Clear as a Bell" Sales , To East Coast Caption under the photographs MARK WARNOW and DICK TODD'S' ;f of Nat Cohn and Earl Winters, Distributing Firm which appeared on Page 86 of ALL AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE The Billboard for December 8, NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -Bob Slifer has was incomplete. The caption & HAPPY LITTLE MELODIES #3000 returned to the coin machine industry should have listed Cohn and as sales manager for East Coast Sales & Winters as partners and associ- Still Tinte To Cash In On Distributing Company, distributors of ates in the Modern Music Firm, This New York. #3000 All Around the Christmas Tree Happy Little Melodies Dick Todd and Mark Warnow 1083 Sweet Adeline Hail, Hall, the Gang's All Hero Ben Yost Singers (Barber G. Weber Announces Shop) J7002 Gold On the Rainbow Show Be My Darlln' New Display, The Carolina Playboys J3001 Leone Jump 4000 Rooms About Ready Little Brown Jug Joe Bivlano, His Accordion PLAYS CLEVELAND, Dec. 8. -Gary Weber, Accomp. by Rhythm Sextette of the E. W. Distributing firm of Range Still the Same? Cushioned Shaft head 1063 Is the * Cleveland, says that his company's new Back Home * Balanced Tone -Beauty Home on the Range show and display rooms will be ready for River Dare and Oroh. * Full Record Protection occupancy within a few days. Red Smooth Playing During the war, E. & W. was engaged 1068 You're Irish & You're Beautiful * Mother Machree 100 per cent in war work, handling noth- Frank Connors and Orch. 44c ea. ing but communication installation PRICE 50100 42c ea. 1038 Missouri Waltz work. Beautiful Ohio Special Prices on Larger Lofs For 17 years, the firm has been en- Bob Stanley and Orch. E. & W. gaged in juke box distribution. 1001 Moonlight In Hawaii handles AMI jukes for Northern Ohio. Drowsy Waters Weber is a member of the State board Lani McIntire and Orch. Hermitage Music Co. of Phonograph Operators of Ohio, and 1034 Helena Polka Polka Nashville 3, Tenn. a member of the executive board of the Mother Goose 423 Broad Street Cleveland chapter. Stanislaw Mroczek and Orch. Retail Price, 53c; Operator's Young Distributing New Site Price, 33c, Tax Inc. RECORD DISCS Rock -Ola products in New York and New CINCINNATI, Dec. 8. -Young Music CO. Jersey. Distributing Company here is now in gti1tiapt musk in the Becker Build- For 61, 71 and all other Wurlitzer Slifer previously held the same posi- new headquarters 4808 CASS AVE., DETROIT 1, MICH. been ing, 707 -9 Sycamore Street. Formerly Models, reconditioned. I tion, but since Pearl Harbor he has at 105 East Third Street. Firm is ex- Counter on leave of absence to one of the world's discs the same clusive Wurlitzer distributors for Ohio will make your old largest manufacturers of electrical equip- with the main office at 1257 West Broad dimensions as when new and guar- ment. With the latter firm, he held a Street, Columbus, O. Joseph R. Young number of major executive positions'in- antee them to give satisfaction. is owner and president with Morrey e uding that of production manager. Goret manager of the Cincinnati office. FOR SALE Price $7.50 for set of 12, or $6.00 Prior to entering the coin trade, Slifer New site gives plenty of display room for offices, 25,000 Used Phonograph Records just off a set in lots of 5. was associated with a firm manufactur- with lots of accommodation routes, in lots of 1000 or more, at 6 cents ing specialty electrical food equipment. shop and parts department. each F. O. B. Tampa. 1/3 cash must accom- He was with that company for 13 years, pany order, balance C. O. D. HUGO JOERIS rising successively from assistant service manager to service manager, office man- Shortly thereafter he became interested CASINO NOVELTY COMPANY entered the busi- 3208 Jackson St., Amarillo, Texas ager and finally assistant divisional sales in coin machines and P. O. Box 4152 Tampa 7, Florida manager for two large Midwestern cities. ness.

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86 VENDING MACHINES The Billboard December 15, 1945 ICE CREAM VENDERS GET OK Chi Concerns Big Popcorn Crop Ohio Tobacco Candy Shortage Attracts V ending Until I947, Gott Laud Devices Machine Interest Distribs Bat Tells Associates

CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-"Demand for pop- ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 8. -Candy will Trick said taking care of corn has far exceeded the supply," ac- Unfair Price continue to be short until 1947, Philip cording to Lee A. Somers, University of Gott, Chicago, president of the National units, but capacity found Illinois expert, "with the United States Confectioners' Association, declared here. fast developing a taste for popcorn dur- too small for most spots Fix Lowest Figure Gott said that it would be 12 months ing the candy shortage. More popcorn or longer before the supply of candy has been grown in 1945 than in previous COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 8.-Unfair Ciga- could possibly catch up with the de- years." Over 291,000 acres of popcorn rette mand, which has been increased CHICAGO, Dec. 8. -A sudden revival have been planted in 1945 as compared Sales Act of Ohio was endorsed by con- of interest in ice cream vending ma- members of the Ohio Association of To- siderably with the war. with 173.700 acres in 1944 and 83,728 for bacco chines was expressed in coin machine the 1935 -'43 period, it was further Distributors at their two -day con- Pointing out the importance of the circles here this week as the trade looked pointed out by Somers. vention in the Neill House, attended by candy industry to the South, he also to future possibilities of the machines more than 300 persons from Ohio Iowa is far ahead of and reported that the trade bought nearly which had barely arrived at widespread other States with surrounding States. Steve H. Mendell, $35,000,000 worth of peanuts in this area. use when the war cut short production its 1945 production of 75,000 acres, an Keilson Cigar Company, Dayton, president increase of 23,200 acres over last year At the same time, the combined Allied of new models. of the association, led the discussion and Food Board and nearly three times the average of the extemporaneous talks on estimated the world demand At least one Chicago operator still 1935 -'43 period of 29,700. Illinois had various phases for sugar at 10,000,000 tons this year finds ice cream vending machines of the law were given by Robert E. Terrett, a 21,000 acres of land devoted to popcorn Amster compared with world supplies reported profitable venture. This operator, who 1945, -Kirtz Company, Akron, secretary, at 8,500,000 tons. 1940, in compared with 16,100 acres in and T. Monroe Kildow, W. In last peacetime owns 30 ice cream venders, says that 1944 and 9,311 acres during the 1935 -'43 H. Kildow, year of consumption, Americans con- many of his machines are five years old Tiffin, O., chairman of the board. period. Indiana planted 30,600 acres of Act forbids sumed 6,890,000 tons of sugar. but are still operating faithfully and popcorn in 1945, 12,800 in 1944 and the selling of cigarettes proving successful on factory locations. thruout the State lower than 6 per cent 7,833 -acre average in the 1935 -'43 period. above "The only thing I'm waiting for," said With the increased popcorn eating cost, and cost includes rents, lights, habit of the public popcorn vending wages, etc. This is Ohio's answer to the the operator, "is the arrival of new ma- price war that has been going chines so I can expand my operations to machines are creating interest in coin - on in BALL GUM operation circles more than ever before. most States since the return, in quantity, include offices and other locations im- of cigarettes to the market. One of the is still scarce and will be for the coming (See Ice Cream Venders on page 89) According to sources close to the trade, year; better order Marbles now, the many operators are planning routes for bitterest wars was waged by chain stores best substitute! the near future. in the State before the act was passed into law. Ohio's neighbor, Indiana, is now CAN STILL SUPPLY the center of most of the Midwest price - Glass, Agate, Assorted Color Marbles. slashing chains. Barrel of 50,000 $54.50 Cameo Vending Buys Cigarettes are sold thru the mail to Keg of 21,000 23.80 Illinois and Ohio customers by large mail order houses -and chain stores -for prices NUTS -4 -U Up Entire Route o f from $1.24 to $1.30 per carton. Campaigns PISTACHIOS are now under way in Ohio newspapers 100 Pound Carton, White $65.00 Your Assurance 01 Vendomatic Nut Co. and some small Illinois newspapers, urg- 100 Pound Carton, Red 72,00 ing people to buy "in your own State and Postwar Security NEW YORK, Dec. 8.- Edward W. Bar- help the small merchant" with some suc- PEANUTS nett, head of the Cameo Vending Service cess. Because of advertising reasons 90 Pound Carton, Blanched $24,30 of New York announces that his firm larger daily newspapers are keeping quiet has recently purchased the entire peanut about the situation. CHARMS vending route of the Vendomatic Com- Fine Selection, 15 Gr. $13.25 pany, Washington Heights, New York. Penny or Nickel Counter, le Barnett, who said that this is the first or 5c. Ea. 1.25 route purchase made by his firm since Parcel Post Paid the end of the war, said also that the C i g Production Full Cash With Order, Time and time again Northwestern bulk venders transaction involved more 400 have proved their worth as steady, dependable than pea- F. O. B. Factory money -makers under any and all conditions. That's nut vending machines. why so many operators, and others interested in a Has 58 Per Cent permanent income, are looking forward to the time LANSDOWNE when these machines will again be available. To make sure of your postwar success, plan now to in- Coca-Cola Co. Announces ROY TORR vest in Northwesterns--venders built for operating. In the meantime, keep in touch with activities Dividend of 50 Cents Share Gain Over 1944 through our free monthly paper The Northwesterner. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. - Manufactur- mu mu Imo NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-Coca -Cola Bot- ers of cigarettes paid federal taxes on a I UI tling Company of New York declared production of 1,567,022,998 packages dur- immediate Delivery! THE NORTHWESTMRN CORPORATION a dividend of 50 cents per share on its ing October, the Bureau of Internal S EAST ARMSTRONG STREET.- MORRIS, ILLINOIS common stock. This compares with a Revenue reported. This was an increase dividend of V. in 1944. of 58.44 per cent over production of Oc- VICTOR'S\MOODEL "V "' tober, 1944. Famous Pre -War t For the first 10 months of this year, Vendor -N the cigarette output totaled 11,307,782,841 packs, an increase of 12.57 per cent over Model V capacity: 5 to 6 lbs. of bulk mer -' the same period last year, sale of revenue Ghandise or 1,000 stamps indicated. This, however, does to 1,200 balla of not represent the number of packs placed gum. Vends '/z Vénds them all 6/0" and a3/4a" ball - on sale at that time, as it usually takes gum. at least a month for cigarettes to reach Mode! V Standard retailers from the factories. Finish, 510.50 UNIVENDOR At the same time, reports of the De- 1/3 Deposit partment of Agriculture placed the 1945 Bal. C.O.D. opera }ors tobacco crop at the all -time high of their can pounds. This compared with machines }o set 2,050,000,000 suit any last year's yield of 1,950,000,000 pounds. tion. Columns loset Most of the increase is in flue -cured are easilyadjusted tobacco which was estimated at 1,188,- ASCO' to vend 000,000 pounds, an increase of 100,000,000 Machine Exchange' candy . . . gum Vending . pounds over last year's output. 55 Branford St. NEWARK 5, N. J. cigarettes ... packaged peanuts I ME NM MI MI r a . .. cough drops and other items Peanut Council Set ranging in price from 5c to 20c. U. SE POSTAGE an exclusive UNIVENDOR To Push 1946 Drive It's sales! means faster ATLANTA, Dec. 8.- National Peanut VENDING MACHINES feature that Council will continue its program of pro- moting peanuts thru 1946, Walter A. Limited quantity for Immediate delivery. Richards, council president, announced. Send for descriptive circular. Wait for the Finest- Richards is associated with the Tom ALSO Huston Peanut Company. James E. Wood, Edenton Peanut Com- STAMP FOLDERS pany, will serve as chairman of the NPC other types of advertising -publicity committee. Others for Shipman, Advance, Victory and attending the council session were W. B. STAMP VENDING MACHINES president of the GFA Peanut wen or Crawley, Immediate Delivery. Any Quantity. Association; J. D. Sargent, president of the Southwestern Peanut Growers' Asso- UNIVERSITY PRESS MFG. CORP., Aurora, III. ciation, and E. W. Scott, secretary of 655 SIXTH AVE., N. Y. C. Ch. 2.4120 STONER J the Peanut and Nut Salters' Association.

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