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The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly

March 24, 1945

HONOR ROLL OF HITS TABBEDBook Weak

LONDON, March 17.-An enter-prising would-be comic, wellknown for pestering agents tosee his act, an amateur affairwhich lacked bookings, finallybooked a show week at a smallLondon theater and he cabledthose agents whom he had calledupon. His cables were justworded: "Show Week . . Thea-ter." In response, he receivedone reply from an agent with anobvious sense of humor, who hadcaught the act. Cable reply read:"Show Weak ..."

Cafes ServingWar WorkersUri - Curfewed

WASHINGTON, March 19.-First pos-sible chink in the ironclad curfew is seenin the announcement made today byPaul V. McNutt. chairman of the WarManpower Commission, that restaurantsserving only food to night workers en-gaged in war or industrial plants or war -related and essential civilian activitieswill be exempted from the midnight cur-few. "I have been authorized by theDirector of War Mobilization and Recon-version to exempt from his curfew re-quest. restaurants which after 12 o'clockmidnight, serve food exclusively and pro-vide no entertainment and service nightworkers engaged in war or Industrialplants or in activities supporting thewar effort or providing essential civilianservice," McNutt said.

This is not to be construed, McNuttpointed out, as exempting from the re-quest those restaurants serving food pri-marily for entertainment seekers.

Bowles To SellSenate GroupAmusem't LidStrong P. A. Pitch NeededWASHINGTON, March 17.-OPA Ad-

ministrator Chester Bowles will have tobe a lot more persuasive than he has beento date if he hopes to have ceilings ex-tended to the entertainment biz, sourcesclose to the Senate Banking and CurrencyCommittee, headed by Senator Wagner(D., N. Y.), informed The Billboard to-day. Bowles will appear before the com-mittee Wednesday (21) and at that timeis expected to go into detail on his pro-posal that ceilings be extended to theentertainment blz and particularly the-ater prices. The OPA top -man made hissuggestion to the committee in a letterTuesday (13) and is expected to amplifyit during his personal appearance beforethe committee which is now consideringextension of OPA for another year.

Feeling within the Banking and Cur-rency Committee, The Billboard is in-formed by a source close to the commit-tee, is that It is going to be hard enoughto hold the line on present commodityceilings without attempting to extendprice limitations this late in the war ef-fort. Real estate ops, meat packers,dairy groups, dry goods orgs, and other"special interest" groups have all beenbefore the committee in the past weekurging tipping of ceiling levels and thecommittee is "sweating it out" with themand has no idea of attempting to broadenthe OPA measure now.

Bowles, Incidentally, In recommendingentertainment ceilings reversed himself,as on March 1, before the B. and C. com-mittee, he said just the contrary. Re-gardless of his position, committee doesnot feel that entertainment is a "com-modity" that needs price limits.

Foxhole QuintetATLANTIC CITY, March 17.-

The "Foxhole Five" will miss thefiddling of Tech. Sgt. Joseph H.Pasant% Philadelphia. Tho 31 -year -old gunner has returned tothe AAP redistribution centerhere after 71 missions with aB-25 medium bomber crew in theSouth Pacific.

Music, he says, helped to keephis outfit going from the earlycampaigns in the Solomons totheir final bombing of MindanaoIn the Philippines. In New Zea-land, he purchased a violin for$125, the beginning of a 14 -pieceorchestra formed in the Solo-mons, of which the "FoxholeFive" was the lam session unitunder the Philadelphia gunner'sbaton.

"Three of our men were aircrew and two were grease mon-keys," he related. "We'd comeOff 8 raid and pass the wordaround that the 'Foxhole Five'would be holding a jam sessionin the clay room. Those G.I.'swould keep up there all night."

Fredericks B uyWolf enden Agcy.

HOLLYWOOD, March 19. - FrederickBros. agency is enlarging its picture de-partment and has purchased the BillWolfenden Agency. With 29 film per-sonalities coming in thru this deal, FBAnow has more than 50 people for thisfield. Wolfenden moves to FBA to han-dle this department in Los Angeles,Frederick prexy said.

Wolfenden was with Edward Small inNew York. He represented Small on theWest Coast and opened his own officein 1941. Pact gives FBA such moviepersonalities as Sidney Toler, John Car-radine, Guy Kibbee and Edgar Kennedy.

Theater Committee Sets AwardsGreater BowsThan in 1944

All segs of legit workingto make second annual nodfor footlight achievement

NEW YORK, March 17.-The SecondAnnual Donaldson Awards for outstandLag achievement In the theater continueto grow as the theater's tribute to itsown, with Ruth Richmond, executivesecretary of Chorus Equity Association

Joining the awards com-mittee for the 1944-'45season. Committee whichmet for the first timethis year on Tuesday (13)at Sardes agreed to cer-tain basic changes in dis-tribution of the ballots.

All ballots for currentshows will be handled forthe casts and backstage

crews thru the stage managers. This wasat the suggestion of Mady Christians

and Ole Olsen who rep the actors on theawards group and the idea was concurredIn by Eddie Diamond who is the repre-sentative of the stage managers this year.The front of the house and all the mem-bers of the craft unions and members ofthe Four A's, not currently employed.will be handled. as they have been before.thru mail Ballots.

Goal, 100% VoteWhile last year a representative cross

section of the theater voted, the intentthis year Is to get out the vote 100 percent to make the footlight crowd realizethat the Donaldson Awards are no betteror more important than they make 'em.Decision to use both mall and directvoting approach was arrived at in order

not to disfranchise a single Individualconnected with the theater, whether heor she worked during the season or not.

Current year's Donaldson Award pro-motional plans were explained by BobFrancis, drama editor of The Billboard,to the committee which was virtually100 per cent in attendance, with AlfredHarding subbing for Equity Prexy BertLytell, and Buck Crouse missing becauseof the illness of his partner In theatricalcrime, Howard Lindsey.

These plans as outlined briefly in BB(February 24) include not only the spe-cially engrossed parchment scrolls oflast year but gold keys designed as apermanent tribute to each and everytopper on the Main Stem every year.

(See Donaldson Awards on page 30)

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All 6 BB PollsIn Weighting

Popularity surveys com-bine to give true pic ofwhat public buys and hears

NEW YORK, March 17.-The Billboardpresents, in this issue, the nation's firstHonor Roll of Hits, an authenticated tabof music popularity based upon weeklysurveys of every known practical indica-

tion of public tune yens.Actually thousands ofhours of research wereexpended by The Bill-board staffers before theformula of even one ofthe individual segmentsof the music pop chartwas accepted as a con-clusive measurement ofsong acceptance. And

these thousands of hours have been mul-tiplied time and time again until nowall indications of what the public wantscan be compiled and weighted-so thatthe Ten Leading Songs may be pre-sented each week to the industry andprofessions to which the music depart-ment of The Billboard is a vital businessguide.

Every Angle CheckedEvery facet of tune -testing has been

checked and presented In chart form asan accepted index of what the publicwants. A number of the indices for manyyears have been the music showbusiness'guide for disks to buy, sheet music tostock and tunes to program. To thesehave been added other factors, otherweights, other balances so that The NewBillboard Music Pop Chart, starting withthis issue, is the most accurate barometerknown to the trade that makes its liv-ing from notes and words,

All Phiggery CheckedThe New Billboard Music Pop Chart

starts out with a Part I that reports(See HONOR ROLL OF HITS on page 12)

Kronenberger FirstAs BB Legit Tab

Nears Season EndNEW YORK, March 17.-The wire is In

sight as the local crix come down thehome -stretch in the aisle -experts LegitAccuracy Percentage Sweepstakes for1944-'45. A half dozen out of the totalof nine are still bunched within a paceor two of one another, but the additionof 11 more plays to the tally shows up astumble or two that has changed theorder. Last month John Chapman(News) bad sprinted up to tie withLouis Kronenberger (PM) for first slot.Lewis Nichols (Times) was right on theirheels in second position. All three havesat in on the 11 additions, but whileKronenberger and Nichols chalked upperfect scores, the News' drama mentorslipped up in judgments on One ManShow and The Stranger.

Kronenberger Sans TieSo Kronenberger currently has the lead

to himself with an accuracy score of88.88 per cent, based on 56 right tabs asagainst 7 errors. Nichols holds in sec-ond, with eight misses against 55 hits fora score of 87.30. Chapman's nine errorsand 64 bull's-eyes put him in third placewith a score of 85.71.

Sun's expert, Ward Morehouse, Is al-most neck -and -neck with Chapman witha total of 85.42 per cent. Former wentwrong only on Trio out of the last 11

(Sec Kronenberger First on page 4)

4 GENERAL NEWS -RADIO The Billboard March 24, 1945

Radio's V -E DayNo Wild Riot

NEW YORK, March 17. -V -E Day inradio, according to plans now being out-lined by web program heads, will be aday of cautious rejoicing, extended newscoverage and strong emphasis on thewar against Japan. Program men areconvinced that the public, with men Stillaway from home and facing a long, hardpull against the Japs, will not be danc-ing in the street.

Radio's biggest job, most execs say,will be to point out how tough the Japswill be and how long It will take to beatthem. Most of them are taking a cuefom the OWI in their emphasis on theNips. (David Fredericks, Owl directorof ear programs, told the New York re-gional meeting of the radio industrysection of the OWI recently that the"Beat Japan" pitch will be the one whichthe OWI well emphasize more than anyother in the future.)

Please Omit AdsThe webs, and the Indies, too, are ask-

ing their clients that commercials beomitted during V -E Day and that theymerely say: "The - company joinsthe country in rejoicing over the vic-tory." All of the nets will bring in cler-gymen to give prayers of thanksgiving.Most of the regular skeds will be sus-pended to allow time to special features-

However, commercial or sustaining showswhich have war or other public servicethemes will stay on the air with, ofcourse, the "Beat the Jap" pitch pre-dominating.

The reason for the webs' caution wasexplained this way by one program chief:"The Invertebrate party boys," he aid."will have their parties whether or notthere is a reason for celebrating, but themajority of Americans will probablybreathe a deep sigh of relief and beginto worry once again about their men inservice. None of them will know whetherthey are coming home or being ehtppedto the Pacific. And by that timeof America will realize how tough Japanwill be. There'll be darned little dancingin the streets this time. Radio's Job willbe to keep In tune with the temper ofthe people. If It doesn't, if It pulls outall the stops, then the industry will geta nice bulging black eye from the pressand the public. When Japan is finallydefeated, we can really go to town."

HOLLYWOOD, March 19. - RichardWoollen, former advance man and flackfor Horace Heidt, has joined the BlueNetwork production staff In Hollywood.Woollen will handle music and varietyshows originating here.

MIGUELITO VALDESSock Song Salesman of the

Good Neighbor Policy

HE'LL Piing anything -but be likes 'ernsweet and, as he puts it, "75 per cent

romantic." He'll play any Instrument -gui-tar, piano. drums and all typical Cuban in-struments -but he prefers to play his vocal

chords.He cones thru the cam-

era with all the a. n. thatan L. A. should have, buthe'd rather sing to hisaudience --in the flesh.

When he started workingfor a living he mixed sing-ing with a little boxing -sometimes he'd sing andsometimes he'd box and

sometimes he'd mix 'cm. He started seri-ously in this singing business when heplayed the bass fiddle in an ork and doubledin duets with a famous Cuban singer of thetime, Marla Teresa.

Heeased out of Cuba thru Panama Citywhere he worked with Azcarraga's orchestrabut bounced back to Cuba for a sessionwith Castro Bros. Then close Victor disks.and in 1940 came America. In the past fouryears he's sung with Cugat, with NBC andCBS. Then came Mocambo in Hollywood,some pix and finally his sock appearance atLa Conga in New York. A little side trip toMexico produced five more pia, some moreradio experience and the Chesterfield pro-gram spots over NBC. Marks Music andBobbins pub his words and note-ing, andDetre disks him.

His latest pic is Pan-Americona. GeneralAmusement Corporation books him --and he'adoing okay by U. S. and bis Below -the -Border friends -

Billboard

Stein Crix Tab(As of March. 17, 1945)

Wrong or AccuracyRight Mb optnion Percentage

Louis Rronenberger (PM) SC 7 88.88Lewis Nichols (Times) 55 8 87.30John Chapman (News) 54 9 85.71Ward Morehouse (Sun) 41 7 85.42Robert Coleman (Mirror) 53 10 84.13Howard Barnes (Herald -Tribune) 46 10 82.14Wilella Waldorf (Post) 46 15 75.41Burton Rascoe (it -odd -Telegram) 46 16 74.20Robert Garland (Journal -American(. 30 17 69.84

(Note -Voided In this tabulation are revivals with fixed or limitedruns. Also not tabbed are 13 shoat( which have prcemed too recentlyto have had an opportunity of proving themselves.)

Radio Gets MoreNewspaper Space,NBC Check Shows

CHICAGO, March 17. -News aboutradio Is receiving more apace these days,even In the face of wartime paper short-ages. This has been revealed by a sur-vey completed this week by Jack Ryan,head of NBC's Central Division flackery.Survey was conducted in 22 Statea serv-iced by the department.

Illinois was one of the States showingan improved position for radio apace.The Chicago Tribune and The ChicagoDaily News started radio news columnsthis year. So did The Joliet Herald -News,Springfield State Register, Mount Ver-non Register -News and The Dixon Eve-ning Telegraph.

Two Fort Worth papers, The Press andStar -Telegram, have added daily columns,and the latter also has started usingdaily pie. Other improvements were inThe Birmingham (Ala.) News and TheMobile Press -Register in the same State.The former has doubled its daily columnspace, and the Mobile paper has addeda Sunday column and doubled the spacedevoted to station listings.

In Michigan. The Adrian Daily Tele-gram has given a 50 per cent boost toIts listing space, and The St. JosephHerald -Press is carrying six times theamount of highlight listings it printedIA yeas. ago.

"Real Life" IdealTo Get Heatter's

Audience Rating?NEW YORK, March 17. -Mutual, which

seems to be convinced that Real Storiessustainer currently occupying Its GabeHeatter follow-up slot. 9:15-9:30, is worthholding, it is starting an intensive driveto sell the program, pointing out that its6.8 rating is higher than a.ny sponsoredshow ever got In the MBS period. Salesletter, sent out over the signature ofPhil Carlin. MBS program v -p saya thatthe net feels it's found, in Real Stories,the type of show needed to hold TheHeatter audience.

Show, as pointed out In The Billboardseven weeks ago, was hypoed when Carlincame to Mutual with new writers, actors,director and producer brought in and alive ork added. The 8.8 rating on theshow is the result of a special check ofthe 15 Hooper cities in which RealStories is heard. The rating of the timeperiod in all of the 32 Hooper cities is4.4 last reports.

Fight Looms Over"Breakfast" Title

HOLLYWOOD, March 19. -Court battleover ownership of title, Breakfast atSardi's, loomed this week following at-tempt of Dave Covey, operator of theBoulevard Cafe, to get an injunction tokeep Torn Breneman from interferingwith his plans to start a show of his own.

For the last several years, Breakfastat Sordi's has been aired from the cafe,but Breneman and his associates recent-ly took over the old Tropics on VineStreet from where the show will nowbroadcast.

Title of show also was recently changedto Breakfast in Hollywood, because of plcdeal that has since been signed. It isunderstood that Covey also is cooking upa film deal for a picture to bo titledBreakfast at Sardis,

NBC Rate CardSet This Week

NEW YORK, March 17. -NBC's videosales department is currently quotingtime rates to ad agencies. A regular ratecard is to the works for distill,, ac-cording to the trade. Rumors thatthe net was planning to charge a1.350per hour with a 4-1 rehearsal timeYork station, were dented by an officialof the net. He said that the price beingpassed around the Industry was com-pletely false and far above the contem-plated scale.

1941 Rate Card N. G.The NBC tele rate card of 1941, the

only one in existence at the present time,is Inoperative and rough estimates arebeing given to agencies so that they mayhave some Idea of the total cost of theirshows once talent and productioncharges are added. The major part ofproducing will be done by the net, saysthe trade, but there will be no specificrules preventing the agencies from put-ting on their own shows. If the net offersa 4-1 rehearsal time ratio, It Is expectedthat NBC will put together most pro-grams. The web, It la said, can rehearseIts productions as long as it likes, withno extra charge. An agency, however,will have to pay for extra time.

DuMont To Start TabIt was also learned this week that the

Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, operatorsof WARD, New York, plans, late In thespring, to begin charging the agenciesand other groups which have used itsfacilities for rehearsal time. The rates,which are still in the think stage, willbe pegged to compensate the station inpart for the time which its techniciansspend on rehearsals. Station operatorsfeel that three or four hours in the atu-dio begins to amount to dough but thehalf hour or less on the air doesn'tcount. DuMont collects thru prestige onIts airings.

A final decish on the DuMont plan, itis said, will be made within the month.

Gibbs May Simm-erAs Old Gold Sub

NEW YORK. March 17. -Georgia Gibbs,singer who checked off the Moore-Durante package after Camel canceled,is being considered by Lennon to Mitchellto do a Ginny Simms as summer replace-ment for the Old Gold Comedy Theater(NBC, 10:30-11 p.m.. Sunday). MiltonGeiger will do the scripting.

Format would have chlrper Interview-ing hospitalized servicemen In New York.There are still several bugs to be workedout before the show is definitely sold,among them scrlpter Geiger's reluctanceto live In the East over the summer andP. Lorillard Company's belief that MissGibbs's recent association with Camelwould be a disadvantage. It is possible.If Geiger holds out, that the program mayoriginate from the Coast. Jim Andrews.of the agency, is currently conferringwith the William Morris Office on details.

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(Continued from page 3)shows clocked rightswhich gives him 41and aeven wrongs. Another currentswitch, however, shows up in a spurtby Robert Coleman (Mirror) to passHerald -Tribune's aisle -squatter, HowardBarnes. Coleman's perfect tab of thelast 11 shows puts him into fifth slotwith a score of 84.13. In all he's beenwrong 10 times and right 53. Barnes' er-rors on Trio and Laffing Room give hima total of 10 wrong against 48 righttallies. He now runs sixth with a scoreof 82.14.

Other three of the nine official dramapooh-bahs keep their previous order.Post's Wilella Waldorf has an average of75.46 per cent. Fern expert has seen 61shows and been wrong 15 times. BurtonRascoe (World -Telegram) Is right behindher with one more error_out of a similartotal covered. Robert Garland (Journal-American) brings up the field. J. -A'spundit has sat in on 58 productions andchalked up 17 misses for a score of 69.64per cent.

One More TabAs The Billboard &Betel legit season

closes April 30, only one more tab willbe taken before the finish line Is crossed,Currently such plays as Good Night,Ladies; Hasty Heart, Hope for the Beat,The Overtone. The Tempest. A Lady Says 4

Yes, On the Town, Sing Out Sweet Land,Up fn Central Park, It's a Gift. FoolishNotion, Dark of the Moon and HappilyEver After haven't been around thisStem long enough to prove themselvesone way or another (The Billboard Yard-stfek for Success Is 100 Performances).There are over a dozen new ones due forarrival before the season's final curtain.So there is still plenty of opportunity forstumbles and upsets in the crtx runningorder, even if time is getting short.

Neff Radio Expands,Enters Disk Field

DETROIT, March 19 -Neff Radio Pro-ductions. beaded by Mortimer A. Neff. laexpanding operations, with the equippingof a half -floor 1n the Stroh Building foeoffices and studios. Company functionsas an advertising agency on radio timeonly and also does extensive productionwork, including civic affairs, such as RedCross campaign activities.

The organization Is branching outmore extensively into the recording field.with Dorothy Ann Marka. who has beenwith the firm for six years. taking overas lessee of equipment under the nameof Neff Recording Company. Typical alesignment to be handled in this divisionIs the Dow Symphony Orchestra, Mid-land. Mich., where they have signed amonthly contract for recording a 80-piece orchestra plus 11/0 -voice choir, anexceptionally heavy assignment for port-able equipment.

The ProphetNEW YORK. March 17. -Dan -

ton Walker, Daily News MainStern columnist, last week carriedan item which sold that Phllco'sHall of Fame (Blue, 6-7 Sundays)spends all the dough, but Quickas a Flash (MBS. 8-8:30 Sundays)gets all the listeners. At the timethat Walker ran the bit, it wasnot true. Fame was runningaround 8 in the Hooperating andFlash was bitting about a 7.

However, this week's advanceHooperatings show that Fame Isdown to a 6.5 and Flash Is up to7.1. Thus, Walker becomes aprognosticator extraordinary.

Or maybe Mutual was just pro-tecting a contact for its press de-partment.

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The Droop Season's Coming UpFord Seeing"Stars" for"Love" Slot

Blue Seeks Even TradeNEW YORK, March 17. -Ford Motor

Company. thru J. Walter Thompson, Isnow dickering with NBC for the 2 p.m.Sunday time being vacated at the endof the month by General Foods' ThoseWe Love. Ford intends to put Stars ofthe Future. its half-hour showcase, onthe Blue Friday nights at 8, into theNBC slot.

Ironic twist to the story is the factthat Blue is interested in buying ThoseWe Love as a sustaining package to beput into the Stars slot. Web has askedpackage owner for an audition disk andis said to be high on the program.

Bigger Audience ForeseenIt is understood that Ford and his

agency both feel that Stars will get abigger audience on NBC Sunday after-noon than it is now getting on Blue.Show's Hooperating in the current reportis 2.9, a 0.4 rise over the last report butstill nothing to dance in the aisles about.

Ford deal with NBC will be consum-mated by the end of the week if net'sprogram toppers think Stars has thestuff. tinder the new NBC program rulesthey can nix the show if they don't feelit can come Hooper thru.

Canadian OutletsTo Pay $141,672

For Music in '45OTTAWA, March 17. -Canadian Per-

forming Rights Society has been author-ized to collect $141,672 from Canadianradio stations this year for the use ofcopyright music. The authorization wasmade by the Copyright Appeal Board ina schedule filed with State SecretaryMcLarty and published In an extra edi-tion of The Canada Gazette. The feesfrom the radio stations are payablemonthly in advance.

The Society, appearing before theboard in January, asked for 8247,926 infees for 1945. In 1944, it received 8138,-310. At the January hearing, counselfor the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora-tion said that because of war conditionsthe time was "inopportune" to put intoeffect fees sought by the CPRS this year.

The board authorized Broadcast Music,Inc. (Canada), Ltd., to collect $17,709from Canadian radio stations for the useof its repertoire during 1945. This wasthe amount requested by BMI. In 1945BMI received $17.288.

Quebec AssemblyOkays Premier's

State Radio PlanOTTAWA March. 17. -Quebec Premier

Maurice Duplessis's measure for the cre-ation of a provincial radio network tobe known as Radio Quebec was approvedFriday (161 by the Province's LegislativeAssembly. The bill was given second andthird readings after the assembly passedresolutions pertaining to it.

Federal government approval is neces-sary before the proposed network canbe put into operation. Premier Duplessistold the legislators that one of the mainpurposes of the proposed Radio -Quebecwould be to create "an opportunity forthe province to express its own views oneducational problems and to counter-balance the influence of some programsof the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora-tion."

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CampbellSoupGets Moore-Durante Show

Esty Loses PackageNEW YORK. March 19. -The Moore-

Durante seg, with as many sponsors afterit almost as the Joan Davis sweepstakes,looks set to go to Campbell soupery, withthe Esty Agency unable to get a sponsorin time to hold on to program.

M -D program will stay In same slot onCBS and carry on in the same Durante-Moore manner. Among the sponsors whowon't get the show Ls Corn Products whowas said to have been ready to drop StageDoor Canteen, to buy Durante.

Program will be handled. as all Camp-bell Soup biz Is, by Ward WheelockAgency.

Holles WBBM NewsHead, Commentator

NEW YORK, March 17.-Ev Holies,No. 2 man to Paul White In CBS news,moves to Columbia -owned WBBM In Chi-cago next month to bead the outlet'snews department and start a regularsix -a -week sponsored commentary forStandard 011 of Indiana. He will be re-placed at CBS by Wells Church, radiodirector for the Republican NationalCommittee in 1938 and 1940.

Holles's new post and his new showscotch trade -paper rumors that he wasbeing sent to a news Siberia by Columbia.

RCA May SnagAnother Times

Radio EditorNEW YORK, March 19. -Jack Gould,

radio editor of The New York Times,may follow in the footsteps of one of hispredecessors, Ornin Dunlap, and go towork for RCA. It is understood thatGould is slated for an important pub-licity -promotion post with the company.

Dunlap, long-time radio editor of TheTimes, now heads up publicity and ad-vertising at RCA -Victor.

Det. Free PressSlaps WWJ Over

Hope E. T. BlurbsDETROIT. March 17. -Professional re-

action of the recent banning of tran-scribed commercials on WWJ had akick -back this week when The DetroitFree Press took a mild slap at the un-named "local radio station that proudlyboasts 'no transcribed announcements -no singing commercials"' for using"melodic blurbs on the Hope program."As repeatedly stated In the trade press.the WWJ ban naturally applied to itsown shows and not to network originatedshows over which the station has nocontrol. but The Free Press evidently for-got that a radio station lacks even theslight degree of control over a networkshow that a newspaper can exercise oversyndicate materials.

The item appeared in The Town Criercolumn, now handled "by The Free Pressstaff." which was written until two weeksago by Tony Weitzel, who switched toThe Detroit News, owners of WWJ.

Reduction inRatings Start

It happens every year-but the boys still drag outact that show's going to hell

NOW YORK, March 19. -The cryingtowels are in demand -in fact they're sowet that ad agency execs arc spendingtheir off -hours figuring out new waysto wring out the towels before their

- sponsors start sprinklingthe floors all over again,

And the sorry fact isthat the towels, the sametowels are wet with thesame tears at the sametime every year -becausethe Hoopers start droop-ing in February - andtalent, sponsors and evenstation men start mak-

ing with The Tears, Point by Point asthe ratings drop.

It's a Weather BizOne performer whose ups and downs

have been not too scenic railwaylsh isreally sobbing this year, letting loosehuge black clouds for the first time, be-cause he too has noted, just as Hope,Bergen. Fibber. Burns and Jay Jostyn.(Mr. D. A.), that as the days becomelonger and warmer the available audi-ence becomes smaller and smaller andhis, as well as all nighttime show rat-ings, become smaller and smaller. (Day-time shows don't vary much seasonallybecause audience isn't wandering.)

Bad weather keeps 'ens home and downthru the year It's been proven that whenthey're home -they listen and are check-able. When they're not home, they'renot listening as far as Hooperatings areconcerned tho many dial just the same-In automobiles and in the open wherethere's no phone with which to checkcoincidentals.

No Country Check -UpNo adequate check-up is available of

the sets that move front city to countryfor the summer, altho one radio manu-facturing concern's sales research direc-tor estimated that the actual number ofradio families decreased only a maximumof 10 per cent in the summer. Researchdirector of the set -maker checked 22summer resorts of families in all incomegroups front settlement (welfare) campsto exclusive Thousand Island summermansions and reported that while thedecrease of telephone families was over60 per cent, the decrease in radio setownership was nil. Interesting facts de-veloped In the lowest Income bracketswhich indicated that more lower -bracketwomen and children listen to radio regu-larly while resting in summer camps(Catholic Charities, etc.), than they didat home -more free time and greateravailability of receivers was the answer.In the swank homes and even on sail-boats on the Sound, there's more solidlistening in the summer than In thewinter -but it's not listening that provesitself In ratings . , and ratings don'tlike the heat.

Third Week in January TopsHowever, summers away from home

aren't the entire answer to the down-ward curve that starts from a high eachyear, hit generally the third week InJanuary. That week is generally thetoughest of winter for a good section ofthe population of the U. S. A. Year afteryear ratings attain their peak In Janu-ary -and then the curve is down untilSeptember when it starts up again. Thefive-year record of average Hooperatingsproves this:

Oct. Nov. Dee. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.May'10-11..10.5 11.1 11.8 12.0 12.2 11.6 11.2 6.9'41,12.. 9.7 10.0 11.1 12.4 12.1 11.3 9.5 9.842-'13..10.2 11.3 11.9 12.6 12.1 11.7 10.9 9.6'13-41..10.0 10.5 10.7 10.8 11.0 10.5 9.8 84'11-'15.. 4.7 9.8 9.7 10.1 10.7 10.0

Can't Duck SeasonsSeasonable ups and downs can't be(Sec CUT IN RATINGS on page 10)

6 RADIO The BiL!board March 24, 1945

Philco PlanningEarly Tele - SetOutput Post -War

PHILADELPHIA, March 17.-Philcoplans to produce television receiving setsfor the public within a few months afterthe end of the war, John Ballantyne,president, Informed stockholders in aletter accompanying March dividendChecks. "We believe that television hasnow progressed to the point where It isready to proceed commercially at theend of the war and provide a satisfactoryservice for the public." Ballantyne said.

Pointing out that 12 channels in theSpectrum have been set aside by the FCCfor commercial television, he added,"Philco believes that these channels willpermit several hundred stations to go onthe air in the next few years and give alarge part of the public regular televisionprogram service. Many sections of theCountry will have the benefit of programsfrom several stations. The commission'saction can therefore be the basis for alarge post-war industry and provide em-ployment and job opportunities for agreat many people,"

Raytheon FilesWest Coast Aps

To 26,000 Mc.HOLLYWOOD. March 17.-Further evi-

dence that the West Coast is to becomeincreasingly television -minded was seenin application filed with FCC by Raythe-on Manufacturing Company, of Waltham,Mass. This will augment company's pros-pective Eastern tele web.

Mountain -top sites are being pickedby company, with stations skedded forMount Adams, Washington; MountsShasta. Lassen, Tamalpais, Whitney andSan Gorgonio.Kings Peak, Utah and Gray's Peak, Colo.Elevations range from 3.000 to 15.000feet. All transmitters would be locatedunderground.

Company Is asking FCC for assign-ments on channels up to 26,000 mega-cycles, which includes space heretoforeunexplored. Circuits would also be de-signed for FM and standard broadcast re-lays, highway control systems, public callsystems and other services.

Clear Channel OpsHope To Up Power

To 500,000 Kc.WASHINGTON, March 17.-Accentuat-

ing the positive, clear channelers will useFCC May 9 hearing to urge lifting lid ofpower limits, currently 50.000 kc. to 500,-000 kc. In preparation for post-war airdomination fight. This was report goingrounds here today and while clear chan-nel ops were keeping their lips buttonedand their powder dry, there seemed goodreason to believe that they are currentlyplanning offensive of their own so thatall will not be gloom when FCC gets downto cases on c. c. future. Channelersalready know that FCC is going to bringin own recommendations which may notadd to happiness of ops, particularlyas one major recommendation is expectedto suggest that West Coast clear chan-nelers be turned into regionals and c. c.operations be moved to Middle West.

Clear channel ops believe that if theycan get lid taken off power, the hearingewill not be entirely lost. Mexico, it Is ex-pected. will attend Rio de Janeiro June 1Pan-American Telecommunications Con-ference with proposal for lifting powerceilings, and American ops, reasonablyenough, feel that if power is going upSouth of the Border then it shouldCertainly be boosted North of the Bor-der as well.

Outlet engineers met with FCC techni-cal men yesterday (16) to map plansfor May 9 hearing. Ops had hoped hear-ings would be delayed but every sign heretoday pointed to the hearings going offon schedule.

Engineers' LamentCHICAGO, March 17.-The engineers of WOW, Omaha, have at last

rebelled. Recently they put up on a bulletin board their opinions oftalent that has been giving them a shoving around on transcribed shows.Part of the notice read:

"Dubbing done at all hours-day or night-by cheerful recordingoperators at your convenience. Take extra copies to all your relatives.Never mind the expense. WOW will pay for the blanks. Think nothingof it. Forget the thanks: WOW maintains these operators for yourbenefit.

"Don't bother to come at 12:45 for the program; come at 12:51 andwe'll record the show,

"Why do it at 78 rpm? Well record it any speed to match yourturntable. If your turntable doesn't work, bring that in. We might aswell fix that for you, too. (We'll furnish an operator to wind your oldphonograph for you.)

"Pay no attention to our quotations of prices. See the front officeand get a reduced price. If you know the right people, you can get theplant. -

Salty -MindedBoss Embitters

Outlet's StaffMINNEAPOLIS, March 17.-Twin Cities

Is seething because A. E. Joscelyn, man-ager of WCCO (CBS), went along withthree Minneapolis -St. Paul newspaper-men at navy invitation to take part inshakedown cruise of newly commisaionedU. S S. St. Paul. Other stations want toknow why they weren't invited and whyJosceyln had to go along as The Star -Journal cent Cedric Adams. its columnist,who also does newscasting for WCCO.

Meanwhile, at WCCO, some of the boysarc showing resentment over the factthat the boss got himself all dressed upin a war correspondent's uniform insteadof delegating the trip to a newsman Inthe org. Josceyln explained it this wayto another radio station manager: Adamswas asked to cover both his paper andWCCO, but said he couldn't handle radiounless an expert radio man was along, sonavy gave bid to W000, and Josceylngrabbed It for himself.

KSTP Head Hits CeilingFrom another source it was learned

that Stanley Hubbard, prexy of KSTP,the NBC outlet here, hit the ceilingwhen he heard an invitation went toWCCO and not to KSTP, and that hetried unsuccessfully to get invite for oneof his men. Hubbard wasn't In for com-ment, but Kenneth Hance, manager, saidstation did get bid but after some con-sideration decided not to accept "be-cause occasion was better for newspapersthan for radio."

At any rate, WCCO has two men enroute to embarkation point to makecruise, expected to last three tosilx weeks,while other stations are out in the cold.And they don't like it a little bit, de-spite what some say publicly.

Legion Sponsors11 E.T. Shows onG.I. Bill of Rights

DETROIT. March 17.-A new tran-scribed series of 11 programs, This IsOur Duty, sponsored nationally by thepowerful American Legion, went on WJRSunday (11) at 1 p.m. The program isbeing readied thru transcription for localsponsorship by Legion groups all overthe country.

The series is designed to show thepublic the features of the G.I. Bill ofRights which, the Legion feels, is notwell enough understood generally. With1,500,000 men already discharged fromthe services, the problem of the returneeis becoming more significant daily. andthe series is written as a series of dramasto educate the public along these lines.The Detroit Districts' Association of theLegion, made up of all local posts, isassuming joint sponsorship of the WJRseries, while national plans call for eachLegion Post or local group to contactlocal stations and aim to get the 11quarter-hours on the air.

CLEVELAND. March 19.-Carl E.George. assistant manager of WOAR,Cleveland, now Is en route to Philippinesas WOAR war correspondent. Station sentDavid Baylor, program director to Euro-pean theater last summer, being first in-cite with correspondent in ETO.

WBKB Gets ItselfA Map Machine

CHICAGO, March 17.-Staff of WBKBB&K video station here, is developing amap machine called the Shadow -Graphwhich uses lights, glass. transparentmaps, paper figures of tanks, bombs andflags, and a mirror so that television cam-era can pick up a picture of a map onwhich movement of armed forces can bedemonstrated with moving symbols. Ma-chine is similar to that used by CBS inNew York for months, first described forthe trade by The Billboard.

WBKB Shadow -Graph has four 450 -watt lamps placed beneath a horizontalglass on which are placed transparentmaps. On these maps are placed, upsidedown and in reverse, the symbols needed.The figures are moved by hand during theshow.

Above the maps Is a mirror at 45 -de-gree angle which rights the figures. Cam-era is focused on the mirror and thescreen shows only the map and the sym-bols.

More SponsoredSetTs Set forB&K in Chicago

CHICAGO, March 17.-The number of"commercial" programs telecast byWBKB. Balaban & Katz video stationhere, will be augmented in the near fu-ture by two new shows to be put on bycompanies that have plenty cash and canbe expected to do first-class video. Althothese and all other shows plugging prod-ucts on WBKB can be said to be com-mercial because of the sales pitches inthem, the station does not receive anymoney for its facilities.

First of the two new commercial serieswill be started on WBKB next Wednes-day (21) by Marshall Field's local depart-ment store. Thirteen -stanza series will bepresented every other Wednesday after-noon. First one of series, to be titledWednesday Matinee, will be a style show.Plans for subsequent shows In series havenot been set definitely yet.

Second new commercial for WBKB willbe aired, starting in May, by one of thebiggest radio manufacturing companiesin town. Plans are still hush-hush andname of company cannot be released yet,but It Is known that outfit will undoubt-edly use two nighttime shows-one anews commentary and the other possiblyan interview and special events format.No agency will be involved in either ofthese two new series,

Underwood QuitsNL&B for OwnAir -Package Firm

HOLLYWOOD, March 19.-Cecil Un-derwood, vice-prexy of Needham, Louts& Brorby, Inc.. of Chicago and Holly-wood, has turned in his resignation.

For the last eight years Underwoodhas been producer and director of FibberMcGee and Molly and Great Gildersleeveshows. He was one of the first to seethe possibilities of the Fibber McGee

NBC Nixes AdPuffs in Middle

Of NewscastsNEW YORK. March 19.-NBC has

asked its sponsors to forego middle com-mercials in newscasts and expects thatall the senior nets' bank -rollers will goalong 100 per cent. Formal announce-ment of the 'middle -puff nix was madeThursday (15) by Niles Trammell, webproxy.

News sponsors are expected to ridealong with the middle -commercial nixbecause a number of them have reports athand which indicate that a commercialworked into the middle of hot news doesnot sell. They have been going alongalso with 'Trammell's request to cut ad -plugs to the bone when history -makingnews comes thru the air, because audi-ence -measurement facts at hand indi-cate that sponsor and product identifi-cation reach a new low every time his-tory is being recorded on the air.

Callback check-ups reveal that, althoaudiences reached new' highs on Nor-mandy D -Day and on other D -days, theselling impact of the news shows airedon those days was nearly zero. Sponsorand product identification also were farbelow normal on those noteworthy days.Trammell pointed out that the requestfor the abatement of news pitches atthis time came because "news today isour No. 1 public service obligation."

CBS, Blue Reaffirm PoliciesNEW YORK, March 17.-On the heels

of the NBC decision to eliminate middlecommercials from news broadcasts, CBSand the Blue both Wised statementsreaffirming their news policies. CBSstatement, signed by Paul Keston. thenet's exec v. -p., said that Columbia feelsthe news should come before the plugand that middle commercials are okayin that they serve to break the tempobetween war news and less importantitems. He added that they must conformto good taste, restraint and decorum.

The Blue's statement, signed by PrettyMark Woods, said that the net doesn'tobject to middle commercials in newsshows of 10 minutes or longer so long asthey are delivered In good taste and donot break the continuity of thought.CBS also pointed out that it had reducedthe total time allowed for commercialsto two minutes in a 15 -minute newsshow at the outbreak of the war.

11BS ChangesIts Dog Tag

NEW YORK, March 17. - EffectiveMarch 26, MKS will drop its "This IsMutual" tag and substitute what it con-siders a more dignified identification:"This Is the Mutual Broadcasting Sys-tem." At the same time, the net willstop mentioning origination points bycall letters and merely say, "This pro-gram came to you from our New York(Hollywood, Chicago or whatever the citymay be) studios."

Decish to make the changes was ap-proved by the web's board of directorslast week when MBS toppers pointedout that the old catch -line was a little'too tricky and more than a bit mean-ingless to most listeners. It's felt thatthe new one, which has been used before,has more meaning and dignity. Samegoes for the station call letters,

Hilly Sanders a V. -P.CHICAGO, Starch 17.-Hilly Sanders,

radio director of the Mitchell -FaustAgency here, last week was appointedvice-president in charge of radio for theagency. Hilly is one of the youngestexecutives in town to hold such a titleand has the distinction of being the onlywoman in town to hold such a post.

airer, and talked Hal Peary into buildingthe Gildersleeve character Into a fullhalf-hour show.

Underwood bows out of his agencyconnection on or before June 1, depend-ing upon when he can be replaoed. Heintends to open his own company hereto produce, direct and package radioshows.

March 24, 1945 The Billboard RADIO 7

MBS's New DaytimeParticipation ShowTo Preem April 30

NEW YORK, March 17. Mutual's newdaytime audience participating show,subject of much speculation in the tradofor several weeks has been set for anApril 30 preem, with Dud Williamson,emsee of What's the Name of ThatSong?, currently originating on the WestCoast, doing the ringmaster chores.

Title of the program has not yet beenset. Show hasn't been sold to date but.it's understood that several sponsors arointerested.

Bell To TelecastNew Shoiv Based

Partly on 'Hour'NEW YORK, March 19.-The Bell Sys

tern, sponsor of the Telephone Hour onNBC, will shortly make the plunge intovideo with a new show based in part onthe radio program, according to reliabletrade reports. N. W. Ayer ad agency teletoppers are currently prepping materialfor the client's approval.

It is understood that the companyoriginally wanted to do a straight televersion of the radio show, but Don Mcc,Clure, bead of the agency's video activ-

Senate ExpectedTo Confirm Denny

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Senateconfirmation of Charles R. Denny, 33 -year -old general counsel of the FCC, forthe existing commission post, is ex-pected without opposition. Denny, gen-eral counsel for the FCC since October,'1942, was named for the job Wednesday(14) by FOR., bearing out the recent re-port published in The Billboard.

hies, was able to persuade them that itwas not visual. However, the programwill have a middle -brow music test.Show will go either to G. E. or NBC withthe latter the more likely possibility.

"Rosemary" Finds"Clue's" CBS Slot

NEW YORK, March 19.-Rosemary,P&G strip show on NBC, switches to CBSMarch 26, filling the 2:15-2:30 slot leftvacant by Two On a Clue's move to theold Joyce Jordan time, 2-2:15. Rosemaryplugs Ivory Flakes and White LaundrySoap.

Because of contract difficulties, theshow will be on both NBC and CBS fromMarch 26 until April 2 when Corumbtagets it exclusively. Benton & Bowles isthe agency.

THREE MONTHS...An interim report on some of the first thingsbeing done by the network that hastens slowly

For the past three months, Mutual's use ofwhite space in the trade press has been de-voted mostly to a plain exposition of new

operating policies. We bragged not; neitherdid we promise miracles. We ventured to

for noting a couple of rather spectacularnewsbeats from the warfronts, our adsspoke simply of the easy, deliberate paceto which we've geared our progress.

Comes now, we believe, a proper time toreport the state of the network and how ithas changed during these three months.Some top advertisers and agencies havemoved their business to Mutual. A fewhave departed. And some exceptional newprogram material has been signed.

1,042 NEW STATION -HOURS*

Look at the ledger first. Nine commercialprograms were added, December throughFebruary, putting 1,042 more station -hours to work every week. Five sponsoredshows, occupying 223 station -hours a week,

were dropped during that period. Andwithin the past few days we've signed 133more station -hours a week in new businessscheduled to start on Mutual soon.

Among Mutual's new (or returning)sponsors since December 1 are CarterProducts, Chesapeake & Ohio, Coca-Cola,Kellogg, Textron, Seven -Up. Former shows

have been lately replaced here by General

Cigar, Semler, Van Camp. The agencies in

charge of this expanded activity includeTed Bates; Calkins & Holden; D'Arcy;Erwin, Wasey; Kenyon & Eckhardt; J.Walter Thompson.

AGATHA, ARCH & COMPANY

Program talent coups comparable to thenewsbeats mentioned above have beenscored by Mutual's newly strengthenedProgram Department. Agatha Christie'sbest-selling mystery fiction came to life,exclusively on these airlanes February 22,in the person of Hercule Poirot. Mutualalso acquired the script and direction skills

of that master craftsman, Arch Oboler,whose original dramas for radio will tingle

spines and tickle funnybones when his newseries begins April 5. Add, also, to the popu-lar music sky Mutual's two new singingstars, Curt Massey and Anita Ellis.

Don't let our recent reticence fool you; thisnetwork is on its way ...UP. And, as wepromised three months ago, we'll keep youposted from time to time on our progress.

This. ..is MUTUAL

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BOB HOPE 31.7 259 NBC 128 Service to Front -CBS Foote -Cone 815,000 $ 473.18 ',9 hr. $ .51Transatlantic Quiz- & BeldingThe Pepsonent Co. Blue(Toothpaste) Amer Forum-MBS

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FIBBER McGEE & This Is My Best CBS Needham. 510.500 $ 371.02 t: hr. $ .40MOLLY 28.3 425 NBC 140 Spotlight Bands -Blue Lents &S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Esquire --Blue Brorby, Inc.

(Floor Wax) Amer. Forum-MBS

LUX RADIO Various -Blue J. Walter 616.000 $ 581.82 1hr. $ .59

THEATER 27.5 473 CBS 143 Various-MBS ThompsonLever Bros. (Lux) Various -NBC

BING CROSBY 23.7 381 NBC 137 Maj. Bowes -CBS J. W. T. $12,500 $ 527.43 Va hr. $ .54Kraft Cheese Co. Town Meeting -Blue(Velveeta) Various -NIBS

WALTER M -Go -Round -NBC Lennen & $ 6.000 $ 256.41 1:4 hr. $ .24WINCHELL 23.4 594 Blue 176 R. Digest -CBS MitchellJergen, i Woodbury Soap) Steel Horizons-MBS

JOAN DAVIS- CorlLss Archer -CBS McKee & 6 9,500 $ 409.48 4i hrJACK HALEY 23.2 77 NBC 71 Spotlight Bands -Blue Albright

Sealtest Esquire -Blue(Milk and Ice Cream) Treas. Hr. Song-MBS

SCREEN GUILD Contented Hour -NBC Blow e10.000 $ 438.60 '3 hr. $ .47THEATER 22.8 237 CBS 143 Guy Lombardo -Blue

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EDGAR BERGEN 22.6 307 NBC 138 Blondir-CBS J W. T. 314,500 $ 641.59 's hr. $ .64Standard Brands A. L. Alexander--MBS(Chase & Sanborn G'fld Choir -BlueCoffee) D. Thompson -Blue

ABBOTT & First Line -CBS Wm. Esty 012.000 $ 535.71 '', hr. $ .53COSTELLO 22.4 83 NBC 138 Fred Waring -Blue

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JACK BENNY 20.6 481 NBC 144 Kate Smith -CBS Ruthrauff & $42.800 $1,092.23 , 1-1, $ .94Amer. Tob. Co. Pearson -Blue Ryan(Lucky Strike) Gardiner -Blue

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ALDRICH Cities Service -NBC Young as $ 7.000 $ 374.33 ', h, S .35FAMILY 18.7 270 CBS 125 Various -Blue RubloamGeneral Foods (Postum) Various-MBS

KOLLEGE OF MUSI- Great Music -CBS Ted Bates 310.000 $ 567.57 1,, hr. $ .56CAL KNOWLEDGE 18.5 348 NBC 131) Icebox Folites--Blue

Colgate -Palmolive -Peet Carnegle-MBS(Soap & Dental Cream) Schubert -NIBS

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THE SHADOW 11.4 216 MBS 40 G. M. Syrnph-NBC R. & R. 34.500 $ 219.29 ', hr.D. L. & C. Coal Various -CBSBlue Coal Met Opera -Blue

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JOHN CHARLES W. News Today -CBS McCann-5 8,500 $ 955.06 l'.' hr. $ .97

THOMAS 8.9 100 NBC 140 Sun. Vespers -Blue Mick.sonWestinghou, Varlous-NIBS

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The networks in these cases are not extensive to permit of the The average evening audience rating Is 10.0 an against 10.5 lastprojection of Hooperating and listeners -per -listening -sets upon report, 10.5 a year ago. Average nets -in -use of 31.6 as againstthe urban city population on the same basis as networks of 32.8 last report, 32.0 a year ago. Average available audience ofaver 100 stations. The "talent cost per urban thousand listeners'. 79.3 so against 60.1 last report, 79.6 a year ago. Sponsored net-ts therefore not reported in these cases. work hours reported on number 80', as against 80', last report,81', a year ago.

The "Talent Cost Index" is protected by the copyright of The Billboard and infringements will be prosecuted.

Capitol NixesFree PlattersFor Stations

Stock Shortage BlamedNEW YORK. March 24 -Radio sta-

tions thruout country will now hare topay for Capitol Records, as that companyhas done away with Its free list to stu-dios. According to music execs at Indiastations around New York, they've al-ways had to pay for disks from threemajor companies. Columbia, Decca andVictor, but Capitol until recently shippedrecords free to stations. Reason. althoCapitol execs wouldn't comment on sit-uation, is understood to be because num-ber of records sent to radio stations atean appreciable hole In available stockpile.

Dave Dexter. Capitol publicity chief.aays that firm still supplies disk jockeyswith regular releases In form of specially -pressed, unbreakable bynalite platters.which are made in Hollywood. at $2apiece. Survey of disk jockeys in NewYork revealed that Dick Gilbert. WFLN,is the only one who says that he getsCapitol's super -platters. Martin Block.WNEW station execs say, has to buy allhis own disks, except for a few records hereviews in his column for a song lyricmag. However, trade is pretty much inaccord with idea that leaders, band p.a.'sand vocalists slip Block advance diskingfree of charge in order to get a hearing.

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FCC To RevealAllocations Pre -

Confab in RioWASHINGTON, March 17.-FCC will

definitely hand down post-war alloca-tions before American delegation de-parts, for Rio Pan-American Telecom-munications Conference June 1, and FMwill be in 84-102 mc. slot when decisioncomes, inside FCC sources here claimedtoday. Few. If any, changes will be madein commercial broadcast plan alreadyannounced by FCC, it is said, despite bigarguments wheeled up against FM up-ping by FMBI and associates at recentoral arguments.

FCC Wednesday (14) revealed that itsengineers had constructed an FM con-verter from parts picked up in localradio shops which cost $8.85. The con-verter would partially overcome objec-tions of industry spokesmen that presentFM receivers would be made obsolete byswitching spectrum allocation for theservice. Only a portion of FM receiverscould be converted with such an instru-ment. Demonstration here was put on inoffice of George S. Turner. chief of thefield division of FCC and, coming as itdid, shortly after revelation of "interfer-ence" tests at Denver, proved to manythat FCC engineers are working tooth andnail to back up policy makers.

Rumored Secret HearingAnother sign that FM Is on the way up

was the report regarding "secret" FMhearing held by FCC earlier In the week.While FCC refused to disclose results, Itwas rumored that it won new support forits position.

That the FMBI group took a behind -doors licking was indicated following thehearings when Maj. Edwin Armstrong,discoverer of FM and bitter opponent ofthe high -band move, was seen eatinggloomily in a Washington restaurant.FCC'er spotted him and remarked, "Arm-strong appears to have taken his defeatpretty hard."

FCC ReportedFavoring ErnstPlan for WOKO

WASHINGTON, March 17.-FCC todaywas reported looking with favor on Mor-ris Ernst plan for reorganization ofWOKO. Albany. N. Y., that would removeSam Pickard interest from the' outletthru sale of his holdings to Raymond M.Curtis and Harold E. Smith, other majorstockholders in station. Ernst, well-known New York attorney, appearing forWOKO interests, proposed the plan atbearing here Wednesday (14).

FCC plan would be for Pickard to sellOut for a price based on book value plusa sum not to exceed 20 per cent of value.At the same time, WABY-WOKO tie-upthru Gannett newspaper, holdings wouldbe broken up under Ernst plan, withGannett selling WOKO interests to Curtisand Smith and retaining WABY owner-ship under Ernst plan.

Admitting it was not perfect, Ernstsaid be saw no other solution to "hiddenownership" charge against WOKO. Hewas sole witness at the hearing Wednes-day. Decision is expected from FCC innear future.

WLIB Godofsky RepsB'klyn Citizen Yens

NEW YORK, March 19-Ell Godofsky,who heads up the Station WLIB opera-tion for Dorothy Thackrey, Is also reppinga syndicate of men who would like to takeover the name and newsprint allotmentof the Brooklyn Citizen. Publisher of theBC has been in the hospital lately withplenty aches and may be persuaded topart with what remains of the paper.

Godofsky was formerly publisher of asmall rag in Brooklyn and still has thesmell of printers' ink in his nose. How-ever. he's fronting the pitch and has nointention of getting away from manag-ing the percolator for which he has ClassB clear channel ideas.

Joan, Sponsors' Sweetheart, HasAgencies Panting With OffersNEW YORK, March 17. -This Joan

Davis situation, as Alice once said, isgetting "curlouser and cmiouser." Withthe once fabulous million -dollar RexallDrug contract option fast running out.six agencies are in the field, all biddingfuriously, and ofttimes at cross purposes,for La Davis.

Funniest angle in the whole mix-up isthe fact that two agencies will learn forthe first time here that they want Miss

MBS, WOR MullTaking of EachOther's Shows

NEW YORK, March 17.-In an effortto strengthen Mutual and WOR's day-time program skeds, Phillips Carlin, theweb's program v. -p., is currently work-ing with the station's execs on a plan toput top WOR commercials on the netand web shows on the outlet. At thepresent time, the web's New York outlethas a daytime sited which is quite dif-ferent In spots from MBS.

Carlin's idea is to take from WOR itsbest shows and offer them across thecountry as co-ops. And MBS shows willgo to WOR also, for local sponsorship.Deal would work this way: If WOR had atop commentator who was sponsored inNew York, Carlin would clear the spiel-er's time thruout the web and ask theother stations to start selling. In re-turn, WOR would take a top Mutualshow, clearing its time and offer it toclients unless it has a national sponsor.In that case MBS would try to sellWOR to the sponsor. Purpose would bethree -fold. First advantage would be tostrengthen the web's co-op structure.Second would help WOR. And thewould be to clear up some of the pro-graming difficulties which have besetthe web and its outlets.

As yet, no definite shifts are set butit is known that station toppers like theidea and are willing to go along withCarlin on the strength of his top-notchpast performances at NBC, Blue and,most recently, Mutual. If It works atWOR, says the trade, Carlin may askWON, Chicago, and Don Lee, Coast, togo along, too.

Radio Libel LawIntroed in Pa.

PHILADELPHIA, March 17.-A bill.making ft a criminal offense in Pennsyl-vania to libel a group by writing, print-ing, publication, exhibitions or by an-nouncements thru any form of radiobroadcasting, was Introduced this weekin State Legislature by Rep. Joseph Staleof Philadelphia. His measure wouldamend the Penal Code's definition oflibel. Skale said present libel laws "donot take into consideration groups ofpersons," and his bill, providing finesand jail penalties, is designed to meetthe situation.

The legislator said the broadcastingclause was entirely new in the definitionof libel, adding: "In several instancesrecently, an Individual performing a

broadcast has said something before thestation could stop it. Under existing law,we could not do anything against thespeaker because there was no remedy."

Moore Reps WLW on CoastHOLLYWOOD, March 17. - Tracy

Moore, well-known West Coast sales exec,will have charge of the new sales officebeing opened in the First NationalBuilding here March 24 by the CrosleyCorporation station, WLW, Cincinnati.Moore will also represent Station KGOR,Butte, Mont.. and the Bar -Z Network.Other sales offices operated by WLW arelocated in New York, Chicago and At-lanta. Moore was for three years West-ern sales manager for American Broad-casting Company (Blue Network).

Davis for the same client to replace thesame show. Kenyon Sr. Eckhardt has ap-proached the comedienne with an offerto replace army -bound Eddie Brackenfor Standard Brands on NBC, Sunday, at8:30 p.m. And Ted Bates. also for SB.has put in its bid for her as the Brackenreplacement. Bates has offered exactlythe same deal that she got from Rexallplus what Rexall hasn't been able to de-liver so far-an acceptable time. K&E,unaware that Bates is in there pitching,has also offered the time but less dough.

Blow Agency wants Miss Davis for twoaccounts, Philip Morris and Lady Esther.Exact offer is not known. WardWheelock, who was in on the originalauction before Resell got the option, isworking like a stevedore to deliver herfor Campbell Soups as a Jack Carson re-placement. And in the background isYoung & Rubicam, interested. in itslofty way, in getting her for Lever Bros.Y&R offers the Burns and Allen slot onCBS with B&A moving over to plug Lip-ton's Tea, another Y&R account. Noth-ing will be definitely set until, if, whenand as the Rexall option ends.

With horse -racing cut out, the boys infront of Lindy's are now laying odds onthe Joan Davis sweepstakes. Only pastperformance chart is her 23.2 Hooper -sting,

L&M to ShowcaseSpielers on "Which"

NEW YORK, March 17.-Lennen &Mitchell agency will use Old Gold'sWhich Is Which. show (CBS, Wednesday.9:30-10 p.m.) as a showcase over thesummer to pick a new emcee to replaceKen Murray. Murray bows off shortly.

Agency will use a different spieler eachweek for the entire summer layoff anddecide on that basis which one does thebest job. Despite the plan, J. C. Flippenis being mentioned for the slot In re-liable trade circles.

Summer HeatBothers TeleShow People

Everybody Wants RecessNEW YORK, March 17.-Video. accord-

ing to trade trend tipsters, will haveitself a summer recess this year just likeits daddy, radio. Several sponsors haveindicated to their agencies that theywould like to take their shows off theair for at least 13 weeks during the hotmonths. WNBT-NBC and WABD-DuMontcarry commercials here.

Reasons for the hiatus are three -fold.Most important is the fact that mostowners of video sets today are in theUpper income brackets and they are thepeople who go out of town for the sum-mer. Thus video would be transmittinginto a complete vacuum, according to thehiatus gang, instead of the partial onethat gripes people now. Second reason.a cute twist. is the fact that the clients,too, like to go out of town. Tele ties themto a 50 -mile radius from the city.

In addition, directors have complainedthat they can't get any real work out ofactors during the hot weather. Heat ofstudio lights added to the weather havecaused several swoons in past summers.Despite air-conditioning systems, tem-peratures sometimes soar to 120 degreesFahrenheit. None of the studios in NewYork are completely equipped withwater-cooled lights at the present timeand it's felt that experimentation withthe mercury way up is not smart.

Andrews Sis Heading EastHOLLYWOOD, Marcia 17.-Andrews

Sisters' ober, Eight -to -the -Bar Ranch isgoing to make a four -week pitch in N. Y.,according to Lou Levey, manager. Pur-pose of trek is for theater tour, with ask-ing price for the trio said to be in theneighborhood of $80,000.

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Hooperatm.gsRing at Bell

NEW YORK. March 19.-Execs of theBell System, In renewing the TelephoneHour on NBC for the sixth consecutiveyear. are asking their agency, N. W. Ayer,that it supply them for the first timewith complete Hooperatings on the showand adjacent programs plus a writteninterpretation of the figures. The phonepeople have suddenly become rating con-scious. says the trade, because they maybe thinking of taking a alight hitch Intheir advertising belt.

It is also said that the client wasthinking of cutting 12 stations from thefull -net skein it now uses but nixedthe idea when it found out that by sodoing It would lose the discount. Talentline-up on the show for the next yearIs about the same as usual, with theguest emphasis on high-priced MetOpera and concert stars.

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Wayne King and Carl WesterPitch for Chi Radio Origin

CHICAGO, March 17.-Announcementhere this week that Wayne King, the"Waltz King," end Carl Wester, vet Chipackager who has deal with Isms Phillipsunder which he owns rights for threenetwork serials she does, will set up newproduction company to be called King -Wester Enterprises, again has radio rowhere talking about the "decline of Chi-cago radio" and what can be done totake it out of the network doldrums.

Wester and King are going to sink alot of dough into packaging networkshows they will Insist upon having origi-nate In Chicago. Trade here says thecombo is likely to succeed because ofreputation and savvy of two and sensiblesums they can spend to attract writersand other talent to do shows of top netquality.

Wester Still Sold on ChiWester's theory Is that Chi still has a

lot of writing and acting talent that isbeing wasted because moat of the netcommercial shows are originating in NewYork or Hollywood. He figures thatplenty of good stuff can originate hereIf Chi packagers and net program olTi-chits would use a little brain power andspend some money-but not too much.

To prove his point that good showscan be whipped together here, he has onLre three that he hopes to peddle soonto sponsors. The trade knows that inthe Middle West there are plenty ofheavy industries that could Include somenew afxmsors.

Three shows are Meet My Mother.which will dramatize roles of motherswho have been responsible for successof some of today's top figures in publiceye; a variety pitch for Torn, Dick andHarry, and a dramatic chow centeredaround the adventures of a guy and hiswife who are newsreel photogs. OldTom. Dick and Harry net team brokeup few years ago after Marlin Hurtjoined Fibber McGee and Bud VanDoverdied. New team bas one of the origi-nals, Gordon VanDover, and Jimmy Hat-ton and Fritz Meisner.

Reaction of trade here upon hearingthat King and Wester were going toplug shows that will originate here was,"It's about time somebody did some-thing to give Chicago radio a shot inthe arm."

One well-known radio figure said thatChi radio slump started, partially, as re-sult of too low price ceiling that wasput on allows originating here. Oneagency used to have one of the top net-work nighttime dramatic shows with aweekly budget that never went over$750. This was the start, and eventuallyChicago got the reputation of being theonly town in which very low-cost showswere originated.

flow Much?Then, when nets began to Judge the

value of shows not on program valuebut on the basis of how much was spent,a show could not get time on the airunit.ss it originated In the high -pricetalent cities and had a weekly nut ofaround 910,000 or $15,000.

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sertising dollar, and once again a showthat has a cost that is not too highand still gets the listeners will be at apremium, and Chicago will start on theupgrade,

Improvement, Inc.Suggestion as to how things here

could be Imprmed ran along these lines:(1) There should be more efforts com-parable to that of King and Wester.Chi packagers with good shows shouldinsist they originate here. (2) The netexecs here should get behind the move,because if they don't Chi is eventuallyliable to become a town in which evenless web origination Is done and whichthe nets have only small branch °Macs.Then there would be no juicy salaries togive Chi net officials. (3) The agenciesshould see to it that Chi Is put backinto the network origination picture,for, It was said, if agencies continue tosell their sponsors on the $15,000 pack-ages instead of on the lower -cost qualitystuff that could come out of here, theiradvertisers are liable to turn to less ex-pensive media, and radio In generalwould be hurt.

Elgin Watch inDropping Mood

NEW YORK, March 17.-The ElginWatch Company will shortly cancelKeeping Up With the World, FrettingFoster show on the Blue (Wednesday,9-9:30 p Foster's dramatization ofodd events, based on his Collier's column.has been on the Blue since last spring.

Understood that the company Is dis-aatisfied with the show's current 3.4Hooper and Is fishing around for a newprogram. If J. Walter Thompson Agencydoes not come up with a good sires, sayreliable trade sources, Elgin may dropradio advertising altogether until the warends and they have something to sell.

Porter Tells OpsOf Show YardstickFor Renewal Okay

WASHINGTON. March 17.-Ops had afair warning today that renewal applica-tions will be subject to close program-ing scrutiny by the FCC In the future andthe warning, sounded earlier this weekby Chairman Paul Porter, was no Idlethreat, FCC sources revealed today. Por-ter. speaking to NAB regional meetinghere. Monday evening (12) revealed forfirst time that FCC is now setting yard-stick to measure "promises and per-formances." Future renewal applicantsmay find this yardstick the determiningfactor when seeking new licenses, It cannow be revealed.

That such a plan has been afoot atthe FCC almost since Porter took overhas been rumored but until he personallyadmitted It there was no confirmationof the reports. Now It stands as a factaltho the yardstick to be used still hasnot been revealed. However, some heresay it will be closer Inspection of stationlogs.

Porter's revelation of new "yardstick"policy comes hard on heels of Bernard K.Smith's article In current Harper's lam-basting FCC for failing in Its duty andurging that all outlets be forced to setaside three half-hour periods daily, atsame time, for non-commercial publicservice programs. FCC chairman had ap-parently read the Smith crlq before hetook to NAB rostrum as his reply seems adirect answer to Smith.

Porter, In his first full-dress speech, al-so revealed other vexing problems con-fronting the industry and FCC. He de-scribed these as excessive commercialism,definite licensing policies with respect totelevision, FM, and other new services,avoidance of monopoly control, avoidingspeculation In radio outlets, Insure a na-tion-wide service. and need for a largerFCC appropriation so that its services canbe expanded. Porter also bluntly in-formed radiomen that the FCC Act stillgoes during his administration-air is"loaned" to operators but belongs to thepeople.

Cut in RatingsStart as DroopSeason Bows In

(Continued from page 5)ducked. Summer ratings are not shownbecause they're not a true index of lis-tening, since advertisers generally takethe gentle falling curve and sock It rightIn the trunk line with a substitute showthat, like most things tabbed substitute,doesn't even pretend to be as good as theregular seg occupant. Since time costsdo not drop during the summertim.e, andsince in most cases time costa are sev-eral times the size of the talent, the cut-ting of the latter at the cost of ratingsdoesn't stand up In the budget sheet.

NBC Will Try To "Do Something"NBC unofficially realizes that several

"stinkers" last summer hit the over-allNBC ratings more titan usual and it Isgoing to work to sell every sponsor onputting a top replacement in his sum-mer time so that they won't have sucha hard pull when the regular program re-turns to the slot. As one NBC programerput it-the way some advertisers think,they want to ease the summer by turn-ing off the cooling system (good enter-taining shows)-is something for thebook.

CBS' InducementCBS also wants sponsors to keep the

shows running and has something upits sleeve to offer as an inducement.Trade, of course, points out that bothNBC and CBS have tried selling the ideathat there's no slump In the summer-time. Both nets bank -roiled ad andpromotional campaigns same years backthat landed right smack on their faces.producing close to zero in better showsand more sponsors. Fact Is that they'refaced with even a tougher job this yearbecause the budget trend Ls towardtightening rather than easing the pursestrings. Even the Telephone Hour hashad momentary flashes of cutting ex-penses.

Some Will Stay LongerIn a few cases shows will stay on a

little while longer this spring, but there'susually a business rather than an audi-ence reason. Lever Bros. wants Amosand Andy to do 41 weeks Instead of 37this year because they have a specialBins° campaign In the works-and theythink A. & A. continuing for the extramonth will help the campaign. This istypical of a number of "extra month"contracts that are In the works.

Sponsors Stay Because of ICE?A few sponsors will stay on over the

summer-for a rather peculiar reason.It seems they fear that if V -E Daydoesn't come this spring it may bustthru in the summer. If it does and theyhaven't a top listening audience avail-able with which to tell their post V -Estory (and they feel that they'll havea V -E story), their competitors may beatthem to the punch.

But the crying towels are still outwith the talent and package producerswho watch their Hoopers religiously.Jack Benny, who gets his reports by wirethe second they're released by the rat-ing orgs, still feels his ulcers every timehe's off a half point. With the J.B.'sof broadcasting, a chart for 100 yearswouldn't ease the constricting pressureof falling points. For others the 1944-'45chart especially designed as somethingthat every agency man can show theclient's ad managers when the wind ishigh and the ratings low, should help.The Billboard presents its seasonablerating chart for all who program -thinkwithout too much emotion.

Ruth Walliser NewPrexy of Chi RWG

CHICAGO, March 17.-Ruth Wallaser,free-lance writer who scripts CoronetStoryteller (Blue) and other airings,Monday (12) was elected president protem of the Midwestern region of theRadio Writers' Guild. Miss Walliser re-places Pauline Hopkins, who is leavingfor the West Coast,

Herb Futran, writer and producer, waselected to take Miss Wallieer's old spoton the executive council of the localGuild. Annual election of the RWO, atwhich a full -term president will bechosen, will be held in June.

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REVIEWSBalaban & Katz

Reviewed Thursday (15), 7:30 to8:30 p.m. Style-News, variety. Sus-taining on WBKB, Chicago.

WBKB still is struggling thru a periodof television ups and downs. Last Thurs-day night the station presented one ofthe best video shows Chi has seen.Tonight's fare couldn't have been muchworse. Last week's program was success-ful because a lot of sweat, thinking andplanning had been put into the program.Tonight's effort in the main looked asif the station personnel was merely put-ting on something to fill an hour and

,clidn't give a snap for results.The news program by Don Faust was

merely reading of teletype copy. A coupleof times Don did use a map to explainhappenings on the Western front, andthen there was a sparkle of showmanshipdenoting advance planning. But thatwas only a tiny portion of his offering.

June Merrill's Food for Thoughtshowed a wee bit of imagination. butnot enough. Show, a plug for the localShangri-La Restaurant, opened withsuitable mood music. First picture wasMiss Merrill telling what was in store.after which she walked over to a tablebehind which was atmospheric sceneryand at which were diners. It would havebeen much better if show had openedwith shot of group at table, a shot sim-ulating night spot gaiety. Then MissMerrill could have her show. After thisshe could have taken her audience intothe kitchen setting in which the fameddishes served at the restaurant werelater explained. As it was, transition fromopening, to group at table, and tokitchen was rough. Food demonstratedduring program did not show up clearly.It would have been better if the pro-duction staff had placed a strong spoton the food. Then it would have stoodout in the picture and not blended intothe rest of the scene as it did on theprogram.

Chief Needehbeh, Indian now appear-ing at a Sportshow in Chi's Coliseum,would have made good video talent ifhe hau been handled properly. As itwas, he was ushered before camera afterFran Harris had given him a vocal in-troduction. Once during the show, Inwhich he gave lessons in archery andexplained sign language and Indian cus-toms and music, he sang a little bit thatroughly translated was the equivalentof our "hello or greetings." It wouldhave been better for the chief to intro-duce himself with that song. Because hehadn't been rehearsed ho walked offstage while demonstrating archery. Andhe made other mistakes, such as turninghis back to the camera a couple of times.If the production staff, for some reason,hadn't time to rehearse him, theyshouldn't have put him on.

Lee Phillips, during his Magical Mys-(See B. dr K. on page 32)

DuMontReviewed Tuesday (13) 8-9 p.m.

Style-Burlesque and educational quizz.Sustaining over WABD, New York.

The one place the playboys don't be-long is in a television studio. Ray Nelsonhas done some interesting experimentalwork in the video medium, but this eve-ning with feeble idea, feeble directionand feeble scripting above which noteven good actors could rise, somethingcalled It'll Be Okay on the Air used upa half hour of perfectly good time. It lostaudiences that might have enjoyed theBlue Network show later In the evening.Burlesque is the most difficult of allmediums. Nelson underlined the factwith this show. It wasn't funny. Thesame idea by an elementary school castcouldn't have been worse.

Following the Nelson waste of goodDuMont air time, WOR's Bob Emory dida quiz with a Forest Hills High Schoolvs. a Boy Scout team. Emery worked withhis back to the camera most of the time,and while the verbal essay on how tomake models, by a member of the staffof the Museum of Natural History, mighthave been good educational stuff, night-time is entertainment time on the air.

What Emery gave them wasn't thatby any stretch of the imagination.

Isn't it time that DuMont reclaimedSts time? Joe Koehler.

Blue-DuMontReviewed Tuesday (131 9-9:30 p.m.

Style-Talent showcase. Sustaining overWABD, New York.

Everything that On Stage, Everybodywasn't on its first video shot over thisstation, it was on this, its second pitch.The show ran with a smoothness thatis big-time. The marquee had the movingcredits large enough for even a blind manto see; the intro. by Dotty Wootin andWalter Herlihy, altho unnecessary dupli-cations of each other, were so short asnot to got in anyone's hair, and theemsee, Denton Walker, handled hischores okay.

First piece of talent showcased was BobHopkins, billed as an "Impressionist."Bob does an adequate voice mimic butthat puss of his is hardly mobile enoughto run the gamut from Joe E. Brownto Bob Hope. Good viedo Is going tobe. just as motion plotures are today,three parts sight and one part sound.However, Hopkins was so well handled,his material so tight, that you liked hiscontrib even if you didn't like his work.In other words, there wasn't enough ofhim to bore.

Paul Whiteman, guest stooge for DanWalker, worked smoothly with him fromthe audience. He had something to sayand said it, which is a help in a stoogeany place, any time.

Ann Simpson, while not a great Span-ish dancer, did an excellent air visualJob. She always kept in frame and thetrick of having the camera first catchher with her black lace fan in front ofher face was effective. Besides, her useof castanets gave life to the recordedmusic that backgrounded for her danc-ing. It's quite a trick to dance a Latinroutine on a dime, but Ann did it with

(See Blue-DuMont on page 32)

NBCReviewed Thursday (151, 5-5:45

p.m. Style-News pie. variety and drama.Sustaining over WNBT, New York.

This is the first air plc pitch reviewedover the RCA 18 by 24 screen (actually211,S by 16 inches). Despite the generaltechnical excellence of the usual smoothNBC television airings, production forthe new screen raises a great many prob-lems.

It's going to be a tough Job to producefor both small and big screen video at thesame time. With the small screen, the viewersits across the footlights from the performer.With the projection job there Is an uncom-fortable feeling that the show is right in theroom. There is going to have to be a greatdeal of underplaying it the big screen iskept in mind by directors, and those beauti-ful nuances will be totally lost on the directviewing tubes which are to be the heartsof the $1504200 video sets of the imme-diate post-war era.

Newsreel stuff was really swell. This 13actually the first time that war filmhas come thru clearly on video-as clearas on most movie screens. First live segwas a Russell Patterson sketch sessionwhich unfortunately wasn't much betterthan sketch messes seen from other stu-e'os. The fade into the close-ups of themodels, who were posing for the sketches,was good but the entire scanning didn'tmean a thing. Even the sketch of Ho -jangles, Bill Robinson, fading into BRhimself was just another error. Most ofthe time BR's face washed out due tolack of light modeling. Also the camera-man or the technical director must havebeen asleep. Bojangles needs foot, nothead room. His feet were dancing plentyout of the plc. Reason for the bad light-ing was evident in the studio. Due to therather substantial sets for the main at-traction, the drama Birthday, they hadto stick the Patterson -Robinson stageaway in one corner where cross -lightingwas impossible. It's a shame they didn'tlight up BR. He's got humor in thatpuss of his that should scan like a mil-lion bucks when seen.

For the main attraction, as indicateda moment ago, NBC presented a onc-acter, Birthday, adapted by Herb Graffrom Collier's magazine story. It was asimple tale of a little girl in a war -tornFrance who salted Le Bon Dieu for abirthday present of "Just a little piece

It's Official --- RCA ShowsBig Screen Pic; DuIVIontSaid To Have a Bigger OneNBC's Demonstration as Good as BB "Exclusive" Reports

By Marty SchraderNEW YORK, March 17.-RCA Labo-

ratories put its latest big screen projec-tion -type video set on official viewThursday (15) with four separate show-ings for the trade and consumer pressand promised that it will retail for $395post-war. To NBC tele vice-president.John Royal, It was back to his Keith-Albee four shows a day. The set, with ascreen 16 by 24V, inches, will be sup-plemented In the RCA catalog, with sev-eral models having direct viewing tubesand a table model selling for about $150.The big screen is the same one aboutwhich The Billboard gave an exclusiveeye -witness description in the issue ofNovember 18.

While the press was being shown anNBC presentation featuring Dancer BillRobinson, a short play, three films andsketches by Artist Russell Patterson, TheBillboard learned that the Allen B. Du -Mont Laboratories, operators of StationWARD, New York, will put a projectionmodel with a screen 3 by 4 feet on of-ficial view by the end of next month.The DuMont set, which is said to use aprinciple similar to the one on whichRCA operates (see cut) is still In thecompany's laboratories in Passaic, N. J.,having one or two bugs Ironed out. Inaddition, DuMont will exhibit a 20 -inchflat -faced tube using the direct view-ing principle.

AM and FM in RCA SetRCA's set, like DuMont's projected re-

ceiver, will include FM and standardbroadcasting equipment. It will go intomass production a year after the end ofthe war. It uses a special plastic lens forgreater clarity and magnification, a newhigh -voltage tube producing a brighterimage than pre-war tubes, an automaticfrequency control which eliminates plcdistortion caused by "noise" interferenceand a translucent plastic viewing screen,The accompanying diagram explains howthe RCA set works.

The DuMont big screen, which may goeven larger than 3 by 4 feet, was de-veloped by one of the company's staffengineers over the last year. The manovercame the objections of older, moreexperienced researchers and put thething together in his spare time while

of chocolate." Jimsle Somers, who playedLa Petite -Fine, was simple, unaffected andif she projected just a bit too much-itwas that direction for the small directtube viewing that did it. After all, thedirector saw the pie on the control Ike,not on the big screen.

Hero also was demonstrated bow carefulvideo directors will have to be. They per-mitted the youngster to kneel at the altarin church with her head uncovered. Women,and that includes all ages, don't go to church,In Catholic France, with bare heads ... andthere could be no doubt but that it was aCatholic altar. An excellent Job of cuttingwar film into the story made the take seemall the more real-in fact, caused many ofthe press present to query John Royal,NBC v. -p., as to whether the show was liveor film.

Oue other shot indicated how carefulbig screen tele production must be. Thiswas the incident where the child backedinto the American eoldier, who to her wasGod in mufti. It was a tough Job to play-a rough blustering G.I. with a heart ofgold-and Philip Foster didn't come thru.It was especially tough because it wasevident that he knew that God In uni-form was an assignment -plus, Fostercame thru that translucent screen withplenty of "ifs" In his playing. Camerawork and production was beyond criti-cism. The choice of a play that tippedits plot hand in the first two minuteswas less intelligent, NBC did prove,however, that there's nothing that can'tbe done in its tight little television stu-dio. It only needs a little more adult-ness in its choice of play stuff.

Joe Koehler.

working days at the plant and nights atWABD. The optical system of the RCAmodel was developed by RCA scientistsand engineers working under the direc-tion of lousy G. Maloff and David W.Epstein. The rest of it was put togetherby the staff working under the directionof Dr. C. B. Jolliffe, vice-president.

Orgs Keeping PaceTrade points out three Important fac-

tors in the RCA and DuMont develop-ments which may have been overlookedIn the general rush. The first is thatfact that Dualont, a traction of the sizeand one-third as old as RCA, is keepingpace with technical developments. Thesecond is the fact that both companiesare treading the middle road betweenthe direct viewing and projection schoolsof thought. Most important is the factthat these technical advances and thosethat ore yet to come mean that videois no longer a plaything and will demandquality talent and programing.

It is felt in reliable quarters that toomany people have been playing around intele programing (excepting NBC) andmaking no substantial contribution. Withthe coming of the big screen and betterpictures, tele will really go commercial.When it does, the amateurs will exit.

GE Getting Its Big Job ReadyNEW YORK, March 17.-It was reli-

ably reported here today that GeneralElectric Company, an RCA licensee invideo set manufacture, exhibited its big -screen post-war model to several topexecs of its tele station, WRGB, Sche-nectady, last week. The set, say reliablesourcm, will be unveiled to the publicwithin two months.

Thus far it is not known when the10 other RCA licensees who are workingon the RCA laboratory model will puttheir models on display.

RCA Big Screen

How the picture is projected on the 311/3by I6 -inch screen television set reported uponby The Billboard months ago but shown of-ficially for the first time to the press Thurs-day t IS) Is seen above. The plc Is receivedby the ike (receiving tube) projected upon thespherical mirror at the bottom, reflected thruthe molded plastic lens to the Inclined mirrorat the top of the cabinet and then reflectedto Lite viewing screen on the front of the re-ceiver. Secret of the clarity and depth ofthe projected picture Is the lens which cor-rects any distortion in the picture. Ike Isalso more powerful since the electronic streamwhich builds picture must be many timesstronger than chose In use before the war.It's ail so simple-but beautiful.

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HONOR ROLL OF HITS TABBEDAll 6 BB PollsIn Weighting

Popularity surveys com-bine to give true pie ofwhat public buys and hears

(Continued from page 3)up to the minute popularity, as indi-cated by radio and screen plugging ofsongs. It tabs the songs heard onlive commercial and austaining pro-grams on the air. It doesn't stop there.It checks on Just what disks are beingspun on the turntables in the broadcast-ing studios from Coast -to -Coast. Thelive plug chart Is titled Songs with MostRadio Plugs and is based upon the day-to-day check-up of the accurate report-ing service, standard listening servicefor the music industry. To obtain anup-to-the-minute report of what thedisk jockeys are playing for their listen-ers. The Billboard goes to more than halfof the platter turners thruout Mr.Whiskers' land each week with a ques-tionnaire on which the men who livefrom wax and gab fill In the names ofthe records which they give the heaviestplay. This dope comes right from thefeedbox and The Billboard calls it Re-cords Most Played on the Ate No othertrade newspaper gathers or reports thisInformation. It contribs a solid popu-larity factor to The Honor Roll of Hits.

Film Songs TaggedBecause songs on film give a solid lift

to the popularity of a tune, The Bill-board in Part I of the Music PopularityChart, presents Play Status of Flints withLeading Songs. This tabulation present&the songs that are being beard on thescreen and those about to be heard.However. only those that are singing outin public. contrib anything towardspushing a song up in that select 10 thattell the musical world Just what the pub -11c is really humming in its bathtub.The Play Status report includes muchother information for the music industry-vital facts as to the publisher of thetunes in pls, the plc org producing it,the artist or artiste who sell it on thescreen and the plc national release date.It's the latter, of course, that determineswhen a tune's being in a film helps tokick it upstairs in the Honor Roll of Hits.

Part I of the Popularity Chart is Justthe beginning of The Billboard's researchinto what makes and is making for songpopularity esery week. Part II presentsaccurate indices to sheet music and re-tail record sales together with thatvital exclusive Billboard report, the listof disks collecting the moat nickels inJuke boxes.

Jobbers Report Sheet SalesThe 10 tunes which sold the most

Sheet music during the week are re-ported under the heading Best SellingSheet Music. More than 20 of the na-tion's leading sheet music jobbers reporttheir snips records each week by wireand telephone, to tab exactly what's go-ing on the nation's piands. It's an up -to -the -second check on what they'rebuying in sheet music.

Another accurate index of what theconsuming public wants currently is theweekly measurement headed Best SellingPopular Retail Records. More than 700retailers (record dealers) sit down once aweek to fill in reports that tell just whathas been bought that. week for homephonographs. When a disk of a tune hitsthe Best Selling Popular Retail Recordlist it's a song the public wants to hear-and this measurement of musicaltaste makes a solid and uncontrovertiblecontrib to the Honor Roll of Hits. Finalreport, via chart in Part II of The Bill-board weekly index of song popularity,is the Most Played Juke Box Records.Disks break Into this measure of tunepopularity only after hundreds of Jukebox operators send in reports to tell TheBillboard musical authorities whatthey're buying and putting in theirjuke boxes. Some of the operators have

(See TEN TOP TUNES on page 64)

ASCAP StudiesS. A. Societies

NEW YORK. March 17.-In a specialmeeting of ASCAP's board of directorslast week, South American PerformingRight Societies were given a thoro goingover by members of the board. Under-stood that from this session will probablycome a canvass or survey of the L. A.

performing right situation, which at thepresent time is a pretty garbled one. Suchthings as copyright, and problem of re-newing every three years In some coun-tries, make it necessary for the societyto do a thoro Job of looking into the sit-uation.

Meeting, while dealing specifically withthe L. A. question, was a general one inthat nothing definite came out of the dis-cussions. However, it's thought that inthe near future another meeting of theL. A. situation will be forthcoming, atwhich time the survey will actually be putinto effect.

Leeds in StewAbout Feist's"Trolley Song"

NEW YORK, March 17.-Lecds Music,which Is currently embroiled in a legaleituatIon over Caldorita, has also reg-istered a beef about Ft ISV5 Trolly Song.Leeds claims that Trolly was originally aa tune called Honk, Honk, which theypubbed few years back, written by DonRaye and Roy Jacobs. It was disked byThe Four Marshals for Vocation. withpresent writers of the Trolly Song, RalphMartin and Hugh Blaine. also doing therecord date. Leeds, in their notificationcomplaint, claim that Martin and Blaine'sappearance on disk gave them accessibil-ity to the song.

In broil re Cationic', Leeds has startedsuit against Beryl Adams, LOWS Jordan'smanager, music firm claiming that it hasdeal with Jordan for all material hewrites. Adams, meanwhile, has InformedLeeds via his attorney, that org must offera retraction of the letter they circulatedto disk firms and music pubs last week.or else suffer a suit for damages. Leeds'sletter inferred that org had prior rightsto Caldonia, title tune of Jordan's recenttwo -reel flicker.

Adams claims that Catdonia was writ-ten by Flecele Moore. and Jordan's nameis not on as co-author. This okays dealin placing song with Morris Music. Othersongs that Jordan has placed with Leeds.Adams said. such as Ration Blues, YouCan't Get That No More, etc. all had Jor-dan's name as co-author.

RCA VictorEyes DoughFrom DoublesDuke To Team With LenaNEW YORK, March 19.-In what is un-

doubtedly a stab at the higher pricebracket for disk sales, RCA -Victor is nowplaying with the Idea of doubling artists,now consistently being done by Decca.Understood, and this was confirmed byJames Murray, Victor head, that DukeEllington will likely do a double sideswith Lena Horne. This, of course, wouldallow Victor to charge '75 cents for disks,whereas now they are getting 50 centson all Victor sides. Bluebird retails for35 cents.

Another Victor possibility is that ofDinah Shore doing albums with topbands on the label. Mentioned were ArtieShaw, Tommy Dorsey, Freddy Martin andDavid Rose. Plans are only in talkingstage, but It's understood that If artistsare amenable to plan, that doublingwon't be too long off.

Decca has had plenty of success withdoubling, not only from artist point ofview, but also in sales. Their Ink Spotsand Ella Fitzgerald disks have gottenplenty of sales, as have the AndrewsSlaters and Crosby doublings.

Decca has doubled practically everyartist at one time or another. In this waythey were able to get a higher price andat the same time help give production totwo artists instead of using up produc-tion by giving individual disks to eachartist.

In some cases, they have put threeartists on one disk. They had this inmind with Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgeraldand Louis Jordan. but Dorsey nixed thedeal. Columbia hasn't doubled any artists.as yet.

T. D. Ballroom NotFor Sale, Mgr. Sez

NEW YORK, March 17.-TommyDorsey's Casino Gardens Ballroom isdefinitely not for sale, said ArthurMichaud, T. D's personal manager, lastweek on arriving in N. Y. from the WestCoast. Artie Shaw is booked into thespot week -ends of May 11-13: 18-20: 25-27. He follows Bob Wills, who goes inMarch 31 week -end for six consecutiveweek -ends.

After Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey aroundmiddle of June will play week -ends andwill be followed by T. D. Also, accordingto Michaud. T. D. is not going into thePalladium, altho spot has offered sub-stantial coin for the band.

BG Faces 802 Trial BoardFor Nixing 5 One-Nifftn,hters

NEW YORK. March 19.-Benny Good -man's cancellation on five days notice ofone-nighters booked by Music Corpora-tion of America has brought case to thetrial board of Local 802, N. Y.'a musicians'union. Goodman was slated to go intoArena. Rochester. N. Y., Friday (16) at82.250 against 80 per cent. and Scranton(Pa.) Masonic Temple Saturday (17) ate2.000 against 65 per cent privilege. Hewas to go to Turner's Arena. Washing-ton, yesterday (181 and Into Hagerstown,Md., today (19). Goodman nixed all theseafter contracts had been signed by pro-moters, but leader didn't ink his.

In Rochester. promoter Max Kiersenhad sold 1,100 tickets In advance at 52apiece. He had also advertised. but hadto cancel out when told by MCA that

Goodman nixed the dates. He said thatMCA had been given plenty of time towork on dates, and to come up with onlya few one-nighters that didn't pay muchdough, and involved a jump fromRochester to Scranton via bus, wasn'twhat he wanted. MCA, In the meantime,Is in the middle because Goodman hadn'tInked his contracts.

Kiersen, when asked, said that he wasdue in New York next week to discussthe matter with MCA but so far hasn'tdone anything about the matter. How-ever. it's assumed that if the matter isup before the trial board. one of theother promoters put in beef before theunion. Goodman's tour was set up toprecede his opening at the ParamountTheater March 28, after which he goesInto the 400 Restaurant May 7.

Another PaperCut Is Coming

NEW YORK, March 27.-Looks likemusic pubs are In for another War Pro-duction Board headache so far as papercut is concerned. According to WPMspokesman last week, there's another cutcoming very shortly, with WPB againrevising its L241 order. It's expected thatthe revision will come in about two orthree weeks. Altho unconfirmed. reportis that WPB may put the burden ofpaper consumption on the publisher In-stead of the commercial painter.

At the present time, publisher Is al-lowed 75 per cent of paper tonnage usedby his commercial printer in 1941. In thematter of folios, the 75 per cent applies,but this time the burden is on the pub-lisher instead of on the printer. If thecut comes, It will seriously affect manypubs who are now feeling the papershortage. There's been many runiorearound the street that a paper cut waitcoming but until WPB spokesman InWashington confirmed it, it was strictlyidle talk.

Troc To TakeCole, CarterDespite Curfew

HOLLYWOOD. March 19.-An indite-tion that the midnight closing curfewhasn't hurt biz too badly, at least at oneStrip spot. is shown by the Trocaderte$decision to go ahead with its contractwith GAC ar.d Carlos Gestel to bring inthe King Cole Trio. Benny Carter's or-chestra and Timmle Rogers for fourweeks, with two four -week options. start-ing March 22. Booking of an all -coloredshow at the Troc is a quick follow-upfor Duke Ellington's date at Ciro's. whichwas a first for a name colored band onthe Strip. eltho the King Cole Trio heldforth in the Troc's cocktail room lastsummer and did terafic biz.

During this engagement, Cole Trio willagain play in the cocktail room. whichis being enlarged for their return. inaddition to starring in the floorshow inthe main room. Outfit will also doubleduring their stay here at ParamountStudios for a featured role in the flickerStork Club. A Don Lee Mutual wire hasalso been arranged to air both Carterand Colo groups from the Troc.

CBS Again ClampsDown on RemotingTunes With "Angle"

NEW YORK. March 19. - ColumbiaBroadcasting Company music execs, whohave been watching the remote situationrather carefully for some time, haveagain clamped down on leaders doing toomany originals and tunes with an "an-gle." Case in point recently, was warn-ing handed down to George Paxton byCBS against playing too many originalsand tunes of one firm. Reason givenby CBS musikers was that it didn't makefor too interesting a program, and thatthey had always carefully watched thetunes done on remotes.

According to CBS, the warning toband leaders Is strictly a routine thing.It means that leaders are using remotesto their own advantage, to play originals,recorded tunes, their own publishedsongs, or swapping tunes with otherleaders. It's known that Larry Puck atCBS has been making a survey of theremote situation. but there has been noword of It as yet.

Along the same line, another radioshow, while not a remote, but onewhich uses ork, the Spotlight Band showfor Coca-Cola, experienced the sametrouble. Al Steele. of the D'Arey Agency,was forced to tell leaders that they muststart off the show with a tune that iswell known. That came about also asresult of leaders doing originals, etc.

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AMERICAN NEWS TO SELL SONGSASCAP Execs

London BoundNEW YORK. March 17.-John G. Paine

ASCAP general manager, and HermanFinklestein, society attorney, are skeddedto leave for Europe around mid -April.Reason for trip, as explained by Paine,is merely to talk to reps of English firm ofBoosie-Hawks-Belwyn. Inc., along withthe British Performing Rights Society,but according to trade info, there's ameeting slated in London of reps of Euro-pean Performing Rights societies. Under-stood that reps of countries recently freedof the NAZI yoke are skedded to talk toASCAP reps re formulating plans for re-negotiations of reciprocal performanceagreements.

However, altho talks may take placewith reps of Italian (Ricord1), French(SACEM) and other countries, it will takean act of Congress before ASCAP andforeign societies can collect dough again.At the present time, the Alien PropertyCustodian's office is holding monies fromASCAP and from the Foreign Perform-ing Rights societies in the former aliencountries.

James May TryOwn Pub Firm;Morris Deal Off

NEW YORK. March 17.-Harry Jameshas nixed deal offered by Buddy Morris.According to pubs who have tried tomake a deal with the leader-now thathe's canceled out his deal with GeorgeWeiner-strongest possibility is thatJames will go into the publishing bizhimself. Leader's deal with Weiner, ac-cording to sources close to James. wasdefinitely not a 825.000 tax-free set-up.but a regular percentage arrangement.

One pub who tried to make a deal withJames, offering him a 50-50 set-up, withpub backing the venture, got a nix fromJames, baton waver wanting more for hisshare. Understood that rather than makean even -spilt deal with a publisher,James would rather go into biz himselfand take out all the gravy.

Sheet Music SalesOff Badly; Lack ofSock Tunes Blamed

NEW YORK, March 19.-Music pubbiz, which has had a terrif boom forquite some time, has gone into a tem-porary slump, with pubs reporting any-where up to 30 per cent drop In sheetmusic biz. Reasons for it are manifold.but suffice to say that the drop is there-a drop, pubs point out, that wasn't therethis time last year.

Most thought about reason, of course,Is the fact that right now there isn't abig song around. Couple of weeks ago,Banff and Coca-Cola brought 'em In, andphilosophy in biz is that when a cus-tomer goes into a store to buy one copyhe usually ends up by buying othertunes around. Today, there are no reallysock songs around, pubs point out. Againpeople have been busy making out theirIncome tax. Lent, curfew, war news, etc.,have been used as reason why.

Pubs say that whereas a tune woulddo around 3.000 copies a week normally,now it's dropped clown to around 300copies a day. N. S. It.

Spitalny for Cincy April 15CINCINNATI, March 1 7 . - Phil

Spitalny's Hour of Charm orchestra isbooked for a concert at Music Hall hereApril 15, with the recently opened Cen-tral Ticket Ofnce sponsoring the date.Ork's broadcast that night will originateat Music Hall. Spitalny is making abrief Midwestern swing of one-nightersffi mild -April.

Hotels FaceFight To GetName BandsB. G. 400 Date IndicationNEW YORK. March 17.-With booking

In of Benny Goodman, starting May 7 forfour weeks, 400 Restaurant indicates thathotel locations around town are headinginto a battle for big names. Goodmanhasn't played a N. Y. spot In over a year,last at the Hotel New Yorker. where hetook out about half of what he's expectedto get at the 400. His deal is the sameas Tommy Dorsey's, who's in now. Good-man will get a guarantee of 93.500 plusfirst $3.000 in covers. After that he'll split60-50 on all covers.

T. D. has been averaging over 86,000 inhis few weeks at the place, which isenough to put him in the black at thelocation. To add to that. Music Corpora-tion of America has seen to It that Dorseyhas had at least one coke show a week.Goodman will probably get the same,which will put him 'way ahead of theN. Y. location game. In view of fact thatso many big bands are currently lustabout breaking even or losing their shirtsat other location spots around the city.conies the fact that perhaps these bigbands won't be so anxious to ink them-selves into hotels when they can garnermuch more dough at this location.

Duke's Going In, TooTo show that the place was doing okay,

Duke Ellington was inked in last week toopen April 4 for four weeks. He's gettinga guarantee of $3,500 plus first $3,500 cov-ers. Spot gets the next $500 worth ofcovers, and after that it's a 50-50 split oncovers. Last spot Ellington played in N.Y. was the Hurricane, where he lostdough. At the new place, he's sure towalk out with dough if he does any bizat all, Between Dorsey and Ellington,Erskine Hawkins will fill in from March28 until April 4.

With the curfew hitting biz all overright now, the situation is somewhatgarbled. However, let conditions comeback to normal, when hotels offer bignames their usual approximately $2.500against small percentage of the covers,and then the fireworks will pop.

Nidorf-Peppe TakeOver Jo Stafford

NEW YORK, March 17.-Partnershipfirm of Mike Nidorf-Jim Peppe last weektook over active managerial reins of JoStafford, thrush, who recently completedstint at La Martinique, N. Y. riflery. MissStafford, who disks for Capitol Records,has a contract with Personalities, Ltd..which owns an unnamed percentage ofthe gal. With Niclorf-Peppe taking over,they'll cut into that percentage, and ac-tively handle her biz matters.

aliclorf-Peppe also handle Sammy Kaye,and two music tirms. World and Repub-lic. Latter is Bail. Nidorf, when buyinginto biz, acquired Kaye's interest in themusic biz. Music firms will also haveWest Coast outlets.

Pre -Trial Exam SetFor Fetter Suit

NEW YORK. March 27.-Examinationbefore trial, of Loew's, Inc., Miller andFeist Music, was ordered last week by afederal Judge In case of Ted Fetter vs.music and plc companies over his songTaking a Chance on Lore. Fetter claimsthat the defendants combined to destroyhis film rights in the song in the pisCabin in the Sky, and I Dood It, put outby Loew's, Inc.

Fetter is asking for 887,500 damages.Trial is skedded for April 10, Fetter alsoclaims that defendants took his share ofthe film rights for themselves.

5 Army G's for BGNEW YORK, March 19.-Shades

of the past and forgotten bon-anza for bands-lucrative one -fighters. Benny Goodman was of-fered $5,000 by an army camp toplay one night, which makes itappear that perhaps army campsmight take the place of the nowquickly disappearing singlestands,

Spot was Camp Bradford, Nor-folk, which wanted B. G. forMarch 26. Previous commitmentdidn't allow B. Q. to take it. Butthe dough!!

Zucca BeefingTo AFM onShaw Nixing

HOLLYWOOD, March 17.-Joe Zucca,operator of the Casa Manana in CulverCity, has filed a complaint with the AFMand directed it to James C. Petrillo, con-cerning cancellation of Artie Shaw'sweek -end booking for next May at hisspot. Zucca relates that band was defi-nitely committed to his spot by theWilliam Morris Agency, but instead Shawinked a pact with Tommy Dorsey -ownedCasino Gardens. Zucca notes that Shawshould have known about his contract,since op received a confirmation fromthe office.

As mentioned in The Billboard twoweeks ago, both Casa Manana and CasinoGardens had Shaw booked for the sameweek -end dates. Reason for Shaw's shift-ing from one spot to other is said to bebecause of the curfew which called foralteration of the Manana contract. Dur-ing that time Shaw Is said to have inkedwith Gardens. Shaw will play Dorsey'sspot unless AIM reverses his decision.

Roseland Must PayAll Unemployment

Insurance TaxesNEW YORK, March 17.-In a decision

by Appelate Division of the SupremeCourt in Albany. N. Y., last week, Rose-land Ballroom was ordered to pay theentire unemployment insurance tax ofall band leaders playing the spot. De-cision upheld the Form B contract, putout by the American Federation of Musi-cians, declaring that band leaders wereemployees and not Independent con-tractors, thus causing spot to pay theunemployment insurance. As to theSocial Security Tax, Roseland splits that50-50 with the leader.

Decision is important in that in theState of New York no court has everfound that the band leader is an inde-pendent contractor. Six months ago theSupreme Court ruled that band leaderswere employees. Roseland took the caseto the Appelate Division from the Unem-ployment Insurance Appeal Board. Ac-cording to Roseland attorney, an appealis being made to the Court of Appeals ofthe highest court in the State.

Concurrently with Roseland rulingThe Billboard story of last week re Su-preme Court's decision in Lansing. Mich.,Indicates that spots thruout the countrywill either pay insurance or not, depend-ing on locals they are in. Roy Bartelsand Larry Greer, Iowa operators. alsowon a victory against the Form B con-tract early this year.

Gray 38C One Night in KCKANSAS CITY, Mo., March 17.-Glen

Gray's Casa Loma ork, playing a one-fighter at Pla-Mor Ballroom here lastSaturday (10), grossed over 53.800, ac-cording to Will H. Wittig, Play-Mor man-ager. Gray retained for his share $1.850after all federal and State taxes werededucted, Wittig says.

1,000 RacksFirst Try -Out

Five copies of each of 10songs go in test racks withBarnie Young & ? picking

NEW YORK. March 19.-Newest shotIn the arm to the music pub biz Is pro-posed plan of American News Companyto handle music racks. Fact that ANChas some 90,000 outlets Into which theycan place songs, indicates that pubs aregoing to get a double-barrelled rack biz-counting the music dealers' serviceracks thru International News Companythat now handles around 110,000 copieson the original order. According toBernie Young, who Is going to handlethe ANC racks along with an unnamedsyndicate, first racks will be out In fourto five weeks, spotted in key locations.

Aim will be to utilize about 40,000 ofthe 90,000 outlets in drug. grocery andstationery stores, news stands and manyother spots where ANC now distribs ex-clusively. According to Young 1.000racks will be put out at first with fivecopies of 10 songs going on each rack.Young and others unnamed will picktho songs, which lie says won't comefrom the Hit Parade only.

Songs Go On ConsignmentAs in case of MDS, understood that

songs will be taken on consignment, witha return privilege. American's rack -viiibe called Exclusive Distributors, withpossibility that racks will also be placedin Canada, if they go here.

Lyle Engle, publisher of song lyricinns, Ls also talking a rack deal thruMacFadden Publications, but their tie-ups are minute compared to the giantnetwork of spots that American NewsCompany has. American will make asurvey of rack sales 45 days after placingsongs. Fifteen days after that, checksgo out to Exclusive Distributors and 10days after that publishers get theirchecks. At present time, pubs getaround $10,000 on their initial rack or-der via MDS, Chesboro, Carl Fisher andthe recently -added Gordon V. Thompsonin Canada. Best of all is the fact thaton big songs, the percentage of returnis small, running anywhere from 2 percent on terrif tunes, to average 10 to 20per cent return.

Shep Fields BookedInto Carnival Room

NEW YORK, Starch 19.--Shep Fieldstakes his band into Capitol Hotel's Car-nival Room, newest spot around city toplay name bands, March 27 for fourweeks. Louis Prima is tentatively bookedin to follow. Fields will go in foraround $2,750 a week, on straight guar-antee. Art Mooney is In now, checkingout March 25. MCA books Carnival.

Fields was set to go into the Copa-cabana, New York. which dropped itsentertainment policy recently due to thecurfew. Xavier Cugat is slated to go intothe reopened Copa after he finishes hiscurrent stint at the Capitol Theaterhere.

"H'wood Pinafore"For Lynn Murray

NEW YORK, March 19.-Lynn Murrayhas been signed by George Kaufman andMax Gordon to handle the musical endof their corning Broadway production,Hollywood Pinafore. Contract calls forMurray to make all the show's arrange-ments, conduct the ork and chorus andto direct several ballet numbers.

Show will be a burly of the time -tested Gilbert and Sullivan operetta witha Hollywood locale and lyrics rewrittento fit the pix-biz setting. Victor Mooreand William Gaston will ha starred.

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NEW YORK, March 17.-In what Isprobably first time a band leader hasturned motion plc producer, the brothersDorsey have formed Embassy Corpora-tion, along with Indic producer CharleaRogers to produce one plc. Film, analmost 32,000,000 venture, will revolvecompletely around extensive and suc-cessful music careers of Tommy andJimmy from diapers up, and calls forboth bands to feature songs they butiemade popular, plus new material. Plctentatively is titled My Brother Leads aBand.

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Get Their ManNEW YORK, March 17.-If Mo-

hammed won't go to the moun-taint-Rochester Police Ball, can-celed out last month by governor'sorder because of fuel situation,etc.. will be on again April 16with Louis Prima playing. Twistin yarn is that policemen changeddate of ball Just to get Prima.

become corporate owners of the stockand stand to make a good chunk ofdough if the plc clicks.

There's a possibility that a number ofsingers, who started their rise to popu-larity via the bands, may appear in plc.This would include Frank Sinatra., DickHaymes, Helen O'Connell, Bob Eberle(Service), Jo Stafford, Pied Pipers, Con-nie Haines and Kitty Kellen. Thoughton the Coast is that this might proveto be a realistic dance band picture fora change, when compared to the aver-age Hollywood producer's version of thepop music picture.

Artie Pic -Minded, TooOn the heels of the Dorsey plan comes

word that Artie Shaw is planning tostar in an original fantasy concerninga jazz maestro who greatly irritates aclassical composer of the last century.Altho Dorseys' turn to plc production isfirst in the biz, Harry Rohm, of GeneralAmusement's N. Y. office, announcedIndle plc plans last year, but nothingever came of it. Coming Dorsey venturewill probably go before the cameras Inthe summer.

Stan Kenton SetFor 4 Top Dates

HOLLYWOOD, March 19.-The localGAO office and Carlos Gastel, Stan Ken -ton's personal manager, have set fourswell bookings for the band, topped withstint at Paramount Theater for mini-mum of four weeks, starting June 13,and Hotel Pennsylvania September 11.Band goes into the Sherman Hotel, Chi-cago, starting April 27, then into theFrolics Club, Miami, May 15.

Spots in New York are two firsts forthe band. Kenton also played Palladiumlast December,

Band is also set to do a series of one-nighters thru State of Texas April 1-25,only two of which are local promotions.Remainder are dances in army campsand naval bases.

Hudson and OrkSkedded To GoOver for USO

NEW YORK, March 19.-Band current-ly slated to go overseas for USO is DeanHudson. Ork's expected to leave aroundApril 23. Band members received firstphysicals and personal questionnaires lastweek. Hudson is expected to take 18 peo-ple, including vocalist Frances Caiwcll. Hewill have to replace about four men inorder to make the trip.

For overseas jaunt, band gets uniformsfitted by Saks Fifth Avenue. but these areused only for traveling. Boys will playin civilian clothes during performances.

Hudson is playing one-nighters andcamps down South. He's going to playUniversity of Florida at Gainesville, wherehe started in 1938. At that time he got850. This time for a Saturday eve he'sgetting 81,600,

Hal McIntyre BackTo N. Y. Commodore

NEW YORK, March 14.-Hal McIntyregoes Into Hotel Commodore March 31 forfour weeks, following Charlie Spivak.McIntyre's booking is a quickie. He pre-ceded Spivak at the spot, finishingaround February 1.

McIntyre was supposed to go backinto spot, and was then cancelled outbecause of the curfew. At the same time,he was skedded to go overseas for USO.starting March 26. However, USO execsinformed McIntyre that U. S. SpecialServices had requested a postponementon the band's going over.

So, McIntyre goes back into the Com-modore, with hotel execs having madeup their mind to continue the nameband policy. For a while, the hotel wasundecided whether to cancel out CharlieSpivak or not, bait evidently biz has heldup. McIntyre band is at the Hotel Sher-man, Chicago, now.

Hark, the LarkNEW YORK, March 17.-Every-

body is popping 'em these days,even Gertrude Lawrence, who re-cently disked A Gray Named Joefor Dec.. Broadcast Music, Inc-,Is pubbing.

SCOOP!!THE NOVELTY HIT OF 1945

We have acquired from Preview Music Company the rights to

CALDON IA(WHAT MAKES YOUR BIG HEAD SO HARD?)

lieecie 'MoteALREADY RECORDED BY LOUIS JORDAN and WOODY HERMAN

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March 24, 1945 The Billboard MUSIC 15

Small Diskers Bag Plenty NamesSked Jam -UpOpens Path

Despite less output, indiesmake hay because they canrelease more than big ones.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Taking advan-tage of the jam-up in both name orksand release skeds currently being sufferedat all major disk companies, the smaller,Independent producers have copped a

surprising number ofplatter -selling names andare really making haywhile the Juke boxesshine. With Columbia,Deena and Victor market-ing an average of onerelease in six weeks byany of their ace aggrega-tions, the four or moresides in the same period

given to clients of Premier, National. Mu-sicraft, Feature, Sonora, Capitol, Beaconand Guild are a definite drawing card toartists anxious to record. Only drawbackto the iodic op set-up is limited produc-tion and distribution which averagesfrom 25,000 to 50,000 disks a monthalmost equally split between Juke boxops and retail dealers. While smallerproduction, in comparison to that of thebig three companies, is enough to preventa mass exodus to the lesser -known firms,the smaller waxers still have lured to thedotted line names which are well enoughknown to make a check-up worth while.

Capitol Records, now large enough, tobe out of the smaller company class, has

(See Small Diskers Bag on page 20)

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Morros LookingNEW YORK, March 17.-Boris

Morros, head of American Record-ing Artists, is In New York, sign-ing talent for his ARA diskingfirm. Altho he's now in deal forplenty of people. Art Tatum hasbeen inked so far to an exclusivecontract, with more to come.

Morros has under contract,among others. Francis Langford,Phil Harris, Bob Crosby, SkinnayEnnis, anti Hoogv Carmichael.ARA is a West Coast outfit.

L. A. BizmenSet Hot Bowl

Pop ConcertsCugat, Duke, 31firanda First

HOLILYWOOD, March 19. -HermanHover, owner of Ciro's, and group ofbusiness men, known as Los AngelesPopular Festival Association, are back-ing a series of four pop concerts at Holly-wood Bowl this summer. Group hopes toget Xavier Cugat and Duke Ellington'sbands, plus Carmen Miranda, for firstconcert skedded for June 27. Three otherdates at the Bowl have been set, withTommy Dorsey. Frank Sinatra and eitherAndrews Sisters or Dinah Shore skeddedfor July 25. Other concerts will be heldAugust 22 and September 14.

In N. Y., for first time, Carnegie Hallwill be the scene of pop concertssummer, run by Lawrence Golden, withMark Warnow musical director. Jam ses-sions by top jazz artists, and solo appear-ances of top names in dance field will bofeatured. Colston Leigh, concert managerin N. Y.. has taken over Carnegie Hallfor 10 years (Sunday nights only) andwill present pop artists as well as long-hairs.

Dinah Shore will do some concert workthis summer in the East. She is skeddedto appear at Robin Hood Deil with Phila-delphia Ork. Hazel Scott goes out on aconcert tour this fall, forsaking niterywork.

Nat KalcheimHelps Out WMBand Section

1051W YORK, March 17.-William Mor-ris's band department in New York got ashifting around this week, with Nat Kal-cheim, head of the vaude department,also going into the band section as "co-ordinator administrator" under WillardAlexander, head of the department. Rea-son for bringing Kalcheim into bandfold is due to Alexander's recent Illnesswhich requires him to take it easy as faras running all the details involved inheading the department.

Consequently. Kalcheim will co-ordi-nate agency's band operations betweenNew York, Chicago and West Coast of-fices, 'but over-all band policy will be de-termined by Alexander. Latter will alsoconcern himself with handling of newband properties, taking a closer look-seeat the acts with bands going into hotels.and get his teeth into post-war activities.

WM band department In N. Y. is madeup of Alexander, Kalcheim, Bill Burnhamand John Crowley, locations, and BillyShaw, one-nighters.

CHICAGO. March 17.-Guy Cherney,local crooner who's been getting plentyattention from GAC (General Amuse-ment Corporation) handlers here, is setfor an engagement at the Roosevelt Hotel,New Orleans, following his closing at theOriental Theater here March 16.

Slim PickingsFor Tunes onCoast AirersOne of Four Uses Originals

By Dean Owen(Fifth in a series of articles showing

how commercial radio shows pick theirpop songs, points the finger back at thefilm city.)

HOLLYWOOD, March 19.-Songwriters,who expect to get a free ride for theirtunes over shows originating in Holly-wood, are going to have lean pickingsif the latest survey of four networkwirers means anything. Burns and Allenshow, while primarily comedy. has never-theless given over a portion of its timeat curtain for music.

Tunes for this show are passed on byFelix Mills, musical director. He usuallyarranges one tune for the show, and thisIs passed on by Ned Tollinger, producer.As an example, the 5:30-5:55 p.m.(P.W.T.) show has used Lore Nest andJealousy on the last two shows,

Incidentally, the B&A alrer will ditchits West Coast live repeat beginning thisweek and CBS will give their stationsorders to take the show off the line fortranscription repeat. So far as originalmusic Is concerned, there is little if anychance for new tunes to get a plug herefor Hit Parade and trade paper polls areadhered to.

Carson Show Originals OutThere is no possibility for original

tunes to get a plug on the Jack Carsonshow, airing from here 9-9:30 (P.W.T.)because numbers are taken usually fromHit Parade and trade paper polls as inthe B&A show. Larry Berns is the pro-ducer and he usually has the final sayon the music, but selection of tunes isleft up to maestro Freddy Martin,

Carson usually does a ballad on eachshow In addition to a selection fromMartin's ork. In the last couple ofweeks, Carson has done Why Don't YouFall in Love With Me? and Sleigh Ridein July. Only chance for stuff that isnot in the popular trend is some of theclassics that Martin arranges from timeto time,

"Stars" Uses ThemStars Over Hollywood, over CBS, West

Coast, has mostly original music workedin by Del Castillo. Show, bank -rolledby Dart -Rich follows same format asLux Radio Theater, but uses up -and -coining plc names, or top personalitieswhich can be bought for a reasonablefigure. Show calls for original musicunless script demands insertion of plctune.

One of the top programs originatingin Hollywood, Screen Guild, offers nochance for original tunes. Bill Hatch isin charge of the music used on the show,and unless script calls for tune from pic,he usually composes original tune. Some

Music-As WrittenNEW YORK

All -girl jam sessions cut by Black &White Records under Len Feather. HipChicks cut six 12 -inch platters. Galsfeatured have been with Benny Carter,Woody Herman, Ina Ray Hutton. others.Couple of the originals waxed were titledMoonlight on Turhan Bay and Seven.Riffs 1Vith the Right Woman, FrankSoren. relief band maestro at CarnivalRoom leaves for the army. Band will befronted by JoJo Celli. . .. Lionel Hamp-ton broke records in Toronto and Cleve-land. Latter date, played in ClevelandAuditorium, netted leader S2,986 for him-self for one night.

Paramount pic exec Dick Murraylooking for big name to take SidKornheiser's place at Famous. Korn-heiser's now with Burke -Van Heusen.. . . Santly-Joy has distinct honor ofhaving tune "My Dreams Are GettingBetter All the Time" sell around350,000 copies without aid of disk,Now tune is over 500,000, with disksby Prima, Brown, Phil Moore andJohnny Long. . . . Dean Hudsonwaxed couple of disks for Musicraftlast week. Frankie Lester, ex -T. D.vocalist, and Francis Calwell vocalledon date. . . . National Music Pub-lishers has transferred rights to /irm,including ASCAP membership, toLouis P. O'Connell, attorney forO'Kay ifwale, ASCAP publisher..Herb Bendier, RCA -Victor exec, homewith a cold last week. . . . GeorgePartass will add French horns for hisCapitol Theater stint.Benny Goodman's new personal secre-

tary, Dick Harbine, recently returnedfrom a stint with the American Field

who treated B. G. at the Mayo Clinic.. . . Savannah Churchill, former thrushwith Benny Carter, now a single at theBowery. Detroit, under Moe Gale man -(See Music-As 1Vritten ass page 22)

times, however, he will use standardnumber for mood music, if situation callsfor it. For instance in Belle of theYukon, Dinah Shore sang Sleigh Ride itsJuiy and Like Someone in Love.

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PART 1 -The Billboard

'The nation's 10 top tunes,THE HONOR. ROLL OF HITS.Is determined by a weighting ofthe leading tunes and records Is.the individual features of thetwo sections of The Billboard'sMusic Popularity Chart whichrepresent, both passive and ac-tive indications of song Popu-larity. Passive Indications ofpopularity are the Songs WithMost Radio Plugs, Records MostPlayed on Disk Programs, andFilm Plugs features.

Active indications of popularityare the Best Selling Sheet Music,Best Selling Retail Records, andMust Played Juke Box Recordsfeatures.

The weighting structure wasarrived at by The Billboard afterconsultation with leading re-search authorities as well asleaders In the music and recordIndustries.

Sales and Juke box leaders Inspecialized types of music in PartTwo, and the advance song andrecord features in Part Three ofthe Chart, of course bear no in-fluence on the determination ofthe HONOR ROLL OF HITS.

nonoRROLL

OFH1T5

THE NATION'S

10TOP TUNES

RADIO A

SONGS WITH MOST RAMO PLUGSTunes Holed here received the greatest

numb, of plugs on programs emanatingfrom network stations WABC (Colum-bia), WEAP (NBC), WOR (Mutual) andWJZ (Blue), This Is purely a numericalprogram plug compilation and does notestimate number of listeners who heardprograms.

Lilt Is based on Accurate ReportingService tabulations. The Billboard lista

Wes.to

dote TITLE PrBLISHER15. A Little on the Lonely Side (R) Advance--ASCAP11. Ac-Cent-Tehu-Ate the Positive (F) (R) Morris-ASCAP12. After Awhile Starlight-ASCAP

Berlin-ASCAPBerlin-ASCAP

Southern-ASCAPFeist-ASCAP

the top 25 (more In case of ties) tunesalphabetical,. The total number of timesa song has appeared in the Chart is inthe "Weeks to Date" column.

(F) Indicates tune Is from a film. (MIIndicates tulle is from a legitimate mu-sical. IR) indicates tune is available onrecords. In each instance, the licensingagency controlling performance rights onthe tune Is indicated.

3. All of My Life (R)20. Always (F) (R)3. Baia (F)t. Candy (12)2. Close as Pages in a

12. Evelina (MI (R)10. Ev'ry Time We Say Good -Bye (M)2. He's Home (or a Little While (RI7. I Should Care (F) (R)1. I Walked In (F) (RI8. I'm Beginning To See the Light (F) (R)

Book (MI (RI Williamson-ASCAPCrawford-ASCAPChappell-ASCAPFamous-ASCAPDorsey-ASCAPMiller-.ASCAPGrand-ASCAP

7. Just a Prayer Away (R)3. Let's Take the Long Way Home (F) (R)

23. Magic Is the Moonlight (F) (R)14. More and More (F) (RI

(RI

10. My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time14. (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings (F)I1. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the10. Sleigh Ride in July (F) (R)2. Someday, Somewhere (R)

14. Strange Music (MI (R)19. Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart (F) (R)

Shapiro-Bernstein-ASCAPMorris-ASCAP

Melody Lane-BMIT B. Harms-ASCAP

(R)...Santly-Joy-ASCAPLeeds-ASCAP

Week) (RI ....Barton-ASCAPBurke -Van Heusen-ASCAP

Chelsea-BMIChappell-ASCAP

Remick-ASCAP2. (1 Love You, I Love You, I Love You) Sweetheart of All My Dreams (Fl

(R) Shapiro-Bernstein-ASCAP1. There! I've Said It Again (RI Valiant-BMI2. There Must Be a Way Stevens-BMI

13. This Heart of Mine (F) (RI Triangle--ASCAP8. Too-Rs-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) (F1 (R) Witmark-ASCAP4. You Belong to My Heart (F) (RI Harris-ASCAP

PLAY STATUS OF FILPAil

Tunes listed alphabetically are in films currently showing or to be shown soon.Only tunes which have won a position in one or more of the other features of the

NationalSone Film Release

Publisher Producer Performed by Date

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the "Here Coma the Bier Crosby -Positive Waves" Sonny Tufts(Morris) (Paramount)

Always "Christmas Holiday" Deanna Durbin(Berlin) (Universal I

(Continued on opposite page)

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12-24-44

March 24, 1945 The Billboard MUSIC 17

Music Popularity Chart zvaorek,::;b97.

1. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

2. Rum and Coca-Cola

3. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)

4. My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time

5. A Little on the Lonely Side

6. I'm Beginning to See the Light

7. Candy

8. Don't Fence Me In

9. More and More

10. Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart

FILM PLUGS

RECORDS AIOST-PLAYED ON THE AIRRecords listed here in numerical order able records of tunes listed here trill bo

are those played over the greatest num- found in Most -Played Juke Box Recordsber of record shows. List is based on chart IF) Indicates tune is from a film;reports received by The Billboard from (M) Indicates tune is from a legit mu -disk jockeys thruout the country. Lin- algal.less indicated in this chart, other avail -

POSITIONWeeks Last Thisto date Week Week

GOING STRONG9 1 I. AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE

THE POSITIVE (F) Johnny Mercer.... Capitol 180-ASCAP9 2 2. RUM AND COCA-

COLA Andrews Sisters..Decca 18636-ASCAP4 4 3. CANDY Johnny Mercer -Jo Stafford

Capitol 183-ASCAP7 5 3. AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE Bing Crosby -Andrews Sisters

THE POSITIVE (F)... Decca 23379-ASCAP2 10 4. DREAM The Pied Pipers-Capitol 185-ASCAP8 7 6. SATURDAY NIGHT

(IS THE LONELIESTNIGHT IN THEWEEK) Frank Sinatra..Columbia 36762-ASCAP

7 8 5. A LITTLE ON THELONELY SIDE Frankie Carle.. Columbia 36760-ASCAP

3 9 5. SENTIMENTALJOURNEY Les Brown ....Columbia 36769-ASCAP(IS THE LONELIEST(IS THE LONELISTNIGHT IN THEWEEK Sammy Kaye.. Victor 20-1635-ASCAP

8 6. COCKTAILS FORTWO Spike Jones.... Victor 20-1628-ASCAP

9 7. I'M BEGINNING TOSEE THE LIGHT (F) Harry James..Columbia 36758-ASCAP

1 7. (ALL OF A SUDDEN)MY HEART SINGS(F) Johnny Johnson...Capitol 186-ASCAP

(Hildegard, Decca 23348; Gray Lombardo, Decca 18642; FourKing Sisters, Bluebird 30-0829; Martha Stewart, Bluebird30-0832; Tommy Tucker, Columbia 36770)

9 3 8. DON'T FENCE ME IN Bing Crosby -Andrews Sisters(F) Decca 23384-ASCAP

8. MY DREAMS AREGETTING BETTERALL THE TIME (F).. Les Brown ....Columbia 36779-ASCAP

3 - 8. TWILIGHT TIME The Three Suns Hit 7092-BMI(Les Brown, Columbia 36769; Jimmy Dorsey. Decca 18656; RoyEldridge. Decca 23383)

3 I - 8. OPUS NO. 1 Tommy Dorsey.. Victor 20-1608-ASCAP

12

4

COMING UPTHE THREE CABALLEROS (F) Bing Crosby -Andrews Sisters

Decca 23364-ASCAPI SHOULD CARE (F) Martha Tilton Capitol 184-ASCAPYOU CAN'T GET THAT NO MORE.... Louis Jordan Dec. 8688-ASCAP

WITH LEADING SONGChart arc laird. since many film -featured tunes never reach any degree of popularity,and many others are never even published.

HongPublisher

Baia(Southern)

FilmProducer Performed by

'The Three Nestor AmaralCaballeros"(Walt Disney)

Don't Fence Me In "Hollywood Canteen"(Harms. Inc.) (Warner Bros.)

I Should Care "Thrill of a Romance"(Dorsey) (MGM)

(Continued on page 65)

Roy Rogers -Andrews Slaters

NationalReloasaDate

2-3-45

12.30-44

Not Set

EveryJOHNNYMERCERrecording for

Capitol has

been a solid

money-maker

for operators-

'Ac-cen-tchu-ateThe Positive'

'Pm Gonna See My Baby'

'Duration Blues'

Lost My Sugar'(in Salt Lake City)

'San Fernando Valley'

'G. In Jive'

'Strip Polka'

every one a

Capitol first.

Latest release,

'CANDY' (No. 183),

now going strong.

More MERCER

hits coming up,

on long -wearing

Copyrighted materi-'

18 MUSIC The Billboard March 24, 1945

WITH THESE VICTOR

AND BLUEBIRD HITS!"

CHARLIE SPIVAKAND HIS ORCHESTRA

1 Love You, I Love You, I Love YouSweetheart Of All My Dreams

(FROM THE MGM PICTURE "THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO")

Yip Yip De Hootie, My Baby Said Yes20-1646

THE BUCHANAN BROTHERSWITH ORCHESTRA

Mama, I'm Sick I Got Worries33-0523

Plus a Brand -New Victor 10" Red Seal Nickel-Nabber 1

ALLAN JONESWITH ORCHESTRA

I Dream Of You I'll Walk Alone10-1151

(FROM THE UNIVERSAL FILM"FOLLOW THE BOYS")

Listen to 'The Music America Loves Best" Sundays, 4:30 p.m.,EWT, over NBC Network.

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PART 2 -The Billboard

RETAIL SALES AND

BEST-SELLING SHEET 5IUSICTunes listed are the national best

sheet music sellers. List Is based onreports received from more than 200 Job-bers in all sections of the country.Bongs are listed according to greatest

Weeks Lastto date Week

7 1

10838

16103

4

2

37466

9

number of sales. (P) Indicates tuneis In a film: (Ml indicates tune 15 inlegit musical; lRi indicates tune isavailable on records.

ThisWeek

1. MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME(F) (R) Santly-Joy

2. SATURDAY NIGHT (IS THE LONELIEST NIGHT IN THEWEEK) I RI Barton

3. AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE IF) (RI Morris4. A LITTLE ON THE LONELY SIDE (R) AdvanceS. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT (F) (R) ....Grand6. RUM AND COCA-COLA (RI Feist7. DON'T FENCE ME IN (F) (RI Harms, Inc.8. SWEET DREAMS, SWEETHEART (F) (R) Remick9. MORE AND MORE IF) (R) T B Harms

10. I DREAM OF YOU (RI Embassy

BEST-SELLING SHEET 5111SICRecords listed are those selling best sales. (F) Indicates tune Is in a film;

in the nation's retail record stores 151 indicates tune Is In a legit musical.(dealers). List is based on reports re- In Italics beneath the name of artistceived from more than '100 dealers in and record label and number is listedall sections of the country. Records are the tune on the reverse side of thelisted. numerically according to greatest record.Weeks) Last I Thistv date Week Week

10 1 1. RUM AND COCA-COLA Andrews Sisters ....Dec. 18636One Meat Ball

2. .MY DREAMS ARE GETTINGBETTER ALL THE TIME(F) Les Brown Columbia 36779

He's Home for a Little While- 3. MY DREAMS ARE GETTINGBETTER ALL THE TIME(F) Phil Moore Four...Victor 20.1641

A Little on the Lonely Side4 6 4. CANDY Johnny Mercer -Jo Stafford....

Gonna Sec My Baby Capitol 18310 2 S. AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE

POSITIVE Johnny Mercer Capitol 180There's a Fellow Waiting inPoughkeepsie

4 6. AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE Bing Crosby -Andrews Sisters..POSITIVE Dec. 23379

There's a Fellow Waiting inPoughkeepsie

4 5 7. RUM AND COCA-COLA.... Abe Lyman ....Columbia 36775Since You Went Away

18 3 8. DON'T FENCE ME IN (F)... Bing Crosby -Andrews Sisters..The Three Caballeros (F) Decca 23364

7 10 9. A LITTLE ON THE LONELYSIDE Frankie Carle.... Columbia 36760

I Had a Little Talk Withthe Lord

7 10. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THELIGHT Harry James Columbia 36758

The Lore 1 Long For

BEST-SELLING RECORDS BY CLASSICAL ARTISTSRecords listed are those classical and

send -classical records selling best in thenation's retait record stores (dealers).List Is based on reports received from

Weeksto date

LastWeek

more than 200 dealers In all sections ofthe country. Records are listed accord-ing to greatest sales.

ThisWeek

1. Ave Marie Victor 14210Marian Anderson

2. Warsaw Concerto Decca 291S0Los Angeles Philharmonic Ork

3. Oklahoma (Medley) Columbia 7417-h1Kostenlanetr

4. Ave Maria Columbia 7416Kostenlanetr

5. Chopin Polonaises Victor 6234Padercwski

6. Oklahoma (Medley) Victor 11-8742Boston Pops

7. Warsaw Concerto Columbia 7409-MMathieson, London Symphony

8. Claire De Lune Victor 1812Stokowski, Philadelphia Ork

8. Claire De Lune Victor 11-8240Schmitz, Cathedrale Engloutic

8. Lord's Prayer Victor 1736John Charles Thomas

BEST-SELLING RECORD ALBUMS BY CLASSICAL ARTISTSAlbums listed are those classical and

semi -classical albums selling best In tilenation's retail record stores (dealers).List Is based on reports received fromWeeksto date

1

more than 200 dealers In all sectionsof the country. Albums are listed 00 -cording to greatest soles.

Last ThisWivk Week4-- 1. Cries Piano Concerto In A Minor Columbia M-313- Rubinstein -Ormond, Philadelphia Ork Victor M.900

Gieseking, Berlin State Opera Ork- 2. Tchaikovsky Concerto No. I in B Flat Minor -Columbia M-318Petri, London Philharmonic- 2. Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin) Columbia X-198Kostelanetz and Ork with Alec Templeton- 3. Brahma Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major Victor DM -740Horowitz-Toscanini

(Continued on page 65)

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March 24, 1945 The Billboard

Music Popularity Chart ;,raerek,r1945

rJUKE BOX PLAYS

MOST-PLIIED JOKE BOX RECORDSRecords bated are those receiving the sect., of the country. Listed under

Ef!ttt r,"bpalseyel T.`1:,!orneatgann'' Pgerehoers7, .",":.'Treeoho(hae`rh .°L,till':breeerte,Po'radviend.."`ciraCelved direct from operators In all aim same tune.

Going StrongPOSITION

Weeks I Laat i Thlsto pate i Week Week

11 1 1. RUM AND COCA -COLA -Andrews SI (Vic SchoenOrk) Decca 18636

(Louis Prima, lilt 7125; Vaughn Monroe, Victor 20.1637;Abe Lyman, Columbia 36775; Al Trace, National 7007;Wilmoth Houdlni, Demi 233911

12 3 2. AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE (F) -Johnny Mercer(The Pied Pipers -Paul Weston Ork) Capitol 180

(Artie Shatv, Victor 20-1612: George Paxton. Hit 7120;Bing Crosby -Andrews Sisters, Decca 23379; Four KingSisters, Victor 20-1631; Kay Kyser, Columbia 36771; MarkWarnow, Sonora 10891

111 2 3. DON'T FENCE ME IN (F) -Bing Crosby -Andrews SistersI

(Yin Schoen Ork) Deena 23364(The Three Suns, Hit 7114: Sammy Kaye, Victor 20-1610:Kate Smith. Columbia 36759: Gene Autry. Okeh 6728;Hal McIntyre. Bluebird 30-0834; Horace Heidt, Columbia

7 4 3.36761)

AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE (F) -Bing Crosby -I

Andrews Sistes (Vic Schoen Ork) Deceit 23 3 79I I IS, e No. 2.1

3 6 3. CANDY -Johnny Mercer -Jo Stafford (Plod Pipers -PaulWeston Ork I Capitol 183

(The Four King Sisters, Victor 20-1633: Dinah Shore,Victor 20-1632; Curt Massey. Columbia 36782; Jerry Wald,Moirstie 7120; Johnny Long -Dick Robertson. Decoct 18661)

6 5 4. A LITTLE ON THE LONELY SIDE -Freckle Carle PaulAllen) Columbia 36760

(Louts Prima, Hit 7118: Guy Lombardo, Deem 18642; J0onBrooks. Mbsicrart 15022: the Phil Moore Four. Victor 20-16411

5 7 S. A LITTLE ON THE LONELY SIDE --.-Guy Lombardo (JimmyBrown) Decca 1 8 64 2

(See No. 418 10 6. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT (F) -Harry James

(Kitty Kellen) Columbia 3 67 5 8(Duke Ellington. Victor 20-1618; Ink Spots -Ella Fitzgerald.Decca 23383; Cootie Williams, Majestic 7131)

1 - 7. MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME (F)-Les Brown (Doris Day) Columbia 3 67 79

(The Phil Moore Four. Victor 20-1641; Louis Prima, Hit 7128;

2 13 8.Johnny Long -Dick Robertson. Deco lk,6611

MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME(F) -The Phil Moore Four (Phil Moore -Billy Daniels) . ...

Victor 20.1641Ore No. 7)

7 11 9. SATURDAY NIGHT (IS THE LONELIEST NIGHT IN THEWEEK/ -Frank Sinatra (Axel Stordahl Ork) ...Columbia 36762

(Four King Sisters. Victor 20-1633; Frankte Carle, Columbia36777; Hal McIntyre. Bluebird 30-0837; Woody Herman, Decca18641; Sammy Kaye, Victor 20-1635; Cootie Williams, Ma-jestic 71311

2 14 I 10. CANDY -Dinah Shore (Albert Sack Ork) Victor 20.1 6 3 2(See No. 3C)

1 I - I 11. DREAM -The Pied Pipers (Paul Weston Ork)....Capitol 1 8 5(Freddy Martin. Victor 20-16151

3 8 12. RUM AND COCA -COLA -Abe Lyman (Rose Blanc)...,Columbia 3 67 7 5

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1 - 12. SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY -Les Brown (Doris Day) ....Columbia 36769

(Hal McIntyre. Victor 20-1643112. THERE! I'VE SAID IT AGAIN -Vaughn Monroe (Vaughn

Monroe and the Norton Sisters) Victor 2 0-1 6 3 7

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5.SMOKE ON THE WATER... Bob WillsI'M WASTIN' MY TEARS ON

Okeh 6736

7 6 6.YOU Tex RitterGONNA BUILD A BIG FENCE

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AROUND TEXAS Gene Autry . ..Okeh 67283 - 6. DON'T FENCE ME IN (F) Gene Autry Okeh 67281 - 6. HANG YOUR HEAD IN

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Small Diskers Bag Names;Sked Jam -Up Opens Path

(Continued from page 15)inked Freddie Slack. Jo Stafford. JohnnieJohnston, Tex Ritter, the King Cole Trio,Stan Kenton. Bobby Sherwood, JohnnyMercer. Benny Carter and Harry Owens,Names like these mean Juke box nickelsand strong over-the-counter sales in anypart of the country, and so far neitherCapitol nor artists have had any differ-ences over their agreements. Capitol re-lease schedules give their waxers aboutfour sides in from six to eight weeks,with over 50,000 of each distribbed.

Feature Bags NamesFeature Records, disking outlet of

Mutual Broadcasting. has snared in waxsuch well-known names as Vincent Lopez.Jan Garber. Eddy Howard and the risingnewcomer Carl Ravazza, While Featureproduction is not fully geared as yet,erg still is putting out two releases everysix weeks in 50,000 lots, according to aFeature exec.

Hit and Classic disks, now known asMajestic Records, have probably some ofthe hottest platters on the turntablestoday in the six sides cut recently byLouis Prima and crew. Limited produc-tion and distill, which Is restricted toNew York, New England and Immediateareas, however, is holding back nation-wide popularity even tho sales are boom-ing in the districts covered. Also undercontract and going strong for Majesticare the Three Suns, George Paxton. ClydeLucas. Cootie Williams, Art Kassel and anew ork batoned by Chocho Martinez.They're also dickering for Sonny Dun-'ham.

High on the list of incite companiesthat have nabbed big enough names toput their biz on the upbeat is Musicraft,which recently purloined Teddy Wilsonaway from Columbia. Dean Hudson, PaulLavelle, Joan Brooks, Johnny Richardsand Phil Brito are among other Musicraftartists who have made the name one tobe reckoned with. Musicraft policy cen-ters on selecting a particular personalityor ork and putting a large percentage oftheir production behind them. Last yearthe drive was largely on Brito and Brooks,with platters by the two topping themillion mark.

Herman Lubinsky's Savoy Label has anumber of hot artists producing for theNewark (N. J.) disker. Cozy Cole (now inBilly Rose's Seven Lively Arts), JohnnyGuarnieri. Hot Lips Page and Joe Marsalaare a few who bring in the shekels forSavoy, and he's built up such a solidbacklog of originals that he's set withdisks to release for the next several years.He has a number of Red River disks andmasters which will also keep Savoy inthe billy department. Savoy runs tooriginals which don't date and his back-log is but okay.

American Top ContractsOn the West Coast newly -formed

American Recording Artists, a division ofthe Boris Morros Music Company, hasinked to exclusive contracts FrancesLangford, Phil Harris, Hoagy Carmichael,Bob Crosby, Skinny Ennis, Joe Reichman,the Town Criers, Rosa Linda, Bob John-ston, Wingy Manone, Jan Garber, SmileyBurnette and Lou Raderman. Productionfigures for the company are unavailable.American execs refused to reveal whetherCarlos Ramirez is signing with them,but their hesitancy indicated a possi-bility.

Also Coastwise is Maestro Recordswhose best-known properties are GeorgiaGibbs, Sonny Dunham, Dale tvans andRudy Vallee. Last two are under one-year exclusive inkings. Maestro is pro-ducing 4,000 disks a day and is addingone new press a month which will in-crease output to 4,600 by April 15. In-cidentally, Freddy Martin, part owner ofMaestro but under contract to Victor forabout another year, cannot record for hisown label until the present contract ex-pires. Unlike most India ops whose artistsshop around from one company to an-other under non-exclusive contracts, theexclusive deals put thru by American,Maestro and Muslcraft here la Now Yorkare few and far between.

Premier of St. LouisKingpin of Middle Western independ-

ents is Premier in St. Louis started dur-ing the last year. Premier now lists TedFto Rite, Russ David, Gracie Barrie add

George Olsen. David is a territorial fayswhile others insure national sales.

Beck to New York and the smaller COM-panics, operating on a more minutescale but still important because of thyselling power of their artists, are Na-tional, Sonora, Commodore, Beacon andAsch. Boosting national sales aro AlTrace and Raymond Scott, both commer-cial names. As the outfit only marketstwo disks a month in batches of 25.000,almost the entire lot Is distribbed to Jukebox ops which, tho it isn't the ultimatein plugging, still gives national artistsa pretty good break.

Leaning heavily to the album side isSonora which now has a hot sellingproperty in Enric Madrlguera. Dinnermusic, light classical and other semi -longhair combos are being given a bigplay, and by so doing Sonora and artistsalike are coming to the public eye.

Asch Records is capitalizing on ArtTatum, Josh White, James P. Johnsonand Mary Lou Williams. There's a heavyenough play by disk jockeys, radio sta-tions and confirmed disk collectors togive Asch and artists a field not beingtoo well developed by bigger companiesthese days.

Also giving straight commercialism thego-by and still finding a good market fortheir wares is Commodore. Concentratingalmost entirely on collectors Items, racerecords and Instrumental stars. Com-modore is doing all right with disks byJack Teagarden, Mugay Spanier. EddieCondon, Jesa Stacy. Bobby Hackett, HotLips Paige and Eddy Heywood.

Beacon Seeks Jive TradeGoing out for the jive trade and get-

ting it is Joe Davis (formerly Beacon).whose labels list Una Mae Carlisle. WillBradley, Erskine Butterfield, ColemanHawkins and the Red Caps. All are beingplugged to capacity of his deal withGennett.

Keynote, another of the smaller ops ofpre-war vintage, has 20 sides on hand cutby Red Norvo and 20 more by TeddyWilson, of which no more than eighthave been released. Keynote biggiesfrankly admit that their production ispractically nil and that orders on handare six times as much as they can pro-duce. Also on the Keynote backlog aremasters by Coleman Hawkins and Char-lie Shavers which will have to wait untilproduction catches up with them. AllKeynote artists record under non-exclu-sive deals. In the same fix is Stan -Leewhich goes in strongly for cocktailcombos and now has a heavy load of un-released disks held up by lack of produc-tion facilities.

Production and release figures whichmean anything are hard to find amongmost of the smaller ops, as their skeds forboth cuttings and releases depend largelyon the demand for their artists. True,too, is that many of the 'ladle ops aretongue-tied because they're afraid thattheir competition will catch wise aboutthe so-called big deals which they areconstantly brewing. In many of theabove cases artist deals are non-exclu-sive, with bands shopping around fromone label to another, However, story istho same. Indies still snare 'em.

Stone Disk FirstIn Scott Studio

NEW YORK, March 17.-New record-ing studios, owned by Raymond Scott andformed to service independent recordingcompanies, opened last week. First bandto record was Justin Stone for Signaturelabel. Scott figures to wax for many In-dies, as only about five of some 35 com-panies have their own recording studios.

Place is located at 57th and Broadway,the old United States Record Companylocation, Scott taking over the entirefloor. He'll also disk electrical transcrip-tions.

According to Scott, after the war he'llcome up with his own Universal Record-ing Company. First band to disk will beMark Warnow's Hit Parade ork. Scottwill also disk his own band for his per-sonal label, current pact with Columbiabeing a non-exclusive one. Columbia hasjust bought a minimum of eight mastersfrom Scott.

PART 3-The Billboard

ADVANCE SONG AND RECORD

PUBLISHERS' PLUG TUNESBongs listed are those on which pub-

lishers are currently seeking or onwhich they plan to work in the nearfuture. This, of course, means pub-lisher will have his contact men makespecial concentrated effort to haveband leaders, singers, disk companies.disk Jockeys, program producers, and

Current PlugsliatierA Kiss Goodnight. MillerAcCent-Tehu-Ate the Positive MorrisAll at Once ChappellAll of My Life BerlinAngelina SouthernAnywhere BourneApril Snow .,.WilliamsonBala SouthernBell Bottom Trousers .....Santly-JoyClose as Pages in a Book .. WilliamsonDream Capitol SongsEvelina CrawfordEverybody's Seen Him Bat His Daddy.

MarksEveryllme ABCEv'rytime We Say Goodbye ChappellGood, Coed Good BerlinHe's Home for a Little While FamousHitsum-Kitsum-Bumpity Daum.. SouthernI Begged Her FeistI Can't Believe That You're In Love With

Ale MillsI Didn't Know About You RobbinsI Don't Care About You RobbinsI Fall in Lose Too Easily.. FeistI Had a Little Talk With the Lord

Santly-JayI Walked In MillerI Wish I Knew TriangleIf Swing Goes. I Go Too.. FeistI'll Always Be With You Broadway

Remember Suzanne MarksI'm in a Jam With Baby RemickI'm Only Tessin' MillsIn a Shower of Stars Mills

In 3Iy Little Red Book MarksIncapolka TriangleIt Doesn't Cost You Anything to Dream..

WilliamsonFee Got a Locket in My Pocket

ParamountJust a Prayer Away. .,Shapiro -BernsteinLaura RobbinsLet's Take the Long Way Home Morris

Advance Plugs Publisher

A Friend of Yours ....Burke -Van SeamenCaldonla MorrisCan't You Read Between the Lines

Shapiro -BernsteinCounting the Days sanuy-JoyDon't You Spend a Dollar on Ma

RobbinsDreaming LeedsHe W. a Perfect Gentleman

Burke -Van }leasersHomesick That's .411.. MayfairI Don't Care It I Nosey Dream

Shapiro -Bernstein

other users of music use song beginningon date listed, and extending anywherefrom two weeks to three months fromthat date, depending on circumstances.List is based on information supplieddirect from publishers themselves. Onlytunes of publishers voluntarily supply-ing information are listed.

Current Plugs PublisherLove FeistLucky To Be Me WitrnarkMagic Is the Moonlight. Melody LaneMore and More T. B. HarmsMy Baby Said Yes LeedsMy Dreams Are Getting Better All theTime Santly-Joy(All of a Sodden) My Heart Sings, .LettlisMy Mother's Waltz MorrisNegra Consentida (My Pet Brunette)

MarksOnce Upon a Song MillsOne Meal Ball LeedsPoor Lenore HarrisRight as the Rain CrawfordSanta Marta MarksSentimental Journey MorrisSleigbride In July ....Burke -Van BeatenSmall World SouthernStars in Your Eyes.. Melody LaneSweet Dreams, Sweetheart.. RemickSweetheart of All My Dreams..........

Shaplro-BernsteinTake Me in Your Arms MillsThe Big Back Yard WilliamsonThe Blonde Sailor MillsThe Charm of You FeistThe Fireman's Bride..., WilliamsonThe More I See You

Bregman-Vocco-ConnThe Three Caballeros - -.Chas. K. HarrisThe Worry Song FeistThis Heart of Mine TriangleThen Your Eyes, Then Your Heart... MillsToo-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Rai WitmarkWatcha Say HarmsWe Hate to Leave ..FeistWhat Makes the Sunset FeistWhen You Walk in the Room .WilliamsonYon Belong to My Heart ..Chas. K. HarrisYou Never Say Yes (You Never Say Not...

RobbinsYou're Nobody 'Till Somebody Loves You..

Southern

Advance Plugs PublisherI Was Herr When Ton Left Me ...BerlinIf I Loved You T. B. HarmsI'm Getting Nowhere ParamountJune Is Busting Out All Over. T. B. HarmsOh. My tibia' Back FeistPlease No Squeeze the Banana.. -LeedsSeventh Avenue RobbinsShare the Meat RobbinsWhat's the Use of wandering -T. B HarmsWhile You're Away RemickYou alosed Right In FamousYou'll Never Walk Alone T. B. Harms

REVIEWS OF SONGS IN NEW FILMSBy Paul Secon

Films are reviewed at trade showings, effectiveness of film as a plug mediaand reviews are obviously written from for the tunes in it. Only specially se -standpoint of effectiveness or lack of lected films are reviewed.

BRING ON THE GIRLS (Paramount)With Sonny Tufts, Veronica Lake, Eddie Bracken, Marjorie Reynolds.Tunes: ''You Moved Right In", "13ring on the Girls...Publisher' Famous Music.

You Moved Right InBig song of the plc is done well by Mariorle Reynolds. Gal Is a good looker andknows how to sell a tune backward and forward. Song is a nice ballad Oust couldmake some noise.

Bring en the GirlsStrictly written for the pie, "Girls" is a gala feature affair that's done well. butle strictly n. s. h. so far as commercial possibilities go. It's done quite a few

times In the plc. and while a rousing piece of musical bin, it never really getsoff the screen.

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ADVANCE RECORD RELEASESRecords listed are generally approttl- panics. Only records of those mann-

mutely two weeks In advance of actual facturers voluntarily supplying informa-release date. List is based on informs- tins are listed.tion supplied in advance by record com-CECIL'S MOP MOP! Cecil Gant Giltedge COB -500CHERISH THE LADIES Irish Ban Dance Boys ....Joe Davis 3600CONCERTO FOR TENOR Georgie Auld Apollo 359DON'T YOU NOTICE ANYTHING NEW?. The Charioteers Columbia 36792EVERYTIME Benny Goodman (Jane Harvey)

Columbia 36790GREEN MEADOWS Irish Barn Dance Boys....Joe Davis 3600I SHOULD CARE Frank Sinatra (Axel Stordahl Ork)..

C olumbia 36791I'LL REMEMBER YOU (IF YOU'LL RE-

MEMBER ME) Cecil Gant Giltedge CG23-500I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT.... Ink Spots -Ella Fitzgerald ..Decca 23399I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT.. Cootie Williams Majestic 7131IT DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING TO

DREAM The Charioteers Columbia 36792JAMBOREE JUMP Don Byas All -Star Quintet ..Jamboree 901PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Don Byas All -Star Quintet. .Jamboree 901SATURDAY NIGHT (IS THE LONELIEST

NIGHT IN THE WEEK, Cootie Williams Majestic 7131SKYLINER Charlie Barnet Decca 18659STRANGE MUSIC James Melton (Al Goodman Ork)....

Victor Red Seal 11-8746SWEET AND LOVELY Georgie Auld (Kay Little) ..Apollo 359SWEETHEART OF ALL MY DREAMS Benny Goodman (Bob Hayden)

Colombia 36790THAT'S THE WAY IT TS Ella Fitzgerald -Ink Spots.. Decca 23399THERE'S BEAUTY EVERYWHERE James Melton (Al Goodman Ork).. .

Victor Red Seal 11-8746WEST END BLUES Charlie Barnet Decca 18659WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE Frank Sinatra (Axel Stordahl Ok)....

Columbia 36791

RECORD POSSIBILITIESIn the opinion of The Billboard music mined by entry into best selling, most

staff, records listed below are most played or most heard features of thelikely to achieve popularity as deter- Chart.I HOPE TO DIE IF I TOLD A LIE. Ink Spots Decca 18657A

Here's another of those corny but oh so commercial gold mines regularly put outby the Ink Spots. Tune is slow, easy to digest and will be big. Also plenty hotfor jukes. Other side is "Maybe It's All for the Best." another smash.

I SHOULD CARE Jimmy Dorsey ....Decca 18656BTuoe is well done by J. D. and seems headed for big-time results. Disk is handledwith finesse and lakes will go for it but big. Dorsey also handles "Twilight Time"on other side well.

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BENNY GOODMAN (Columbia)After You've Gone-FT. Body and Soul-FT.

The jazz fans will never complain If Benny Goodman never builds a big bandagain as long as he continues to dish out the brand of musical intimacy created onthese sides with small units. The Benny Goodman Sextet is nothing short of terrificin their collective and individual Improvisations for "After You've Gone." WhileGoodman never rode out on his clarinet more handsomely, it is just as exciting whenTeddy Wilson knuckles at the keyboard, Red Norvo hammers the vibes and SlamStewart sings out with his bass fiddle bowleg. With Morey Feld at the drums plusMike Bryan for guitar strums, the rhythmic punch is very much in evidence rightfrom scratch. The tempo is slowed down considerably for "Body and Soul," whichfeatures the Benny Goodman Trio. It's Goodman, Wilson plus Feld's drum beats thatmake this chamber Jazz session a classic. It's real jazz artistry,

The juke box fans will jump for joy when they start spinning the "Atter You'veGone" 'side, which will be plenty and often.

CHARLIE SPIVAK (Victor)Sweetheart of All My Drcams-FT; VC. My Baby Said Yes-FT; VC.

While Charlie Spivak's trumpet dominated all his earlier disks, these sides turnthe spotlight on his band. The band boys cut thru most effectively In a highlyrhythmio manner. "My Baby Said Yes," a bright rhythm ditty, Is polished off Inattractive jump fashion, with trombone trio, piano and tenor sax providing the soloflashes. and Irene Daye's dittying pointing tip the vocal appeal of the tune. "Sweet. -heart of All My Dreams" is the ballad face of an earlier year. Dressed up again Inrhythmic fashion, Spivak's trumpet paces the tootling to start off the side, with MinDaye's singing matching the style of the melody's treatment.

Phono fans will shower their favor on "My Baby Said Yes."

WOODY HERMAN (Columbia)Laura --FT; VC. 1 Wonder-FT; VC.

Making his bow on the Columbia. label, Woody Herman makes a most strikingImprint on wax with two ballads that are tailor-made for the maestro and his singingtalents. From the movie of the same name, Herman brings out all of the hauntingappeal and plaintive charm packed in Johnny Mercer and Dave Raksin's "Laura," alove serenade to a dream girl. The band boys blow It blue, with the melancholy notesof tenor sax and trumpet adding further dress to the disking. Cecil Gent's Wonder,"Harlem's wondrous ballad, is just as much in Herman's vocal groove, providing a. con-trasting note in giving a low-down character to the chant. Shares the side with thesame solo instruments, and It's sock and solid all the way.

Long the song rage of Harlem, Woody Herman's interpretation of "I Wonder..ebonld create a deepening gulf of enthusiasm for the song. Nor is there any minimizingthe phono appeal of "Laura."

THE THREE SUNS (Hit)AU of My Lite-FT; VC. Silage, Shuga Shufffe.-FT.

The combination of mean. accordion and guitar, with Artie Dunn singing out thewordage with sugar coating, provides an attractive setting for Irving Berlin's "All ofMy Life," The ballad Is beat oft at a bright tempo, and the emphasis on the melodiccontents makes It all the more Inviting for the dancers. "Shags, Shuga, Shuffle,"is a tuneful bounce ditty with the threesome giving it a bounce rhythm and makingthe spinning thoroly toe -tapping thruout.

The melodic appeal in the music of the Three Suns makes these sides swell forphono locations where the more restful rhythms are sought out.

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USO DancesRing Curfew

HOLLYWOOD, March 17.-Couple ofdances after curfew time In last coupleof weeks have brought public Indignationdown on one promoter-USO in this case-and post -midnight feet -pounding hasceased altocether. Swing -shift affair wastossed March 4 at Wayne Daillard'sPacific Square Ballroom in San Diego,Calif. It was in usual Saturday night -Sunday morn, 2 to 6 am., d +nee run byUSO. Latter org has been running dancefor swing -shifters for 27 months. Dayfollowing, local paper, San Diego Union -Tribune, started campaign which brought'APE into scene and 1280 consented todrop dances.

Louis Jordan did a 12 to 4 a.m. dancefor war workers in Norfolk a couple ofweeks ago, promoter saying he got per-mission from the local WMC office. Rea-son for special dispensation was becauseof the defense area In which spot is lo-cated. However, it Is said that authoritiesfrown on repeating the procedure.

24 Ace TunesmithsTo Plug 7th WarBond Drive on E.T.'s

NEW YORK, March 17.-A plan. re-euested by Mrs. Henry Morgentlaau, wifeel the Secretary of the Treasury, to use24 song writers or writing teams to helpin the coming Seventh War Loan drivewas proposed at a recent meeting InWashington. The deal calls for 24 e. t.'s,one donated by each writer, which willInclude four of their past hits plus onenew tune to be written especially forthis War Loan, or for the war effortIn general. Scripts for the transcriptionswill be penned by the country's topwriters. An ork and vocalist will beprovided by the Treasury Departmentfor the series which Is to be completedby April I. Frank Loesser will be liaisonman between tunesmiths and the Treas-ury.

Pubs File Suit, ClaimingPop Copyright Violation

RICHMOND, Va.. March 17. - Al-leged violations of copyright regula-tions on two popular wogs, I'll WalkAlone and The Waltz You Saved for Mc,have been charged in sults filed re-cently In Federal Distriot Court here byfirms against Albert Peaco, owner of theEnglish 'Cavern, Richmond. Damagestotaling 8500 are sought by the MayfairMimic Corporation and Leo Fiest. One..who charge the songs have been played"without the knowledge, consent or ap-proval" of the copyright owners.

He'll Take CrosbyNEW YORK, March 17.-Cute

sidelight on present talk aboutworth of remotes for bands andlocations is that of the Palladium,mammoth dancery In os Angeles.Bands get air time from the spotbut according to Maurle Cohen,op of the place, he'll take a com-mercial plug by Crosby, etc., to 10remotes a week.

Plenty of top-flight commercialradio shows from the Coast in-clude comics tossing remarks outover the ether about the Palladi-um. Crosby, Hope. Benny andmany other stars-many of whomvisit the spot-pass comment.Cohen will take that sort of"remote."

P. 8. Who wouldn't????

Featheringill,Session Owner,

Jam SessionsCHICAGO, March 17.-Phil Feather -

Weill, op of the Session Record Shophere, and the man behind the Sessionlabel, is putting on weekly concerts of"Modern Types of Music" every Sundayat 2 p.m. at the Zanzibar, near NorthSide bistro. Purpose of the jam sessionIs to Introduce new Jazz stars to Chi'sowing fans and also to popularize thelocal jazzmen, who have recorded onSession disks.

First session, February 24, featured agroup of New Orleans Negro stars, whilethe second, March 3, spotted a combo ofChi white jazzmen. headed by Bud Ja-cobson. Last Sunday's Concert featuredmore modern instrumentallats, such asJ. C. Higginbotham, trombonist with RedAllen's band here, and Johnny Bothwell,altosit playing with Boyd Raeburn's band.currently at the College Inn of the Ho-tel Sherman.

MUSIC-AS WRITTEN(Continued from page 15)

agernent. Thee Dispecker, well-knownlonghair music agent, now with WilliamMorris Agency concert department.. . .

Bandsman Teddy Powell has written twotunes for Robbins and ono for HoraceHeldt's pubbery, Allied Music.

Disk Jockey Dick Gilbert's crusade forfree mailing privileges for hospitalizedex -servicemen is getting a warm recep-tion in Washington. Plan bas alreadybeen approved by 200 congressmenquizzed by Gilbert and has been sent toa Senate committee by seven of the gee -

ON TILEReviews of Orchestras Play

Ballroom Locations

STANDtag Hotels, Night Club and

and One-Nighters

Art Mooney(Johnny O'Connor, Personal Manager)

(Reviewed at the Carnival Room, CapitolHotel, New York)

Showing of Art Mooney's band at thenew beautiful room here Isn't quite fairto the band. They're spotted way back ona huge, round stage, and are given sort ofa sluff -off so for as being in the positionto sell. However, what was heard of themsounded okay, with accent on melody vianice work by Mooney's string section.

Band is on the sweet bide, which is acommercial asset, and if he finds the cor-rect spot. Mooney could probably buildhimself a sound following. Mooney is tall,makes a good appearance, and handleshimself well. And spotted in a more In-timate room where he had a chance tomake himself palsy with the payees, hissoft, likeable music would click. As it Ishere, he's strictly a filler for the hugeshow and location spot means practicallynothing to Mooney.

When playing for dancing, Mooneywisely picka new faves and oldies that theband can get its teeth into. And It's notoverdone, but rather underplayed. Rea -this Stevens. his vocalist, sings tip-topsong, but again, she's spotted from thefloor and Is lost In the semi -darkness endcoldness of the room. He also has a voratgroup, the Lamp -Lighters, but they're not

Ray Benson(Reviewed at Hotel Plaza,

Persian Room, N. Y.)Society -type ork, Ray Benson fits

smoothly into the ornate Persian Room.Benson cuts well, while putting outsmooth stuff between shows. His ork-he plays the piano-has three sax, threeviolins, one trumpet and three rhythm.Evidently catering to tastes of payeeswho lay down plenty of moots at theclassy spot, Benson dishes out easy -to -listen -to arrangements of songs most

Latter point Is a good one, as mostsociety -type bands sound alike. However,when a leader puts emphasis on old fa-miliar tunes that bring back memories todancers and ringsiders, then he mustclick. And Benson does. Lad also playslots of listenable piano-soft, commercialand all to the good.

Possible drawback to his all-aroundperformance Is his over -shadowing theperformers with his backgrounds at times.He doesn't play too loud when on alone.but when cutting for Taps, for example,the music often drowned out the subtlefootwork. Once that's taken care of. Ben-son's work Is A-1. Paul Secon

on much. Band is smooth, end as pointedout above, when In a better spot. thingsshould happen. Paul Secon.

Anti-ASCAPBill Grounded

PORTLAND, Ore., March 17.-Proposedlegislation to prevent the operation inOregon of the American Society ofAuthors and Composers appears to havemet the same fate as similar legislationintroduced two years ago-defeat--althoby a different process. The Senate Com-mittee on Revision of Laws called off ahearing scheduled on the bill and, as thelast-minute rush on legislative measuresapproaches, It appears that the bill wouldbe allowed to die on the vine. The chair-man of the committee and the measure'ssponsors-Senators Thomas Mahoney andCoe McKenna were evasive about set-ting a new date for the hearing.

The bill would have called for creationof an anti -monopoly board and wouldhave made it unlawful for any person orfirm to cause to be publicly performed,without consent of the owner, any dra-matic or musical composition. Also itwould have prevented two or more per-s.s from joining in collecting fees orissuing blanket licenses for the right tocommercially use or perform publiclytheir separate copyrights.

ernmenters who brought it up on the,floor.

HOLLYWOODCarlos Molina's new 18 -piece outfit

making first disks in years, two albumsfor Capitol.... Larry Finley, opeitator ofMission Beach and Trianon Ballrooms,San Diego. and Ralph Wonders, of CoastGAC office, trekking to New York forthree-week visit. Leaving here March 26.. . . Will Rase, formerly with ark Worldmag, now publicist and general managerof Hollywood Mills Music office. . .Mills Brothers into Florentine GardensMay 1 at practically three times salaryreceived at same spot year ago. Groupwill double in Zanzibar Room.

Al Russell Trio set for spat on newHoagy Carmichael after.... Les PaulTrio signed to do three pit for Para-mount. Outfit also cutting secondbatch of 100 sides for World. . . .

Peggy Lee replacing Connie Haineson Andy Russell's Saturday eve Bluesustainer. Gal goes into her firsttheater date at Orpheum. L. A. . . .

King Sisters shifted to William Mor-ris Agency from MCA. . . . LibbyHolman, Josh White into Ciro's. PhilOf man's band featured there untilCarmen Cavalier° comes in aroundMay 1.

CHICAGOPat (Lucky) O'Connor has joined

Campbell-Porgle, Inc., here as MiddleWestern rep.... Wayne King makes hisfirst location appearance after his two-year stint in khaki when he opens withhis band at the Edgewater Beach hereJune 2. . . . Rumored here that AmyArnell, ex -Tommy Tucker vocalist andmore recently featured in Early to Bed,Is marrying Capt. Morgan Heap, ATOofficer stationed in Minneapolis. . . .

Lakeside Park, Denver summer amuse-ment park, opens its season May 11 witha two-week stand by Clyde Lucas.

Phil Kinsman, who has been spottedsoloist In revues at the Boulevard Roo,Hotel Stevens, will take over the solospot on NBC's World Parade startingSunday (18). . . . Mills Brothers andAndy Kirk's ork are linked for a pack-age show which tours Oklahoma andKansas on one-nighters during ApriL

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OFF THE CUFFEast:

BILL PETERSON. CRA's cocktail head,not only smashed his car in New Jerseylast week but also got a ticket. . . .

CORKY WILLIAMS added attraction atWhitehall Hotel, New York.. . TERRYTRIO open at the Crystal Lounge, Troy,March 22, . . . VALERIE DION began atthe Abraham Lincoln Hotel, Reading,Pa. . . . NEW YORKERS current atRoosevelt Grill, Newark. . . CLEONEand Joe new starters at Twin Keys, New-ark.

BOBBY LYONS, back from three years'service in India, is again pounding thepiano at Eddie Harris' Tavern, Philadel-phia. . . . RICHARD BACH current atthe Chez Cherie Musical Lounge, Phila-delphia. . . . GRACE AND SCOTTIEat the Chez-Paree Musical Bar, AtlanticCity. . . . BILLY LA PATA'S Rhythm -Weavers at Palumbo's. . . NELLIEMARSHALL Quartet at Chateau Renault,Atlantic City. . . . JOE SMALL playingat DuMonds Musical Bar. Philadelphia.. . STELIA ENGLE Trio set at Lido -Venice. Philadelphia. . . . ROY SEA -GRAVES TRIO and Nan Jones appearingat the Lynnewood Musical Bar, Phila-delphia.

Midwest:RED MADDOCK'S BAND alternates

With Chuck Wright at Augie's, Minneap-olis. . . . BOB REEMS is featuring BetteJo Webb's vocalizing at the Happy Hour,Minneapolis. after moving from the ClubSilhouette. Chi. . . . CAPELLE TRIOand Adele current at Rogers' StageLounge. Minneapolis. . . Andy's, Min-neapolis, features ANN O'CONNOR,Miller and Jene and Joe Griffin. . .

JACK WHITE and the Three Tones nowat the Casa Blanca, seine city. . . .

HELEN LIDDELL 88-ing at the PantherRoom. Minneapolis.. . . JOHNNY SEITZat the Music Box with Bette Kent.

SKUNK HOLLOW BOYS at the ShowBar, Evansville, Ind, . . . FLOYD HUNTand his quartet current at the Maples,Peoria. Ill. . . . HELEN EVERETT hold-ing forth at the Custer Hotel, Galesburg.

. . JACK STEPHENS due March 23at the Spaulding Hotel, Duluth, Minn.. . . LEROY GENTRY new at the Es-quire, Joliet, Ill. . . GENERAL MOR-GAN moves from the Airliner, Chi, to theTimes Lounge, Rockford, Ill., on April 2.

. . ALICE BROOKS set for the Mid-town Hotel, St. Louis, on March 23.

FOUR RIFFS bow at the Hurricane,New Orleans. on April 2. . . . CATS ANDA FIDDLE ready for an April 1 opening atthe Jericho Club, Tulsa, Okla. . . .

CHARLIE BUTCHER now at the ClubLido, Wichita. . BOB SYLVESTER.now at Fay's Supper Club, Macon, Ga.,with a quartet, is enlarging to sevenmen and a chirp. Eloise. . . PENNYCALDWELL, vocalist, starts an 11 -dayUSO trip on March 27. . . . CARIOCASERENADERS complete their work in aflicker for 20th Century -Fox in Holly-wood on April 1.

DOROTHY DAVIS, Chicago vocalist, re-ports that she is completing her ninthmonth of USOing in England. . . .

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MORT POWELL heads a new swing trio,which opened at the Turf Club, Cicero,on March 19. . . . CLIFF REAL heldover at the Skyride, Chicago, until May20.. . . ALICE OLSEN, currently at Hel-sing's Vodvil Lounge, Chicago, moves tothe Wasihngton Street Cafe on March 25,replacing Mel Henke. . . . ARNOLDTHOalAS Inked for an indefinite run at,the Brass Rail in the Windy City. . . .

TRISTAR. TRIO, who stayed at the Pre-view for 1! mouths, move to the TownCasino. Chicago. March 26. . . . ANNECORNELL starts at Cafe de Society, Chi-cago. on March 21. . . BOB MERRILL,formerly with Dallas Bartley at Joe's DeLuxe, Chicago, is now handling blues -shouting and trumpet for Cootie Wil-liams' band. . . DICK HOYLEMAN,pianist, married Virginia Andreen, non -pro, here on March 7. . . . DOROTHYDONEGAN set for a lengthy stay at theLatin Quarter, Chicago. . . . CLAIREFRIEND playing Intermission piano atthe reopened Colony Club, Chicago. . .

HAL GILLIS now at the New CubanVillage, Chicago.. . . TOMMY STOVALLplaying at the Zanzibar, Chicago.

West Coast:KENNY BAKER, band leader, is now

with Frederick Brothers and will assistTom Kettering in booking small orches-tra and acts.

Weinberg Trying New LoungeIn Philly; Using Three Acts

PHILADELPHIA, March 19.-The mid-night curfew holds no fears for HarryWeinberg, vet lounge op here, who islighting up the Del -Rio, musical bar inthe Frankford sector, formerly known asVerdi's. For a starter, Weinberg is bring-ing in Lou Keen and His Latin -Aires,Betty King and Patti Travers. Weinbergformerly operated the Lexington Casino,Club New Yorker and the 69th StreetRathskeller, all local nabe niteries.

New Lounge in San FranSAN FRANCISCO, March 17.-In a lo-

cation formerly, running as a straightbar in the central section of town, NickRubino and Russ McGrath have openeda new lounge under the handle of Nicko'sBar. Renovation and remodeling costabout $5,000.

Spot Is using a four -piece band and agirl singer. Weekly talent budget Isabout 1500.

Chi Agents Forced To DigNew Fields for Unit Biz

CHICAGO, March 17.-Since the mid-night curfew in Chi has put plenty ofcocktail units on the "now availablefor dates" sheet, Chi bookers this weekstarted to probe more distant bistrosfor locations for combos.

Locally, cocktail bands have gottentheir notices pretty generally, espe-cially in nabe lounges which subsistedon post -midnight biz. Because thesespots now shutter at the witching hour,ops have pared their talent nut to aboutone-third or one -quarter of what theywere previously using.

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AMP CatalogsTunes in Pitch

For Movie BizNEW YORE. March 17.-A plan by

Associated Music Publishers to make the19,000 tunes on which they now havecopyrights available to the movie biz foruse as backgrounds, underscores and fea-tured music is now under way. Theproject is in the form of a series ofcatalogs which list the tunes by com-posers and titles. The AMP classificationsystem makes it possible for users to picktunes to fit situations calling for 28separate moods without searching theentire catalog.

Associated claims it has "exclusiveworld rights" to all 19,000 tunes, thusthe set-up would be a natural for theflicks because the problem of royaltiesoutside the U. S. would already be solved.The first of the catalogs containing 350numbers is now available, with anotherdue this fall and the rest at the rate ofthree a year. Most of the tunes listedare operas, folk dances, piano concertosand others equally longhaired.

New Lounge in Perth AmboyPERTH AMBOY, March 17. - The

Alamo, formerly a local bar and grille,has been extensively overhauled andopens next week as an addition to thelocal cocktail lounges. Spot is operatedby John and Michael Bohol. VincentPima's unit goes in next Tuesday (20).

REVIEWSThe Gay Balladiers

(Reviewed at Kesner's Skyridc, Chicago)For the op who likes to draw the

middle-aged patrons into his lounge, theGay Balladiers are the answer. This triooffers plenty of sight and listening ap-peal-all in the manner of the days whenDelmonico's and Rector's were plushGotham spots. And there's enough nov-elty in their half-hour bits to holdyouthful servicemen, who lined the barwhen the show was caught.

Threesome are all past 40 mark andwell-grounded in the traditional man-ner of the late Nineteenth Century min-strel. Library is varied, including paro-dies on standards, Dish and Scotch folktunes, with three-part harmony on somenumbers and good vocal bits by BertDavis and George DeCosta. Al Copelandsupplies plenty of realistic old-timepiano on accompaniments and does areal Job on ragtime solos.

Customers keep looking at the Bal-ladiers because their half-hour show,all in costume, Includes playlets andplenty of general hokum on this smallstage. Funniest bit was a Costumednumber, with DeCosta playing a GravelGentle fern in trick set-up.

Alternating with the Balladiers is CliffReal who works with trick guitar. Guyis fine comic, especially on ad lib. He washeckled by three customers when caughtand tactfully took care of each. Paceshis gags with some okay vocals on the

Dallas Bartley(Reviewed at Joe's DeLuse, Chicago)A prominent Gotham cocktail lounge

booker, who recently visited this area,commented that the big difference be-tween Eastern and Middle Western unitswas the lack of sight entertainment inMiddle Western jump combos. One ex-ception to his statement is Dallas Bartleyand His Small Town Boys.

Bartley, former bass for Louis Jordan,learned the value of sight appeal whenhe was with the Tympany Five, and hisown sextet combines a good share ofwell -arranged music and showmanshipthat pulls the crowd at this Negro nitery.High spot in this band's entertaining isits bit in the floorshow when the sixboys In the band come out on the stageand do simple jitterbug steps while play-ing a Bartley original, Let's Pitch aBoogie-Woogie.

Bartley, who is under contract toDecca, has done some excellent Jumpscoring for the band, with emphasis onthe race blues. The rugged drive of thissextet is reminiscent of the early record-ings of the Basle band. Boys do neat jobon standards, and back the pop soloistsin the floorshow smoothly on sweetballads. Bill Martin, trumpeter, handlesthe vocals In true blue -shouting style.

John Sippel.

perennials. Because of his ad lib, thisguy rates a nod for a larger nitery.

John Sippel.

tail unit market is a single, either pianoor organ. Booking a quartet or trio Intoa Chi .bistro is a freak deal these days.Bookers report that ops, who once used$300 or $400 worth of talent, are nowsettling for a piano single, which theyget for scale by calling the AFM head-quarters here.

Joe Callan, of Central Booking officehere, has Just returned from a two-week scouting trip of Illinois, Ohlo, In-diana and Iowa. Ops in these States aregenerally slicing their talent budget, hereported, but he found a ready marketfar former cocktail units in niterles,which previously had used floorshowsand a band.

These owners now want a versatilecocktail unit that can double in thefloorshow and play .behind the bar. Opswant sight appeal units, Callan said.Because of poor biz outlook, he declared.ops in many towns were using localunits in preference to traveling combos.

Thelma Sills, of William Morris officeIn Chi, said that she was giving up onlocal ops, who Insisted on $70 for apiano single, because she can marketthese singles thruout the Midwest for$150 and 6175. She said that she is plan-ning more out-of-town trips to stimulatebiz In surrounding territory.

Jack Kurtze, general manager of Fred-erick Bros.' cocktail units, said that heis expanding his contacts into the North-west, Southwest and West Coast to em-ploy those units which were dischargedlocally. Kurtze indicated that he hasbeen communicating with lounge ops inNevada, Oklahoma and Louisiana, whoseemed interested in obtaining Chi unitsto replace local entertainers. However,the attempt to place local units out oftown has been hampered by Insistenceof many musicians here that they remainin Chi, where they are in war work andhave permanent homes and families.

Bert Gervls, who, contrary to previousreports, will remain in his Chicago of-fice while Jean Wald handles the WestCoast office of the new firm of Wald-GervLs, said that he has already switchedmany of his units to West Coast lo-cations.

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WMC Stalls on Curfew ShowdownLamplighter'sIs Untouched

Private club on WMC homegrounds openly defiant-but nothing's happened

WASHINGTON. March 17.-As thethird week of the curfew ends, It isbecoming apparent that the War Man-power Commission is stalling on thehot issue of the Lamplighter's Club here.

The fact is that the spot has beenopen after the curfew night after nightand main office of the WMC not onlyhas done nothing about It but won't evenspeak-for the record-about what Itintends to do.

Here on the home grounds of thechief enforcing agency which is chargedwith the job of making the curfew stick.the Lamplighter's Club is running wideopen after midnight. Its official excuseis that it is a "private" club which al-ways opened after midnight.

Need No IntroductionFact is, however, that one needs no

special introduction to become a "mem-ber." Just about all one has to do isgo up and knock on the door and fiveminutes later one Is a full-fledged"member" with all the rights, privilegesand expenses. Spot is running as anight club, for it has a floorshow anda band.

Everyone in the capital expected thatthis example of open defiance of JimmyByrnes's curfew order would serve as atest case and that by its action In thematter of the Lamplighter's Club theWMC would demonstrate its policy onenforcement. To date nothing has hap-pened-and that perhaps is significant.

There is a feeling developing herethat the WMC is avoiding a wrestlingmatch in the courts with the Lamp-lighter's. Some people think that per -(See 91:11C CURFEIV STALL on page 28)

New NY Ops OrgWants ASCAP-erFor Organizer

NEW YORK, March 17.-New cafeowner -restaurateur organization here isbeginning to tak shape via multiplemeetings weekly. It is understood thatsome $50.000 has been pledged, pendingformation. for the purpose of engagingcounsel and an organizer. Approacheshave been made to E. C. (Claude) Mills,former general manager of ASCAP, to.take on the job of lining up new mem-bers.

So far about 50 or 60 owners and op-erators have signified their intention ofjoining. A full organizing membershipmeeting will be held about three weekshence In the Ziegfeld Theater, owned byBilly Rose, who is one of the lights ofthe proposed organization.

Other prime movers are ShermanBlllingsley, of the Stork Club; Joe How-ard. of the Zanzibar; Joe Rogers, ofRogers' Corner; Nick Prounis, of theVersailles, and Leon Enken, of Leon andEddie's. It is reported that Rase. Billings-ley, Howard, Rogers and Enken havepledged $5,000 each; Mike Larsen, of theIceland. $2,500, and others lesser amounts,some as little as the contemplated an-nual dues of 8200-9300.

Eventually org will run on a charteranti be incorporated. So far there areseveral committees doing the preliminarywork on budget, membership anti dues.Wide scope of org is shown by the factthat such restaurants as the Colony.Brass Rail and 21 are joining with clubsand lounges.

La Guardia's I o'Clock JumpNEW YORK, March 18.-The first major break in the wall of curlew

gloom came today when Mayor F. H. La Guardia announced a "one -hourtolerance" for niteries, permitting them to stay open to 1 am. "Toler-ance" hour becomes effective Immediately, beginning with businesstonight. The mayor's action culminates a week of trade rumors thatthere would be an extension to 1 a.m. after completing his own privatesurvey into New York conditions growing out of Jimmy Byrnes' 12o'clock curfew ruling. Among the reasons he gave for permitting a 1o'clock closing were these three: (a) That It 123 difficult to get a crowdout of a club in a few minutes; (b) that the approach of summer andthe habits of New Yorkers would lead patrons to the niterhas at a rela-tively late hour, and (c) a later closing would give the city about 700extra "police hours" a night to check up on speakeasies and violations.Consequently, he said he had decided to allow nitery operators thehour from 12 midnight to I a.m. to clear their rooms. This will per-mit them to sell drinks right up to the stroke of midnight and willallow patrons time to enjoy their refreshments Instead of quaffing themquickly-a point which also bothers the mayor. He said he had beento Washington but did not reveal whether he had received WMC per-mission to declare an hour of "tolerance" or was doing it on his own.Consequently, it is not definite whether his action will become a prece-dent for other mayors to follow but they will certainly have the bigexample of New York to point to if they wish. Moreover, he did notindicate whether he would move for another revision of the city codegoverning night clubs. The code was amended two weeks ago to providea 12 o'clock midnight closing hour Instead of the former 3 am.

New,Tough RuleOn Drink ListsReadied OPA

NEW YORK, March 17.-Cafes, restau-rants and bars are in for another sharpjolt it was learned here today from theregional Office of Price Administration.The sock will come in the form of anorder which will require all liquor -selling spots to post a notice above barsthat gives the size and brand of eachdrink in addition to its price.

In cases where prices have inched upeither thru the use of smaller potions orthru an actual increase, ops will be toldto roll them back to a level and a dateto be determined. The official order,to be nationwide, will take effect onApril 18.

The directives will be broken downInto two classes. The first will order opsto specify hard drinks, including cock-tails, and will call for a sign, postedprominently above the bar, to give thesize of each drink, the brand and price.The second one will apply to beer. In thisone, ops will also be required to namethe brand, price and the size of thecontainer.

A good bartender, say ops. can alwayssave a couple of bottles a night by cut-ting dow the size of the drinks as cus-tomers start to load up. The OPAdoesn't care about how ops save butwill not permit It at the customer'sexpense. If the drinks become smallerthe price must be smaller, too, OPA said.

Chi Club To Spend$550 Weekly on AirTo Puff Up Takes

CHIOAGO, March 17.-At least onenight spot in town will use radio advertis-ing to try to drum up new business tocompensate for the current drop in reve-nue. The 5100 Club on Chi's North Sidewhich up to date has felt a 40 per centdrop in business, will start using spotsand a show right from the club to try toturn the tide and get more dough In thecash registers.

Starting last Monday (12) and continu-ing for at least a few weeks, the clubpresented two one -minute spots a day.Monday thru Friday, on WING. WAIT,WCFL, and WJJD, Chi Indies. WillieHoward, who went into the club March16 will be featured on the transcribedspots, made by the National Radio & FilmCorporation, whose president Is DickBradley, manager and show producer at

Curfew SurpriseTo FDR, Too, SezWash. Grapevine

WASHINGTON, March 17.-FDR knewnothing of Byrnes' curfew edict until itwas handed out, White House insidersclaim. In fact, FDR was still out of thecountry when the War Mobilizer tossedthe midnight shutdown order out anddidn't know about it until several dayslater. Democratic Chairman Bob Han-negan and Chi's Mayor Kelly are twoadministration bigwigs burned up overByrnes action, reports here are. Kellywas in town on heels of New York's"Butch" and, according to those whoheard him, the Windy City's topman wasmore than a little sore. and told Byrnesso in no uncertain terms.

Hannegan. who had been assuring theboys all along that nightera biz wouldnot be made administration whippingpost, was caught offguard by announce-ment and, from all reports, didn't knowthat it was coming until it was handeddown. Hannegan is supposed to be beef-ing that deal should never have beenpulled without his being consulted as itmade him look like a patsy. Likewis'e,he Is reported to feel that if a littletime had been given to ironing outwrinkles by calling In industry, many ofcurrent headaches could have beenavoided.

Slapsy Maxie's, L. A., MayTurn Icy for Summer Shows

HOLLYWOOD, March 19.-There Is apossibility that Sammy Lewis will putan ice show into his Slapsy Maxie's dur-ing the summer. If he does, Ben Blue.Patti Moore and Ben Lessy will take tothe blades. Lewis says It will take timeto teach this trio to skate and do rou-tines,

He recently returned from Las Vegas,where he viewed George Arnold's ice re-vue at the Hotel Last Frontier. He hadIn mind using this show for his spot. IfLewis does turn to ice, he'll continue torun the Blackouts on the upstairs stage.

the 5100. The spots will cost the clubabout $300 a week.

In a few weeks, Bradley also hopes tostart a 15 -minute nightly Curfew Capersprogram that will be aired right from theclub by WCFL. The shows will be morethan dance remotes. They will be espe-cially written and produced and will fea-ture the acts at the club as well as theorchestra playing there. These will costabout $250 weekly. To compensate par-tially for this new dough he is spendingfor radio time, Bradley intends to cutdown his newspaper lineage.

Miami Ops Stop"Celeb" Shows;Costs 'Em Dough

MIA.M.L March 17.-With the "celebritynight" institution well intrenched Inclub centers thruout the country, localoperators have gone into reverse Englishby forbidding performers appearing intheir spots to work for free in others.Ops here have come to conclusion that itis costing them money to have their tal-ent work cuffo elsewhere. They reasonthat the performers who get high salaries-this kind .of talent being most in de-mand for gratis appearances-fall todraw as well when they may be seen at"celeb" and farewell parties for less tariff.

For example, the Mayfair ran a Sundaynight "celeb" affair weekly where featuredartists from other spots appeared, with aheavy draw-for the Mayfair. Ops nowIntend that patrons who want to see starperformers shall come to see them wherethey are being paid to work.

As a result of the new decision. afarewell party for Jackie Miles last week-end proved a flopperoo. None of the starsadvertised showed.

Now La MartiniqueIs Prepping Unit

For Vaude HousesNEW YORK. March 17.-What with the

curfew keeping customers out of niterles,a couple of the local ops have been cast-ing around for new ways to make a buck.One method that has been tried time andagain with varied success is the travelingnitery show plan. A couple of the boysare trying it again.

The latest one to give the gimmicka whirl is the Martinique. It plans to puttogether about four acts and a line andsell it to vaude houses for about $8,500.Tentatively cast are Clyde Lucas ork ($3,-500) Lenny Kent ($1.000). Di Gitanos(8750) and the Martinique line.

Both Sidney Plermont (MCA) andHarry Romm (GAC) are now trying tobook. Jimmy Vernon, co-op of LaMartinique, explained that tho the twopercenters were trying to get dates thefield is wide open. If anybody else cansell the package he can cut himself infor the comish.

Actors' RevengeNEW YORK. March 19.-Boys

around town are making with thebelly -laughs at a letter recentlyreceived by a local percenter con-nected with one of the big agen-cies. Seems the guy heard of asock trio working out of town andwrote them inviting them to cometo see him.

Reply came back saying the actwasn't coming to New York unlessthe agent satisfied It on a fewthings.

Number 1. Do you judge sing-ing on ability to hold the lastnote?

Number 2. Do you know thedifference between what is com-mercial and what is not? Can youexplain it?

Number 3. Last time youcaught us you didn't know thedifference between manure andChanel No. 5. Do you now?

Number 4. No audition foragents. You can come here andaudition for us. If we like you.we'll talk business.

"Meanwhile," finished the let-ter, "we can book ourselves verynicely."

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Currently: Club Casanova. Detroit.Personal Mgt.: M. Falk Amin, Detroit.

NIGHT CLUB REVIEWS I Lee 'n' Eddies, DetroitTalent policy: Dance bands and floor -

shows at 7:30 and 10. Management,

Latin Quarter, ChicagoTalent policy: Dancing and floorshows

at 8 and 11 p.m. Manager, Ralph Ber-ger; publicity, Art Coldie; production,Selma Marlowe. Prices: $3-$3.50 mini-mums.

After less than a week here. Lou Holtz,assisted by Sam Lapidus and sundry"frands," is bringing back the hopeManager Ralph Berger had for sodse-think akin to normal biz during thecurfew. Payees come here to see Holtz,last In Chi with Priorities, two years ago.The 40 minutes he works leaves themgenuinely satisfied.

Holtz's stock in trade, dialect stories,continues to be a top-notch comedy item,as the old stories gain renewed vigorwhen Imparted by Holtz. Besides theperennials, Holtz ad libs plenty withthe customers, especially in the openingspot, where he peddles a box of candyand exchanges remarks with the ring-siders. His bits, between the acts, fuse(Sec Latin Quarter, Chicago, on page 28)

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Club Alabarn, Los AngelesEdward F. Casmer; publicity, Harold C.Berg. Prices: $1-$1.50 cover.

Talent policy: Dance and and floor-shows at 9 and 10:45 p.m. Management:Curtis Mosby. Prices: Admission, $1.20.

Club Alabam. located on Central Ave-nue in the heart of Los Angeles' coloredsection, draws a large white trade withits shows and dance band, both of whichare generally on the hot side. However.current show is under par of what hasbeen here in the past.. Business, too.because of Lent and the curfew is notup to snuff.

Johnny Otis and his orchestra (fivereed, seven brass and four rhythm) strikeout on a hot tune to get the show roll-ing. Ork's vocalist. Bing Williams, emseesthe show In a matter-of-fact manner. Hebrings on Vickie Williams. who does afair vocal on I Like to Rift, followingwith a torso -shaking dance routine.Outside of the gyrations, there is littleto the dance.

What is Saxie Williams' assignment Isdoubtful. He sings, dances (latter isokay) and then starts picking up tableswith his teeth. Starts out with a smalljob and then makes it three high, adds acouple of chairs and picks all up withhis choppers, dancing as he goes. BirdieHairston follows with two vocals, Invita-tion to the Blues and Mean to Me. Defi-nitely a band singer and not strongenough for a featured spot.

Under the title of There'll Be SomeChanges Made, Billy Mitchell and FayeWilson take over. Mitchell's comedy isstrictly minstrel stuff. Miss Wilson isshapely and carries the straight linewell. They return later in the show inBeauty and the Beast, with Mitchellworking In a King Kong suit and MissWils6n In short wardrobe. Gal is sexy andher twists and turns gets big hands.

Otis' band goes jamming on Otisology,a torrid number featuring leader ondrums and Kent Pope on alto sax. Musichas good rhythm and the tune has aplace here. Williams warbles two tunes.His better one is What a Difference aDay Makes. Voice is good and he doeswell in sticking to ballads.

Next -to -closing is Luma Lee, a heftyblues singer. Unhappy part of this turnis that she kills the deal from the startwith her gown. It is a yellowish wrap-around with maroon gloves which didn'tmatch.

Sock stuff is saved for the finale withthe Savage Dancers, three ferns and fourmen, taking over for an interpretivejungle turn. Plenty of smooth co-ordina-tion. They work against a swampy drumbeat by Johnny Otis. Their turn wasmuch too brief. Sam Abbott.

Hotel St. Regis, IridiumRoom, New York

Talent policy: Dance bands and floor -shows at 7:45 and 10. Owner-operator,Hotel St. Regis; manager, Pierre Bultinck;publicity, Timmie Richards. Prices:$1.50-$2.50 minimums.

Gomez and Beatrice, making their firstNew York appearance since they openedat the Persian Room last year, have comeback with a smart Idea in ballroom -team presentation, They used it a bitat the Persian Room but now have ex-panded it to its full proportions and re-sult is highly successful.

Idea consists of using a singer in theact, the warbler standing at the mikeback of them on the floor and workingthruout the dance routines. It's not newin itself, of course, but its full applica-tion is novel and, besides, It offers ap-actical consideration. Hoofers can gooff to catch their breaths before doingtheir encores while warbler comes on and,in addition, it lends variety and pace tothe act. Singer is Bill Lowe, who doesa nice job on his various chores.

G. and B. have grown a lot slickersince seen here last. They also have goneIn more heavily for spins, lifts, et al., butsince they deliver these with plenty offinesse it is not necessarily a drawback.Routines, for the most part, are keyedto the words Lowe is singing, and thishelps considerably in putting the teamacross. Only place where they slip is Inone of the encores, an Oklahoma medley.where ballroom fol-de-rol seems out ofplace. Crowd gave them hearty responses

Current show is built largely aroundLani McIntyre and his nine -piece band,with his individual style of soft andsweet Hawaiian rhythms, opening withhis own Sweet Letlani, One Rose and aim -liar melodies. McIntyre himself worksin front of the band with a guitar, doingvocals at the mike that fit neatly intohis ensemble.

McIntyre carries three girls who de '-opening and closing dance bits with 4graceful, swaying motion in grass skirts,achieving a dream-like atmosphere. Oneof the girls has a solo burlesque hula in '

tight -skirted costume with highly effec-nye facial expressions.

Enid Phillips. an attractive blonde,does a Persian slave dance in a green andgold costume. She is limber and gracefulwith an Oriental sinuousness, and variesher routine with some surprising leapsand semi-acro work.

Marian Francis, a petite singer withan appealing personality, has a finerange, opening with liveliness in thetune Follow the Girls, becoming senti-mental in My Ideal, mock -plaintive inI Want a 3fan. She is good at comedynumbers as well. She has a cute way oflooking directly at individuals in thehouse and a pleasing appearance thru-out.

Karl Spaeth, who also has his ownband, emsees and leads the band formost of the show except McIntyre's ownnumbers. The band also does some nicedance sets and Interlude work, withquietly lilting vocals. The Marie LynnDancers (5) are on the bill but failedto arrive in time for the opening show.

Haviland F. Reyes.

"Wage Adjustments"Permitted Det. OpsHit by Curfew, OPA

DETROIT. March 17.-Operators andemployees of night spots here, affected byrecent OPA price rules that cover, admis-sion, or other special charges could notbe advanced an hour or two because theshows were started earlier with the cur-few, found some relief this week. Theregional WLB. thru Chairman Louis C.Mirlana, issued an approval for "rea-sonable" wage adjustments for placesaffected by the curfew.

As now interpreted, this will allowa cafe whose employees work less hoursthan formerly, to increase their rate ofpay proportionately to make up for thelost time. This could apply to musiciansor acts. Altho present tendency amongoperators is to cut salaries wherever pos-sible.

Licensing DriveStarts in Detroit

DETROIT, March 17.-A drive for en-forcement of the cabaret license ordi-nance has been ordered by the DetroitCity Council. Orders have been given toNathaniel H. Goldstick, assistant cor-poration counsel, to require a regularlicense from any spot having profes-sional entertainment.

According to Goldstick's report to theCouncil, numerous local spots, formerlyescaped the payment of the tax uponthe ground that their entertainmentwas only occasional, perhaps one nighta week. Now, says Goldsticks, many haveswitched to a, regular show policy, prac-tically nightly.

Piermont Ties Up With MCANEW YORK, March 17.-Sidney Pier-

mont is now in the theater department ofMCA. Before joining the talent once hewas a major in the army for two years.Prior to the army he was the booker forthe Loew chain. Piermont will work withJohnny Dugan and Benny Kuchuck atthe talent agency. Sam Tishman, whojoined MCA's theater department a fewmonths ago, has resigned.

thruout and brought 'em back for twoencores. Biz good when caught on Thurs-day night (15). Paul Ross.

]{larch 24, 1945 The Billboard NIGHT CLUBS.VAUDEVILLE 27

Adams, Newark(Reviewed Thursday Evening, March 15)

If the howling of the customers meantanything then the Olsen and Johnsontab version of Sons o' Fun should col-lect some hefty grosses as It travelsthru the country.

Package is loaded with corn. Prac-tically every Joe Miller in the book andevery piece of biz which drew laughsfrom time immemorial is pulled out anddisplayed. Some drew titters. Most ofthem, however, were delivered In suchan unabashed style that customerscouldn't help guffawing.

Unit has three productions none ofwhich matters very much. Main faultseems to be with the line (12 girls, 8boys) who looked like they were readyto die on their feet. First productionbrings on Carolyn Marsh in a Happy inLove number. Miss Marsh sings a nicesong, has a big voice and looks good butshe suffered from a bad p. -a. system. Anattempt to overcome it by mugging hurtrather than helped. She did better inthe next two productions, Thank You,South America and Mighty Fine Coun-try. But if line activity wasn't exactlysocko the bits and routines which weresandwiched In between kept the housein an uproar.

Tempo was rapid, sometimes too rapid.Marty May, who emsees and acts as traf-ric cop, anticipated bits time and againgiving away the surprise element. Showcan stand some trimming but not in thatdirection. A customer who knows what'scoming may be amused but his interestsuffers. Also May could show a littlemore life. Much of his stuff was en-tirely too casual.

Package has about the same in-gredients of all 0. & J. productions. Guysin the audience take their pants off.Storks bring babies. Ducks and cowsfall from the rafters. Stooges all overthe house get into arguments and prac-tically everybody dashes up and downaisles or shoots pistols. One thing canbe said of It. There's no sleeping whilethe gang's working.

Of the principals, Fred Sanborn turnsIn the best Job. His clowning panto-mime and occasional vocal bits got thecustomers all the time. He topped offhis routine with a xylophone that reallypulled hefty ranting.

June Johnson also does a nice Jobwhen she works in the farmer's daughterblackout skit with Bobby Jarvis. Along-side of Miss Johnson, Jarvis looks likean amateur. She handles her lines withskill and authority. He has neither.

William aloran's standard hat -tossingstuff fits in beautifully. He's been doingthat material for years but It still sells.Buddy Thomas and midget Betty Tannersatisfy with their dance routines.

Finale was really the topperoo. In thatone, the line comes down into the aislesand does a kind of hoe-down with malecustomers. The way some of the payeesbehaved (everything looked proper) justabout pulled down the house. In fact,nobody seemed to care what was goingon onstage. It was the aisle shenanigansthat Interested them. Bringing male par-ticipants onstage for some kind of dip-loma wasn't handled well. It slowedthings up too much. In fact, on showcaught, it slowed it so much that plcwent on while company was still onstage.

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VAUDEVILLE REVIEWSOriental, Chicago

(Reviewed Friday Afternoon, March 16)Those vaude ops who reported to a

Billboard survey a few weeks back thatthe band show formula was falling offshould try Stan Kenton's band, currenthere. This band offers a well-balancedmusical program, stocked with recordedtunes that bring a heavy hand the min-ute they're announced-new arrange-ments that please both the sweet andthe swing fan and a couple of specialtieswhich emphasize showmanship and sightappeal.

Band opens with its popular Capitolrecording of Eager Beaver, after whichJean LaSalle, ex -Clyde Lucas chirp, doesan adequate job of filling the slot leftopen when Anita O'Day parted companywith the Kenton crew recently. DidBeginning To See the Light and twoother jump numbers. Gal has a badhabit of pecking during her singingwith the result that the volume of hervoice fluctuates over the p. -a. system.

Gene Howard, male vocalist, is Justwhat the gals like to swoon for. Afterdoing three numbers, the handsomecrooner had to beg off because of thelength of the show.

Top band bits for vaude are JohnCarroll's clinker -filled rendition of Star-dust and the leader's vocal, with sideremarks from the bandsmen. on St.James infirmary. There's plenty of com-edy In both numbers and this type ofentertainment assures a return trip tothe theater whenever the band Is Intown.

Dinning Sisters, local radio trio, arotops on the vocal side, but could standa little more emphasis on stage presence.Gals do a good job of selling on Pig -FootPete, their encore number, but the firstpart of then turn needs more actionto keep the payees interested.

Remainder of the bill Is the ThreeSamuels. who offer a well-balanced bitof precision tsp and timely militarycomedy, and Howell and Bowser, comedyteam, who are the most subtle Negrocomedy team seen here In a long time.These boys look like a good bet for aseries of nitery engagements.

John Sippel.

Orpheum, Los Angeles(Reviewed Tuesday Afternoon, March 13)

Entertainment layout this week Isokay and the payees, dominantly hep-sters. get their money's worth. It's aband show, and Gene Krupa and hisorchestra (21) offer a product that'smeaty on the fast stuff and mellow onballads. Rounding out the show Is RayEnglish. One act augmenting Is suf-ficient with the entertainers Krupabrings In as part of his outfit. Plc isThere Goes Kelly. Biz is on the heavyaide.

Outfit, fronted by Krupa. who divideshis time between his drums at the backof the bandstand and the conductingspot, gives out plenty on the hot beats.Sidemen who appear individually and col-lectively drive home each tune. Krupa'sstrings, appearing on this stage for thefirst time, do a bang-up Job. Every num-ber la a production.

Krupa handles his drums plenty thru-out the show. He makes a specialty ofthe tall end of a fast Drum -Boogie,working on a darkened stage with spotson the drums silhouetting his fast-moving skin -beating against a backdrop.Maestro is also featured in a jam seshwith Charlie Ventura, tenor sax, andTeddy Napoleon. the trio bringing downthe house with Stompin at the Savoyand Limehouse Blues.

Another Krupa feature is Bolero. Spe-cial lighting effects with the tom-tomdrums handled by the reed and brasssections, and blue lighting thru thebottoms, Another instrumental featurethat please both the squares and thehepeats is Tics rico, with Krupa outfront directing flamboyantly. A sock ar-rangement features the six strings, withRaymond DeAndre doing a top Job onjazz fiddle at the mike. Arrangementuses the reed and brass section forcarrying Interludes. Sounds unlikeKrupa. But the contrast Is fine.

Vocalizing is done by the 0-Noters,whose three numbers are well received.In the group are Buddy Stewart, Lillian

(See ORPHEUS!, L. A., on page 28)

Olympia, Miami(Reviewed Wednesday Afternoon,

March 14)

A well diversified bill comes up thisweek with plenty of variety to please thecustomers.

Three Edwards Brothers open the showin a rapid acro routine In which hand-to-hand stands are featured. A four -chair high on bottles set on a table isthe stopper. Act draws a heavy mitt,

Mary McLanahan makes a novel en-trance In a miniature automobile, whichopens up to provide the drums that formher set. She is nimble and her imita-tions of Gene Krupa and Jack Powellstand out as her beat. She is well liked.

Burton and Janet get plenty of laughswith their Impersonations. Those ofJimmy Durant& Groucho Marx andCharlie Chaplin are very' good. Grouchobit with Mae West a laugh -getter, thooff-color. She earns a nice band.

DeCastro Sisters, fresh from their localclub engagement, harmonize sonic Span -(See OLYMPIA, MIAMI, on page 28)

Palace, Cleveland(Reviewed Saturday Afternoon, March 1?)

Palace Theater turns to a variety billthis week in lieu of a name band attrac-tion and comes up with a mildly enter-taining lay -out. Headlining the offeringis singer Allan Jones. Singing such tunesas Amor, I Dream of You and More andMore, he rocks the house with applause.

This guy is a smart song salesman. Heencores with his stand-by, Donkey Sere-

' tiedSmiley Burnette, of filcher and record

fame, is In the deuce lot and altho thekids were for him In a big way, his mate-rial Is bluish and needs more cleaningup for variety houses. As corny as ever,Smiley sings and plays the accordion anddoes imitations of an nirplene, tomcatand a buzzsaw. He bows off with SincerelyYours, his own composition,

Ciro Rimac and his troupe of threegirls give a good account of themselvesin the 12 minutes allotted them.

Alizira Camargo, a bombastic Braziliansongbird, Is presented and shown togood advantage In such tunes as Let MeLove You Tonight and Rum and Coke.Gal has a husky voice and plenty of zip.

Berita, a sexy -looking brunette, caus-(See Palace, Cleveland, on page 28)

FIRST TIME IN 23 YEARS

LOEW'S STATE THEATERNEW YORK

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FOLLOW-UP REVIEWSZANZIBAR, NEW YORK. - Zanzibar

has trimmed its show down to three-quarters of an hour running time by re-linquishing the Nicholas Brothers, BillRobinson, Delta Rhythm Boys and LouisArmstrong. keeping Maurice Rocco, thePeters Sisters and the production num-bers and adding Son and Sonny and thenew Ink Spots. Buell Thomas, who for-merly worked unbilled in the ensemblenumbers, now gets a berth of his own.

The revised Ink Spots (doubling fromthe Paramount) add little to the pro-ceedings, considering that they are thestarred act. When the old Ink Spotsworked this room they weren't earth-shaking. The new Ink Spots have takenthe old pitch and merely added moregingerbread-chiefly in the activities ofBill Kenny. The result is somethingeven less effective than what went onbefore.

First number, How Many Hearts HaveYou Broken?, is an okay opener whichgets a mild hand. Second piece, I'mAl akin' Believe, for no reason stops whilethe quartet strolls to the piano to listento the pianist then makes way for Ken-ny's falsetto warbling and spook -likehand -waving. Result: another mild mitt.I Dream of You, Kenny all the way, is amuch -too -much Kenny tho it earns alittle heartier applause. Clincher is, ofcourse, If I Didn't Care-not theMcCoy-and getting by mostly on itsreputation.

Since last seen in the old Zanzibar,Son and Sonny have come a long wayand have now evolved into a sock danceteam. Youngsters have dropped therough -house stuff and have polished overthe rough spots. Their 10 or 12 minuteson are interesting from start to finish,with one partner specializing in ex-tremely difficult but handsomely per-formed tapping on his toes, and theother in breathtaking no -hands, front -

flips into splits. Wind-up, a combo ofsplits and acro leaps, is a winner andpair went off to a sustained band.

Buell Thomas has a pretty good bari-tone voice and sells nicely. RepertoireIs of the schmaltz variety-Night andDav and Pagliacci-and so is his style.If 'Thomas would stop pushing so hardand would trim some of the histrionicCorn out of his manner he would getacross better. Biz fair when caught onWednesday night (14). Paut Ross.

VERSAILLES, NEW YORK. - KittyCarlisle came to town last Wednesdaynight (14) as the new featured attrac-tion of the Versailles. The rest of theshow (reviewed In The Billboard, Feb-ruary 3) remains the same, except twoacts let out because of the curfew.

Miss Carlisle's advent was a mixed suc-cess. As a performer she proved herselfto be a class act, very much so. She hasthe poise, appearance and savvy for aroom like this. She has a set of trained

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tonsils and knowledge of how to usethem. She sells fairly well. But cer-tain flaws in the act kept it from Itsfull effectiveness. Her gown, whencaught, was nsg. Before her secondnumber she let off a pitch about a rec-ord album she had made and the pitchwas both too long and unfunny. Itought to be eliminated. And she failedto use a mike-a pardonable oversightIn a singer with a semi -operatic styleand voice. But modern nitery audiencesare too accustomed to the metallic soundof a microphoned voice and no matterhow good or skillful-Miss Carlisle's isboth-the straight, lung -power set ofpipes seems of lesser proportions.

Her repertoire consists of pops andstandards. First number Is You Can'tHave Everything, second Note, thirdSweet Dreams, fourth Tabu. Second twonumbers earned very good mitting andbrought an encore, The House I Live In,also enthusiastically received. After shehas grooved the act at the Versaillesand cut out some of the obvious faults,Miss Carlisle should prove a most satis-factory offering in the better rooms. Bizgood on Wednesday night. Paul Ross.

PARAMOUNT. NEW YORK.-Bill atPara house headlining Ink Spots, CootieWilliams, Buck and Bubbles, RalphBrown, continues. Brown Is a good-looking tapster who works hard andgarners good results. Lad displays usualsepian agility when it comes to fast foot-work. combining this with sonic un-usual routines that sells well. Handleshimself well, and via a couple of coin-plete flips with a singular twist at thefinish, walked off to big hand. Garnersenthusiasm. Paul Secon.

Willie Shore, Ex -Offshore,In Three -Theater Dickering

CHICAGO. March 19.-The scarcity ofcomics Is indicated by the potentialdeals which are cooking for Willie Shore.Comic Just returned from a year over-seas for USO. Two weeks ago he openedat the Chez Paree for a reported 82,000.But in the last few days a deal startedcooking to double him into the ChicagoTheater.

As soon as he goes back to New Yorkhe has a couple of other deals on thefront burner. It seems that both theParamount and the Roxy are interested.According to trade reports, he will bowinto the Paramount first and then in acouple of weeks or so take the Roxy.

Detroit L. Q. To CloseNEW YORK, March 17.-Lou Walters

said this week that he will shutter hisDetroit Latin Quarter for the summeron May 15 to reopen in September. Rea-son is the place has no air-conditioning,says Walters.

OLYMPLt, 311A311(Continued from page 27)

ish ditties. Runt and Coco -Cola num-ber gets them a lot of applause for theirfinish.

Emil Boreo, a Miami favorite, does hisMarch of the Wooden Soldiers as well asever. Last Time I Saw Paris is still inhis rep. Uses Oh, Johnny, for a laughfinish. Works almost 15 minutes and isvery liberal with encores. Plc is Ministryof Fcar. Larry Berliner.

ART JULIE

GLEASON & SANBORN"A Musical Cocktail"

Booked Solid Until May, 1945.Just Completed 63 Consecutive Weeks.

Thanks to our Live -Wire Agent.

SEYMOUR SHAPIRONow Playing TOWER THEATRE, Kansas City, Mo., March 16.22.

Copa Will RelightWith Only Cugat,Line, 3 Small Acts

NEW YORK, March 17-The Copa-cabana which shuttered its downstairsroom when the curfew went into effecthas thought It over and decided to re-open. New show, however, will not beone of the elaborate productions of thepast which included name acts, bandsand a line.

It will consist of Xavier Cugat's ork,a line and Cugat's acts now current atthe Capitol Theater. These are theGarclas. Louts Del Campo and Lite Lorna.

Deal was made some time ago for theCugat package for 86,000, but for a timeIt looked as if nothing would happen be-cause of the curfew. But with biz notoff as much as first expected, MonteProses decided to go thru with it. Date.however, is still up in the air. Reasonis that Cugat is working at the Capitoland theater doesn't know yet how longthe engagement will run.

It is possible there will be a secondork in with Cugat to handle the reliefchores, but so far none has been set.

WMC CURFEW STALL(Continued from page 24)

haps WMC isn't too sure it has the lawon its side so it is foregoing a show-down as to whether it has or not.

"Can't Get Proof"No official of WMC will make any

statement about the matter. That is, anystatement right from the horse's mouth.However, one member of WMC yesterday(16) unofficially said that his organiza-tion "can't get proof" the Lamplighter'sClub is defying the curfew request.

The answer to this is that the WMCmust be looking the other way for"proof" if it can't get any. Newspaper-men in the capital make a bee -line forthe oasis every night and a cop caneasily go where a newspaperman goes.Moreover, any cabbie in the capital citycan direct any member of WMC to thespot who wants to go there.

LATIN QUARTERS, CHI(Continued front page 26)

the current set of entertainers at theQuarter Into a revue.

Dorothy Donegan. who is currentlydoubling here from the Regal Theater,shows the effect of too heavy a sched-ule. Her work at the keyboard was farless enthusiastic than when seen at theRegal last week. But despite her seem-ingly tired attitude, gal sells her boogiekeyboarding nicely. Her unique varia-tions on Chopin's Minute Waltz are areal musical treat.

Larry Wirth and Nana (or Conchita asshe was known prior to this engage-ment) offer exciting Latin terping, butthe act generally needs more continuity.

Holdovel Jackie Heller continues todraw heavy mitting with his songs, andtho Latin Quarter Lovelies (8) offerpleasing production routines,

John Sippel.ORPHEUM, L. A.

(Continued from page 27)Lane, Dave Lambert and Jerry Duane.They start off with Louise and do Don'tFence Me In and Hot Time in the Townof Berlin. Satisfactory but not strongenough to rate a sock hand. Stewart'asolo work on Summertime and I Didn'tKnow About You is okay, with TomPederson, on trombone, deserving specialmention.

Ray English, the lone act on the show,panics 'em. Altho he uses a lot of fallseach of which after the first two orthree is anticipated. he manages to getplenty of laughs. He draws no lines onfalls, even taking one into the orchestrapit. Sam Abbott.

PALACE, CLEVELAND(Continued front page 27)

es much heat in the house with her na-tive dances.

Jean Carroll emsees the show and inher own spot offers weak comedy. Heremsee stint was passable but this galneeds material.

Lebrac and Bernice, a unicycle act.get the show off to a flashy start. BertUnger and the Palace house ork are onstage and do an acceptable job of play-ing the show.

Screen had Frisco Sal.Herman Spero.

Curfew ReliefNEW YORK, March 17.-Sailors

on shore leave in Tim. Squaredistrict have a new way to beatthe curfew. They carry portableradios and when the Joints shut-ter they huddle in the street cut-ting rugs and making with thefun.

Olympia Agrees toAGVA 30 -Show Pact;Adams Now Nulling

NEW YORK. March 17.-Arthurattorney for the Paramount Theaterschain. said this week that he had nego-tiated a new 30 -show contract for theOlympia, Miami. with AGVA. but ex-plained the new pact will not become amodel when the union starts dickeringon a new contract for the Greater NewYork houses. Local vaude theaters areallowed to play 35 shows weekly on acontract with AGVA which ends in Sep-tember.

Olympia's deal provides for 30 showsweekly, pro rata for extra shows. maxi-mum number with pay no more than 35and no show after 12:30 a.m. House isrun by Frank Rogers for ParamountEnterprises.

Negotiations are starting next week forthe Adams, Newark, looking toward a 30-show pact. House is owned by Adam H.Adams, but is leased to Esses AmusementCorporation which also runs Paramounthouse in Newark. Israel will work on thisone, too.

Simpkins To Head Glen ParkWhich Opens Ahead of Sked

BUFFALO. March 17.-Harry Altmanis opening his Glen Park Casino inWilliamsville, 12 miles outside the city,about two months early to accommodatea booking of Arthur Lee Simpkins.

was originally boughtto appear at Altman's Town Barn March31. but the Buffalo place burned downa couple of months ago with a loss ofabout 3125.000 on which Altman re-covered some $36,000 insurance money.With no other place to play Simpkins,Altman is unveiling his summer spot andputting in a line of girls to help thingsalong.

21 Club, Balto, BecomingLounge; Chanticleer Beefs

BALTDIORE, March 17.-The 21 Clubhere is bowing to the curfew and Inabout three weeks will turn into a cock-tail lounge. Spot formerly was one ofthe big nitery talent -buyers of Balti-more.

At the same time, the Chanticleer.which has a six -day -week pact withAGVA, is demanding exemption from itduring the length of the curfew becauseits main competitors, the 21 and CharlesClub, are running seven days a week-

Chances are the Chanticleer will have itsway.

Bath and Turf, A. C., ClosesATLANTIC CITY, March 17.-The first

night club here to close because of thecurfew is the Bath and Turf Club. ButWilliam Sidner, owner and operator ofthe 15 -year -old spot, said that the clos-ing was only temporary and that theclub will reopen for the summer whetherthe government curfew is lifted or not.The Bath and Turf has for years beenthe resort's top nitery.

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PRIMROSE SEMON tops the new revueat DI Pinto's.... ART CREIG MATHUESreturns to Wilson's.... JOHNNY FRESCO.Is bedded with grippe, and FRANKIERICHARDSON Is pinch-hitting for himat the Everglades. ... TOPS AND WILDAinto the Coronet.. . HOT CHA DREWgoes to the Plantation, St. Louis. . . .

ROY SEDLEY and JOHNNY and GEORGEare slated next for Shangri-La.... PeggyO'Neill an added starter at the LatinCasino. . . . CALVERT SISTERS take astand at the Embassy.

Vancouver:TED RITTER with his Western and

Hillbilly Jamboree closed at the Beaconafter a smash week. . . . THE HARLEMall -colored revue with Bob Allan, head-lining at the Mandarin.... TWO EBONYPALS, Pat Morgan. Johnson. Karl Karleenand De Santis and his band current atthe Palomor.

St. Louis:JOHN HOYSRADT now at Crystal Ter-

race. backed by Ernie Venuto's musicand the singing of Betty Ellis. . . .

CHUCK FOSTER sharing honors withChas Chase at the Chase Club. . . .

BETTY DAY replaces Marie Bono as vo-calist with Tony Di Pardo, going into his16th week at Club Continental. . . .

Newest night spot in town is Club Ava-lon. . . AL SARLTS band at the Jugof Hotel Coronado. . . . SAM D'AGOS-TINO has several one-nighters scheduledthis month, Including Lucky Millinder.Duke Ellington and the King Cole -BennyCarter unit. . . JOHNNY LYONS fur-nishing music at The Terrace In EastSt. Louis.

NICK LUCAS singing at Kitty Davis.. . THE CLALRES new at Ball. . . .

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Gypsy's Vaude Deals ReadyTo Clothe Her in Green

NEW YORK. March 17.-Gypsy RoseLee, who opens at the Fox Theater, At-lanta, with Tommy Tucker, stands tomake a nice bit of folding money. Deal,It is understood, calls for $5,000 plus asplit over S30.000. Miss Lee also has anRKO booking coming up for April andMay.

In the RKO deal, there is a snag.Chain wants a reversion clause whichMiss Lee, according to reports, doesn'twant any part of. The Columbus datecalls for $4,500 and a split over $10.000.Her Cleveland and Boston deals call for$5,000 and splits over $30.000. Theaters,however, want her to kick back somedough if grosses drqp below the splitfigure.

Chez Paree in Site Squeeze;N. Y. Firni Buys Its Location

NEW YORK. March 17.-An official ofGeneral Analine and Film Corporationsaid yesterday (16) that the Chez PayeenItery. Chicago, will probably hate to va-cate its location within three months.

Premises were bought yesterday by theNew York chemical company and firmwants to get its Chicago branch officeinto the building as soon as possible.Chez Paree has been at this location 14years.

Carnival, N. Y., Switches toName Bands-Fields, Prima

NEW YORK, March 17.-The new Car-nival Room of the Capitol Hotel is mak-ing a change in Its show policy startingMarch 27. New plan will call for namebands plus the usual acts and the line.

First ork to come in will be ShepFields, with Don McGrane's outfit inthe show cutting and relief slot. Nextband set to open will bo Louis Prima,who tees off April 26.

Bergen Ducks Waldorf DatesNEW YORK, March 17 -The Edgar

Bergen booking, set for the Waldorf'sWedgewood Room. Is off. Deal was madeprior to the curfew and Bergen was toopen April 5. With the midnight law,Bergen insisted that contract called foran "after -theater" show and if man-agement couldn't deliver be wanted out.Another handicap was the change ofplans by Bergen's radio sponsors, Chase& Sanborn. Show was to be broadcastfrom New York but it is staying on theCoast.

So instead of Bergen, hotel will hareCarol Bruce and John Sebastian, whowill continue at the Wedgewood untilthe beginning of May, when the StarlightRoof opens.

Earl Hines Package FormingCHICAGO, March 17.-Earl Hines,

current at the El Grotto here, may starta series of one-nighters after currentdate winds up. William Morris wants toput him at the top of a package withtwo or three additional acts. Among theacts the percenters are trying to buyare the Nicholas Brothers who, it isunderstood, will get $2,000. Tour willrun for about eight weeks and, if set,will begin some time in April or earlyin May.

Mickey Breen on His OwnHOLLYWOOD. March 17. - Mickey

Breen, formerly of the Frederick Bros.'Coast office, has gone into business hereon his own. Among other properties hois peddling is the act list of the Stan-ford Zucker office in New York. Breen'slist, In turn, is being repped in the bigcity by Jerry Rosen, of Zucker's, anotherFB alumnus.

Curfew-itis Sets in on Stein---Only Roxv and State Escape

NEW YORK, March 17.-The first ef-fects of the midnight shuttering beganto be felt last week when Stem housestook a bigger drop from normal thansecond weeks usually call for. The onlyexceptions were the Roxy and the State.

Radio City Music Hall (6.200 seats:house average, 6100,000) drew what forthis house is a poor $100,000 for itsfirst week with Carter and Bowie, thePitchmen. Patricia Bowman and Tonightand Every Night.

Boxy, ParamountRoxy (6,000 seats; house average,

$75,000) was one of the theaters to holdup nicely when It collected 697.000 forits second week with Victor Borge, JoanEdwards and Tree Grows in Brooklyn.Previous and opening take was $105,000.

Paramount (3,664 seats: house average:$75,000) which draws heavily on theTimes Square mob slumped to $65.000for its second week as against openingof $80,000. Bill has the Ink Soots. CootieWilliams ork. Buck and Bubbles andBring on the Girls.

Capitol, Strand, StateCapitol (4.627 seats; house average,

$55,000), another of the Broadway plants,

Basle Big $32,000At Downtown, Det.

DETROIT, March 17.-Count Basle andorchestra proved a "sleeper" at theHughes -Downtown Theater (2.800 seats;house average, $23,000), drawing an ex-cellent 832.000 for the week's stand. Houseplays few Negro attractions and getsheavy opposition in this field from theParadise Theater, operated on an all -colored policy. Picture was Kid Sister.

Currently Dante, top -line magician, isbooked in for a week and Is expected togross around $21,000. Dante made a four -week stand at the Shubert LafayetteTheater, legitimate house here. a yearago.

Philly Earle Fine 25G WithWood, Sherwood, Patsy Kelly

PHILADELPHIA, March 17.-With ra-dio and screen names bolstering themarquee for the band attraction, and theCinderella curfew counted as helping toattract after -dark patronage, week endedThursday (15) provided profitable pick-ings for the Earle Theater (seating ca-pacity, 3,000: house average, $20,000:prices. 45 to 95 cents). Spotlight wassplit three ways between Barry Wood.Patsy Kelly and Bobby Sherwood. Thecount was only a few dollars short of$25,000.

The Fontaines were the added act.Band has Marcia Rice, Don Tosti andGarth Andrews. Screen showed NothingBut Trouble.

Krupa Hot $27,000 DespiteCool Los Angeles Weather

LOS ANGELES, March 17.-Even withrain cutting down on attendance at theOrpheum Theater here (2,200 seats: scale,98 cents top), Gene Krupa and orchestra,with Ray English the lone augmentingact, will knock off a strong $27.000 gross.

Krupa's hot music also overcome coolnights that ordinarily cut theater at-tendance. Film Is Here Comes Kelly.

Jack Teagarden, who closed on Mon-day night (12), garnered a fair 818,000.On the bill with the orchestra were thePaxtons, Mildred Bailey and Moro andYaconelli. Pic was Lights of Old SantaFe.

Fio Rito, Pied Pipers GetHeavy 30G at Golden Gate

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.-Curfewedict caused no letdown at the box-officeof the Golden Gate (2,850 seats: houseaverage, $25,000; prices, 45 to 95 cents),where the gross was a smashing $30,000for week ended Tuesday (13). In thereshuffling, house has lost only the Sat-urday inicinighter.

Show had Ted Flo Rito's ork, the PiedPipers, "Candy" Candido, Madeline Ma-honey and Ward Swingle. Plc was Expc-rinzent Peritoua,

also was socked when it skidded to876.000 for Xavier Cugat ork, Lena Horne,Robert Walker and Picture of DorianGray. Kick-off figure previous week wasa robust $84,000.

Strand (2,779 seats: house average,'845.000). alto a Main Stemmer, slipped to848.000 for Its second week after aninitial take of $64,000. Bill has PeterLorre, Carmen Cavallaro ork and HotelBerlin.

Loew's State (3,500 seats; house aver-age. $25,000) for second frame of itsfirst three-weeker In more than 20 yearsgot 034,000. First week's figure was040.000. Bill has Vincent Lopez ork,Johnny Burke. Sheila Barrett and MeetMe in St. Locos.

Roy Acuff $5,860One Day in Cincy

CINCINNATI. March 17.-With pricespegged at 50 cents to $1.50, Roy Acuffand His Smoky Mountain Boys, withFord Rush, all of WLS, Nashville, andsupported by Bradley Kincaid and HisCorn Huskers Jamboree (10), of WKRChere, attracted two full houses at MusicHall last Sunday (11), with the grosshitting a hefty $5,860.

Not a single sheet of paper, not evena window card, was used to herald thelocal showing, all ad dough going forthe three local dailies and spot an-nouncements on all local radio stations.Acuff figured his nut On the show atclose to $3,000.

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Donaldson AwardsCommittee Sets AllPlans for '45 Tab

(Continued from page 3)Promotional committee will set a networkbroadcast, special guest spot appearanceson big-time commercial shows and workwith winning stars and show flacks toget as much magazine and newspaperspace as can be garnered by the awards.

Categories AgainPlans include advance publicity to as-

sure even those, who because of recentmoves are not reached by ballots, re-questing their blanks. Categories forawards this year run the same as lastwith 22 slots to be filled. Voting classi-fications are (In the straight play divi-sion):

Best play.Top director.Outstanding male and fern perform-

ances.OutstandingOutstanding scenic and costume de-

signers.And in the musical division the awards

Cover:Best play.Top director.Outstanding male and fern perform-

ances.Top supporting performances.Outstanding dancers.Best book.Best score.Best lyrics.Hest choregraphy.Beat scenic and costume designers.

Not a Popularity PollStress was requested by the Awards

Committee on the fact that the presen-tations are not to be made on the basisof popularity but on the basis of actualperformance during the season whichopened May 1 and ends April 30. Alsoemphasis was requested on the fact thatIt is not necessary for a voter to recordlikes In every category. Where votershave not seen enough of the season'savallabllitles In any division. it is notessential that they vote in that division.Selective voting is just as much an indi-cation of the theater's respect for its own-if not more so-than filling In everyone of the 22 blanks on the ballot, Willy -Dilly.

supporting performances.

First Regular Legit TributeThe legitimate theater, that part of

showbiz from which most other forms oftheatrical entertainment has sprung, was,until the founding of the DonaldsonAwards, without any permanent tributeto its own people. The Billboard, in mak-ing the Donaldson Awards possible, con-tinues the tradition of its founder, whogave The Billboard editor, GordonWhythe, to Actors' Equity in order thatthat organization during Its greatestfight might have a press agent who knowhow to tell the actors' story to the otherside of the footlights. But The Billboardorganization does not make the awards,they are made by the people of the the-ater, the stagehands, the flacks, theactors, the critics (they, too, have a voteeach), the authors, the producers, thepress agents and the managers, thetreasurers and the ticket takers, thechorus and the stage managers.

Ideal Flack Time for TheaterThe theater Is on the upswing at this

moment. Thru Intelligent promotion,such as the Donaldson Awards, all of Mr.Whisker's territory may be brought toenjoy what the call "round actors."That, in part, is the job which The Bill-board has undertaken.

The complete 1044-'45 committee In-cludes: John Chapman (Daily News) forthe orltics; Mady Christians (I RememberMama), for the actresses; Ole Olsen(Laying Room Only) for the actors;Sona Osato (On the Town) for the danc-ers; Eddie Diamond (Bell for Adano) forthe stage managers; Russell Crouse (LifeWith Father) for the producers; BertLytell for Actors' Equity; Ruth Rich-mond for Chorus Equity; Oliver Saylorfor the press agents and managers;Vincent Jacobi for the stagehands; MorrieSeamon for the treasurers and tickettakers; Bob Francis for the drama de-partment of The Billboard and W. D.Littleford for the publishers of BB.

Tabulation will once again be in thehands of the Reuben H. Donnelly Cor-

Second Annual Donaldson Awards Committee

MEMBERS of the legit awards committee who met at Sardi's Tuesday (13) to set the voting procedure for1945 presentations. From left to right, Morrie Seamon (treasurers and ticket takers), Vince locobi (stagehands),Eddie Diamond ("Bell for Adana"), Sono Osato ("On the Town"), Ole Olsen I"Laffing Room Only"), MadyChristians ("I Remember Mama"), John Chapman (N. Y. Daily News), Alfred Harding (Actors' Equity), OlivorSaylor (press agents and managers), Bob Francis (drama editor, The Billboard). Pushing into the picture is TheBillboard's Joe Koehler, ea -officio member of the committee.

BROADWAY OPENINGS"DARK OF THE MOON"

(Opened Wednesday. March 14, 19451

46TH STREET THEATERA legend with music by Howard Richardson

and William Berney. Staged by Robert E.Perry. Incidental music by Walter Hendl.Musical director, Ray Kavanaugh. Dancesand special staging by Esther Junger. Pro-duction designed and lighted by GeorgeJenkins. Production supervised by JohnHuntington. Stage manager. Ross Hertz.Press representatives. Claude P. Grenekerand Walter Alford. Presented by theMessrs. Shubert.

John Richard HartConine Man Ross MatthewThe Dark Witch Iris WhitneyThe Fair Witch Marjorie BelleConjur Woman Georgia SimmonsHank Gudger John OerstedMiss Metcalf Prances GoforthMr. Jenkins Gar MooreUncle StileUntie Roy pantMrs, Summey Kathryn CameronEdna Summey Millicent ColemanMr. Atkins James. LanphierMrs. Bergen Agnes Scott YostElla Bergen Tony EdenBurt Dinwitty Robert PryorHattie Heffner Peggy Ann HolmesMr. Bergen Allan TowerMr. Summey Stanley NelsonMarvin Hudgens John GiffordBarbara Allen Carol StoneFloyd Allen Conrad JanisMrs. Allen Seidel TurnerMr. Allen Sherod CollinsPreacher Haggler Winfield HoenyOeeeny Gorman Dorothy I. LambertOther Witches.. Marguerite de Anguere. Jinx

Heffelfinger, Peggy Ann Holmes. Lii Liandre

A folk tale of a land in which witchesabide doesn't sound solidly commercial,but don't let It fool you. Dark of the -Moon never gets far away from whatmakes people go to the theater. In theopening night lobby they were even dis-(See "Dark of the Moon" on app. page)

poration, well-known tabulators of votesfor many forms of showbiz.

It's been an Interesting season, withmany performances voted important bythe crix. In five weeks the theater willhave Its opportunity to tell the worldwhat It thinks of its own-and tf itagrees, in whole or in part with the aisle -sitters' judgment of what's good in thetheater.

Without everyone's vote, the tribute isonly a partial one, and so Bob Francis,who rides herd on the awards for thecommittee, has suggested that this re-port be concluded with the appeal,"prepare yourself for Donaldson Awardvoting time-know your plays and play-ers-and exercise your franchise-votewhen you get your ballot In the earlypart of May."

FOOLISH NOTION(Opened Tuesday, March 13, 19451

MARTIN BECK THEATERA comedy by Phillip Barry. Directed by John

C. Wilson. Setting aad lighting by JoMlelziner. Production supervised by Armina

Stagemanager. Karl Nielsen. Press representa-tives, Richard Maney and Anne Wall. Pre-sented by the Theater Guild.

Sophie Wing Tallulah BankheadHappy Hapgood Joan ShepardFlorence Denny Barbara KentGordon Roark Donald CookRose Mildred DunnockHoratio Wing .Aubrey MatherElsie Marla MantonJim Hapgood Henry HullFlora Maria MantonFlora Barbara KentFlora Mildred Dunnock

To begin with, let It be reported thatthe Theater Guild has another hit.There is no question but that the ladlesin particular are going to like FoolishNotion, and the gent, even if they ratethe title as peculiarly gloved to whatgoes on on the Martin Beck stage, aregoing to find the Bankhead particularlypleasant to hear and look at In a partthat is tailored for her as sleekly as anyof the Mainbocher creations she wearsthruout the three acts.

In all honesty, however, it must alsobe reported that Barry's new combo offact and fancy Is a disappointing play.It doesn't actually run too long, but Itseems so, and there Is more than sus-picion that only superlative playing byan exceptional cast makes It seem asbright as it appears. Barry has sprinkledthe whole with typical brittle quips andwise -cracks, but despite some glib andsmart dialog there is plenty that isforced and labored. Also, Barry has sur-rounded his four principal characterswith a half -dozen of paper -doll dimen-sions. The latter spotlight brief mo-ments of color on their betters ratherthan shine on their own account.

When the play sticks to reality, it Is allright, in spite of a denouement whichleaves the leading male character perchedatop a cornstalk. But most of NotionIs a fanciful "see ourselves as others seeus," from which the title is derived, andwhen Barry grows fanciful he also growsrepetitious and obscure. There Is nodoubt that Notion bad had a good pre -Stern tightening -up, but the perm stillshowed spots missed by scissors andpaste -pot.

Notion presents the axiom that antici-pation Is often worse that fulfillment.The spouse of a popular actress haswalked out on her for five years. She'shad him declared legally dead, and Isabout to marry her leading man. Just(See FoOLISH NOTION on opp. page)

IT'S A GIFT(Opened Monday, March 12, 1945)

THE PLAYHOUSEA comedy by Curt Goetz and Dorian Otvos.

Staged by Robert Henderson. Settings bySamuel Leve. Costumes by Rose Bogdanoff.General manager. Norman Stein. Seagamanager, John Lynds. Press representa-tives, Harry Davies and Joe Phillips.

Prof. Theodore W. Herrmann Curt GoeUMatilda Herrmann, his wife

Valerie Van HarlemTheir Children-

Atlanta, 17 JuUe HarrisThomas 15 Robert MuscatPeter, 14 David GreenLewis, 13 Roland GreenUrsista, 12 Sally FergusonOtto, 11 William KinneyEvelyn, 10 Yvonne PothenDan. 9 Victor VrasSophie, 8 Winale Mae MartinElsie, 7 Joan GordonSandy, 6 Kevin MathewsFannie, 4 Evelyn Daly

Emily, the maid Hilda LaufkoetterRev. Endicott Whitford KaneHerbert Kraft Michael StrongMayor Doubleday G. Swayoe GordonBelinda, a maid Marjorie PetersonMadame De La Jardinerre Suzanne CaubayeRosita Elaine CarterChiquita Hope MillerLupe Doris BrentDolores Elsa JohnsonMr. Flynn. the lawyer Morton DaCosta

This is another of those things whichslip into town unheralded and previouslyunsung. It is too bad that It isn't goingto get anywhere, because it has consider-able charm-in spots, considerable gustyhumor, and boasts of a very good brandof acting. Unfortunately, the combo-Inspite of some amusing playing - hasn'tthe stamina to withstand current Stemcompetition. It's a Gift is too fantasticto be acceptable.

What Gift does accomplish, however.even if granted nothing else, is to intro anew comedian to Broadway-Curt Goetz-who turns out to know the answer tothe the ways of reaching an audience'sfunnybone and whose tinting smacksright to the button when It comes tothe dead -pan school of farce. Goetzand his wife. Valerie Van Martens, areanother pair of European escapists.Their efforts, In a double debut on theAmerican stage, make Gift frequentlylook capable of putting up a lasting fight,If the plot were a little less ridiculous,they might succeed.

But Gilt Is a collaboration brain -childof Goetz and one, Dorian Otvos. Howto divide the scripting shortcomings onewouldn't know. but it would be Interest-ing to see the former work-out in some-thing not of his own contriving. Andthat, by the way, is the chief complaintagainst Gift. It starts out as a senti-mental comedy, but by Act II steps Intothe category of rowdy, contrived farce-and the contriving& are so obvious as tosignpost everything before It happens.

The Goetz-Otvos conceit Is concernedwith a professor of biology who prac-

(Sea ITS A GIFT on opposite page)

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Property Sale Brings TalkOf New Chi Legit Stand

CHICAGO. March 17. -Possibility of anew legit theater in Chicago was seen Inthe male Wednesday (14) of the MajesticTheater and office building to MonroeProperties. Inc. Ownership of the newfirm was not disclosed, but MichaelTodd, Billy Rose and David Wolper weresuggested as possible members of thebuying group. The Shubert interestsalso were said to be negotiating for alease of the theater.

Building was purchased from theLehmann estate, and Robert Lehmann,preaident, said the price was below the$350,000 at which the property had beenheld. The 20 -story building was built in1904 at a reported cost of $1.300.000.The 2,000 -seat theater has been unusedfor 11 years.

"DARK OF THE MOON"(Continued from opposite page)

Miming whether Carol Stone worecheaters.

Pitched down in Smoky Mountainterritory. Dark of the Moon brings toHie the tale of a witch boy who wantsto be human, gets his wish from thebands of the conjur woman and loseshis love and his touch of the earth whenshe is forced to be untrue to him. It'sall done with original plus mountainmusic and is a study of real yet box-office beauty. That it succeeds in get-ting its premise across the footlights isbest proven by the fact that the audiencebelieves in witches and conjur long be-fore the first of the two acts reachesIts final scene.

If the play. however, depended aloneon its study of an American Celtic twi-light It wouldn't be the draw it 1s. Thestudy has been mixed with even partsof Tobacco Road sex and hillbilly wordsand music. Add to this some solid feet -

washing Baptist repentin' singing andyou have a varied enough dramatic dishto lure the Main Stem to the brokers.

The cast is large and capable andknows bow to go native before an audi-ence. There's no "great" performances,but Carol Stone as the Barbara Allen ofthe legend, and Richard Hart as John,the witch boy, do a swell job. Both mighthave gone to town and indulged in hamor underplayed the roles to a colorlesspoint where they'd of Just faded intothe canvas. They didn't. And that wentfor John Gifford as Marvin Hudgens,Winifred Honey as the exhorting preacherand the witches of Iris Whitney andMajorie Belle.

An extra nod should be given thechoregraphy of Esther Junger. She neverpermitted her witches to indulge In"pretty" ballet. The setting and lighting,too, was mood stuff at its most effectiveand George Jenkins gets a special nodfor this. The rapid change of scenesbehind the scrim was so well designedthat only at one change did there seemto be a "stage wait."

It's a good job thruout, from thewriting by Howard Richardson andWilliam Berney to the musical directionof Ray Kavanaugh.

There were colorful moments a plenty, thatran be lifted out for spots in an air varietyIdiots. As an enttly, of coarse, the show withIts baby born a witch and talk of bastardsis not broadcast material but there was plentyof mountain stuff that was potential sockfor the ether. In fact, there were scenesatop smoky Mountain that could have beenlifted bodily for television too, with a bit ofde -sexing now and again.

The Shuberts have another bit ontheir hands, despite the fact that there'snothing typically Shubert about theproduction. It's good and not routinetheater. Joe Koehler.

IT'S A GIFT(Continued from opposite page)

tiers what he preaches in the classroom.Hence, a brood of a dozen youngsters.He is slightly foreign, dictatorial andhighly moral. So much so that he hasgiven an erring sister the heavo fromthe Swiss family circle some 20 yearspreviously. Comes the year 1911 and thenews that his sister is dead In SouthAmerica and has left property to hiseldest daughter.

Papa and his friend the pastor journeyto Montevideo to give the estate thedouble -o. But the late sister has goteven. Aside from a tidy sum which may

BROADWAY SHOWLOGDramas

Opened Porta.Anna Lue.ta 8-30,'44 237

(Manafield)Rost,. LeNalre air -guested on "Open

House In Harlem" MINI on Sunday1110. Harry Wagstaff Dribble (WHNIditto "Ar.tique Show" on Tuesday (13).John Wildberg was on the same pro-gram on Thursday (151. Wildberg hasSigned Eva Jessye to coach singersfor forthcoming "Memphis Bound"Rehearsals begin shortly with Bill Rub-inson in lead slot.

Ben for Adana, A 12- 6,'41 117(Cart)

Frederic March knocked out byPtomaine poisoning on Tuesday 111).Show canceled second act, No Wednes-day (14) mat. March back to Wednes-day (131 evening. Alexander Granichhad an appendicitis attack on Monday(12), put off operation until Tuesday1131. died Wednesday, 24 hours afteroperation. Michael Vali., under-study, has taken over role. Guy Tanowill replace Vallon until Monday 119),when Leo Bacilli will take over role.Tano remains as general understudy.

Dark of the Moon 3-11,'45 5(46th Street)

Five -to -fear vole by the aisle ex-perts tabs a 4t per cent score. No,John Chapman (News). Louis Kronen-berger (PM), Howard Barnes (Herald-Tribuntl, Lewis Nichols (Times), WardMorehouse (Sun). Yea: Robert Cole-man (Mirror), Wilella Waldorf (Pont),Robert Garland (Journal -American).Burton Rascoe (World -Telegram).

Dear Ruth 12.13, '41 111(Henry Miller's)

Producers Bernie Hart and Joe Hy-man have added another to their fallschedule. Latest Is titled "The Ham-mer," by Howard Fast. Another onthe fall list Is "The Secret Room, amemo by Robert Turney. Hails Stod-dard will be associate producer on thisone.

Foolish Notion 3-13, 'it(Martin Beck)

Split aisle -squatters deliver a scoreof 33 per cent. No: Robert Coleman(Mirror), Louis Kronenherger (PM).

dorf (Post), Burton Rascoe (World -Telegram). Test John Chapman(News), Howard Barnes (Herald -Tribune). Ware 5forehouse (Sun).No Opinion: Robert Garland (Jour-nal -American).

Good Night Ladles 1-17.'15 69(Royale)

Closes on Saturday (24). ReopensBoston. Likely back here in fall.

Happily Ever After 3-15,'45 4

(1111tmore)Complete thumbdown by Stem ex-

perts for a zero score. No: LookKronenberger (PM), Robert Coleman(Mirror), Howard Barnes (Herald -Tribune). Lewis Nichols (Times),Wilella Waldorf (Post). Barton Roscoe(World -Telegram), Robert Garland(Journal -American). Gene and Kath-leen Lockhart, John Kubley and How-ard Burman air -guests of Mary Mar-garet McBride on Friday (16).

Harvey 11- 1,'44 166(48th Street)

Hasty Heart. The(Hudson)

1- 3,'13 83

Performance Tiaras March 17Opened Pees

Hope for the Beat 2- 1,'13 43(Fallon)

Management emphatic that there Isno question of closing or changingtheater. Jane Wyatt and Jean Dal-rymple air -guested by Steve EllisWMCAI on Friday (161.

I Remember Mama 10-10,11 175(Music Boa)

Richard Bishop air -guests withMartha Dean (WOR) on Wednesday(21).

Hai a Gift 3-12,'45 8

(Playhouse)Seven of the aisle experts didn't

like It, one did and another put lo ano opinion. Score: 17 per emit. No:Louis Kronenberger (PM), RobertColeman (Mirror), Howard Barnes(Herald - Tribune), John ChapmanNews), Lewis Nichols (Thnes), Robert

Garland (Journal -American). WardMorehouse (Sun,. Yes: Burton Rascoe(World -Telegram). No opinion: Un-signed (Post).

Hiss and Tell 3-17,'13 815(Bijou)

Two years old on Saturday 1171.Backstage party -no outsiders Invited.

Late George Apley, The. 11-21,'44 137(Lyceum)

Janet Beecher out on Wednesday(M. Ivy Troutman filled In for her.Beecher back is cast on Thursday (15).

Life With Father 11- 8, '39 2,255(Empire)

Overton, The 2- 6,'45 47(Forrest)

Doing good biz since transfer toForrest. Management claims 01,300daily i,serage. "Two Mrs. Carrolls"opened in Boston on Wednesday (14)Instead of Monday (121. Freight de-lay caused postponement.

School For Brides 8- 1,41 2133

(Ambassador)Soldier's Wife 10- 4, '1 t 191

(Golden)William Brown Meloney off for

Florida on Friday (16).Tempest, The 1-25.'15 60

(Alvin)Arnold Moss lectured at Brooklyn

College on Wednesday (151 aboutShakespeare. floss was fOrmerly amember of faculty. Vera Zorinahostesses a mass Interview by highschool drama editors on Saturday (24).Show moves to Broadway Theater onalonday (191. Jean Dalrymple andMarc Connelly will stage a revival of"Green Pastures" next fall.

Ten Little Indians 6-27,'44 306(Plymouth)

Voice of the Turtle, The. 12- 3, '43 463(Morose.)

Betty Field oat on Thursday (15).Still not fully recovered from nu.Florence Rice subbed

MusicalsBloomer Girl 10-5,'41 190

(Shubert)Joan McCracken has been out wills

bad throat Wednesday (14) thru week.Phyllis Gehrig has been subbing. For-mer returns to cast on Monday (191.

Follow the Girl. 4- 8,'44 394(44th St. Theater)

Val Valintinon has lead in Ibsen's"When the Dead Awaken" for sit matperformances for the Equity LibraryTheater, skedded for first week inApril.

Opened Park.Lady Says Yes, A 1-10,'43 11

(Broadhurst)Carole Landes quits show on May I.

She goes West for plc chore. Shubertshave picked no replacement as yet.

Laffing Room Only 12-223,'11(Winter Garden)

Sunday shows start Easter Sunday.No Monday nights or Wednesday matsthereafter. Cheyenne Jones has beensigned for dual foyer attraction withDippy Diers. Starta April 2. BettyGarrett was a headliner at the StageDoor Canteen on Friday (161.

Mexican Hayride 1-28, 'It 17,(Majestic)

Closes on Saturday 117). No tourplanned. Sixty -week gross tops 12.-700,000. Everett West ale -rides forAtlanta on Saturday (171 for appear-ance on Sunday 118) at local Red CrossRally.

Oklahoma! 3-31, '13 87n(St. Yonne)

Harry Stockwell returned to NewYork troupe lead on Monday (12i.Has been out with national companyfor two weeks.

On the Town 12-28,'44 92(Adelphia)

Whole cast to St. Albans Hospitalfor G.I. show on Sunday (11). HalloranGeneral Hospital gets same set-up onMay 8.

Seven Lively Arta 12- 7,'44 116(Ziegfeld)

Abel Enklewitz replaces Vie Leightonas house manager on Monday 1101.Cozy Cole and his quintet replacedGoodman group on Wednesday 115).Cole's gang includes: Tiny Grimes,guitar; Don Byas, sax: Billy Taylor,bass, and Billy Taylor, piano. Showsill run at least until June 1. whenBea Lillie's contract Is up. She maystay on -pending tax adjustments.Markova and Dolin sill guest with theBallet Theater during their off night',when terpers do their spring seasonnext month.

Sing Out, Sweet Land la -27, '44 91

(International)Closes on Saturday (24).

Raymond Jacquemont will take overAlfred Drake assignment for roadwhen latter goes to Hollywood. Otherprincipals stick.

Song of Norway 8-21. '41 212

(Imperial)Vic Leighton. formerly house man-

ager for Billy Rose at the Ziegfeld,has repriced Gerald O'Connell as com-pany manager. Latter has left forCoast.

Up In Central Park 1-27,'45 57

(Century)Signs of spring -softball team being

urged. alike Todd to West Coast onFriday (16). Begins casting roadtroupe this week.

ICE SHOWSHata Off to Ice

(Center)367

BALLETSBallet Hasse De Monte.. 2-20,'15 31

Carlo (City Center)

be later realized for daughter from thesale of a home for underprivileged girls,the bulk of the coin -some 750G -is leftto papa, provided that a similar scandalshall occur In his own righteous menage.In other words, papa better dig up someillegitimacy quick -if he wants to col-lect,

The implications are fairly obvious.Daughter is engaged to a lad. Papa istempted to look the other way. Daugh-ter makes a crack that makes him hope -foil only to discover that she didn't meanthat at all. There are two acts duringwhich double meaning is piled on doublemeaning and a final rather obvious andsilly wind-up.

WhitfOrd Kane supplies another of hisplacidly pleasant clerical portraits. JulieHarris is the marriageable daughter andMichael Strong playa her dumb sweet-heart. There are also a raft of young-sters who make the Playhouse sound likelunch-hour in Bedlam when they are allon stage at once. Also there are nearlya dozen more adults who are concernedIn one way or another with the Goetz-Otvos nonsense. A couple of them, likeSuzanne Caubaye and Morton DaCosto,are specially helpful in bits.

Robert Henderson has manipulated abig cast with considerable skill andSamuel Leve's two gets are fine. Ito pro-ducer is billed in program, but whoever

got up the coin hasn't been stingy.There's nothing shoddy about Gift, ex-cept, perhaps, the plot. Bob Francis.

FOOLISH NOTION(Continued from opposite page)

when gal and boy friend are headed forthe altar, husband announces his return,

The rest of the play is taken up withinterludes showing how the actress's boyfriend, her father, her 12 -year -olddaughter and herself, each imagine hisarrival, with a finale of the actual home-coming as a pay-off.

However, whatever may be said againstthe script. It does offer tempestuous Tal-lulah an opportunity to go properly all-out In the thesp department, since shehas chances to play the same gal assomebody else would see her under fourdifferent sets of circumstances -not tospeak of the volatile lady that the scriptcalls for as her real self. It's a Held dayfor every Bankhead charm -trick in thebook -and she misses none of them.Tallulah Is terrific.

Henry Hull comes off top -side on act-ing honors as well. As the returninghusband, he is called on variously toplay a tippling scribbler, a Scottish cap-tain and a sergeant of marines. He gives

first-rate performance on all counts.So, too, does Donald Cook as the wise-

cracking lover. Little Joan Shepardhandles a heavy and tricky assignmentwith the aplomb of a vet trouper. Au-brey Mather contribs another of his ef-fective character jobs, as far as his partin the proceedings allows. and BarbaraKent, Mildred Dunnock and Maria Man-ton each have their moments.

Guild has given Notion a show -piecesend-off with fine direction from JohnWilson and one of Jo Mielziner's hand-somest interiors.

"Notion" could possibly be scripted Intoradio dimensions, If adapted as a whole. Tolift any part of it, however, for airing wouldrequire- too much framing, too much ex-planation. But neither Is likely, for thesudden changes from fact to fancy need a

visual as well as oral approach. It wouldbe difficult for mike handling.

Bob Francis.

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ADE AND TRUE DUVAL opened Friday116) at Glenn Rendezvous, Newport,

Ky., for a two-week stand, the SaturdayCincinnati dailies lauding them fortheir swell turn. . . . LES HUNT ANDJULIET, deaf and dumb magic pair, arecompleting their second year for USOwithout a layoff. . . . HERMES ANDMARLENE, who have been playingniter'es and private club dates in Michi-gan and Ohio in recent weeks, havesigned a summer's contract with CharlesHodges's Cavalcade, slated to open April20 at Eastwood Park Ballroom, Detroit.Marlene will work the electric chair andsword box and do the openings in frontof show. Hermes will do a brief magicstint in addition to announcing actsand managing inside of show. . . ALHAUSER, the Rochester (N. Y.) trlxster,is sporting a new herald to assist inselling his turn to the civic organizationand private clubs in the Rochester arca.. . . G. RAY TF:RRELL, assisted by Judyand Jack, opened Tuesday (20) at theStatler Hotel, Washington. . . . PRINCESAMARA (Terry Brady) has taken hismental turn into Salt Lake City's newChariot Restaurant for a limited stay. Hereturns to the Fortune Club, Reno, Nev.,the middle of April. . . AT HER RE-QUEST, Douglas Craggs, secretary of theLondon Magic Circle, has presented H.R. H. Princess Elizabeth with a copy ofhis new A. B. C. o/ Ventriloquism. TheLondon Circle has a benefit arranged forMarch 25 to refit H. M. S. Wizard withrecreational gear lost in action. . . .

MR. AND MRS, EDDIE COCHRAN, nowshoving at Mrs. Cochran's home in port -land, Ore., return to Los Angeles nextweek to begin prepping for another USOtour. En route to Portland, they did athree -clay Hollywood Victory Committeeshow In the San Francisco Bay area forthe navy. Also on the bill were DannyKaye, Chico Marx, Bonita Granville andRobert Armstrong.. . . DR. FREDERICKKARR typewrites from Portland, Ore..that things are moving well for him 1nthat area, with John McCollorn doing asolid job on publicity and special tie-ups. Karr is playing week stands and,due to the curfew, Ls winding up theweek with an 11 o'clock instead of mid-night ghost show. He plans to returneast with the coming of warm weather.

TIANTE THE MAGICIAN, after windingup at the Hughes -Downtown Theater,

Detroit, this week, is closing the showand heading back to his ranch in theSan Fernando Valley of California. Dueto transportation difficulties, he is plan-ning to retire for the duration. . . .

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Mae West GetsChi Crix Works

CHICAGO, March 17.-The legit crixhad a field day this week when MikeTodd's show Catherine Was Great, withMae West. opened at the Studebaker.With one exception they gave the showan unmerciful rimming. The exceptionwas Ashton Stevens of The Herald -American, whose review could be con-strued any way the reader felt.

Robert Pollak. of Times, characterizedthe show as "a box of limburger with-out points." Said Lloyd Lewis, of TheNews: "Outside of Miss West's personal-ity, which Is unique and the product ofa smartly styled talent for the theater,there Ls little in Catherine Was Greatthat you couldn't get by attending theclass play performed behind the barnat any home for delinquent boys."

The opinion of Claudia, Cassidy, ofThe Tribune, was expressed In the head-ing of her review, which read: "MaeWest as a connoisseur, pronounced sewer,of amour: or romance of bunions."71111am Leonard, of The Journal ofCommerce said: "Anyone who ever saveor heard of Mae West will know whather Catherine Was Great Is like withoutreading any of the following paragraphs. . Anyone who thinks to learn any-thing about acting, plarw7ighting or thefacts of life is being equally absurd."And Henry T. Murdock, of The Sun, de-clared "She employs single entendre oncountless occasions. She employs it Insettings that are roccoco, lush, and tookup four freight cars."

B&K(Continued from page 11)

tortes, showed the best video -wise im-agination of all those on tonight's show.He did a little sketch in which he posedas a Hindu. He merely had his two help-ers try to do a handkerchief trick thathad them tied in knots. This sustainedinterest during his change.

Cy Wagner.

Mount Royal Hotel. Montreal, . . .

CAPT. HARRY BAKER has taken hisbag of tricks into the King Edward Hotel,Toronto. . . . LIEUT. LEE ALLENESTES, Safety First Magician of theKentucky State Highway Patrol, recentlyenjoyed an all-night gabfest with Mys-terious Smith, who now operates a photoshop in Madisonville, Ky. . . . HARRYALBACKER suffered loss estimated atS150 recently when a prowler broke intoa coop in the rear of his Pittsburgh homeand killed a pigeon and four doveswhich he uses in his act. He says he hasbeen forced to cancel a number of book-ings until he can break some new stock.. . . LOS ANGELES Society of Magiciansgave a testimonial dinner March 7 atthe Mayfair Hotel, Los Angeles, for DocCunning (Bob Cunningham). Magi fromall parts of the nation were present. in-cluding the Great Nicola and wife, Rob-ert Hamblin, Richard Himber. Jack Mac-Afee, William Larsen, Ray Muse, Bert/Calmer. the Great Leon and Mike Zens.Bert /Calmer emseed the bill, which in-cluded Harry Mendoza, Gerrle Larsen,Roland Hamblin, Frank Fewins, Virgiland Julie, and Dick Himber, . . . JACKHERBERT opened Friday (16) at theJefferson Hotel in his hometown, St.Louis. . . . KISMET (Martin Sunshine),Just back from USO Pacific jaunt, playedCincinnati and Indianapolis Shrine dateslast week.

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back from an overseas tour of entertain-ing, tells of meeting up with his brother.Barney, of the former Three Samuels invaude, now in a London hospital recov-ering from wounds sustained In action... MARTA KAYE, dancer, after 23 weeks

with the Harry Conley unit on the HirstWheel, has joined the Binder and Ros-en show.... JOEY FAYE and Manda Kay,comics, have returned from their USO-Camp Show tour of Iceland, England,France and Germany. . . . SCARLETKELLY has moved from the Hudson,Union City, N. J., to the Gayety, Balti-more, March 12.... DAISY DEAN, formerburly principal, now Mrs. Danny Danielsin New London, Conn., plays niteries inthe area, while hubby, an ensign. is atsea for Uncle Sam.... MAC DENNISONand Lionel Murray booked by CharlieAllen for an overseas USO unit.... ARTIEBROOKS. dancer, a recent discharge fromthe army, returned to burly as added at-traction thru Phil Rosenberg.... CRYS-TAL AYMES and Arlen Stewart are va-cationing at Miami Beach, Fla., awayfrom their Norfolk shop.. . . JERRYPELUSO, with burly house bands a longtime, is now ork leader at the Strand.Long Beach, Calif.

SGT. JOHN A. KANE, In Miami await-ing overseas shipment, appears in a newMGM plc. They Were Expendable, beingfilmed there. along with 40 other soldiersfrom the air force and whose pay checksfor their services are being donated tothe Army and Nary Relief Fund.... LES-TER ALLEN, former comic, has beensigned by George Jessel for a role in TheDolly Sisters plc. . . . JEAN DAVIS, recov-ering from Illness. expects to returnsoon to the show girl line at the Gayety,Norfolk.... MORGAN SISTERS, June andDorothy. tote their own ork, a portablerecord player and an album of Kos-telanetz records with them on their dancetours.. . BIG-TIME CHIP, one -leggeddancer, debuted in burly as spot attrac-tion at the Hudson. Union City. N. J.;Empire, Newark, N. J., and Globe, Boston.the last three weeks. . . . LYNN YORK.dancer, exited from the Ferguson andLevine unit... . NANCY BLAIR, MargieDale and Thea Cockrell among the burlystrip contingent who annexed photospace in current rid -Bits Beauty mag.

MARIE SILK, daughter of comic FrankK. Silk, has quit stage to become an in-spector and crane driver for the MidvaleSteel Works, Philadelphia. . . . WALTSTAMFORD, comic, and Roland O'Keefe,straight, due back this week from sixmonths overseas with a USO unit, bookedby Paul Sander, Chicago.. . CHARLESHOWARD. former burly featured comic,Is now with Bloomer Girl at the Shubert.

HAL WEBER (Hope) and Jack Coyleare teamed in a new vehicle which theybroke in at Palumbo's. Philadelphia, lastweek. . . . MARIE CORD'S itinerary In-cludes a week each at the Latin Quarter,Fall River, Mass.; Troc, Philadelphia:Casino, Pittsburgh, and back to niteriesto Chicago and Milwaukee. . . . BELLABELMONT in Atlantic City acting asnurse to husband, John Ferguson, of theformer team of Ferguson and Mack, re-covering from six weeks of Illness. . . .

CORP. BERNARD (Jantel) Miller informsthat he is not entertaining but roughingIt along with the other G.I. Joes over-seas. . . . CHARLES WASSER, old-timeork leader of Columbia Wheel shows,now district manager with a life insur-ance company.

'Harriet' Sell -Out in WichitaWICHITA. Kan.. March 17.-For the

first time in Wichita's theatrical historY,a complete sell-out for a stage attractionwas reported five days In advance of theshowing, when William F. Moto an-nounced standing room only for the ap-pearance of Helen Hayes in Harriet at theForum March 15. Moto added all theextra seats possible and they sold rapidly.

Attendance records have been brokenIn Wichita all season by attractionsbooked by Floto. Capacity crowds haveheard Lily Pons, Yehudi Menuhin andAlec Templeton. Stage plays and revueswhich also have drawn capacity crowdsare Sons o' Fun. Zasu Pitts in RamshackleInn, Una Merkel in Three Is a Family,Kiss arid Tell, Life With Father, andGilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.The season's last attraction is RichardCrooke and William Primrose.

Noble Granted OkavTo Answer Flamm'sAmended Complaint

NEW YORK, March 17.-Justice W1.1-11am Hecht of the New York SupremeCourt Thursday (15) granted EdwardNoble's motion for permission to file asupplemental answer to the amendedcomplaint of Donald Flamm, former own-er of WMCA. Case is continuation ofFlamm's claim that fraud was perpe-trated upon him by Noble in connectletwith the sale of the station and seeks '.orecover damages.

Noble asked for permission to enter t aadditional answer because he wants oInclude two counterclaims, based up: aalleged libelous statements published y

Flamm November 28. 1944. and Februa y9, 1945, charging Noble with fraud.

Theater Wing Song of Radii- 1

Pitches for WAC RecruitinNEW YORK. March 17-Latest pit.

for WAC recruiting has been deliver, 1by the American Theater Wing's VictoPlayers in a new unit by Annie Seymer rcalled Song of the Radish.

Show gave its first performance Mart I16 for WAC brass hats in New York. .1

took to the road and will play In Wt.-mington, Del., March 20 and in Brun, -wick, N..1 March 22. Phil's, compactwill then pick up the tour and play thesketch In Atlantic City March 28. and inCamden. N, J , March 29. Song of theRadish was directed by its author anduses an alternating Theater Wing cast.

BLUE-DuMONT(Continued from page 11)

plenty of skirt swishes and vitality.Recorded play-offs, studio applaure

and a word about the act going off andcoming on, brought the viewers into theshow and picked up any ends that mighthave been loose around the studio, whichwas all to the good.

Tight timing which Harvey Marlowe.rector, achieved was made possible becamehe himself handled the director's mike .1didn't have to tell the technical director totell the cameramen. performers, etc., whatto do. No matter how quick a t. d. is, I

producer is quicker giving his directior:to the min on the floor. Marlowe prove!it with this shove.

Final and sock attraction was thHall Johnson Choir. It's not easy tget modeling on colored faces In a granand to be able to pick up the solo singerand make them look like individual:Marlowe did that without making thcamera Jump. He also did a trick openinby having one of the boys put on h!overcoat backwards and having him direct the choir with his hands. Thshots of the hands weaving against thcloth was perfect, with the choir doin,its traditional humming.

There was just enough of the chotand its music to build a sock ending fo:a visual and oral show. Walker handleathe wind-up with Whiteman; the cam-eras switched to the marquee with 6013emore credits that could be read with-out strain.

The Blue show had everything-color.movement, integration, format andtheme. Certainly it was the same OnStage, Everybody in idea that smelled upthe Duldont air two weeks previously,but It was professional. It had the neces-sary rehearsals and there hasn't beenanything on the air in a variety formatthat has been better.

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Harry W. Betteridge, sales manager ofStation WW.1, Detroit, February 23 atTucson. Aria. Interment In OrandlawnCemetery, Detroit. March 9.

BRADSHAW-Elmer Francis (Doc), 63.carnival showman and paperman, InRosebud. Tex., February 15. Funeralfrom Green Funeral Home, Rosebud.

BRfSTER-Robert 13, 56, Madame OlgaNueva's leading man In Bird of Para-dise for four years, In Hollywood Febru-ary 26 following a long illness. He waswell known In radio, having been theoriginal Voice of Firestone. Survivingare his widow. Gertrude; his mother.Mrs. M. L. Lakin, and a slater, Mrs. Stan-ley D. Wilder, all of Hollywood.

Gone But Not Forgotten

HAMDA BENNMarch 27, 1943

Mabel Henn and Son,Larry

BIXBY-Frank. former actor. In UnionCity. N. J.. March 4. Burial under theauspices of the Actors' Fund of AmericaIn the fund plot in Evergreen Ceme-tery. Brooklyn. New York.

CORUM-Charles B. 78. violinist, InKansas City. Mo., March 10. He was agreat nephew of John Robinson, of Rob-inson Bros.' Circus, and father of Mrs.John Sparrow, of the team of Rex andJohnnie Herron, trumpet players. In-terment In Memorial Park Cemetery,Ka n sea City.

MARCH 22, '44

Viola Marie CooperThanks for 27 Wonderful Years.

Until We Meet Again

YOUR HUSBAND

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CUSH L.IN SERI' -N or m a n C. (Cush).circus concessionaire, in Arlington, Tex..January 28. He was with Russell Bros.'Circus in 1942 and prior to that hadbeen with Campbell Bros.' Shows in 1910and Sells-Floto from 1911 to 1920. Hewas also at one time with the Sparks'Show. Interment in Stamford, Tex.DAGGETT-John S., 65, pioneer radiostation manager and personality, March14 at Doctors' Hospital, Los Angeles, fol-lowing a brief Illness. He has not beenactive in radio in recent years. He wasa reporter on The Los Angeles Times in1922 when the paper launched KHJ. Dag-gett was given the job of managing thestation. Under his direction KHJ wasthe first station In the West to Intro-duce regular musical programs, specialnews events and sponsored programs. Hegained the title "Uncle John" thru hisconnection with a children's program.Survived by his sister, Mrs. Byron Har-vey. Chicago; his son. John S. DaggettJr., who lives in Chicago with his mother,the former Mrs. Daggett, now Mrs. JohnKraft.

FEZ -DS -FEIN -Si, 57, director of Jewishprograms at WDAS. Philadelphia, for nineyears, at his home in that city March 4.Survived by his widow, Katya, anddaughters, Vera and Priscilla.

In Memory of My Dear Son

JACK "SMOKE" GRAYwho died Marsh 22. 1937.

Sadly Missed byMOTHER

GRANACH-Alexander, 54, stage andscreen character actor, in Park EastHospital, New York. March 14. At thetime of his death he was appearing asTOmasino In A Bell of Ad-ano at the CortTheater, New York. Re made his Broad-way debut there last December. AfterMany years as a leading European star.he came to this country In 1938 and ap-peared in many motion pictures. His firstwas Ntnotchka with Greta Garbo. pro-duced In 1939. His performance as aGestapo agent in Joan o/ Parts, releasedIn 1942. was acclaimed by the Critics.

TILE FINAL CURTAINOther films included Hangmen Also Dle,For Whom the Belts Toll, The HitlerGang. Secrets in the Dark, Voice in theWind, Three Russian Girt', My Buddyand Seventh Cross. Granach had alsowritten a book, There Goes an Actor,which is scheduled for publication soon.He had studied In Germany at the MaxFtelnhardt'a Dramatic School and hadappeared in that country in such Shake-spearean production.. as Hamlet andMacbeth. Survived by a sister.

GREBEN-Brocha. 76. mother of HarryGrebeia, Chicago theatrical manager. ather home in that city March 12 followinga short illness. Burial in ChicagoMarch 13.

HARTZLES--Benjamin F., vocalist, atRichmond, Ind., March 12. He was tenorof the Belfast Quartet and had been withvarious stage attractions, includingStage Door Johnnie, and Famous Robin-son carnival shows. Survived by hiswidow, a brother and a sister. Inter-ment at Richmond.

HAMILTON -George E., 72, author ofthe Iowa Corn Song, March 14 at his,home in De Moines. Hamilton wrote thewords to a tune which be had heardas a boy while Iowa Shriners were trav-eling to their national meeting in LosAngeles In 1912.

HEY George. former custodian at thePacific Coast Showmen'a Association, inLos Angeles. Services in that cityMarch 14.

HUTCHISON-A. H. (Tubby), formerminstrel, at Elks Home, Harrisburg. Pa.,March 13. He was with the State Bureauof Motor Vehicles at the time of hisdeath. Survived by a brother, Frank,Bridgeport, Conn., and two sisters, Sara,Pittsburgh. and Mrs. Dot Kelly, Boston.Masonic and Elks services, with inter-ment at New Bethlehem, Pa., March 17.

JASPER -C. W., partner In the Rex M.Ingham Wild Life Exhibit, in NewMitchell Hotel, Americus, Ga., February12, of natural causes. His home was inColumbus, 0.

JESS-Johnnie, 83, comedian, whostarted with the Miles Juvenile OperaCompany when 15 and later played overthe Columbia Wheel and for 10 seasonsas Jiggs in Bringing Up Father, in aSeattle hospital following a year's ill-ness, He retired in 1930 after a vaudetour with his own act. Survived by hiswidow, Blanche.

KELLER-Charles V., musician, re-cently in Bridgeport, Coon., after a shortillness. He was bass viol soloist withthe Bridgeport Symphone Orchestra formany years, and also played with variousdance orchestras and theater pit bandsthere. Survived by his widow, Emma: adaughter and a son. He was a chartermember of Bridgeport Local 63, AFM.Burial in Park Cemetery there.

LAMB -George E.. retired billposter.in Bridgeport, Conn., March 8. Survivedby his widow, Mice: four daughters andtwo sons. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery,Bridgeport.

LEVY --Jacob, 61, night club operator,In Westport, Conn., March 7, following aheart attack. For the past 32 years hehas operated Compo Inn, Westport, well-known nitery on the Post Road. Sur-vived by his widow, Marlon, and abrother, Samuel, New York. Burial inCedar Park Cemetery, Orawet, N. J.

MacAULAY-John, 29. musician, ofSydney. N. S., killed in action in Europe.He had been guitarist with the EmilioPace orchestra, one of the leading dancecombinations of Cape Breton Island. Hiswidow and parents survive. IntermentIn a Canadian Army cemetery.

alcMAHON-Mattle. 55, wife of John J.McMahon. of the team of Stack and Lee,in Brawley, Calif., March 11. following along illness. The McMahon had playedthe vaude circuits in this country andEuropean tours. At the time of herdeath she and her husband were manag-ing the Del Rio Country Club in Brew -ley. Services March 14 at the SacredHeart Church, Brawley.

PANTAGES-Lieut. Basil George, 24,son of George B. Pantages, former man-ager of Pantagm Theater. Vancouver,B. C.. killed in action on Iwo Jima.

PEASE-Lieut. Mervin H., son of J. L.(Chappie) Pease, of Joplin. Mo.. highpitch and Jam man and legal adjuster oncarnivals and circuses, in an airplanecrash in India February 6.

PROSSER-Reese W., 79, one of thegreatest minstrel singers of his day. at anursing home in Cleveland recently. Hewas featured for many years on the MG. Field, Lew Dockstader, Honey BoyEvans and other minstrels, and also hadsung with bands. Survived by his son.,

Reese Jr., overseas with the army, and anephew, Maj. Gen, Walter E. Prosser.

PURSEJ---Fred It., 67, theater operator,In Simcoe, Ont., March 9, following aweek's illness. He was manager of theStrand Theater, Simcoe, and had beenactive in theatrical enterprises for thePast 38 years. He also had been a min-strel and musician and conducted hisown orchestra at one time. Survivedby his widow, Bessie. and a brother, Har-ry. Masonic service. Interment In Oak-wood Cemetery, Simcoe.

SIDNEY RINKOld.time trainer of John RobinsonCircus - Elephants. Mules, Horses,Ponies, Cats -with Goats, Dogs, Monksand Rears Incidentals.

DIED MARCH 14, 1941.

VIVIAN PERINjoined by Ebencxer (The Ham TreeMule) and trick and high -jumpingponies. March 14, 1945.

SEM13-Leo W., 35, magical emsee andproduction manager for the Northwest-ern Amusement Company, in a St. Paulhospital February 16. He suffered acerebral hemorrhage in San Francisco afew weeks previous. He was known thrit.out Northwest fair circuits for the past16 years. Survived by his parents: abrother, Emery, and two sisters, Mar-garet, Minot, N. D.. and Mrs. Gordon D.Rydeen, Minneapolis. Interment inLeeds, N. D.

SHULTZ-Wilford (13111), 53, promi-nent radio "voice" in Saskatchewan, atMoose Jaw, Sask., February 25, followinga heart attack. He died just a few hoursbefore he was to direct the 848th con-secutive golden Memories program, old-est continuous radio program In Canada.Shultz also produced and announcedPleasant efeniories, daily morning fea-ture. He was heard originally on CJRM,Moose Jaw: then CKCIC. Regina. and.CHAB, Moose Jaw, dating from 1928.

In Loving Memory ef

OTIS L. SMITHWho Left Us March 26, 1943.We Miss You More Each Day.

Wife Daughter -

Harriette Smith Mabel Smith O'Neil

THOMPSON-H. al. (Tommy), carni-val man, in Braddock (Pa.) HospitalMarch 10. Survived by his mother: asister. Betty, and his widow, Maxine.Services and interment in Clinton, Is.,his home city,

WANGER--Beatrice, dance instructorand sister of Walter Wenger, film pro-ducer, in Lenox Hill Hospital, New York,after a long illness. She was a residentof Paris many years and had been deco-rated by the French Government in1932 with the grade of Officer D'Aca-demle because of her interest in the de-velopment of Franco -American art en-terprises. She returned to this countryin 1939. Surviving, besides her brother,Walter, is anothee brother, Henry.

MarriagesBUCHANAN - WILKINSON-Jack Bu-

chanan, ride foreman. to Gladys E.Wilkinson. nopro. in Joplin. Mo., March 3,

COOKE-SIMPSON - Harry J. Cooke.World of Mirth Shows, to Patricia Simp-son. concession worker, in Camden. S. C.,December 11 last.

FRAITES - O'BRIEN - James Fralles,nonpro. to Mickey O'Brien. burlesque andnight club dancer and ex -CincinnatiAGVA secretary. in New York recently.

JOHNSON-SOKOLOWSKI-Ray John-son. bingo counterman, to Mae Soko-lowski, nonpro. in St. Louis February 16.

LEPPER-SISLER-Pvt. Russell W. Lep-per, formerly of Blondln-Rellitis high -

wire act, to Jean Sneer in First BaptistChurch. Wichita Falls. Tex.. March 6.

LEVINE-THOMAS--Sgt Joseph Levine.pianist of the Philadelphia Orchestra andfaculty member of the Curtis Music In-stitute, Philadelphia, to Mary Thome.,daughter of Dr. Owilym L. Thomas,singer -musician of Winter Park, Fla.,March 4 at Orlando, Fla.

MORRISON-LORD-Pfc. Kent AdamsMorrison, Detroit actor now appearing inthe army air corps' Winged Victory pro-duction, to Janet Lord. Hollywood actress,in Philadelphia March 8.

RICHARDS - SODEN - Dal Ricbards,conductor of the ork at the PanoramaRoof, Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B. C..to Beryl Boden. singer, at VancouverMarch 5. She formerly sang with theAlan Young show over CSR.

SPENCE-HINKLE-Edwin M. Spence,owner of WWDC. Washington, to Mrs.Adele Tbppin Hinkle in Miami Beach,Fla., March 9.

WESTERFIELD - SOBINOVA - JamesWesterfield. of the Sing Out, Sweet LandCompany, to Natasha Sobinova, formerlywith the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,In New York March 3,

BirthsA son to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Doria Feb-

ruary 14 at Cooper Hospital, Camden,N. J. Father is trumpet player withJoe Frasetto's orchestra at Station WIP,Philadelphia.

A daughter, Nancy Ellen. to Mr. andMrs. William Deitch February 18 in.Doctor's Hospital, Philadelphia. Father,co-owner of the Green Dragon Cafe,that city, is now In the army.

A daughter. Sharon Louise. to Mr. andMrs. George Nichols in Sandusky. 0.,February 20. Father was former light -heavyweight fighter, and soother, BertieKirk, was formerly with Fred Hurleyand other burlesque and tab shows.

A son to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Morrisin Mount Vernon, N. Y., February 20.Father is manager of Mount VernonRoller Arena.

A son to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew wets inMount Vernon, N. Y., February 21.Father is organist at Mount VernonRoller Arena.

A son to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rube DyerIn New York February 18. Father doesa stilt act and mother was formerly withAnn J. Clark and Company, dance act onstilts.

A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. ThomasVidovic in Chisholm, Minn., February 26.Father is carnival parts man.

A daughter, Barbara Lynn, to Mr. andMrs. V. L. Collier at Crawford Long Me-morial Hospital, Atlanta, February I.Father is second man on the Regal Ex-position Shows.

A son to Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Perkinson,of Ellisville, Miss., February 8. Motherformerly was with the Regal ExpositionShows.

A son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrewsat St. John Hospital, Santa Monica,Calif., February 18. Mother Is IreneColmari, screen actress. Father is scenariowriter.

A son, Tracy Keenan, to Mr. and Mrs.Keenan Wynn. Father is movie actor.

A son, Erik, to Mrs. Joel Swenson atStamford (Conn.) Hospital recently.Father is New York researcher for War-ner Bros.

A daughter, Carole Ardene, to Mr. andMrs. Volney Phifer at Muhlenberg Hos-pital, Plainfield, N. J., February 16. Par-ents are MGM animal trainers.

Twin daughters to Mr. and Mrs. LeoGodowsky in New York February 24. Thetwins arc grandchildren of the late Leo-pold Godowsky, pianist and composer,and Mrs. Godowsky is the former FrancesGershwin, sister of the late GeorgeGershwin, composer.

A son, Harrington E. Jr., to Mr. andMrs. Harrington E. Crissey, in Schenec-tady, N. Y.. February 21. Father is pro-gram manager of WGFM. General Elec-tric's frequency mooulatton station. andmother is the former Ruth Stone, whowas on the staff of WGFM.

A son, Ronald Martin. to Mr. and Mrs.Nathan Barnett, in Detroit February 11.leather is operator of the Fenkell Thea-ter, and son of Charles Barnett, operatorof the Times Square Theater, Detroit.

A daughter. Barbara Lee, to Mr. andMrs. Joe Lucas in Detroit recently.Father is trumpet player with. the BennyResh orchestra at Club Casanova, Detroit.

A son to Mr. and Mrs. George Moffettat Jackson Heights. N. Y.. March 8.Father is manager of the Hal McIntyreband. and the mother is the formerHelen Honan,

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March 24, 1945 I

Cash Flows at Early OpeningsR & S FirstBiggie in East

Cool Carolina weather failsto dampen first night -rides, concessions pull 'em

WILMINGTON, N. C.. Mach 17.-Thefirst big Eastern outdoor show to makeits 1545 debut was R & S Amusements,which opened Its tour at Southport. N. C.,Monday (121, inaugurating a season of92 weeks scheduled to end ArmisticeNight.

Weather was clear and cool openingnight and over 3.400 paid admissionswere registered at the main gate. Alarge delegation of State, county and cityofficials journeyed from Wilmington asguests of James M. Flattery. owner-man-ager of the org.

Shows moved from quarters at Leland.six miles from here. Sunday and every-thing was ready for the opening. Mid-way presents an attractive appearance,being spiv and span and freshly paintedand sporting much new canvas. For theopening weeks the show will presentseven major rides, with no shows. Latterwill start at New Bern, N. C., early InApril.

Raftery was given a four -column story,with art, in the local Stay -News Sunday(11). paying tribute to his career as ashowman and his popularity with localpatrons.

R & S Amusements will play a week'a(See R&S FIRST IN EAST on page 56)

Prell Shows to CharlestonFor Season Opener April 5

MIAMI, March 17.-Prell's BroadwayShows will leave Miami for Charleston,S. C., soon, In preparation for their open-ing In that city April 5. Show will carry11 rides, 7 shows. 40 concessions and 2free acts. A $50 War Bond award will begiven nightly.

The general staff Includes Sam E.Prell, general manager; Leo Histany, busi-ness manager; Charles M. Powell, generalagent; Joseph Prell. secretary -treasurer;Abe R. Prell, lot superintendent; StacyKnott. ride superintendent; Sam Caruso,carpenter; Paul Prell, concession man-ager, and Mac Kline, chief electrician.

Show personnel Includes Genie andCash Miller, Circus Side Show; AbeWoolf e, Chen Farce Revue and Wild -LifeShow; "Shorty" Ward, Monkey Speed-way: Albert Herzog, Miss Victory; "Curly"Hamilton, Snake Show; Joe Parsons,Glass House; Willie Gilbert, Merry -Go -Round: Whitey Hamburger, Ferri sWheels; Jimmy Sala, Whip; Clyde Mulli-gan, Rideo, and Dave Ward, swings.

Following the Charleston date, theshow will continue thru North and SouthCarolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware,Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.

Maurer's Greater Shows inSan Antonio Debut March 17

ST. LOUIS, March 17.-Maurer GreaterShows. recently organized by CharlesShubb and Harry Rogers, will make Itsbow in San Antonio today for a 10 -day run under the auspices of the Col-ored Elks. Shubb and Rogers are co-owners and managers, while Sid Wheeleris secretary -treasurer and Dave Stevensconcession manager.

Midway line-up for the opening spotwill be Merry -Go -Round, Loop -o -Plane,Tilt -a -Whirl, Ferris Wheel and kiddierides; Snake Show, owned by Red Berry;Night in Paris girl show, managementGeorge Gross; Posing Show, Willie Wells.Twenty concessions, all office owned, willbe managed by Dave Stevens. Show ex-pects to remain in Texas on small fairsand celebrations. Johnnie Graves hasthe cookhouse, randy apples, oandy flossand drinks. Red Baker Is general agent

ROY E. LUDINGTON, president ofthe Pacific Coast Showmen's Associa-tion, is embarking on his 35th year inshow business and is now in his 10thYear as general manager of Crafts 20Big Shows. He has named 22 commit-tee chairmen. exclusive of the board oftrustees and the board of governors, toaid him with PCSA development.

GoodmanDeniesShow Won't Go

LITTLE ROCK, March 17.-Contrary torumors, the Wonder Shows of Americawill go on tour this season, owner MaxGoodman declared here this week.

Winter quarters at, City Park here, un-der supervision of Lou Barber and BenWllkerson, have more than 60 men em-ployed rebuilding shows and rides. Jim-mie Hurd promises a strong Side Show.Red Marcus Is scouting for girl -revue tal-ent, while Homer Acuff 13 here readyingthe show to house the unit. Speedy Woodswill have the Thrill Show and Drome,using miniature autos.

Johnnie iPolock) Obleleckl and creware building a large, modern portablerestaurant. Construction has been eimpli-fled so that the erection and dismantlingcan be done in a minimum of time. Allequipment will be atainless steel. EddieLatham, electrician, and assistants re-port their department nearly ready.

Ben Braunstein. general agent, who hasbeen assisted by Bill Snyder, has re-tunied here with the report that thoitinerary is about complete, with manyof the Goodman favorite still dates. cele-brations and fairs under contract. Con-cessionaires are arriving daily.

World of Mirth CrewSteps at Lively Pace

RICHMOND. Va., March 17.-With theopening date but a few weeks away,work in the World of Mirth Shows'quarters has been stepped up In orderto have every railroad car, show and riderepainted and put in top shape.

General Manager Frank Bergen an-nounced that the tour will take theshows as far north as Bangor, Me., andsouth to Macon, Ga. Fairs under con-tract include Champlain Valley Exposi-tion, Burlington. Vt.; Vermont StateFair, Rutland; Brockton (Mass.) Fair;Great Allentown (Pa.) Fair; Greensboro(N. C.) Fair; Winston-Salem (N. C.)Fair; South Carolina State Fair, Colum-bia; Georgia State Fair, Macon, andthe Exchange Club Fair, Augusta, Ga.,with three more fairs to be announcedat a later date.

Chief electrician and Mrs. James L.Edwards arrived in quarters from a longfishing vacation in Florida and he andhis crew are working on the Diesel lightplants. Harry Hauck, master mechanicand lot superintendent, advised that allmotor units. have been completely over-hauled. Charles Kidder, superintendent(See World of Mirth Set on page 56)

San FranciscoShoirFolks Party Raises25C for Sick FundSAN FRANCISCO, March 17.-The Sick

and Death Fund of Showfolks of Amer-ica. Inc., was enriched by more than22.500 as a result of the annual springparty and entertainment attended by1,500 persons at Scottish Rite Auditor-ium Friday of last week (9).

Den al. Michaels was general chair-man, assisted by John Provanzale, MiltWilliams, John Severson, Mrs. HarryFriedman, Mrs. Ethel Stickle. Mrs. HelenArtz, George Lorraine, David Long, Al-bert Roche, Steve Murphy, Council Rai-ford, Harry Reynolds, Mrs. Laura Scottand M. Stone. Publicity was handledby Art Craner.

Music was furnished by Olivette andher orchestra, and Sam Miller had chargeof the cafe lounge. The floorshow wasfurnished by Music Corporation ofAmerica, with Sam Roney in charge, andacts included Joan Owens, singer andacro-dancer; Tiny Dolleta, songs andImpersonations; Billy Lyons, ventrllo-quiet; Marcella Wellington, singer; JohnZaroni, ballads; Rene Canelli, popularsongs: Dorothy Kilgore Dancers, andSilas Theo Pennington, aluger.

Brief responses were made by PastPresident Mary Ragan, President SammyCorenson, Vice -Presidents Arthur Craner,Patrick Treanor, and Harry P. (Polish)Fisher; Secretaries Albert Roche. EdnaRaiford and George Lorraine; TreasurerMilt Williams: Fred Weidman, chairmanof the board of directors, and Mike(Sec Shotrfolks Raise 5$ on page 56)

Keystone Expo AcquireNew Florida Quarters

HIGH SPRINGS, Fla., March 17.-Keystone Exposition Shows have pur-chased permanent winter quarters twomiles south of here on Route 41. andplans for the construction of a building60 by 100 feet are under way.

Staff includes Carl 0. Bartels, generalmanager; Mrs. Bartels, treasurer; JoeWinters, general agent; Jack Ashby. sec-retary; James Strader, ride superintend-ent; Walter Myers, lot superintendent;Francis Strader, electrician; EdwinThrasher, Ferris Wheel; Leonard Watson,Chair -o -Plane; James Mortix, Kiddie op-erator, and Joe Robb, mechanic.

Playtime Shows RevampingMANCHESTER, N. H., March 17.-

Winter quarters have 'been openedhere for the Playtime Shows underthe direction of E. H. and Billy Burr.James Kane, general agent, has bookedseveral Massachusetts and New Hamp-shire annuals,

Concesslonmen include Dave White,Harry Roach, Sam Yogos and FrankCaplan.

No License for BaziuetMINNEAPOLIS, March 17.-The Minne-

apolis Board of Park Commissioners hasturned down the application of DwightJ. Bazinet, discharged war veteran, to op -Ferris Wheel and Loop -o -Plane at Min -Ferris Wheel and Loop -a -Plane at Min-nehahn Park, one of the city's largest.

Dyer's Greater Bows April 2GREENWOOD, Miss., March 17.-Dyer's

Greater Shows will open April 2. andwork is being pressed by Ellsworth Mc-Atee, Red (Battle Field) Miller and PugHarper. C. B. Moore has concessions forthe 17th straight year.

RAS Signs Jack DadswellCHICAGO. March 17.-Carl J. Sedl-

mayr. owner of Royal American Shows,announced here this week that he hassigned Jack Dadswell, veteran pressagent, for the 1045 season.

Loos GreaterHits Jackpot

Brownsville, Laredo, Cor-pus Christi all red to sendorg away big on 44th trek

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.. March 17.-J. George Loos Greater United Showsopened their 44th annual tour In amost auspicious manner. February 3, atthe Charm Days Celebration at Browns-ville, Tex., proceeding to Laredo, Tex.,for the Washington Birthday Celebra-tion and Pan-American Fair, and con-tinuing with the Junior Chamber ofCommerce Annual Fiesta at CorpusChristi, The Loos organization broke allprevious records at each event. bothin attendance and gross receipts, themanagement reports. Manager Loos hasexhibited at Brownsville for five yearsand at Laredo annually for 23 years, andsays this year's business far exceededany previous engagement. Good weatherwas enjoyed at all three dates, withonly two days being lost on account ofinclement weather at Laredo.

All equipment is in good condition.(See Loos Hits Jackpot on page 56)

F. Sparks Flashes Midway;Adds Trucks for Early Bow

NATCHEZ, Miss., March 17.- SparksBros.' Shows are almost ready for theroad. Show will open soon with 6 rides.5 shows and 30 concessions. A new cookhouse kitchen truck has been added.

Tony Pelcher has completed the newcookhouse. Slim Cunningham has hisconcessions in shape. George Abbotthas built a new fishpond. Ross Craw -ford's Wild Life Show has new bannersand several new animals. Crawford willalso have charge of the front of theMinstrel Show, In addition to his dutiesas lot superintendent. Tom Johnson isdirecting minstrel rehearsals. Doc andClyde Hoy arrived from Dallas. Doe Isreconditioning the popcorn trailer whichhe will operate in addition to his dutiesas purchasing agent. Mrs. Hoy willoperate an office concession.

H. G. Starbuck has maintained sepa-rate quarters to overhaul his KiddieAuto Ride and concessions.

Dick Highland has contracted his GirtRevue and concessions.

Cavalcade of AmusementsGets Off -Season Dressing

TULSA, Okla., March 17.-Quarters ofAl Wagner's Cavalcade of Amusementshere is a busy spot. Staff has beenworking all winter, with every ride fore-man here, and many of the rides are Inwagons ready for hauling to the open-ing spot. New wagons have arrived andold ones have been rebuilt. There are65 men working every day, with fivepainters finishing fronts for new attrac-tions,

Johnny Beam has been in charge ofquarters since closing and General Man-ager Robert L. Lohmar has been heresince March 1 supervising the revamping.

All members of the staff are on hand,and practically all show managers arehere. Wagner announces that Lohmarwill be In complete charge this season.

Hale To Produce and HeadSeveral F. 8. B. Attractions

FRUITVALE, Calif., March 17.-Messrs.Chapman and Fault., owners and man-agers of the Foley & Burk Shows, an-nounce that they have signed contractswith Walter Hale, carnival press agentand showman, to produce and manageseveral attractions for their midway.which Opens late In April near Oakland,Calif.

Hale says he will re-create his CoverG1119 Revue, which recently closed Invaude houses and which features Ten-pins and her "Wine Glass" dance. GeorgeDeSllva will head Hale's staff.

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ROCHESTER., N. Y., March 17.-Mem-bership application from AmusementRide Operating Company, Inc., filed byM. J, Doolan. of Chicago, has been ac-cepted, bringing the roll to 144. ThePublic Relations Fund received $10 fromEsther L. Speroni, of Midway of MirthShows.

Personnel memberships for 1945 arenow available.

Altho the association is exempt fromthe payment of income taxes, it com-prehensive report of operations for 1941has been bled with the federal govern-ment, as required by law.

ODT warns truck operators that tire,must be inspected after each 6.000 milesor for each six months of operation. if

the mileage during that period is le,.than 5.000 miles.

Indications are that lumber will Con-tinue to be scarce for a period of twoor three months following the end ofthe European war. The availability ofsteel is expected to improve within amonth after the European war.

Indications also are that men over age34 will continue to receive liberal de-ferments, and altho a few may be in-ducted into service, the industry mayhe relatively safe In employing Indi-viduals over 34.

World Of Pleasure ShowsNOW BOOKING FOR 1945 SEASON

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-WANT-TO LEASE-WANTI have complete crew of capable, sober and reliable Ride Foremen, MasterMechanic arid Drivers to handle the following Rides for full season:No. 5 Wheel. Merry -Go -Round, Smith & Smith Chair -o -Plane, Tilt -a-Whirl,Octopus or Roll -o -Platte and two Kiddie Rides complete with good trans-portation. All Rides and Trucks must be in good operating litionwhen turned over to me arid I will keep same in perfect gonditionWire or write immediately and state Rides you have for lease and grosspercentage wanted. No Flat Joints or Girl Shows tolerated on Midwaywith above Rides. Operating territory in Southern States arid Florida inwinter. I book and manage Rides and know that territory. State yourproposition immediately as my men are waiting.P.S.-If one party has all of the above Rides or their equivalent I willconsider 50.50 on all Concessions, Shows and Front Gate.

JOHN F. COURTNEY 2109 North Kostner Ave.Chicago 39, Illinois

-STAFFORD'S UNITED SHOWS-Opening April 14th in Indianapolis, Ind.

RIDES: Will book Merry -Go -Round, Tilt, Octopus or Rollo -Plane, 25%.Bingo, Cookhouse, Custard, Candy Apple, Candy Floss, Ice Cream, BallGames, Cat Rack, Coca-Cola Bottle, Basket Ball, String Game, HighStriker, Fish Pond, Pitch-Til-U-Win, Darts, Clothes' Pin, Cig Gallery,Penny Arcade, Watch -La, Hoop -La, Duck Pond. Penny Pitch, Bumper,Iluckley Buck. Shows not conflicting. Wanted: Chairplaire man; alsoBillposter with transportation.This Show plays the State of Indiana and has contracted one of theworld's greatest free attractions, Capt. Billy Sells and His PerformingLions, for the season of 22 weeks. Fair committees, get in touch; nowhooking for 1945. All replies to

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CETLIN & WILSO1 SHOWSOPENING SAT., MARCH 31, PETERSBURG, VA.

CAN PLACE-Grind Shows of merit that don't conflict.1N PLACE-Penny Arcade. Glass House and Fun House.ILL BOOK OR BUY Eight -Car Whip, Tilt -a -Whirl or Fly -o -Plane.

CAN PLACE-All legitimate Concessions that work for 10c, exceptingShoot -to -Win and Bingo.

CAN PLACE-Foremen for Twin Ferris Wheels, Merry-Go -Round andCaterpillar. Second Men on all Rider. Workingmenin all departments. must he experienced or willing tolearn, as we pay top salaries.TOP SALARY AND PERCENTAGE TO ALL FOREMEN.

CAN PLACE-Experienced Assistant in Office. Must have referencefrom former employer. Will consider lady orgentleman.

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merit. Man for office Fun House, salary or percentage. Can

place clean Cookhouse that can cater to showfolks, StringGame, Cork Gallery, Pitch -Tit -Win, Jewelry, Hoop -la, Ball

Games and other merchandise concessions. Manager -Callerand Counter Men for office Bingo. Ride Help for 10 majorride; top wages and bonuses. Foreman for Spitfire and manto handle Kiddie Autos and Train, union Billposter that candrive truck, Sign Painter for truck lettering, sensational FreeAct. Ride unit now open. Michigan and Central Streets.

JOHN QUINN 95 Davenport St.,Owner-Monoger Detroit 1, Mich.

WORLD OF MIRTH SHOWS, Inc. th

WANTS Dancers, Specialty Artiste, Line Girls and Novelty Acts thatclick for our big GAYTEASE REVUE. Will teach Girls who wish tolearn with pay while they learn.CAN PLACE Girls for Posing Show. No experience necessary.ALSO WANT dependable Workingmen for both Shows. Top salariesout of office every week. People who worked for me or mydaughter, Jean Walker, write at once.

.411 replies toMABELLE KIDDER, Room 1138, Wm. Byrd Hotel. Richmond, Va.

WM. T. COLLINS SHOWSPRIDE OF THE NORTHWEST

22 BONA FIDE FAIRS 22 BONA FIDE FAIRSStarting June 18th in North Dakota

Will Buy or Book Octopus, Kiddie Ride or any other ride that doesn't conflict with what we hare.Want Shows with their own equipment and transportation: 10.1n.1 or Side Shew, 2 Olrl Shows.Fat Show, Snake. Hillbilly or any show or merit. AI Hubbard, write. Foreman for Fly -o -Plane.Bob Clivins write, lost your address. C. also use useful Ride Help that can delve semis. WantA.1 Truck Mechanic and Electrician. Few more Concessions still open (no °swim).FOR SALE - Light Plants, mounted on a 1032 2.Ton O.M.O. Truck that Is in A1 shape and hasWed rubber. Ono 35 Generator and one 20, ono Corn Oame 12.24 used only one season, one HI.Striker with two wheel trailer. All replies to:

WM. T. COLLINS, 406 ErIe Street, St. Paul, MinnesotaP. 8. - Chuck Olson, get In touch with mo at once.

L. B. LAMB SHOWSWANT

ELI FOREMAN, CHAIRPLANE FOREMAN and Second Man for Tilt.Top salaries, long season. Must join here. Wire, no time to write.Can place small Cook House or Grab, also Agents for office -ownedConcessions. All wire L B. LAMB. Atmore, Ala.

Copyrrgi-,ted

36 CARNIVALS The Billboard 31arch 24, 1945

with 5 Jack

PENNYPITCHGAMES

aGselet".Pore 530.00.&se 48,48",With 1 JackPot. $110.00,Pots, $45.00.

PARK SPECIAL WHEELS30" in Diameter. Beautifully Painted. Wecame in stock 12.18 -20 -24 -and -80 -numberWreols. Price 919.50

BINGO GAMES-ten= reg;:i:1: 7.00

1/3 Deem. en All Orders.

SLACK MFG. CO.124.126 W. LIM at. CHICAGO, ILL.

ASTRO FORECASTSAND ANALYSES

All Readings Complete for 1945Single Sheets, Typewritten. Per M..55.00Analysis, 3.p., with Blue Cover. Erien .03Analysis. 8-p., with White Cower. Each .... .15FOHCall and Analysin.10-p.. Fancy Co,.... Es. .05

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1.00

NEW DREAM BOOK120 Pages. 2 8.1 Numbers. Olmring nd Policy

1200 Dreams. Bound In Heavy Gold PaperCu,,?,. Good Quality Paper. Sample, 151.

HOW TO WIN AT ANY KIND OF SPECU-LATION, 24.p.. Well Bound 254

PACK OF 79 EGYPTIAN F. T. CARDS,Answers All Oumtlons, Lucky Numb., etc. 404

Singe Cards, Illustrated. Pack of 36 . 164Graphology Charts, 9117. Sam. St, Per 1000 56.00MENTAL TELEPATHY. Booklet. 21 P. 25e"WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE STARS." Folding

Booklet, 12 P.. 3.5. Contains all 12 Analyses,Very Well Written. 50.00 pee 100; Sample. 101

Shipments Made to Your Custornem Under Ye,Label. No checks accepted. C. 0. D. 215e: Deposit.Our mt.,' or ads do rot appear In a, merchandise.Samples postpaid prices. Orders are P. P. ExUa-

SIMMONS & CO.10 West Jackson Blvd. CHICAGO

Send for Wholesale Prices.

WANTEDWheel and Grind Store Agents

JACK GILBERTWorld of Mirth Showt

Richmond, Va.

HOCK -AMUSEMENT CO.Want to work around Chicago and adsorbs. ?Joveerery 10 to 14 day.. Bilk Foremen for Merl,Go -Round, No. 5 Wheel and Second Man forTilt; .Ise IsicehanIc that understands motors.Disbarred veterans given preference. Cowes-dons-Can taw Photo Gallery, Arcade, CorkGallery, Darts, String Game or other StockStores.

3011 Montrose Ave., OhIcago 25, 111.

TRACTOR AND TRAILERFOR SALE

810 Cab-Om-I:helms White Tractor and 20 ft.Stainless SIM Troller. 1000x20 tires. Pricebelow ceiling.

GORDY FREIGHT LINES1621 So. Canal Ss, CHICAGO 16, ILL.

Phone: Seeley 2051

W. J. DUNNEWANTS

0000 SIDE SHOW ACTS AND HELPAttractive Proposition to Outstanding Mind

Reading Act.Opening Saturday. March 3111.

Address: W. J. DUNNEc/o Hymn Bros.. Shows, Lubbock, Team

ANYONE KNOWINGthe whereabouts of the

EX -MRS. EDWARD HUGHSONContact FRED JOHNSON

312 W. Camden St. Baltimore 1, Md.

MOORE'S MODERN SHOWS

MIDWAY CONFABCommunications to 155 No. Clark St., Chicago I, Ill.

CARNIVAL ROUTES should be sent tothe Cincinnati offices of The Billboard.

HARRY E. WILSON, press agent forthe Marks Shows, accompanied by Mrs.Wilson, is visiting New York, his firsttrip to the big town in 20 years.

JOHNNIE WILLIAMS, Cleveland, hasbooked his Club Alabarn Revue withJohn It, Ward Shows.. . . JUMBO FINNtat show closed with Custer UnitedShows at Golden Meadow, La., to joinJohn F. Denton Shows at Pascagoula,Miss.

YELLING for help?

CHARLES HODGES, side show opera-tor at Eastwood Park, Detroit, has re-turned from the East where he hasbooked several new attractions. EarlEngles (kiddie rides) accompanied him.. . BILL BOJES and Art Mix were re-cent visitors at W. G. Wade Shows' quar-ters. . . HARRY MANNAS has leftCleveland to rejoin the Wade Shows.

COME HELL or high water-The Bill-board goes to prem.

MRS. LOUIS RILEY, of the Dixie BelleShows, is resting after a major opera -

JAMES M. BAKER, on leave from it

the merchant marine, is visitingMoore's Modern Shows and will visitother Midwestern shows before return-ing to overseas duty.

Lion at Owensboro, Ky.. . . MRS. RUTHMARTONE has returned to Kansas City,Mo., after a two-week visit with hersister, Floy Parker, in Dallas, . . .

CHARLES S. NOELL pens that he hasresigned as general agent of Wonder CityShows.

GETTING POOCHES out of pounds Isanother aign of spring.

ART CRANElt, press agent, and HarryMeyers, concession manager, of WestCoast Victory Shows, were visitors In LosAngeles.... W. S. MYERS reports frozencustard and csndy floss units have beenremodeled and painted. ready to leaveDupont, 0., for an April 1 date. . . .

MR. AND MRS. BIMBIE (BILLIE MACK)have quit trouping and will operate abarber and beauty shop in Wichita, Kan.

WHAT DOES your big building campaigncall for-post-war air castles?

T/SOT. MAURICE W. MYERS, formerConcessionaire of Dupont, 0., now withthe air force in Belgium, has beenawarded the Air Medal with four Oak -Leaf Clusters and the Presidential Cita-tion. . . . VIRGINIA JAEHNIG, frozencustard operator of Springfield, 0., hasbeen released from a hospital there fol-lowing a second operation on a shoulderinjury sustained at the Coshocton, 0.,fair last fall.

ONE OF THE BIG handicaps of thisbusiness Is bring a Johnny -Come -Lately,

WANT oven tho one own. the show.RIDE HELP ON ALL RIDES. COOK HOUSE.SOME CONCESSIONS STILL OPEN. WILL ROLAND CHAMPAGNE, owner mall-Frnmsn TOPS AND FRAMES FOR WORTH-WHILE 8110W8. tiger of Continental Shows, reports that

WInttequarters: PARMA, MO. he is ready for an early opening in New

York State, after which the show willtour New Hampshire and Vermont. . .

RUTH AND HARVEY GRIEBLING havebooked their concessions with the W. G.Wade Shows. . . . MR. AND MRS L. E.STEELE have left E. A. Bodart Showsof Wisconsin to tour with Dobson UnitedShows. Bob Coon, of Valparaiso, Ind.,has also joined the Dobson show.

MARCH USED TO BE the month whenwe hailed spring. early openines and robins.Now It's only the early openings.

RECENT VISITORS at Polish Fisher'snovelty shop in San Francisco wereHarry Breeden, Bernie Head, Harry Le-brecht, Midge and Charlie Cohen, CharlieLawrence, Walter Hale, Joe Archer. HarrySeber, George Coe, Harry Baker and Ar-thur Hockwald. . . . J. D. (WHITEY)HAMILTON pens from the Veterans'Hospital, Sulphur, Okla., that he maytour this season. . ALLEN TOBELLand Joseph 0. Orneallas recently visitedBobby Mansfield at Florida Sanitarium,Orlando, Fla.

TO BE A FINANCIAL carnival genius, amanager must be able to make more moneythan his builders and agents can spend.

GEORGE HAWK reports that his con-cession apace at Fairyland Park, KansasCity, Mo., which was destroyed by fire.has been rebuilt, . . . SAM BENJAMINhas left Kansas City, Mo., for Detroitto resume his duties at Walled Lake(Mich.) Park. . LEW DUCHEYE, whowas with J. C. Weer Shows and Eddie'sExposition last year, is playing piano

PVT. WOODROW JONES, formerlywith Johnny J. Jones Exposition, waswounded at Saint Lo and is now con-valescing at Oliver General Hospital,Augusta, Ga.

in Georgia night spots. . . . GILBERTKOURM has signed as Chief mechanicfor Barlow's Big City Shows, and Mrs.Vera Barlow is visiting her parents, whoare ill at Kittaning, Pa. . . , TOMMYFUZZ( L, has sold his Spit -Fire ride toH. W. Bartholomew and Joe FL Sharp.

WHEN A MANAGER brushed off a rideboy's touch with, "I'll take care of youlater," the boy yelled, "Like hell you will.I never extend credit to a manager I neverworked for."

ST. LOUIS, when the bluebirds call,will have, as usual, a flock of carnivalson the lots. Sam Fidler, owner of Fid-ler's United Shows, opened his No. 1

unit at 14th and Branch streets March10, while Mrs. Esther Speroni openedher Midway of Mirth Shows in the 4500block of North Broadway the same night.The next two weeks Will see eight moreopening on St. Louis lots, including JohnFrancis Shows. William Gullette andWilliam f Whitie) Davies's New ImperialShows, Charles Oliver's Mound CityShows and the Oliver Shows, JoeO'Brien's Lake State Shows, John Maher'sMighty Midway, Johnny J. Bale's BaleAttractions, and a No. 2 unit of FidlerUnited Shows.... MR, AN-13141MS. W. F.NORWOOD have a new house trailer, thegift of Mrs. Norwood's father, the vener-able Frank M. Sutton Sr., manager ofthe Great Sutton Shows. . . Lieut.Frank M Sutton Jr. writes his folks thatnext to them he misses the "carnivs"

AMUSEMENT DEVICES

MODERN DESIGN-DISTINCTIVE APPEAL

Moon RocketSky DiveCarrousels

Kiddie Auto Ride

ALLAN HERSCHELL CO., IncaNORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.

Solve Your Help ProblemGet a show for this mason that mo be run byYourself and one helper or yourself alone Ifnecessary. No not. Framed on any 14 to 20ft. front or larger and 30 to 40 It, deep.Good for a hundred dollars a day and moth tomewhen smod crowds are on !nice,. Clean.educational and thrilling. Wonderful flashyfronts and great shows inside. Each show hashad several 1.100.0n days.

Write for Info. at once on the "BOTQUET OFLIFE," al. on "JAP ATROCITIES -RE-TCRN OF GEN. MacABTFITTI." includingthe "BIG FIGHT FOR GERMANY." NowReady ,for Carnivals. Parks, Store BOO= andArcade,

C11.1.S. T. BUIELL & CO.NEWARK, OHIO

HEADQUARTERSFOR POPCORN AND SUPPLIES

For Circus. Carnival and Park Buyers. Pop-corn. popcorn boxes, Glassine bags, Season-ing, etc.

DELAWARE FOOD PRODUCTS CO.Delaware, Ohio

MARKS SHOWS, INC.NOW BOOKING

Shows, Rides, Concessions. Open early inApril. Winter quarters now open on Mid-lothian Pike, Route 60, 2 miles west ofRichmond.

Can place useful Help in all department,Address:

P. 0. BOX 771, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

BAILER'S GAME SHOPWheels. Skillet. Track, RoU Downs, RamieDazyles, Pea Pool End Tables, Soup Pee,Milk Bottles, Beery Metal and Aluminum.Pan Joints, Laydowrs, Buckets. Eight DieBlock, Bear Block, Waterfall Blowers,Bingo Blowers, Electric Bingo, MasterBoards, Bingo Cards, Coder and OverCloth, Beat the Dealer Cloths, PennyPitches, Bearing, Axles. Many OthenNot Mentimlol,2907 W. WARREN, DETROIT 8. MIC14,

HEDY JO STARWANTS WANTSnt,Tail3.11 Musicians and Girls for lure show.Hare ass girl.+. Would like to bear from fourmore. Evrierience unnecessary. Need Talker forGirl Show. Carpus Christi. 'Feb.; next week.Kilgore; then Tyler. Tessa: then north.

HEDY JO STAR. care Hills Greater Shows,

FOR SALEPOPCORN MACHINES

it Burch Canteen Model, 2 Crete. Gasoline withPeanut Attachment, 2 Crater Oat Mmhines withPeanut Attachment, 1 Cretor Aunieerrary Model,I Cretor Opportunity. 1 Mantel, 1 BuretsWorld'. Falr, 3 Star Profit Models. Also Pothcorn, Seasoning. Bones. Bam and SAIL

Consolidated Confections1116 & Michigan Ave. CHICAGO, ILL,

AT LIBERTY"Hall of Science" w Money Sl,kl.e High ChM

Attraction for Side Show Feature Aunctks.Babies Porn with Heads and Two Bodies, Mid

Normal. Abnormal and Caesarian Births,DR. R. GARFIELD or TOM 103DLLY

7612 N. E. 3d Place, Miami. Fla.

AlCopyrighted material

March 21, 1915 The Billborrrd CARNIVALS

WHEELSOF ALL KINDS

Tickets-Paddles-Lcrydowns

Complete KENO Outfits

CARNIVAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

GAMES, STRIKERS, ETC.

NOW AVAILABLE:2 MONKEY SPEEDWAYS, 20 FT., 3 CAR.

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY

Shill A, ailable

EVANS' BIG PUSHWrite for Catalog

H. C. EVANS & CO.1520-28 W. Adams St., Chicago 7

ALL THE PEANUTS

AND POPCORN

,You want.PENINSULAR WHSE. & TERML, CO INC.

TAMPA, FLA.

FOR SALEAn S Eli Wheel in A1 condition; 15 11 P. Electricmoist.. single phase 220 volt. $6,000.00 cob.Contact

0. W. "HOPPI' MOORE1302 S. Pacific, Oceanside, Calif.

ATTRACTIONSWorld's best attmetions for Side Shows, Carnivals.Museums. Store Shows. Cirrittes, Window Attn.-tines. Write for Fete Circulars todaa-

TATE'S CURIOSITY SHOPRt. 9, Box 366, E. Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona

and The Billboard most.... CARL ANDJIMMIE BYERS. owners of Byers Bros.'Shows, which open in Lubbock, Tex.,March 31, have purchased the Dieselplants, Roll -o -Plane and some motorequipment of the former Buckeye StateShows from Sans Levine.

BOB SCHOONOVER'S show, CaliforniaAmusement Company, moved to Oxnard,Calif., getting a fair and warmer week-end. Show turned in nice business forits initial week -end period.... RUSSELLW. FAULKNER paid his first visit in anumber of months to the Pacific CoastShowmen's Association in Los Angeles.

. . FRANK CONKLIN has left Los An-geles for Chicago, en route home. . , .

BOB ROBINSON, of Dodge Bros.' Shows,was in Los Angeles last week for oneof his periodical visits. . . . ARTHURHOCKWALD. who recently left the Pa-cific Coast Showmen's Association as ex-ecutive secretary, has left for Clevelandto join Mills Bros.' Circus. . . . MABELAND EDDIE BROWN returned to LosAngeles following a stay in PalmSprings, Calif.

A HOTEL MANAGER sent his bellboy toa mentalist's room to ask when he wouldpay his rent. "That's a financial question,"answered the mentalist. "Tell your boss tosend up $2."

ALEX TOLLIVER is now with CaseySmith Shows in Hugo, Okla.... SGT. C.0. BURCH, formerly with Rubin & Cher-ry Shows, recently visited Carl Larson,who Ls wintering in South Carolina.. .

PRANK (SHORTY) SMART will be withHappy Holmes this season.... TEX FOR -RESTER pens from Houston that Leon-ard Duncan's Harlem Swing Revue hassigned with the Cavalcade of Amuse-ments. . . BEN PARDO. billed as theGreat Lorenzo, mentalist, has signedwith the North American Exposition. ...THE GERRYS, mental act, are booked forDodson's World's Fair Shows. . . JAY-DEE THE GREAT, high act, will be thefree attraction with Peppers All -StateShows.

OCTOPUS ROLLOPLANE FLY -O -PLANEWorld's Most Popular Rides

EYERLY AIRCRAFT CO., Manufacturers, Salem, Oregon

GOLD MEDAL SHOWSOPENING SATURDAY, APRIL 7TH, AT COLUMBUS, MISS,

WE HAVE 17 FAIRS BOOKED, STARTING FIRST WEEK IN JULY

Want First Class Side Show and Several Grind Shows,

Edward Harris, Write.Can Place Several More Merchandise Concessions.

Want Sober, Reliable Second Men on Rides That Can DriveSemi Trailers. Top Salaries Paid.

All Address:OSCAR BLOOM, Mgr., Box 311, Macon, Miss.

DUMONT SHOWSOpen March 26, South Hill, Va.

Danville, Va., To Follow; Then North To the Defense Area AroundPittsburgh for 15 Weeks.

BERT ROSENBERGER, General AgentWant Legitimate Concession.: Duck Pond, Ball Games, Hoop -La, StringGame, Shooting Gallery, American Palmistry, Photo, Penny Pitches nodPea Pool. No Wheels or Coupon Stores Wanted.Want Shows: 5 -in -1 or Any Show Not Conflicting With What We Have.

Want Sober and Reliable Ride Help That Drive.Want to Book or Buy Rolloplane.

Address: LOU RILEY, South Hill, Va.

FIDLER UNITED SHOWS51 Unit Now Showing to Good Business in St. Louis

Want for r2 Unit To Open in St. Louis Also Next Week. Ride Men for Merry -Go -Round,Ferris Wheel and Tilt -a -Whirl. Can Place Legitimate Concessions of All Kinds.

All Address: SAM FIDLER. Mgr., 4217 N. Florissant, St. Louis, Mo.

yon 1.KIRKWOOD soirS

America's Best Advertised Midway

ZACCHINI 2 JIMMIE

OVER TWO SENSATIONAL JAMESON

FERRIS FREE ACTS HIGH

WHEELS 2 FIRE DIVE

LAST CALLOPENS MARCH 26th, RALEIGH, N. C.

RIDES- a ill Book or Buy Any Flat Ride With or Withoutn.

SHOWS_.Want Man To Operate War Show, Have Compete Outfit. Will Be Top MoneyMaser This Year. Real Spot for Ex -Service Man. Want Manley Show, Woods,

Come On: illusion Show, Any Naw or Hovel Show W. or Without Equipment.

CONCESSIONS-Candy Floss, Potato Chip, Photos, Hoop -La,Cork Gallery, String Game, Devil's Bowling

Alb,. Pitch Till Win, Glass Store, Clothes Pin, Slum Joints, HiStriker; Any Legitimate Concession. Opening for Few Choice Wheels.

Foremast for Parker Two Abreast Baby Q, and Chain. -Plane; Second Men on Rides, Canvasmen, Good ShowPainter, Semi Drivers and Useful Show Folks, Come On.

Will Place You. Top Pay To All.TOBY NEILON Wire, Good Spot for You.

CONCESSIONS ADDRESSTOMMY CARSON, Business Manager

ALE OTHERS

HELP

RALPH DECKER, Gen. ManagerBOX 2755 RALEIGH, N. C.

CAN GO ON LOT NOW1945-BUY MORE BONDS 1945

A. M. P. SHOWSWinter "JUGGY" All People Contracted

Quarters Now Open Acknowledge This AdTHIS SHOW OPENS APRIL 27THSeven Ride--Flve Shows 3OConcessions-Pros Act.

WANTED-Ride Help of ell kinds. Foreman, sutend Man tor Cheirplanc. Tilt, Kiddy Airplane,.sH0WS--Wild Life. Minstrel. Fun Rouse and tarl Show:. George West scants (dos for 'Sri Show.coliChWilONS--Penny Arcade, Custard, Dells. Stone Gam, others that wash for lye.

SPECIAL NOTICElir. "Monkey Drente" Anderson, Frank Kelly: Simon Krause. contact "Tufty." Jimmy Anderson.Jsuns, Dottie. Slinrty Mods, contact "Mitch.'

All Replies: Care A. M. P. SHOWS. 514 High St., Phoenixville, Pa.

OPENING APRIL 23d IN COSHOCTON, OHIOWith Sky Thriller, Free Act and Free Gate

Want Cook House or Grob Joint, Bingo, Hi Striker, Pan joint, String Game and any otherStock Stores and Ball Games. Shows with own equipment. Want Foreman and Second Manfor No. 2 Ride Unit for following Rides: Ferris Wheel, Merry -Go -Round and Chair -o -Plane.

HAPPY ATTRACTIONSHAPPY POWELSON, MANAGER, BOX 125, COSHOCTON, 0.

DO YOU WANT TO WORK ??GOOD PLAY GOOD TREATMENT LONG SEASON

FOR RIDE HELP THAT CAN DRIVE SEMISOPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 31

Address: JIMMIE BYERS, BYERS BROS.' SHOWS, LUBBOCK, TEXAS

SUNSET AMUSEMENT COMPANYOpening April 26 at Excelsior Springs, Mo.

wAN'r HELP WANT SHOWS WANT RIDESHave Equipment for 2 Ohl Loop -o -Plano

Ride Men who can drive. Semis. Shows open. Choir-osPlanoEleCtriclan, Wont Independent Shows. Kiddie Auto

Ceo. Mitchell, Palmistry, get In touch at once.P. 0. BOX 4613, Danville. III., until March nth; then Excelsior Springs. Me.

GREAT SUTTON SHOWSOPEN AT OSCEOLA, ARK., SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST

WANT TO BUY - 0000 7 TUB TILTA-WHIRL. Will Pay Cash. Wire Mo It You Want To Bell.WANT FOREMAN FOR 3 ABREAST SPILLMAN MERRY00410UNO. Will Pay Top eatery

and Furnish Plenty or Help to Handle It.Starkey, the Painter, Wire Mo Whon You Will Bo Here.

Address: F. M. SUTTON, Mgr., OSCEOLA, ARK.

mater

38 CARNIVALS The Billboard March 24, 1945

3000 BINGON. I Cap,. Lear) ohne. NO 60 dilvliale rards35 card.. $3.50; 50 card., $4.00: 70 cords, $4 60;100 card, 55.50: 150 cards, $11.25: 200 cards.311: 260 ford, $13.75; 300 cards. $16.50.Remaining 2700 cards 55 per 100 for card. only-markers or tally omitted.No. 3 cards-Heary. Green, Yellow. Red -Any.et of 50 or 100 earth, per card St.

3000 KENOMade in 30 nos of 100 rar15 r4teh. Played in 3row. across the rani. -not up and down. Light.mirth* earls. Per .at of 100 card, tally card,calling markers. $3.50.

LIGHT WEIGHT BINGO CARDSWhite. lateen. 'fellow. 1I.05 mi /Odle. portal eanithickness. Can he retained or dieraniesi. 3.000,Mee 5.7, per 100, $1.55. In lets of 1,000, 61per 100. Calling manors. eau.. 1104.Lae. Humbert Board. 6 In. type, 4 ft. by 16

ft., In 3 collapsible sections, non.electriul $75.003,000 .1.1 Pot Slips larips of 7 numbers).

per 1.000 1.11Al. W. Cards. 6.7; tifhlte. Orson, Red,

Yellow. 52.00 per 100.3.000 Small Thin -111rownis, Bingo Shama,

7 colors, padr of 26. 4.6. per 1,000 1.213,000 Featherweight Bingo Sheets, 11.s

Loon. $1.40 per M.Round Gray Cardboard Markers. 1800 for 1.00Thin Plastic Markers, brown ooloe, M 2.00An abate prices are transportation elm. Catalogand .ample CAR!. free. No prrsonal checks accepted.

Immediate delleery.

J. M. SIMMONS 41-. CO.19 W. JACKSON Blvd., Chicago 4, IIIInoh

1,000 GALLONS

FINEST ALUMINUM

PAINTCHROME FINISH

',do by U. S. Navy Front Factory. PackedI2 C..3000, 0, 130xeS.

Paste Aluminum S Vehicle Separate

Only $3.40 Per GallonF. 0. B. CHICAGO - CASH WITH ORDER

SUPERIOR PAINT d VARNISH CO.2256 Elston Ave. CHICAGO, ILL.

WANTED AGENTSBALL CAME EXPERIENCE

Good Opportunity To Make Money.Also Can Use Good Workman.

Consfans Concessions416 5. Hague Arc.. Columbus. Ohio

Ptiono: Ra 3501.

WAFTED TO BUY-FOR CASH

1.ny.fIer-Round. Ferris Wheel and TlitnWhIriAlso R1,111, No ill. ronuot

TOM MARTINO135 N. 21.1. Ave. Pnone: Melrose Park 3751.

Melrose Perk, III.or

SAM MARTINO1362 Jefferson PlIghwy (Petroleum Gas Co.

Now Orleans, La.-._...........--W. G. WADE SHOWS

Opening Moy I, Vicinity of DetroitWanted -Rides. Shows, Conusalons.

Permanent Address:19199 WoodingMm Drive, Detroit 21, Mich.

Telephone: UNiverstly 4-0055----eir-e-e-4-------------

WANTRide Operatur. I. r tp.eri t:o.Round, FrITitWheel. el:Wider:0 sad ilidee-0. For gale -3Sete of littler Hite. Find $100 takes them.

PRUDENT'S AMUSEMENT SHOWS124 CEDAR AVE PATCHOGUE. N Y.

AT LIBERTYSound Truck. .1-51, hullt likea CiM1111 tniek, manta] white. all lettered upIs' .how.. Will nut tide truck on for two Concr.:Mos.-one Popcorn and one Cork tlhootineGallery --Shoot the Jam," Write or wire

Al DEVINE1005 RROADwAY COLUMBUS, GA.

-RIDE HELP-Want Foreman for 8 Car Streamlined Whip,No. 12 Big Eli Wheel, John Cothran, Wire.Second Men All Rides. No operating, goodsalary, long season.FOR SALE - 25 KVA. 50 KVA. 100 KVATransformers. 2300 Volts. guaranteed.

Crescent Amusement Co.BOX 373, GASTONIA, N. C.

CLUB ACTIVITIES

Show men's League

of AmericaSherman Hotel, Chicago

CHICAGO, March 17.- Twenty -covenmembers have received 46,384.99 fromthe Mustering Out Fund, with 87 mem-bers still In service. It was revealed Inn report by the committee. Total fundrained is now 848.247 81.

Nearly 85.000 In cash and pledges weremerle at the Thursday meeting. Donorswere M. J. Doolan, J. C. McCaffery, Globe.Paster Corporation, Ed Kornrumpf, Mau-rice Franks. Smiley Duly. Pete Wheeler,Harry Simonds, Sam Arens,, Otis Stern,1. J. Polack. Sunny Bernet, Joe Strelbich,'tummy 'Thomas, Charles Zemater, AlKaufman, Leo Sennett, Orville Harris,James Campbell, Lester Davis, JoeBrown, Henry Thode, Richard Miller, RnyOakes, George Brooks, Jack Hawthorne,John Wulf, Morris Haft, Oliver Barnes,Jess Jordan. Vern McReavy. Fred Kress -man, Lewis Supply Company, G. L.

(See SLA cm page 45)

Show folks of

America,SAN FRANCISCO. March 17. - West

Coast Amusement Company's Nightbrought out a record crowd Monday (12),this preceding by a few days the 1945opening of the Show. Mike Krekoe,president of the trick, was praised asthe report of the Sick and Relief Corn-miltees Ball and Entertainment heldFriday (9) showed that In excess of82.500 was netted. Among other WestCoasters present were General Agent andMrs, William Jessup, Louis Leos. Mr.and Mm. Harry Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. AlRodin. Mr. and Mrs. M. Herman. Mr.and Mrs. Charles Walpert and RalphDeering.

Harry P. (Polish) Fisher spoke. andamong others presented by Preside=Sammy Corcnaon were Ben Bello, LoaAngeles; Mrs. Earl Gant), Mrs. Kelly Syl-vester, Sgt. and Mrs. Jack Rhoades, Mrs.Jack Eslick, Mrs. M. La Platt, Mr. andMrs. William Scott. Mr. and Mrs. JackAndreas, Danny Lewis, Mary Ragan, TonySoares, Mrs. Jennie Christensen, Mrs.Laura Ellen Winsor, Mrs. M. Fisher, BarryBredon, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hines, OscarWalker. Lucille Nunes. Chief Petty OfficerRamsey of the navy. Mrs. D. M. Michaels.and Edward Bernstein.

Chairman Dan Michaels, of the ballcommittee. WAS given a life membershipfor his untiring efforts on behalf of theorganization.

A minute of silence was observed inrespect to the late Mrs. Ella Weston,nationally known agent and producer.who died March 11. Full membershipswere voted to Drs. Herman Feinberg andM. Hersh, the staff doctors. Harry Sober,past president of the Pacific Coast Show-men's Association, was the chief speaker.

Pacific Coast

Showmen's Assn.623.12 South Grand Ave., at Wilshire

Los AngelesLOS ANGELES, March 17. -Regular

Monday meetings of the Pacific CoastShowmen's Association and Ladies' Aux-iliary were postponed because of theTacky Party sponsored by the auxiliary.FacIlitlea of the club were given over tothe event. the party netted the auxili-ary a neat sum.

Costume prizes went to Rose Rozardand Jack Hughes, first prize for bestdressed; Esther Carley and Harry Har-graves, second; Henrietta Townsend andStolle Linton. third. Mary Arnat and

(Sec PCSA on page 45)

Heart of AmericaShowmen's ClubCoates House. Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 17. -Ches-ter L. Levin, chairman of the buildingcommittee, reported that his committeeis functioning effectively and concreteaction is due soon. Clay J. Weber pre-sided, and Secretary G. C. McGinnlnshas !started a drive to get permanentaddresses and show connections of allmembers. Ladles Auxiliary memberswere luncheon guests.

Michigan

Showmen's Assn.156 Temple Avenue, Detroit

DETROIT. March 17. -Nearly 100members gathered at the meeting Mon-day for memorial services for Harry Les -singer, who died March 4. Chaplain Ed-ward H. Ford read the showmen's prayer.followed by the playing of a recordedhymn.

Guest speaker was Robert H. Pounds.commander of the Wayne County Coun-cil of VFW, who spoke on the rehabilita-tion of returning veterans. He explainedin detail the various agencies and facili-ties provided to carry out this work andurged our discharged members to visithis office. He lauded the MSA on Its ownefforts In behalf of our servicemen.

Herbert Pence, chairman of the sick(Sec MSA on page 45)

FULL PAGE OF DETAILS ABOUT A

GRE.I.T RIDEwill anntar Ie the Carnival Se,tIon Nell mita

WATCH FOR THEM !

BULLOCK AMUSEMENT CO. WANTSForeman and Second Man for Merry -Co -Round, also Ferris WheelForeman. Can use Concession Agents on legitimate Grind Stores. Agentfor Pop -Corn or will sell Pop -Corn Privilege.Opening early In April. We ploy park location for three months. Address

J. S. BULLOCK, Boo 1.14, Lawyers Road, Charlotte 5, N. C.PI Charlotte 30234

LAST CAUL LAST CALL

BEE'S OLD RELIABLE SHOWS, INCOPENING LAKE OITY, TENN., APRIL 11

WANT, duo to dinappointmont, will hook Bingo for melon. /Just he lame and flashy. Will also book50,0115; all other Coop...ions off1ee owned end 030 place few more Reliable Agents. Want Helptoe Conk House. Shows -Want Manager with Gide for Girl Show, we bare now top. Rides -WantRide Help for all Ride.. Wi ly quarter% or,en. CAM.' On 10. Can place useful Show People In allileptittol.... BEE'S OLD RELIABLE SNOWS, INC., R.F.D. Si, Wirlthenye, Ky.

IMPERIAL SHOWSOPENING MICHIGAN AND STEIN STS., ST. LOUIS. MO., MARCH 20TH

WANT FOREMAN FOR FERRIS WHEEL AND RIDE MEN FOR OTHER RIDESCAN PLACE THE FOLLOWING CONCESMONS:

Fish Pond, Popcorn. Peanuts. PitelsTillYouWin and Any Legitimate Concession.,Rearonable Rater end Good lemurs.,

WHITIE DAVIES WANTS AGENTS FOR SLUM STORES.All Others Address: WM. GULLETTE

r/o IMPERIAL 1HOWS. Michloon and Stein St., St. Louie. Mo.

SUNFLOWER STATESHOWS

Opening April 28th - Two Saturdays - TwoLiberal. Kama. - Army Payroll.

Now booking Concealers, all kinds What hay.your Want-WM sel X on Poo Coro,Joint, Diggers. Cork Gallery, Jingle Board. ter,dean Mitt Camp., Ball Gamest. Basket Ball, A,'Wright. CocaCola Bottle*, EfooPLa. Other. openWant Mansior with Girla for one Girl Mho.Will frame =all Five-inOne for good workerFrIng Makin, Half and Half, Buddha. Animal,Even:tidbit new. Will book any kind of a show.Want Second Men on Wheel and &dna Al.,man to handle new AiroPlime Kid Ride an,front entrance. Good Wart if Y. dd.. Willhook Itivup and Loop, 25% of craw War.Special AcroL Notice: We An not ear, pasrate. Will open April 28th ciao December la'.Showing west of Illighway Al from Nebraska t.Wain°. We carry no racket. Priviltee1dsh,worth It.For Oslo -10x12 Top, frame fib, 150, Me,...lc Pop Corn Cabinet Model. good. $65; new1441 Hall Game Hood, III, netting, back drop.nice joint. new. 5100; 4.4 Penny Pitch Board,!Me new, $20; 80 lo Wheel, factory WK.525: one 15 Pot. like new. $100: onePerfect Miniature klerry-Go.Round. Iomptam1.onee, Parker model, electric motor. 30 inchdia., 18 Inch bilk, (-rated. $125; two analShow Top. 11er24 ft. fair, VP) each; DeadIlan Loop. leas motor and chains, tint $300arts It. 21% &lards dm 11 of shore. Wire.write or phone 11. A. (30REE, Bo. 127, Pte.,36 W. Aranou Pass, Taw.

iNTEDPUBLICITY OR NEWSPAPER MAN

Must Know Outdoor Snowbuilnes.Start immediately In New York. Write faildetails hout etnerien,e, eon..". an,1 ear.Yourself and me time by 0,4:04 011,10.00salary derdred.

BOX 833. Co.., Ts* Billboard1584 Broadway . York 19. N. Y.

John R. Ward ShowsCAN USE

Few more Ride Men H. B. Shiva wantsPact WotrIng and lira Hayden, contacthim at once.

P. 0. BOX 148, Baton Rouge, La.

HAVE CHAIRPLANEWith Transportation. Also Mug joint willbook on Show or Park, or will lease Ride toreliable party.

J.tMES R. SIIEF'MANP. 0. BOX 238 ROYSTON, CA.

FOR SALE24 Ell Perri. Wheel Seat Covers.32 FL Littler Beauty Merry-Clo-Round Top.

In Pox Clam 17(011,,,

WANECONCESSION AGENTS OF ALL KINDS

CHARLES CHANEY1410 5. 151n 51 tit. Loots. Mo.

M. A. SRADER SHOWSin April Want to book Athletic Show and

here o very attractive proporeition for Ptt Show:have new tot* (pr both shown eau *bp placePenny Arcade Geek Show, Snake above as .meshow with their own outflt that does not wallet.

Address:M. A, SPACER, Roe 1886. Wichlta. Kansas.

WANTEDTM -a -Whirl or Octorms. Small Show and Canons

iltdr Help. Will pay cub for No. S EliWn...1. Playing beet territory In Maryland andIclaware. Small SIMPA

JOHN KEELERBox 41 florin Emit. Md.

WM. T. COLLINS SHOWSNOW BOOKING FOR 1903SHOWS AND CONCESSIONS

WANT RIDE HELPAddress: 406 ERIE ST., ST. PAUL. MINN.

EXPERIENCED CANDY PITCHMENWanted for

HENNIES BROS.' SHOWSWrite I. SCIORTINO

333 Beni Are. Buffalo. N. Y.

WANTEDCONCESSIONS - SHOWSFOREMAN FOR OCTOPUS

RIDE HELP OF ALL BINDSIIOIL7ND CITY SHOWS

1417 Grattan St.. St. Louli 4. Me.

WILD LIFE EXHIBITComplete Equipment for Sale

'we Classified Ad under "For Sale --Second Hand Show Property."'

March 21, 1915. The Billboard. CARNIVALS 39

FROM THE LOTSDodson's World's Fair Shows

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., MarchDaily arrivals are filling quarters of Dod-tiOn's World's Pair Shows here and allwork will be completed for the openingat Columbus, Ga., in two weeks,

John J. Cousins, advertising manager,and three men have arrived from theWest Coast and are set to leave for theflat stand with special paper.

Charles Go. has completed work onthe Fly -o -Plane and Bug House. MarvinHyland will again be supervisor of thePly -o -Plane. while John Watson willmanage 'the Big House.

Anton Pugel has worked over his rides.and Harry Suss has completed work onhis Daughters of Sin attraction.

Ray Cramer's Plains and Jungles WildLife Exhibit will feature 75 cages ofanimals in addition to eight head oflead stock, including an Abyssinianwild ass and water buffalo.-PAUL BAR-RON.

Geren's United At tractionsCORTLAND, Ind., March 17-Equip-

ment purchased from C. A. Goree atSharon, Eon.. arrived In quarters on sixsemis and two boxcars. Show will carry7 rides, 4 shows and about 35 conces-sions this season, with opening set forSeymour, Ind., April 14.

Rita and Dunn will be free attraction.

COOKHOUSE HELPWANTED FOR GOODING SHOW

Opening April 19Orldenerren - Walters - Dishwashers

Top Salary and Bonus to AllR. L. THOMA7,etrei,

Mich.2907 W. Warren.

Staff includes W. R. Geren, owner; FloydMcCarty, advance; Mrs. Ethel Emmitt.SecrelarY: Jessie Geren, treasurer: Ches-ter Pierce, transportation: HowardSnyder electrician: Bill Hilander, lot:Fred Haines, sound, and Fay Grohman,front -gate tickets -ETHEL EMIAITT,

Happyland ShowsDETROIT, March 17. - Happyland

Shows, operated by William 0. Dumasand John P. Reid. makes its bow April20 at Dearborn, Mich., and will playMichigan exclusively, as usual. Fairs al-ready contracted are Caro, Traverse City,Cadillac and Allegan. Happyland willcarry 9 rides, 8 shows and about 20concessions.

Staff remains the same, with John F.Reid, general agent; William G. Dumas,treasurer: R. J. Quick, electrician; JoeAlexander, night watchman, with thewriter again handling public relations.

Concessionaires include Ray Tahash,Burt Lamson, Eddie Miller, Orin Powell,Frank Selenski, 0. F. King, Eddie Marks,and the writer-PAUL D. SPRAGUE.

Fay's Silver Derby ShowsMOULTRE, Ga., March 17.-Fay's Sil-

ver Derby Shows concluded its openingtwo-week engagement here March 10. un-der fair weather conditions and reportedgood business. Show opened February26 with 4 rides, 28 concessions andshows.

Show's general staff includes E. J.Fay, owner; Mrs. E. J. Fay, secretary -treasurer; W. D. Reice, general agent; TedMeadows, lot man; Harold Hiatt, elec-

(SeC FROM THE LOTS on page 92)

Winter Quarters open!Bill Stokes, Billposter, wire us immediately.

AO

r .0 Acts that have written before, contact again. Lentini, write. Scale, 00

contact immediately Jimmy Hurd. Jol Shatzbcrger, contact Lew 0

0Barber. Fats Lorraine and John Hanna, write

0 Write MAX GOODMAN LITTLE ROCK, 0or Wire ARKANSAS 0

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WONDER SHOWS of AMERICA 0$#Monkeysii.,;;y3.1)itrlhgeertgto,liv.shS:ke Show or 1

"Just a BETTER Railroad Show"

CANPLACE#

Girls for Modern Revue (Office Show). 40

WILL BOOK ot$ OR BUY OCTOPUS or FLY -0 -PLANE

$ CONCESSIONSOPEN MIDWAY No Wheels or Coupons. $SLUM STORES, ATTENTION: Chick Franklin, 0

0 Matinee Specialist. is with us! 1

i HELP WANTEDIn all departments. Tractor and CaterpillarDrivers; Train Help, Ride Help, come on;

$"Polock" Johnny for most modern portable

OBIELECKI WANTS "'IPrestaurant M show business. $Lewis Waldon, John Kitchen, Burke Pike, Harry Ogliare-COME ON.

PAT BURKE CAN USE ONE AMERICAN READERWagons furnished for Rides, Shows, Concessions on arrival.

WANT OUTSTANDING FREAK TO FEATURE

BANTLY'S SHOWSWill book or buy Tilt -a -Whirl. Want workmen in all departments: Semi Truck drivers.Good pay, long season, plus bonus. All old help contact at once. Want Girls for RevueOffice Paid. Want Custard, Snowballs. String Came, Guess Your Weight, and Guess YourAge. Candy Floss, Long or Short Range Shooting Gallery, Cigarette Shooting Gallery, AmericanPalmistry.

c'o Imperial Hotel

SHOW OPENS APRIL 19Choice of Pennsylvania Territory

HERMAN BANTLYReynoldsville, Pa.

PAUL M. FARRISWants Agents for Slum Concessions and Pea Ball.

Opening about April 10.Address care SNAPP SHOWS, 118 Virginia, Joplin, Mo.

ROYAL AMERICAN SHOWSWORLD'S LARGEST MIDWAY

OPENING OUR 1945 SEASON - MIDDLE OF APRIL

WANT WANT

SHOWSFAT GIRL SHOW AND

MONKEY SHOWWe Have Complete Outfits

for Same.

WANT

HELPRIDE IIELP AND WORKING

MEN FOR Al.!. RIDES.l'olers, Chalkers and Train Help.

Also Canvasmen.Top Salaries - Long Season

RAVE FOR SALE

SKY ROCKET RIDEThe only one of its kind. Was built forthe Chicago World's Fair. Later purchasedand operated on Royal American Shows forthree years, and then placed in storage.

This is a giant loop -the -loop, carrying 16 passengers per load. A gnat flash and goodmoney -getter. Suitable for park. Ride overhauled and in A -I condition.

ALL ADDRESS:

CARL J. SEDLMAYR, ROYAL AMERICAN SHOWS,

Winterquarters: Fair Grounds, Largo, Florida

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EST. SINCE 1913

PRELL'SBROADWAY SHOWS

(Formerly Prell's World Fair Shows)

SAM PRELL LEO BISTAHY ABE R. PRELLGen. Manager Business Manager Lot Supt.

OPENING 1945 SEASONAPRIL 5 TO APRIL14

High School Grounds, North Charleston, S. C.

WANTED WANTED WANTEDRoll oPlane, Tilt -a -Whirl, Caterpillar, Fly -o -Plane. Ride Help in All

Departments. Truck Drivers, Ticket Sellers, Billposter With orWithout Car, Scenic and Sign Painter, Mechanic.Concession Agents, Grind Stores of All Kinds, Arcade, Lady Readersfor Mitt Camp.

Cash and Gertie Miller WantFreaks for Side Show - Novelty Acts - Girls for Specialties.

Motor Drome Manager With Motorcycles, Motor Drome Riders,Fat Show, Midget Show, Monkey Speedway Help.

Showmen In All Departments Who Have Worked for Me Before,Please Report.

All Address: SAM E. PRELLCharleston Hotel Charleston, S. C.

SECOND CALL SECOND CALL

ROGERS GREATER SHOWSRide Foremen and Helpers for Tilt -Whirl, Chairplane, Loop -Loop, TwinFerris Wheels and Kiddie Rides. Want to buy Octopus, Rolloplane withtransportation. Want Mechanical Show-Joe Teska, write. ConcessionsOpen-Frozen Custard and Photos. Sell exclusive, also other legitimateConcessions.Choice route of excellent cites guaranteed first in, followed by such fairs and celebrationsas LINTON, BOONVILLE, INDIANAPOLIS. WASHINGTON AND SPENCER. INDIANA;BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS; CHARLESTON, MISSOURI: HUNTINGDON. TENNESSEE, ANDOTHERS. Will book first-class Cook Hoses or furnish one complete to responsible coupleto operate. IVAN CAMERON Cr WIFE, WRITE., All inquiries address:

P. 0. BOX 647, JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

40 The Billboard CIRCUSES March 21, 19.15Communications to 155 No. Clark St., Chicago 1. Ill

THREE BOW IN L. A. IN 10 DAYSRussell Uses"Wait" Paper

Politicians snatch so manystands billing is handi-capped-Cronin is set

LOS ANGELES. March 17.-Three dr-euws, Cronin Bros., Arthur Bros_ anaRussell Bross will debut the season InLos Angeles and vicinity In the next tes,weeks- Cronin opens here March 24 andArthur Bros. In Oxnard. Calif., the fol-lowing Monday (261. Russell Bros be-gins an 18 -day run In the Pan -PacificAuditorium In Hollywood March 29.

Cronin Bros. started billing 10 daysago and the tent is now beincerectedat Washington and Hill Streets, Thistent is not the one that will be used onthe tour. It has no quarter poles and Isthe suspension type. Cronin will beginrehearsals as soon as the top is wt. Fea-tured will be La Tteca on the boundingrope, the combined EtannefordeSmitSriding acts, and the Cal and RuthThompson White Horse Troupe. Ken-neth Waite Is on band to arrange clownnumbers and Red Gilson Is prepping theband.

Arthur Bros, will move out of quar-ters In Canoga Park the day Croninopens, and will travel on 15 railroad esra.Everett W. (George) Coe is general agentand Ken Maynard is getting top billingjust over Cheerful Gardner's elephants.

Gardner reported he Is mulling a dealto train 12 elephants for the Wirth Cir-rus in Australia. If the deal jells he willleave at the close of Arthur's season andwill remain In Australia for a year. Hur-(Sec L. A. SITS 3 BOW on page 57)

K. C. Police SignH -M For 2 Years

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 17.-Evi-dently pleased with the production aridprofits, the Benevolent Association of theKansas City Pollee Department hassigned the Hamid-Morton Circus for an-other two years with an option for anadditional three years.

Howard T. Bary handled the promotionhere and declared that a sizable increasein net profits will be noted when thebooks are closed.

Hamld-Morton org opens in Wichita.Kan. tomorrow. Only notable change inprogram will be substitution of Walk-mira Girl On the Moon for Les Kimrts,which had previously been signed byOrrin Davenport for the St. Paul ShrineCircus.

Bud E. Anderson Adds Stock,New Canvas for 1945 Season

EMPORIA. Kan., March 17.-New rinestock and two camels for the menagerie.as well as new canvas, have been addedto the Bud E. Anderson Circus. Ander-son is breaking new Liberty pony andLiberty horse acts as well as high-schoolhorses.

Set for the program are the DeKohla.the Snyders. Chief Keys and wife, Marieand Happy Inter, the Wilkins Family,J. P. Buckley with dogs and monks, theBennetts. the Arensons, and Lee Hinck-ley and an eight -piece band.

Prank Zinger° has novelties, Speck.formerly with Wallace Bros' Circus. andhis associate. W. Hunt, will have grab.cookhouse. candy floss and the pit show:Tern Crawford. snow cones, and Mrs.Hinckley. popcorn.

Staff includes Jack Collins. generalagent: H. J. Lane. brigade with threepanel trucks: Harry Pitch. legal ad-juster, and St Ruben& secretary. PeppyJohnson. assisted by Joe Applegate andJack McCreary. Sias 20 teen working Inquarters,

THESE HAPPY SMILES were the result of Iry Polack turning over thelargest check since the inauguration of the annual Medinah Temple Shrine Circus.Chicago, to Past Potentate Arthur M. Gullickson, general chairman (left), -andNorman I. Kissick, recorder (center). Chicago circus is said to have grossed inexcess of 5100,000 and played to more than 70.000 people in 25 performances.Final figures will not be available until the books are officially closed nextNovember.

Sunbrock's `Super-Dooper' DoesSuper Biz; Show Wears 'Em OutLOS ANGELES. March 17.-Larry Sun-

brock's Rodeo and Thrill Circus proveda bonanza for Sunbrock at the Coliseumhere Sunday (111. with an estimated80.000 people attending. Sunbrocra fig-ure, given out during the four -hour -and -10 -minute show, was 96,423. With 52acts listed. It was a long drawn-out af-fair, with many people leaving beforethe finale. Promoter is believed to haveknocked off a neat $65,000.

With the show over, the performersseemed happy. Plorine Bale. executivesecretary of the local office of theAmerican Guild of Variety Artists, saidthat a contract had been signed and acash bond posted before the show startedInto preparation. While there were anumber of acts on the bill that were notunder AGVA jurisdiction. Wu Balesought to cover such performers asJohnny Gibson and His Hollywood SkyBallet. Dottie and Phil Phelps andothers.

Needless to say the busiest fellow inthe show was Sunbrock. He handledeverything from announcing to generaldirection. His announcing job wasnothing to get excited about. In making

up the general show. Sunbrock erred Innot combining a number of the smallerattractions. In fact, an act as large ASCheerful Gardner's five elephants waslost In the arena, which was the entirefootball field. Sunbrock even presentedthe Three Jumping Jacks, a trampolineturn: Phil and Dottie Phelps. head bal-ancing. singly in the large arena. Hadthe smaller acts been combined, the showwould have run off in two and a halfhours and been solid and sure-fire stuff.

Sunbrock papered In hue Sunbrockmanner. Radio spot announcementsfilled the air. Be used all sheets andwindow and bus cards galore. The news-paper advertising bill is said to have run$10.000. All of which. Sunbrock said.was paid In advance. A Londonish fogdescended late Saturday night. Whenthis happened. the spot announcementsnoticeably different in that -rain orshine" had been added.

Crowds began forming early at theColiseum box offices desplte the seatingcapacity of 105,000. There were a fewpasses. if any, the press nearly pleadingfor what It got. Seats ran from 50(See SCNBROCK RACKS on page 57)

WON, IIORSE & [PP COMBINED CIRCUSAn Equine and Canine Paradox-The Show With a Leaf of Gold

By Starr De Belle

Sifting Sands. Fla.March 18, 1945.

Dear Editor:Anything can happen around a fire -

car show that aspires to be the greatest.The three co -owners of this show be-lieve that for the she of it they havethe best show on rails. All one has todo to start 'em buying or building isto tell them that their show Lana asgood as another one. While playingTampa last week to bad Ws. a visitingshowman remarked that our show lookedtoo much like an overland trick to be areal railroader. That crack hit home.

We'll admit that when this show wasswitched from country roads to railsno changes were made in Its equipment.Our wagons are built on farm wagonrunning gear and look like big animaldens. The cookhouse wagon has an airwindow, with bars, under the driver'sseat, which makes It look like a realden. Under the title "Won, Marge &Upp Circus" is a line in smaller letters

which reads. "Performing Bengal Tigers,"It looks and smells enough like a cageto fool anyone,

Tho former laundry wagons, our redand white ticket wagons have been givena circusy appearance with hand carving,goldleaf and sunburst wheels. All ofour cages are of the old wagon -showtype, except for a few miniatures, whichwe think look the part. Our birds ofparadise miniature cage is decoratedwith pictures of giraffes on the sidepanels. The honey bear cage Is deco-rated with hippopotamus pictures. Weboast of the fact that our two ticketwagons are the only tableaux in show-biz that are light enough to be drawnby one horse. Yet there is enough roomon top for an Oriental dancer and aflageolet player, which glees us anotherband while on parade.

Believing what the guy in Tampacracked about the show. Manager Uppdecided to buy some big show equip -

(See Woe, Horse & Upp on page 57)

St. Paul ShrhieBig Click; GalsPep Up Program

ST. PAUL, March 17.-Osman TempleShrinera are heading for new attendancerecords here, with 30,000 persons la theSt_ Paul Auditorium for first six per-formances thin Wednesday night. eon-sIdesably over the figure of year ago forthe same period. Show had selloutsTuesday night and Wednesday matinee.Capacity Is 6,200. Rain Thursday affected,matinee and evening attendance.

Show was produced by Orrin Daven-port and was clocked in 2 hours and30 minutes, after Les Kimrts }canedTileilditY. The act missed the opening,as It did not close until Sunday night111) in Kansas City, Mo.

The program was off to a wobbly startat the matinee Monday. with the Oran-tos failing to complete their perch turn,and Capt. William Heyer not workingStarless Night. However. all hands wentthe route for the night show, and thetournament was featured, with MayorJohn McDonough In the line-up.

Using gold costumes designed for Rus-sell Bros.' Circus, Davenport presented 11girls on webs and two on cloud -swings.aided by 13 in harlequin costumes togive the production a big league touch.

Unusual publicity breaks followed thebirth of triplet cubs to Queenle. TerrellJacobs's performing tigress.

lazy Cerrone led the band. WhiteyWilbur and Hop Graham were propbosses. Harry Thomas was equestrian di-rector and announcer, and ClarenceMarine, assistant prop boss.

The progseam: 1-Tournament. 2-Clown acrobatics. featuring Hubert Dyerand Bill (To To) Alcott. 3-TerrellJacobs. 4-Gracie Orton, high pole. 5-Clowns. 6-Pony drill, Paul Nelson. 7-Beeswax, taximeter mule. 8-Cloud, jit-terbug horse. 9-Harold Poise Trio. bangPallenberga, Bears. 10-Disappearingclown. 11--Capt. William Beyer and(See sr., Pap! Rig Click on page 57)

Beatty's Work RunsAhead of Schedul%Dean, Sherman Set

YORK, S. C., March 17.-Poilownnt thereturn of General Manager Ralph J.Clawson from the North two weeks ago,activities were increased in all depart-ments and a number of labor-saving de-vices have been constructed. While InChicago, Clawson purchased wardrobe,flags and other equipment for the UnitedNations tournament.

Painting is completed, this season'scolor scheme being cream with red andblue lettering: grandstand, army green:blues, a bright red: stringers. dark blue,and grandstand chairs, dark orange.

Owner Clyde Beatty and wife. Harriett,accompanied by George Penny and wife,arrived Monday (12) from Port Lauder-dale. Pis,, and left Friday to rebuild andpaint all animal cages and semis at theBeatty Zoo.

Mr, and Mrs. Marshall Green arrivedthis week from Norfolk. Marshall joiningthe office force along wtth Arnold Ma-ley, who also arrived this week from At-lanta. Mrs. Maley is due next week

Harry Beckley is assembling his 10 -man crew of Milers and lithographers inreadiness for an early departure. Gener-al Agent William Moore left quarter,three weeks ago. Joan Brownlee andseamstresses are making wardrobe forthe aerial ballet of 14 girl..

The Flying lescaritas lslx people' andthe La Guerms, nix -girl acrobahigh -perch act, are due fromsoon.

Beatty and Clawson bare woenew lighting effects. Clawson wthe show ready to leave four cicto the opening stand, where rehearsalswill be held.

Yes Sherman and R. B Deanter har-handle advance publicity, the lat

ing been et quarters pan thne weekspreparing material for the PellSO

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March 24, 1945 The Billboard CIRCUSES 41

UNDER THE MARQUEECommunications to 155 No. Clark St., Chicago 1. Ill.

OPENINGS this week.

MAX BERTEL ex -member of theLopez-Ridder trio, has teamed up witha former partner and will appear withthe Ringling circus in a new act dubbedthe Chambertys.

WAGONS and show trains getting redder.,

ALBERT OSTERMAIER, who, with thefamed high school horse, Dohoes, was afeature of the Ringling circus, will notbe with the Big Show this season, hav-ing signed with Barnes -Carruthers forpark and fair trates.

CLOTHES may not make the man but afew uniforms help to make a circus.

ERNIE STEWART. aerial contortionist,Is re-signed with Bailey Bros.' Circus.

DON DORSEY and Dacy Deviney en-joyed a surprise meeting in Chicago lastweek.... BEN BENO, retired aerialist, hasresigned as custodian of the Pacific CoastShowmen's Association to join CroninBros.' Circus. Charlie Soderberg, highdiver, has been named to succeed Beno.

IT'S THIS TIME 'o the year when wehear: "This is one season that I'll save mydough."

CON COLLEANO will be featured inthe opening of the new Boulevard Roomof Stevens Hotel, Chicago, March 23. . .

HENRY W. MASON, billed as the Duchessof Dixon and Her Gay Boys, will clownfor Russell Bros. . . . DOUBLE TALKfrom Dick Manley-An elephant is apowerful pachyderm with a pendulousproboscis and a pliant posterior, pro-foundly pantomimic and positively pon-derous in proportion to a pag.

ARE the hard -to -get -along -with employ-ees naturally that way, or is it a result ofthinking themselves necessary?

ROY VINCENT, rope spinner, hasjoined Bailey Bros.' Circus. . . .

G. EVERETT COE, general agent forArthur Bros.' Circus, was a recent visi-tor in San Francisco. . GLARY GIL-LEM, lion trainer with Ray Bros.' Circus,was clawed during a rehearsal recentlybut without serious injury.... CHARLIEPERKINS, with Winstead's Minstrels formany years, is joining Austin Bros.' Cir-cus as boss canvasinan.

DON'T LET a sudden promotion make ahamburger aristocrat out of you. Necessity,as well as being the mother of invention,often promotes a man.

ISTUP WONDERINE WHERE THEY ARE,Hate Y. Seen

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For Pennsylvania Opening In Early AprilBOND BROTHERS' CIRCUS AND RODEO

Want for Big Show-Family Acts, Clowns, ElephantArt, Small Baud, Wad West Performers with orwithout stock. Bags Cancan., Seat Men, TruckDrivers, Side Show Slips, Ticket Sellers, LunchStand Help, Biller, and Lithographers for No. 1and No. 2 Trucks. Can place Concessions withoutgrift. Will buy for cash ass Domestic Animal Acts,30.0 Tent, Marquee, Side Show Banners andother useful equipment. GEORGE BARTON,RD .3. West Chester, Pa., or EDWARDSCHUSTER, 1038 Broadwny. Camden. N. J.

Telephone and Direct Con-tact Advertising SalesmanPennsylvania Labor Rec.!, A. F. of L. Weeklycirculation 50,000. To work on Harrisburg.Lancaster, York. Big special edition dated May 10th.

J. HATCHColumbus Hotel, Harrlabure, Pa.

OnIS Labor Paper in U. S. listed standard rateand data.

WANTEDBAR PERFORMERS

Long season. No objection to good amateur.

BOB EUGENER. R. 1, Box 151B, Llmona, Fla.

JOSEPH P. SCHAD, whose circus unithas been booked at fairs in Kansas,Nebraska and Missouri for several sea-sons, is manager of a grocery store InWichita, Kan. He may take to the roadagain the coming season, featuring hisnine -year -old son, Baby LeRoy, contor-tionist, . . . WILLIAM ROBERTS wasa recent visitor to R. W. Coles TrainedAnimal Circus quarters in Utica, Mich.. . . FRED (DUTCH) LOESER has leftfor Gonzales, Tex., where he will joinDailey Bros.' Circus as 24 -hour man.. . . JOE FERRANDO recently visitedwith Col. Zack Miller and a host of oldfriends who were with 101 Ranch inPonca City, Okla.

HAVE YOU NOTICED that when a radioartist mentions going to a circus it is al-ways the same old corny thing: "Let's goto see JoJo, the dog -faced boy?"

BILL PRIEST, with the I. J. Polack or-ganization since 1943, was a visitor atCincy office of The Billboard last Mon-day (12), coming in from Dayton,where he had assisted on the Polack pro-motion for the local Shrine. Priest Infosthat he is slated to join the Frank WirthCircus the middle of April. , . . CIRCUS(See Under the Marquee on page 57)

Minn'p'lis ShrineEvent Chalks NewTake, Crowd MarkMINNEAPOLIS, March 17.-Zuhrah

Temple Sistine Circus broke all previousrecords for gross and attendance, esti-mated figures for the five-day, 13 -per-formance run here (5-10) showed today.

Attendance figure was set at Just un-der 110,000 as compared to 98,000 at the1944 circus, with eight of the 13 per-formances sellouts, as against six selloutslast year. Gross will go to $100,000, butthe net is expected to be 910,000 or 812,-000 off due to federal tax increase, ac-cording to Joe Ste. Marie, general chair-man. Gross last year was better than890.000.

Only accident was Tuesday night whenEddie Polo, doing his rocket slide by thehair, ran into trouble three-quartersdown the line when rocket flared up. Hehad to be helped off by ladders rushed tohim and during Use "rescue" ClarenceMarine, prop man, was injured slightlywhen Polo fell on him.

Zuhrah Temple presented a check for86,100 to the American Red Cross. betterby 81,500 than the amount collected ayear ago by Red Cross volunteers at eachperformance.

Ste. Marie said the committee memberswere well pleased with the production ef-forts of Noel Van Tilburg and Mrs. EdnaDee Curtis.

Considerable favorable comment hasbeen heard on the style of spec, whichmany thought would slow up the open-ing. Zuhrah Band led the procession andstopped at the bandstand to play thenational anthem; then the parade num-ber was picked up by Hermine's Lillipu-tian band to put the show back on alively stride, while the show band wastaking its place on the stand.

Roanoke Jaycee Hits NewHigh; Williams SignS Again

ROANOKE, Va., March 17.-Local Jun-ior Chamber of Commerce's third an-nual Hippodrome Thrill Circus broke at-tendance records, according to the com-mittee. Altho opening was handicappedby rain, the remaining five nights wereturnawaya.

Featured acts were Will Hill's ele-phants, dogs and ponies; Mike Cahill,trapeze and cloud swing; Jean Dawn,contortionist; Henderson Trio, jugglers;I,aBella Troupe, acrobats; HardinkTroupe, bars, rollos and balancing; To-rella's dogs, ponies and Liberty horses:Great Gregoresko; Frazier, perch andwire; Slivers Johnson, comedy auto, andClowns Frankie Little and Oscar Truel.

William J. Lotz, general chairman, hasannounced that arrangements will bemade for a fourth annual show underdirection of Edwin N. Williams.

Crown Louis BrooksCowboy King for '44

FORT WORTH, March 17.-NationalRodeo Association Tuesday (13) awardedprizes to first -place winners in six eventsbased on the scoring they made at 50 af-filiated rodeos held during the last year.The presentations were made before acapacity crowd of 8.400 at Will RogersMemorial Coliseum, where the Southwes-tern Exposition and Fat Stock Show Ro-deo was in progress.

Louis Brooks, Sweetwater, Tex., forthe second consecutive year was pro-claimed champion all-around cowboy.He also won the bareback riding title.Other awards were made to WhitieStewart, El Reno. Okla., champion brookrider; Ken Roberts, Strong City, Kan.,champion bull rider: the late Clyde Burk,Comanche, Okla., champion calf roper:Andy Curtis. El Reno, Okla., championsteer wrestler, and Buck Goodspeed,Wetumka, Okla., champion steer roperBrooks scored 3.670 points in the variouscontests. Fuzzy Garner, Canute, Okla.,was second with 3,007.

The association will open headquartersFort Worth, as many contestants live

near here.Ralph R. Wolf, Waco, Tex., was elected

president, Roy F. Evans, Dodge City.Kan., first vice-president, and State Sen-ator Clyde Byrd, Little Rock, second vice-president. C. A. Studer, Canadian, 'Ibx..was named secretary -treasurer for thesixth time.

Flood Waters Threaten ColeQuarters; Damage Is Slight

LOUISVILLE, March 17.-When theOhio River flooded recently, Cole Bros.'quarters, a mile from the river, wasthreatened. Owner Zack Terrell andGeneral Manager Noyelles Burkhartcalled every available man into serviceand animals were transferred from thezoo cages to road cages, which werehooked together and kept in readinessfor quick removal from the grounds. Wa-ter backed up to the rear of the bullbarn and flooded the spur tracks. Thetrain was removed to downtown shops.

However, after reaching a crest of 37feet, the water started receding and zooanimals were returned to their perma-nent cages. Meanwhile, work continuesahead of schedule in quarters, nearly allwagons having already left the repairshops and only a few are left for thepaint -shop crew.

Production work is now holding thespotlight. Ballet girls will begin rehear-sal March 20 for the spec, The Caliph o/Bagdad.

SPRING IS THE TIME o' the year whentrees bud and grass turns green and likethe leaves in the fall, barns and fences takeon a variety of colors from freshly postedcircus paper.

Who Hit Who, orWhat Price Taxi?

CHICAGO, March 17.-Eddie Polo, iron -haired specialist, wanted to ride a taxifrom the depot to his hotel after return-ing here from the Minneapolis Shrinedate,

A cabbie drove him as far as the Mor-rison Hotel and then ousted him, swattedhim and tossed out his luggage, Polotold a Chicago Judge this week in ask-ing for a warrant.

A taxi company official reported thecabbie couldn't appear. as he was "restingin a hospital after a beatingiadministeredby Eddie Polo."

So far, two Joe Doe warrants havebeen issued; nobody arrested. Gals incourt were amazed at Polo's hair andfought for his bobby pins.

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Bud E. Anderson CircusOPENS EARLY IN APRIL

Can use two more Musicians. Write LeeHinckley at Winter Quarters.Would also like to hear from ono moreFamily Act and other useful people. Lane.get in touch with office.

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M. L. Clark & Sons CircusWants Cook, Clowns, Acts of all kinds. Man forLight Plants. FOR SIDE SHOW-Magician,Dancing Girla, Colored Baud, .y good actanswer. Jim Hydra and Pee Wee, answer. PonsRide onen. WANT TO BUT 40 by SO or 55with two 20 -foot Middles Top, 8 lengths or

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PRESERVOis being used today on all the battle fronts.You can still get PRESERVO to preserve and

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ATTENTION-COWHANDS, WILD WEST SHOW PEOPLEWANT RODEO UNIT-Two Brahma Steers, three Bulldogging Steers. three or four Calves forroping, Tuck or Fancy Riders, Repo Spinners. two or three good Bucking Horses. Must furnish andput up wire arena fence and chutes. Trucks to haul same. Wo furnish gas. One day stands only.Must bo ready to open April S at Selma, Alabama. Wire at once.

Bradley & Benson Circus, Selma, AlabamaCan place Side Show Boss Canyasman and Electrician to take taro of two new 10 K.W. InternationalLight Plants. All people holding contracts report Selma. Alabama, no later than April 1.

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105 Try forAOW ChampsCrider ARSAW. Schmitz Gives AwardsELIZABETH, N. J., March 17.-Many

honors were contested for In the fifthannual America On Wheels amateurroller-skating championship finals OttTwin City Arena, Elizabeth, March 9-10,under sanction of the Amateur Roller -Skating Association of tile Amateur Ath-letic Union. There were 105 entries inthe finals and represented contestantsfrom Twin City here, Boulevard Arena.Bayonne. N. J.; Capitol Arena. Trenton,N. J.; Casino Arena, Asbury Park, N. J.;Perth Amboy (N. J.) Arena; Passaic (N. J.)Stink; St. Nichol. Arena, New York, andMount Vernon (N. Y.) Arena.

Officiating at the finale were Oscar A.Morgan, president, and Ozzie Nelson.secretsry, AREA: Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeApdale. Earl Van Horn Dance and Flgttre-blotting Club:.Ethel Von Berg and AlfredMcCullagh, Pordham IN. Y.) SkatingClub: Walter Clancy. Matilda Klein andMr. and Mrs. Joseph K, Savage, St. Nich-olas (N. Y.) D. and P. C.; Theresa Lioeland Donald Decker, Holland D. and P. C.,Bridgeport, Conn.; Bunny De Lucia.P.srMnous (N. J.l P. and D. C.: BarbaraKline, Capt. George Werner and Mrs.Gladys (Koehler) Werner. Earl Van Horn,D. and F. 8. C. and Skating Club of NewYork.

A. 0. W. CommitteeAmerica On Wheel,' Dance and FIEUre-

Skating Committee was Bill Best, chair-man, and Eldora Best. Twin City Arena;fiddle O'Neill. Boulevard Arena. Perth Am-boy Arena and Mount Vernon Arena;Don Victor, Twin City Arena; Don Mar-shall, America On Wheels; Mrs. Lee Alex-ander, organist, and Charles L.anzottirecorded =Pic; Twin City D. and F S.Committee, Marion Holzhauer, WalterZitnlck and Jack Dalton. Receptionistsand hostesses, Mrs. Ann Leahey. TwinCity, and Mrs. Mary Lanzottl, Old -Timers'Club Kaydettes.

A dinner -dance ended activities March10 at Hotel Elisabeth Carteret, Elizabeth,where W, Schmitz, general manager ofAmerica On Wheels, presented theawards.

New ChampionsWinners in the various classes were:

Juvenile Girls' Figures: First, DianeLanzotti, Linden, N. J.; second, HelenHayes, Yonkers, N. Y.: third, Hilda Wein-berg, Passaic, N. J. Novice Ladles' Pig-tires-First, Violet Garnago, Clifton, N.J.; second, Mary Louise Leahy, Irvington,N. J; third, Eve Casale, Newark. N. J.Novice Dance-First, Jean Fisher andCharles Binniger, Jersey City, N..5.; sec-ond, Rose Marie Brantly and SeamanDan Yanovich, Perth Amboy. N. J.: third.Anne Leone and Marty Helmer, Bronx.N. Y. Novice Men's Figures-Pirst, Ed-ward Dolton. Elizabeth, N. J.; second.Jude Cull. Irvington, N. J.; third, JamesMurray, Bronx, N. Y. Ladies' Pair Skat-Ing-,-Pirst, Charlotte Ludwig and ShirleyLudwig (twins), Newark, N. J.; second.Doris Harrington, Elizabeth, N. J.; MarionHolzhauer, Newark, N. J.; third, NancyReuter and Lois Clark, Ellzabeth, N. J.Junior Mixed Pairs: First, Frank Salvage,Doris Harrington, Elizabeth, N. J.; sec-ond, Jude Cull, Irvington, N. J.; Char-lotte Ludwig, Newark. N, J.; third, JackDalton, Elizabeth, N. 3.; Eve C.ale,Newark, N. J. Junior Ladles' Figures-First, Irene Maguire, Brooklyn; second,Charlotte Ludwig. Newark, N J.; third.Doris Harrington, Elizabeth, N. J. JuniorMen's Figures-First, William Reed, Jer-sey City, N. J.; second, Frank Salvage,Elizabeth, N. J.; third, Jack Dalton,

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Riverside, Indianapolis,Has Bang -Up Roller Run

INDIANAPOLIS. March 17.-The rinkat Rivet -aide Park here has completed oneof the beet years In Its existence. Ses-e10159 are held daily from 2 to 5 and inthe evening from 8 to 11. The rink hasbeen booked solid Monday, Wednesdayand Friday since June by various clubsand organizations. It is open to thepublic Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday andSunday.

Despite severe weather conditions, H.E. Parker, general manager, reports at-tendance excellent during the winter.and held down only by the inability tocarry a complete line of highspeed skates.

One of the cloeing attractions was thespecial St. Patrick's Day Party, with Les-ter Huff, at the electric organ. Arrange-ments are being made for an early Bum-mer opening after the rink has beenredecorated and renovated.

CARL ANDERSON recently opened hisCoeur d'Alene (Idaho) Rink 20 milesfrom the large Farragut Naval TrainingCenter. Open nightly, except Mondayand Tuesday, with dancing Saturdaynights. '

ROCCO DURADO, operator of Kalispel(Wash.) Rink, reports a good businessat his 45 by 100 -foot spot which Is op-erated Wednesday, Friday, Saturday andSunday nights and Sunday matinee. Herecently visited Monterey Rink, Spokane.

GLENN C. HL"BBARD has been ap-pointed Washington State representativeof the RSROA. He operates MontereyRink, Spokane, now In its 14th year.Julia and Jim Metcalf have been teach-ing seten public classes a week in inter-national dances there for the past year.

INSTALLATION of a new 65 by 120 -foot floor will be followed with a new -type ceiling at Mrs. Anna Miller's Ar-cadia Rink, Walla Walla, Wash. Twocolleges, a near -by air field and a pros-perous wheat country provides thepatronage for nightly skating, withdancing scheduled on Saturdays.

MRS. JOHN EIZENZIXIMER Is operat-ing Skateiand Rink, Yakima. Wash.,while her husband is In Italy with thearmy. Due to shortage of help, rink op-erates only Wednesday, Thursday. Fridayand Saturday. A glass -enclosed space isprovided at the 40 by 100 -foot rink forspectators,

COLUMBIA RINK Kennewick, Wash.,across the Columbia River from Pasco.Wean., where a large naval air base islocated and a new DuPont industry hasmade it into a war -boom town, is gettingplenty of business, according to Mr. andMrs. W. F. Whittemore. operators. It isopen nightly to the public, with privateparties Mondays.

CITY COUNCIL of Halifax, N. S.. hasbeen asked to approve the opening ofa roller rink under canvas on the NorthCommon. Inability to locate quarterssuitable for a rink led to the plan touse a tent on the city -owned recrea-tional property. This would be the firstfacilities for roller skating under canvasprovided in Halifax.

Elizabeth, N. J. Junior Dance-First,Nicholas Covino and Jeanne Tiedemann,New York: second, William Reed andDoris Matturo, Jersey City. N. .1; third.Andrew Lisovsky and Mary Petronchek.Garfield. N. J. Fours-Skating-First.John Callahan, Elizabeth, N. J.; MikePetras, Newark, N. J.; Doris Harrington.Elizabeth. N. J., and Marion Holzhauer.Newark, N. J. Second. Jude Cull, Irving-ton, N. J.: Edward Dalton, Elladbeth, N.J.: Charlotte Ludwig, Newark. N. J.. andShirley Ludwig, Newark, N. J. NovicePairs (inixedi-Firat, Murray, Bronx. N.Y., and Hayes, Yonkers, N. Y.: second,Callahan, Elizabeth, N. J., and Leahy,Irvington, N. J.; third, Reed, Jersey City,N. J., and Clark, Elizabeth, N..7.

FROM THE LOTS(Continued from page 39)

tririan, and "Shorty" Lowe, superinten-dent of rid..

Concessions staff: "Popeye" Harring-ton, novelties; Wanda Meadows. photos:Mrs. Cella Hiatt, 1; Guy White, 2; EarlWhite, 1; Tom Ryan, 2; "Whine" Mulford,I; Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Rel., 2; W. D. Reice.1: Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, I; Mr and Mrs.John Hanson. 2: Mr. and Mra. HankMeier. 1; Herman List, 3; Mr. and Mrs.Jack Allen. 1: Mr. and Mrs. Herb Beard, 2;Mr. and Mrs. Doc Swan, 1; Mr. and Mrs.

"Slim" Shelton, cookhouse. Mac Mitcbell.1; Mr. and Mrs. 0. Norrnandlne, 1; Jim-my Green, 1; "Red" Couch and G. Nor-mandlne, Ferris Wheel; Fred Harris andGoerge King. Loop -o -Plane: Floyd Paceand Frank Smith, Chair -o -Plane; KatieLowe, Kiddie Autos.

Shows are Jungle Land. Walter Lang-ford, manager, Mrs. Langford, ticketsReptile, "Shorty" Lowe, manager, FayLong, tickets; free act, the Great Lavonia.Pay and Kinney Etzel returned from Ak-ron in time to open with their PerriWheel. The show will play Georgia, Ten-nessee, Indiana. Illinois, and Wisoon-ain.-KATIE LOWE.

Wallace Bros. ShowsJACKSON, Miss., March 17.-Three

Ethiopian "monkey children" have ar-rived at Wallace Bros.' Shows quarters,accompanied by Sid Crane, James Che-yenne and L. H. (Curly) Puchelle, whosigned a five-year contract with themother of the children, Mrs. Zena Seri&Tyler, Tex. The contract was signed fol-lowing the death of their father, AS':Sects.

The "monkey children" will be fea-tured on the Wallace Bros.' Side Showand special paper is being prepared. Bet-ty Lou, the Elephant Girl, will also befeatured.

Jackie Bale Is back in quarters aftera visit to New Orleans. Jack Frost is on aabort vacation. Visitors included Mr.and Mrs. John Wtlander of the Worldof Today Shows.-HARRY GREY.

William T. Collins ShowsST. PAUL, March 17.-E. H. Smith,

secretary -treasurer for the late Capt.John M. Sheesley, has signed as assistantmanager for the William T. CollinsShows. Staff includes. in addition toCollins as owner and manager, Mrs. Col-lins. secretary -treasurer; Father Hartley,rides superintendent; Henry HIngst, lotman; Alcide (Frenchy) Pepin. electri-cian; George Gosnich, painter; Bob Calk-ins, Merry -Go -Round; W, Thompson,Perris Wheel: Nels Nelson, Loop -o -Plane;Jack O'Brien. Chair -o -Plane; FrankIlachacek, two kiddie rides. Concessions;Blackie Hyson, Jack Walsh, Emily Wil-son, Harry Lottridge, Ray Sonnenberg,Harris Johnson, Mrs. Hingst, Ted Pappas,George Crable, Bob Robinson and R. C.Mills.-BILL COLLINS.

Ellman United ShowsPEWAL'KEE, Wis.. March 17.-Mr. and

Mrs. David J. Prevost are in quarterswith the Ridee-O. Prevost will -have alunch oounter for his help that will beplaced on the midway during the fairdates. Leo Ripley has two concessions.and Mrs, Ripley, Ice cream. Anna =-man has purchased a new custard ma-chine, and Charles Ellman, a new Pack-ard Clipper.-DAVID J. PREVOST.

Virginia Greater ShowsSIsresaLK, Va., March 17. - Manager

Rocco Masucci and Bill Murray. generalagent, have entertained many visitorsrecently, among them Mr. and Mrs. HalBirdsong, president of the SuffolkChamber of Commerce: Jack Nurney,vice-president of the National Bank ofSuffolk; Doc Holland and J. P. Dalton.chairman of the Suffolk Red Cross drive.Org will be ready for opening early inApril -BOB MILLICAN

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March 24, 1945 FAIRS -EXPOSITIONS The Billboard1. Communications to 155 No. Clark St., Chicago 1, Ill.

World's Fairs Reach Talk StageN. C. State Fair BillGets Assembly OK

RALEIGH, N. C., March 17.-The jointagriculture committee of the State As-sembly has voted to favorably reportidentical Senate and House bills author-izing the State Board of Agriculture toconstruct and finance facilities and im-provements for the North Carolina StatePair by borrowing a sum not exceeding$100000.

Bill authorizes the board to issue bondsfor the loan, no part of the principal orinterest to be paid out of the generalrevenue of the State, and the credit ofthe State not to 'be pledged for the loan.

Under terms of the bill, the boardwould be authorized to enter into con-tracts to carry out the purposes of theact, to pledge gate receipts or otherrevenue from operation of the fair and toinvest in the loan not to exceed 10 percent of the available surplus in the ag-riculture fund.

Oregon Seeks Bigger TakeFrom Pari-Mutuel Revenue

PORTLA,.ND, Ore., March 17.-Dog andhorse racing in Oregon would be requiredto kick in more heavily to the Statetreasury under plans being drafted bythe Legislative Committee on Ways andMeans in session at Salem.

The committee is preparing a bill afterState Senator Angus Gibson declaredthat the State should have a bigger cutfrom such revenue. The State now leviesIA; of 1 per cent on money that is bet at

the countyfairs get 21_ per cent and the race pro-moters take 9V; per cent.

At a committee meeting. Gibson de-clared that the State's share should beincreased to 21,.L. per cent, part of this tocome out of the promoters' share and therest out of the winners' share.

The State realized $72,000 out of thisrevenue source in the last biennium.Gibson estimated that his proposal wouldincrease the State's take to $350,000 abiennium.

"Millions of dollars of Oregon moneyis going to California every year as thepromoters' take from the dog races inPortland," Gibson said. "If the State isgoing to permit these races it should getsomething out of it...

Red Deer Exh'n Considers5 -Year Rebuilding ProgramRED DEER. Alta., March 17.-A four -

man committee has been set up to studythe feasibility of rebuilding the Red DeerExhibition buildings. Owned by the cityand operated by the Red Deer Agricul-tural Society, the grounds are the site ofthe annual three-day exhibition.

Recommendations as to the require-ments. costs and length of time whichwill be needed to restore the buildingswill be made by the committee. It hasbeen suggested that a five-year buildingprogram be started. A sum of $25,000 hasbeen suggested for the rebuilding pro-gram.

Lewis Co., Lowville, N. Y.,Cooks Up Strong Show Fare

LOWVILLE, N. V.. March 17.-LewisCounty Fair has booked a strong line-upof amusement features for its 1945 ces-sion.

The midway contract has been awardedto the King Reid Shows. George A.Bamid will present the grandstand at-tractions and the night revue.

B. Ward Beam's International Con-gress of Daredevils is set for the openingday and the WLS Barn. Dance will appearon Saturday, Secretary Cyril Seymour

Vancouver Exhib.NameTooConfinincr'Board Seeks Chancre

VANCOUVER. B. C., March 17.-Ma-chinery to change the name of the Van-couver Exhibition Association was set inmotion at the organization's first lunch-eon for 1945.

Members of the board of directors,feeling the name it has had for 30 yearsis "too confining altogether" and thatthe fair is no longer a local show, willcall an extraordinary meeting to decidewhether or not to change it. Muchpublicity and recognition of the scopeof activities of the association has beenlost Because of the confining nature ofthe present name, directors say.

Past presidents John Dunsmulr andWalter Leek pointed out that in solicitinggrants from provincial and federal gov-ernments a name conveying the widerinterests of the organization than isimplied in Vancouver Exhibition wouldbe of advantage,

New names suggested included CanadaPacific Exhibition and National PacificExhibition.

Among plans before the post-warplanning committee are construction oflarge ornamental gates at the entranceto Hastings Park, new buildings andrelocation of present facilities.

Vancouver Fair Men InvitedTo Safari by Belgium 'Buck'

VANCOUVER, B. C., March 17.-Be1-gium's "Frank Buck," who lost his zoo-logical specimens during a bombing raidin 1940, has invited the Vancouver Ex-hibition Association to accompany himon a safari in search of a fresh stock ofJungle denizens.

A communication from the pre-wardirector -proprietor of the zoological gar-dens at Berchen-Brussells. R. Henry, re-questing the assistance of the associationin reopening his business, was read atthe board of directors meeting at HotelVancouver. Henry suggested that im-mediately after the war a start be made.He requires young lions and adults,hyenas, panthers, bears, antelopes, kan-garoos, etc.

$25,000 Fire DamagesColiseum at Ottawa

OTTAWA, March 17.-A large wing ofthe Coliseum on the grounds of theCentral Canada Exhibition here was de-stroyed early last Sunday by a firewhich caused a loss estimated by thearmy at $25,000. The building, 60 by150 feet, was being used as a sergeants'mess by the Canadian Army. In pre-war days it was the fair's horse barn.

Last summer the fair's Machinery Hall,Used by the army as a garage, was de-stroyed in a spectacular blaze,

Wis. CentennialPlans Still in Air

MILWAUKEE. March 17.-Plans for thecelebration of Wisconsin's Centennial In1948 are still in the air, due to a conflictof ideas as to what part the State Fairshould take in the celebration.

The plan advanced by Milton H. But-ton, director of the Department of Agri-culture, to have the centennial at StateFair Park for from six weeks to twomonths has met with strong opposition.Milwaukee planners feel that thereshould be a Joint celebration, but theycontend that Button's proposal meansdirect competition to the city's plan fora celebration on the lake front. Newmembers of the centennial committeestated that they favored a celebration atFair Park running no more than two orthree weeks. "In my judgment." saidCommitteeman Robert McBride, "it wouldbe a, losing proposition after two weeks."

McBride said the committee wouldwork for harmony between the city andState.

Rittenour Again HeadsU. S. Trotting Association

MILWAUKEE, March 17.-At the an-nual meeting of the U. S. Trotting Asso-ciation held here. Monday (12), GeorgeW. Rlttenour, Piketon, 0., was re-electedpresident for his seventh consecutiveterm, Mrs. Don A. Detrick., Bellefon-taine, O., was re-elected executive secre-t

The association is preparing for a fullprogram if the government ban on rac-ing is lifted. Reports presented showedthat 5,029 horses started in 1944 events,compared with 3,773 in 1943. Purses in'44 totaled 42,643,977, against $1,313,-028 In 1943.

Over 500 Boys and GirlsExhibit at Tulsa Jr. Event

TULSA. Okla., March 17.-More than800 exhibitors and Judging contestantswere on hand this week for the MagicEmpire Livestock Show and Sales atTulsa Fairgrounds. The show openedWednesday (14) and ran thru today.

Annual banquet of the assa-lation washeld Wednesday night at Hotel Mayo.with officials of Sears, Roebuck & Com-pany as guests of honor.

A total of 959 animals were on thegrounds, entered by 509 boy, and girlsfrom 30 counties.

General Manager William B. Way andhis staff handled the Junior Fair.

WLS Bureau Bookings UpCHICAGO, March 17.-WLS Artist

Bureau, according to Co -Manager EarlKurtze, on March 1 this year had 109fairs booked for the 1945 season against82 on the same date last year. First dateskedded is July 2 at the North DakotaState Fair, Minot.

Barnes, Duffield, RAS GetMinn. State Fair Contracts

ST. PAL'L, March 17.-M. 11. Barnes,representing the Barnes -Carruthers FairBooking Association, and Frank P. Duf-field, representing Thearle-Duffield Fire-works Company, were awarded thegrandstand and fireworks contracts, re-spectively, for the 1945 Minnesota StateFair at a meeting of the State fair boardheld at the St. Francis Hotel here,Wednesday (14). Royal American Showshad previously been awarded the con-tract for the midway.

W. S. Moscrip, president of the board,presided at the all -afternoon session.The board did not sign a thrill show, but

reports. at the next meeting, May 1, it is hoped

that the end of hostilities in Europewill have been reached and that theremay be a possibility of some restrictionsbeing lifted that will permit the boarda freer hand. There was some talk ofbooking a rodeo to take the place ofharness racing, but the board turnedthumbs down for the present because itclaimed rodeos had not been a drawingpower in this area,

Besides M. H. Barnes and Frank P.Duffield, Billy Williams, of Williams &Lee, and C. W. Hinck, former thrill -showproducer, were present t the meeting.Black has hopes of being able to stagean air show this season. A premium listof $35,000 was authorized.

Chicago OrgsLag on Plans

Los Angeles, New Orleans,Detroit reported readyingbut eyes are on Windy City

CHICAGO. March 17.-With half adozen cities already advancing plans forpost-war world's fairs, proponents of sucha plan for Chicago are fretting over theinactivity of organizations here thatwould be expected to get behind themove. As far as Chicago is concerned,the next world's fair is strictly In theconversational stage. It seems as thoeveryone agrees that the Windy Cityshould have a fair, but no activationof the thought has taken concrete shape.

A former Century of Progress official,who has just returned from an Easterntrip, talked to many industrial leaderswhile there. He says: "A most interestingpoint is that industry expects Chicagoto have a post-war fair and wonderswhy general plans have not been begunor an organization has not as yet takeneven nebulous shape."

Several Chicago business leaders whomTire Billboard has contacted express theopinion that a fair as big and as suc-cessful as a Century of Progress couldbe held after the war if the right peopleget behind the idea now and carry itthru. They also are agreed that It wouldbe a great thing for the city and thecountry at large. It would have un-limited educational and industrial pos-

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Latin-American Funspots ProsperCompare WithThose in U. S.

Operation successful evenwith restricted operation-new field for Yanks

CHICAGO. March 17.-Central andSouth American amusement parks areprospering. according to Leo Hamilton.who, with his wife, Ethel Marine. hasJust returned from A three-month en-gagement at Coney Island in Caracas.Venerueln

South American parks are much thesame as those In the States, Hamiltonears. with the same _kinds of rides andconcessions. But there is one importantdifference, he says. As a rule the parkaoperate only on Saturday and Sunday,yet they get enough patronage on thosetwo days to make their operation highlyanceeitirdni.

Coney Island at Caracas Is laid outmuch the same as American parks. Ithas 11 rides and a large number of con-cessions; no shows. Novelty acts are pre-sented as a fret attraction. Admiesionto the park is 10 cents. The aerial act ofEthel Marine. billed as the "AmericanEagle," was presented at the matinee onSaturday and both matinee and night onSunday. It received wide publicity andwas a feature attraction.

Coney is owned by Sam Beckerman, anAmerican, and Joseph Velaga, of Caracas.Beckerman hails from Connecticut. Someyears ago he took a number of rides toCaracas for operation at the park. andlater bought an interest in the spot.Beckerman and Velaga also operate apark in Panama. Next fall they intendto open parks In Santiago. Chill, andLima. Peru. Veins Is coming to theUnited States next month to purchaserides for the new funapote.

The weather. Hamilton says. La idealfor almost year-round operation of out-door attractions. Caracas. situated highin the mountains, has an equable tem-perature, seldom going above 85. withcool nights. The people of the region areenthusiastic fun lovers end very appre-ciative. There are Just two classes inCaracas, Hamilton declares, the well-to-do and the poor. There la no in-betweenstrata. American thrill rides have astrong appeal to the people, and thewell-to-do are liberal in their patronage.Acts playing there are treated with thegreatest consideration. Chief difficultyoor.fronting American acts who want toplay South America la transportation.Some spots can be reached convenientlyonly by plane, and it is not always pos-sible to obtain air transportation forrigging and props. After the war. withgreatly Improved tranaportation facilities,it Is expected that a profitable field willbe opened up for acts from North Amer.ica.

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1929 model LUSH SKOOTER CARS, goodcondition, 5100 cash. Also 2 Park type,stationary horse, 3 row, 48 foot MERRY.CO -ROUNDS, 51,500 each. Coed condition.

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`Miss America' OffTo Corking StartATLANTIC CITY, March 17.-Leonora

8. Slaughter, executive director of the"Miss America" contest, returned to theresort this week from a 4,000 -mile tourof the South with 14 signed contracts forpreliminary contests for the 1046 AtlanticCity Beauty Pageant.

Reporting to Arthur S. Chenoweth,president of the pageant board of direc-tors. Miss Slaughter said that the tourhad done much to spread word of Atlan-tic City's annual pageant and that herreception had been warm in every Statevisited. The tour took her thru Maryland,Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia.

She said that pageant preliminarieshad been arranged in each of thoseStates, in addition to city contests inMiami and Washington and a State-widecontest for Teem. Moat contests will beheld In the late spring, she said, with alarge part of the entries coming fromschools and colleges.

After her conference with Chenowethand with Albert H. Skeen, executive eke-prealdent of the pageant. Mlas Slaughtersaid that a almilar tour of the Midwestwas in prospect for later this month.

Chi Riverview Opening SetCHICAGO. March 17.-Riverview Park

opens May 16. There will be no newattractions this year. according to GeorgeSchmidt. manager, who aris-s the park willgo along as usual until after the war.A crew of painters will soon start workof redecorating rides and buildings.

Happyla.ud Ballroom OpensVANCOUVER, B. C, March 17.-Hap-

pyland Ballroom, the first unit in Van-couver's itappyland Park to open for theseason, got away to a flying start Satur-day night (3). This season Doug Ass--mond and orchestra, with songatromJuliette, arc on the stand.

TORONTO-A menagerie in miniaturehas headed for the coo in Sidney, Aus-tralia, from this city's zoo. Included inthe shipment were two bears, two alli-gator., an opossum, two owls, two rac-coons, ale 1.quirrela, four prairie mar-mots, three turtles, three vulture., a fox.a night heron, a bittern and two skunks.

Green Oaks,Chi Kidland,Bows in April

Spot Embraces 20 Acres

CHICAGO. March 17. - Green OaksKiddieiand will make Its bow in Aprilas one of the most ambitious kiddie -parkdevelopments of recent years. The fun -spot, which Is owned and will be oper-ated by M. J. Doolan, will start with adozen or more rides, an elaborate open-atr refreshment pavilion, a free play-ground, and various other features thatwill have a particular appeal to thekids.

Work on the spot has been progressingthruout the winter and, while there havebeen some delays due to the difficultyin obtaining supplies, most of the at-tractions will be ready for the openingdate. Full-size rides will include Merry -Go -Round, Ferris Wheel. the new Eliflat ride, and Chairplane. Kiddie rideswill include Whip, Merry -Go -Round, twoauto rides, pony track. Chairplane. min-iature steam railway, miniature gasolinerailway, and taunting cart.

The spot, which embrace.; 20 acres.will have a large free playground forsmall children. It will be equippedwith a wading pool, swings, sand box.slides and other devices. A feature ofthe park will be a large open-sIr re-freshment pavilion, with tables shadedby attractive umbrellas and surroundedby shrubbery. Landscaping plans include large rock garden.

Expo, Aurora, Ill.,Adds New Features

AURORA, nl . March 17-ExpositionPark here, operated by Orville Fox. opensabout the middle of May with severalnew features. Fox informs The Billboard.In addition to the rides already in thepark. Fox is Installing is Ferris Wheel anda Chair -o -Plane. A pony track also 1.5

being added.Preparations are being made to open a

roller rink, which will be under manage-ment of Fox's son. John. recently hon-orably discharged from the navy.

Exposition Park Hotel and the adjacentswim pool will operate as usual.

Harry Illions Preps RidesFor Four Major Fun Plants

JAMESTOWN. N. Y.. March 17 -Tak-ing advantage of excellent weather. HarryA. Minns, owner -manager of CeloronPark here, has a crew of 25 men at workMetalling new rides and getting thingsready for the new season.

In addition to Celoron, !Mons willhave rides at Belmont Park, Montreal:Virginia Bench, Virginia Beach, Va.. andPair Park, Memphis. At Celoron, threenew rides and a Crystal Maze are beinginstalled. with preview skedded for May10 and 20. Regular season starts May 28.

Executive secretary of Celoron Is Mrs.Ella Swank, with Margaret Williamsonas assistant. Henry S. Gettman la picnicsuperintendent. with Thomas Moore asassistant. Henry Royer la park superin-tendent; Charles Carson in charge of re-pairing riding devices. with Eddie Beachon the Roller Coaster, and Marion Abbottand a corps of assistants on miscellane-ous rides.

Illions states that the park's Pier Ball-room has been open every Saturday dur-ing the winter and has played to good

business. Carl Westerline is manager,and Harry Mcfrane In charge of bar-tenders. The skating rink, under man-agement of Oscar Zimmer. operates sixdays a week and has had exceptionallygood business. Illions says.

Belmont Opens EarlyBelmont, In Montreal, opens for a pre-

view May 5. Illions has seven devices Inthe park, among them the Magic Carpetand the Laff-in-the-Dark. SamuelKnickerbocker. Peoria. rat., is in charge ofthe devices, with Frank Watkins as as-sistant, and a corps of experienced ridehelp from the Quebec provinces.

Illions has signed contracts with JackGreenspoon and Dudley Coopers, of theVirginia Beach resort, for his Laff-in-the-Dark and Magic Carpet, which will be incharge of Marion Abbott and Tom North.

In addition to contracts made for twode luxe Ferris Wheels at Fair Park. Mem-phis, lillona is negotiating for the in-stallation of -the Bozo and Rapids ride&now stored at Toronto.

Manpower SituashIs Ops' Big WorryCHICAGO, March 17.-Biggest worry

confronting park operators at this timeis the manpower situation. Most parkmen are confident that they will be al-lowed a sufficient quota to fill all vitalneeds, but the uncertainty prevailing asthe time nears for opening of the season.has ops in a quandary.

Most of the people employed in amuse-ment parka last season have been work-ing in other lines during the winter,many of them in war industries. Howmany of them will be free to return totheir park jobs, or will want to return,can not be determined at this time. Theparks, along with all other industries.must cut their staffs 10 per cent.

Some operators have been speculatingas to whether their quota would be de-termined on the basis of the numberemployed during the park season or overthe entire year. A3 the government hasfigures and data on park operation. It ispresumed that the quota will be gaugedby the staff employed while the park wasIn operation.

Easter To SeeFew N. Y. SpotsGrindin"Em In

NEW YORK. March 17.-In view ofthe early Esster, few, if any, of theamusement parka In the environs of NewYork will be open over the holiday(April 11 week -end. Henry Guenther'sOlympic Park, Irvington. N. J., is set toopen May 19. The Rosenthal& have notyet set a definite opening date for theirrebuilt Palisades park on the Jersey sideof the Hudson. but have tentatively settheir premiere for a mid -May date.

Opening of Tilyou's Steeplechase Parkat Coney Island will be early in May,depending on the manpower situationand the weather. Status of Luna Parkis still a muddle, with several partiesjockeying for control. Luna has notbeen rebuilt since last summer's fire andonly a small section of the plant isready for operation. Individual ride andconcession owners at Coney Island willprobably open on Easter Sunday andoperate on week -ends until regular full-time season gets under way.

Playland, Rockaway Beach. opensDecoration Day or the week -end preced-ing. Playland. Rye Beach, will probablyfollow its wartime procedure of openingpartially on week -ends as soon asweather conditions are favorable andprovided gas rationing remains aufff-clently liberal to permit motorists to in-dulge In Sunday driving.

In general, the park situation In theNew York area is much the same as thatof last season, excepting that Luna ParkIs an uncertain quantity as a resultof last summer's fire, while Palisades(N. J.) Park will emerge as one of theflashiest funapota in the East as a re-sult of the thoro face-lifting it hasundergone after last season's tire.

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March 24, 1945 The Billboard PARKS -FAIRS 45

Resort Ops Propose14 Protective Measures

For Jersey BeachesATLANTIC CITY, March 17.--Milliona

of dollars worth of New Jersey beachproperties have been washed to sea, andfederal funds are needed for protectivemeasures, representatives of 29 large andsmall resorts from Barnegat Inlet toCape May Point declared Isere this week.They told Colonel Clarence Renshaw,chief of the Philadelphia District, ArmyEngineers, that no other money is Insight to prevent future ravages of stormsand erosions.

In Atlantic City alone, said MayorJoseph Altman, 300 feet of beach has

it been washed away since 1936, and atsome distant date the sea will have car-ried off $100,000.000 of assessed valuationunless relief is forthcoming. Anotherspeaker said erosion took 5,000 acres ofbeach in the last 85 years.

The Shore representatives met withColonel Renshaw under provisions of abill passed by Congress in December, or-dering a survey of the damage done bythe September 14 hurricane for guidancein appropriating funds for flood control.

Representative T. Millet Hand told themeeting that any federal aid would beearmarked for future protection of theNew Jersey Coast and not for rehabili-tation of hurricane -distressed communi-ties.

Consensus of the speakers was that asystem of Jetties Is needed, one thatwould be co-ordinated along the entirecoast so that extensive protection inone area would not tend to cause furthererosion of shore line in unprotectedplaces.

Atlantic City's municipal and privateloss in the September 14 hurricane wasplaced at 84,500,000 in figures submittedto Colonel Renshaw by CommissionerWilliam F. Casey, director of publicworks.

The loss in Ventnor City was esti-mated at 81.000,000 by Mayor Harry S.Hodson. Other figures for both mechan-ical and private damage were: MargateCity, 81,200.000; Longport, 6300,000;Brigantine, S475,000, and Cape May, $2,-000,000.

NAME YOUR GRIEFParks-Fairs-Carnivals-Special EvertHas the manpower slinmape impaired t,efficiency of your executive personnel? Willthe absence of experienced assistants reduce theeffectiveness of your planned promotional andPublicity campaigns! Are you interested incontacting local erten:tors that are both par-ticipating and active? If in any capacity yourorganization Is minas what it takes to merityour approval. I'll help you nut during 1945.Write me. Would you care to have the plansand details fora midway show . . . original inidea and one having a six sponsor appeal, thusmaking each night a Saturday night? You mat'Dare the settly plans for the asking. Build ityourself. If not otherwise engaged will frameit as a going concern and you can take it onfrom there. 'Would you like to increase therevenue from your fair plant? You might likethe idea. You..may have it without the slightestobligation. Write me. If at liberty I'll assistYou in oinking it all possible without under-writing. Ilow come all shirt Government prior-ities and requests that automatically canceledin 1940 all contracts held by me covering threeoutstanding permanent proieete-under chambersof commerce in three Ifidwest cities. Eventsdependent for success on long distance patronage.An now deferred until 1946. If I can be ofassistance phone, write or Wire.

J. ALLEN DARNABYOak Crest, Evanston, Illinois. Greenleaf 1500.

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Concession Operator With Equipment-tomanage all concessions and amusementdeals for hotel, pier, dining room, cocktaillounge, sods fountain, bath house, 5000'boardwalk. etc. Season already started.Will reach peak lune, luly and August.Contact MANAGER, Beach Hotel, St.Augustine Beach, Florida, between March19 and April 1.

Around theGrounds

COOPERSVILLE, Mich. - Berlin Fairwill be held as usual this year, Mrs. Har-vey Walcott, secretary, advises. All offi-cers were re-elected for 1945. "Last year'sfair was very successful," says Mrs. Wal-cott, "and we have paid in full for ournew grandstand built to replace the oldone which was blown down in 1941. Ourspecial attractions will be furnished thisyear by Barnes -Carruthers and WLSArtists' Bureau."

MINERAL POINT, Wis.-SouthwesternWisconsin Fair board has slated August31 to September 3 as the dates for the1945 fair. Committees for the fair are:Ground, Harry Rohr, Will Grange andSidney Severson; finance. Frank Jueck,Gordon Shepherd and Thomas Teague;entertainment, Harry Speich, S. Seversonand Ernest Graber; advertising, D. M.Morgan, Frank Jueck and ThomasTeague; concessions, W. E. Peters, H.Nohr and A. A. Schnurr; speed, ErnestGraber, Frank Jeuck and H. Speich; ex-hibits, Parmley Harris and W. Grange;parade, Harris and Peters.

WORLD'S FAIRS TALK(Continued from page 43)

advances in science and industry whichare taking place as a result of the warwill furnish the basis for the greatestexposition of all time, and a world's fairin Chicago is the logical place to intro-duce them to a large segment of thepublic, these men assert.

Said one business man: "It seems thatLos Angeles, New Orleans, Detroit andother cities are already advancing plansfor post-war world's fairs, but industryis waiting to see what Chicago will do,due to the prestige gained by A Centuryof Progress and the fact that this cityIs an ideal exposition center."

Several Chicago groups have recentlyheld meetings to discuss the possibilityof holding a fair but, as far as can belearned, nothing concrete has developed.

PCSA(Continued from page 38)

Lloyd Busby won the booby prizes.Judges were Ted LeFors, Everett Coe. BillMyers and Lou Johnson. Past PresidentEdith Bullock and Harry Hargraves ledthe grand march. Prize waltz was wonby Mr. and Mrs. Marienthal; Jitterbug byDolly Kays and Harry Crosby, and secondprize to Mrs, Croaby and Bud Scoonover.Kilpatrick ork furnished music, and But-ters' bicycle act was featured.

Over 200 people were served a spaghettidinner. Bank Night went to Moe Eisen-mann. Door prizes were won by TedLeFors, Sam Brown and Mrs. HelenI)eFord. Donations were received fromRuth Korte and members from theCrafts shows; Fern Redmond and mem-bers from Mission Beach; Virginia Kline,Marge Chipman, Mrs. S. W. Shepherd,Jane Allbright, Carolyn Krek., MabelStark, Jolly Lee Dawlen, Pauline Burdess,Marie Jones, Marie Jessup, Elva Rockwelland Lillian Shue.

Officers Marie Tait. Betty Coe, MabelBrown, Jenny Perry, Helen B. Smith andElsie Zukor worked hard to make theparty a success.

VISA(Continued from page 38)

and relief committee, reported that GlenHockett is Ul at home; Daniel Corr, Jr.,is still at the Pawling Sanitarium, andStanley Moytl, who went to Arizonanine months ago, is still in poor health.

Co-chairman Harry Stahl. building

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fund committee, stated that a specialwall memorial plaque will contain thenames of all brothers donating to theSpring Building Fund Drive and eachdonor will also receive a certificate suit-able Tor framing.

Louis Wish arrived from California andimmediately joined the servicemen's"Hall of Fame," as did Ben Moss, makinga total of 11 memberships so far, with 18more to go. Requirements are simple;each member buys $100 In War Bonds tobe given to a fighting brother designatedby the Service Fund committee.

President Jack Dickstein was assistedat the rostrum by Harry Stahl. BienMoss, Louis Rosenthal, Bernhard Rob-bins and Arthur J. Frayne.

SLA(Continued from page 38)

(Mike) Wright, Jules Wolpa, John Smart,Max Brantinan and Pat Purcell,

It was decided to return the annualdirectory to the banquet and ball pro-gram, limiting listings to $10 each. Sec-retary Streibich will handle the listingsuntil a committee is appointed at a laterdate. The Showmen's Exhibit Commit-tee wasinstructed to continue function-ing and to make post-war plans for con-vention features.

A diagram in plaque form of Show-men's Rest was presented for the club-

rooms, showing the location of eachgrave. The sick committee reported thatJoe Archer has been released from thehospital but still has his arm in a cast.H. H. McClellan, E. W. Weaver, LarryLawrence. William J. Coultry, LouisRosen and Jack Arenz ace on the sicklist.

J. Doolan presided, with MikeWright, J. C. McCaffery, Edward A. Hockand Joe Streibicb at the table.

Ladites' AuxiliaryA social was held Thursday (8), with

Elsie Miller, Nan Rankine and Ida Chasein charge, in honor of Second Vice -President Viola Fairly. Many prizes wereawarded.

Viola Blake has left American Hospitaland is recuperating at home. MarieBrown still at convalescent home of Mar-tha McKay in Minnesota. Maude Geller,Carmen Bishop and Agnes Hendersonare also on the sick list. Frances Kellerpresented Charles Hall, of the Showmen'sLeague, with a box of homemade cookies.

Mrs. Edward A. Hock reported thatthe annual card and bunco party willbe held Friday, April 13. in the WestRoom of the Sherman Hotel. Regularmonthly donation of doughnuts was sentto the servicemen's center.

Margaret Filograsso was hostess of thesocial March 15. Next social will be heldMarch 22.

LIBERTY PARK -BALTIMORE, MD.PLAYING TO THE LARGEST DEFENSE AREA IN AMERICABooking now for the opening May 1st.

Now Is Your Opportunity. Don't Wait. Book Today for theBiggest Season in Park History its Baltimore.

RIDES WANTED: Merry.GoRound, Ferris Wheel, Scooter Cars, Tilt.a.Whirl, Chairplane, Whip, Loop or what have you.

KIDDIE RIDES: MerryGo-Round, Whip, .Autos, Aero Plane, MiniatureTrain.

BALL GAMES, GRIND STORES, MUG JOINT, AGE, WEIGHT andHOROSCOPE, p/c or flat. 3 GRAB JOINTS, Nuts, Corn, Applesand Candy. Frozen Custard, Bingo, Penny Arcade, Portable RollerRink, Fuss and Glass House.Write: P. 0. BOX 204, Hampden Sta., Baltimore 11, Md.Wire: LIBERTY PARK ENTERPRISE. 210 E. Lexington St.,

Baltimore 1, Md.

FOR SALESPILL3IAN PARK CAROUSELLE

Formerly Operated in River Park, Winnipeg, Canada!Machine is In first dais shape, needs a little paint to brighten up. Tenhorse electric motor, beautiful organ with over hundred rolls music.Animals include lion, giraffe, ostrich, tiger, pig, frog, cat, ostrich, deer,goat, stork, horses, ete. All in perfect shape.

E. J. CASEY SHOWS79 CRAWFORD AVE., NORWOOD. WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

Expert designs, plans, reportscoasters, rinks, pools, etc. HARRY A. ACKLEY

Park and Pool Engineer VERNON KEENAN

Coaster Engineer CARL P. BROSCH

Registered Landscape Architectand Land Planner

and estimates for parks, fairs.

HERALD BRADLEYRegistered Architect

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46 The Billboard ROADSHOW FILMS March 24, 1945Communications to 155 North Clark Street, Chicago 1, Ill

Battle LoomsOver 16mm.Pix OverseasRiskin Tries To Sell PlanHOLLYWOOD. March 17.-Non-the-

atrical films. most of them 16mm. to beshown overseas, are the innocent causeof a minor battle here.

Robert Riskin. chief of the OverseasMotion Picture Bureau of the Office ofWar Information, Is trying to get themovie studios and the State Departmenttogether on a plan under which the"selling America" campaign of OWI inforeign countries would be continuedwhen OWI fades out of the picture sixmonths after the war. Riskin is cur-rently in Hollywood trying to interestmovie moguls In a proposition which heclaims is "an opportunity for Hollywoodto render a national service and at thesame time build a mountain of good willfor itself."

Riskin's plan, which he says has theapproval of the State Department andsome New York movie executives, callsfor the film firms to set up a non-profitorganization to handle the productionand distribution of OWI-type documen-tary short subjects for non -theatricalshowings overseas. Pis would deal witheducational, cultural, medical, scientificand other phases of American life. (Asimilar plan is already in use in Latin-American countries, worked out by theOffice of the Co-ordinator of Inter -American Affairs. The Billboard, March17.1 'Purposes of such films. according toRiskin, would be to "sell the benefits oflife in a democracy."

The documentary company would befinanced by the picture companies, andthe facilities of the various Hollywoodplants would be used for their produc-tion. An advisory policy board, includinga representative Department,educators, scientists and film producerswould work with the company. Riskinexpects the film capital's talent to con-tribute its acting, writing and directingservices.

-Reversing the usual government-filmcompany subsidy arrangement prevalentin other countries, the movie industrywould be asked to contribute an esti-mated $1,000,000 for production of thefirst year's quota of 24 short subjects.

MIMI NEW and USED16mm. SOUND SUBJECTSAMERICA'S GREATEST SOUND FILMBARGAIN. LEADING BANDS. VOCAL-ISTS and STARS, AT THE AMAZINGPRICE OF 57.50 PER REEL . .SEND FOR LISTS.

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SUBJECTS1 Reel "Life of Christ," S.O.F. ...515.00M U LTIPRISES wetshurt'. Conn.

CLEARANCE SALE35M31. SOUND FEATURESNearly 200 Features to choose from. All Films guar-anteed. Victor Ithian. Silent Projector, motor drivenwith 750 -watt lamp, like egvr, only 385.00. -Queenof Jungle," thrilling wild animal aerial, 35mm.bound, new print, $250.00. Big list of Bound asuun.Marta at 83.50 per met up. Star Spangled Bannertrailer, new Print, 34.00. 2000 feet shipping caws,34.00 each. Prolector Statute, $10.00 pair. FilmSplicer, 80.50 each. Holmee Bound 55mm. Edtprater Protector, less amplifier and sneaker, $205.00.Other Silent 35mm. Protectors, 845.00 cad,. Othersupplies. We have largest taster surely in county'ry.What do you need? Get our lista free.

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This is one of the features of the planwhich is most objectionable to the filmindustry, which cannot see why Itshould be called upon to finance a goodwill program for the government. Afterthe first year, Riskin figures. the annualsubsidy might be less, depending on thenumber of films which might bring re-turns from commercial exhibitions.

"Princess & Pirate"Most Popular FilmWith Armed Forces

WASHINGTON, March 17.-The Prin-ces, and the Pirate was the most popularfilm, from a box-office standpoint, withthe armed forces in 1944. according toan announcement released this week bythe United States Army Motion PictureService. Each year, as a service to thepublic and the film industry, announce-ment is made of the 10 most popularpictures with army personnel as reflectedby their attendance at army theaters.Certain Continental bases are also in-cluded in the tabulation.

The nine other most popular pictures,in order of popularity, were Thirty Sec-onds Over Tokyo, Arsenic and Old Lace,Since You Went Away, To Have andHare Not. Battling Beauty, Going My1Voy, Pin -Up Girl, Up in Arms and Kis-met.

Industry Gets SetFor 7th War Loan

NEW YORK, March 17.-Preliminaryplans for the Seventh War Loan werediscussed at a meeting of representa-tives of the motion picture industry,called at the request of Ted R. Gamble.director of the War Finance Division ofthe Treasury Department.

The Seventh War Loan, with an un-precedented goal of 614,000,000,000 willextend from May 14 thru June 30, thelongest period of any drive. The SixthWar Loan lasted four weeks.

Quota of "E" bonds has been set at64.000.000,000, more than individualshave ever been asked to buy of thattype of securities.

Present at the meeting, in addition toGamble, were Si Fabian, chairman ofthe theaters division of the War Activi-ties Committee; Sam Pinanskl, chairmanof the Seventh War Loan of the MotionPicture Industry: Harry Brandt, chair-man of the industry's Sixth War loan:Edward Shugrue, director of motion -pic-tures and special events for the WarFinance Division, and Cornwall Jackson,deputy chief of the Office of War In-formation radio division. in charge ofthe West Coast.

New and

Recent Releases(Running Times Are

Approximate)

LIFE OF THE ANT, released by Bell& Howell Filmosound Libraries. A newone -reel nature study film that presentsthe full life -cycle of the ant from eggto maturity. The building and defenseof homes, care of the young and manyother details are graphically shown.

THE CHILD OF BETHLEHEM, releasedby Nu -Art Films, Inc. A dignified pre-sentation of selected incidents from thestories of the birth of Jesus and Hisboyhood, as recorded in the New Testa-ment. Especially recommended for chil-dren of all ages. Running time, 22 min-utes.

CAREFREE, released by Ideal PicturesCorporation. A modernized John Alden -Miles Standish affair, with Fred Astaireas a psychiatrist who tries to win forhis pal, Ralph Bellamy. the affections ofGinger Rogers.

' THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, releasedby Walter 0. Gutlohn, Inc. Based onthe Broadway musical farce, this picture,set in ancient Greece, deals with domes-tic mix-ups involving taco sets of twinsand three Grecian girls. Allan Jdhes,Martha Raye, Joe Penner and RosemaryLane are the stars.

NEWS PARADE OF TILE YEAR, re-leased by Castle Films, Inc., is a pic-torial news summary of the highlightsof 1044. Covers all of the history-making

REPERTOIRE-TENT SHOWSCommunications to 25 Opera Place, Cincinnati 1, 0.

Gosh To Give 'Em'Billies and Films

CINCINNATI, Marcia 17.-By Gosh re-ports that his tent org will this seasonpresent a hillbilly unit, plus talkingpictures. and will tour Virginia, Tennes-see, Georgia and Florida under canvas.ODT permits have been obtained, Goshsays, and show will move on four trucks,opening first week in April.

Gosh is closing his winter tour of col-lages and high-school auditoriums witha government unit of war pictures withwhich he covered Florida, Georgia, Ala-bama and Tennessee. He reports thatbusiness was good, with extra good re-sults in Florida and Tennessee.

Madcaps Move AfterSetting Dallas Mark

DALLAS, March 17.-Toby Gunn's tenttheater, which has housed the MadcapPlayers for 338 weeks on North HaskellStreet here, has moved after one of thelongest runs of any stock company inhistory of this city.

The Madcaps' next location will beGrand Prairie, a few miles from here,with opening set for March 19, weatherpermitting.

Rep RipplesrrED NORTH, veteran rep manager

until recently in charge of the IsisTheater, Kans. City, Mo., is now locatedin Longview, Tex. . . M. E. BYBEE ismanager of a theater at Larne& Kan.. . . HANK BRUNK, of the old Brunk'sComedians. was recently named super-visor of employee recreational activitiesat the Boeing plant at Wichita. Kan.,where he has been employed the lastseveral years.. . Ei'HaL REGAN, well-known Midwestern repster, is now aresident of Wichita, Kan., as is BarneyWolfe, veteran character man. . . . RE-CENT VISITORS at quarters of CarterDramatic Company, Altona, Mich., wereMr. and Mrs. Francis Fisher and PeteFisher, of Fisher & Son Circus, Jackson,Mich.: Mr. and Mrs. Christensen, andthe Corrigan brothers. Chicken and fishdinner was served. . . . T. M. JOHNSONhas been showing religious picturessince last fall in Connecticut territory.He will have a vaude-plc outfit in thatState this summer. Johnson was for-merly interested in rep and summer stockin the Berkshires sector.... PITT PLAY-ERS, four -people dramatic group, havebeen active in the Pittsburgh area sincefirst of year. playing tinder auspices.Arthur Maltby is manager. . . . DAVISAND DRAKE, who have a vaude-pic showoperating around Chattanooga, will taketo tent late in the spring, LODEMACOREY writes from Palmetto, Fla., thatshe has been presenting home -talentshows for Empire Producing Company.

events which took place last year, withheavy emphasis on armed forces' vic-tories. The robot bomb menace is shown,as are such domestic events as the presi-dential campaign.

DANGER! WOMEN AT WORK, releasedby Pictorial Films, Inc. Patsy Kelly isthe heroine of the comedy, which showswhat happens after she inherits a 10-ton truck. Mary Brian is co-starred,and the cast also includes Isabel Jewell,Wanda McKay, Betty Compson and Co -bins Wright Jr.

Kansas City, Mo., since closing withChick Hayes Players. She spent fouryears with Chick and Florence Boyes.Miss Corey recently 'visited the Ringlingquarters in Sarasota. Fla. . . B08TOE/PFERT, veteran stock and, rep per-former, is back at his war job in CIn-cinnati after putting in three weeks atSt. Mary Hospital there.

GREG ROULEAU, now in the navywrites under date of March 9

"Chanced upon a copy of The Billboarcthe other day and noted a letter ironEddie Derringer in Honolulu. It is pos.Bible that I might be able to drop Irand see him some time, if I had his ad-dress. And the Lord knows it would begood to gab with some of the folks'This is one hell of a long way from theold rep, stock, magic and radio days, beethere's one consolation-it can'tforever. And right now the news looksvery good. Just hope that it continuesso that I can get back with Irene andChristie-and real soon. I hear from L.Verne Slout regularly, with pictures,routes and everything else to make aguy long for the old days. And believeme letters help a guy much. My ad-dress is U. S. S. PC 580, care Fleet P. 0.,San Francisco." . . . ART WATTS ismaking his third swing around the KempTime in the South with his own unitfeaturing, besides himself, Happy Ray,Virginia Pollard and Melody Watts. Unitalso totes an eight -girl line, two vaudeacts and a six -piece ork. . . . M. H.MOYER is framing a vaude-pic show forthe Spartanburg (S. C.) area. He hasbeen showing religious pies In that sec-tion since last fall. . . . G. E. DENNI-SON, who wintered at Victorville, Calif.,will soon go to Everett, Wash., where hehas his tent stored. He will operate avaude-pic show in that section this sum-mer. . . . KENNETH PLAYERS, fourpeople, who have been circling in thePittsburgh area, are looking for a sum-mer stand.

BARDEX MINSTRELSWANT

Colored Performer, Novelty Acta and few moreMusicians to strenzthen band. Now contractingfor opening Stay 2Ist In 'Western Penneylranla.2 and S week stands. Top salary pad. Get withthe biz -zest and beet eouipped Med Show on theroad. Pleat, state experience. salary. etc. Alireplies answered. Waite to DR. MILTONBARTOK, Box 2047, Sarasota. Fla.. till Mar1st; then to Box 491, Columbus, Oslo.

WANTPlano Player and Other Music/a.

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HUGO PLAYERSKEARNE'f, NEB.

WANT TO BUYA COMPTXTE MEDICINE SHOW OFTFIT-Platform, Stringers with Blues to oat two or threehundred, P.A. Sound System, Stock Tent. Wiringand Burch

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BY -GOSH TENT SHOW WANTSOrganized Hillbilly Unit and Vaudeville MusicalSpecialty Teams, Comedian. Magician, NoveltyActs, 35 MM. Operator, Concession People,Canvasmen, Workingmen that drive Trucks,Camp Cook. State salary and all facts. BYRONCOSH, care Gilbert Hotel, Chattanooga, Tenn.

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three 54 Deluxe Comets: nine 100, four If AllstarComets: five if Comets. all 3-5 pay: two 25e.three 14 Bantams. 2-4 pay. Mills Stop Levenconverted Knee Action. Coleman Novelty, Rock-ford, Ill.RECONDITIONED. REPAINTED, WORK LIKE

new. 4 25e Goosenecks, $95.00 each: 6 5tGoosenecks, 385.00 each: 3 50 Triple lack Pots,3-5, $185.00 each; 10 If Play American Eaglescheck payout, never used, 029.50 each. SS deposit,balance C. 0. D. Louisiana Sales Agency, Box 111Ville Platte, La.TEN BATTING PRACTICES GOOD CONDI-

don, 880.00 each of you pick up; $90.00 ifcrated and shipped: or will trade on Exhibit's Re-boundss, K -D Amusement Co., 1906 Main St..Columbia, 8. C. Phone 29032.WANT--LOBOY lc SCALES, lie SELECTIVE

Vendors, le Peanut Machines. Gleedesert on- Adair Company, 6926 Roosevelt.Oak ark. 111. apr21

WANT TO BUY - 10-54-100 AND 254 ESCA-Liters and Clock. for Mills Slots, new, used or

broken. Quote lowest price and full desaion.Dale Johnson, 977 Golden Gate Aye., San Fran-cisco. Calif. ap7

WANTED TO BUY - KIRK GUESS YOURWeight Scale. Describe fully for quick sale.

McGuire. 313 N. Santa Ana, Bellflower. Calif.W14

WANTED - PIKES PEAKS AND PHONO.graphs, any make, any condition. Winnipeg

Coin Machine Co.. 277 Donald St.. 'Winnipeg.Man., Canada. mh24WANTED - WATLING SCALES, ANY STYLE

or model other than large dials. Please describefully. McGuire, 313 N. Santa Ana, Bellflower,

jy21WANTED TO BUY FOR CASH - WURLITZER

Terin-12 and 24 Hideaways: Wurlitzer 616s,24s. 600s, 500s; Packard Boon: Buckley Chrome24 -Record Red Plastic Boxes: all model Console.,free play, payout or combination. State price andcondition. Badger Sales Company, 1612 W. PicoBled Los Angeles. Calif. mb31

BEAUTIFUL EVENING GOWNS, 35.00; RHINE-

Wardrobe, Fled BatW CapsCapz, stiFlanaleiChr4r.ra

tam,. Cellophane Hulas Rhumbas, OrchestraConte. Wallace, 2410 N. Hahted, Chicago.

CELLOPHANE HULA COSTUMES, COMPLETEwith Leis. Bras. Anklet and Skirt, $10.00; Skirt

Alone, $7.50: all colma. Rhinestone GStrthas,57.50: Bras, 51.50; Chortle or strip Pants, $1.25;Net Brae, 754; Rhinestone Setting Punches, $6.50_,Settinga. 25e IRON: Spangles, all colons and sing:Lone Eyelashes. 31.50. Other Item. Add 150Postage on orders. C. GuYette, 846 W. 45th St.New York 19.

COWBOY FUR CHAPS. $15.00: CLOWN SUITS.satin, $0.00: Minstrels. $6.50 up; Chen. Cos-

tume, $1.50 to $3.50: Uniform Coats. $2.50.Other accessorin. 0. Conley, 808 W. 47th St..New York.

EVENING GOWNS, $3.00 - CLOSEOUTS.allahtly handled, refund guaranteed. Gold

Sequin Wrap. $20.00. No catalogue. State wants.Braemar., 912 8th Ave.. New York 19. N. Y.

SINCE 1 869 - COSTUME BARGAINS.Chorus, dollar uP: Principal, three on No

catalogue. State wants. Guttenberg. 9 W. Iiith,New York 11. =12

FORMULAS & PLANSBEER - MAKE IT YOURSELF AT HOME IN

lust 86 hours. Complete formula, 51.00. Satis-faction or your money refunded. George RussellSales Co.. P. 0. Box 747, New Brunswick, N. J.INVISIBLE PASS -OUT STAMP INK. 55.00 PT.;

$8.00 qt.; $25.00 gallon. Dale Treat., 235S. W. 29th St., Oklahoma City 9, Okla. zah81

FOR SALESECOND-HAND GOODS

ALL KINDS POPCORN MACHINES. POPCORNGlassine Bags, Hot Tomale EleOrrie Steamers,

Root Beer Barrels. new Coleman Gasoline Burners,Tanks, Fitting& Northaide Sales Co., Indianola,Iowa. =hag.ALL AVAILABLE MAKES POPPERS - FIFTY

All Electric or Gas Heated Machine& cheap.Burch, Advance, Cretors, Dunbar, Kinser, Peer-less. others. Roaster. Carmeleorn Equipment, 120S. Halsted. Chia.. ePT

FOR SA LE - USED 1942 STREAMLINECaterpillar, in excellent condition. Priced re.

sonable. F. T. Hurley, 1777 North Shore Rd.,Revere. Mass. totalFOR SALE - USED SLEDGE HAMMERS PUB -

chased from government, 30 lb.. $1.00: 12 lb..51.25, with handles. New Picks less handles. 800plus ehipping charge. Midland Mercantile Com-pany. 92 S. Robert St., St. Paul. Minn.PARK SIZE MEIIRT-CO-ROUND - 52 ANT -

orals, 8 Chariots, 3 abreast stationary type, goodcondition; 25 H.P. W.H. Motor in per:fect condition.good Top 51,200.00 cash. Must sell. Leavingcity. A. I.. Tamer, 737 Neptune, Memphis, Tenn,POPCORN MACHINES - EACH ONE BPI°

and span, ready for profits. 1842 Bosch Consolesfloor model, all electric, 5500.00. Two CretorMalted., late models, both gas, $475.00 each.One Bureh converted to gas, kettle tYPe floor Model.$250.00. Two Kingery Worm Drive, dry impcounter models, $175.00 each. One Holcomb &Hoke floor model, 5275.00. Two Cretors electricfloor model, 0250.00 each. One comiter modelRoyal Peanut Roaster, e125.00. Terms: 14 de -Posit. balance C. 0. D. 5% oath discount full re-mittance with order. P. K. Sales Co., 5th andWheeling, Cambridge, 0. 1.31PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM - WEBSTER

Portable in ase. two speakers. two e. 110mat Excellenet condition, $205.00.

mikBill, 128

E. nth Bt., AndersOn, Ind.NEW KOHLER ELECTRIC PLANTS. A.C. AND

D.O. to 10 K.W. Other Electric Plants, newand used. E. F. Schmaltz, 215 Wyoming Are.,Kingston, Pa. my 10

SEMI -TRAILERS - ALL STYLES. LATE '39and '40 models. Thirty to eelect from. Your

present truck made into teactor. W. 0. King, 30Fessenden, Mt. Clemens, Mick. mh312 116 VOLT A. C., 5 K. V. A. 4 CYL. KOHLER

Electric Plants. Also other Electric Plants from310 watts to 40 K W. EL F. Schmaltz, 215Wyoming Ave.. Kingston, Pa. mh24x

2 WINCHESTER RIFLES, MODEL 62: 1

Remington 121 Fieldmaster; 2 Remington 341Bolt Action Sport nester, best offer. Lester Tate,1301 Good St. Johnstown. Pa.

WANTED - WURLITZER AND SEEBURGPhonograph to good condition; also 5 -Ball Pin

Games. Quote price Hat, quantity. etc. Write toPaul Bine, 5143 S. Ashland Ave.. Chicago 9lnh31.11

WILL TRADE - SEVEN COUNTER GAMES.One Shuffleboard, one 82 Volt 12 Record Rock-

Ola, for two Counter Model Rock-Olas with Mande,A-1, ABC Novelty Co.. 2509 8. Presa St. SanAntnnio, Tex.

ARCADE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE - LIST BYrmueet. A. M. Johnson, 57 St Marrs Rd.,

Annaba 11, N. Y. mh31ARCADE GAMES, CLEAN WORKING CON

dill.. Six A.B.T. Target WWI, 820.00 each,Basket Ball. $20.00; A.B.T. BiWard Skill, 522.50_ten Card Vender. all $75.00; Tex. League535.00; Cimino Golf, 835.00; Skee Jump. 145.00Parachute, 1135.00; Keeney Submarine, $150.00Tommy Gun, 5140.00: Slorfighter. $265.00; AirRaider, $ 175.00. Many more. 1 /3 depot.lPops Arcade, 921 Noble, Anneston, Ala.ARCADE - CHICKEN SAM, JAP CONVER-

don, 5125.00: Rapid Fire, $195.00: TokioGun, perfect, 1195.00; Anti -Aircraft. 565.00:Texas League, Deluxe, 045.00: Bally Alley.$35.00; Smiling Sam, 5135.00. King Pin Gam.Company. 026 Mills St., Kalamazoo 21, Mich.BABY JACK. 310.00: PICK A PACK. $15.00;

Play Poker. $10.00: Target Practice, 510.00:Bleb Stake. $25.00: Ie Bakers Paces. $300.00.O'Brien Made Co.. Newport, R. LBURCH WORLD'S FAIR POPCORN MACHINE,

console floor model, best made, 5650.00,Cretors, floor model. $250.00; Holcomb & Hoke,floor model, $275.00. All 100 's perfect in orscoition and new appearance. Deduct es fulleach remittance with order. P. E. Sales Co., 5thand Wheeling. Cambridge, 0. mh31

1 WCRLITZER 71. $140.50; 1 FLOOR STANDfor same, 09.50; 1 Keeney A.ntl-Aircraft.

544.50; 1 Target SUM 521.50; 1 TexasLeceuce,t

a!:129.1.40. nnce'4.1 171Velit'ilth7rftecr!Feirriew Bowling Alley. Hillsboro, N. C.4 ERIE DIGGERS, MERCHANTMAN DIGGER.

Yankee Cnine, Gabel Juke Box, light up front.

VrYtb,k1Tit.'6,1: =.4171g:4101.0/21ill?."1%records selective, 5135.00 each: all play 60. 104.25e. National. 4243 Sensor. Philadelphia, Pa.13 WATLING NEWEST LOW TYPE 500, FOR -

tunaItirinadeedri1Sg.a nacevi", with location

2 Blood Pressure Machines, 100 operated. original

111M,Y.51)5:,1°.;its10,'Sfict.ach, EdMores, 7408

COSTUMES, UNIFORMS,WARDROBES

BEAUTIFUL HULA SKIRT FROM SOUTHSees, native made, adult aim $4.00. Send $1.00.

balance C. 0. D. Adult Cellophane Skirts, red orclear $5.00. Hawathin Hula Shop, 520 Kean..San Prancisco, Calif. 2.24

FOR SALE -SECOND-HAND SHOW PROPERTY

A.B.T. SHOOTING GALLERY - SIX OR EIGHTrun unit or Guns only. Private part). Stanley

Surowiak, 2820 W. 21st St., Chicago 28. Ill.BALLYHOO SEARCHLIGHT, 80 INCH: 75 3111,

lion C.P.. A.C. or D.C. current. $850.00. Lee,Co., 934.N. Lancaster. Dial., Tex.CANVAS - TARPAULINS. WATERPROOF

Coven, made from government remnants. Allnew material; 9:12. 110.80; 12,14, 810.00;13220, $30.00. Imitation Leather. all colors:Dropelothe, all sizes. Michigan Salvage Co., 609W. Jefferson, Detroit 26, Mich. mh31DEVRY 16MM. SOF PROJECTOR COMPLETE.

In perfect condition, with apace tube.. lamp.cable, 1325.00; 25% deposit. bal.ce C. 0. D.,subject station examination. II. D. Parka, 1136Foster Ave.. Gadsden. Al.,EVANS CIRCULATING FISHPOND COMPLETE,

pump, motor in tine condition, outfit used onlysix weeks: also 10014 Anchor Concession Top and.Wall with frame, awning iron taswl Ell week,3300.00 takes ail. 60% deposit required. LoraR Burns, c/o King Reid Show, Manchester Conte,Vt.FOR SALE - COMPLETE BOOTH EQUIP-

ment for 500 seat theatre. Bargain price_Mane Supply Co.. 1318 S. Wabash. Chicago 5.ru. mh24FOR SALE - TENT PICTURE SHOW OUTFIT

40,80 Stage, Seats, Poles. Stakes, two SoiledPicture Machines, Films. Stored Warrenton, Vir-ginia. Sell cheap for cash. Jack Pfeiffer, 922Char. Dr., Jeffersonville. Ind.

6.materia141

48 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS The Billboard March 24, 194.5MAN. 311, STRICTLY /SOBER. WANTS PART.

tier. Straight or Coale. Must be sob.. P. G.Goodman.Suer Hotel. 1338 Contort St., Detroit26, likit

WA NT TO BUY 0110 DIRECT POSITIvr.if:sat...I Paper. Write 0. D. Fails. Boa 23s,

Barstow, Calif.

J+QIJALE -;.a..,NE LARGE CANVAS SINGElt

601114'ighltaN lOah Wr'll'et711111rt.o :,:rord"":(titian: two Utah Speakers. law Caldwell. Box1112, Beloit, W6.

FOR KALE -- TTIVATRICAL TI:ENKS, MILK.Velvet andflisnish Stool. for ladle. Casweter

Wl for rum. Iteloo tight Plant,V11 ht..Rigging Box. DeVry Oterropthron, at

SNOW. 3 11.P.. 32 Volt Motor. Tremor Upright.,Jilt ft arm seat.. Nickel Contortioo111518 Round End Tent with 7 fact all; al. IsNO Round Tent with 7 foot wall A. E. golden,507 N. tondo Si, Lando.. 311,11. mh31

FOR SALE -- 16511I. morND FILM ALSOnet. Wanted7 10)151. Machine'. kinds

Robleski Electric. 11.41tos. MI'S.

FOIL SALE - 3531M. DEVRY TALKING PIC-ttwo Machine. portable. like new: traitor Plc.

=4.,1.7/.11.7pme.110..and 11117.1114..8,161,:.1:1! lakes .11

163IM. POUND TR0JE,TODremplete. 2 Mills IL! Record Joke 1..m, $3.100

each. 50 Wait Amplifier. I'. eth.f.. bolon,

IIANOIELS MAKE KIDDY 1110AT ItiltE. $750 00.can be ern hoer at Water Qnarton, Eathem

Phrwe Allneedona. Mires. Data.

MECHANICAL CITY - MOUNTED ON TWOwhorl tralke. greet tonal, $100.00 com-

plete. Storni in Bloominj1011, III. Write John A.Walter. Si. Reef. Hotel. Si Lords. MnITERRY-60-R01'ND TOP ANt) NIDEWAT T.

40 ft. $215.0(1: of (stealer Cars deviate.$210ndextr J.00 D. 5051 Ilmerb Ad. 8. L.Wa D.C.NEW KOHLER F.I.ECIRIC PLANT/. A.C. AND

D.G.IS 10 K.W. Other Error Planta. twoand red. Ile F. Schaub, 215 WpW1118 Ave.Elmo... P.RUBBER CABLE AND GROCND cARLE -

400 Mom of new Nes 12 two wire Rubio. CordI. IS ft lerwths, with base ceemorend List prier.2205 our pre ear 170 too h. 700 ft. Ne. 4 Ovait,. Sew Cord. IAA prim SI 141; IWO pea,11.01 OW a Soorviol Ground Cable. lb lb.Sri No. 6 In 4 n Luce, Fr, Volt 11,1Asp litotes Tmting KIM &C... $10.00. NewBarn Tradervera. What sre rout eleetraltroubles? C. A H Elmer Co.. 436 W. JtlfwellA... Marra 3. WI. shitTENTS -13.11 TO 40.900. ALL PURR POLL

Crispirto Bat. $1.00. Hand roped, teed s sew,mead rade Imam. Mama. Pers. Store, Blois,ed Deride Ddb. 155d deo^ Etta T.eel..ulearn. N. T. an.7.1

TIIF-ATER SEATS. PROLIX -T000. Peat:ENSslat Ale rol.u. Sell or

rern 'Fre. Lora err Fltep Companr. hall.. Tr.TW TINE PAISMIE1 KIDDIE AFRO RIDE.

1200.00: or trade on two Ga. DermaAl.. beoimi 60000.0 Mir le awardteed Ws J. CO ML. Kamm RA.. 1150155.De*Wll.D coMPLETE EQUIP -

red ode. modeing of 21 looude rap, 3Demorti. An Po, ' for each mae

Ma. riale'aTt, .U.1.2.1:111...."cud

ao'Iti!amilwrOltreirthielirz ('.Nn anel Lied /Trim%

Clod. 3 Material Ram: 50tango* Outdoor Rip.: Volans Jeer:Taub. rte. Everything na nowl. All In coatslope. awls fee Mira 2I1,00 Top. h. toot of re -Oak.. How'. clew, anameale wielt ro1.1.40Ut Nets ,o801811,1, with James 1,conard.7tb A.. limn. Pittroreb. Pe.WHIP RIDE FOR BALE - FIRST rI.A13

stremdinol rata. Write Mrs. Victoria Dem,650 Jeffenon Ave.. Brooklyn. N. T. /.142 LB POWERS PROJECTORS MPLIPIER.

Speaker. banal, $37500. Plenty ...ten,Film reasonable, IL P. WWI, P. 0. Box 2064.P181.11/18. Arr.I GALLERY GUNS, PT -111.14 AND ACTOMAT1(111,

0165 00, roo oronplete Mn Plort Matti?, 050.00.Tot. Berry. Wed Newton, Pa35)131. SOPND WESTERNS. PEA TT R

Marta Lam veloetkne Rum. lins free.C. R. Ratini. P.0. Hot 26, Lost Atlanta. Go

total

HELP WANTEDACTS THAT WANT DATES AND MANAGERS

that rant Acts kindly contact Oh. Rtwon CityBodine Aare, 117 Gonad. Ran Antonin. TO..ADVANCE AGENT FOR HILLBILLY ONE AND

two WOW. Also 10.100 Too or amotImate.Want hand operated Snowball Marhlue am? CsnolinePriors, Boas r'atirooman. I. W. Bodo, Soring011e. Tra.AERIAL PERFORMERS - CAN (WEER LONG

Wow.. 94 MY ad on (Trot. Parts CrawlDaher, 237 Oigood Ave New Britain, Cam

m1+24

AT ONCE - LEAD TENOR !SOCIETY PIANO,Roo Pldril. Ter hotel hornet Steady kostiom

only Teo .slaw to Geld mot Write. Who ItsyIlvookbeer, Aladdin Hotel. or In eon McConkeyDo ',ars Corry. Clambers 111411, 18811.8 City.110.

BAS. PIA) Ell -- ALSO PIANIST Pon nort:Lernitbir..rion.

KColon, arbor. Seat photons..

Stem', mak WWI. alsow'. Havanna, Park.noo Hotel, ('slashes. 0.CLOWN FOR AMATEUR ACT - 00011 PROS.

Pal for ands...dorl booldsma at "miner hotelsmetal affaim Box 039. Billboard. 1364 Bowl -

way. New York 10.GIRL 11111NOICH, ENTERTATNERA AND23.1.5otst.),11ond

naAlt:X.:Mm.. full details at mart Box

IMMEDIATE OPENINO POR rOnPIET INOTTrunnion). Most he morrioneed In hotel tea.,

band ninsolow and .tyk: all. to ad and cremeMOW Wight Robar and god rporand Noone ntOrtm. lorstions only. Top money. Coo-lant Wane, Rohl. WuldngtonYouree81hrtieg.r.. IwoMODER N F:LEcrItie ()CITA R. TEN0R, TRinf T.

et Read and Vol,. All ms old blend, write,wire Weed Edwards, Motor. Reset, 11.SICSICIANS WANTED - ESTA111,10tHED TER

nom loom bend mob it... Ilellablr, vigorroutid. ton anodic, home nearly every night. Coll, rItudromerm wnw. Lynn Kerns. Pairtunot Silnn

sellSTOCK SALESMAN WANTED - RIG COM-

whodon. Barnhart. 1820 oiNtb, Des Moines.Iowa. api4

tn'TbTANDINO GIRL AERIALIST.working In and manure Hlal, ladder Art.

Earn mirldorU Opening. 141aerIng amp:Imola-Hons. Al. um mangrife team. norglaa AlrmaUall detail,. nalayy led, Plans. Crash 11.1.0.

17 ootorol Ave too Hrflalo, Conn.RINK MANAGER WANTED - ONE WII0 CAN

amist on floor and conduct Ii1o1.41181.41 SolePaw. Ilaw.s. Good opportunity for fightlitradv wok fear riim.1. WI,., telephone

or oefts Archie Wiog. Utica Roller Worm. LINO,N. T. 1.1.11

TWO GIDIEND TTSIRLER/11 - MALE ORfemale. 1.01.44, waste., Rooked wild, open

1118 Atoll first. Write LAW valun. 'Amend Daibeer. Merlons, MissWANT DANCE 1i1UNICIANN FOR id -SCATHE..

IttAW draft oaths. experience roloory erpeetedIn fleet Intr. Horn Collins. Gourd lord, Neb.

apt(WANTED - MCNIcIANS FOR WELL-EsTAII

Udied Midwest territory Moth Nakao. SWIM)net wool. Write Elmer J. Hall. Bos 595, Grandbland. Neb. 10,24WANTED - GROOM FOR HORSES. LoNi,Po'reLnd

onTorrin.. t-InArgati 0.isas

('d slap areWANTED - 111131oND ORGANIST WITHOET

nom. Ear eateetathment, no Wooing. 0.helm, Atwil I. Pox Ilmd 400 Tavern, CedarRapids. Iowa. art41WANTED - EXPERIENCED TENOR MAN. No

Issolowoo. Must read, fate. losetientTeeth, Roe 1151. Dooms Reach, Fla.WANTED 1111.81CLLN6 FOR TEAT/I:LING

dune Mona Cermet at for rads wont. Stetsretry. raft elareleation and ~me. WriteIN n detail. re, Schroder Acmes. Box 121111, Orb,

olt.

INSTRUCITONSBOOKS & CARTOONS

NAomitNnta 1111ACE DATED) - PoREIciN.dommate- ea*, Revarta soberriptior. pot

R6 Tot. Ate., ...I:off "1171'."T. CI"Tr2.4TOP CAN ENTERTAIN FOR ALL OrraillONs

Mth oar TM* Drawing* and Rsog PertumCdr.. 10e. Brio An rat, Odder Wt.

MAGICAL APPARATUSA N$ W r R OrzwrtoNa - ('ALL NAMES.

Strlt.late, Prufarlemal Slower MindreolingArt Ias amMeatsr. EgU contained. Cr ano1.104e, 111 ftrirprum,, Br 1114.leserir. Marla an21BRAND NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALo0rE OF

Muldreadins=rimesak Eire.. MuttHowneope Purr Photee,1:11Z.161164,7:ZIPAIdide Sneed,. ,-huts

Mark Compiortelyilleriniel eatermat. a00. riot Rarrpriass. 336N, Had. Celarbee. 0. nfiLARGE PRO1=NAL MAGIC rATALOGTE.

250 Eat 220 W. 424 8L. New Tortel, N. T. .211.11111EASIONAL rENTRILOCIMITT YIOTRGN-

Ranaln in Entine Fleur, Girl and Irred Kfola.1 Turner. 1201 R. Cochran As, low rateles.

SENSATIONAL - (I) RODThrough flirt $30.00: 121 071.1 Without 11514k

llody, complete cahinet 2 greet Ind., ISO 00;(31 Aers Moline lady n.a, abod Mar am0ollene,

140 00. 311 3. 11113 00 R C. Bo...943.81 R. W., .1134 Stotne 8. Wad,.

TRICKS, JAKES,, PTULEA. Novi:1.71Es ANDTop bp troll Large otriety. Istmtconalizie

etund E.0. 145mo. Bethemia. Md.

MISCELLANEOUS

nnrrin TIII,SE TEARS IV10.111: BURT:£01.110 110 tosthies.

Porrident Bldg.. Tao-oula.VILLE SAMPLE. NOVELTIES TO I.F.G1T111ATE

DopIty lamp only. Send name, address oa 11/11.1.hew!. Salim Mule Minn, Kn. &PT

I HAVE 3 E1.11 TIM PINNY It11ARD8 THATme meth -alb new, mild not to bought today

for stso on. For quiet turret. $75.00 for thethmo. prone with earrthod nos WEI oat env.rat.. Ray take, Brookfield, ELLADIS14' rpm rAmnioN PCBS SILK CHIP.

fon Stocking,., Mini quality. $3..0 per dorm.M.A. Roth A Ca.. 328 W. lloperior Ave.. Clrewland. 0.

olo.ottel - GIANT YELLOW Norm AMER.lean, etrellrnt 8010811.8 condition. ',pertly ern.

nosed. $1120 per hundred paunch. Dreamt PIIona rim Northalde Sake Company. lodlirmla,p14.

WANTED -NAME AND ADDRESS OP GER-man Arnerasn that rensar. .111.8 Drina

and on -moms mode. W. W. Musser, 781 E. Slat, CMr.gT 111

Torn NAME. ADDRESS ON DELUXEcmhion ?burnt Rubber Stamp. 01 510:Pad 50

with order. Edemood Pate,*1.31

- -MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,

ACCESSORIES

FOR RALE - CALLIOPE, TANGLE. MAKE:Roll Mode aod Key Booth Perfect condition.

electric motor ant blower Prier. four hundreddo Ham Tom Rieh, Bainhridge, Ga.

PARTNERS WANTEDGIRL WA sn'Ett - TIMINET, DANCER TO

Imm ,on with well known male 418/1rei 1111m181nd other routines,. Hsieh 5' 4". weight 110.Phone Randolph 1660. Romero. 2033 Park AreDttroit, Illeb.

PERSONALSINFORSIATIoN WANTED -- ANYONE KNOW -In. the ...awl... oh Eut.mvrlo wlolo the "14.1. MI." Show., per a. ,flutyIlea Fa1, 1620 Nelem A,.., Ilrinit, WI.. Very

I.et heart from Mown Beal. Ind., 15134.

INFORMATION OF OTTO LAURI' VALEN-teene, Aerial Arta Cateher of ?ewer year. Whet

Valenteene, 111te Moo Rec. same, Lark Iles 031,Loot Brawl, N. J. *1.31

PHOTO SUPPLIESDEVELOPING -PRINTING

A-SIIILE A MINUTE 1.11011 mAcioNE,--prrt.141 condition. Enlarger. 3 roll. 45 film. all

mho, ism tinolool sign for machine, 850 fob...and from, hot pl.a. thennownetor, $4.0.00.R A. McCarthy. 4 14 Ave, AlloIng tbrhans

. Miami Okla.

A IROMATIr DEODORIZERS FOR TOTS DARKroom Choeniml ate porlflee with sititialleothainates all foul odors TIonsr ono.,to 00 Pretend. ('ash with order. Oel k Wo7026 Jaekman P.o.e. Rog.% N. 0'.

n arnctor:TDA IN OIL PAIN'''. ON CLOTH -Can be fartowel on roller, 34.40". RUPP.swim, $10.00 each SAW nil. Maehthe Es -

/foams. 2414 flrand Rivet Detail I. Sikh. mb24

B RAND NEW DOPPIA D P. CAMERA. MAKEStwo rm. 3413 foil tun., 1 N. 02. 110.41bite

elelpmem Nerve med. Price, 1395.00. Hilt.gab. Ware C. 0. D. Delta Photo Co., tarpNoted St., Theerrettle, Mot whk 1CAMERA COMPLETE - ALL CONTROL..

finest .outpost lent WM. any it.. 8139.50.Demon of 35% rentind with or J. Huff:nesStaid, co. 207 R. Wilmington Kt Rattier N Cor 234 It Edo St, Parrort. N. r. salD.P. CAMS:RAO AND ENLARGERS READY TO

ad& 2 % e3 % (rant with I4 3 aroma&Ina, $103 001, 2 ki i S Comm with r. 5 animisticlem, 1225.0, Doothle Canters abm Pro WWI With11.11 r. A armory lean to accoanrodte both de-rtirrkg200 E;;lazr,s.,,,,tn; to 0.10 tecitholenTs..

Phone 4352 Illitritht Cum:Mfg. limn 452,Gremberen. N C apt 4DIME PHOTO OTT/TM ('REAP -ALL

railed. Better deep In and sr tram Allthe turd lauwerrernenta Real barrios. r D 0cam.. . 1161 N. Clerelard Aet, Maw 10.IR. mh31DIR1RT POSITIVE PAPER AND CHEMICALS

emithble to all nom Meliorate.. 1945, datiot.New Cunene .ad Enlargers. Pboto Mount..Photoflood Bolbs WholesalPhdo Supplies, 2120 (11181.1upe rtnostleiC,IL4

DIRECT POSITITE PHOTO BOOTHS -10402.1.5 matiletely equipped. S500.00. Can

firnials stookto opeth Roes FRG! Studio. TrIlanti,Minh. mh31DIRECT POOITIVE NEW P.3 3 LENS.

Wabash cabinet. goen shape. Comm nadaread malt. Lights trays. stool. 1250.00. F.O.B.,Illordteed. Indiana. Ralph McGregor.DROP IN AND SEE SINGLE AND Dorm's

c.o.. and Enlarger. made by BlItright CensersManufactutre Company. Gaston Photo floPtd3norms. 227 Prow fit, 8. W., Atlanta 2, Gs_E.D.P.P. - ALMOST 3 ROLLS 3 % ". DATED

January. '45, 375 00 for lot: 1 roll 1% do1.11October. '44: 1% well 1.4". dated January. '45,11411.00 for lot; 2 grow 5.7, dated October, '45,$3/.00 for lot; 2 errs toil dated Ferran, '45.$10.00 for lot % balance 0. 0. D. /TM.Photo Stadler. TOS Stour St., Prato Hobo, Cali!.

PIMMADE - 24"124" D.P. CAMERAS.A 1mm, arra* dotter. crinkle dd.

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FOLDERS FOR 1412" PHOTOS, $1.00 PER100; 2.3, 81 75; 314.5, 12 755 827, $4.005

otha Posorado It 14.3 Photos. $2.00 Pet100: Els, Mimes, 8045 Froregrotoola 01111.,

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Moon Develop... Rack. fo. bolter photos Keepyour hands out of strong chemicals. Dime! Pont11.0 Canino". Visnansers. Metal Photo Stool,

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PHOTO MOCNTII - EASEL, RDOK. GATEnyloa Beautiful memtl leethevette material

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highest prim Write, wire rollers or loot "MP toW. Grad, 72 'Troutman kit.. Brolly, N T.

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will trade I I/1,11 for two for one. Sinnwhat you to.., end price In ftru letter. Tropicalotortim 123 N. E 2,1 PI 32. Fla.WANTED - 11,7 PAPER MAREEL DIRER'S

and E artmsn. any cparstlly. Gm. datlog_sad Ries.x,.110. 1102 St., Portsmouth. Va. 1114

WANTED - EASTMAN DIRECT rostrrnPaper. 1%. 2%. 3% Ineh roll. Write or WOO

once Hot, almo oplrotion dot.. Concooloo PhotoCo. 261 Golden Oate Are., San Pranclano, Cant.

WANTED - EASTMAN OR EARFUL DIRECTPontlee Pap*, W108 oar prier or write, giro

expiration date. 14", 2', 2 tk", 3". 34'. 4".4.5 rut short 1617 rot Meet 4x5 film holder.3.7 nil. holds. No honk warded Al.. Lem Vireocamera. and Direct P11.111,, cameras 11.er011Readier. 1341 romolway. Trauma. Wash. ' mhltTorn DIRECT POSITIVE ROLLS PRECIKON

cut to soy soidth. $1 30 per roll. Dtne1113 Markt St, Clansmen. 2, Ter. MemberNDPA-

15 ROLLS DIRER DIRECT POSITIVE, 3%"roll.. August. '44, &Ong, 0 $13.00 Mates

doe photos- Walt Ravers, 310 Atlantic Are..lbookben. N. T. Dept, 510.23 801.1.0 I% 25 801.1.8 2"; 10 ROLLS 234":

10 from 4111. Highest offer takes them. Ito.lade Photo Hann, 3430 & Michlian Are., 11olrairo. EL 0.121

PRINTINGATTENTION - 100 LETTERHEADS. EN -

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tradable erre% Sarre. belpfd 01"..4..-.144 totem.. 'Sadly mot 81ata norda. &reevedPar, &reveal. MI ratWINDOW CARDS - 14022, ONE COLOR, 100.

$3.00. Toad 50% deport. Milano, C. 0. D..plus &Moine dada. hell Pre, Winton. Pers.100 LARGE ENVELOPES. 100 LETTERHEADS

IS ,oust, $1 75: 250 Coda. Id 255 Div.School Pro all OsMaid. Croma Print, Adeldn.Ohio.

SCENERY AND BANNERSCARNIVAL ND SIDE SHOW BANNERS -

Nieman Siudloa, 1236 S. IMAM St, Clues.7,18. mh24CIRCUS AND CARNIVAL BANNERS.

cry minted In oil colors: 30 years' mpertenne.Potted Scenic Stolio, 1803 W. Ifoithoi.IR. 426

TATTOOING SUPPLIESIMPORTED ENGLISH NEEDLES. NUMBER

Mertz, $13.20 per thousand; Number Twelve.$16.00 per thomand. bend parloakd on ocelotof your war ardor. Tattooer Hansen. 620 BoothFOOL Chico.. enh31

TATTOO COLOR - PURE, DRY, MEDIUMShade. Bright Bed (eery ...Teo, 16 00 pound.

Postpaid Z.B.A. redo, 326 S. Mr, Lee Ansel.talt31

TAProonTo OTTITTTS. DESIGNS, INK -Brian adorn Later 1045 tom color Ilhatratel

folder ant Tr.. Writ. today. leis Studio, 724Lesley lit, Rockford. in. 4518:TATTOOING OUTFITS AND 1ST PPLIES

Resod for Illortnted litaratum Also DiamoodPowipprel Engr.ving Outfits for earedonaires.Moore. 651 & State. Chicago 5. ap14

WANTED TO BUYA.1 CIGARETTE AND CAPTDT VENDING MA-

chdea. Planottends, all othrr eon, equip...I.Mac PosteL 11750 N. Addend Arc. Chats.. M.

10712

COMPLETE Pon -TABLE SKATING 'RINE -Or w1B boy Tot, Flaw, Mates sod Music

toter. DewrIbe fully. T. A. Baud, Boa 727.Outside. Mba,COUNTER MODEL PEANUT ROASTER AND

Warner. Also want gallon size Eroded MaltMachine- Attalla Nem Run& Attalla. Ma.GOLF CLCBS AND BALLS FOR MINIATCPE

Golf Care. Mao Wore Cards. State cvhPrice and eoudition of Grohs. P. 0. Ku FOI,MyttIo Rear& &MERIIT-GO-ROTND IN Goon CONDITION -

Mato Pit, full details In latter. J. R. t.nnith.Pad Ammerman ISIS 26th 52.. Wlenala FeldTex.PORTABLE ROLLER RINKS WA NY...3) COM-

piae or will buy Skne.. Paris Floors. Troiarepent. Spot cash waiting. B.. 36, R.errest...Mhut111 11100 RECORDER - WILL PAW' CASH FOR

late model Comm. -WI 114ord Recorder In modeandition. Witte Tee-litabe Armament forgone.1117 Fourth Are., Huntinztoo, W Va. WMRINGS WANTED - ANY QUANTITY. WHITE -

stows. ILO. Math, Broom. Cameos atertiaritSeal prim with eamolca for atorroveL Blower'.2 Trenton. Lawronee. MassSTEAM OPERATED LOCOMOTIVE FOR MENU -

tun railway. State condition and prim le n...letter. R. A. Neuman. MellInneille. Or,.WANT STOCK FOR ('BUYER 00 LI:VEM.31

row; locks atom OW do. Henry Stahl. 119 WSierwido, Ling Smell. Calif.WANTED - POPCORN MACHINES. ANY

make, any triantltr. Rat cart prim If na hodwhat we want Al. buy Rosnen. Carmel,. orrend; Kettkv Klima Kr Kant Co. 110 R.Halsted Odeon. op?

WANTED - 2 WILD WEST CANOPIE-S. NUR-ree, Loop Mutat. Had to... Rum 0.

Copyrighlcd

March 24, 1945 The Billboard CLASSIFIED -LETTER LISTWANTED - MECHANICAL STUNTS FOR

Spook Ride In Dark. Large Animated Animalsor Murree; also electrically controlled Sound Effects,Chu. Tenn., Arnaldo Park, low..WANTED - CHICAGO SKATES. SKATE

Grinders and Maple Mooring. Write or wire.P. 0. Box 418, St. Louts, Mo. ap14

WANTED TO BUY - PERMANENT ROLLER.Rink. within 600 miles Chicago doing business

and good location. State price of buihilne andequipment all first letter. Have A-1 portable, com-plete 50,140. Skates, Hammond, etc. Sell or tradeors permanent rink. Location available. Elmo Cald-well, Box 642. Beloit, Wis.

WANTED - COMPLETE Eat:new:NT FORNut Touting Plant. Shelled Peanut Rooster.

Peanut Blancher. Peanut Cooking Vat enta o.olingMY, motor and fan in good condition. Write BoxC-302, Billboard. 25 Opera Pl., Cincinnati I. 0.WANTED - 50 FT. MERRY-GO-ROUND TOP.

Muot be in good condition, new or med. CharlesTower, Box 045. Dickinson. N. D.WIRE BASKETS - 300, NEW OR USED. FOR

checking clothes in swimming Pool. Lorelei,4525 Olive St.. St. Louis, Mo. mh24WILL BUY DAISY MODEL 25 (ONLY: CORK

Guns, $5.00 each, any condition. AU porta mostbe time. Ray Ogles, Brookfield, M. .7

At Liberty -Advertisements5c a Word. Minimum $1. Cash With Copy.

BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS

AT LIBERTY - THREE PIECE UNION. EX -eerie... draft exempt Orcheetra. Piano,

Trumpet and Drum. Complete modern library,sweet and swing. Vocals and M. C. Cut any show.Flueos sent on request. Address Leader, BoxC.209. Billboard, Cincinnati. mh24DANCE ORCHESTRA - 12 MEN, GIRL

Vocalist available for single night or location.Write or wire Dun Romeo. 23 Tilton St., Hammon-ton. N. J. mh24DOC COOK - NBC ORCHESTRA: 6 MEN.

Only reliable puttee contact. Box 664. PerthAmboy. N. J.NINE PIECE ORCHESTRA (AFTER JUNE 1)

inter.;eil in summer resort. beach or large hoteloffering ex weeks to four month engagement.Versatile band with experienced director. AddressStewart's Mimi, P. 0. Box 1492. Lakelend, Fl.4 PIFAM ORCHESTRA - PIANO. SAX. BASS

or Drums Violin doubling Barrio, Electric Guitar.Tomb, Complete library. union. Want summerseason north woods resort, night club. Hohenshell,3006 Raynor. Joliet, IlL m1131

CIRCUS AND CARNIVALDWARF WOMAN RESIDING IN CALIFORNIA

would like to join a musical act with anotherdwarf. I am 40 years old 4 ft. tall. Play Guitar.Partner in act to lead or sing soprano. Box C -29S.The Billboard, Cincinnati 1, 0. mh31HALF AND HALF FOR ANNEX - AVAILABLE

now. Clean and flashy. State all hi first letter.Box 283. Ashland, 0.

ROXANA - HALF AND HALF ANNEX AT -traction. Experience. ability. Plenty of Rash

.d wardrobe. Strong but clean worker. Write or,,ire Harry Fink, LaBelle Hotel, St. Louis. Mo.

SECRETARY AND TREASURER NOW AVAIL -able. Candid and park experience. Sober and

reliable. Capable do handle new... publicityMirk with show. State salary. Secret., PostOffice Box 631. Seneca, IIL mh31

COLORED PEOPLECOLORED DANCE BAND AT LIBERTY FOR

one night engagements. Write or wire. "Jump"Jackoon, 4917 S. Dearborn. Chicago, Ill. Atlantic6965. mh24

COLORED PIANIST - UNION, SEMI -NAMEand small combo experience.. specialise in boogie-

woogie. Dependable, do not drink and constantlyimproving. Neat appearance. Will stoner all in-quiries, Write Box C-300. The Billboard, Cincin-nati I. 0. ap7

EXPERIP:NCED PIANIST - READ, FAKEtranspose. Want mrtlicine show engagement.

Chauffeur. general unlit). on lot- Salary $50.00.State full details first letter. Tel Ashley, 234Woken St., Apt. 5, Detroit 1, Mich. ap7

MAGICIANS

MENTALIST -NOTED MENTALIST OF STAGEand night club fame. Elaborate wardrobe. fine

appearance and an act ruaranteed to be the finestand most oensational of its kind obtainable in theworld. Mentalist, 360 W. First St.. Dayton. 0.

MISCELLANEOUS

ARRANGER - VETERAN, SCORED TOPradio shows on major networks, scored recordings,

mane bands, motion picture theatres. et, Free tolocate. salary or Me. work. Box 651. The Bill-board, 1564 Broadway, New York,RADIO AND RECORDING EXECUTIVE -

After March 21. You., aggressive college grad-uate; 12 years' experience in conducting. arranging.booking and productng show. for top names in entertainment fields. Desires permanent connectionwith radio station, recordtag company or agency.Full gmlifications on retitle.. Open to all °fie.anywhere. Box 652, c/o BWboani, 1564 Broad -ea, New York 19.

M. P. OPERATORSPROJECTIONIST - DISCHARGED VETERAN.

thoroughly coperieneed 1651M. Sound. seoka con-,otion. Fern to travel. Have equiPment. Ii scaled.Box 2547, Roanoke, Va. mh24

MUSICIANSA-1 SOLO AND CONCERT CELLIST-EXPERI-

enee in all linos of the profession. Played foryears with top-ranking internationally fameus artist.and conductors E.agementa for trio in lead,radio, recording. stage. etc. California, Florida. NewYork. Mexico or South America preferred. GenuineCello, big and exceptional tone quality; 100%satisfaction guaranteed or no notice. Smolt. readand write 7 different teem... Full member ofunion local 06 and 047. Address. (toting fulldetails to Recording Artist. P. 0. Box 3302, SanFrancisco IS, Calif., or wire R. Mershall, 2120Steiner St., San Francisco 15, Calif.ALTO SAX AND CLARINET - 1ST OR 3D.

Union, draft exempt. Fake, been sluing stocks,experienced. Send complete particulars by letter.Available March 22d. Allen Pace, 513 Elm TreeLane, Apt. 02. Lenngton, Ky,ALTO CLARINET - HONORABLY DIS-

charged, name band experience. Jars, legitimateSober. reliable. Write Musician, 610

Windsor Hotel. St. LOW, 3fo.AT LIBERTY MAY 27 - ALTO, TENOR.

Clarinet. Experienced, fine tone. play in tune.Jon Krause. Capital University. Columbus 9. 0.

y.

134

AT LIBERTY.- TWO ALTO SAX MEN

otel

doubling Clarinet and bone ..aals,o, ,(1,oeudoubling Flute.a,,a

together.State salary.

Inork City.AT LIBERTY MARCH 30TH - ALTO 'IAN

Clarinet. Union. honorable di.herge. Musician,2009 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.

BASS MAN - DRAFT EXEMPT, AGE 24. MARlied. Well established band only. Must

strictly four beat: no Dixie or two beat, and no .ddrummers. Will oatisfy perfectly or no notice.Wire or write Musician. 330 Show Drive. 'Macon,G a.

DRUMMER AVAILABLE - RECENTLY DPI -charged. Experienced all line, including shows.

Sober, dependable union. Musician, P. 0. Buz507, Shreleport, La.DRUMMER - AGE 21, 4-F, NANIE RAND LX-

Perience. Reliable. sober, union. Now wetting.Must give two weeks' notice Teasel anywhere.Box C-301. Billboanl. Cincinnati. 0.DRUMMER, TENOR SAX AVAILABLE AT

once. Experienced commercial and lump bands.Minimum $80.00. Both arrange. Don't Worms-re.nt, we don't. Cut or no notice. Muskier.,General Delivery. Columbia, S. C.SAXES - 2 TENORS: EXEMPT, GO ANY -

where. Beat offer. Contact Dale and DeemsBillings, 5023 3Linerva Are., St. Louis 13, Mo.

mh24STRING BASSIST - READ, FAKE; 4-P,

liable. Prefer North. Contact "Monk" Mon-t.. SIO Jefferson A.., Defiance, 0.TENOR AND CLARY - ALL ESSENTIALS.

State all in first letter. Transportation nee.-... Musician. 1016 Erato St., New Orleans. Le.TROMBONIST. BARITONE VOCALIST -

Available immediately. Write or wire WilliamS. 'Waymire. 214 6 E. Tided St., Merlon, Ind-Locat ion preferred. mh24TROMBONE - READ WELL, FAKE. EXPERI-

ence With tielliiOunte bands Prefer jump hand,but will consider commercinl or hotel band. Slateall. Write or wire Dave Parker. Bourbon. Ind.TRUMPET - READ, FAKE. GOOD TONDr... Available after March 27. Not too far.George Clements, 412 W. 3d St., Fort Worth, Tex.TRUMPET - GOOD READER. FAKE. RIDE,

commercial. Deferred, experienced. Explain alLJoe Coleman. Hollywood Dinner Club, Mobile, Ala.

PARKS AND FAIRSOUTSTANDING TRAPEZE ACT -AVAILABLE

indoor events. Flashy nickeled paraphernali.For particulars, literature address Charles La Croix.1304 South Anthony, Fort Wayne 4, Ind.

PIANO PLAYERSPIANIST, COMPOSER, SOLOIST. TEACHER.

Interpret.. Reconstructor at sight. No faker.Read only. Experienced all branches. Rank withAmerica's foremost pianists. Locate West Coastor South. Independent, no labor affiliation. Notin draft. Bondage contract necessary.Pianist, Billboard, 330 Arcade Bldg., S. Louis 1,Mo. mh24PIANO - .1-F, FAKE. REM), GOOD RHYTHM.

Prefer jump band, Seinioonle experience. TedVance, 1784 Rhoda Ave- Columbus, 0.

VAUDEVILLE ARTISTSUNIQUE FACIAL 111"1' - GUS KMALFO WITH

His Phantom SoMibrero. Transforms a tinglehat rim into forty (400 different ramped bets.Care Mission City Booking Agency. 117 tI,liad bt.,S. Antonio. Tex.

MAIL ON HAND ATCINCINNATI OFFICE

2S.27 Opera Place,Cincinnati 1. 0.

Parcel PostKauffman, R. Disk,

DOWD, JamesDrake. ChasDrake, SueDRUCKEN-MILLER, Errin L.

DuBois. Wm. E.Duchene, BettyBaty. JackDun%nG. W. E.EBARDT, Norman

A.Edwards, RoseElaine, JoyceEthel, Keene

Alterio. D. Barns, Jimmie Ernes, ,S.tapaa.ley3.

AMY. ROY Bush, WillieAnderson. Doe Butler. Michael EYSTED. Beni.Anderson. John Butter, Don Alfrol

Anthers, Fred Cannon, Frank Farmer, J. D.

Areiero, T0111.110 Cantwell. Capt. Fennell. Geo.

ARMSTRONG. Maisie, Ronny Fenner, HamJune CARLILE, Wm. Permed, Joe

Arnett, James Eder. g, Fidler. FrancisArwood. Gene Carlton, Mayen, Fite Paul E. Notice, Selective Servicemen!Bach, Mrs. Gladys CARLYLE, John Finlay. DanBadger. Harry 4J. , Finnerty. DennisBailey, Morrie enninenn. 1,,,,, Forsythe, Fred It. The names of men in this list who have Selective Service

Jackson Carter, John R. ...Futtu,..,".1mmtu mail at any office of The Billboard are set in capitalBaker, Walter Calton, Arnold W. i.',...iiks. i'...... letters. Reetr, Gene Otto

LETTER LISTBecause of the serious paper shortage, letters, etc.,

will be advertised in this list only one time. If you arehaving mail addressed to you in our care, look for yourname EACH WEEK.

Mail is listed according to the office of The Billboardwhere it is held, Cincinnati, New York, Chicago and St.Louis. To be listed in following week's issue mail mustreach New York, Chicago or St. Louis office by Wednes-day morning, or Cincinnati office by Thursday morning.

MONAHAN, PEIFER, MelvinMlward llobson

Monahan. John PERRY, JohnArthur Henry

MONROE. Geo. Peterson. Mrs.Elmer Winifred

afontIllo. Estella PERRY, Robertaloonyhatn, Thomas Potter., ThereMoore, Jas. Guy Pettracea, DorothyMoores, Mrs. H. E. C.MOORE, Lewis Phelps. Clifford W.

Victor Phillips, VikiMoore, Mrs. Walter Phillipson. G.

F, Pierce, Mrs. LeonaIfOORE, Wm. B. E.Moues, atm. H. E. PIKEN, MartinMORSE, John PIKUL, Frank A.

Sawyer Poole. Theodore T.afreoley, Ran. Poracki. JosephMullins, Lawrence Stanley

& Margaret PORACKI, Joe. S.alullis. Roy Merl, Jake311-0I0, Peter J. POUNDERS.

Alfred SamuelMURPHY. POUNDERS,Emerson Raymond'Jun'''. Senn.' Powell, NormaAndre"Murphy. SlimRogersMurray, Fred Priddy, FrancisMurray. George -Wen. Marion

Baldwin, Guy Cevene. Fred Myers. LuckyBarfield, Dave Chandler, Esther Frank,M Nash Larry.'.

RA 'LAND,

Barry Geo. CHAPMAN. Frank. Miller J..

Neva, Toby Rakes, StellaBeach, Harold Eugene Rat" FM.: Tony rionldns. Sam Jones, Edw. Francis Laser. Donna lIcKINNON, John Neel., Hubert C. RANKIN, RussellBeck, R. C. Charo, Robt Harris. Dick Jones John W. Zeno. Wm. REES. Jas Allies!Bream, Herbert Claire. Madam FRANKHOUSER, Howls, Jam. Otte JONES. Leland leggitt. Edward MeLEAN. Paul

D.err * Steele gigiLLT. gini.n.

Rego. Lob E,, fl:;',Tn7.61!...c.Franklin,

'47,'; . }ATP: (liZbMARAS, Andrew Lentine, Frank 3.1e3fANUS, Thos Lewis

NEWCOMER,LewisEde,. Riini'iliAn.11bJeninSejuie

Kase, Ludy Leroy, Clark James NICHOLAS No.(Slate) Clare, Jimmie Theodore Lehman. CharlieGlen F. Harris. Rory

Elliott Clotfeltte Leon Dorothena Morris Kay. . Rena (Magician) 3feNieholas Mike RESTORICK, JohnSirsBennett, Phil Coffey, Mickey Frick. Jack L. Hawkins. Geo. Kerman. 'Walter LEWIS, win afaeolly, Mrs. P. M. Nichols, Green

John W.

Bennett. Whitey Comfort, Ted Frick, Junior Hawkins. Horse Bennie dneenen 111ALLERY. Nichols, Ruth REUTER,Lawrence Geo.

B.O.. Claude Conataer, Esther E. Galen, E. H. Hayden, R. W. Kellen, Powell Lewneihy kin A. Richard Nolan. EdwardBerman. Jot Concoran, Thos. Gerand, Albert Heekendom, Kelly, Francis Linen. j,;nneiin ' 3Istmean, Ansel Nolan, Mrs, E. E. REYNOLDS,

Marmon, Helen TheodoreBERNSTEIN. Conlon, Thos. Gerber, Joe Clarence E.

Morris A. Corcoran. Max Gibbons, Artwhuear,,, HENDRIX, Enema KENNY. Henry P, LUitnini...,list

S.Webb Key. M. 3,afaraen, David Nolan, Master E. Rhemy, Delbert C.y.,..,,, Jams'. L afirshfield, Artie O'BRIEN, Michael llhutnachild Phift

Mercers Larry COSLEMON.Blackball, Dot James Gibbons, Ili HELMS, Geo. Kidd. Ediverd L. DeWitti;e,',4r'

L. Morteney. H. R. &Bryant, Mickey ,,., ,

Blakeley, Benton Cotton, Jack D. Hendrix, C. W. King, Donald Long. Fallen ]tars-.. Talmadge Martin. James O'Connell. Daniel oas....oRDSO3Nrn

MARTIN. MalcolmBlackwell. Carl Costello. Robt. Gib.o. Wil.n S. Ilelton. Jean Hiegel, M. R.

H. Co.hlln. Duke & Gillespie. Eddie Maley, Anil F. C. 0Dn.. Irene Ridenour'.7froG.*JnoakT

Blankenship. Glenn Ida Gilman, Mare Henry. Clifford P. ICI., Jan Rie*.". LIT.. RIT,Pned 3fartin, Neil R. O'Day, Anita Riga, Junes J.

A. Cox, S. V. Gilroy, Fred Herndon, Mrs. KING. Wm. afeoley, Pant & O'Farrell, Flash Ms. Lee ArthurMei., Pvt. Credo, Sam Gorden, Dr. C. L. Glenn Edward LOPEZ. Yu. Bud Margaret Ordsby, F. N.

Morley J. Cravens, Mrs. Gordon, Chuck He., Clam Kingston. Olt LORD. Jackpeiber, 131aAtThewsni. Beernagetyrd 001Lsiveor.s..JaGrek. la.R1NEHEART.

Some, C.

FAw. KINSEY. Ray Lucas,, lj'errUt jam. Osborne. J. L.Rinehart, Viola

Boyd. Joe Winnifred Gore, Jessie Hickey, Maurice Kinn, Virginia

Footer ...n, ArthurRites. Robt. IC.

Boyle, Bennie CHESSMAN. Groh., Robt, H.

BREACH, Haunt CST. Jos. W. Greesey, Billlineman, Alfred

Goy Elite, Chas & MeCull H. L33,11YT.Eniia.rres,...T.. 00,u,,te!tiaahk..1,afel,.1,1 ROBERTS, Ernest

Brady. Louis (Ited1 Augmetus D. Gray. Gerald

(Gilbert) Bill Will H.Bronson Overstreet. Robt. L. Roberts. L. H.Braman, Herman Donets Prof. Vye Green, Biocide Hill, A. J. C. peg,' McCarter. John S.

J. Dole, BettinaSlane, Jobe saes McCO3IR, Th.. J. Means Thomas Owens. Thos. J. ROBERTSON SR.,

Brook, Fronk Del, Betty Green, Clifford Hogan, John KNDELL, Geo. McCormack. John me,nni. Joe OWN. George

Brewer, Mrs. Lou Derge, Jobs J. Gr... Fred (Blackle) Wilson IfeCR.aCKEN. alessick, Tommy OSBORNE, Chu Robinson, Wm,

Bricks°. fail C. Deride.. James Gregory. Carolyn HOLT, Tbeodore Kraemer. Will Howard T. Meyers, Sill T. Ruff, B.

lltig0Andrew Davis, Mrs. Leona Hensel 14.. Mrs. Lee Kratiter, Robert Elmer Sillier, Everett

Paden. James R. & ltu-.01. 3.01.01. Gerald Edw. Grey, Elmer (Cook Hope. Win. Kruger. Welter H. afeDANIEL. Daniel Miller. Elite

Brum, James A. Holt Griffiths, Melvin HOSTETTLER, KRUEGER. Roe L. )feDaniel. Elmerma, Russell. Tess

Brown, Sonny n=0., Vic Grim., Howard Chu. F. ICtits. Mrs. May McDonald. Jock D. afiller, H. Dutchnn PPeAll"..7,ERVIeWtorm. L. F.So'llt.';: TL.'htunut

JeraldineLeRUE. Daniel Jan]. oakoble. Mrs.

Clif fordBrock.. Welter DeRoasigknob, Grit.. Harold In Houle. Henry LaBird. Chas. MeDONOUGH, MILLER, John PALUMBO. Jos. S. ,

Beek. A. R. DeWitt, Mrs. Gunter. Geo. Henry Jean MeDOWELI., Karl Miller. R. A. ell*" PP'ArlIkeKr.ERD.oelEddarerdR.Buelianan. C. T. Louis Grubb, Marion E. Hudson. Sirs.

Boredom James Franc. Guthrie. I. W. Huffman, Harry LABOR, Frederick Ernest Ifilligan. T. G. Marshell Sun,.Jimmie

BoredomG.

Hunt. ArthurT,,,L,aiywrenee MeGINLEY, Horace MILLS, Dentiis Parker, Robt. K. Sere. Lierett Lad

Burk, Earl & Dean, Betty Bakal. Henry Wm.

Burke, Curie). Denardl, -angello Mlle 'Tige Huntley, WM. LottOle, Gorge MeGreen, Bernard Sunni Joseph C. Parks. Valerie 'nun..., C. ,..WayMith Parkerson, Ulla tnubt.hutt,,,,llu,h,.,Gladm Demme., Anthony Maden. Rob, Geo.

Lester Devinney. Dart' Hall. Al K. JaCIESOD. Mra. LAPEZ, Jam. E. MitcheM Mia. Miser, Joe g:yu.tu.sui.:ZaIn

Burke. Frank . Wort. Marline Hall, Reed & Bud MeGITIRE. PcteeD.

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Burkhart, Mra. Mildred Hamilton. James Johnston, Ed Helen afeintire. R. A. iliteliell, Meek Patine, Bleier E. SCIIAEFElt,

Mary Dorman. C. G. IIA3111E110, Peeler Johnston. Briery R. Lander. James MeKESSON, John afitchell, Paul Cone, John E. Innis Edw. Tate, 31. I'. Doc

Burns, Jinn, E. Dorrier, Art A. Jones, Ben R. Layton Dog Act Rel. Montgomery, Grover Pelky, Hardy (See LETTER LIST on page 56)

Schmidt. Mrs.Helen

Schmuck, LelandScott, LouisSent, Robert. V.SCREBNEFF, Wm.BEAGLE. W. C.Seaman, JamesSechri.t, Mrs.

ClaudeSelfroth, Charles A.Sellers, JackieShaffer. Wm.Shapiro, Prof. 3LSharp, SfaxSHAW. Wm.

MiltonShasever, L. M.SHEETS, Froward

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50 The Billboard MERCHANDISE Mnrrh 24, 1945Communications to 155 North Clark Street, Chicago 1. Ill

RENEW POST-WAR PLANNINGCivilian NeedsIn 2d Place

Military men insist thereshall he no decline in warproduction after V -E Day

CHICAGO, March 17. -As the Alliedarmies continue their successful fightagaluat Germany, post-war planning andreconversion plena once again spring intoprominence In publications of all kinds.Altho the government attitude is toconcentrate on winning the war, thereis widespread interest in what Is goingto happen when the Germans are de-feated,

Military officialdom is determined thatthere shall be no decline in war pro-duction. One of the best examples ofthis school of thought Is Maj. Gen.LucIna Clay, a member of the Office ofWar Mobilization, Altbo James Byrnesheads OWM, Clay rules the office with an11011 hand. His fixed rule is: Munition,production-yes civilian needs -no Itis widely supposed that he will have hieway practically up to the day that Japan(See POST-WAR PLANNING on page 521

MERCHANDISE TRENDSCRICA(30, March 17. -Retail sales fig-

ures continue to mount. altho store in-ventories have been hit by shortages inalmost every line, and manufacturers inmany cases fall to deliver merchandise.Key cone. show gains ranging from 15per cent (Chicago) to 28 per cent for At-lanta. The New York Times reports, thesebeing In comparison with 1944 figures.Retailers are bald to be showing greaterselectivity in buying stock replacements.DOlivery problems lead the field on thewholesale front. Manpower shortage; arestill reported everywhere. but there arescattered reports of some easing of thesituation. Another cheerful note Is thattransportation facilities are Improving.Variety stores report brisk sales. TheCommerce Department discloses eeti-meted retail store sales in January of$5.463,000.000, a 12 per tent increaseover the same month last year.

Civilian Production RappedThe production of non-easentlal goods

for civilians in wartime was criticizedseverely this week by a political scientistfrom Vanderbilt University. His remarkswere reprinted in the financial columnsof a newspaper chain and will un-doubtedly get wide attention.

The professor was especially criticalOf the fact that many /Med workmen

MILITARY PENNANTS, 1200 inches, $11.00 per 100An,. Navy, Msgr.,. Air Force, Coast Guard, Seabee, Merchant Marine.

WELCOME HOME BUTTONS, 50 ligne, $11.50 per 1000Spanish Hats Oro. 524.00Chola Hata Oro. 21.00Cary Cooper Hats ..... Oro. 38.00Cowboy Net Oro. 30.00Miniature Cowboy Hats Oro. 10.80Miniature Hat and Feather ma. 6.00Yeast Nate Oro. 22.50Soldier Hats Oro. 22.5070 Li,* Buttons Per 100 4.00Circus, Coast Guard. Army, Nave.

Al, Force. Marine.80 Llano Rodeo MAW. . . Pso100 3.00$0 Llano Buttons Per 100 2.00

Pro 1000 17.50Comic, Rodeo, Circus, Shrine. RoyRosen. Gone Autry, God BlessAmerica. V Buttons.

90 Lion. Comic Buttons. Per 100 4.00:9 RWB Ribbon. 60 Yd. Bolts 4.0026 Ribbon. All Colors ..Per 100 Yds 3.6012.30 Rodeo and Circa. Pen-

nants . .

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... Pee 100 13.ggGun and Holier Per Oro. 18.00

Western Plastic Jewelry.Poe are. $9.030. $10.110 and $12.006uct ins Elrec.. ate. Hood. Pawner.Cowgirl. Saddle. Indian, Hat II Gun, etc-PIstie Poe for Circus Per Oro. 10.50E lephant. Lion, Thee, ete.

Key Chains . . Per Oro. 8.00Bahr Shoes. Dog House. Baseballs.

B unk Balls. Footballs. Baseball01011%. Boeing Gloves, Croupsand Medals.

Key Chain ssah Haar% toe Photo. Gro.Whip'.8 ..............Oro.R W. Tinseled Salons Oro.Tinsel Head arrow. with Bell One.Plastic Pins. Tank. A Commando 0m.American Made Birds One.American Fleas, 12.15Pennant SticksWorth BaseballsLets. emailLeis. LargoCondo Hit Bands .........

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Registering a Welterof Amazement asWell as Coins. Won-dering Why It IsAlways on the KaulList. Hand decoratedin Red and Black, ItIs ono of Our LeadingSellers.No. 4838K-4 Incheshigh. Parked ti dna.in has. wvl,tlit :t IhaIn the its.. $7.20 tordoe. In 6 dos. lob,se.eo W. doz. In9f." Ions $eam perdoz.

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Lincoln PennyInside lug. Easelbackod cardsroad "AsTong as you ownrno you'll neverbe without a

cent." furnishedwith each doz.I 1/4 Inches high. Weight ,,r". lb. tothe doe. Ono doz. smallest Quantitysold 51.80 Per Doz.

WE CARRY A TREMENDOUS ASSORTMENT OF GIFT GOODS, RANGING INPRICE FROM $1.80 TO $90.00 PER DOZ. COMPLETE SET OF K ILLUSTRATEDPRICE LIST MAILED TO ANY GIFT SHOP ON APPLICATION.

are still turning out such Items as jewel-ry at the rate of a $1,000,000,000 wortha year while 800,000 men have eitherbeen killed or wounded In the war. Thereare still 12.000,000 men and women work-ing to make things to amuse or makemore comfortable the civilian population,lie said, while an equal number of menhave been drafted "to do the most un-pleasant job of all."

Rig Changes for llomewaresMany new household specialties will

appear after the war and some of themwill completely outmode others now Inuse, It is forecast in a post-war surveyprepared for the National Paper BoxManufacturers' Association,

Great increases are expected in plasticgadgets. New wood products will con-tinue to be used, dishes of powderedgime premed into shape, baking dishesmade of paper, portable heaters andelectronics will be in household use, the/survey discloses.

Not all these items. nor other unusualthings. wall be immediately available tothe consumer public as soon as the warends,

One of the substitutes expected to ap-pear on the market is cellulose acetatein place of glass.

Zinc Allocations NearingBecause of Increased war requirements

zinc win soon join the long list of metalsthat will again be placed under alloca-tion, War Production Board officials re-cently told a meeting of the zinc pro-ducers industry advi3ory committee. Zincwas removed from allocation in Sep-tember, 1944. The new regulations areexpected to be much Itke the previousallocation order.

Officials of the tin -lead -zinc divisiontold the committee that the total indi-cated 1945 consumption is 1,078,000 tons(See aferchandfse Trends on page 54)

Razor Blade MakersOrganize To ProvideStandards for Trade

CHICAGO. March 17.-A non-profit co-operative organization of razor blademanufacturers, set up to provide stand-ards for the trade and to work on otherproblems of the Industry has been an-nounced. Called the Better Shaving In-stitute of America, Inc., the group an-nounces its objectives as working outways and means whereby the trade canmeet the demands of war and also in-sure a better grade of razor blades. thu.aserving not only the armed forces butthe civilian trade to greater advantage.

A further plan Is to retain an engineer-ing laboratory that would make regularinspections and check-ups within theplants of the manufacturers.

The Better Shaving Institute is not aclosed organization. The manufacturerswho began the program will be gladto have the co-operation of all those inthe trade; in fact. it Is hoped to includedistributors of razor blades in the or-ganization.

In 1944. according to latest informa-tion. razor blade manufacturers made ap-proximately 3.600.000.000 blades, com-pared with 2,374 000.000 In 1940. Thislatter figure is considered a normal year'sproduction. The huge output in 1944was allocated as follows: 35 per cent tothe armed forces. 55 per cent to civilianuse, 10 per cent to lend-lease. Red Crossand export.

Despite the fact that steel is still underallocation, and will continue so far sometime, manufacturers stress the fact thatIt is sufficiently obtainable so that thereis no need for hoarding of blades by thepublic nor any need for excess buying onthe part of the trade.

The abate FLTTFY BEAR s001 Iamade of rayon plush with rayon *meipanto. Attractive assorted color cola.laituttona Felt no.. hand -embroideredmouth. Extremely raft and cuddly.u,:alits throughout

TODAY'S BIGGESTTOY VALUE

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IMMEDIATE DELIVERY

$25 iaEN . GiantThis la nor etrimler number and rola le theMete. rahw in stuffed toys today. Limitdoren to an order. SamPlr $2.35.

The Famous "LA!Y BA/g- Doll. 17 Socha toll.With Lyra. toe, Solon and cuts face. Eachindiridually hosed.

DOZEN TO ACARTON

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514.40, $25.50. 542.00 Omen. No Catalog.25'. With Order. Balance C. 0. D.

MILLS SALES CO.s' Ode Oats HAILING us BecoS

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ORDERS NOW FOR MARCH DELIVERY.MUST HAVE DEPOSIT ON ALL ORDERS.

MEXICAN BASKETS -WASH-SHOPPING-LIME-HAMPERSFor Immediate Delivery

Doz.No.459 Bushel $18.60No.460 I, Bathe/ 8.60No. 46I l,j Bushel 11.40

*No. 462 Auto 8.50* No.461 Oval 8.50* No.464 Waste 8.00

Dos.°No. 465 Laundry $16.00°No. 466 flame.. 24.00No.467 Market 17.00

cNo. 468 Market 5.15*Con. 3 to a Nest. No Less Sold.

Always First With The Latest At Lowest Prices

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Blarch 24, 1945 The Billboard MERCHANDISE 51

F. T. C. Clamps- PARK, CIRCUS AND CARNIVAL SPECIALSDistributors for First Come! First Served! Limited Quantities

pers. Per Doz. 38.00 0Bullet Key Chain, Sliver Color.

Per Doz.Magic Horse Fla. (5 to Pack).

Per Gross0 Magic Horse Race (25 to Pack).

Per .

0 Magic Norse Race (Bulk). Per 1000 LI pis..,inottlemBmosg4e17,1o47,., PervDoz 3.60 0

0 01.1sAstz GZseLzGround,3.75 Ir

. P Or 21.60

0Dunhill Windproof Lighters, 8 Only

9.75 110. Johnny John Bowl Pipes.

A Per DOT.

10 Telexope*s16 Power. Per Doz. IT 400 Kitchen 19.1s Matches (BestOnly). Per GPO. 3.75 r# Comic Buttons, Assorted, Eta".

100 5.00 4Uncle Wall's Card Trick (New).

°01Siirriegealrgrd Trick (Deck). Per Doz. 4.00 r

1.60 2

gvato.:ertILA.Pel>e?Vo'r.4.002.00 0

;itlen=i4sig; r.1.1"-F1-"Prro.'f": Il:gg tgr:;g::

E171,tilscNut Trick. Per Doz 12.00 r0 Smoker's Fun Shop. PerCarcc1L.::: ;:7Z 010

Shooting Plugs. Per GrossBetts Bubbles.

r2:;.%, 12."3.76

2:7 ta,Monkeys.

Grose.P4arsti,;...PVI Jag 0

'0 ikeursisr"TIUI 7'g%.Per

DCier'o : : : 36:g g 1IWindmills onTIcli.PPen:Oss . 9:ifsg r

A el.,41', tri,10,?.°°4:'",3"4.,,P" 6". 2,1ggr 4,0I Cwitiroe..Ribbons on Pln, Fancy. r...200 KeY Chain, Beaded, Baseball, Golf,#

0Football. Air, DI., Clover.

If0 P"Doz.

for Complete Catalog: -5° 0Glamour Girls Glass Transfers.

10Deposit with order. Na orders 0filled less than $20.00. Balance a

00 C. 0. D. n0 BORDER irPA NOVELTY CO. Alr

01 405 Woodward Ave., DETROIT 28. MICH, ritimowiimb...4loimiw...ibmokNikwIr

Phone: CAdlliao 8281 or 8253.

gMerchandise In Stock for ImmediateDellverY 0r Flip Tease (8 Styles). Per Gr. $11.50 rWhile It Lasts. Do4wn on i ,,44..-i, .

0 Pe car Gum Sticks. Per 100 5.00 0Auto Burglar Alarm D. Per Or. 15.00 0 WASHINGTON, March 17. -The Fed -

0 Vol. Testers. Per Gr. 12.0o era( Trade Commission has clampedA Musical Horn. Per Gr. ... 8.00 0 down further on the use of the word4cigarette Rollers (Vest POtkal).

Per Gr. 38.00 0 "free" In promotions. A Special provi-0 ;:11::oil.PPeNr7er Or.

23 07.00.00 Mon dealing with "free" offers was made

public with the issuance a proposedTelephoner0ct

XIALTIviei:ir FriVia.o.t. ::gg 0 trade practices for the razor and razorI moznr32,v;lin.rtnc7s,? e.00 0 blade trade.In the proposed rules for these trades,

a special section states: "It Is an unfair24.00 0 trade practice to use the term 'free,. or

any other term of similar Import ormeaning, to describe, designate or referto any industry product which is notgiven to the recipient thereof withoutcost and unconditionally."

In its enforcement of laws governingfalse advertising, the commission hastaken the position that the word "free"should not be used unless the premiumis in fact without strings and availableto anyone merely for the asking.

A number of old stipulations and or-ders recently have been amended to in-clude the new ideas on "free" premiums,and officials expect that some new com-plaints based on current practices willeventually follow.

Altho no punitive measures againstalleged misuse of "free" have appeared,the commission action in including itsposition on this term in the razor bladetrade practices is taken as indicatingthat the issue is still very much alive.

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IEXICA SILVERDOLLAR MONEY

CLIPS, 824.00 Dozen25es Deposit, Balance C. 0. D.

Reliance Jewelry & Merchandise Co.307 Metropolitan Bid... Detroit 28. MO.

Per Doz.Worth Covered Base Balls $ 2.00Weighted Darts, Dos. 1.204 to 7 Inch Hoop -La Rings, Doe. .55Straw Horse Cr Man 4.00Horseshoe Plaques 2.00Large "Pin Up" Plagues 2.00Small "Pin Up" Plaques .85 Paper Flags .65R. W. 0 B. Batons, Cross 16,50 Paper Flag Bows .75jr. Batons, Cross 8.00 Comic Paper Masks 1.00Silver Cant, Cross 14.50 Muslin Flags on Sticks 1.15Flying Birds, Gross 24.00 Plaster Dogs, Ducks, Etc. 1.25Parachute Trooper, Gross 24.00 Cloth Flag Bows 1.35Medium Leis, Cross 4.00 Humorous Mirror 3.00Large Leis. Gross 6,75 Mirror Memo Books 4.10Medium Plaster, Gross 7.00 Powder Puffs 3.00Swaggers, Gross 10.50 Lead Pencils 1.25Aluminum Milk Bottles, Each 1,75 27" Shoe Laces 1.15Colored Canes, 100 4.00 Painting Puzzle Book 6.50jumbo Tails. Per 100 21.00 Paper Pop Guns 4.00Knife Rack Rings, Per 100 2.50 Puzzle Pictures, Per Bale 1250) ... 1.50Shooting Corks, Per 1000 2.25 Tongue Novelty, Per Bale 1200) .... 1.50

Wheel Tops 4.80Airplane Gliders 4.00

Gross Paper Hats 5.00Heavy Whiskey Glasses $ 3 50 Patience Games 5.00Ash Trays 3.75 Assorted Prevue Brooches 9.60Tumblers 4.00 Comic Hat Bands, Per 100 1.75Nappies 4.50 Per 1,000 16.50Sugar Bowls and Creamers 4.80 Comic Books, Per 100 1.50Saucers 4.80 Flag Buttons, Per 100 2.00Cups 5.20 Motto Buttons. Per 100 1.006" Bowls 6.75 MacArthur Buttons, Per 100 1.8581/2" Bowl, 10.80 Army Metal Buttons, Per 100 .40

Order From This Ad. All Prices F. O. Il. Indianapolis.No Order Shipped C. 0. D. Without 25% Deposit.

trrtportars

GLASSWARE

U. S. MADE SLUMPcr Cross

Engraved Wedding Rings $1.00Assorted Charms 1.00Plastic Thimbles 1.20

KIPP BROTHERS(Established 1880)

Indianapolis 4, Ind.

Wholesalers

FAST

MAKERS.$

ALSO limited Quantityp328 Sterling Silver

SCOTTIE PIN(not shown)

with solid back andsafety catch.

Individually Boxed$1.50 Each

#16I6 DOUBLE HEART BRACELETCold or silver plated, suit-able for any insignia orengraving.$6.00Doz.I"4Carded

p327 Sterling SilverBASKET PIN

Two-tone gold or silverplated, with six assortedstones.

SAFETY CATCH INDIVIDLIALLY BOXED

$2.00 Each

25% deposit, balance C.O.D. unless rated

1133 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 10, N. Y.Phone: Stuyvesant 9-1881

CHARLES DEMEEMFG. CO

116.E.WAINUT ST.MILWAUKEE.I2,.WIS.

64 COMIC CARDS"FOR ALL OCCASIONS"

Creators of: "You Can't Take It With You," "Six Men In Every Woman'sLife." "Advt. on Health," "To a Deserving One."

YOU SEE THEM, YOU BUY THEMSend for Descriptive Circular.

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Copyrighted materielill

52 MERCHANDISE The Billboard March 24, 194.5

HEAR! HEAR!Everybody likes to hear this

LYRE XYLOPHONEHigh school and college students, themilitary end adults everywhere are goingstrong for rhythm bands. Herd Is a realmusical instrument that Is made to orderfor these bands or for indiyklual enioymentanywhere. Both 8 and 12 note models willplay anything from soft dinner music toboo0e-woogie.

HERE! HERE!Here Is where sou turn this new item Intobig profits. The LYRE XYLOPHONE sac.on sight and gives you better than 70;profit. The 9 note size measures 18" long14,4" wide. 2':" deep. The 12 note size2?:15",x2'4

POST EXCH. RETAILERSCONCESSIONAIRES

it Note Size -S18 Per Dos.Retails for $2.59.

12 Note Mze-S25.20 Per Doz.Retails for 1.3.59.

Sample of Both, $4.00w WIRE - PHONE

GLENWOOD MFG. CO.24 East 21et Street New York 10, N. Y.

Phone: CR 5-5437

Limited Quantity

Used Army Raincoats

$10.00 per dozenIn Lots of 5 Doren or More

SINGLE DOZEN $12.00

Terms - 1 '3 Cash With Order.Balance C.O.D., F.O.B. Rome, Ca.

ROME I & M CO.210 Shorter Ae.

P. 0. Box 365, Rome, Ga.

Headquarters ForCOUNTER CARD

MERCHANDISENOTIONS -SUNDRIES

LEE RAZOR BLADESWrite for Price List

LEE PRODUCTS CO.'l3 Whitehall St., Atlanta 2, GA.

is and 10c"GOOD 'N FRESH" CANDY

AGAIN AVAILABLE TO LIVEDISTRIBUTORS

105 Cellophane Bags I E1004 Of 2 Doz.),Good Ais't, 845 Dor. Net.

It 120 Count Bosm. Good AWL855 Box Not.

F.0.8. Chicago. Limit Ps. Order, 100poem of each Item. No 0.0.0.',, Plea..Teems: Full Nat Cash With Ordee. Writefar Full Details, OASTERLINE BROS.,moo suessiau Dept. 0. vacua.

POST-WAR PLANNING(Continued /rorn pope 50)

Is defeated. There seems to be no rea-son to suppose that Germany's defeatwill mean any immediate swItohIng ofindustrial activity to peacetime produc-tion.

Not all munitions plants will workafter fighting ends In Surope. Manywill "stand by," however, in the event ofemergency requirement. This, of course.spells piecemeal reconversion, not an all-out switch to civilian production.

Altho the German break-thru late In1944 put a temporary stop to poet -warplanning, at least out loud, from time totime email groups and committees doget together to plan quietly and in a waythat will not interfere with war work,

flat there is definite need for suchplanning is shown by the annual reportof one of the country's largest concerns.Westinghouse Electric & ManufacturingCompany recently revealed a 35 per centdrop in unfilled orders. Unless somepost-war planning is done, the, Is cer-tain to be a period of prolonged unem-ployment when the inevitable cutbackaon war production begin.

Plan New MarketsIn making public its report, Westing-

house announced "definite plansio en-ter several new consumers' markets withthe coming of peace." Among the prod-ucts it intends to manufacture, the firmlists FM and television radio receivers."a complete and well -engineered post-war line of home and farm free:ers." anew electric steam iron and extensivepromotion of a home laundry unit whichwas sold experimentally just before thewar,

Westinghouse Is not the only companyto speak up In regard to Its post-warplane. Studebaker Corporation has beenbusily contacting Its dealer organizationswith the Wag that "at a time not tooEar distant" these outlets will again h-handling Studebaker products. S'r

fit her companies are reported to be e'

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PECAN LOG ASSORTMENTI Giant 2 7.6. Preen 81.08. eNeesn Loss,

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PRECISION NOVELTY HOUSEHAYS. KANSAS

ing a marked interest In renewing cor-dial relations with distributors, whole-salers and retalleni.

The above is not meant to convey theimpression that these companies haveany intention of Ignoring the needs ofWar to devote their time to reconversionplans, The reverse to true; etatlaties onwar production are given In great detailIn the annual reports of these firma andprecede all other information.

There is unmistakable evidence, how-ever, that when the various governmentagenclea loosen controls over materialsand man -power for civilian items, Ameri-can industry will be ready to begin ac-tion.

A group especially interested in post-war employment, the research divisionof the Committee for Economic Develop-ment, composed of business men andprofessors, is working together on recom-rnenoations for national policies whichwill Insure maximum employment.

Millions of jobs NeededThe researchers have found that the

country will need from 7,000,000 to10.000,000 more jobs after the war thanIt had In 1040, and they want to findout what kind of governmental andbusiness policies will encourage business

STERLING SILVER RINGSTwo hands that clasp sod unciasts g'to make up this memento of huttoendshio.

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ROHDE-SPENCER CO.223.225 W. MADISON STREETCHICAGO 6, ILLINOIS

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by Nile Glow

WRITEFOR

COMPLETE LIST!

NITE GLOW PROD. CO.'106 W. 46th ST., N. Y. 19. ME 3.5794

COMIC CARDSOver StS Ontels and Folder,. MI in 4 tocolor. Coo a low sa 320.00 a thousandnith eneelopes. All a. fort 10t when- Send251 for sample Porde and folder.

M M CARD CO.10331035 Weston St., San Frare,cei 3. Call

STUFFED RABBITS12'," High, Goggle E,,cs. Fur Plush.

Special -S12.60 Dz.Deposit.

Di verso Products Co.610 N. Water St. Milwaukee 2, Wis.

- MAGIC RACES,ner cannot be determined in advance.

At cigarette touch 6 horses are oft.RIG PROFITS

All the thrills of actual race. Fast eatIler40 Races, $1.00. Dime brings sample:

BARKLEY CO.Dryden 3, Va.

Order From This

PRICE LISTAmerican -Made Slum

Pcr Ores,PaperAgekg'on

Stkk 3 .66Paper Bow Flag Pine .75Min. Cools Pennant .75Paper Meeks .75Lucky Charms. Corded, Boa .66Largo Plastic Charm., Bulk 1.00Bean BlowerShoe LamsMuslin Flags on 1..4.115g

Plante ThimblesPencils, No [rawPhilter Figures 1.25Rayon Bow Pins 1.35l's- Comte Buttons Pie 100 2.00Monkey Mirror. 2.00PinUp Oirl Mirrors 3.00Mirror Memo Book 4.25

GlasswareSalt and Poppet Shakers 33.24Coasters 3.24Ash Trays 3,50Tumblers, B Os. 3.35Nappies 4.00Min, Beer Maps. 14 Dz. In Cart. Oat 4.204% In. Cowl 4.265' In. Boni . ... 4.505 13z. Sherbets 4.75

For Your Ball GamePln-Up Plaques, Small .. Doz. $ ..1113

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Priem F. 0. IL Terre Haute.25% Deposit Required With C. 0. D. Orders.

LEVINSIitg6E

BROS.NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY OTHER FIRM

Terre Haute, Indiana

CIGARETTEROLLERSMETAL -VEST POCKET SIZE

Roll Your Own Cigarettes-....imple To Operate

Order Now While They Are Hof!!!

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Balance C. 0. D.

DETROIT CIGARETTEROLLER CO.

82(1 Hamilton Ave.Detroit 2, Mich.

PLASTIC CHARMSfor your Slum Prises

Vae aim edisoct item seWe newel Mere wed yell mew CMAISSIWes earese else M We yokels word.

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31 .00 iewss Wok eerie+ ...Wee. COD.ref. he US A. es

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OA BARRETTES $0 EXTRA HEAVY STERLING PLATE 0

0 950O$40.00Cross a

0 C01.30sPLATED BARRETTES Po

S4 $6.00 Dos. 70.00 Cross

;0 CLOSampleW-IN.THE-OAment - SRK

WOOD JEWELRY $Assort 10.00

#oft MILLER CREATIONS

5Martvfact . nd Importers d

0(Phone: Fairfax 49071

6825 Kensmod Ave, Chicago 37, III. 5e.....w......................-i

r MEXICANNOW

JEWELRYCATALOGUE READY

5,000 ITEMSFACTORY PRICES

' cr.. Ar-r-cseir.Pine, Salm

,Irt rtklre,ti. -herder and, stamp few

tzr, hanlLe.BLAKE SEPPLY CO.

Little Roca, Art.

March 24, 1945 The Billboard MERCHANDISE 53

ENGRAVERS!SILVER FINISH

BARRETTEillirror-like Engraving Surface

No. 33670

Here's the hottest engraving item inyears! Expensive looking! -well made!-and really in demand! Double salesbecause they sell in pairs. Get setnow with these new profitable moneymaking barrettes!

DmE.Carded

'72"PcirCarded

NIL/ay Palmier & Co.5 No. Wabash Ave., Chicago 2, Ill.

E Pd 41v/hi, Who/es-nit, No../c

INTOT A Big Pay Business

We Help You Establish a SteadyRoute of Dealer CustomersMake cow) weekly earnings selling.ores our BIG line of 200 Prodacbs--all daily necessitlea Show tner-: chants in your totality a sensationsiline of self -selling counter goods.'iii- .." Retail at 50 and 10e. Yon make VP

h"4.7aR4to 112% commission. No largecapital required. Easy to asset.Zeit

... 4 from coast to mast. Send for ourA fortune spent for National Adree-tieing has made our products known

booklet Your Ottportimity in11,:h,o1,e4e,,131.1i;?:iliol',i,,,YnniirW(.417.),,E"

WORLD'S PRODUCTS CODep1.84,Spencer,Ind.

BELL ULTRABLUE STOCK SIGNSTo immeat stores. Oyer 500 different slogans andWings. Fine line of Religious Ultra -Blue Sign.Put selling Silk Banners, Service, Roosevelt, Ameri-cus Fla:, Victor, MacArthur. Slake money onthroe fast selling Signs. 350 sear,

8 Sample Selling Outfit -71S 81IkBanners, 01.00 postpaid. 15 Sam-ple UltraBlue Store Stock Signs.711, 01.00 postpaid. 15 SampleUltraBlue Religious Signs. 7,11.$1.00 postpaid. 100 UltraBlue

*Sock Signs. 7s11, $5.00. No C.O.D.'s. L. LOWY.8 West Broadway, Ncw York 7, N. Y. Dept. 238.

FINE WATCHESMEN'S & LADIES'

And Novelty jewelry. Wholesale Only.WRITE FOR CATALOGUE.

MARLENE SALES5 N. Wabash Ave. Chicago 2

-

JAIL BREAKailansunei

New version of popular pocket trickix sell or 2Sc.

Snag?. noun Sine. Puipold

THERON FOX1024 CAROLYN, SAN JOSE 10, CALIFORNIA

tlihJ

WANTED TO BUYWalrus Teeth, Tie Slides, finished or un-finished; Rhinestones or Lodge Emblems,finished or unfinished.

HARRY KLITINER CO.433 Westminster St., Providence, R. t.

C -JEWELRY15" Sterling Sliver Neck Chains.

Doz. 54.00113" 1/20 Gold Filled on Sterling

Neck Chains. Du. . .... 6.00Also several other .mart fast selling Jewelryitems with which you can get the money.Complete sample assortment, 110. If mer-chandise does not satisfy you to every waryou may return it in 5 days and wo stillrefund your money.LYNE JEWELRY CO.))

146 E. 59th St. New York 22, N. Y.

BALLOONS WANTEDAll Sixes)

Name your price, as price is no object to me.Send samples to

H. S. NETTLES575 Winton Terrace, N. E. ATLANTA, CA.

to expand and produce those Jobs. Theyhave already released a series of booksand pamphlets which the committee dis-tributes to the 2,000 or more localCED's, assuring widespread circulation.

CED was made possible thru thecontributions of more than 2.000 busi-ness men and represents a new basis forco-operation between business, whichmust meet pay rolls, and professors, whoare looked down on in some circles asbrain trusters and impractical theorists.Many of the professors in the group areeconomists; the business men includemen like Chester C. Davis, of the FederalReserve Bank; Beardsley Ruml, treasurerof It. H, Macy & Company: Eric John-ston, president of the Chamber of Com-merce of the United States, and WilliamBenton, former advertising agency exec-utive and now vice-president of the Uni-versity of Chicago.

About half of the committee's list ofprojects has been completed. Some im-portant studies still lie ahead, however.notably in the field of agriculture as itaffects post-war prosperity, studies ofInternational trade and its relationshipto domestic employment and, most im-portant, one on means of smoothing outthe boom -depression cycles.

Be Our

PERFUME DISTRIBUTORFoley fast, easy sales and hie profits supplyinglingo demand for popular Tuner Hall Perfume,and Colognes. World fammis essences. Multimillion dollar, highly advertised industry. Ceo'nlete line, attractively Packaged. Amaling lowprices. Fast Shipments.

SELL STORES, JOBBERS OR DIRECTGreatest demand in history! Pleasant, easywork. Nits immediate prolate. Get started!WRITF. TODAY for free details and ea:utile.

TOWER HALL 9-,7nalf,?,.3,,dg

F. T. C. CHAMPS DOWN(Continued trots page 51)

subject to penalties for breaking therules. According to recent estimates.more than 150 such "fair trade" codeshave been written, and more are beingwritten every month.

The code for the razor blade industryalso contains a recommendation that "inthe interest of identification and pre-vention of confusion and deception" allsteel razor blades should be impressedor etched with the name or identifyingtrademark of the manufacturer or theresponsible distributor introducing theblade into the channels of trade.

Other Code ItemsThe list of items in the code reads like

a directory of the chief subjects leadingto FTC complaints. It is unfair to mis-represent the character of the business;to defame competitors or disparage theirproducts; to bribe employees of com-petitors, their customers or prospectivecustomers to influence their purchasing;to use unfair trade promotional litera-ture, advertising matter, testimonials.guarantees, warranty, mark, brand, labelor to deceive with respect to grade orquality.

Lottery schemes are outlawed. It Ls

unfair in advertising or tags to representthat a product has been reduced fromwhat was in fact a fictional price, to sellbelow cost in order to injure a com-petitor, or to discriminate among cus-tomers in granting advertising and pro-motions allowance: to imitate trade-marks, entice employees away or to mis-represent the earnings of sales repre-sentatives either as to salary and com-rni..ions or opportunities for such re-muneration.

II M .1~ 1 I LI I I MO I LI I OR I I\ k\'I LW I

STAR SALESBOARD SELLERAll Plush

30" BEGGAR BUNNYIMMEDIATE DELIVERY

$ 3 6.°?...25":- Deo., F.O.E.,

New YorkSample, 54.00

Full Cash

$700. Assorted Colors. Crochetednose. All cotton filler. Beautifulribbon around neck. Wired ears.Full sized body. TERRIFIC EYEAPPEAL. Packed 1 Doz. to Carton.

WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL EASTER BUNNY CIRCULAR 01

MAYFAIR MERCHANDISE CO.WAYNE PRODUCTS

16 W. 23D ST. NEW YORK 10, N. Y.011011\7117&171101110111:11MNIMOwm

NATIONALLY KNOWN NAME BRAND DEAL

11Lbi Becg.s Cb..1-i:,c1.?lates. Nationally 1 1,310,,,,cia of Cum.knownt.n; 20 Sc packages. Na-

1 Lb. lars of Fruit and Nut Filled Hard Cedar Chest and I 1 -Lb. Box ofCandy. Satin Finish. Nationally Chocolates. Nationally known nameknown name brand! brand!

SALESBOARD OPERATORS AND JOBBERS

3 Pnag:,s(..4a;iconlalyndkynoRvfnsnam2:bcr2t 1 51..TeL'airociSpatially Imprinted Sc

TOTAL COST: $24.5050e Additional for 1200 Hole Salesboard.

(Note: No nationally known name brand Is specified due to limited quantities of anyParticular brand name merchandise available. However. ALL orders will be filled withbrand name merchandise.)

25% Cash With Order, Balance 0. 0. 0.

Chicago Confection Sales Co.SO. DEARBORN ST., ROOM 001

CHICAGO 3, ILL.Phone: Central 5691

NEED MERCHANDISETell us the concession you operate and we'll send you anew bulletin just off the press showing the merchandisesuitable for your needs.

TELL IT TO e YOUR DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY1 1 3 2 S. WABASH AVE. CHICAGO

-LIMITED STOCKS STILL AVA/LABLE-:',:;17,."a:arr'garic,:tutg',:,...L'In'ttblemr:strg

Cedar Yanity Fltttsd 'grats,CZiJewelry, Brush Sets. Pen Sets. Beverage Sets, etc.

IMPORTANT T3oustrand"T,P,707,1=1%uBeArrITI and M.4t.'" "WIVestr1,41,

ACMEPRIMION IMPIPPLY COttP.3333 LINDELL BLVD.,ST.LOUIS 3.MO.

CHAIRSMany Styles

PROMPTSHIPMENT

We Can Still Ship,Rut Don't Delay.

ADIRONDACK CHAIR CO.1140 Broadway NEW YORK, N. Y.Dept. 5 Corner 26th St.

APRIL FOOL JOKES

AND NOVELTIESLover's Fun Cards, 12 In Set. Dm. ....S .60Sooner Does. Doz. .40Sooner Pills. Du. .60Wine & Water Trick. Carded 24. Doz .76Beer Trick, Carded 24. Doe. .75Combo Lofty Letters, 8 In Pkg. Du. 1.50Bleeding Finger. Doe. .80Snow Storm Pills. Doz. 330Laughing Toilet Tissue. Dos. .90No, No, 1000 Times No. Boxed. Dos 2.00Hitler's Last Will. Per 100 1.90Magic Race Game. Per 100 1.00Jumping Candy. Dos. .90Novelty Cigars, 10 Sa " Long, Real Tobacco,

Eight In Display Box. Per Box 9.20Rich Pepper Gum. Boxed. Doz. 330What Me Worry Boy or Girl Photo Finish

Cards. Per 100 3.00Combo Cards. Photo Finish. Per 100 1.00

Early Bird Catches the Worm.Don't Drink Water.Little Black Behind.Cemlc Hitler Pictures.Also Pictures of Roosevelt. Stalin

and Churchill.Take -It -Apart Puzzles. Dm. 2,00TryN-Dolt. Puzzle. Dos. 2.00Wo carry hundreds of ether Items, such as

Party Favors, Gifts, Novelties, Magic.Let us know your owls.

Send 1/3 With Order, Balance C. 0. 0.Full Amount With Order -Take 2% Off,

Trick Novelty Company51 Peachtree Street ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA

rFAST SELLERS!FOR JOBBERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

Sterling Silver

SPRAY PINS AND EARRINGS

A""ZZ.Potgli el'oairl!Vdtuoil.- IL

2.PETAL SPRAY PINS ...512.00 Dos.3 -PETAL SPRAY PINS ... 18.00 Doz.EARRINGS TO MATCH ... 12.00 Dm.Send Money Onler or Check With Order.

COSTUME JEWELERS264 Flesh Ave. (Dept. Ell Now York 1, N. Y.

Di'r P R

Newsstands Arcades - Olft Shops Hustlers.Glamorous Artist's Sindels PinEpis many nose,that sell and .11 fast- 3 Comic Cards,.joke Cards, Books, Novelties. Good sellers, kindthe trade go for. Bic pronto. 50 samples for01.00. Wholesale price list entire line tutselling merchandise included with order only.Jobbers interested order --using letterhead.

Please State Your Business.RURBARD CARD COMPANY122 W. 2nd St. Mountain Grove Ii, Mo.

CHOCOLATESIn Cedar Chests, Leatherette Vanity Beans

and Packaged 1 and 2 Lb. BolesDeals for Operators. Write for Prices.

Earl Products Co.1144 S. St. Louis Ave.. Chicago 24, III.

COMMANDO KNIVES -HUNTING KNIVESCommando Knife has 7 in. double edge steelblade. Encased in high-grade leather 'heath.

697.60 Dog. Sample 53.50.Bunting Knife has 6 in. single edge steelblade. Encased in high grade leather sheath.

653.00 Dos. Sample $3.00.Samples. cash withh

order, D.25%

balance C. O.VULCAN KNIFE CO.

P. 0. Box 4030 Birmingham 8, AM.

CHOCOLATESImmediate, delivery. Select ChocolateDeals. Jobbers and distributors, writefor circular and prices today.

SPARTON NOVELTY CO.

3557 No. Halsted St. Chicago 13,

Copyrighted mate"

54 MERCHANDISE The Billboard 11 arch 24, 1945

WATCHES !AMERICAN MADE WALTHAMS FANCY DIAL WRIST WATCHES STAINLESS STEEL CASES FINE LEATHER STRAPS

7 JEWEL $16.7515 JEWEL 17.75

Factory Rebuilt's (Guaranteed)1/9 Dee.. Bal. C.O.D., F.O.B. N. Y.

VICTOR. DISTRIBUTORS2067 Broadway, New York 23, N. Y.

Pne,e: TRfatoge 74051

COSTUME SEASHELL

JEWELRYLugo stock on hand. Immediate de-hscry or make your own. Full line ofyaterlals, Shells, Pins, Ear Sack. Earn.dation.% etc. 1045 catalog now ready.

J. A. WHYTE & SONManufacturer

Little River MIAMI, FLA.

Last and 'It,* a meatof Adolph Hitler

(Coptoishi 1,1Printed In 2 colon with "a 11 1'umMeet thing you ern teat A terrine seller .

big wont. 100, $2.00: 000, 57.60. Sarno).251. SOMETHING NEW-See whet harivosto Adolph "tfort" Hitler. Greatest laugh nov-elty ever origtristert 3 Same) s. 004. ea 03.00 hundred. Greatest Ine seller. Foil cash withorder. &distant. cheroots -wt. We pay Postage.

TRIAL ORDERS. 35 COPIES, $1.00.JAY -JAY CO.

VW West 1515 St. BROOKLYN 24, N. Y.

MERCILANDISE TRENDS(Continued from page 50)

Of slab zinc, as compared with an Indi-cated production. Including Imports, of870,000 tons, leaving a deficit of 208,000tons. This will mean an averagemonthly shortage of 18.000 tons, WPBsaid.

Plastics Must Prove WorthConsumers should not look forward to

an extensive use of plastics until actualuse has proved them superior to con-crete, wood, steel and glass, Vernon S.Peterson, consultant of the extension di-vision of E. I. du Pont de Nemouris daCompany this week told a meeting of theChicago Society of Automotive Engineers.

"You hear people talking these daysabout plastic houses, automobiles. re-frigerators, vacuum cleaners and dozensof other things which are expected Inthe world of tomorrow." he said, "butplastics have yet to stand the teat ofcompetition with established materials.They have enjoyed remarkable growthand development because they have beenvaluable as wartime substitutes and be-cause they were novelties, but It is toearly to sell concrete, wood, glass andsteel down the river."

Pressure Cookers WantedPressure cookers will be a "must" in

the well-equipped poet -war home, ac-cording to a survey answered by 1.80.5members of the American Home Reader -Consumer Panel. Thirty-six per cent ofthe non -owners of such cookers Intendto buy one when they arc available; 41per cent do not know whether they willbuy ouch equipment, and 19 per centelate they will not buy one.

Pressure cookers are owned by 25 percent of the panel members; pre suresaucepans by 8 per cent. More thanthree -fourths of the present owners ofpressure saucepans consider them "ex-cellent."

OH,LOOK! CIGARS CIGARS CIGARS!Hand made by skilled American Labor, ConnecticutPennsylvania.

Shade Wrappers, Full Site Cigars

FINE QUALITY TOBACCO

BOXES OF 50-$3.00-$3.50-$3.75-$4:00-$4:50F. O. a.

No less than 4 boxes per order.Comply with OPA regulations. Shipped same day order is received.

Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.Dealers, write for quantity prices.

Don't unit, Order at once. Send full amount bank draft, certifiedcheck or money order.

JOSEPH LEONARD Box 64, Waverly, N. Y.Bank Ref crosier.

Sterling SilverHeart Bracelet and Necklace

$15.00 $21"Da. Da.

No. YS -3 No. YS -6

Sterling Silver Chain with pendant heartsrichly embossed and suitable for engrav-ing. Not boxed. Big demand. First come,first served. Order by number. Send 1/3With order, balance C. 0. D.

MID CONTINENT JEWELRY CO.1001/, N. WILSON IEFFIRSON, IOWA

SWAGGER CANES, 2 Gross in Carton. Gross $9.501/2 cub with orders. Wo is.,, many other staple carnival Items Ableh will rertinly be very ha,to secure the coming season. We are making up new Rats of the items we hare to offer, write for uhetoday. always stating what kind of Coneeesions you are operation.WANTED - USED CORK GUNS, BASEBALLS; PAY TOP PRICES.

t UDWEST MERCHANDISE CO. 1°14 Es'AlAcTirmYo.

PipesFor Pitehmen

By Bill Baker

Communications to 25 OperaCincinnati, 1

CHARLIE ANDREWS . . .

is getting ready for his summer layouts,and Col. C. A. Maitland and "Quick Mon-day" Charley Madison are reported get-ting It with sheet In the ShenandoahValley.

YOU'LL he be off If you don't expecttoo much at the start.

PAT MALONE .

and Jack (Bottles) Stover are said to begetting fat on the sheet In Virginia,Maryland and West Virginia.

MADALTNE E. RAOAN . . .

la back at the old St. Louis spot untilJune I. She says she will trek with hermed opera on two and three-week standsalter that.

AL AND EVA POWERS . . .

backing In Florida sunshine for the pasttwo months, will be in Scotts' store,Akron, with jewelry aoon. They motButch Holzman working gadgets in Mc-Crory's, Miami, to good takes; Big Al Wil-son, combs, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mt11-man. Powers would like lines here fromTom Kennedy, Irving and Ruth Living-ston. Jimmie Dougherty. Jack Madigan,Oeorge Jacobs. Arthur O'Dea and Al Ste-gel. He adds that the Ed Fannety's yarnon the old days was okay.

REALLY big minds can raise a mooabove misfortune.

CHARLIE AND MILDRED COURTOTare no longer demonetrattng. He Is driv-ing a bus In Miami, and she la in Bur-dine's department store there. HowardDeveroux Is also piloting a bus there,having sold Ills jewelry layout in Mur-phy's Pittsburgh store to Swede Swanson.

has hopped to Kansas City, Mo., fromLoulaville. Marcia and June Coffey arestill with him and taking It In withkitchen gadgets. During a brief stay InChicago between the two -city trek, heattended the funerals of Art Davis andGeorge Kohl, old-time pitchrnen andformer employees of Nudel Manufactur-ing Company, who died recently withina week of each other.

A LOUD WHISTLE does not manufacturethe products in a plant.

CALIFORNIA JACK DAWSON . . .

writes from Roscoe, Calif.: "Long timeno hear from our old friends of the road,News eeldom reaches us here, as we donot see many road people. We have beenon our little ranchero a year this June.We followed Jack Jr. out here two yearsago when he went to his training campin San Diego, Calif. He Is now a cox -Swain, first class, In the Philippines. "Weheard with deep regret that Doc Myers.of progres.Ave Farmer sheet, passed awayin Victoria. TeX., last fall, Doc was a realroad man and a pal of all travelers In theOreat Southwest. We would enjoy hear-ing from Mrs. Jackie Myers, Florencelaittmore, Professor Dittmore, ProfessorJarvis the Great In Houston, and Boband Jack Sherlock."

MILTON 0, EMPEY . .

pens from San Francisco. after a lapseof two years, that he Is ready to get withIt on Social Security plates.

IF YOU are not afraid to work and canthink for yourself you will be able to over-come any barrier.

OLEIC DENTON .

who left the road flue years ago to set-tle down, ha., bought Ed Lee's Osage HerbStore In Dallas. Ed died there followinga heart attack February 18. T. 0. Pasha(Alexander. the Astrologer) has been inthe same store two years and they bothsay they will carry on for the rest oftheir lives In tho scot.

AL SEARS .

comes thru with Info from Newark, N. J.,that Rose Halpin Is demonstrating cos-metics at Kresge there and blade Bartonworking rad at Grant's. Edna and HelenKonsar have opened a beauty parlor Ina Pennsylvania town, nays Al, and JohnYvarna la on shoot. Ho adds that jack -

BOUGHT

RINGS THAT SELL!Maker big profits on

flthethg, sterlingsilver friendship rings.Styled for men andwomen. Clever "comeapart" design with realsentiPlace routn'tifallen' sloes 58. Lieu .alus

Germ. Ring $2.00.

0224.0532-1-sdlesRIngt. 0010o 313.00.

0124J613-Men'sRings. Doren $16.00.

Price. Less 2's Cash Discount.Ti Den, dt Requires] on C. 0. D. Orden,Wholesale Only. Catalog Sent on Request.

WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS SINCE 1911217-223 WEST MADISON ST.,CHICAGO 4

OTHER'S DAYSHOPPING orKNITTING andUNDER -ARM

IDEAL FOR GIFTS!SHOPPING AND KNITTING BAGSIN BROCADED TAPESTRY. Silk -rayon ,arr, wooden hawk,Colas, ruts and blues.

Also

UNDER THE ARM BAGSIn tapestry. .0k -rayon lined, lightdark sod medium sl.ale Mirror andchance purr included. Camelwooden Lshdlcs

All Stylus $12.00 in Dotes Lots.Samples $1.50.

MERCHANDISE DISTRIBUTING COMPANYI I I 19 L 16th St., New York 11, N.Y.

.16.116.1101011.71M.111,6.111M\000PENCILS fife EACH

1

Special herston and round shapedLead Pencils, .2 made. It aseasy to .ell pencits, Is eTC170130needs and uses the=

0mm Lou, $2.50 Gr.5 Gross Lou. $2.00 Or.

10 Gross Lots Oe Mom $1.115These pencils are reculu Seseller. If you wish to be con.since,' we will smut out forlimited time SO won't. Tor a dol-lar. Remember, money hark at alltimes pronto if not undies!.Sorry. no circulars for duration.

Pencil. .1.3.715 Or.JUMBO Pencils 3.75 Or,incieusLa rsoco. a.so or.Send dollar for 2.7. samples_ Thew

numbers are all 10e sellers.

SCOTCHo,No ku

CHOCOLATESMoreton' Aut's---215% Oro.-24.Nour Seedoe,059 Low Plume Gift Chest 1 Lb. .. .92.815r175 Easter Rabbit, 4 Plush. 2 15 In., 2 11

In. A 14 1 Lb. glows Choc. N. Clusters 17.95.237 Moves Olft Snot A 14 1 Lb. Beau

Choc. Nut Clusters 11.75Cedar Chats-Vanities-Push Cards. etc.DELUXE SALES CO.

SLUE EARTH. MINN.

PILLOW TOPSneauntul aworbacut of Colon and Designs.Satin Estonia and Racks with Fringes. Allpacked in toehold.] loin for mailing. Wehare them In the following vent.: Sweetheart.Mother, Mother and Dad.

PER DOZEN. 53.50.Sample Order of 1/2 Donn, 52.00.

ALLIED DISTRIBUTING COMPANY121 S. 7111 St.. Louisville 2, Kentucky

RINGStvc.'ro:(3.36 fn any cenditiLarries okay.) u b en 1 t

samples or ship C. 0. D.Ry. Exp. subject to Inspec-t:orr. Brass stock. sterling

silver or rolled gold Plato, moot's, vownon'S.white stones, cameo, etc. Quote eoces inletter with samples toSTERLING JEWELERS Carroll, Ohio

MEDICINE MENWell, today for new wholesale catalog es Votes 011.Saha. Soap. Tablet'. Herbs, we. Low rheas-rapid eerri,e. I Products Liability Inmost,' Partlaal.)

GENERAL PRODUCTS LABORATORIESManufacturing FP11,11.f.i.l.

1" gi UV' ZZAek0540 CON

March 24, 1945 MERCHANDISE -GENERAL OUTDOOR The Billboard 55

pars are cut up frequently at Mary andIt's Deanery In Newark.

JOHNNY McLANE .

lines from State Sanatorium, Cresson,pa., that altho he has been out of circu-lation for five years, he is not so badoff. as pItchmen occasionally', stop in tosay "hello." He says he was especiallyglad to see Tom Kennedy. Johnny saysthere are 1,000 people at the hospital andIns old skill as a pitchman enables himto keep supplied with dough. He saysbe gets his items thru ads in The Bill-board. He would like to read lines here on"Collar -Button" Slim, GUstrap and theEreddet tes.

TOM KENNEDY . . .cards from Hamilton, O.. that he wasbooked for Portsmouth, 0.. but the re-cent flood forced a cancellation and hela now headed for Columbus, O.

NO MATTER HOW SLIGHT the changemight be, try it in your next opening. Itcould be the very thing you have beenwaiting for.

MIKE SULLIVAN . . .

one of the real old-time med men, wasa visitor to the desk in Cincinnati lastWeek. He is thinking of opening a placethere and stopped in to grab the low-ciovm on the town. Sully told of meetingLouis Essner, once a gap man, who nowoperates a chain of Dewey restaurants inPhiladelphia, with a couple of night clubsthrown In for good measure. One of theclubs is on the site where he once madea pitch. He hosts 200 servicemen In hisclubs on many occasions, Sullivan said.Essner has two sons In service. Whilein Cleveland. Sullivan cut 'em up withBilly Bloomhart, Billy Collins and DooMurray. while in Pittsburgh he met"Sheetle" Scoville; Billy Carr, med, andJack Rose. Last named left for Toledoto do some sheeting, he said.

JEFF FARMER . .

says he is opening a tattoo studio in oneof the Norfolk arcades, despite the factthat the field there is crowded. He asksfor lines here from Jack Flowers,"Blacky" Kessler, "Blacky" Carpenter andDoc Brummitt, who was last heard fromwith the army In Africa. Farmer wonderswhy the magic workers do not go toNorfolk and get the geedus for theChicken farms they dream of.

Events forTwoWeeks

March 19-24MAN. -Wichita. Police Circus at Forum, 18-

24.MICH.-Lansing. Commandery Circus. 20-25.

Saginaw. South School Circus. 23-24.MISS. -Forest. Livestock Show, 19-21.OKLA.-Oklahoma City. Livestock Show. 19-

23WIS.-Waukesha. Dairy & Agri. Soc., 20-24.

March 26.31MISS. -Greenwood. Livestock Fair, 27-30.

111 -C -M Shows Open April 30PAWTUCKET. R. I., March 17. -M -C -M

Shows, owned by Joe Costigan and DanMorrison, open April 30. Staff includesMra. Costigan, secretary; Mrs. Morrison.concession manager, and Red Fuller,general agent. Concessionaires are Mr.and Mrs. Walter Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. JoeCassidy, Mr. and Mrs. W. Arendall, J.Fiorente, Leo Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs.Mickey Devine, Truffle Pratt, Mr. andMrs. W. Pratt Jr., Pop Fearns, Mr. andMrs. Fuller and E. Oliver. Rides: JackMcCurdy, Merry -Go -Round. Leo La-RIviere, Ferris Wheels: Mike Morris,swings; J. Burns, Fly -o -Plane.

ORGANIZED GOING CARNIVALMaio, and 2 Kld Rides

All In A-1 condition. Repainted and overhauled.12 Owe. Thick,. 9 Semi Trailers. all with goodrubber. Plenty of Show Fronts, COUCC1,10nFrame -Ups and Tops 30 H.W. A.C. DieselEndued Light Plant, 2 Transformers. Cable.wire and everything that maker a complete show.including ('see Game, etc., etc. WILL SELLTO INTERESTED PARTY FOR CASH ONLY.Addrem: BOX BB, ears Billboard, 890 ArcadeBide., St. Louts 1. Mo.

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Stroblite DisplaysFor Capital Event

WASHINGTON. March 17. - HowardFoley, chairman of the Shrine activitiesof Alin. Temple here, announces thatthe program is complete for the circuswhich opens at Uline Arena April 2.Frank Wirth, producer, will introducethree spectacle numbers using the Strob-lite display.

Among the acts contracted are AlfredCourt's wild animals, presented byFrank Phillips and Jack Barry; Miss Vic-tory, cannon act; Aerial Aurallas, tra-peze; Don Dorsey. aerialist; Aerial Her -olds, trapeze; Wilbur Dog and Pony Cir-cus; Gautier's Steeplechase; Miss Bernice,swaying pole and slide -for -life; Pick-ard's Seals and Sea Lions; the Rollos,balancing act; Sylvia's Trained Bears:Great Zavatta Troupe of Riders; the SixZoppes, ladder act; Monte De Oca, tram-poline; Heerdink Duo, comedy gymnastson horizontal bars; Will Hill's Elephants;Cole Bros.' elephants, pony drill, menageunit, jitterbug horse and eight -sorrelhigh school number; Gretonas, high -wireact; Tien Tsi Liu Troupe; Bob Fisher'sFearless Flyers; Flying Valentines.

Clown alley will have Otto Griebling,Happy Maxwell, Horace Laird Trio, RoyBarrett, Bumpsy Anthony, Jimmy David-son, Gabby Dekoe and Bessie Costello,lady clown.

Harry Welby Cook will be equestriandirector.

Turner Bros. Name StaffPETERSBURG, Ill., March 17. -Turner

Bros.' Show's executive staff this seasonis comprised of Ray and Cecil Turner,owners; Dorothy Turner, secretary -treasurer; Marie Turner, concessionssecretary; Jack Price, general agent. Mr.and Mrs. Harry Phillips will have twoball games; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Logan,two penny pitches; Anna Belle Trimuarwill handle The Billboard again; Rich-ard and Mary White, palmistry and corkgallery.

Ralph Decker to RaleighNEW YORK. March 17. -Ralph Decker,

general manager of the Joseph J. Kirk-wood Shows, stopped off here en routeto Raleigh, N. C., where shows openMarch 26. Jimmy Jamison. high diver,and Hugo Zacchini's cannon act will befree attractions with the shows.

Martone Sets Kansas StringKANSAS CITY, Mo., March 17. -Tony

Martone announces that he has con-tracted the Kansas Fair circuit as wellas the Holy Rosary Celebration and theSpring Festival In Kansas City for hisHeart of America rides. hlarvins Lemonshas been retained as construction andride superintendent.

Sells' Lions With StaffordCINCINNATI, March 17.-Capt. Billy

Sells and his performing lions will bethe free attraction this season on Staf-ford's United Shows, which opens InIndianapolis April 14 with four shows,four rides and concessions.

National

Showmen's Assn.Palace Theater Building

New YorkNEW YORK, March 17. -Seventy-eight

new members have been enrolled In thecurrent drive, Jack Weinberg, Henry P.Peterson, Sam A. Shapiro, Herbert Grover,Joseph Schwartz and John V. Short beingelected at the meeting Wednesday (14).D. D. (DaDa) Simmons is leading thegold card contest with 30 and John Mc-Cormick is second with 11.

President Jack Rosenthal will soonname committees for the banquet andball, the year book and jamborees.

Back from Florida vacations are RossManning, Eddie Elkins, Sam Cohen, JoeDudiak, D. D. Simmons, Bill Block, D.Chisholm, Harry Schwartz, Sid Good -wait, Jack Feldberg and Joe Harris.

Sad news: Death of Dave White's fatherand Walter K. Sibley's sister. On the sicklist aro Eddie Kahn, Frank Schillizi andLouis Aarons.

Pvt. Ben J. Nusall wrote from thePhilippines and Pvt. Harry P. Brennanfrom Germany. Visitors included Lieut.George A. HamId Jr., T/c Al Dorso, Cox-swain Louis Viscogliasi (Louie Williams),and Chick Gross, MOMM lic, who hasbeen hospitalized at Ellis Island. Capt.Leon Janpol has returned from Guam tovisit his brother Alex and for reassign-ment.

On the di. with President Rosenthalwere Joe McKee, Harry Rosen, Max Hof -man, Dr. Jacob Cohen, Fred C. Murrayand Walter Sibley. Next meeting will beMarch 28.

Wallace Bros. Sets Staff;Opening Set for Delhi, La.

JACKSON, Miss., March 17. -Towns -folks are being attracted to Wallace Bros.Shows' quarters here where Jack Yeager,who recently purchased 15 rhesus mon-

them In daily work-outs. The show is preparing for anearly opening In Delhi, La.. for its fourthconsecutive showing in conjunction withthe Livestock Show.

Staff includes Mrs. E. E. Farrow.owner; E. E. Farrow Jr., general man-ager; Mrs. Margarette Miller, secretary;E. P. Troupe, special agent; Earl Ricton,mechanic and electrician; J. (Bill) Car-neer, general agent; James A. Reid, fore-man, Twin Ell Wheels; John HenryCrow, Tilt -a -Whirl; Robert S. Davis,Merry -Go -Round; Al T. Disenette, Octo-pus; Rubin Concinni, Roll -o -Plane:Estes Warren, Chair -o -Plane; James Hill,kiddie autos and swings; Sid Crane andJimmy Chevantee, Side Show; Bud Val-lier, Sahara Rose Revue; Art Boatright.Miss Victory Revue; Buster and HelenHayes, Snake Show: E. W. Warren, fun -house; Phil Jenkins mechanical city,and Robert Bluffs, Illusions.

Arb Board Hearing InjuryCases in R -B Settlement

HARTFORD, Conn., March 17. -OnMonday (12), the board of arbitrationhandling death and Injury claims re-sulting from July 6 Ringling circus fireannounced 28 additional death claimawards totaling $232,900. Amountsawarded ranged from $6,500 to $13,500.

Only one more death claim remainsto be heard out of 132 cases brought be-fore the board. All but 35 of the 168deaths reported In the fire were sub-mitted to the board for settlement ofclaims.

Board of arbitration has now begunconsideration of injury cases of whichthere are several hundred. Connecticutstatutes do not limit the amount ofdamages that may be awarded In Injuryclaims, but maximum death claim Is$15,000.

Rogers Greater Lands FairsJACKSON, Tenn., March 17. -Rogers

Greater Shows have been awarded con-tracts for the July 4 celebration at Lin-ton, Ind.. the Boonville (Ind.) Fair andthe 4-H Club Fair at Indianapolis, RobertKobacker, general agent. said this week.Several other Indiana fairs are booked.according to Kobacker, as well as theBridgeport, (HI.) Fair; Charleston, (Ms.)Fair and Huntington (Tenn.) Fair.

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JOHN CHAPMANBliss Hotel, Columbus, Ohio,

Until April 1.

Reason Tor selling Is disappointment of hooking.Bingo, fat 10 by 24 feet: a Bine Framed Canvas,Shooting Gallery, Pea Ball, Chuck With the Ball,Beat the Dealer, aloe Color Game. All games consistof top and full equipment. I hare appmximately31000.00 of merchandise. Large Federal Van. 3%tom All equipment iti excellent condition. Pre-wartires on truck. W. 0. BROWN, Room 203, NiagaraHotel, Peoria, Illinois.

56 GENERAL OUTDOOR The Billboard March 24, 1945

MORRIS HANNUM SHOWSTHIS WEEK, HAMLET, N. C.

Wants Billposter. first-class Show Electrician, Ride Help who drives semi.Want Shows with own transportation except Ten -in -One and Girl Show.Mrs. WilIse, wire immediately. Monkey Show. Minstrel Show, Illusion,Motor Dr ; Speedy Babbs, come on. Major Osatyrdoe wants Actsfor Ten -in -One. Anderson Sisters, Pony Boy Roberts, Capt. Mach, SksetsHubbard. Those who have worked for me, come on; wire. Also Girlsfor Girl Show and Bally. Office wants two snore Agents for Wheels.All replies to MORRIS HANNUM, Walter Long Hotel, Rockingham,N.C.

Telephone Between 10 and 11 A.M.

Harrison Greater ShowWANTS WANTS WANTSFor American Legkon Spring Festival. March 19 through 24, Selma, N. C.. with Foremen's

Spring jiabitee. Dunn. N. C., to follow, March 26 through 31.Want Concessions of all kinds. Good opening for Bingo. Free Act and Sound Car. WantRide Help on Twin Ferris Wheels, Merry -Co -Rounds, Chair.. -Plane, Loop.o.Plano and 7 -CarTilt.a.Whitt. Johnny Riddick wants Performers and Musicians for Minstrel Show, salaryand percentage. Bill Buss wants Roll Down and Rattle Dazzle Agents. Mrs. Harrisonwants Ball Cane and Penny Pitch Agents. Coed opening fee Ten -'n -One or Antotal ShewThis show has four mare weeks In North Carolina, then north. Wire or write

FRANK HARRISON, Owner and Mgr.: CHARLIE SUTTON. Pooh.' Mgr., Selina. N. Car.

GROVES GREATER SHOWSCrowley, La., March 19 -April 1; Jennings, La., April 2-15.

WANT Foreman for Ferris Wheel, Smith & Smith Chairoplane.Rant Manager for completely framed Sit -Down Grab. Can use Helpthat drise trucks. AU replies Crowley. La.. dB April It thenJennings-. La. ED GROVES

PLAYLAND SHOWS WANTGeneral Concession Agents and Bingo Help. Stephens and Wife, Jenkins

and Wife, come on. Want Ride Ile1p that can drive.Valdosta, Ga., March 22-31 t Albany, April 2.7.

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MAINE AMUSEMENT SHOWS°ponies Early Oa May

Want to book or buy a Two -Abreast Merry-Co.Round or Seven-Cr Tilt, with or withouttransportation, Will book Monkey C.rcus or Speedway: also Illusion Show, Fun House. Willfurnish tops for any Show worth while. Also want Aerial Act. All Concessions are booked.This show is booked solid for the coming season In the heart of the largest cities aridtowns In Maine. Address:

FLANDERS Cr WILCOX. 451 Main Street. South Portland, Maine.

HERMAN LIST WANTSConcession Agents. Now open with Fay's Silver Derby Shows, Sylvester,Ga., 19 till 24. VA! open with Jones Greater Shows, April 23, inWest Virginia. Want Ball Game Agents, Cats and Bottles, Agents forPitch -Till -L. -Win. Bumper, Blower, Cigarette Joints. Also Penny Pitches.All answer

HERMAN LIST, Fay'a Silser Derby Shows, Sylvester, Ca.

M. A. SRADER SHOWSOPEN APRIL 6 AT WICHITA

Can piece Foreman for Octopus and other useful Ride Kelp, Want Shows with own outfit..Can place few legitimate Concessions. All people contracted Please report not later thanApril ist. Rides now operating on East Central Addres,

M. A. SRADER, BOX 1895, WICHITA, KANSAS

BUNTING SHOWSWANT FOREMAN AND SECOND MAN FOR RIDEE.0, ALSO SECOND MEN FOR OTHERRIDES. Top salaries paid and Semi Drivers given preference. If you drink or chase, pleasedon't write. CAN PLACE FEW MORE MERCHANDISE CONCESSIONS THAT WORK FOR10c. IN, Coupons or P.C.I WANT ONE MORE GRIND SHOW WITH OWN OUTFIT TOFEATURE. (No Girl Shows or Athletic Shows wanted 1 WILL MAKE 0000 PROPOSITIONFOR ROLL-0.,PLANE WITH OWN TRANSPORTATION. WANT FLASHY PONY RIDE ORANY KIDDIE RIDE EXCEPT AUTOS. Playing a proven route 01 Still Dates and the BestFairs in Illinois. All address: CARL H. BUNTING, Box 297, Ladd, III.

LAST CALL LAST CALLALL THOSE 500510 WITH

AL TOMAINI'S SIDE SHOWor mono. Show on the Jams K Strides waver report in /them Orminds. Washington D. C. notlater than April 1st. Still hare opening for few morn mall Girls to work Illualons ten Ticket f41Iers.Novelty Side alto. Acts, Feature Freak and capable Inside Mari for Side Show; ton mimics to rightpester. Letter sot natlng eatery will not be answered. Am Interested In purchasing Freak BottledBabies. must be good iPeCIOSIMS. Write or wire

AL TOMAINI. WS J. S. STRATES SHOWS, Mullins, South Carolina.

'LIS FIRST IN EAST(Continued from page 34)

engagement in Wilmington starting May14, sponsored by the Wilmington FireDepartment Athletic Fund. and late inthe fall will again present a Thrill Circusat Legion Stadium under auspices of theWilmington Past No. 10.

A. E. Selden. the Stratosphere Man, hassigned to present his thrill act, openingat New Bern April 2.

Executive staff: James M. Rafter's,owner -manager; Mrs. Carrie Raf tery, sec-retary and treasurer; Eddie Cooper, gen-eral agent; Eddie Lewis. business man-ager; Walter D. Nealand, publicity; PercySink. transportation; P. G. Hedgecock.Diesel maintenance; Mrs. Let, Hedgecock,cafeteria; James Bickford, round; JohnHaddad. lot superintendent; LeonardGarrett, ride superintendent,

WORLD OF 3IIRTII SET(contf,,ued /nom page 34)

of building. has sent six new wagons tothe paint shops. has built new mod-ernistic front for the three -in -line PerrisWheels and is finishing the building ofsteel Underfratne stages for the ClayteaseRem* and Minstrel Show. TralnmasterWallace Cobb and crew rebuilt thesleepers, redecked the flatcars and arenow pointing the entire train,

Jack Arnott, superintendent of thepaint shop and artists, has redecoratedall rids seats, painted about 50 per centof the wagons and Is finishing the job ofpainting the Merry -Go -Round horses andchariots.

Kidder recently purchased a farm nearhere and Wallace Cobb a home in Rich-mond. Jean Walker is sporting a recentlyacquired station wagon. Whitey Sut-ton. aide -chow manager, and family ar-rived from Florida.

SIIOWFOLKS RAISE $8(Continued from page 34)

Erekos, chairman of the sick and reliefcommittee.

Members of the Showfolka' organiza-tion were prevent from many distantpoints, including Harry Sussman andparty from Portland, Ore.; Andy Hinesand party from )4Ussion Inn Park;Charles Albright and party and Mr. andMrs. Norman (Dutch) Shue and LeeBarnes, of the Foley & Burk Shows.;

Mr. and Mrs, Nathan Cohn; Mr. andMrs. H. P. Fisher and party, of GoldenWest Shows; Mr. and Mrs. William Mc-Closkey and party, of McCloskey ShoweeA. E. (Tony) Soares, Mr. and Mrs. D. M.Lewis, of Pacinc United Shows; Mr. andMrs. Frank Forest with party of 25 fromPlayland-at-the-Beach, San Pranclsocr,Dave Long and party, of Long Enter-prises,

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whosor, of the Win.aor 011 Company; Mike Krekas, LouisLeos, M. Hernias, Mr. and Mrs. Al Rodinand party of 25 from the West CoastAmusement Company; Mr. and Mrs. Pat-rick Treanor and Mr. and Mrs. R. C.Treanor and party of the Patrick NoveltyCompany; Torn O'Hara, of the O'HaraDecorating Company; Charles (Butch)Cleggus; Ted Clack, of the Shreve GoldCompany. and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Artsand party; Al Levy and party, ofWestern Military SupplyFrederick (Doc) Weddleton andof the Sara Miller company. andJack Rhoades and wife, Joan.

Mrs. Dorothy Anderson andMajors headed hostesses fromhospitality groups, and PresidentCorenson entertained a party ofrepresentatives.

LOOS HITS JACKPOT(Continued from page 34)

The line-up of attractions includesPete Kortes's World's Pair MuMonty Beehlera dog, pony and moncircus; C. J. Johnson's Mystic OdditOtis Laberrta's Hawaiian Village; JIlene Ward's Sandra and Unborn sheCalkins's Two -Headed Baby andhouse. Rides include Ply -o -Plane.Scooter, Roll -o -Plane, Whip..Mix-Up, EUWheels, Tilt -a -Whirl, miniature autos,miniature planes, and Merry -Go -Round.

Loos staff consists of Charles F. Wat-muff, general agent; Glenn Hyder. sec-retary; Jack Edwards, lot superintendent;Jack Cole, electrician; C. J. (Magic)Johnson, mall and The Billboard agent;Nora May Cohun, main -entrance tickets.

Many visitors were on hand duringthe three celebrations, including Mr.and Mrs. Robert L. Work, T. J. Tidwell.A. Madill. Jack Ruback. Mr. and Mrs.Mph V. Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Art Martin.Mr, and Mrs. C. N. Hill, Mr. and Mrs.Carl Byers. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Byers.Mr. and Mrs. Cotton Ellis, Brownie Mil-ler; Mr. and Mrs_ A. Thomas, of Corsi-cana. Tex., and Brownie Bishop.

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Sunbrock RacksFat B. O. in L. A.

(Continued from page 40)cents for kids to $2.50 for boxes. Theaverage was estimated at $1.50. Allprices included tax.

A number of people who attended badcome in the hope of seeing movie stars.Some who were expected to attend werenamed In the radio advertising. Showingup and announced were Rudy Vallee,Andy Russell, Ross Hunter. Mrs. BudAbbott, Adele Jergens and Preston Fos-ter. Russell and Foster got the biggesthands. Joan Davis was announced asshowing up later.

Show was presented by Sonny S.. Inc.,with Sunbrock named as producer. OtherManagerial officers included Henry S.Dottenhelm, president; Morton Briskin,secretary and treasurer, and Marion Pope,vice-president. Officials for the showwere Bob Vanderlip, starter; CharlesPost, band director; George Demarle,arena director. and Cliff McDougall,publicity.

Sunbrock and his backer, Sam Stiefel,who is Mickey Rooney's manager, areplanning more rodeos and thrill circusesup and down the West Coast. Sunbrockleft here Wednesday (14) for New Yorkto negotiate for the Yankee Stadium fora summer show. West Coast events willbe staged In Seattle, Portland, Ore., SanFrancisco and here.

En route to New York he will stopaver in Chicago to see what can be doneabout getting Soldier Field for an event.

WON, HORSE & UPP(Continued front page 40)

went. He remembered a recent ad abouta carnival having three 22 -foot boxwagons for sale and immediately eon -!acted the advertiser. The deal wasmade and the wagons delivered herewhere we made a stand. They werean the lot, hub deep in the sand, onhe show's arrival.On the first day the boss ran an ad

xi sell the seven 10 -foot wagons tomake room on the train for the newmss. They were sold for a song toome colored truck farmers. Last nightve loaded the whole show into the threewagons, which gave us 10 more 10 -footwagons to get rid of. After loading thewagons we discovered that our 50 bead

cotton mules, aided by our elephant,:irumwell, couldn't move them. This ishinday. We are still on the lot wait-ng for the bosses to round up all the,ruck farmers and get their wagons backa we can move.

P. S.-This is Monday morning. Our'ecently sold wagons just passed theot. The show's title was blanked out.Mae truck farmers, whose crops weretilled by a heavy frost, decided to takenit a minstrel show. Guess we'll have

gilly the stuff to the train, load theimpty wagons, and then load the equip -Dent into them.

UNDER THE MARQUEE(Continued from page 91)

ROUTES should be sent to the CincinnatiaffIces of The Billboard. . . . RED AL -VOW) was the subject of a four -columnTread In The Regina (Sask.) Leader -Postlast week. . . . GOV. EARL SNELL. ofDregon, has signed a bill making theDame -proofing of all tents a legal re-Wirement in that State.

REMINISCING: Before the days of pavedroads, early -day wagon showmen from theNorth found Southern road ruts too farapart to fit their wheels, while Southernshows going North found them too narrowfor their axe! gauges.

JIMMIE R. NELSON, clown. visited ArtLind in the sanatorium at Spivak, Colo.,and reports that Art will be back ingrease paint soon. . . ROSE MILLER.wife of Pat Miller, of the original GeorgeValentino act, visited Thc Billboard whileIn Chicago last week en route from LosAngeles to her home In Cleveland. . .

SCOTTY, the European clown, will playthe Chicago and Detroit dates for Barnes -Carruthers. . . CHARLES DAVITT andJoe Beach recently visited in Springfield,Mass., with the Victoria Troupe. theDobas, Lew Hoffman and Ranee and Jim.

. . BILLY PAPE la in Mexico City onbusiness but will return In time to joinConchita for the Chicago Stadium circus.

. . JOHNNY REIS and sister, Ida, nowin New York, entertained for In -comingRingling personnel. Guests Included Mr.and Mm. Jimmy Brown, Art H. Shriner,

L. A. Sees 3 BowIn 10 -Day Period

(Continued from page 40)Icy Woodson resigned from MGM Studiosto travel with Gardner.

Art Concello is billing his show as theRussell Bros.' Pan -Pacific Circus, fea-turing Frank Buck. Opening five daysafter Cronin, the Russell 'Wait" paperis already going up.

Cronin returned to straight circuspaper this year after a tryout with newfangled colors last year. Both Croninand Russell have landed some neat ban-ner hits but are having difficulty gettingboards because of a coming politicalcampaign which has pretty well filled upthe signboard companies' schedules.Cronin is taking space in the comic sec-tion of The Los Angeles Times, paying apretty penny but hitting the kids rightin the eye with his story. Forrest Free-land is handling the press and made thesketches.

Five men of the Arthur show were In-jured early Thursday morning when atruck, In which they were riding, wentover an embankment. None was seri-ously injured. Three riding in the cabwere uninjured. The truck was loadedwith steel for a building at quarters.

Arthur Bros. Opens March 26LOS ANGELES, March 17.-All new

from stem to stern, Arthur Bros.' Circus,which last year operated as a truck show.will emerge from quarters as a railroadcircus, making its first start at Oxnard,Calif., March 26.

Owner Martin E. Arthur purchasedseveral all -steel railroad cars from theConkin Shows, which will give theThhowa modern train. Several Springfieldwagons, which were formerly owned byHoward Y. Bart', of the Hagenbeck-Wal-lace Circus, were purchased from LouisGoebel, together with other rolling stockfor the show.

Red Forbes, master builder, and 25men are busy in quarters. Orlo Wockand four painters are doing the showand train. Joe Molino, In charge of the

in wagon -lettering and decorating.Staff Includes Martin E. Arthur, owner

and manager; E. W. (George) Coe. gen-eral agent; Verne Williams. advertisingcrew manager; Roy B, Jones. press:Harry Hendricks and F. L. (Kokomo)Anders, legal adjusters; Robert N. (Bob)O'Hara, manager: Laura Anderson, con-cessions; Mitt Carl, steward: Frank Ellis,purchasing agent: Larry Black, assistantsuperintendent: William De Barrie; SideShow manager; W. B. (Jess) McBride,assistant Side Show manager; Charles(Spud) Redrlck, band leader, with 10men; Glen Henry. equestrian director;Andrew (Sweaters) McFarland, big -topboss canvasman; John Handley, train -master; Charles Perkins, Side Show bosscanvasman; William Kelly, menagerieboss canvasman; Manfred Stewart, mas-ter electrician; Bertha Connors, ward-robe mistress; Tex Orton, boss props.

Jorgen M. Christiansen again headsthe horse department, assisted byJoseph Ryan. Christiansen will presentthe Criollo Liberty horses in a new rou-tine. Several new blooded high-schoolhorses have been added.

ST. PAUL BIG CLICK(Continued from page 40)

Starless Night. 12-Hartleys, Jim WongTroupe, Cott' and Sue, and Tommie andKay. 13-Helen and Don, comedy ele-phant. 14-Clowns. 15-George Hanne-ford Family. 16 --Clowns. 17-The Or -=Ito.% perch; Rink Wright Duo, balanc-ing ladder. 20-Sonny Moore's dogsand ponies: Ruby Haag's Dogs. 21-Clown fight, Griebling and Freeman.22-Web and cloud swings. 23-ColeBros.' Elephants. worked by DianneLovett. 24-Clowns, 25-Cole Bros' Lib-erty Horses, worked by Paul Nelson. 28-Clowns. 27-Flying Concellos and Fly-ing Thrillers. 28-Les Klearls, aerothriller. 22-Peejay Ringens, bike leap -d I ve,

Clown Alley included Otto Griebling,Happy Kellam.% Sherman Brothers,George LaSalle. Lew Hershey, FreddieFreeman, Joe Lewis. Red Carter, Yo Yo,Arthur Borella and Hubert (Junior)Dyer.

Colonel Sullivan of Madison Square Gar-den pollee, Mr. and Mrs. Casey Whittaker.see Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Red McKetrick.Oklahoma Sue, Helen Patrick, Felix Adlerand Artie Anderson.

LAST CALL

JAMES E. STRATES SHOWS, INC.SEASON OPENS APRIL 4

WASHINGTON, D. C.

CAN PLACEForemen and Second Men for following Rides: Merry -Go -Round,Spitfire, Loop -o -Plane, Hey-Dey, Ferris Wheels. Ride Help, CanvasMen, Train Help, Show Carpenter, Head Porter for Train, TicketSellers, Grinders. Top salaries. Best of treatment. Al Tornaini canuse useful Side Show People. Train leaves Mullins March 30.

Wire or write JAMES E. STRATES, Mullins, S. C. Tel. 6301

REGAL EXPOSITION SHOWSBest location in town, Boulevard and Irwin, Atlanta, Ga., This Week.

LAST CALL

Concession Agents for legitimate Concessions, Help on all Shows andRides; Truck Drivers, must be sober and reliable; Dancers and Managerfor Dancing Show, Musicians and Performers for Minstrel Show.Manager, Freaks and Act for Side Show. Will book Novelty Ride, GrindShows, non -conflicting legitimate Concessions, Bingo. Want Front GateMan who will handle new Marquee, Electrician to take charge of DieselPlant, Life Show Annex Attraction. AddressB. M. SCOTT, 88 Piedmont, S. E., or Call Main 8080 Before 6 P.M.

ACCOUNT OF DISAPPOINTMENT CAN PLACE

Organized Hawaiian Show. Beautiful outfit for same. Wire

JAMES E. STRATES SHOWS, INC.Mullins, S. C.

COLEMAN BROS.' SHOWOPENING AT MIDDLETOWN, CONN., EARLY IN APRIL

WANT-Frozen Custard Machine. Must be electric and up-to-date.SHOWS-Clrcus Side Show, Monkey, Reptile, Midget, Fat. Penny Arcade; any new or Novelty

Show: have outfits.Help in all departments. Foremen for Rides and Trailer Drivers, Cookhouse Help.

Long Season, Good Wages and Working Conditions.THOS. J. COLEMAN

508 MAIN ST., M I DDLETOWN, CONN.

GOLDEN WEST SHOWSWANT Merry -Go -Round and Ferris Wbeel Foremen; top salaries.

Shows, Rides and Concessions, write or wire. Long season.

HARRY (POLISH) FISHER or ANTHONY ARDIZZONE50 Taylor St., San Francisco, Calif.

JOHN R. WARD SHOWS WANTStock Concessions, Musicians and Performers for Minstrel Show, Monkey Show, or will financeMonkey Show or Wild Life Show for capable operator. Foremen for Tilt, Chair -o -Plane,

Roll -o -Plane and Merry -Co -Round. Can also place few Second Men. Preference given thosewho drive semis. Paul Wotring, Frank Permetti, Pat Brady, contact H. B. Shiva.Wanted --Electrician for G.M. Diesel Light Plants, capable, sober. Long season. Also Mechanic.

BOX 148, BATON ROUGE, LA.

HELLER'S ACME SHOWSOpen April 12th to 2151.,;:c1,,umdultosg4irrigayeinclOonTyll;rsoyfrocri,ro k

seatsarttty. Defense area. Working

Ride Foremen for followitic Rides: Spitfire. MerryCollound. Ferris Wheel, Whip. Chairenlene.Isiddy Auto and Kiddy Whip. Want Loop.o.Plane Foreman. Concessions all open except Gran.Popenn, Custard and Palmistry. Auto Mechanic and 'general Ride Help: Semi Driven' preferred.slows of all

klunpt-irt: ponatlon itii!Otttg eon' Tiletecrii....reeer,..47rtt;:vot.;.i,opositton. Want uoneesaiona, all open except Crab. No grin: save stamps. Want Free Act. Ringo.custard, Diggers: Jack Rose. write. Joe Zarra wants Concession Agents. C. F. Morgan. wired you.All address: HARRY HELLER, Wotan:wailers, P. 0. Box 8, Camp Oa, H. J. Phone: Wycoff 762W.

LAST CALL LAST CALLBARNEY TASSELL UNIT SHOW

OPENING KEMBRIDGE, VA., MARCH 31ST

All working Help report March 26th, Concessions March 30th. Can place sensational FreeAct, High Diving Act preferred; all season's work. State all in first letter or wire. Wire, write

BARNEY TASSELL, MCR., KEMBRIDGE, VA.

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BAZINET SHOWSWILL DEFINITELY OPEN FIRST WEEK MAY TWIN CITIESWANT Assistant Manager, must know how to handle help, lay out lot,

and thoroughly familiar with carnhal business.RIDE HELP -Foremen and Second Men for Merry -Go -Round, Wheel,

Tilt, Loop and two Kid Rides. Highest salary and good treatment.Bonus for Truck Drivers.

CONCESSIONS -Everything open, including Bingo and Cook House. Willconsider lensing entire Midway to one party.

SHOWS -All open, your equipment or mine. Johnny Howard, WhittleNolte, reply.

FAIR SEC. -Have a few open dates in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa.SHOW PAINTER -Gene Davis, Wally Frio., reply. Good proposition

for you.DWIGHT J. BAZINET, 4025 YORK, N. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

JOHNNY J. DENTON SHOWSWANT WANT

RIDES --Want Foreman for Seven -Tub Tilt. Will pay $60 per week,also 1% on net gross. Must be sober and reliable. Also Second Manon wheel, Merry -Go -Round and Chair-o -Plane.

CONCESSIONS -All legitimate Concessions open. Also good apefor Bingo. No Mitt Camps wanted.

SHOWS -Book any Shows with own equipment.

Hattiesburg, Miss., thie week; then Laurel, Miss. Wire or writeJOHNNY J. DE.NTON, Hattiesburg, Miss.

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JOYLAND AMUSEMENTSCAN PLACE Shows of merit with something inside. A real proposition.Esteban. Dan Riley. Mark Williams, Jack Winters, Dolly Dimple. andMabel Mack. contact us at once.WANT Foreman and Second Man for Tilt -a -Whirl, Sky Dive, FlyingScooter and new 1912 Caterpillar Ride.WANT TO BUY a two -abreast Merry -Go -Round and Glass House.JOE COLEMAN, Electrician, wire at once. Buddy Walker. Pat Harville,Lee and Jack Holloway and Willie Rose, can place you at once. Come on.L I. THOMAS CAN PLACE Agents for Slum Stores and Slugg Gallery.

Address 821 W. Pine St., Lexington, Kentucky

YOUNG'S BLUE RIBBON SHOWS WANTSmall Cook House or Sit Down Grab, one that can serve something otherthan Hot Dogs; Bingo, will tell exclusive for &raison. Also can placeBall Games, String Game, Bumper, Guess -Age Scales, High Striker orany Merchandise Grind Concession. Electrician, no light plants; haveour own transformer truck fully equipped; must be sober and reliable.Concession Agents for office Concessions, Wheels and Coupon Stores.Shows -Ten -in -One, Girl Show, Fat Show, Midget or any worthwhileAttraction. Ride Help-Chairoplane Foremast and Second Men for allRid.; prefer ones that drive sends. All replies

E. L YOUNG, Manager, Americo., Ga.

CALL CALL CALLKELLEY'S INTERNATIONAL ODDITIES

WITHCavalcade of Amusements

OPENS APRIL 5, TULSA, OKLA.Talker -Lecturer (MCA for the mat. Side Show of my ear.. A real spot tor a real man. Schub. Want Man and Wife to handle- "Iron Lung" Exhibit. built an wagon. Want clean Ticket Sellers sad PM Cushion or Steed Swallower. Useful Side Show People are &ism. wansoo. Beet treat-ment, bog ammo. State all to ea, cusersoundesseir.

ADDRESS: T. W. KELLEY, BOX 1003. TULSA, OKLA.

J. R. EDWARDS SHOWSLAST CALL

OPEN APRIL 14, WOOSTER, OHIOWanted -Tilt -a -Whirl or Octopus. Can place Shows at 30%. Wanted-Reliable Ride Help for Ferri. Wheel, Merry -Go -Round and ChairplanaJoin at once. Good salary. Address all mail or wires to

3. R. EDWARDS, 233 N. Buckeye St., Wooster, Ohio

CarnivalRoutes

Send to 25 Opera Place, Cincinnati 1, 0.

(Routes are for current sweet when no datesare given. In same inetances possibly

mailing points are listed.)Alamo Expo.: Austin, Tex.Arcade: Freer, Tex.llerryliill United: Camden, Ala.: Laverne 28-31.alstany Oreater: Opa Locks 26-

31.Blue Bonnet: Wharton. Tex., 30-31.Blue Ribbon: Americus, Oa.Coastal Plato. Tarboro. N. C., 2441.Craig. Harry: Odessa. Tex.Custer United: Luling, 1.a.Denton. Johnny J Hattiesburg. Miss.Dictum United Wilson. Okla., 24-31.Dixieland: Eupora, 511m.Dumont: South Hill, Va., 3641.Eros. at Home: Millen. Os.rays Silver Derby' Sylvester, Os., 19.20:

Ctithb..rt 26 -April 2.Pldler'a tinned- St. Louis. Mo.Oakland: Chores. Ala.Grady. Krill, Oadaden, Ala.Greater tinned. Victoria. Tex., 20-31.Groff United: Bell. Calif.Groves Greater: Crowley. La., 19 -April 1.Hannum. Morris: Hamlet, N. C.. 19-29,flennies Broa. Birmingham, Ala.Nett, L .1.: Birmingham. Ala.Hill'. Greater: Corpus Christi, Tex.: Kilgore

26-31.Hyalite Midway: Bonham. Tex.Imperial: (Michigan A Stein Elts.1 St. Louis.

Mo.International: Seminole. Okla., 24-31.Joyland Am.: Lexington. Ky.Kens, W. C. New Bern. N. C.. 26-31.K.ystone Expo., ?shim. S. C.Kirkwood. Joe Raleigh. N. C., 28-31.Lamb, L. B Atmore. Ala.Lone Star- Plaquemine. La.Meliorate Greater: Detroit. Mich . It -April 7.Marts Richmond. Va 28 -April 7.Markin Greater: Ridgeway, S. C.; Crest Palls

36-31.Mighty Monreh Vero Beach. Pla, Port

Lauderdale 20-31.North American Expo.: Penracola. Pla.Pacific United: Aahland. Oakland. Calif.. 23-

3/.Peppers AD -State: Talladega. Ala.: Joyce 26-

31.Playtand: Valdosta. Ga.. 1641.Regal Expo Atlanta. Oa 15-31.Royal Lope.: Fort Myers, rm.Stapler a Am.: Eunice. La.Siebrand Bros Tucson. Ariz.Southern Valley, Shreveport, La., 111-211.Sparks Bros., Tercet. Miss.: Meridian 3641.Sparks, 3. P.: Birmingham. Ala.Tassel!. Barney: Orlando. Pia.Tidwell. T. Sweetwater. Tex.Victory Expo., Robstown. Tex.. 19-25.Wallace Bro.., Jackson. Miss.; Delhi. La.. 31

April 7.West Coen. LenerreMe, Calif.. 19-28: San Jos.

57 -April 7.Wolfe Ant Augusta. Os . 34-31.Wonder City. DeRalb. Miss.Wonder Shows of Amer.. Little Rock, Ark.World of Today: Oklahoma City. Okla 26-

31. _

Circus RoutesSand to 25 Opera Place. Clocineuitl I, 0.

Arthur Bros.: Oxnard. Calif.. 28Austin Bros.: Austin. Tex.. 30-31.Clyde Bros.: Vernon. Tex., 21-22: Quanah 23-

24: Altos, Okla.. 26-27: Lawton 28-25.Cronin Broa. (Washington A HIS Sta.) Lots

Angeles. Calif.. 24 -April 15.Davenport. Orrin. Lansing. Mich.. 20-23.Harold -Morton. Wichita, Kan 19-24Polack Bros.: (Fairgrounds Coliseum, Dayton,

0.. 22-31Russell Bros 'Pan -Pacific Aud.I Hollywood.

Calif ZS -April 15Wlrth. Frank. Wilkes-Barre. Ps., 10-24.

CHAIR -O -PLANE FOR SALESmith & Smith, large ;sire. Can bepeen set up in whiter quarters now.First $1,000 takes It.

SOUTHERN STATES SHOWSRoute 3, Box 868 -II, Tampa, Fla.

GEORGE V. MINDENWANTS AGENTS

For Grind Stores, Fish Ponds,Watch -La, Dart Store. CigaretteGallery. Wilmington, N. C., thisweek. Care RIGS AMUSEMENTCO., Box 1047, Wilmington, N. C.

WANTMao to work Cat Rick that ran drive try:Bob Hoffman ar Walter Dremir.

MRS. MARIE MOORE468 HIII Ss. FRANK FORT, I ND.

POPCORN and SUPPLIES

POPCORN -South American and Yellow

Pearl. BOXES, BAGS, SALT, SEASON.

In. POPCORN MACHINES.

If you want the best contact us! NOORDER TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL.

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

J & N Popcorn Specialties6336 So. Western Ave. Chicago, III.

Phone: Hemlock 3211

P WANTED HELPMery foe Fly -o -Plane Ride, continuousoperation. Mexico again next winter. Wepay better than top salary. Come on,don't write or wire -will place you.Class or Fun House Talker. manand waling to work front ofequipped Glass House in the ShowIf you are a lushie can't use you. Sally.Percentage. and a bonus.

CHAS. T GOSSDODSON'S WORLD'S FAIR SHOWS

Jacksonville, Fla., until March 25: thenColumbus, Ca., March 26 to April 7.

Atlantic Beach, N. C.Hare cool Icealon for two nas;or Itldes Willbask es percentage. Wonderful belch in theheart of marine bases. Great amass for nenMotile Will buy Electric Purr., Machine.D. Womack. hare Sob for you. Apply

F. W. WADSWORTHAtlantic sue. meivevius On, N. EL

WANTEDDoe to disaucatonneut can Plane ChM. Talkerand Canvmman for Old Show. lice Hogan,2atale Cobb. contact.) P.C. with emrannse andboom Dealers for Coacewia. Game. (RabbDearth'. bare Pea Pool fee you.) DIM. MasiCady. lee Reilly. Dm 1.Weals. wane whoMe worked ter me or anyone capable. mustaal.

B. E. BOATWRIGHTWallace Bros.! Sheen Jackson, miss.

HOWARD INGRAMWANTS AGENTS

Ten Slum Stores. Join this week, VeroBeach. Fla.: Ft. Lauderdale follows. Playingin town. Agents who can stand prosperity.

Wire Care Monarch Shows.

WANTEDCarnival Intact or Independent Ride, forPermanent location In Eastern Pennsylvania.Write and tell all.

NAB ATTRACTIONS510 Penn St. READING, PA.

SECOND-HAND SHOW PROPERTY FOR SALE55.00 Dowernmara D. Trunk. Cost 030.00.Milk S.. tor Ball Game. New and mean.55.00 Electric Peanut Warmer. Ter, D.,SILOO Nee sane Soot Lions. Onat ter mut,- 11

PholoaraPher. We tiny. 0.11 In 10,05.wEtt...8 CURIOSITY SHOP

12 Strombeery 8t. Philadelphia S. Pa.

HOWARD POTTERWants Cook House or sins. Hoop -La.Scales and Weight. Parts. Cork Gallery, Striker.sot. Game. Fish Pond, Bowling All,.

BUFFALO SHOWSP, 0. Om OM) BUFFALO. N. P.

FOR SALESuper Ro11-o-ria..- Finest raid today. Flanmanned. neon a,11 Icus. a winch to rakerole. Also Al 'Tractor and Semi, built especial,to bad ride m.

GEO. LUCASMunicipal Trailer Para TAMPA. FLA.

BARLOW'SBIG CITYRAILROAD

SHOWS

OPENING MARCH 23rd2500 South Broadway

ST. LOUIS, MO.

WANTRIDE HELP

CONCESSIONS

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Wonder City ShowsWANT

Legitimate Concessions, Agents for officeConcessions. Sell X on Popcorn, Diggers.

Shows: Will furnish outfits for worth -whileattractions. Place Octopus or Tilt. WantRide Men for Merry -Go -Round, Wheel,Plane. Ernest Cotter, Brooks, answer. Thisshow plays coal fields In Alabama startingMarch 26th. Wire

JOE KARR, De Kalb, Miss., March 19.24.

PIKE AMUSEMENT SHOWS

WANTRide Help, Concessions. Stock Stores. Showswith own transportation. Harry Randallwants Agents for Rolldowns and Slum Skillo.Ted Anderson, Harry Fenner and Herman,come on. Clayton Haywood wants Agentsfor Ball Game and Stock Stores. OpeningMarch 23rd. Ft. Smith, Ark. Address:

BILL PIKE201 N. 6th St., Ft. Smith, Ark.

WANTBOOKKEEPER & SECRETARY,

also LOT MAN.

Write P. 0. BOX 647,

Jackson, Tenn.

ROGERS GREATER SHOWS

WANTEDSIDE SHOW ACTS

Florence, come on. Fred and Marie, wireat once. Can place Tattoo Artist and high-class Mental Act, Ticket Seller for SideShow, Grinder for Snake Show.

SAILOR KATZYCare John R. Ward Shows, Baton Rouge, La.

WANTEDForeman for Merry -Go -Round, Chairplane,Ferris Wheel. Top salary. Also wantedGirls for Hawaiian and Posing Shows. Mr.and Mrs. Sailor West and Mr. and Mrs.Red Brown, please contact

J. BROWNShow Manager Key West, Florida

JOHN McKEE SHOWSOPENING DEXTER, MO.

MARCH 31 - 2 SATURDAYSAll People Contracted Report Not Later Then

Marsh 27.WANT GOOD FERRIS WHEEL MAN. onewho ran drive Semi. CAN PLACE SEVERAL,MORE CONCESSIONS THAT DO NOT CON-FLICT. High Striker, Hoop -Ls. Etc. CANUSE ONE. OR TWO MORE GRIND SHOWS.WILL BOOK OR BUT ROLL-O.PLANE OROCTOPUS. WANT MAN TO TAKE CHARGEOF COOKHOUSE AND GRAB.

JOHN McKEE, Boa 32. Flit, Mo.

WANT TO BUYSide Show Top, good condition.

WALLACE BROS.' SHOWSTallulah, La., March 21-31.

AMMUNITIONWANTED

.22 SHORTSWire or Write Quantity you have and pricedwanted.

WM. CORBETTP. O. BOX 1933 TAMPA 1, FLA.

DICK'S PARAMOUNT SHOWS, INC.CALL CALL

OPENING APRIL 19111-PRINCETON 4S OLDEN AVE., TRENTON, N. J.

SHOWMEN: On account of disappointment, I have available complete,new Side Show, 80 foot top, 100 foot front, spic and span and readyfor the road. WANT reliable Manager and Acts. Very liberal percentage.SAILOR WEST, get in touch with me.WANT: Wild Life Show, Fat Girl Show. We play the best showterritory.RIDES: Will book Kiddie Autos or Swing,HELP: Chairplane Foreman, Merry -Go -Round Foreman, top salaries.Second Men for Ferris Wheels and Tilt -a -Whirl. Semi drivers preferred.TRUCK MECHANIC. CANVASMAN. Winter quarters now open.R. E. GILSDORF Box 401, Chews, N. J.

GEREN'S UNITED SHOWSOPENING SEYMOUR, INDIANA, APRIL 14

"This Is the Show That Showmanship and Square Dealing Built."If you can stand prosperity, mind your own business, you will profit here. We do not needShow Managers or Ride Superintendents, WE DO NEED Ride Foremen and Second Men thatdrive. Salaries tops and sure, with bonus for season. Concessions open-Snow Ball, CottonCandy, Jewelry, High Striker, Coca-Cola Bottles, Pitch Till Win, Cork Gallery, Bumper orJoints working for ICc. Privilege $25.00 per week, with two weeks in advance. "No MittCamps" or P.C. Rides-Will buy or book Roll -o -Plane or Octopus with transportation. Donot want junk. Cash waiting. Will buy 10x12 Top and Frame. SxS or 10x10 Center jointwith Frame. For Sale-Single late model Loop -o -Plane, A -I condition. Also 24 -seat Smithand Smith Chair -o -Plane, or will lease. Winter quarters open at Cortland, Ind., 4 milesfrom Seymour.

All replies to W. R. GEREN, Box 273, Seymour, Indiana

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WANT GAYLAND SHOWS WANTGirl Show, will furnish everything; must have not less than 3 girls. One Merry -Go -RoundForeman, will pay $50 a week, bonus at end of season; Foreman for Wheel, Second Manfor Chair -o -Plane. Lightning Johnson wants to hear from people who worked for him.Want reliable party to take charge of 5 -in -I. Will book the following: Monkey Showwith own transportation. Will book following Concessions: Cigarette Shooting Gallery, PennyArcade, one set of Diggers, High Striker, Hoop -La, Novelties, Guess Your Age, Slum ClothesPin Joint, String Game Balloon Joint, Dart Game, Picture Gallery. Like to have reliableMan and Wife to take charge of Pop Corn and Candy Apple. Want following Agents: OneStock Wheel, Agents for Swingers and Buckets. All useful Show People come on or wire.

H. B. ROSEN, Mgr., Gayland Shows, this week, Calera, Alabama

ROYAL EXPOSITION SHOWS WANTFor Ft. Myers, Fla., March 30 to April 14; followed by Everglades Fair, Belle Glade, Fla.,10 days, April 18 to 28; then the surprise spot of the South, Brunswick, Georgia, 3 blocksfrom the heart of town, May 19 to June DS 15 Saturdays and 4 full weeks).Want worth -while clean Shows with own outfits, Octopus, Fly -o -Plane, Scooter, Spitfireand one Kid Ride. Must be in good shape. Also want Wheel Foreman. Merry -Go -RoundForeman, Bingo Help, one or two good Free Acts. Cook House and several MerchandiseConcessions. Dan Riley, Foley and all others, get in touch quick.

J. P. BOLT, Manager, Ft. Myers, Fla.P.S.: Also want Ball Game Agents.

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MAGIC EMPIRE SHOWSOpening in the heart of Hot Springs, March 31.

CAN PLACE Shows with or without their own outfit.WANT Cook -House and other Concessions. Ride Help, come on; willplace you. Also want Man that can operate Caterpillar Diesel.FOR SALE-A 4-K. W. Universal Light Plant.

A. SPHEERIS, 1099 7th St., Hot Springs, Ark.

Franks' Play Land ParkHEART OF DOWNTOWN MACON, GA.

Place for season following Concessions: Ice Cream or Frozen Custard.Choice Ball Game Location, Slum Joints. Place Agents for Hall Games,Penny Pitch. All wire BILL FRANKS, Macon, Ga.

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MOTOR CITY PARK PLACE MERCHANDISE CONCESSIONS

E Good Opening for GRAB JOINTS, POP CORN, PHOTOS, JEWELRY, SHOOTING E.E GALLERY,

Money GamesPOND. LEGIT

Tolerated.WHEELS,

Etc. No - - - - -E- WANT PENNY ARCADE E.

WILL BUY FOR CASH OR BOOK2. CHAIR PLANE. ROLL -O -PLANE ORE LOOP, KIDDIE SWINGS or Any OtherE. Ride Not Conflicting.

* * * WANT FOREMEN for Wheel, Merry -Co- gg Round, Tilt, Spitfire and Speedway,

M WANT SUPERINTENDENT that can Ehandle 6 Major Rides.

; NO SET-UPS OR TEAR -DOWNS.

E This park is located directly opposite-M" DETROIT'S largest bathing and picnicE. grounds. Street car and bus transporta- Don to park.

VIC HORWITZ Hotel Detroiter Detroit 1, Mich. Et-

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WANTEDBingo Help, Countermen. Best payon the road, good treatment, bonus.

Opening March 26. Contact

JACK MILLERCare W. C. KAUS SHOWS,

New Bern, N. C.

ARCADE SHOWSWANT

Slum joints of all kinds. Will book Showswith or without transportation. Will buyor book Ferris Wheel. Concessions and

Concession Agents of all kinds, come on.

Scott Lamb also wants Agents.

FREER, TEXAS,MARCH 19 UNTIL 25.

WANTEDfor HUTCHENS' MODERN MUSEUM

For 25 weeks starting April 20. One freakstrong enough to feature and other freaks,also good working acts, musical act, Jug-gler, magic, tattoo artist, impalement act,human ostrich or any good act. Also twoticket sellers that can drive trucks; all shortJumps, top salaries to all. Pay everyWednesday, draw every day. All address

JOHN T. HUTCHENSP. 0. Box 106 Cassville, Mo.P. S.-Guy Samson, Coxy and Walker, or

other people that have worked forme, answer.

STAR AMUSEMENT CO.Wants for opening April 7th to 19th

for Morrilton, ArkansasWants Pop Corn, Stock Joints. Mug joint.Some Ride Help. Will book Grind Shows.Good proposition to a Bingo. Will bookLoop -o -Plane and other Flat Rides thatdon't conflict. The ones that have written.write again. Contact KID BURNS. rareStar Amusement Co., Plumcrville, Ark.

ALL AMERICAN AMUSEMENT CO. WANTSRidm-Chir-o-Plano or Loop -o -Planes, 1 KiddieRide. Shows-Good Illtudon or Freak Show,have others. Conceasiona-Sell N on Photosand American Palmistry. no Gypsies: sell Non Bingo. Can use Deck Gallery, Darts. Hoop -La. Clothes Pin, Pitch, String Game, Bumper,Rich Striker, Scales teao Noveltiea. French,write: Frozen Custard, ?dickey Billet, answer:Devil's Bowling Alley, Slum Wheel, Watch -La,Penny Pitches. Monroe Utile, contact me. Opennear Wilmington, Del., about April 22nd.

All Addres,R. N. BROWN, ALL AMERICAN AMUSE-MENT CO., 11 44.1t 4 at., Wilmington, Dal,

60 The Billboard COIN MACHINES March 24, 1945Communications to 155 N. Clark Si., Chicago 1, Ill. Conducted by WALTER W. HURD

Adjournment Wave Sets InAnother ClubLicense Law

Idaho joins the list ofStates that will licensegaming devices in clubs

CHICAGO. March 17.-Reports on leg-islative developments in the variousStates this week, suggests that the chieftrend is the adjournment of Legislatures.This will be good news for many indus-tries because it removes the possibilityof unfavorable tax threats. For the coinmachine industry it will also mean thatsome good license bills for amusementgames have been lost for another yearat least.

Last week The Billboard legislative re-port featured the news that four Statesat least. had passed bills relating to coinmachines. Two of the laws were part ofthe favorable trend this year. which showsStates planning to license gaming de-vices In clubs of various kinds. Thisweek our report shows that at least oneState has added its approval of a club -licensing law. That State is Idaho. Inlast week's issue it was reported that theLegislature had passed such a bill whichwas waiting for the approval of the gov-ernor. He has finally approved the billand it now becomes another State lawwhich will license gaming devices in vari-ous types of clubs.

It still holds true that there is verylittle threatening legislation in theStates, that is, proposals to put heavytaxes on coin machines. There are somevery unfavorable bills pending in a fewStates, but the possibility of their passageis not considered so serious at the pres-ent time. Perhaps Texas and Wisconsincontinue to be the most threateningStates at the present time.

It also still holds true that little news-paper publicity is being given to coinmachine legislation except in Wisconsin.Favorable publicity to the operator's sideof the case was given In a hearing on aproposal in Texas to increase the tax onjuke boxes.

Already AdjournedVarious reports this week said that the

following State Legislatures had recentlyadjourned: Arkansas, March 8: Arizona,March 10: Idaho. March 9; Utah. March8; Washington, March 8 and West Vir-ginia on March 10.

While a number of State Legislatureswill continue in session for a while, theappearance of new legislation on coinmachines could become a vital trend. Atthe present time, however, there are noindications of any notable number ofnew bills appearing in the Legislatures.The reports this week did indicate newcoin machine bills in the States of Dela-ware, Iowa, Nevada. Pennsylvania andTexas. But these reports do not suggestanything like a sudden new trend to in-troduce new bills on coin machines.

A State -by -State summary of legisla-tive reports received this week is as fol-lows:

ARKANSAS. The Legislature ad-journed March 8 and at one time had twoor three bills considered unfavorable tothe trade. At the present time, reportsdo not show that any coin machine legis-lation was passed. More than 60 bills werefinally passed and placed on the gover-nor's desk but apparently none of theserelate directly to coin machines. So Itseems that Arkansas gets to keep itsgood State license system which has beenin effect for some years.

ARIZONA. The Legislature ad-journed March 10. The State did not de-velop any legislation of consequence thisyear.

DELAWARE. A House committeehas acted favorably on a bill which wouldlicense games and jukes at from 85 to 810per year.

IDAHO. This is the State thatShowed most legislative activity during

Editorial

Data AccumulatesBy Walter Hurd

A LTHO modern types of coin ma-chines have been in operation

for many years, there is still a lackof data on the average earnings ofthe various kinds of machines thatmay be considered official enoughto offer as evidence in court, or topresent in argument before Legis-latures and city councils.

The average earnings of all typesof coin machines are subject tomany variable factors, just as otherlines of business are subject tomany influences. But newspapersand other sources have given somuch publicity to big earnings onmachines that the trade has longneeded some official evidence tocombat the publicity.

Slowly some official facts are be-ing accumulated by the trade. Thefederal government, it is well un-derstood. long ago did its own re-search in order to get somethingdefinite on what the various typesof coi machines may be expectedto earn. But Information that isgathered for income tax purposesis not for public use arid hence theofficial data remains secret. It maybe expected that the In S. Depart-ment of Commerce will eventuallygather statistical data which will beavailable for public use and whichwill also be issued for the purposeof helping the business and not toinjure it.

A court test case in Akron re-cently. which involved a high citytax on juke boxes, put some un-usual statistics on record whichshow how official information grad-ually accumulates thru the years,finally to become an important,weapon for defense. The Akron testinvolved the question of what con-stitutes a reasonable fee to cover thecost of inspection and regulationunder a city license system.

The court found the total annualincome received by the city fromall types of business licenses was821,500. Yet the city had passed alicense fee on one type of business

which alone was expected to pay thecity more per year than all otherlines of business in the city. Thecourt went on to give some data onthe costs of city inspection andregulation, which apparently areofficial figures. This is an approachto the subject of taxing coin ma-chines that should long have beenused in many States and cities, andthe Akron case may eventually setprecedent in such matters.

At a legislative hearing in Texasrecently several operators of Jukeboxes and location owners testifiedas to the earnings on phonographs,Since the data was presented by atrade association, some legislatorswere inclined to question it. Thosewho did question the data were defi-nitely influenced by hearsay andnewspaper publicity, as their re-corded statements will show. As inall reports of the big earnings oncoin machines, a few special estab-lishments were involved and thethousands of average, or below aver-age spots had not been considered.This is an important issue whichthe trade has not yet been able tomeet.

Some years ago an operating firmknown nationally in the juke boxfield placed at the disposal of The

a complete recordof a large juke box route, kept ac-cording to the best accounting prac-tices, which could be used for sta-tistical purposes. But the routebelonged among the top 10 per centof the nation for efficiency in opera-tion and hence the data would nothave presented a fair picture forthe thousands of machines in theother 90 per cent of less favoredlocations.

These statements hint at theproblem involved. The real issueis that high taxes on coin machineshit at the small retail establish-ments in which they are placed,more than at the coin machinebusiness itself.

the closing days of the Legislature whichadjourned March 9. The Legislaturepassed and the governor approved a newlaw which provides a State licensing sys-tem for gaming devices in clubs of vari-ous kinds. This is a very interesting lawand will be analyzed more in detail in afuture issue. The Legislature also passeda cigarette tax law which is rather com-plete in its coverage, includes vendingmachines, but reports do not yet showwhether the governor approved the law.Unfortunately, the Idaho Legislaturekilled an interesting bill which providedfor legalizing free -play awards on pin-ball. If this bill had passed it mighthave become a model bill for legalizingfree plays.

Soft Drink TaxIOWA. The Legislature recently in-

troduced a bill which would tax softdrink vending machines. The bill alsoproposed to tax the sale of soft drinksgenerally.

MASSACHUSETTS. The Legisla-ture withdrew a bill to license amusementgames. The Legislature still has a verylong cigarette tax proposal which includesvending machines.

NEVADA. The House is favorablyconsidering a Senate bill which wouldincrease the State fee on gaming devicesand other types of gambling.

NEW HAMPSHIRE. A hearingon the bill which would tax games ofskill In the State was held March 14 but(See Adjournment Wave on page 62)

Industries Plan NewProduct Uses in BidFor PW Consumption

CHICAGO, March 17. - All industriesfacing a formidable post-war problem ofexpanding civilian consumption shouldmake their plans now. In the currentissue of The Monthly Review of the Fed-eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta It statedthat the present prosperity of industryin general is by far the greatest in itsexperience and that it is being preparedto resist a possible relapse of pre-warlevels.

This holds true with the peanut in-dustry what with shortages of certainfoods and other war factors affecting in-creased demand for peanuts resulted Inconsumption of 675.000,000 pounds ofgoobers during 1944.

It is expected that expansion of peanutproducts will come thru improving thequality of present merchandise contain-ing peanuts. Creating new products, de-veloping new industrial uses and, ingeneral, expanding peanut markets.

Peanut milk, ice cream, peanut flourand oils are among a few of the newedible uses of the nut. New industrialuses now being developed include textilefibers similar to rayon, a leather substi-tute for shoe soles and a wool-like fiberfrom peanut protein.

Patent Laws UpFor Change HHR -97 Gets OK

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Many rep-resentatives of Industry are carefullywatching the progress of a new billwhich proposes to amend the Anti -TrustAct of 1914.

The amendment is in the form of abill known as HR -97 and would changethe patent laws in some important ways.

The new bill is now in committeeand industry leaders and their repre-sentatives are trying to get their casebefore the committee in order to fore-stall a favorable report on the bill. Itis the licensing provisions in the newamendment to which representatives ofindustry seem to chiefly object. TheDepartment of Justice is really pushingthe new amendment.

Survey Shows LegalGambling DesiredAt Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, March 17.-The le-galization of gambling in all of its vari-ous forms is overwhelmingly favored byAbsecon Island residents, it is revealed inthe Seashore poll on the subject madeby the local Press -Union newspaper.

Bingo was easily the favorite of thevoters, with 952 per cent of those ap-proached favoring its legalization. Na-tional and State lotteries came next with71.4 per cent in favor and licensed horserooms third with 71.4 per cent castingaffirmative votes.

There were 66 per cent who would le-galize the numbers game and 61.9 percent of the voters who said they wouldlike to see the establishment of gamblingcasinos equipped with roulette wheels,public blackjack and poker games, bird-cages and other gaming devices. How-ever, practically all of the voters favoredlegal gambling with the provision thatit be carried on under strict supervision,be limited in scope and be heavily taxedby the municipality.

Many declared that legal gamingshould be controlled under a set-up sim-ilar to the restrictions under which theliquor industry operates with a Statecommissioner empowered to take drasticaction in the event of violations of eitherthe letter or spirit or required laws.

"Betting on horses, playing bingo,numbers and all forms of gambling IsJust as morally legitimate as playing thestock market," said one man. "But, iflegalized, ail gaming should be limitedand strictly controlled."

A woman asserted that people are go-ing to gamble regardless of the law andsaid gaming should be legalized in orderto provide a new source of revenue formunicipalities. Under local option, shesaid, cities would not have to license es-tablishments unless it was the will of thevoters.

Family & FriendshipNot Best Plan to HoldSpots, Says Operator

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17. - Thetrend in music machines is to big op-erators, Tony Duncan, operator of pennypeanut, scales, music and wired musicmachines in Oakland. Calif.. believes.He bases his opinion on the fact that thesmall operator relies too much upon"family and friendship" to secure loca-tions.

The small operator and his methodof doing business is not entirely respon-sible for the trend to the big boys. Theshortage of labor. the fact that tavernowners have become hardened to Com-petition, the need of good service andequipment problems have played their(See Family d Friendship on page 63)

March 24, 1945 The Billboard COIN MACHINES 61

SLOTS264 MIN Blue Front. S.J.254 141110 Blue Front. D.J.100 Mills Blue Front. B.J.100 Milts Blue Front, D.J.50 Mills Blue Front, 8.J.50 Mills Blue Front. D.J. 226.00

100 Mills Bonus Alum. Front 975.0050 Mills Bonus Alum. or Gold Fronts 360.00

104 Mills Melon Bell 276.0050 Mills Melon Bell 200.0050 Mills Blue Q.T. 56.00Be Mills Glitter Gold Q.T.. New 150.005t Mills Smoker Bel! 80.00se min, V. Poekets, Green, No Meter 60.0050 Mills V. Pockets. B & G. with Meter 86.0050,6111s V. Pockets. Chrome, with Meter 76.00

254 Mills Goosentek. 2-4, with Jackpot 110.0015e Jennings 4 Mar Chief 130.0015e Jennings Club Console. 3-5 185.005e Jennings Silver Chief, 3.5 250.00

10c Jennings Sliver Chief. 3-6 296.00CONSOLES

Bally Club Bell, F.P. Comb. 5326.00Bally High Hand. F.P.. Comb. 176.00Bailer Pacts, Very La.. D.D. & J.P. 376.00Keeney Super Track Times .. 375.00Keeney Super Track Times, Top Glass 18.00

Have Parts and Motor Gears forKeeney Super T. T.

ARCADEBally Rapid Fire $245.00SkyfIghter 325.00Chester Pollard Golf 85.00Chef.? Pollard Football . 110.00Anti Aircraft, Brown 80.00Solecterscope 175.00Periscope 250.00Moos.. Hecker 90.00Mutoscope MVP PictoreS 35.00K. 0, Fighter 110.001 Mutoscope Traveling Crane 46.001 Exhibit Iron Claw 45.001 Lighthouse Grip 80.00MIlis Punching Bag 75.00Arcade Ball Grip Strength Tester 45.00Exhibit HI Bail 10.00Pro Basket Ball (2 Play) 85.00World Horoscope 85.00Mutoscope Liberty Sul., 85.00Mutoscope Hammer Sulker 85.00Exhibit Clock Grip 66.00Mutoscope Picture Machine with Reel 39.60Pop-o-Matle Model 24A 80.00Snacks, 14 12.50

$375.00350.00360.00326.00250.00

PIN GAMESSchool Days S 75.00Monicker .115.00Play Ball.Bally 86.00Topic 110.00Bocilaway 75.00Majors, '41 70.00Sport Parade 50.00Snappy 70.00Yanks 125.00Metro 60.00Seven UP 70.00Ten Spot 65.00Texas Mustang 90.00Spot Pool 00.00Sea Hawk 60.00Horoscope 80.00

All used Pln Games refinished and checked.One-third deposit with order, tialanc0 C. 0. D.

A BO Bowler. 555.00Champs 85.00Star Attrac. . 76.00All American. 65.00611 Chief 40.00Gold Star 65.00Wild Fire 60.00Victory 100.00Venus 90.00HomeRun.'42 110.00Bosco 86.00Four Dlarnonds 60.005.10-20 145.00Paradise 75.00Zig Zag 90.00

NEW ENGLAND EXHIBIT CO.1295 Washington 85. BOSTON IS, MASS.

Telephone: DeVonshire 8381

FOR SALEARCADE EQUIPMENT Each

2 Keeney Anti Aircraft Guns ... at 3 79.502 8008018 14 Foot Sirce Ball Alley 13 100.001 Rockola World Series Baso Ball . 89.502 Mills Punching Bags. Complete .(3 179.603 New Bags (S, 14.50

23 Exhibit View-a-Socpos ris 22.6011 Grippers .. '3 10.00

5 Electric Shockers e 10.002 Miniature World Champion Ba ball

0 amts 15 7.501 A.13.7, Fire & Smoke .... 19.504 A.B.T. Target Skill @ 19:501 Bomb Hlt 19.502 Match -a -Pak Cigarette Machine GS 7.5021.0.U. Dice Game a 7.501 Indian Dice Garno 7.501 Texas Leaguer 42.601 Exhibit HINt Bail 85.001 Mutoscope Card Vendor. 2e Floor

Model 37.508 Exhibit Post Card Vendors ... 43 7.501 Parkett 7.501 Home Run Ball Gum 16.001 Set of 3 Exhibit Advice Meters 89.504 Mutoscope Diners, Entire Lot, 175.001 Callle Weight 58.501 Groetchen Metal Types - 189.6011;10.1 Mills Vest Pocket 8101.141 Pace Slot. 10 22.501 Milts 58 Slot (Old for Parts) 10.001 Kicker & Catcher 25.00

PINBALL MACHINES1 Victory1 Bomb the Axis Rate1 Smack the Jap1 DefenseI P. & 5. Shangri-La1 Sea Hawk1 Flying Tiger1 Sky Rider1 Torpedo Patrol

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MUSIC EQUIPMENT1 Wurlitzer 600 Amplifier A Speaker with

TubesS

76.001 Wuriltter 616 Amplifier with Tubed. 27.501 Wurlitzer Mot. 21.601 WurlItser SOO Tone Arm, Now Complete,

Except Counter Weight 20.00

PERKINS VENDING COMPANY730 College Street Jacksonville 4, Florida

Phone 7.4514

WANTED PHONOGRAPHS -ANY MODELS -ANY MAKES.

Give Description and Lowest Price inFirst Letter.

NOVELTYVV Alpo CO., INC.

1903 Washington Ave. St. LOW] 3, Mo.

Industry Working WithRehabilitation Plans

By GwenCHICAGO, March 17. -As of this writ-

ing, coin machine manufacturers arestill 100 per cent engaged in producingwar material for the country's No. 1

buyer -Uncle Sam, Manpower is neededby the plants engaged in war work.Personnel and employment managers arealready hiring discharged veterans, manyof whom were former employees. A sur-vey indicates that each manufacturerhas employed on the average about 30war veterans. While the experience ofcoin machine manufacturers with the re-adjustment of the war veterans to hisjob is not great so far, considering thatapproximately 4,000 men are being re-turned to the area monthly. It is suf-fIcent to indicate what personnel direc-tors and the Industry must face In meet-ing the problem of helping the returnedserviceman rehabilitate himself to thecivilian work world.

All interviewed stated servicemen re-turning from combat experience are in-clined to be restless and desire physicalwork of an active nature. Few vets areable to take up immediately the threadsof their former civilian status. A pro-nounced characteristic Is their hesitancyand indecisiveness In reaching a conclu-sion when a position is offered them.Many are not sure of their fitness yet.Quite a number definitely avoid noiseand some have had to be transferred fromdepartments where sudden or startlingsounds occur. Physically sound men,capable of work, quite often cannot yetignore noises which tend to remind themof reactions or war tensions.

Personnel managers among the coin -operated machine manufacturers ap-parently understand the needs and re-actions of veterans and have adopted asympathetic attitude toward the char-acteristics and attitudes developed in theservice. They reveal considerable per-ception of the war vet's needs andrecognize they must give individual at-tention to assisting servicemen in ad-justing themselves. Already they haveexperienced a real glow of satisfactionfrom having some of their "boys" finallysettled down to jobs. One related thecase of a veteran who had quit threetimes; each time the personnel man-ager followed him up at home, patientlyexamined the vet's difficulties and finally

Report for 1944WASHINGTON, March 17. -

According to a recent report byWar Manpower Commissioner_McNutt, some 44.000 disabled menand women were returned to em-ployment in 1944. This is the of-ficial report for the first full yearunder which the new rehabilita-tion program has been operated.According to official data. onlyone -tenth of this number wereemployed before rehabilitationstarted. Their earnings dividedamong all the 44,000 would haveaveraged $143. The average costof rehabilitation was $147.

Now back on a regular job,these people are earning on theaverage rate of more than $1,700a year, according to the report.This is a 12 -fold increase andadds up to a very substantial totalof $78,000,000 a year.

adjusted him to his work. Once thepsychological enemy was overcome thestruggle was over and the vet now hasa harmonious relationship with his job;his record displays little or not absen-teeism. All agree that careful, individualhandling and plenty of time for re-adjustment to civilian life and work isneeded.

Proper CoachingMichael Grasick, personnel director

at the 0. D. Jennings plant, stated thatabout 33 per cent of the men hired athis plant this month were dischargedveterans and that they are now satis-factorily performing their work. Con-siderate interviewing and proper coaching

Deeplenterduring the break-in period does thetrick, ho finds.

Bob Tank, personnel manager LionManufacturing Company (Bally) is fol-lowing a policy of recruiting veterans.He pointed out that they solicit draftboards for returned veterans and furtherremarked that the girls of the WOWpost in the plant were aiding consider-ably in the rehabilitation program there.They have also adopted 20 soldiers atthe Veterans' Rehabilitation Center, 2449Washington Boulevard, Chicago, and fre-quently deliver a truck load of candy,cigarettes. magazines and cakes to thecenter. At Christmas the girls presentedthe adopted men with sweaters and othergifts.

Ralph Isacksen is personnel director atthe Seeburg Company. Veterans are wel-comed and when they cannot be as-signed to the Seeburg staff, the employ-ment department refers them to otherplants with whom they have contact.

Those men who have suffered a dis-ability or are malaria victims are keptunder observation of the nurse and first -aid headquarters in most plants.

The industry seems to be followingessentially the same pattern in employ-ing and handling the returned vet. Asfor a post-war rehabilitation program. nomajor plan seems to have been developedthus far. Yet thousands of men are re-turning monthly and will return in thefuture possessing highly developed tech-nical and mechanical skills, easily adapt-able and useful to the coin machine field.

Weigh ValueThe coin Industry could weigh the

value of a rehabilitation program thathas -been commenced by other industrialgroups desirous of attracting the youngerworkers.

Probably the most comprehensive pro-gram and the first of its kind to beoffered returning war veterans is thatof the Automotive Repair and Main-tenance Association of Chicago. This or-ganization announced It is going to helpwar veterans returning to civilian lifefind a place in the automotive field astop-notch mechanics and repairmen.They are subsidizing a training programwhich has been approved by the Veter-ans' Rehabilitation Administration andthe veterans themselves. The programIs so highly regarded it will be used asa guide by other employers seeking todraw up approved programs of assistanceand rehabilitation tin other fields. Thetraining program provides, In additionto the on-the-job training, necessary sup-plemental theoretical courses in branchesof the work, to be taught in accreditedschools. Such security programs are be-ing considered and will be sponsored bymany industries.

Among the women employed by coinmachine manufacturers are members ofthe Woman Ordnance Workers. Inc. Thisnon-profit organization soon will launcha rehabilitation project of their own fordisabled and incapacitated veteranslimited to the use of their bands. Thesemen will be trained and educated inlapidary arts and skills. Leading jewelerswill teach such disabled servicemen theart of polishing, cutting and engravingof precious stones. in which trade themen will later be provided with em-ployment.

Among the manufacturers in the coinmachine equipment field having WOWposts are J. P. Seeburg. Lion Manufac-turing, Rock-Ola and Mills Industries.

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One Balls and ConsolesBaker's Pacers, Daily DoubleBlack Paces Races (Reconditioned) 100.00Skee Ballette 85.00Bally Pace Maker, 1 Ball Cash P.O 75.001 Bally Dark Horse, Free Play 185.00Winning Ticket 100.002 Seeburg Shoot the lap. Each 135.00Seeburg Chicken Sam 100.00Keeney Ale Raider 175.00lc Glitter Gold Q.T., Brand New 125.00

$350.00

Terms: 1/a Deposit with Order, Bal. C. 0. D.

AUTOMATICCOIN MACHINE CORP.

338 CHESTNUT STREETSPRINGFIELD, MASS.

Phone: 4-1109 during noon hour.

LOST LOCATIONMust sell rat once

6 SKEE BALL ALLEYS, $100 EACH$15 extra for crating.

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INTERNATIONAL MUTOSCOPE CORPORATIONPenny Arcade Headquarters abs.n 1896.

Manufacturers of PhOtOmatio and Other Famous Coln Operated Equipment.44-01 ELEVENTH STREET LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK

62 COIN MACHINES The Billboard March 24, 1945

"SOUND" INVESTMENTS

REPL EMATET

AMPLIFIERSComplete With Tubs.

WURLITZER MODELS $45.00SEEBURG MODELS 40.00ROCK-OLA MODELS 40.00

Universal AmplifiersModel U X 2 $79.50

Fits all Phonographs Less Tubesexcept Hi -Tones.

Model U X I $54.50Fits all Phonographs Less Tubes

except Hi -Tones.When ordering state model desired.1/3 Dep. with Order, Bal. C.O.D.

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up to 100 to 1 and are redeemed at counter.Machine comes complete with 121 tokens,Brand new equipment. pre-war construction.Site 9e9 in. Ht. 10 in. Wt. 10 lbs. Send$10.00 depmit, balance express C.O.D.

Each $47.50. ($39.50 In Lots of 5.)

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ARTISTICALLY REPAINTED!Chicago Coln Hockey 5210.00Seeburg Hockey 86.00Scientific Batting Practico 125.00

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100.00 0 For the fiscal year up to November 1,I1944, the receipts of the province of New

0 Brunswick from coin machine licenses41 totaled $4,163. This is supplementary

to the annual licenses paid for coin ma-rchines to the municipalities. NewBrunswick is the only province in Can-ada which censors films for coin -operated

; movie machines, such being assigned to

.4r the provincial board of censors. A pro-,' vincial license for a coin machine is

necessary outside the municipalities.510.514 W. 34th St.N.Y. 1, N.Y. (Bryant 9.8877) F. J. ELLIOTT, Amherst, N, S.. is now

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Gottlieb's Cover Girl 5219.50Sky Rider 175.00Victorious 1945, 5 Ball F.P. 199.50Foreign Colors. 5 Ball F.P. 249.50Marvel Baseball 17e.50

CONSOLESKeeney's Super Bell, Combination .$350.00Bally Club Bell, Comb. 300.00Evans 1941 Lucky Lucre, P.O. 175.00Pace Saratoga. Chrome, Rail, P.O 125.00Keeney Track Time, Top of Glass

Cracked 100.00Evans Galloping Dominoes, Black

Cabinet 75.00Mills 6, B. & G. Vest Pocket,

Perfect 64.50Mills 5t Q.T., Perfect 75.00Send for complete list of usedPIN GAMES, SLOTS and completeline of ARCADE EQUIPMENT atlow prices!

Terms: 1/3 Deposit, Galante C. 0. D.

COINMEN YOU KNOWNew York:

COINOPS of New York (and Chi, pleasenote) -Here's an important request fro,.PVT. D. BUCKMAN, late of Auto Ma-chines, 1dt., 11 Great Eastern Street,London, asks that some of his pals writehim and give him the lowdown on howeverything is cooking. Special call towrite is directed to GEORGE PONSER,BLIZT LANE, DAVE ROBBINS. JOE ASHand LEON TAKSEN, and the coinmen atEvans and Genco as well. Private Buck-man con be reached at the Bell Hotel.Maidenhead, Berks, England. Get outthat old pen and pencil, fellows, forBuckman is wanting to get in on someof the current coin talk.

EARLE C. BACKE, of the NationalNovelty Company, Merrick, L. I., N. Y.,has just won the Height Casino indoortennis championship, defeating ManualAlonzo and Dr. Eugene McCauliff, 6-1,8-10, 6-4, 3-6 and 6-4. It was a toughmatch, lasting from 5 to 7:35.... LIEUT.LIONEL M. NATHAN, just out of service,made his first trip to New York to visitwith his former associate, NAT COITI,of Modern Music Sales. Nathan hailsfrom Miami, where he operates the Mod-ern Vending Company. . . . Much ac-tivity around amusement sales these daysas MARKUS KLEIN revamps the Roll -a -Ball machines again. Store shades ofcoming spring and the arcade season.

Reported that JULIUS LEVY, of Ar-thur H. DuGrenler, Inc., is on a shorttrip thru Upper New York State. .

The Arcade Owilers' Association metMarch 22, at the Capitol Hotel.

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HER. SAM BUTLER, ABE VILLINSKY,CHARLES KANTER and CHARLES Mc-KINNEY. all members of the Automatic.Phonograph Owners' Association of Cin-cinnati, also JOE WEINBERGER, of theSouthern Automatic Music Company, at-tended a dinner party at the MiamiHotel, Dayton. 0.. given by the MiamiValley Coin Operators' Association. Itwas a very fine party and enjoyed by all.The close relationship between these twoorganizations will be of great benefit toboth associations. . . The stag partyfor servicemen, originally set for March 7and postponed on account of flood con-ditions, will be held sometime In April.A definite date will be set within thenext few days at which time all themembers and guests will be notified....Annual election of officers usually heldin April will be held at a later date thisyear. . . . A membership committee wasappointed with Nate Bartfield as chair-man; Louis Lauch, Charles Kanter, How-ard Males, Charles McKinney and AbeVillinsky.

Fort Worth:Coln machine operators have finished

the first two months of the year with in-dications that business will be as goodif not better than last year. which wasone of the best... MORTON LOICANA,manager of the Big State Novelty Com-pany, reported that his machines are allbusy and that despite the labor shortagerepairs are being taken care of as needed.

The Star Coin Machine Company,operated by "war wives" exclusively,"continues to report good business.Mrs. Ben McDonald, manager, is stillin charge while her husband is inthe armed forces. All employees arewomen with husbands at war.JACK MALONEY, manager of Panther

Distributing Company, stated there isno complaint about the quality of rec-ords being received for juke box play.The take from juke boxes is due to becut down because of the midnight cur-few. . . . There are many juke boxes inall-night restaurants, some of whichcatered to war workers of which thereare thousands In this section. At mid-night now the juke boxes are unplugged.

St. John, N. B.

tributlon and operation of coin ma-chines, chiefly pinbalis and juke boxes.thru the Atlantic provinces, from hisAmherst base. Previously, he had beenactive as a carnival and indoor fair op-erator, and in conducting an eating placein Amherst. For the past 25 years thisveteran has been familiarly known as"The Short Man," and letters addressedto that cognomen at Amherst have beendelivered to him. MRS. ELLIOTT haslong been a partner of her husband inbusiness. Elliott is the current presidentof the Amherst Post of the CanadianLegion, hating served with the CanadianAnny in the First World War, overseas.A son, H. F. J. Jr., is in the CanadianAir Force on overseas duty.

French-speaking men and women whohave come from fauns to cities and townsfor work in war industries, includingfactories, steamship docks and sheds,railroads, etc., have been patronizingcoin machines for the first time. Owingto the shortage of help, people are beingtransferred by the Selective Service fromthe country to the cities and towns forwar work. In many instances, these per-sons are seeing coin machines for thefirst time and are particularly enamoredof the juke boxes in public and semi-public eating places.

Detroit:RUSSELL TRTLCK, of the Lincoln

Amusement Company in the suburb ofLincoln Park, has expanded his activities,becoming personal manager for JohnnyWebb Young, tenor, who is going to NewYork next month for auditions. . . .

HARRY WEINBERara, of Reliance Mer-chandise Company, son of Michael Wein-berger, of the S. & W. Coin Machine EN -change, made a plane trip to Chicagoand back this week to buy new mer-chandise.

Twin Cities:Coin machine operators here report

the midnight curfew hasn't had toomuch effect on their biz and the coin -men are taking the situation prettymuch in stride. Those all-night eaterieswhich must tune down their Juke boxesat midnight merely disconnect the elec-tricity.. Collections haven't suffered per-ceptibly, coinmen say.

Hy -G Amusement Company's frontis gaily decked out In a new sign eightfeet high by 43 feet long. The firm'sfamiliar signature, a musical score withclef. with the name strung out in notestyle, is the theme of the sign and canbe seen from quite a distance. - . .

TED HEIL, Gaylord (Minn.) operator,was a dispatch runner in the firstWorld War serving with the AEF inFrance and Germany. A letter he re-ceived from his son informed Heil thatjunior is a dispatch runner in this war,serving in France and Germany. Thetwo compared notes by mail and foundthey were seeing service in practicallythe same communities.HAROLD SCOTT, Mobridge (S. D.)

coinman, came to the Twin Cities to buyparts for his route and brought Mrs.Scott along who went on a shopping touralong Nicollet Avenue, the city's finestshopping center. . . . SHERNA SCHAN-FIELD SCHWARTZ, secretary at Hy -GAmusement, is bragging about herbrother, Leonard, who last week passedthe bar examinations and Is a full-fledged attorney. . . WILLIAM ANDDON HUNTER, Wheaton, Minn., are fre-quent visitors to coin machine distribu-tors' offices. William has a fine route,and Don, who is blind, is studying lawat the University of Minnesota.

HAROLD LIEBERMAN, head of AcmeNovelty Company, has been appointedgeneral chairman of the 1915 campaignof the Minneapolis Federation for JewishService. Lieberman for years has beenactive in the annual drive, and thisyear's chairmanship is recognition for thefine work he has been turning in eachcampaign. . . . GEORGE MANILLA andA. SCHLECHT, Duluth coinmen, were inthe Twin Cities looking for merchandisefor their mutes.

Philadelphia:ROY TORR is certainly a man of great

activity these clays. Outside of his reg-ular work -a -day schedule Roy is one ofthe busiest men at the Woodlawn Bap-tist Church in that City of BrotherlyLove. He is both secretary and treasureras well as serving on the board of trus-

tees. . . . DAVID ROSMN. North BroadStreet distrib, has just completed ar-rangements for remodeling his showroomand once. It's going to be one of Philly'sshow places. . . . Breezed about thatAilxv SPECTOR, of Spector Distributors,will leave for Chicago soon to give theWindy City the once-over. . . NATRAKE, of the Rake Coln Machine Et -change, now stationed at Fort Knox, Islearning to knock out the picas on Un-cle Sams typewriter. So watch out, yougals, when Mike returns from service it'sgoing to be 100 words per or more.

JOSEPH RAKE, Nat's father, cele-brated his 76th birthday March 13.

Albert J. Slap DeadAlbert J. Slap, 51, a partner in Ray-

mond Rosen & Company. Philadelphiadistributors of Victor and Bluebirdrecords, died March 9 In Samaritan Hos-pital, Palm Beach, Fla., where he wasrecovering from a heart attack. Hiswidow, Mae, a son and a daughter sur-vive. Services in Philadelphia withburial there March 12.

ADJOURNMENT WAVE(Continued from page 60)

we have had no reports on this hearingyet.

NORTH CAROLINA. The biggeneral revenue bill which has somepoints on vending machines is beingpushed right along by both houses withmany amendments. The copyright musicbill was finally passed but the Statelicense fee was reduced from $1,000 to0100.

NORTH DAKOTA. The Legisla-ture recessed until May 22.

OREGON. The Senate is rushingalong a House bill which would increasethe State fee on amusement devices.

PENNSYLVANIA. The House gota bill March 12 which proposes to taxcigarette vending machines $25 per year.

e Housetaxa bitiliHMOarDcEh 13 which place

on vending machines.Juke Hearing

TEXAS. Juke box operators got abearing March 7 on proposal to increasethe State tax on Juke boxes; favorablepublicity was given In newspapers to thehearing and the decision was to send thebill back to a sub -committee for furtherstudy.

UTAH. The Legislature adjournedMarch 8. A bill to put high fees on pin-ball and juke boxes was lost in commit-tee.

adjournedWASHINGTON. sTmhee

unfavorablebills were apparently lost.turWe aEdiSoTurnVedIRmarGINIA.

and atleLaesgt'stiv%coin machine bills were lost.

chinlielbSiCli4),,N,asSIdNel..yeThd ebyanti-slotntemain-

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Record Reviews(Continued from page 21)

KATE SMITH (Columbia)!oat a Prayer Away -FT; V.All of My Life -FT; V.

In her usual smooth and sentimentalstyle, Kate Smith provides plenty of vo-cal charm to both of these attractive'ballads, both of current vintage andpromising to soar high in popularity cir-cles. For Just a Prayer Away, MissKate gets vocal assist from the FourChicks and Chuck as she sings of a hap-pyland near by. Is on her own andsells it just as handily for All of My Life,Sets both ballads at a slow tempo, withthe orchestra under the direction of JackMiller meeting all the background re-quirements.

The Kate Smith fans will shower phonefavors on both of these sides.

MEL TORME (Decca)A Stranger in Town -FT; V.You've Laughed at Me for the Last Time--

FT; V.Long identified with vocal groups on

the West Coast, Mel Tonne makes his

FOLK RECORD REVIEWS(Hillbilly, Race, Cowboy

Songs, Spirituals)By M. H. Orodcnkcr

JOSH WHITE (Keynote)Strange Fruit -FT; V.John Nenry-FT; V.

One of the leading exponents of therace blue form of song, long identifiedwith Gotham's Cafe Society boltes, JoshWhite brings forward a coupling of se-lections that are in the true Negro folkform. A blues lament, Lewis Allen'sfamous Strange Fruit, Is a folk ballad.Considering the reception accorded BillieHoliday's earlier Introduction of the songpoem on wax, White's waxing is certainto become a rare item for collectors, al-tho the message it carries cannot be cir-culated widely enough. Singing it Ill aplaintive manner that is most appealing,White tells of this strange fruit hangingfrom a poplar tree that has blood on itsleaves and blood on its roots. It's apowerful indictment crying out againstlynchings. John Henry, a traditionalfolk song, tells the story of a man on therailroad who was as strong as steel. Ittook a cave-in to knock hint out. Whitesings this story in fiery fashion, and onboth accounts, sings to the strums ofhis glitter,

McCRAVY BROTHERS (Gennett)Jacob's Ladder -FT; V.When They Ring the Golden Golden Rafts -

FT; V.

The McCravy boys blending their bari-tone and tenor voices, with fiddles andguitar providing the accompaniment, aredevoted to the jubilee singing. in go-to-meetin' style, they otter two tradi-tional hillbilly spirituals In the acceptedstyle. It's gospel singing of soldiers ofthe cross for Jacob's Ladder, and glorysinging for When They Ring the GoldenBells.

TAMPA RED (Bluebird)Lula Mae -FT; V.The Woman 1 Love -FT; V.

Singing the race blues laments of theback -biting wmen, Tampa Red is highlyeffective for both of these sides. Noshouting or growling, singing It fromway deep down to strike a sympatheticresponse. Lula Mae is a slow blues wall,with Tampa Red vowing that lie willhate her as much as he used to love herbecause she has been so mean to him.The tempo is stepped up a hit for TheWoman I Love, and again it's the bluesfeeling because the woman he lovestreats him so unkind. Heightening theeffect of his chanting is his blues blow-ing on the tin kazoo, with adequatemusical accompaniment provided by theguitar, piano and string bass. Both sidesshould hit off well with the juke boxfans at the race locations.

FOR SALEMills One -Ball GameSink the Jam GameKeeney Screen Shooting GameSnappyooses

2 Four DiamondsThese need minor repairs: Red Hot, MiamiBeach, Chicken Sam. 2 Parachutes, Four Rotes(score board broken). Send offer.

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solo bow with his Mel -Tones, and showsplenty of promise to create a phono fol-lowing of his own. It's not the vocalquality of his baritone pipes, but ratherhis song delivery and sincerity thatcounts for most. With the choir blend-ing with the orchestra to paint a color-ful and harmonic background picture.Torme is out in front for both of thesesongs, and both beaut ballads. There's astrong note of nostalgia In his own AStranger in Town, while You've Laughedat Me for the Last Time Is rich in senti-mental appeal. Both ballads are offeredat a slow tempo.

While both the singer and his songs heremay lack In name appeal for the phonostickers, Mnt Torme's spinning Is plenty satis-fying for the fans.

CURT MASSEY (Columbia)You've Cot Me Where You Want Mc -

FT; V.Candy -FT; V.

Long identified with the hillbilly clans,singing with his sister, Louise, on thebarn dance air shows, Curt Massey stepsout for the first time on wax in popcircles. While the label has providedhint with a bright rhythmic band di-rected by Mitchell Ayres, Massey canhardly hope to benefit by the change Ifthese sides are an indication of thingsto come. While a heavy nasal tang issomething on the plus side for the songsof the wide open spaces, it hardly helpswhen you try to sing it romantically fora pop ballad as Candy, despite the factthat the tempo is stepped up. His sing-ing Is more tolerable for the rhythmditty, You've Got Me Where You WantMe, which has plenty of tune appeal aswell.

A name In folk record circles, the phonyappeal of these sides can hardly hope toreach beyond that set.

FAMILY & FRIENDSHIP(Continued from page 60)

parts In bringing about the Change, Dun-can believes.

Duncan estimated that 90 per cent ofthe music locations in both this city andOakland was secured thru friendship bythe small operator. He said that 10 percent was thru good business.

The big operator's ability to give goodservice and to supply equipment that Isnew to the location owner is pulling thespots away from those set on friendshiplines. The small operator, Duncan de-clared, can't change the equipment. Nat-urally, the business slides to the opera-tor who can do these things.

More than likely. It is a big operator.They are in a position to give the loca-tion owner what the doctor ordered toget the machine In his spot.

Denver Coinman Is FatherDENVER, March 17. -Al Roberts, local

Wurlitzer distributor, Is the father of ason. Douglas, born recently,

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64 MI:SIC MACHINES The Billboard March 24, 1945 1

TEN TOP TUNES NEW BB TAB,Pop Chart HasSolid Index

Popularity surveys com-bine to give true pic ofwhat public buys and hears

(Continued fr om page 12)thousands of machines in service whileothers have as few as 100, All, however,must know what their individual publicwants in music-or else they don't oper-ate a music machine route very long.Naturally their votes are commercial andbased only on one thing-what the pub-lic wants to hear far its nickels on thepay tables.

Everything in Survey PotIt is these six factors that are re-

ported upon each week in Parts I and IIof The Billboard Music Popularity Chartthat are corner stones in the building ofthe Honor Roll of Hits, the nation's 10top tunes.

The HRH takes ell the plug mediums-screen, network radio shows, India radiostation platter sessions, it takes all theactive proof of the public's acceptanceof tunes via sheet music, retail recordsales and the nickeling of disks in Jukeboxes to establish a base from whichThe Billboard musical popularity meas-urement experts can figure the HonorRoll of Hits.

The base, like the charts themselves, Isthe result of innumerable hours of statis-tical study, of weeks of rehearsals inwhich 24 practical music men co-oper-ated. Many of the musical authoritiesWho joined in The Billboard study oftrends and whims of the music -buyingpublic, had themselves spent, in somecases, two generations in the tune sellingbusiness. They had their own case his-tories against which to check The Bill-board studies and they, with their wealthof knowledge of what makes a song spin,were instrumental In the discarding ofhundreds of weghting and checkingIdeas.

What has come forth in the Honor Rollof Hits is actually the fruit of a com-bined musical experience longer thanthat which ever worked before on anIndex of tune popularity. The HonorRoll of Hits is just what it announcesitself to be-the nation's 10 top tunes.Watch it week by week, note how accur-ately it tabs the No. 1 tune-on the wayup and on the way down. Be guided bylt--because it's the most complete guideto musical popularity ever designed. It'swhat is in the musical mind of the pub-lic and what activates Its musicalpocketbook.

All This and More Besides;There are other features in The Bill-

board Music Popularity Charts, which,while they are not used to contrib to theselection of the Honor Roll of Hits, never-theless are vital to musical operations ofthousands of businesses. There are the re-ports of Sales and Juke Box Leaders inSpeciaitrcd Types of Music, which in-cludes popularity reports on PopularRecord Albums, Best Selling ClassicalRecord Albums. Best Selling Classical Re-cords, Most Played Race Juke Box Recordsand Most Played Folk Juke Box Records.

Part HI of the chart gives advance tipson a great many things that make forfuture musical popularity. There's the listof Publishers' Plug Tunes. (that's a listof the songs that pubs are working ounow or are going to start plugging soon);Advance Record Releases, a disk tabula-tion of platters about to be available:Record Reviews and Record Possibilities.To these is added Reviews of Songs inNew Films so that musical businessmenmay have in one place, in one magazine.all the facts needed to guide their futurebusiness.

These advance features are not usedIn any way to weight the Honor Roll ofHits. They're just steaws that showwhich way the musical wind may blow.The Honor Roll tells which way it's blow -lag right now. Add up all the factors in

Musical TherapyPioneered By

Omaha WomanST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 17.-Ploneer-

Mg of musical therapy at Missouri StateHospital No. 2 was announced by Mrs.Bradford Tucker, recreational and musicdirector here today.

Mrs. Tucker in explaining the programwhich still is in the process of organiza-tion, said: "I ant very confident that iteventually will prove to be very beneficialin mental cases."

"Music is a part of the soul, a part ofthe emotions. If patients can enjoymusic ,it awakens an interest for them,and helps to relieve their emotions.Group performance develops a spirit ofco-operation and fellowship, and helpspatients to overcome Inhibitions"

The type of music offered must notbe sad or depressing, but the kind thatcreates a happy reaction. Hillbilly andcowboy songs, ballads and classics findfavoritism in different groups at thehospital.

A recent survey made by the NationalMusic Council proved that many hospi-tals are using music for recreationalpurposes and out of 209 hospitals report-ing, only 23 indicated it was used fortherapeutic reasons.

Mrs. Tucker. residing in Omaha, feelsthat music will take a top place in thetreatment of mental cases.

This could open up another field forcoin operators with the installation ofmachines In hospitals and possible pip-ing of music into each room of largegeneral hospitals.

Victor PlansDisk Doubles

trEw YORK, March 17.-RCA Victor laplanning to cut disks featuring two re-cording artists. This Is undoubtedly astab at the higher price bracket for recordsales as It would allow Victor to charge75 cents for disks as compared to 50 centson all Victor platters and 35 cents forbluebirds.

James Murray, Victor exec, revealedthat Dux, Ellington would like to do afew spins with Lena Horne and is look-ing forward to doing as good a sales jobas Dacca's doubling of the Andrews Sis-ters and Crosby, and the Ink Spots withElla Fitzgerald.

Present plans of doubling artists, whicharc in the talk stage, call for Artie Shawwith Tommy Dorsey, and Freddy Martinwith David Rose. Mention was also madeof the possibility of Dinah Shore waxingalbums with top bands.

Phoenix Novelty Co.Music Route BoughtBy McGinnis-Lesnick

CHICAGO, March 17.-Roy McGinnisand Mac Lesnick, of Baltimore MusicalSales Company, announced the closingrecently of their purchase of AaronFolb's Phoenix Novelty Company's musicroute. Over 300 pieces of equipment onlocation In and around Baltimore madeup the route.

One of Baltimore musical's beat ac-counts and Folb's decision to retire frombusiness temporarily prompted McGinnisand Lesnlek to buy his route.

Leo Folb, brother of the former owner,has been retained as manager of theroute.

The McGinnis-Lesnick combination hasbeen increasing Its music operations forsome time now and this latest acquisi-tion brings their total equipment up to450 pieces, Including a Washington op-eration.

the three-part music pop chart and youhave a week -by -week Idea of what TheBillboard is trying to do for its readers-tell what's hot-and what's cookingin all phases.

Disk PromotionNets Results

SALEM, N. J., March 17.-Plugging atune to the top of the local juke pop-ularity poll In Salem, N. J., is the latestrecord promotional scheme of Edwin F.Loechner, Broadway Music Companyhere, who has been responsible for devis-ing a promotional pattern that shouldprove of great value to music operatorsthruout the country.

As far as the juke op is concerned,Loechnera retail promotional idea couldbe applied In reverse.

First. Loechner made a canvass of thetheaters in surrounding cities and ob-tained a schedule of coming attractions,noting In particular appearances of namebands, both in Salem and Pbilly. Withthis information he arranged with therecord distributor to feature the record-ings of bands appearing either on stageOr In pix.

Op Co -OpLoechner's next step was to contact

the leading juke operators in his areaand interest them in placing the tunein all locations. Promotion was furtherstimulated by printed band -outs dis-tributed thruout the city, in Juke loca-tions, stores and select mailing. In ad-dition, this enterprising music dealer.featured the tune In a special radio pro-gram sponsored by the Broadway MusicCompany over Station WSNJ, Bridgeton,N. J., from 12.30 to 12:45 noon. The radiobroadcast, a daily disk program, is de-signed to sell records for the Broadwaypeople. The radio audience was toldthat these tunes could be heard on allthe jukes in Salem, as well as purchasedat the music store.

News AdsFor example, Broadway's latest record

promotion featured the recordings ofLouis Prima. For one full, week, Primadisks were placed on all Jukes in Salem.Station WSNJ played Prima recordingsfor five 15 -minute periods-with specialpromotional announcements. And in ad-dition to the hand-outs carrying Primalistings, eight -inch display ads wereplaced in the Salem dailies.

The results: Complete sell-out of manyof Prima's disks and terrific Prima playon all the jukes.

1945 Tube NeedExceeds Supply

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Due to in-creased demand for replacement tubes onthe war fronts, all government agenciesand departments are being asked to re-lease as many of their extra tubes asthey can for civilian uses. This requestwas made of government agencies be-cause prospects for extra replacementtubes In 1945 are considered unfavorable.

Current production of tubes for ci-vilian uses Ls estimated at about 1.500.000per month and WPB officials say there islittle prospect for an increase in thisrate of civilian tube production.

A recent report said that the radiotube requirements for 1945 are estimatedat about 25 per cent higher than the12.000,000 a month in 1944. Officials saythat oven when the war in Europe ends,the Pacific area will require so many re-placement tubes that civilian require-ments will not get much increase.

WPB has taken all steps possible to in-crease the tube supply. A radio tubetask committee was recently set up andit has held meetings to make recom-mendations to the government and alsoto the tube manufacturing industry.

The army and navy are attempting toplace orders promptly in order to speedoutput, but the basic difficulty, accord-ing to the committee, is labor turnovercaused by low wages. The committeehas suggested the establishment of aminimum work week of 48 hours. RCA,General Electric, Sylvania and Raytheonare among the leading manufacturers ofradio tubes.

Cincinnati FirmOpens In Detroit

DETROIT, March 17.-The Miami Dis-tributing Company, Cincinnati, an-nounced the opening of their new localoffice on East Jefferson Avenue this week.The building was formerly occupied bythe Universal Sales Company, noveltydealers.

The new branch will be devoted pri-marily to jobbing of music routes. Dis-tribution of music machines is the post-war objective.

Max Marston, attorney, will head theDetroit staff.

The formation of the McNichols Mu-sic Company as an affiliate of the Miamicompany to operate music routes in thisarea was also announced by Marston.Plans are under way to acquire anotherroute, the owners of which will retirefrom the business.

Frank McNichols, whose name headsthe firm, is a vice-president of theMiami Distributing Company. McNichols,residing in Cincinnati, was formerly aDetroit music operator.

Morros SiamDisk Artists

NEW YORK, March 17.-American Re-cording Artiste' exec, Boris Morros is inNew York signing up talent for his ARArecording company. ARA which operatesmainly on the Coast has Francis Langford.Phil Harris. Bob Crosby. Skinny Ennisand Hoagy Carmichael under contract.Art Tatum has just been placed under anexclusive with Morros' outfit.

Tax Administrator'sBulletin Mention ofNew Tax Bills Brief

OHICAGO, March 17.-The Februarybulletin of the Federation of Tax Ad-ministrators, an association of tax col-lecting officials, mentioned Juke boxesas a subject before various legislaturesonly briefly in the monthly report on taxbills. The bulletin did hint that moremight be said on the subject later.

The monthly bulletin of the associa-tion going to its tax official members re-ports on the various sources of revenuefrom time to time and also trends InState and city taxation. Coin machinetaxation Is mentioned only at infrequentintervals since other sources of revenuessuch as cigarettes, liquor and gasolineare so much more important.

In the recent mention of tax measuresnow in the various legislatures, thebulletin simply said: "On the other hand.many Legislatures have before them bilisproviding for Increases in excise taxes orfor new taxes such as severance taxes.admission taxes and levies on varioustypes of entertainment such as jukeboxes."

Record Use ResearchShows 331/3% of DisksTurn for Juke Boxes

NEW YORK, March 17.-A prominenttrade journal that goes to retail storesand contains a column for retail recorddealers, recently published the followingcomment by a columnist on how manyrecords from the total production Is tak-en by the juke box trade each year.

"How many records of the total pro-duction go for juke box purposes?' Aprominent executive recently queried.Research shows that 33 1/3 per cent ofthe single records made at present areused in the coin machines. flowerer.more can be used, but are not available.because of present shortages. Ultimate-ly, it is estimated, In normal times 20per cent of these records produced willfind themselves routed to the coin ma-chine operator."

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Texas JukesCoininen GetDelay, on Bill

Political jostling enterstax debate to increaseState fee on machines.

AUSTIN. Tex., March 17. -Music oper-ators and location owners gave some Im-portant statistics on the juke box busi-ness in Texas at a hearing before a Housecommittee here March 7. Representativesof the Juke box trade came to the StateCapitol to oppose a bill that would in-crease the State tax on juke boxes from$2.50 a year to a fee considered very ex-cessive.

The usual political jostling that hap-pens in hearings before legislative com-mittees took place. but at the same timeoperators were able to give some factsabout their business. The result was thatthe proposal to increase the tax was sentback to a sub -committee for furtherstudy.

The two newspapers hero gave con-siderable space to reporting the hearingand what took place. The local news-paper, Austin Statesman, reported somedetails on the Juke box tax hearing asfollows:

About 25 music machine and restau-rant men registered their opposition. Theupshot was that the bill, by Rep. JackLove of Dallas. and a proposed amend-ment. were referred to a sub -committeefor further study.

Arthur Hughes. of Dallas, who said thejuke box men he represented preferredto be called music merchandizers becausethey really are In business selling a prod-uct, told the committee an additional taxwould be burdensome.

There are 641 Juke box operators inTexas. he said. 15 of the largest of whomanswered a recent questionnaire whichrevealed the net annual profit of onemachine is only $37. This figure wassubjected to some dispute, especially byRep. Claude Calloway. of Crowell, whosaid that any business man not underoath could produce a set of statistics thatwould inevitably show that he is losingmoney, or at any rate. that he's not over-loaded with cash.

Hughes decribed the Juke box as "thepoor man's entertainment." The 15 largeroperators questioned. he said, already payheavy taxes. Last year, he said, theypaid over $26,900 in State levies.

The hearing produced a great deal ofhorse -play.

"How many of those Juke boxes arethere in the State?" Rep. C. E. Nicholson,of Beaumont, Jefferson County, asked.

"We have 15,782." responded Hughes."Well, then. all but 782 are located in

Jefferson County." Nicholson dryly as-serted.

While Harry Aiken. of Austin. repre-senting the State Restaurant Association.was speaking against this bill, Rep. C. M.Conner. of Haskell, interrupted:

"Being a restaurant man who canqualify as a dietician. Now does the

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One Meat BallNEW YORK. March 17.-A

Bronx music store proprietor wasfined in magistrate's court herefor playing One Meat Ball tooloudly on a phonograph on aMeatless Tuesday.

In fining the dealer on a chargeof causing unnecessary noise,Magistrate Ambrose J. Haddockcommented:

"It does seem as tho, on a meat-less Tuesday. the least you coulddo would be to play Three LittleFishes.

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I Walked In "Nob Hill"'Miller) 12015 Century -Fox,

I'm Beginning T. See "The Man Fromthe Light Oklahoma"(Grand) (Republic,

Let's Take the Long "Here Come theWay Home Waves"(Morris) (Paramount

Magic la the Moonlight "Bathing Beauty"(Melody Lane) (MOM,

More and More "Can't Help Singing"IT. B. Harms, (Universal,

My Dreams Are Getting "In Society"Better All the Time (Universal,(Santly-Joy'

(All of a Sudden) My "Anchors Aweigh"Heart Sings (MOM)(Leeds,

Sleigh Ride in July "Belle of the Yukon"'Burke -Van licusen) (Internanonal,

Sweet Dreams, Sweet- "Hollywood Canteen"heart (Warner Bros .I'Remick)

Sweetheart of All My "Thirty Seconds overDreams Tokyo"(Shapiro-Bernsteln 'MGM,

The Three Caballeros "The Three(Chas. K. Harris, Caballeros"

(Wall DianeyiThis Heart of Mine "Ziegfeld Follies"

(Triangle) (MGM,Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral "Going My Way"

(That's an Irish 'Paramount)Lullaby)(Witmarki

You Belong to My "The ThreeHeart Caballeros"(Chas. K. Harris, (Walt Disney,

Performed be

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Dinah Shore

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BEST-SELLING RECORD ALBUMS BY CLASSICAL ARTISTS(Continued from page 18)

Weeks Last Thisto date Week Week- 3. Tcbaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor (Pathetique)....

Columbia M-558Stokowski, All-American Ork- 4. Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite Columbia M-395Stock & Chicago Symphony Ork- 4. Scenes From Wagner Opera Victor 1179

San Francisco Opera Ork- 6. Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in A Columbia M-557Felix Weingartner & Vienna Philharmonic Ork- 5. Brahma Symphony No. 2 in D Major Columbia M-493Weingartner, London Philharmonic- 6. Songs and Spirituals Victor 986Marian Anderson- 5. Strauss Waltzes Columbia M-481Andre Kostelanetz

BEST-SELLING POPULAR RECORD ALBUMSAlbums listed are those belling best in from more than 200 dealers in all see-

the nation's retail record stores (deal- tiara of the country. Albums are listedersr. List Is based on reports received nUmerically according to greatest sales.Weeks' Lact Thisto date Week Week

1 - 1. King Cole Trio Capitol A-8Collection of Favorites- 2. Glenn Miller Victor P-146Glenn Miller and Ork- 3. Meet Me in St. LouisJudy Garland- 4. Hit ParadeMark Warnow

S. Getting SentimentalTommy Dorsey- 5. Three Caballeros Decca A-373Charles Wolcott and Ork- 6. Danny Kaye Columbia C-51Danny Kaye

7. Oklahoma Decca A-359Original Cast

8. Eight to the Bar Victor P-69Johnson & Ammons

8. Up Swing Victor P-146Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller

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music these boxes render help, In anyway, the digestion?"

Aiken answered that was a relativequestion.

After masses of statistics on the finan-cial condition of the music men had beenoffered by Hughes. Rep. Nicholson, ofBeaumont, again wished to be heard.

"These fellows. it seems to me." hesaid, "are winning an economic battlebut they are losing an aesthetic one.Most of us who are past 60 -or say 50 -think these juke boxes are a nuisance"

Rep. Howard Hartzog. of Port Lavaca,also frequently Interrupted Hughes. Atone point he observed:

"We have noticed, particularly on somemornings, that these machines are jar-ring to our ears." Then as an after-

thought, "I have heard that in some ofthem you can insert three nickels andobtain 15 minutes of silence."

Representative Love's bill and amend-ment in addition to raising the juke boxtax would raise the slot machine or otherpleasure or skill machine tax to $100. Itnow la $30. The present vending ma-chine tax of $2.50 would not. however, bechanged by the proposed amendment.

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NEW YORK, March 17. -My BrotherLeads a Band is a now picture soon to beproduced by the Dorsey brothers. Filmis to be released thru United Artists. andthe two Dorsey bands will be featured.It is understood that the pie will befilmed sometime during the summer.

From all indications this film shouldpopularize the Dorsey diskings, and localoperators may benefit greatly by watchingfor the opening date and arrange to havesome Dorsey platters on the turntables.This is the first time a big -name bandleader has turned motion picture pro-ducer.

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"Uncle Pete" on WWSWTwo new folk music programs on Pitts-

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Course in Folk DancesThe Evening Bulletin Folk Festival As-

sociation In Phlladetphla Inaugurated atraining -for -leadership course in Ameri-can square and English country dancesin the auditorium of the Bulletin Build-ing. Directed by Gene °owing, of NewYork, director of Folkways, and Mrs. JuliaDwyer, Philadelphia representative ofFolkways, classes will be held for ninesuccessive Thursday nights.

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New KRLD SeriesJim Boyd and band began a new series

of daily 3D -minute programs March 6on KRLD. Dallas. sponsored by Con-solidated Drug. Band personnel includesLeford Hall, fiddler: Cleo Landolt, ac-cordionist: Curley Perrin. guitarist andvocalist; Mike Thompson, steel guitaristformerly with Senator W. Lee O'Daniel'aband in Washington. and leader JimBoyd, bass fiddler, guitarist and vocalist.Unit is now being booked for extensivepersonal appearances In the Southwest.Among tunes receiving top attention onthe show are Old Texas Waltz, There'sa New Star in Our Window, The GirlFrom the Rio Grande. and a new Mc-Diniel release, My Brown Eyes in Khaki.

KWKil FavoritesI Wonder Why Daddy Don't Write?, by

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Zeko Manners, Bluebird artist, hasbeen honorably discharged from thearmy. Bob Miller writes that Zekerecently married and is temporarily re-cuperating on the West Coast. (What doyou mean. Bob-recuperating? Ed.)

Hal O'Halloran, emcee and announceron the WIZ National Barn Dance, re-turned last week from Fond du Lac,Wt., where he attended the funeralof his mother, Mrs. Agnes O'Halloran.

Gene Warner, president of Chart MusicPublishing House, is back in Chicagoafter a business trip to Hollywood.

A new music publishing firm isUnited Artists Publishing Company, De-troit. One of their songs is On to Tokyo,music by Harold Potter and words by EdSovrulewskl, a war worker. D. Shemph,company secretary, says their ballad,While the Tears Drop, is catching on.

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2. Between March 16, 1945, and June15, 1945, physical inventories of rationedfoods and ration buying power (in theform of checks, coupons, etc.) in excessof adequate working inventories will betaken up.

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tion is necessary, OPA said, to keep dis-tribution within the 1,400,000 tons allo-cated by the War Food Administrator forcivilians during the second quarter.

The reduction affects all classes of in-dustrial users except ice-cream manu-facturers and preservers. The allotmentsof these classes remain at 70 per cent oftheir base use. For ice-cream manufac-turers the base period is the comparablequarter of 1911; for manufacturers offruit spreads it is the comparable quar-ter of 1944.

The allotment for ice-cream manufac-turers Ls not reduced because it is an-ticipated the fluid milk season thisspring will make unusually large quanti-ties of milk available during the secondquarter of 1945. The War Food Ad-ministration recommended no reductionof this sugar allotment in order to avoidthe undesirable result of reducing theamount of milk that could be processed.

No reduction is made in the allotmentfor makers of jams, Jellies, preserves,marmalades and fruit butters, since it isimportant that supplies of unrationedspreads be adequate to meet demands onan unrationed basis. These products sup-plement short supplies of other spreads.

Aitho sugar allotments for manufac-turers of bakery and cereal product havebeen reduced, they still are maintainedat a higher level than allotments formost other industrial users at the re-quest of the War Food Administration.WFA has advised OPA that it Ls essentialto the accomplishment of the nationalfood program to maintain, as nearly as

(See Sugar Restrictions on page 76)

Some ManufacturersTo Expand Use ofVitamins in Candies

NEW YORK, March 17. -According torepresentatives of the candy manufac-turing industry, the trade will continueto expand the output of candy contain-ing vitamins. Trade will also continueto publicize this phase of the businessand plans will be made for greater ex-pansion in the field after the war.

The plan to expand the use of vita-mins in candy Is based on important ex-perimental work made by big firms andalso by the armed forces of the U. S.

Despite the stand of the AmericanMedical Association on the question, itwas pointed out, the Army Quartermas-ter Corps has had satisfactory experiencewith the incorporation of Vitamin C inhard candles.

Army specifications for Vitamin C for-tified hard candy state that each 0.60ounce portion of the candy shall containnot less than 40 milligrams of ascorbicacid. Thic candy has been produced inlarge quantities by a number of confec-tionery manufacturers, it was said.

Commenting on this development Andthe position of the American Medical As-aoclatlon's Council on Foods, the NationalConfectioners' Association, in a currentoutline of the situation to the industry,recommends that the subject of additionof synthetic vitamins to some candiesshould not be placed In the "dead file"as vet. "At least," the association said."not until much more research and ex-perimentation has been carried out todisprove the practicability of the idea."

Montana BansUse of Slugs

Law approved by Statehelps coinmen restrictinguse of spurious coins

HELENA, Mont., March 17. -As re-cently reported in The Billboard, whatappears to be the first coin machinelegislation to pass in any State thisyear was a bill to ban the use of slugs,which passed the Montana Legislaturerecently.

The bill, as it passed the Legislature,was approved February 22 and becameChapter 83, Laws of 1945, Page 126.

While the new Montana law may besaid to follow the general line of suchbills, yot it places its ban on the use ofslugs or spurious coins in lawful vend-ing machines, telephones and similardevices. It does not mention Juke boxesand amusement games as such.

The bill, as It was introduced in theHouse, is as follows:

Montana Slug BanA bill for an act entitled: "An act to

provide penalties for using, manufactur-ing, selling or giving away tokens, slugsor spurious coins for the fraudulent op-eration of lawful vending machines, coin -box telephones or other receptacles, de-signed to receive lawful coins of theUnited States of America, in the sale, useor enjoyment of property or service."

Be it enaoted by the Legislative As -

ifr4-

sembly of the State of Montana:Section 1. -Any person who, by means

of any token, slug, false or counter-feited coin, or by any other means,method, trick or device whatsoever not

(See MONTANA BANS on page 71)

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AOA To SeekCurfew ReliefFor Arcades

Request 2 A.M. ClosingNEW YORK, March 17. -Al Blendow,

president of the Arcade Owners' Associa-tion will appear before the New Yorkcurfew board next week to seek sometypo of relief for arcade owners alongBroadway. Since the curfew went Intoeffect, arcade operators along the Great"blacked out" White Way have suffereden approximate 25 per cent cut In MI/li-ne/1a

The association plans to request of thecurfew board the privilege of operatingphoto machines and voice recordingequipment after the midnight curfew.Arcade operators have contended thatphoto and voice recording studios. notcovered by the curfew edict, have beentaking away business that belongs tothem -and that thousands of service-men and women are turning to the com-mercial photographers and recording es-tablishments.

Los AngelesVending Ops'

Organization1.1313 ANGELES, March 17.-A move is

on foot to establish local organizationof the National Automatic MerchandisingAssociation here. K L. Streln and TomVaughn. of NAMA, met with more than40 vending machine operators here atthe Blitmore Hotel Friday (9). Generalconsensus of opinion hero is that thelocal operators are for such group.

The operators attending the meeting,which included cocktails and dinner,heard the advantages of being in anassociation. Represented were the ciga-rette, candy, beverage, scale, and peanutand penny candy vending industries.

Temporary committeemen were namedto investigate the possibilities of organ-izing euch an association here. EdChandler, Rowe Service: Dee Davidson,Davidson Bros.: Bud Wise, AutomaticCanteen, and Ken Brown, of Long BeachCigarette Service, were named on thecommittee.

City has not had a cigarette merchan-dising aseoclatIon since 1937. It was or-ganined In 1933 with Al Weymouth, ofWeymouth Cigarette Service as president.Harry Steele was one of the others to leadthe group. Since the dissolution of thelocal association, five cigarette operatingcompanies -Rowe, Accurate, General,Weymouth, and Coeat-have met unoffi-cially and without ceremony to work out

' their problems. The by-laws of thisfive -company group, It was said, was agentlemanly one. Managers of the re-spective firms worked together and ad-vised the other of any impending citylegislation.

The only other coin machine associa-tion operating in this section is theAssociated Operators of Loa AngelesCounty, Inc., a group of pinball opera-tors. There Is no music association here.

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Coast PictureMachines GainPolice Approval

LOS ANGELES, March 17. -Coin oper-ated picture machines, both moving andstill, now have the approval of the policedepartment of the city, provided thepictures that are shown In them arefirst judged fit for juveniles to see.

The agitation about picture machineshas extended over many months andat one time last year considerable news-paper publicity was given to the pub-lic discussion of the subject here. ISseems that because of the popularity ofpicture machines for men In the armedservices, a lot of pictures were beingused which were considered not fit forminors to see, hence the public agita-tion started because the juveniles Insiston attending the arcades too.

In making its decision to allow thepicture machines to run, the police de-partment did an "about face" on Itorecent ruling which stopped all the pic-tures. The anal say as to whether plc-turea in the coin machine. of the pres-ent time are of such a nature for juve-niles to see will be vested In the com-manding officer of the police department.juvenile detail.

Early in February, the police depart-ment had Issued an order stopping thepicture machines in Penny Arcades. Thisaction followed survey trip made bya member of the police force end a min-ister from Hollywood. The two Investi-gators said they found boys of the ageof 13 and 14 viewing same of the pic-tures which they did not consider suit-able subject matter for children of thatage to see. '

The arcades and other coin operatedamusement machines have proved so en-tertaining to men in the services thatthey are considered one of the mostpopular spots for men on leave and menon furlough here. For that reason thepolice department and other city officialsare anxious to permit the machines torun as long as public complaints can beavoided.

Retail Store SalesGain Tliru U. S. asCirculation $$ Gain

NEW YORK March 17. -Money in cir-culation In the United States took an-other upward trend In the week whichended February 21. Financial reportssay that once again the money in cir-culation hits reached an all-time highand apparently the trend Is still rising.

While small retail storm thruout thecountry and the many coin machines lo-cated in them continue to show gainsIn trade because of money in circulation.government officials and the bigwigs infinancial circles are beginning to worry.

Financial experts are worrying them-selves sick trying to decide what the rea-son Is for the increased circulation, andCongress Is beginning to worry about theproblem of reducing the gold reserve re-quirements from 40 per cent, the presentlevel, to 25 per cent as a general rule.

The gold reserve back of our U. S.money has always been a hot politicalissue but in recent years It has hadvery definite reactions on the coin ma-chine trade itself. Whatever the expertsand Congress may decide in the next fewyears Is also likely to react on the tradein coin machines, particularly exports ofsuch machines.

Meanwhile the players of coin ma-chines on the home front do not seemto be worrying about the soundness ofthe coins they play in the machines.The experts say that there has been a 150per cent Increase in the money in circu-lation. attributable to various reasons.Including black market operations. Butstill the people mac good old II. B. moneyand play the coin, machines.

Experts who are checking on the bigIncreases of money circulation say thatwhile the use of big bills has jumped100 per cent, the increase In the circula-tion of coins and small bills has climbedonly 50 per cent. There is soma talknow of requiring people to register billsabove 520 denominations in order to findout why big bills are increasing and alsoto check on income taxes.

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March 21, 1945 The Billboard AMUSEMENT MACHINES 69

CLEVELAND COINOFFERS:

PHONOGRAPHS2 10 -Record Seeburgs

4 Kentucky Clubs1 Beulah Park, SC2 Jennings Derby Days2 Liberty Bells2 Keeney Super Tracks8 Keeney Pastimes1 Keeney Triple Ent,1 Late Track Odds, No Jack Pot .... 495.

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ARCADE EQUIPMENT1 Rocket Buster 5385.001 Whee Gee Mystic 225.001 PItchern & Catchom 225.001 1941 Evans Ten Strike, F.P. 05.001 See -a -Freak 110.001 Rotary Claw Merchandiser 150.002 Magic Fingers 126.004 Bun 'Em's 75.001 Keeney Submarine Gun 176.001 Keeney Al, Raider 195.001 Sky Fighter 295.001 Shoot the Chutes 125.001 World Sarkis 95.001 10, Astroscosse 160.001 Exhibit Diego, 65.001 Periscope 250.001 Hoot Mon Golf 75.00210c Blood Pressure Machines 165.005 Mills Scales 65.001 Watling Guesser Scale 95.00

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Federal Trade CommissionTo Bridle PW Coin Mch. Biz.

WASHINGTON, March 17. -When coinmachine trade associations begin to In-crease their activities at the end of theWax they may face a general inquiry bythe Federal Trade Commission along withtrade associations in various other indus-tries. This announcement was made re-cently by officials of the FTC. Thebasis for such an investigation into tradeassociation practices will be the GeneralTrade Association Practices Law.

The FTC has announced that It willconduct about seven major investigationsof trade and business practices in theearly post-war period and the investiga-tion into trade associations may be thefirst undertaking. Among other things,the general Investigations will be to de-termine what plans are being made tocontrol prices in various lines of business.

Evaluate EffectsThe trade association survey will at-

tempt to evaluate the post-war effects ofmany activities now conducted by suchorganizations, almost all of them at therequest of the government, which undernormal circumstances might be con-strued as being in violation of the anti-trust laws.

Many trade associations have repre-sented their industries in obtaining pri-orities and disseminating government or-ders and have served as clearing housesfor pertinent information necessary togovernment officials.

The investigation will cover activitiesof trade associations in statistical andcost accounting as well as the generaleffects of their work on general produc-tion, price policies and competition with-in an industry.

Under an agreement between the ma-jor war agencies and the Department ofJustice. an unofficial understanding asto the activities which may be con-ducted by trade associations and indi-viduals during wartime has been reached.

Other Probes PlannedThe other investigations projected 13)

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1 500 Original ChrOrne, 471610, 2-5,Like New

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250 Brown Cherry Bell, 3.5100 Brown Cheery Bell. 3.5

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2 5.10 CI arollaMills Double Cabinets

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I WANT TO BUY!WurIllser 41 Counter Model S 85.00Wurlitzer 61 Counter Model 70,00Wuriluer 71 Counter Model 100.00Wurlitaer 618 Plain ..... 125.00Wurlitzer 818 Lite Up, Top end

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the FTC will cover the wholesale breadbaking industry, lumber and 'buildingmaterials industry. farm implement In-dustry, general price and distributionpolicies at large industries and their ef-fects on small business, survey of mergersand the general problem of the concen-tration of Industry.

The FTC has asked Congress for an in-itial appropriation of $100.000 with whichto conduct the preliminary planningnecessary to such a vast undertaking.

The primary purposes which it is hopedthe investigations will serve are:

1. To determine exactly the force whichlead to the setting of prices.

2. To attempt to gather information asto the factors which lead to mergerswhich may tend to be monopolistic andwhich may be subject to action by theDepartment of Justice.

3. To determine what unnecessary andcostly practices by large industries mayaffect prices and the extent to whichdistribution costs have a subsequent ef-fect on prices.

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PHONOGRAPHS1 Modernized WurlItarr Keyboard Mod. 3475.00

Wisconsin Novelty Co.3717 W. Center Street

Milwaukee 10, Wis.

Phonographs For SaleWurlitier P12 $129.00Wurlitzer 412 149.00Wurlitzer 616 179.00Wurlihzer 24 289.00Wurlitzer 600 465.00Wurlitzer 600K 489.00Wurlitzer 750 . 759.00Wurlitzer 850 795.00Seeburg 8800, E.S.R.C. 630.00

Tubes76 $ .45 Each2051 1.49 Each

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Ert. 1889 -Tel.: COLurnbus 8770.Cahlis Address "WATLINGITI... Wee..

1051.A PINsi

We have a complete stock of alltypes of Pin Games at all times-send us your requirements!

ALL NEW REVAMPS!

* DAVID ROSEN *855 NORTH BROAD STREET

PHILADELPHIA 23, PA.STEVENSON 9943

Sootcha. Now 4.198.60Big Parade 129.50K nock.Out 119.50Sky Blazer 85.00Topic 70.50Gun Club 74.50ArpontIne .

74.50Now Champ 69.50ABC Bowles. 59.50Flicker 50.50Four Diamonds 64.50Sky Ray 54.60Wild Flee 49.50Stratorker 49.60Target Skill 39.50Brown Paces Races 179.50

286.00Paces Reels Jr., Rails 135.00Fast Time. PO 119.60Fast Time, FP ea.soBig Game, FP 94.60Jungle Camp, PO 89.50Jungle Camp. FP 89.50Jumbo Parade. FP 99.50Clgarolla XV 55.005c Brown Front, Rebuitt. 210.006e Rolla., 05.00250 R0113100

II196.00

CAS. HARRIS2773 Lancash17..,Bods;.,041ealm1 Hts. 6, Ohlo

Club Bell

WANTEDWill pay top price for Mills half dollar playClub Bells. Must bo originals.

Nickel, dime and half dollar escalator typeMills Bell Mechanisms and Escalators.

Brandt Model CA or Abbott Coin Counters_

PEDICORD & MOOREPed4cord Hotel SPOKANE 8, WASH.

70 AMUSEMENT MACHINES The Billboard March 24, 1945

Sc Columbia Cig. RI.jumbo Parade, C.P.O.jumbo Parade, F.P.Big Came. F.P.'30 Track TimeMay Bell, 5 5 5 '25c ..... Write3 Double Weighted Revolve

Around Safes .....5BALL PIN GAMES

Boomtown $30.50 SportPerade 649.50Champ .. 66.00SnaPPY 66.00Hit the Jap assoo Maw. WI 65.00Attention, 65.00 Invasion ..150.00Repeater 39.50 5.10.20 ... WriteSoot Card 82.50 Big Parade . WriteSeven Up 55.00 218 Zap 76.00 Diamonds 52.50 PanAmerIcan 50.00School Days 58.50 Leolonnalee 70.50Marvel Baseball Revamp, New .5179.50Spetcha Revamp. New 199 50Foreign Colon Revamp. New .. 249.50

1.BALL PIN GAMESJumbo, 1944, Like New $185.00

ARCADE EQUIPMENT

-MARKEPP VALUESIWALL BOXES AND PHONOGRAPHS I

Sccburg Watlornatic 3 Wire $ 24.50Sccburg Barornatics, 5-10-25c 49.50

ISccburg 8200, E.5., R.C., Mod -wedged Write

WurIltger 500, R.C. with 2Wall Boxes, 5-10-25e Write

Warn.. 616 185.00Warily.,, 616A ..... 187.00Rockola Monarch 219.00Mills DoRe-Mi 100.00Singing Tower. 40 Selec. Hi -Boy 475.00

SLOT MACHINES AND CONSOLES25c War Eagle, Glitter Cold Write25c Watling Rolatop Write25c Brown Front Cherry Bell.

C.11.. D.P., C.A., Ser..441920 Write10c Blue Front. C.H., D.P., K.A. Write5c Brown Front, C.H., D.P., K.A. WriteMills Q.T. Ell., 5c $ 79.50

49.50110.00110.00120.00115.00

Write

Al. Circus .120.00

Shoot Your Way To Tokyo $195.00Seeburg Shoot the Chute,

Cons. lap 135.00Bally Rapid Fire 168.50B ally Defender 225.00Keeney Submarine GSM 150.00Scientific Batting Practice 105.00Scientific X -Ray Ike. 125.00Chicken Saws 110.00Isnnines Roll In she Barrel 145.00All machines cleaned and checked.Prices include parts, repairs. packingcharges. Halt deposit with order.

WANT TO BUYPhonographs. all makes andmodels. Sendus your Com-plete List of Coin -OperatedMachines.

THE MARKEPP CO.

-

lEstab, stied in^oi4310 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland 3, 0.

MIMII Telephone: Henderson 1043 MEN

WANT TO BUYARCADE EQUIPMENT

EXHIBIT ROTARIES, PUSHERTYPE

PANORAMS PHOTOMATICS, LATE, ETC.

Write, wire, phonetype, quantity, price at once.

N. ROSENBERG CO.627 10th Ave. New York City

Longacre 3-2479

COMPLETECOIN MACHINE

REPAIR SERVICESPECIALIZING IN AUTOMATIC PAYOUTSAND FREE PLAY CONSOLES. ALL TYPES

OF ARCADE EQUIPMENT REPAIRED.MILLS 4 -BELLS, FACTORY REBUILT.

PHONOGRAPHS REPAIRED.48 -HOUR AMPLIFIER SERVICE.

M A L Coin Machine Repair Service3924 W. Chicago Are. Chicago 51, III.

Belmont 7005.

FOR SALE64 Rolatop $ 87.50

10e Rolston 07.60504 Pace Cornett' 400.00

54 Pace Comets 57.50104 Pace Comet. 87.50

Sc Oath° Enamel Finish . 01.50Eat Caille Enamel Finish ...254 Para Slupproof 200.00

All Machines Guaranteed In 8.1 Condition.General Novelty Co.

501 al, 16th 80,4 tenhvgatee 3, WI,

New Orleans Ideally SituatedFor Coin Meh. Exports to L. A.

NEW ORLEANS, March 17. -Trade andbualness leaders hero say that New Or-leans will become ono of the big exportcenters of the world when the war Isover. Trade with Latin American coun-tries is expected to be the big specialtyclearing thru the port here. If coinmachines become a big export Item toLatin American countries. distributingfirma hero expect to get a good !shareof the business. In fact, they plan toget into this business early.

Rail and other shipping conditionsmake this a favorable port for trade withall Latin America. New Orleans claimsexcellent rail conditions reaching as faras Chicago and even to New York. Theocean-going shipping hero has proved abig factor in trade during the war. Assoon as tho war is over ships carryingcoffee and bananas will dock here andunload and then will be ready for carry-ing goods back to the Latin Americancountries. All trade leaders say that

Army & Navy BoardsRestrict IslandAmusement Centers

HONOLULU. March 17 -An announce-ment by the °Mee of the Internal Se-curity placed 97 amusement establish-ments off limits to armed forces person-nel stationed here.

Restrictions were impoaed followingrecommendations of the Joint Army -NavyDisciplinary Control Board recently es-tablished.

Charges made were that the amuse-ment arcades were extracting exorbitantpricer. from military personnel and weredetrimental to the health and welfareof the service members.

Price investigations conducted at theamusement centers revealed flagrantovercharpes. The OPA ass consulted bythe discipltnary board before action wastaken.

the Increased ocean shipping will createnew opportunities as soon as the war isover.

Railroad authorities say that the carcapacity of the port of New Orleans issecond only to that of New York, whichshows that the port has plenty of facili-ties for handling all kinds of traffic.

While the submarine menace here hasbeen serious during the war, at the sametime It has helped shipping over theGulf and Atlantic here. As a result of theemergency brought about by submarines,New Orleans has handled more businesswith Latin America than ever before inits history. Firma in the business saythey expect to increase this high volumeas soon as the war ends,

In fact, New Orleans claims to havehandled more trade with Latin Americaduring the war than any other U. S. port,and it looks to tho countries in SouthAmerica as one of the most promising ofpost-war markets.

The coin machine trade is well estab-lished In the New Orleans area and hasbad long experience in contacting tradeleaders in Mexico and other LatinAmerican countries. There are a num-ber of distributing firms of long experi-ence in the. trade and they claim theywill be able to handle a very large volumeof business with all Latin America,

Wurlitzer*Seeburg*RockOla*Mills

MOTORSREBUILT OR EXCHANGEDSHIPPED SAME DAY (EXCEPT MILLS)

$6.5°OUMORE 6 EMC MOTORS ....513.00

PHONO ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE

PHONOGRAPH MOTOR SPECIALISTS359 W. 45th St. New York 19, N. Y.

Phone: Circle 5-9540

Monarchs -all you need know about value!ONE BALL MULTIPLE PAYOUT TABLES

BallyBally r''C!'762I81'"""::::2 Ianter;ita1.; 41.Z.3 Rau King 8296.00

Pacanaka 126,00ONE BALL MULTIPLE FREE PLAY GAMES

Bally Club Trophy 5325.00 I Bally Blue Grass ..5225.00 Bell Sciorurnan 113115.00RECONDITIONED AUTOMATIC PAYOUT CONSOLES

Super Bell, 6e 251 5595.00Super Bell, Se Se 495.00Super Ball, 3/56

1/254 925.00Flashing Ivories 245.00Er. '41 Domino. 250

Play 760.00Mills Jumbo Parade 156.00Bally Club House 95.00Jenn. Derby Day 49.50

Futurity, 5(Futurity, 101 ..... 268.00Blue Front. 254 .. 375.00Black Front, H.L., 50 350.00Gold Chrome, 56 .. 440.00Gold Chrome, 106 . 495.00

FlatTetsArizonaZino*Santa PaSportsman

Mille Four Bells -5700.00B ake* Pacer, D.D.,

J.P 345.00Pau '41 Saratoga 145.00Jennings Bobtail 145.00Pace Twin Reels, 50

250 626.00Pace Twin Reel!. 54

& 104 446.00Bally Rays Track 175.00Paco '41 Reels 145.00

MILLS REBUILT SLOT MACHINES

E.. '41 Bangtall,J.P 11475.00

Et. '41 Domino. J.P 425.00Evans //Nett, Jr 125.00Eans Pacer 495.00Evans Lucky Loom 250.00Jean. Sliver Moon 185.00Keeney Kentucky

Club 126.00Mills Three Sells 1045.00

$225.00 Gold Chrome, 261 .$550.00 Club Bell Consele.5( $495.00Gold Chrome, 500 . 750.00B rown Front, Re ... 295.00B rown Front, 100 .. 345.00B rown Front, 25e .. 395.00

Club Bell Console,1011 545.00Club Bell Consele,254 555.00Glitter Gold 137,1t

Now $4.80CONVERTED 6 -BALL GAMES -IN STOCK

$250.00 Marvel Baseball .5179.50 Flyinp Tipees250.00 Streamliner 250.00 Sky Rider340.50 Wagon Wheeh . 250.00 Casablanca250.00 Midway 185.00 Brasil395.00 Grand Canyon 250.00 Oklahoma

$200.50209.50200.60250.00230.00

Tams: Ve Deposit, Balance C. 0. D.or Sight Draft. Please Address Mall to Chicago 22.

aMONARCH COIN MACHINE CO.

045 N FA olin° es/1 ( PiiONE neeril.sel 1414 CHICAGO

wAN7 Old Type Gottlieb Pin Tables -Mot Necessarily Working, ButAll Parts Except Legs and GlossMust Be

PLEASE ADVISEIMMEDIATELY!

GEORGE PONSER COMPANY of N. Y., Inc.2 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, NEW YORK 19, N. Y. Phone Circle 6.6651

2 Gottlieb 3 -Way Grippers.1 Sky Chief Pin Ball1 Jeep Pln Ball1 Ova the Top Ply Ball1 Second Front Pin Ball1 Bombardier Pin Ball1 0. I. Joe Pin Ball1 HI Dire Pin Ball1 2Ig 2ag Pin Bali1 Slugger Pln Bali2 School Days Pin Ball Each1 Tines Mustang Pin Ball1 Paradise Pin Ball2 Play Ball Pin Ball. Each1 Glamour Pin Bell2 Monicker Pin Ball. Each2 Fleets Pin Ball. Each1 5.10.20 Pin Ball1 Bored Jaci PM Sall1 Formation Pln Ball1 Sink the Jao Pin Sall1 Metro Pin Bell1 Champion Pln San

6th Inning Pin Bell2 Rebounds Pin Ball. Each1 JurnUr Pin Ball1 Landslides Pin Ball1 Merry-GoRound Pin Ball1 Big Chief Pin Ball1 Majors Pin Ball1 /lowly Pin Bali1 Stratoliner Pin Ball1 Snappy Pin Ball1 Star AllfaCtler Pin Ball2 1040 Howse Runs Pin Ball,1 Rosy Pln Ball1 Sporty Pin Ball1 Jolly Pin Ball2 Fes Hunts Pin Bell. Each1 Cadillac Plastic Pin Ball ...... 25.00

Coin -Operated MachinesTo be sold for cash. Machines stored by us and

being crated for Immediate shipment.Terms: Cashier's check In full With orders.. No

personal checks.2 Sky Fighters. Each1 Or. Mobilo

$225.00225.00

1 Air Raider1 Toll Gunner

185.00140.00

1 Sheet Your Way to Tokyo1 Seeburg Trap the J.

150.0010.00

1 World's Series Baseball1 Bally Basket Ball

66.0005.00

1 Western Baseball'I Scientific Basket Ball

85.0060.00

1 Scientific Baseball1 Keeney Submarine

60 00136.00

1 Torn, Gun1 Kirk Guesme /kale

100.0075.00

1 Mutoseope Punching Bag with 2EN., sp. (Like New) 200.00

1 Mutoscope Monkey Lifter1 Seeburg Hockey Game

175.0086.00

1 Exhibit Hi Ball1 K . Blow Bail

66.0076.00

1 Keeney Anti Aircraft1 Test Pilot

40.00140.00

1 ART Challenger3 ABT Target Skills. Ea.3 Select View Ohl Pictures. Ea.

20.0020.0016.00

3 Mutoscope Reel Counter Math... Ea. 20.006 Hollywood Viewastopos. E. 10.00.1 Ethibit My Weakness 25.001 Exhibit W. Owls 25.001 Holly GNP.' c 6.002 Mum. 21tio Card Machines. Ea. 15,001 Exhibit Late Card Machine 15.00

Ea.

Each ..

15.00110.00

75.0075.0075.0075.0075.0040.0040.0040.0005.0045.0045.0040.0040,0060.0025.0075.0030.0025.0030.0020.0020.0020.0020.0020.0020.0030.0020.0035.0030.0030.0040.0036.0030.0020.0020.0030.0030.00

0. K. TRANSFER A STORAGE CO.717 N. Main St. WICHITA, KANSAS

WANTEDAMBITIOUS OPERATORS

We have a liberal percentage deal for live -wire Operators who have good will and

following in their territories, can repair

games and are In immediate need of high.trade equipment. This Is a Permanent

connection with unlimited post-war oppor-tunity. We furnish the latest and finest5 and 1 -Ball Games available at all times.Write, toll us about yourself, three refer-ences, territory covered, license require-

ments, number of games and typo of

equipment you can place. Address:

BOX 639, Tho Billboard. 155 N. Clark St.,Chicago 1, Illinois

FOR SALEOno Se. one 10e 0111.1.9 ORIGINAL C111103IECLUB SLOTS, never used. Them tusolibthewere held aa reserre machines. Club closingtaming room.

BOTH FOR $900.00Write or W.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLESGENE NICHOLS

Connersville. Ind.

FOR SALEOne SEEBURO Phonoprithh, Modal SS 1/.0.

FOR SALE -FREE PLAYSLeader 1 HI -Hat 1 Big Lila,.Double Play I 1 Jolly 1 SportySalute 1 Score Champ 1 Brite fleet

1 Dixie 1 4.5.8 1 510 ShoesIRosy I 1 Red Hot 1 Bally Beauty

Quote se price on the entlre lot of pinball,.

La Crosse Phono Service1353 Caledonia St. LA CROSSE, WIS.

WE WANT SLOTSWe offer $80.00 Farb for War Fader,Romeo Reads. Futurities, Blue Preate andEtteseedlnarles, 5100.00 for lOr Machias,and $123.00 for 236 Machlora

MAY GAMES CO.077 Golden Gate Are. Ian Franelsee, (UPI.

The Billboard AMUSEMENT MACHINES

5135.00 0 ceptacle designed to receive or be oper-176.00249.50 0 ated by lawful coin of the United States145.00169,50 Ai of America In furtherance of or connec-90.00 r non with the sale, use or enjoyment of110.00 property or service, knowingly shall op -0 OTHER PIN GAMES, IN A-1 CONDITION crate or cause to be operated, or shall

I si; re2F.Tra)..,,, Painted) Sian 0 attempt to operate or attempt to cause

p r;:tTS:rrdAnabol

traction 60.00 to be operated, any lawful vending ma -37.5070.00 chine, coin -box telephone or other re -22.60 00 ceptacle designed to receive or be oper-

00 VIPs 1.2-3,1930 (Newly Painted) viNg 10 ated by lawful coin of the United StatesSlugger se.so A of America, or whoever shall take, ob-

IF MT..., 194222.50 n tain, accept or receive, from or by means;TN I of any such machine, coin -box telephone0 Victory

ARCADE EQUIPMENT 0 or other receptacle, any article of value0, Steburg Ray-o-Lite, Jae Model. Hit -

le Model, Jailbird Model, Newly0 of service or the use or enjoyment of

03 Painted and decorated, thor- 0 any tel telegraph or other facilityContole Base 5159.50 0 logor to and payment into such machine,

service, without depositing in, deliver-/eughly rechecked. Complete with

Batty RapidVert

FirePractice

200.00 A134.50 r coin -box telephone or receptacle theKirk's Horoscope Ticket Scales 60.00 4 amount of lawful coin of the United

OJumbo Parade. Console. F.P. 95.00Good Luck, Console, c. P. 45.00 States of America required therefore by

A the owner, lessee or licensee of such ma -ACCESSORIESRockola Tone, Column and Speaker $ 50.00 or chine, coin -box telephone or other recep-

tacle, shall be fined not more than $200

0 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or

$

both.Section 2. -Any person who knowingly

A or having cause to believe that the sameOP is Intended for fraudulent or unlawfulO use on the part of the purchaser, dopee4 or user thereof shall manufacture for

sale, sell or give away any 'token, slug,

March 24, 19.15

IM111.110101.117WIL116111011011.1%

OPERATORS,5PA ATTENTION!r LOOK AT THESE BUYS #1

0 marines PIN GAME REVAMPS

Pin Up GiriForeign Colors

tvstImbxr Production

Brand New Floor Speakers, mirror oneach side, grog finish. trimmed In black.Dimon:dont, about 6 ft. high, 17 in,wide and 17 I. deep. Brand-newSpeaker built Into top. Any wall box ofany metre can be attach. to eliteFloor Spez,r,

PRICE 575.00 EACH.In Lots of 5-565.00 Each,In Lots of 10-560.00 Each,

O Permo Point Needles

11,."1.°,`J ..'-'4"'"pecaik3our'tnes

0 l''''haolre,

CableCable

Muzzle Lees fee Secburg Rayolite .. 1.74 00 3000 OHM Wire Wound Resisters for

Seeburg Ray -et -Ito 1.22A00 Soli.ofr, the Magic Pin Game and

10

Phonograph Cll.,. Cleaner. "i Gal. .90

mbPJ,."'w.,.aL':,, aR`ZT.71":,"pgril:

MONTANA BANS(Continued from page 67)

lawfully authorized by the owner, lesseeor license of any lawful vending ma-chine, coin -box telephone or other re -

:as 0 blank, disc, tag, planchet, false, muti-2.00s

.35

1 006.15 0.1 any device or substance whatsoever

fated, sweated or counterfeited coin orin-

tended or calculated to be placed, de-posited or used or which may be soplaced, in any lawful vending machine,coin -box telephone or other receptacle

designed to receive or be operated bylawful coin of the United States ofAmerica In furtherance or connectionwith the sale, use or enjoyment of the

O w. B NOVELTY, telegraph ormeat of any telephone

property or service of the use or enjoy -

MLhinerrnt:sfin 59.50dr cieud, th.aol'eburcP41;';,"Iro'nowgodienli 79.50

Terms: 1/3 DepoSlt, Balance C. O. D.

0 CO N., IC. other facilities or service, shall be finedeisos Washington Blvd. St. Louis 3, MO. 00, not more than $200, or imprisoned not

ihNiall.1101M.\\.\\.\\.\\11.1\711, more than 60 days, or both.

ARCADE SPRING SPECIALS1 Chester Pollard Golf Mach., New

Paint Job $ 77.501 Greetchen Skill Jump, Counter Mod. 29.602 Poison the Rats. Ea. 9.602 Bally Rapid Fires. A-1. Ea. 175.001 Bally Rapid Fire with Rebuilt

Amplifier 150.002 Bally Def.. Guns, A-1 Condi-

tion. Ea. 250.006 Slap the Japs (Chicken Sams Con-

verted), Red, White, Blue. Ea. 125.001 Radio Rifle, Red, White A Blue.by Mut... 67.501 9 -Column National Cigarette Vender,

Fact. Recond. 67.501 Stowart-McGuiro Chrome Gum

Vendee with Base 12.501 Casino Golf Mach., Newly Painted 25.001 Seeburg Duck Gun, Walnut Flni 60.002 Western 3Way Grip Consoles with

Rues. Ea .......... 17.501 Peo Basket Ball, Competitive Play. 19.50

25 Marvel Cigarette, Gum Venders,Like New. Ea. 21.50

4 Sparks Cigarette Gold Award,New, Ea. 32.50

"MUSIC"2 Wurlitzer 750E's Write1 Rock-Ola Master Marble Glo, A-1 5400.001 Rock-Ola Master Walnut Finish, 8 1 400.001 RockOla Master Marble Ole with

Remote Dial Boxes 675.00Send 1/3 Deposit, Balance C. 0. 0.UNIVERSAL AMUSEMENT CO.

2604 Market Street YOUNGSTOWN. OHIO

`N WE OFFER $50.00 EACH FOR:u1ZOMBIE DO RE MI

TO

WEST WINSUN BEAMD

STARSLEADER

0 DOUBLE PLAY DUPLEX

00Will Pay 555.00 for "Sky Blazer"

Not necessarily working, but all parts 001:

must be there. Write, stating quantity,

0 and we'll send our check and shipping 0

0instructions immediately.We Want All Standard mates of Vending

O Advise at Once What You Have andMachines! Highest Ca. Prices Paid!

A °um Prices!

RAKE COIN MACHINE EXCHANGE2014 Market StreetPHILADELPHIA 3. PA

WANT TO BUYPENNY PHONETTE BOXESGIVE QUANTITY, CONDITIONAND LOWEST CASH PRICE.Write BOX A-10, The Billboard Pub-lishing Company, 1509 N. Vine St.,Hollywood 28, Calif.

Section 3. -All acts and parts of setain conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Section 4. -This act shall be in fullforce and effect from and after July 1,1945.

SLOTS3 26e Brown Fronts

toe Brown Fronts2 se Brown Fronts2 250 Blue Fronts1 100 Blue Fronts1 50 Blue Fronts

Above Hare Club Handles4 50 Paco All Stars. 3.5 P.O S 79.502 Sr Paco Cornets, 2-4 P.O. 64.50

Se Collie D.J.P.. 2-4 P.O. 44.501 6, Watling Rol -a -Top. 3.5 P.O. 64.501 10 Q.T., Blue, Serial 07027 29.50Club Handles 3.75Stand, Mills 17.5025C Slides, Mills .. 27.50War Eagle Castings. Set (2) 10.00Futurity Castings. Set (3) 15.00Standard Mills Handle 1.00We repair and convert S-10-250 denominations.All machines are completely and absolutely re-built by trained mon, mechanisms are cleaned.worn parts replaced, new strips, new awardcards, light or dark cabinets that are thoroughlyscraped, cleaned and refinished, club handlesaro added and all mechanism castings aro rust-proof.. Send 1/3 deposit.

Repairing and Repainting.Changing Denominations.

$295.00249.50229.50274.50239.50

1. & W. COIN MACHINE CO.121 N. Broadway St. GREEN BAY, WIS.

Phone: Howard 4019

READY FORIMMEDIATE DELIVERY!* AMERICAN BEAUTY $199.50

* FOREIGN COLORS 249.50Latest 5 Ball F. P. Revamps,

*1/3 Dep., Bal. C. 0. D.

H. ROSENBERG CO.627 10th Ave. New York City

All Phones: Long./. 3-2479

WANTEDThe following 5 Ball Free Play Games:Argentina, Showboat, Spot Pool, Bosco,Capt. Kidd, Belle Hop, Gun Club, Bowlaway,Legionnaire, Venus, Pan American, Hi Dive,On Deck, Ten Spot, ABC Bowler. GiveParticulars and lowest price in first letter.BOX 0-381. Tho Billboard, Cincinnati 1, 0.

THE P. K. SALES CO

MODERNIZE with the "POPMATIC"ALL ELECTRIC -COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC

5c COIN OPERATION ELIMINATES ATTENDANT

You may possibly have hesitated to install this

type of machine because of the cost. NOW WE

ELIMINATE THAT DIFFICULTY by offering you a

genuine "POPMATIC" machine al LESS THAN THE

ORIGINAL PRICE.

BEAUTIFUL DESIGN: The Popmatic is designedto harmonize with the finest of fixtures. Brilliantlyilluminated, it sparkles like a gem and instantly attractsattention. Passersby and customers alike stop, marveland BUY.AUTOMATIC OPERATION: Fully Automatic, itfeeds the corn automatically, pops it, seasons it anddelivers it to your customers hot and fresh. All unpoppedgrains are separated and customer receives only fullypopped fluffy corn. All you need do is see that themachine is filled. It will work for you hour after hourwithout personal attention. Continuous operation for10 -hour period costs less than 10c in power consumed.

STURDY CONSTRUCTION: Sturdy constructionof the best materials available, the Popmatic is builtto endure and to give many years of trouble -freedependable service.DIMENSIONS: 60 in. Height; 15 in. Width; 15 in.in Depth. Shipping weight, 150 lbs.CAPACITY: 12 lbs., enough to pop and sell $25.00Per filling. Size of Bag of Popcorn vended can varyfrom 6 to 12 oz. size.WE INCLUDE 100 lbs. Yellow Popcorn, 6 gals.Popping Oil and 2,000 Glassine Bags with each machine.

Originally $250.00 NOW $199.50F. 0. B. Cambridge, Ohio. Terms: 7/2 Deposit,Balance, or 5% Discount If Full Cash Is SentWith Order. We Buy Music Routes.

WE BUY AND SELL ALL MAKES OFPOPCORN MACHINES. IF YOU HAVEANY TO SELL, WRITE US.

-Exclusive U. S. Distributors-6TH AND HYATT AVE.

CAMBRIDGE, OHIO

TUBES '1;ludJ ACCESSORIESeomplete Xin.e o$ Phone to hi and Patti

NEW PARTS0IA Rock -Ole Turntable Motors, New, in Original Cartons 1 $25.50 EA. 0r0 Conversion Part To Convert Your Wurlitzer Motor to a 1A0

Seeburq in Less Than a Minute 90c EA.

TUBES FOR THE COIN MACHINE INDUSTRY $o 024 $1.50 6C51.00 12K7

51.00 26 $ .75 A$1.00 12A8

10 1A71A5

1.60 6A61.506C6

1.50 12Q71.00 27

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1.1010 fin 11g 041.102

eir WE HAVE MANY MORE TUBES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION!

1.60 50Y6

11,:SUPPLIER'S CERTIFICATE MUST ACCOMPANY ORDER !rii

r4PAP

FA When you need critical tubes we are always glad to accommodate. In all fairness,13you should reciprocate by giving us ALL your tube business, including the less

rOIA

critical tubes, because we cannot ship critical tubes only.E,,r

Deposit required with all orders!

111,11E1111 5111.E5 CO.587 1Oth AVE., NEW YORK 18, N. Y. LOngacte 5-8334

CONTINUE BUYING WAR BONDSCopyrighted materi,

72 AMUSEMENT MACHINES The Billboard March 24, 1945

INTERNATIONAL SCOOPS!ARCADE OPERATORS: NOW AVAILABLENEW PORTABLE VOICE RECORDERS-WRITE OR CALL FOR FULL INFORMATION

mt -:lc1 Rock-Ola Imp. 20, Hideaway .. $175.00I RockOla Standard 875.001 Rock-Ola DPW. 400.001 WurIlUer GOOR 315.001 Worn.? 71. With stand 105.002 Wurlitaer 718. Ea. 185.00

MISCELLANEOUS1 Double Chicago Metal Deluxe Safe . . 0110.601 Single Chi.. Metal Deluxe Safe 74.50

27

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Vewri-a.r5rg:nr:rv:n"drOtel:, 7217o125."umn. Ea. 32.60

New Wee Gees, Ea. 225.00New PlIchems Retehems, Ia. 225.00

PIN GAMES1 eroadcast . 3 69.601 Bombardier . 119.501 All Amaican 48.501 Boleway 72.601 Legionnaire 63.501 Wildfire 68.50I Mane! Baseball F. 0. 169.50

CONSOIYS1 Lucky Lucre, .41 1{300.130

NEW POKERINOSVERY GOOD FOR A R

CADE ANDPARK CONCESSIONS. NEW ADDED FEA-TURE -BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED CABI-NET. WRITE FOR FULL DETAILS ANDPRICE. Special Deal to Concessioners.

SLOTS2 Pace Comets 3/6 P. 0.. Ca.. $109.501 58 Pace Model M. D. 2/4 P. 0.. . 69.601 Super Bell Combination 336.00WANTED . WANTED . WANTED

ANY QUANTITYRock -Oda and Wurlitzee Counter

Models With StandsTERMS: 1/2 Deposit With All Orders for

Domestic Purposes.Full Cash With Orden for Croons.Foreign Inquiries Invited!

International CoinMachine Dist.

2115 Prospect Ave. CLEVELAND 15. 01410(MAIn 5700401

WE WANT

TO BUYALL TYPES OF

5 -BALL FREE PLAY GAMESWith Plastic Bumpers

To Avoid Defoy, SendYour List and Prices.

OLIVE NOVELTY CO.25

25 LUNII5ornankt:LOUIS.01 3, MO.

-Mete is to suintitufe

Coltuaiitti

Quality Products WillLast for the Duration

D. GOTTLIEB & CO.CHICAGO

2__"___`__ ____I's.?p WANT TO BUY

r, BUCKLEY BOXESrA

Chrome model with plastic sides. State pi4 price, condition and quantity In first

OA

0letter.

0 GENERAL MUSIC CO.01 2277 W. Pico Blvd.. Los Angel. 6. Calif. III

$$ CASH! CASH! $$FOR USED JUKE BOX RECORDS!I Pay the Highest Price!

Write, wire collect or just ship to ..NATHAN MUCHNICK

1118 N. 3gon.h5.1... Fl,adiilphla. Pa.

E. T. Mape Climb to SuccessShows Industry Opportunity

LOS ANGELES, March 17.-E. T. Mope.starting In the coin machine businessin Mankato, Minn., In 1010 at the ageof 12 repairing the Dewey bell type ma-chines In his father's saloon, has livedone of the most eventful lives any oneman In the coin machine business hasencountered.

Ile is now California's largest opera-tor with routee extending the entirelength of the State. Thirty-eight year.of operating machines in Minnesota.Washington State. Oregon and Californiahas endowed Mnpe with a subtle humorthnt is unequalled after associating him-self with everyday problems an operatorLs confronted with.

Recalling the days when Jack Keeney,now a Chicago manufacturer, was anoperator in his fathers bar and hotelin Minnesota. Mape, a bachelor, has thegleam in his eyes of a man in his 20'a.Living the veritable life of Riley now ona ranch near Modesto, Calif., raisingpurebred Hereford (white -face) cattleand a tine stable of riding horses giveshim the diversion he has longed for.

Has 16,000 AcresClaiming he got the bug to buy a

ranch several years ago, he then searchedfor the spot he wanted with the eventualacquiring of 12 separate ranches, makingit all one large one conalating of 16.000acres with 12 miles of river line runningthru the property. There are 3,000 acres.nder irrigation, with ladeno clover

PARTS -SUPPLIES/5 Volt S. AO, 44. 44, 47, 30,et aod IS. Per Hundred .... $S 40

3 AO Fusee Par HundredAmp. $0.00

1, 1.,. 2. 2 s , 3 Arne. 1.50IS. 6. 7's Arne 2.0010, 15, 20. 25, 30 An*. 2.60

PHOROORAPOI TITLE STRIPSReel ibeedile)

1000 wawa5000 Per IR 4.0010000 Pee 12 0.6021000 Pgr 1111 3.00

6SC7, 5Z3, 80, 2A4C, 70L7Tubes are almost impossible to secure. but

have adapters tor making the change -Ivey to available tubed that tcevite fiechange In the mplIfier.

=100 6SC7 to 7F7103 6SC7 to 6SC7110 5Z3 to 5U4G125 SO to 514,

5V4C. 503 er

126283 to 5U4Gor 524

$1.50 Each

.205 2A4C to 2051&minim Guns'

210 2A4C to 2051iSesibwe MutIci

215 701.7 to 7A4 -7A5

(5aeburg RemoteBoatlel$3.50 Each

These have been tried and proven thoroughlysatisfactory. We guarante satisfaction.Absolutely no worry, anyone can aistut thechange. Carry these In your service; kit etstandard rioulpment.

Ask Us for list Available Records

HERMITAGE MUSIC CO.123 Ilroada:ss, 3. Tenn.

CASH WAITINGWe'll pay 011.00 for Stills Flashers. Teniiranda. 20 lirands, Sousse Bells. Jumbo., 17Escalator Machines and Escalator F.O.B.'s.t5.00 Wes foe 107 Models. 027.00 Cates

for 257 model.MAY GAMES CO.

977 Golden Gat* Are., San Francisco 2, Calif.

growing on it for cattle feed and therest consisting of open grazing land. The2.100 cattle on the ranch graze at will.No commercial feeding of cattle Is done.Three "hired hands" (Western style) as -Mat him in running the ranch which Lsestimated to be worth $1.000.000. TheSuperior Oil Company has the entireranch leased for oil. There are no wellson the ranch at present, however.

After the last war, Mape started Sper-sting in Seattle and extended his opera-tions south to L. A. when at one time he,had 3,500 hell type machines on loca-tion. He plane to continue and will ex-pand his activities after this war. Thereare approximately 65 employees on thepay roll now conducting the operationof his routes. Thirty employees are in-volved in the operation of his wiredmusic Installations in the San Franciscoarea. Data operation alone has pioneeredmany new features that have been pastiedalong to the trade In good will plusopening up a new field for operators ofthis type of equipment.

Prices Higher NowPrices have jumped considerably for

machines since the advent of the belldevices. Remembering the days when$65 was high for a machine, Mape ex-pressed a desire to see those prices re-turn again. The late Charles Fey, in-ventor of the bell type machine, was apersonal friend of his for 30 years.Origination of the idea of free playgames submitted to MilLs, and later In-corporated In the features of game called°Metal, and manufactured by Mills, wasoperated In San Francisco by him inthose embryonic days.

Up until 90 day. ago the E. T. MapeCompany was the Seeburg distributorfor eight years in Arizona, Nevada andCalifornia.

Iie attributea new equipment as themajor reason for his operating successand he claims the sight of his fathercounting the nickels out of his oldDewey. was really the time when hebecame interested in the business.

When not in his office Mope canusually be found riding his favoritepony and hunting quail. pheasant andwild ducks that abound on his ranchlocated nine miles from Modesto.

ARCADE MACHINESIllut0000po Itattletstain ( LatestModel B ) 112115.00

6 Rapld Fires 179.602 Evans Tommy Gun* 125.004 Bally Bulls 76.004 Shoot the Jap 126.002 Keeney Submarines 160.007 Deluxe Texas Leaman 44.602 Shoot the Chutes 125.00I Target. (Converted Madly Bull) 00.00

10 Groetchen Zooms 24.501 Mills Horoscope (Plenty of

Ticketal 110.002 Mountain Climber

.

100.003 Shoot Your Way to Tokyo 185.002 Jennings Book Vender (Plenty

89.5076.0086.0000.0065.00

2 Radio Rifinith1 Chester Pollard Golf ...

Bally'r Racer .

1 Floor Mode( SHOCKERSLOTS

2 10t Pace Comets. B.F. 3 86.001 10/ Mills Gooseneck 50.001 se Calll. Cadet 80.002 267 Mille Soh'. 85.002 57 Jennings D.J. 60.002 10/ Pace Bantams 50.001 Mills Jumbo Parade. Lite New 100.00

PIN GAMES2 Attentions 5 65.003 BroadcasU 67.601 Monicker 09.001 Wildfire 49.502 Ten Spots (Jai, Corsair.) 64.601 All Arnertun 52.801 Star Attraction 59.501 HI Dive 67.501 Victory 08.50All MacesInea Thoroughly Reconditioned and

Ready for Location.1/2 Deposit With Order.

ROBINSON SALES CO.7525 Orand River DETROIT 4, MIOH.

Tyler 7-2770

FwESPRING LAMPS-SPECIAlsk0110,

5reburg, Bally Gun Lamps. 501 Ea.: O.E. 0Melds, 7. 18. 25, 40. 60 watt. 120 toctn.. 77 ia... Small Lamps, Westinghouse 0Mazda, 83. 51. 55. 3',7 Ea.: 44. 46, 60.

0 4'at EA: Special prices Panoram Projection

0Lamps; Tubes -88C7. 007 Ea.; 61.6.31.20EA We Save soy lamp you want!

01/3 Dee.. Sal. C.O.D., F.O.B. N. Y.

4 ARCADE BULB COMPANYu 68 W. 25th St. New York 10. N. V. Ar1M11010101101M41 \\11.11,1WIE

BRAND NEWSRocket Buster 5371.00Ten Strike 295.00Wheo Gee 229.50Pitch 'Ern C. Catch 'Ent 229.50Evans Tommy Can 249.50Periscope 1Floor Sample) 239.50WIegs $11.50 I Yankees .. 11.50

USED EQUIPMENTJennings Golf Ball Vendor, 25, Play 5 69.50Buckley Deluxe Digger 165.00Play Coll. Upright Cabinet 119.50Football, Upright Cabinet 119.50Drivemobile 295.00Ace Bomber 295.00Keeney Submarine ...r 185.00Radio Rifle 59.50Liberty Bell, Sc, Fruit 18.50Zephyr 9.90

BLISTER GUNNER CONVERSIONFOR AIR RAIDER ..... 912.50

TOKYOic,Ro RSI ON18.75

SKYFIOHTER 16.76

1/3 Ospolit With Orden

914 DIVEISSI/T CHICAGO 14,/74,47Y/.4.7.49

WANTED!SKY BLAZERS.. .$65.00DUPLEX 60.00ZOMBIE 55.00STARS 55.00LEADERS 50.00Send as many as you want C. 0. D.Crated or unerated. Must haveall parts but neemsarily do notbase to be in working condition.We buy or sell an, thing with a

coin chute, new or used, cash andcredit, to reliable operators. Estab-lished 1930.

4 SLIGHTLY USED ORIGINAL GLITTER

GOLD Q. T. MACHINES. Ea...5150.00

2 REGISTERED 5c Q. T.'s. Ea... 100.00

BASCH NOVELTY CO.136 Franklin Ave., Scranton 3, Pa,

Phone 8613

4. w

uSNcmmins.All Sizes, Styles From 10 to 600 Holes.Also JP Cards, Fund Raising Cards, Etc.

FREE Cata/oq. WriteW. H. BRADY CO., NIFGRS.

EAU CLAIRE, WISC. a

SLOT MACHINESREADY FOR LOCATIONS

1 57 Mills Blue Front and Stand1 10/ Rol.a-Top1 607 Rock -Oda1 67 Watling Slue Seal Double Jack Pot'I 1076012 tse Blue Seal Watling

1 104 Mills 1 Bel Payout3 It Jennings 1 Grandstand6 ISt Mills 6 Boort Papa3 257 Mills 7 Falreround1 St Watling 3 Sport Rings1 57 Seeburg 2 Jockey Club

lE BEAU NOVELTY CO.528 N. Water 61. DECATUR. ILL.I

,al

Horeb 24, 1945 The Billboard AMUSEMENT MACHINES 73

MONO OPERATORS!NEW POLICY ON OURUNIVERSAL AMPLIFIER

IDEADue to W.P.B. regulations svo aro in a r.. -Von to accommodate you In the Followingmanner:Ship us a coin operated phonograph amp..flor faults. prepaid, regardless of rmskeand we will renovate and alter It for Ur,vernal use. COST $38.60. F.O.B. N. Y..and Includes minor repairs. However 11mayor parts are nthsing or defective andhave to be replaced an additional nominalcharge will be made.

WHAT A

UNIVERSAL AMPLIFIERWILL DO FOR YOU

Sayes you time, money and expense. Whenyou have iz1 .I filer service cal1 replaceyourun your keepsworking and your customer Is satisfied.Complete renovation, with sockets, forSpeakers and pickups for all the followingmodels:

ALL WURLITZER MODELS616, 24, 500, 800. 700. 750, 780, 800,

850. 950ALL SEEBURGS

(Except Hi -TonesALL ROCKOLAS

Amplifiers Repaired ByExperts -Try Us

GLASS FOR PIN GAMES AND ONEBALLSSold in case lots only. SAVE MONEY-Ordor in 5 Case Lots -Deduct 20°.6.

Size Case Contains Price Per Cato20142 9 513.5021,41 8 12.0021%43 8 12.0023,47 7 13.00F71.2r2za212.11112toaR=o2.13721711iedr$8,L30Terms: Full cash with order, less than$15.00; others.. 1/3 deposit, balanceC. 0. D. by Railway Express. unless You giveAS definite shipping instructions.

JIRO, INC.JOHN A. FITZGIBBONS, Pres.776 Tenth Ave., New York 19, N. Y.

IllhomPhone: Columbus 5.7996.0.0

HIDEAWAY UNITS!Each

3 Imperial 20 with Rock-OlaAdaptors 5165.00

2 Twin Twelves In Steel Cabinets 176.001 20 with Packard Adapter, In Steel

Cabinet 225.001 24 with Packard Adapter 200.00

Close Out -Wall BoxesEach

35 Rock -Ole AC $ DC Wall Boxes $22.5029 Rock-Ola =1502 Bar Boxes, DC 15.003 RockOla =1512 Bar Boxes, DC 35.00

Rock-Ola =1526 5.10.258 BarBox, AC 47.50

3 Packard Wall Bases 35.504 Seeburq St 30 -Wire 7.50

15 Buckley 24 SM. Wall 130[1, 18.501 Wurlitzer =100, 6t 12.50

All in perfect mechanical condi-tion, cleaned and refinished.

Make Offer on Entire Lot!

ROCK-OLA RECTIFIERS,FOR 1937 TO 1940 D.C. REMOTE!CONTROL POWER SUPPLY UNITS-ELIMINATES WRONG SELEC-TIONS,

$7.50 Ea.P.111,;:11k

D.,

SCOTT-CROSSE 001IP1NYSAM STERN

1423 Spring Carden StreetPHILADELPHIA 30. PA.

Telephone: Rittenhouse 7712

PHONOGRAPHS WANTEDWe Will Pay Cash for

WURLITZER SEEBURG16 -Record Regal ... 0250.00Machin. $125.00 Envoy, ES 400.00

=61 .... 70.00 Hitone, ES 450.00=71 , 110.00

MILLS=24 .... 200.00=500-1( . 350.00 Throne..r5Ng:g0800

... 500.00 Empress.s

Sond us your list. We quota on all machines.Write or wire today.

BYRON NOVELTY CO.2046 Irving Park Road Chicago 18, III.

Mills Vest Pocket, BI.&Gld. 59.505c Blue Fronts, Fact. Reb. 255.00

25c Blue Fronts, Fact. Reb. 295.00

TREATS "HARD TO GET AT"

AREAS EASILY and QUICKLYThe Sun -Kraft double action adjustmentcycle means easy setting to reach any partof the body. See how simple it is to treatwithout assuming an awkward or strainedposition. Comes complete with goggles,leatherette carrying case and built-in auto-matic timer. Finished in satin -chrome.Carries Manufacturer's Guarantee. Get yourlamp now and cash in on extrapep and vitality.

OPA APPROVED PRICE, $64,50

DEALER'S $38.7031 ea.of

PRICE $43.00 ea.(Lesser Quantity)

...teat

THERAPEUTIC INVENTION!

"COLD QUARTZ ULTRAVIOLET

RAY THERAPY LAMP

For our coin rnachino friends whowork late and sleep late. Keep healthywith sunshine Vitamin D. This lampis a departure from the conventionalsun lamp. Uses an oscillator circuitand COLD type genuine MercuryQuartz tube. Produces 95'1'o ultra-violet rays, and the quartz tube neverburns out. Invaluable aid to warworkers; promotes and preservesradiant health and relieves muscularpains. Helps insure sturdy growth andsound development of babies andchildren.

Chicago Novelty Company, Inc.1345 Newport Avenue Chicago, III.

PHONOGRAPHSRock-Ola Windsor, R.C., $ Packard Boxes $425.00 1

Rock-Ola Windsor, R.C., 10 Sorb. Selectomatic Bolts 360.00Seeburo Mayfair $350.00

RECONDITIONEDPIN GAMES

Arizona $155.00Sun Valley 164.50Action 129.50Alr Circus 129.60Big Parade 129.50Four Aces 129.50Jeep 129.50Knockout 129.505-10.20 113.50Genco Victor,' 94.50Topic 89.50Texas Mustang 82.50Bombardier 79.50Mills '40 1-2-3 79.50spot Pool 79.50Spot-a.Card 79.50Argentine 79.00Bowlaway 72.50

... 72.00Jungle 72.00New Champ 89.50Zig Zag 89.50Slugger 69.00Horoscope 64.60Star Attraction 64.50Ten Spot 64.50

Chicago ColnHockey .....S225.00

Evans GallopingDomino, '39. 125.00

Tommy Gun ... 125.00Anti -Aircraft . 69.50Rockola Ten Pin

HI Dial .. 60.00Evans Ten Strike,

Hi Dial 65.0QKeeney Submarine 185.00

NEW REVAMPSunited

Idaho 5250.00Grand Canyon 250.00Oklahoma 250.00Arizona . 250.00

Marvel'sBaseball 5179.50

P. & S.Production 5179.50Eagle Squadron 179.50Shangri-La 179.50Bombardier 179.50

WmterhausMarines 5199.50

WilliamsFlat Top $250.00

RECONDITIONEDPIN GAMES

Majors, '41 $64.50Miami Bush 64.50Tossers 62.50Broadcast 69.50Legionnaire 69.50Twin Slx 69.50Four Roses 67.60Belle Hop 57.50HOMO Run 57.50Sea Hawk 67.50Seven Up 57.50High Stepper 56.00Crossline 54.50Playball 54.50Paradise 49.50Metro 49.60Show But 49.50Sky Ray 49.50Sky Raid

11:g0ABC BowlerLandslide 45.00Wildfire 44.50

SLOTS -I -BALLS -CONSOLESJenn. 4 -Star Chief, 5c. -1175.00 "51 Derby, F. P. 8360.00

Club Trophy, F. P. 330.00Sport Special, F. P. 165.00Record Time, F. P. 169.50Blue Grass, F. P. 195.00

1/3 Deposit, Balance C. 0. D., F. 0. B. Chicago.

NATIONAL COIN MACHINE KM iNGE1411-13 DIVERSEV BLVD. ;Phone: BUGkingham 64661 CHICAGO

MUST SELL -GOING INTO DEFENSE WORKOne set of $ cent, 10 cent and 25 cent latest model original Jfills Brown Pronte witb club handles.Used one week and guaranteed as such and sold on A money -return basin if not as represented- $1150.00.1 original 5 rent Emerald Chrome, cannot be told from ncw, 5375.00. 10 new Glitter Gold D.T.'s,$100.00 each. le Blue & Gold Vest Pockets with meters, very clean. $42.50 cub. 1 10 centJennings Double Jackpot, escalator type, 3/5 payout. 5017 clean. $150.00. The following con6,46,.used summers only and in storage for three years, look Ulu new and arc in excellent condition:1 Keeney 9 Head Pastime, latest model. 1 Keeney $ Head Totalizer. latest model. These machine,similar to Super Track Times. 1 Red Head Track Time. 1 Grey Head 'Track Time. 2 Jenning-Ntultiple Rouen. 1 Evans Bangtatla, lute model. Make offer for the above Consoles. Certifieddeposits must accompany all orders.

ERNEST KARYDIS 73 GROVESSE

ETSALEM. MS.

SLOTS2 Mills 25c Gold Chromes, 3/51 Mills 10c Gold Chromes, 2/52 Mills Sc Gold Chromes, 2/53 Mills 25c Gold Chromes, 2/54 Mills 25e Brown Fronts

DrIllproof, Club Handle, K.A.2 Mills 10c Brown Fronts

Drillproof, Club Handle, K.A.2 Mills 5c Brown Fronts

DrIllproof, Club Handle, K.A.2 Mills 25c Blue Fronts

DrIliproof, Club Handle, A.A.1 Mills 10c Blue Front

DrIllproof, Club Handle, K.A.1 jeoniogs F. P. Slot with Stand

2 Mills Four Bells, 4-5c1 Mills Four Bells, 3.5c,

1-25c

6 Mills 5c B & G Vest Pockets5 Mills 5c Gold Q. T.'s2 Mills 25c Q. T.'s (Blue)8 Jennings Ciga-Rollas4 Super Bells Sc Comb.1 Paces Reels1 Pace Saratoga1 Wurlitzer 616 Rolawa7 in

Metal Cabinet with BuckleyAdpt. 10 Buckley Boxes andSpeaker

1 Wurlitzer Twin Twelve Rola-way in Metal Cabinet withKeeney Adpt. and 7 KeeneyWallboxes, 1 Speaker

10 Wurlitzer Wallboxes 8125(Sc, 10c & 25c)

1 Seeburg Concert Grande2 Rock -Ole 12 -Record Pliono.I Rock -Ole 16 -Record Phono.8 GablesI Wurlitzer P-102 Modernized Wurlitzers 24 Rec.

Red Spaced TITLE STRIPSat 14.25 Per Thousand

Terms, 1/3 Certified Deposit, Bal. C.O.D.

STERLING NOVELTY CO.669-671 S. Broadway, Lexington 10, Ky.

Wholesale Distributors

RECONDITIONED -GuaranteedBy Our 48 Years of Experience

WRITE FOR PRICES3 5c GOLD CHROMES7 10c GOLD CHROMES9 25e GOLD CHROMES8 5c BROWN FRONTS

10e BROWN FRONTS12 25e BROWN FRONTS3 5c BLUE FRONTS5 10e BLUE FRONTS8 25c BLUE FRONTSAll above Machines have Knee Action, Club

Handles and Drill Proof.

18 5c Q. T.'s, OriginallyBlue Made GlitterGold $89.50

8 10c Q. T.'s, Same asAbove 99.50

6 25c Q. T.'s, Same asAbove, but with SPE-CIAL 3/5 PAYOUT -WRITE

18 VEST POCKETSBlue and Gold

35 5c Jumbo Cash Model8 5c Jumbo Free Play

8 Sc JENNINGS FOUR STARS3 5c JEN. SILVER CHIEFS2 10c JEN. SILVER CHIEFS2 10e CAILLE CLUB BELLS

(Cabinet Model)We have all types of Coin Machin..

SICKING, INC.1401 Central Parkway Cincinnati 14, 0.

FAST MOVINGTICKET DEALS

Red - White - Blue - Combination Tickets,Tip Books, Counter Deals.

Writo for Catalog and Price,

WILNER SALES CO.715 N. Elm St. MUNCIE, IND.

11,opy; ignted materi

74 AMUSEMENT MACHINES The Billboard

74E-MAYFLOWER SPECIALS-CONSOLES

FOUR BELL -Late Serial $575.00FOUR BELL -Late Head WriteTHREE BELLS WriteKEENEY FOUR WAY WriteKEENEY TWO WAY, 5 & 5 476.00SILVER MOON. 25c 275.00GALLOPING DOMINO, JP 1941 300.00GALLOPING DOMINO, JP 1940 175.00GALLOPING DOMINO, 1940 100.00LUCKY LUCRE 150.00BANG TAIL, 1941ROYAL DRAWROYAL FLUSHLONG CHAMP, JR.LONG CHAMP SR.LIBERTY BELL.MULTIPLE RACESTRACK TalE, RHTAN FORANPACE MARATHONPACES RACES -Late

300.0075.0040.0025.0025.0025.0035.0050.0025.00

175.00225.00

100 MILLS GOOSENECKS

15..50c 25-10c25..25c 35.. 5c LOT AT -52.000.00

ONE BALLSTURF KING 5550.00SPORT KING 325.00SANTA ANITA 275.00SKY LARK 225.00FORTUNE 300.00FLYING CHAMP 175.00WINNING TICKET 100.00SPINNING REELS 100.00DERBY CLOCK 75.00LONG SHOT 350.00

SLOTSGOLD CHROMES, 5-10-25-50 WriteBROWN FRONTS WriteBONUS, 25c $425.00BONUS, 10c 325.00BLUE FRONTS, 3-5 25c 300,00HAND LOADS. Green & Gold WriteCAILLE CONSOLE, 25c 175.00CLUB MODEL CHIEFS, 5c 275.00CLUB MODEL CHIEFS. 10c 325.00CLUB MODEL CHIEFS, 25c 375.00WAR EAGLES, Gold, 2-4, 25c 150.00WAR EAGLES, Gold. 10c 100.00WATLING ROLATOPS, 25c 225.00

BUCKLEY DIGGER

ARCADE EQUIPMENT

140.00 DELUXE BASEBALL125.00 KEENEY SUBMARINE

$325.00

110.00175.00

VICTORY POOL $175.00 DRIVE MOBILERAPID FIRE 175.00 BOWLING LEAGUE -New... 245.00SHOOT -TEE -DAPS

PHONOGRAPHSROCKOLA TWIN 12-10 ROCK- ROCKOL..A. IMPERIAL 20

OLA : $475.00 ROCKOLA MONARCHSEEBURG COLONEL - Base-

ment Unit -15 WALL-O-MATICS 975.00

ROCKOLA 16 RECORD 175.00

$200.00250.00

SINGING TOWERS 550.005771 7-R THRONE 375.00A. M. L TOP FLIGHT 275.00

ALL MACHINES READY FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT.TERMS: ONETHIRD DEPOSIT WITH ORDERS.

2218 University Ave.ST. PAUL 4. MINN.

615 10th StreetDES MOINES, IA.

350 Delaware Ave.BUFFALO, N. Y.1

A MUST for every Arcade! il

: "WHEE GEE MYSTIC" $229.50

1/3 Deposit,Each

"Pitch 'ern and Catch 'ern" Balance 0,0,0..

1111 SEE YOUR LOCAL JOBBER OR DISTRIBUTOR I SEND FOR CIRCULAR

GEORGE PONSER CO. of N. Y., Inc. 2 Columbus Circle, New York 19, N. Y. Circle 6-6651

MILLER VENDING COMPANYOFFERS:

SLOTS 100 Caine Sphinx ....5 37.50 Pln-Up Glrl $160.00Mechanisms Cleaned with Kleer 50 Jennings Duchess . 30.00 Bello Hon 50.00

Flo System. 50 Watling Rolatop, Eagle Squadron 125.00Mills Blue Fronts, 3-5

3-5 Pay 65.00 Ten Spot 47.00Pay. Club Handles, PHONOGRAPHS Sky Ray 28.00Refin., 60 Slots at .5185.00 Seeburg Vogue. Elect Play Ball (Cony.100 Slots at ...... 188.50 Selector w,,,, Champs) 60.00

Wurlitur 950 .... .. wr, Hart CO., New 189.50Mills War Eagles. Gilt- Variety 25.00Wu -Hitler 41 qounte.rter Gold. 3.5 Pa, 15.00Model ..... 5110.00 itean, ParkClub Handle. Factory 85.00Rebuilt. Se Slots at. 185.00 GAMES Gott:ears'. 1 Ball . 45.00

260 Slots at ...., . 275.00 Sport Parade 5 37.00 Jennln. Fast Time250 Canto Dictator ... 49.50 Spot Pool 60.00 (Payout, No Girds, 25.0g250 Jennings Century 76.00 Capt. Kidd ...... - 60.00 Mills Dumb Ball Lifter 45.00

TERMS: 1/3 Certified OOPOSIt With Order, Balance C. 0. O.

MILLER VENDING COMPANY615 LYON STREET, N. E. PHONES: 9-8832, 9.6047 GRAND RAPIDS 3. MICHIGAN

ATTENTION, OPERATORS !Big cash waiting for you. Will pay top prices. All type coin -operated

Machines.Send us your list quick.

WILLIAMSPORT AMUSEMENT CO.321.323 Hepburn St. Williamsport 28, Pa.

Facsimile MachinesAssured for Post-WarCommmucations

NEW YORK, March 17. -Modern fac-simile machines of rather small dimen-sions and for very practical uses nowSeem assured, according to reports on thepatents held by the Finch Tele-Commu-nications, Inc. This firm holds over 80U. S. patents and also some foreign pat-ents and now promises a really practicalmachine that will reproduce a smallsheet about the size of an ordinary tele-graph blank.

The new unit, which is promised forthe post-war market, is said to weighonly about 25 pounds and it will trans-mit and receive either by radio or overordinary telephone lines. It also is saidto be about as fool -proof as such fac-simile sets can be made. It will.receiveat about the rate of 150 words per min-ute in the form of typewritten copy.

While such small facsimile sets are ex-pected to find their chief uses in thecommercial world, yet if facsimile is tobecome popular in the home, such smallsets may have the advantage of low cost.

The interest of the coin machine in-dustry in facsimile sets was aroused latelast year when one of the leading en-gineers in the facsimile field suggestedthat coin operation of such sets in thehome might be the logical way to payfor them in the future.

OPA Eat Spot CheckReveals 75-85% AreOpen for Coin Mchs.

CHICAGO, March 17. -An official checkon the total number of eating places inthis area was recently made by officialsof the Office of Price Administration'sdistrict office here. It is generally agreedthat 75 to 85 per cent of all eating estab-Ailments are good locations for one ormore types of coin machines.

The official OPA report involvedcharges that at least 807 of these eatingplaces had violated price -control regula-tions and were threatened with closingif they did not conform to the rules.

The report said there is a total of10,051 eating places in the Chicago OPAdistrict area, which includes five coun-ties and the city of Chicago. The re-port apparently refers to those locationswhich are strictly in the restaurant oreating place group. Drugstores, whichalso have lunch counters, apparently arenot included in the official report.

11arch 24, 1945

ir ORDER NOW !PHONOGRAPHS Each

10 Record Seeburg $ 80.00'Wuriluer P12 119.50WurIlUer 412Wurlitur 616

124.60166.00

Wurlitaer 616, Llte-UpWurlItx. 24

210.00269.50

Wurlitser 6006Wurlitzer 600K

425.00419.50

Wuriluer 750EWuriltrer 800

719.50675.00

Wurlitur .42 6006Seeburg 8200 Victory Rex

659.50450.00

Seeburg 8200 Victory GemSeeburg HI Tone 9800, ES

475.00675.00

Seeburg HI Tone 8800, ESSeeburg HI Tone 8800, ESRC

569.60629.50

Seeburg Envoy, ESMills Throne of Music

450.00269.50

Mills EmpressRockOla Master

325.00359.60

PARTS AND ACCESSORIESc-OSR1 Selection Receiver 5 29.60=.1.1SR1 Receiver and Adapter 48.50618 Coin Chute Assembly, 5.10.250 25.00600 Coln Chute Assembly. 5-10-250 27.50SD 24.12 Seeburg Adapter 29.50130 Wurliteer Adapter 35.00304 Steppers 22.50Amplifier for 800 or 24 47.60Amplifier for 616 42.50

WALL BOXES24 Selection Seeburg Wall-o-Matfe,

Metal Corers 5 37.5024 Selection, Plastic Cows 35.0020 Selection Wall-o-Matics, Large

Slut 16.00Seeburg Adapter for Wurlitter 24 39.50-7.331 Wurlitcer Bar Boxes 16.00111 Wurlitzer Bar Box. 15.00320 Wurlitser Sheet Music, 60 25.00100 WurIluer 30-Wlre. 50 14.50126 WurIlteer 540-254 Box 27.5020 Select-o-Mati. 7.6020 Selection Bar-o-Matics. Wireless 50.00Terms -1/3 Dep., Bal. C. 0. D.

F. 0. B. New York

N. Y. DISTRIBUTING CO. I161330 10th Avenue NEW YORK 19, N. T.

NM Phone: Circle 6-9570 MI 1.111

WANT TO BUYCONSOLES

BIC GAMES. F.P.SUPER BELLSCLUB BELLSTHREE BELLSHI HANDS

JUMBO PARADES.F.P.

PACES REELS. F.P.SILVER MOONS,

Etc.

Write, wire or phonetype, quantity, price at once!

H. ROSENBERG CO.627 10th Ave. New York City

Langacte 3-2479

MECHANIC WANTEDMust be thoroughly experienced on

Arcade Equipment. Steady position.MIKE MUNVES

510 W. 34th St.. N. Y. C.

NmillSENSATIONALMarvel's Baseball

This revamp game offers the utmost in player appeal -Ithas everything -including the latest style bumpers -roll-overs -special pin, and BEST of ALL -a Knock -Out -Pocket.

PRICE

$179.5°Dep., Cal.C. 0. D., F. O. B.

YOUR

Chicago.

5 Ball Games accepted In trade.

WILLIAMS' FLAT TOPS250

THOROUGHLY RECONDITIONED

Tall Gunner (Cony.) ...5 64.50Miss America (Cony.) ... 59.50Four Aces 125.00Big Parade 125.00Topic 85.00Al, Force 85.00Miami Beach 64.50Tex. Mustang 75.005 Ball Games Accented as Trade In.

WANTED-Sporty, lolly, Polo, Yacht Club,Horne Run, Stratolincr, SportParade, Velvet, Dixie, All Ameri-can, Star Attraction. Fox Hunt,Four Diamonds, Mascot, TwinSix, Silver Skates. Sky Blazer,Leader, Clamour, Play Ball, PanAmerican. Attention, Skyline,West Wind, Stars, Zombie,Duplex, Do-Rc-Mi.

MID -STATE CO. 284CHIC aa E1L2T.

PHONE: SACRAMENTO 2881

Gov/I gilled maier!

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* New Electric Selectors, V Typo ... 24.50 Buckley Box., 30 -WireTerms: 1/3 Deposit, Balance C. 0. D.

ATLAS PERSONAL SERVICE -KNOWN WORLD-WIDE!

BRAND NEW 10e -25eCOLUMBIA BELLSCONSOLES

5e Big Game. PO WriteJumbo, PO, Late .$149.50Bally Club Bell... WriteBobtaIl, PO .. 119.50Jumbo FP, Late . 108.60Er. Bangtall, JP writeHI -Hand, F.P. ...5194.50

SLOTSSe Mills Blue FrontsSe Mills Brown Fronts50 Jenn. Silo. Moon Club

66 Jenn. Silver Club60 Mills Dial Vendor

10tJenn. Silver Chief

PIN GAMESMarvel's Baseball 5179,50Unost Tigers magStreamliner 229.50Brazil 229.50Air Raider Writ°Sky Rider $249.60Foreign Colors 249.50

I METERED VEST POCKET, PLUS MO -DEL

Gold AwardS127.50

ARCADESteb. Jap Dun ...$149.50Panoram 395.00Western Super Grip 69.50Moto. Card Vendor 30.00Shoot the Chutes . 169.60Bally Bull 108.50Rock-Ola Ten Pin 79.50Rapid Firo WriteSkyfighter WriteDrixemobile Write

$54.50

Singing Towers Write

PARTS FOR ALLClear Corner Plastics for Rockola 59.60New Pace Slot Clocks 16.00Hockey Motor Exchange 8.00Unidirectional Photo Cells for Ray

Duns 3.50Dun Lens for Chicken Sam 2.00Keeney Submarine Balls. 100 3.00Toggle Switch. Double Switch,

Double Throw .75Atlas Parts Kit, Special 4.75Rapid Fire Gun CastIngS 16.5012" P.M. Speak, 10.5060 Jackpot for Mills 15.50

Wuriltter 71 & Stand Write

YOUR NEEDSWorld:et Seeburg Casters, Set

of 4 $1.50ABT Coln Chutes. Res A F.P. 3.75Mills 4 Boll Glasses, Complete, Set

of 8.7630 MFD 450 V Condensers 1.2630-30 Condensers 1.25Western Kicker Coils 6.00Red Plastic, 20,60", 080 Healy

Gauge 12.50Red Plastic, 20,60.. Light Gauge 10.50Milliameter, to Test Wall Bolos 15.00

ISLOT CLOCKS REPAIRED $15.00

Writo for Complete Par. ListACCESSORIES

soeburg Speak Organ, Fact, Rebuilt 539.50 Seeburg T12 TransmItterawIthTub. 521.25New Seeburg Shoot the Chutes Cabinet 22.50 Seeburg T32 Transmitters with Tubes 21.259.50 *

FRIENDLY.

MAMMAL,SERVICE

2200 N. WESTERN AVE. PHONE ARMilage 5005 CHICAGO 47Assoc.) ATLAS AUTOMATIC MUSIC CO.. 4704 CASS AVE., DETROIT 1OfInces1ATLAS NOVELTY CO., 2219 FIFTH AVE.. PITTSBURG 19

TUBES AND PARTSFor the Coin Machine Industry

2A3.....$1.752A40 .... 2.105840 .... 1.00603 1.006C6 1.006116.13T 1.00815 .906070 1.006L6/3 1.7666C7 1.3080/7 1.006SQ7-07 1.00

6X5 -0T ..5 .90261.6GT . 1.1038 1.1041 .8645 .8076 .8578 .9079 1.8080 .702061 2.0511440 1.001060 . 1.30

.006 MFD 800 Volt $ .18

.01 MFD 600 Volt . .1

.02 MFD 600 Volt . .16

.06 MFD 800 Volt . .20

.1 MFD 600 Volt .. .2

.25 MFD 600 Volt . .36

.6 MFD 600 Volt .. .488 MFD 450 WV .. .76

16 MFD 600 WV .. 1.8030 MFD 450 WV .. 1.46

8 MFD 600 WV .. 1.0518 MFD 450 WV .. 1.10

500 OHM 10 WT.$1500 OHM 10 WT.2000 OHM 10 WT3000 OHM 10 WT.4000 OHM 10 WT.5000 OHM 10 WT.

.38

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3000 OHM 26 WTVariable Resistor for

Chicken Sans 5 .95

CE -23 PHOTO CELLS FOR RAY GUNS $1.70

ALL TUBES STANDARD BRANDS -ORIGINAL CARTONS -NO SUBSTITUTES

Attention, SEEBURG Operators:DIODE METER FOR FREQUENCY ALIGNMENT OF SEEBURG WIRELESS BAR BOXES,WALL BOXES. TRANSMITTERS. 1.01C Up Your Seeburg Systems With This GeneralElectric Meter With 2 Ranges 10-150 and 0.1500 Micro-Amperesl, Com-plete In Case With Push -Button Sensitivity Control and Phone Plug.... $14 50

Increase the Signal From Those Weak Bar-O-Matics and Wall-O-MaticsWith New 12 MFD 250 Volt Condensers, Each .80

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY

TERMS: 1/3 DEPOSIT ON ALL C. 0. D. ORDERS

ALLIED ELECTRONICS COMPANY67 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK 1$, N.Y.

(PHONE: MURRAY HILL 2.0755)

FOUR PACES ALLEYS FOR SALEWe wets obliged to close one of our army camp locations and have for sale four of theOriginal Paces Automatic Bowling Alleys for sale. They are complete with benches.stands, approach of oak flooring, battleship linoleum on alley runways, this was notoriginal on alleys. Due to tho automatic resetting not having been at all satisfactory, wechanged them over to manual resetting. The bowler by way of an overhead cablesystem resets the pins himself. Length over all is sixty feet.

PRICE CRATED FOR SHIPMENT, $1,000.00We guarantee them to be complete and to operate good. Full instructions of

installation supplies.

THE PLAYDIUMMR. HENDERSON, MGR.

1220 K STREET SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

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FLOOR SAMPLES, RERUILTS9 5, Original Gold Chrome, Spcl. Rls. $392.505 51 Mills Blue Front, Spct. Reels .. 276.005 10e Mills Blue Front, Secl. Reels .. 299.606 254 Mills Blue Front, Spci. Reels .. 375.004 6, Mills Brown Fronts, Secl. Reels. 299.503 108 Mills Brown Fronts, Seel. Reels. 385.006 25e MIAs Brown Fronts, Sell, Reels. 399.506 25e Gold Chrome, 500. Ris. 489.501 500 Gold Chrome, Sec. Ris. Write

NOTICE OUR GUARANTEE-IrnmedHtely

517 to Us, All Charles Prepaid, al"r7c1rileneWillIrby Us and We Find Machlnos Returned Scoot as

AND SLIGHTLY USEDI Baker's Pacer, Se Gold Award,

.6eet 9276.005 Mills SC Consoles. New 526.001 Keeney Submarine, Perfect 149.50

zf agm;;;P.....t. 249.50285.00

16 Columbia Bolls, Ch, 'Sep., Perfect 69.604 Kentucky Clubs 115.00

12 Jumbo Parade, CP, Latest Model 149.503 Mills Sc Gold Chrome. 3/5 Payout. 392.60

After Examination of

RIX.' VuiroPurciZarseeljr1."VtrRecReleuerrd'Shipped.

3 Dominos, Cash J.P., Dark Cab. ....$275.007 Domino, Cash J.P.. Light Cab. ... 375.00

_4 Dominos, Jr.,. Ch. See., Light Cab.. 385.0u

6 Mills 61 Jumbo Parade, F.P., Orig. . 88.50

1 Exhibit 6t Jockey Club Console 5 75.002 Bally oar., Hors, Fr. Play

ortune. Cash ?Free Play185.00300.00

10 Yankee lt Carette Machines 5.501 Formation 35.00

PHONOGRAPHS1 Wurlitler P12, Marble Glo 5125.001 Wuriltree 418

15A An-72 Wurlitser 616'5 225.00

1 Wuriltxer 800, Victory Mod. Keyboard Write1 Wurlitzer 950 Write1 Wuriltser 780, Colonial Write11 Ws:Hitler 716 175.001 Rockola 18 Record 135.00

1 Mills Theo. of Music . 5300.002 Seeburg Gems1 Seeburg Command. MS

335.00385.00

1 Stabs,,

Commander, ES 425.001 Seeburg Cadet, ES 475.001 Seeburg 8800. ES ... 575.00

Seeburg 8800. RC. ES 635.001 Seeburg 9800. RC, ES 575.002 Seeburg 7850's. ES . , .. 625.00

SUPPLIES20 101 Siugproof Coln Slots foe

0320 Wall Boxes $7.50 7,:ools..h.'clr.Ptroomflr?onasPse.rl'ot's'of.Fire$22:tg

10 Rock -Ole Wall Boxes, 01525. 8 Seeburg Select -o -Made 24 Selection,I

Now $66.00 Perfect $ 17.50TERMS: FULL CASH MUST ACCOMPANY ALL ORDERS IN THE FORM OF POST OFFICE,

EXPRESS, TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDERS OR CERTIFIED CHECKS.

1 MOSELEY VENDING MACHINE EXCHANGE, INC.00 BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. DAY PHONE 3 -4511 -NIGHT 6-5328.

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Late ModelGROETCHEN COLUMBIA

Gold Award Model, Fruit Reels,Adjustable 5c, 10c, 25c $89.50Play

'38 Keeney Tracktime $129.50Rapid Fire 220.00Mills Moderne Scale 49.50Exhibit Radiogram 149.50Evans Relate Jr. 89.50

SINGLE SLOT SAFEFront and Rear Door Model

$59.50Mills Spinning Reels. P.O. $139.50 0Mills 6' Dial Scale, Perfectly

Reconditioned 89.50 SMills 1-2-3, P.O., Rebuilt 89.50 grMills 5 -in -1 89.50 ,'Fac. Reb. Exh. Vitalizer 89.50 A

5c Rolatop $119.50 10t RolatopGroetchen 5c Liberty, Token Payout Counter Came

5c -10c -25c Blue Fronts, Brown Fronts, Gold ChromesWRITE FOR QUOTATIONS

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AA SEE US FOR PARTS!!! NNCoin Chutes for Mills Vest Pocket 5 3.50 ABT Free Play Coin Chutes $ 3.75 D

SP 1-2-3 Discs for Mills. Set 7.50 6$C7 Phonograph Tub. .95DCH 1, 2, 3 Discs for Mills. Set ... 7.50 Cash Box Doors (Minus Lock) 2.00 ...

Grab Hook for Mills Slots 5.00 Plastics for Rock -Ole '39, '40 Models, 1Idler Pinion Gears for Mills. Ea 2.50 Top Corners, Lower Sides. Ea. . . 12.75 itStandard Handles for Mills 2.00 Plastics for Seeburg 1941, 1942Club Handles for Mills 4.50 Models, Lower Sides. Each .... 14.50 I/Jackpot Glasses for Mills 1.25 Corner Plastics for Mills Throne. Ea. 12.50 .Reel Glasses for Mills .50 Sheet Plastic, 50x20 12.50 IEscalator Glasses for Mills .50 New Locks for Pin Balls .65Award Cards, 2/5 or 3/5, for Mills .25 5, 10, 15 Amp. Fuses. Each .04 NSet of 5 Four Bell Classes for Mills. 12.50 Bulbs, No. 40-44-46-47-81, 1456 -Glass for Mills 3 Bells 17.50 1458. Each .07 GsSpring Kit (55 Springs) for Mills .. 9.75 Reel Stops for Super Bells .40 ''''''

Many Other Parts Avallab e. Write Us Your Needs.WE REPAIR MILLS SLOT CLOCKS -SEND THEM IN

All machines reconditioned and refinished by experts. Write TERMS: 1/3 °coon, W.for complete II. Iand quotations on parts and equipment not listed. Order, Balance C. 0. D.

afift MACHINES )& SUPPLY CO. ,

\I 3834 W. Fullerton Ave. (Phone CAPitol 8244) Chicago 47, III.

011,1101011010106611.11MIKWIZILIMMI01016.\\IIMMILIIVI 1:11\1101,7,AV

IFr GUARANTEED MERCHANDISEMILLS BLUE FRONTS - MILLS Bare,N.F,RONTS - MILLS CHROME BELLS $

Reconditioned - Refinished Knee Roller - Drill Proof - Spoon Proof.A0Al. Paco, JonnIngs and Watling Slots -All Denominations.5SPECIALS

Bally Rapid Fire ":3g:gg 00 Mute. SkyfIghter Tknivr,-,BARv-to Hitler Target uuns . ' " th 57.60

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& PARTS FOR MILLS SLOTS 5$1.00

00 Idler Pinion Gears $1.2505 CashCash Iroc713oors INo Locks) 2.00 0r Knee Action With Springs (31

Main Clock Gears (Complete) 3.00 Spring Kit 155 Springs) 9.50Bottom Payout Slide, 5 Cr 25c 3.50 Award Cards, 3/5 or 2/5 n

0jackpot Glasses 1.00 Reel Strips. 236 or 356 1.00 0

0Escalator Glasses .50 Club Handles 4.00

0Reel Classes 131 1.50 Standard Handles 2.00

0TERMS: 1/3 Deposit, Balanco C. 0. D. or Sight Draft.

So0uthwest Amusement Company00

02916.18 Main Street (Rivereidc 5141) Dallas 1, Texas $

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REBUILDING AND REFINISHINGAll Model Slot Machin.

Machines completely rebuilt and refinished. Returned like new. Genuine factory mechanics.All work guaranteed.

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ilea( "EAGLE PLASTICS"You Can NOW Greatly Enhance the

Beauty and Value of Your WurlitzerVICTORY MODEL CABINETS

With Our New Unbreakable PlasticsReplacing the Glass Panels

1 to 5 SETS $28.00 Per Set of 7 Panels6 to 24 SETS 25.20 Per Set of 7 Panels

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NEW ! PERFORATED GRILLE PLASTICSheets 20 In. Wide by 50 In. Long. '12." PERAvailable in Red. Amber or Blue.

WURLITZEREach

800 Top Corners $16.50800 Lower Sides 13.50800 Middle Sides 3.00800 Top Centers 'Right or Left. Red) 8.00800 Back Sides tercels) 9.50600. 500 Top Corners 4.00700 Top Corners 7.50700 Lower Sides 9.50700 Back Sides 8.50750 Top Corners 8.75750 Lower Sides 8.75750 Top Center 4.25750 Middle Sides 2.00850 Top Corners 9.50850 lower Sides 8.75850 Top Center 11.00950 Lower Sides 10.50

We/AA!EAKAII"UNBW AsiEEDt*i ,

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SHEET

850 PEACOCK GLASSES, $3.50 EachI No Le. Than 3 Glasses Shipped)

s500pi. so

ROCK-OLAStandard, Master, Deluxe or Supers: Each.Top Corners ISolid Red, Yellow or

Green) $12.75Lower Sides I Red or Yellow) 12.75

SEEBURG Each"Ill -Tone" -Model 9800. 8800, 8200,

lower Sides ISolid Red, Yellow orGreen) $14.50

"Classic" "Colonel- "Malor"-TopCar (Salmi Red, Yellow or Green) 6.00

MILLS EachThrone -Empress -Top Corners, Red .$14.00Throne -Empress --lower Sides, Rcd 14.00

BUCKLEY BOXESSide Plastics. Pcr Set $2.00

SHEET PLASTIC20 -x50" -Pliable ---Per Sheet

$0 Gauge, Red, Yellow or Green ....$12.5060 Gauge. Rcd. Yellow or Green .... 14.50RO Gauge, Rcd, Yellow or Green 16.00

IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT . . ASK

FOR ITI WE MAY HAVE IT IN STOCK !TERMS: 1/3 Deposit With Order. Balance C. 0. D.

F. 0. B. Chicago. III.

528 5. Deorborn St. Wabash 1089 Chicago S. III.

ADVANCE BAR STOP FOR ALL MILLS BELLSHero is a LIFE SAVER on that nextrepair job. Savo time. Save money.Save your location. Fits all Mills Bells.Location tested and can be put on infive minutes. Stronger than originalsteel part.Save the price of a new coin escalator.Made from vulcanized special proces,dhard fibrecord. Part comes completewith special 3120 screws, nuts andwashers.

S2.50 eachOrder a Sample and You'll Bay Them by the Dozen:

BLOCK MARBLE CO 1527 FAIRMOUNT AVE.PHILADELPHIA 30, PA.

GET IT FROM BLOCK -THEY HAVE IT IN STOCK !

MILLS 4 -BELLSThoroughly Renovated and Now Known As-

THE MAY -BELLYou Take No Risk on Our 15 -Day Free Trial!

Service call, practically eliminated . Any combination play desired from 5c to 50c.Special Orange- Plum - Bell and Bar. Rapid-fire action on OUR CASH PAYOUT!

EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR BALLY PARTS, SERVICE AND REPAIRS

SAM MAY INDUSTRIES, 2000 N. Oakley Ave., Chicago 47.

SUGAR RESTRICTIONS(Continued from page 67)

possible, cereal product output at thepresent level.

Present plans do not call for continu-ing the 5 per cent differentia! for ice-cream manufacturers beyond the secondquarter. OPA said.

The 68 per cent level established formany industrial users is 5 per cent lessthan the smallest percentage allotmentthey have thus far received.

The sugar allotments each class of in-dustrial user will receive beginningApril 1, 1945, follow:

75% of Base UseClass 1, bread and other bakery prod-

ucts: Class 2. baking mixes. Includingbatters; Class 5, breakfast cereals, cerealpaste products, such as spaghetti andmacaroni,

70% of Base UseClass 4, ice cream, ices. sherbets, frozen

custards and mixes used for these pur-poses; Class 18, Jams, jellies, preserves.marmalades and fruit butters.

65% of Base UseClam 5, condensed milk In containers

of one gallon or less; cheese; other dairyproducts not Included in other Items;frozen eggs and sugared egg yolks; Class6. bottled beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), flavoring and coloring ex-tracts, fountain sirups, drink mixes,brandied fruits, maraschino cherries.fountain fruits, pickled fruits and vege-tables, relishes.

Class 7. mayonnaise and salad dress-ing: Class 8. products fried In fat (exceptbakery products), ouch as nuts, potatochips; Class 9, candy, chocolate, cocoa,chewing gum: Class 10. sandwiches;Class II, dehydrated and dried soup andmixes; Class 12, canned and bottledfoods (not Included In other Items).table sirups; Class 15. experimental. edu-cational demonstration and testing pur-poses; Class 16. all other classes (food):Class 17, all other classes (non-food).except Classes 14 and 15.

120% of Base UseCU. 14, pharmaceuticals (Internal),

allergy foods. vitamin oils, cough drops;Class 15, pharmaceuticals (external).

InventoriesBetween March 16. 1945, and June 15.

1945. surplus inventories, ration checks,coupons. etc.. and ration bank balancesof Industrial users will be taken up.

Industrial users of sugar and proc-essed foods will be permitted to retainapproximately an average 60 days' supplyof these foods. Industrial users of meats -fats will be permitted to have an amountequal approximately to an average 90days' supply. In the case of meats -fatsitems recently added to the ration list,industrial users will be permitted toestablish a 15 -day inventory.

The taking up of excess inventories willwork in this manner: Assume that an in-dustrial user has in his inventory 5,000pounds of sugar, or ration checks or cog -

pons to obtain 5,000 pounds of sugar, andthat 3,000 pounds is enough for him to op-erate for 60 days, The difference of 2,000pounds Is considered as excess Inventory andwill be charged to his future allotments ormay be immediately settled by the indus-trial user writing a ration check to thedistrict or the local board where ho Isregistered.

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High quality -3/16 In. crystal -mailableIn all popular pin -ball sites.

20142 -Case of NI. $13.5021.41 -Case of Eight 12.0021143 -Case of Eight 12.0023o47 -Case of Seven . - . . . . . 13.00

Full Remittance With Or.,F. 0. 8. Baltimore.

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.ORDERS SHIPPED SAME DAY.

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01 ALL PARTS MUST BE THERE!* CABINETS MUST BE IN FAIR CONDITION! *WRITE FOR SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS !

690 Fort Washington Avenue$ CHARLES KATZ New York 33, N. Y. (Wadsworth 3.19211

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CALVERT SALES CO.

FOR SALESix Bally Hi -Hands, F.P. Comb. A-1 condi-tion. Ready for operation. $185.00 each.

* First Money Gets Them*

SKILL AMUSEMENT CO.1751 Chester Ave. Cleveland 14, Ohio

'PeMILWAUKEESPECIALS:

ONE BALLSFortune. Convertible to Free Play

or Pay Out 11274.150Skylark, Convertible to Fres Play

or Pay Out 160.50Pace Saratoga. Se 129.60Mille Big Race (7 Coin) 250.00Challenge, 249.50Race King 249.50Sea Biscuit 79.50Blue Ribbon 69.50Sport Page 69.50Thistledown, P.O. 69.50Gold Cup 49.50Gold Medal 49.50Gottlieb Multiple Rama 49.50Ak Sar Ben 49.50Bally Stables 39.50Fair Grounds 29.50

SLOTSJennings 4 Star Chief. 6c 5138.50Caiils 3.6. 6e, 579.60: 100,

594.60: 26C 13950Cell. 2.4, 6c 97.50Mills Vest Pocket (A1 Condition):

Blue 4 Gold 57.50Chrome 67.50

Rally Reliance Dice Game 49.50Q.T.. Be, 669.501 10C 59.50

CONSOLESBaker Pacers 6450.00Par, ROCA, (Brown Ceb.-.90 Odd) 225.00Fast TInte 129.50Zipper 29.50Sliver Moon. Totalizer or F.P. 139.50Watling Big Game. P.O. 97.507Umbo Parade, F.P. 97.50

FIVE BALLSNew Champs S 59.50Oh John, 49.50Three Score 49.50On Deck 39.50Salute 39.50Target 80111 39.50RerWiter 34.50Anabel 29.50Entry 29.50Fifty Grand 29.50Red. White and 131. 29.50guise CI, 29.50

MISCELLANEOUSBuckley Bar Boses $ 14.50Roc.. Bar Boms 18.50Wurlitme Bar Boxes 18.50WO/hirer Speaker 4 Boo 115.00Keeney Anti-Almeaft10 Chicken Sams with bases and 6

Rapid Fires. all In working con-dItIon Make an cow

1/3 Deposit, Balance C. 0. D.awe Distributor for Seeburg Phonographs

and Accessories.

MILWAUKEECOIN MACHINE COMPANY

3130 W. Lisbon Are.

MILWAUKEE 8. WISCONSIN

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1423 SPRING GARDEN STPHILADELPHIA 30, PA

WANT TO BUYWILL PAY $50.00 EACH FOR . .

BALLY ATTENTIONS

MILLS OWLS

ADVISE QUANTITY !

H. ROSENBERG CO.627 10th Ave. New York City

Longacre 3.2479

WANT TO BUY50e and 81.00 SLOTS

QUOTE US LOWEST PRICE. GUARANTEEDCONDITION AND WHEN YOU CAN SHIP.

EXPOSITION GAMES CO.989 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco 2. Cal.

March 24, 1945 The Billboard AMUSEMENT MACHINES 77

SOMETHING NEW IN

CHARLEY BOARDS

X120 HCYCKPOT GOES OUT_

Goes all out for profits, too. Single 120 -HoleIlackpot punches out completely. It's a $60.00Definite profit -zipper that M -0 -V -E -S,

c ORDER AS: NO. 1000 ALL OUT (HARLEYTAKES IN: 1000 @ 25c $250.00PAYS OUT: 190.00

DEFINITE PROFIT $60.00t Write for Circular 245 describing this andj other Gardner "Idea Clickers."

GARDNER & CO.2309 ARCHER CHICAGO

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FOR SALEMills Cold, Chrome and Blue Frontsin 5-10-25 & 50c Play. FactoryRebuilt with New Cabinets andClub Handles.

READY FORLOCATION

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5c Er 5c PAMCO BELL 69.50IENN. SILVER MOONS, P.P. 125.00

5c CHIEF, FAC. REBUILT 250.00SLOTS

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5c CAILLE CADET, 3-5 89.505c BLUE FRONT, G.A. 195.00

WAT. BIC CAME, F.P., CLOCK ... 125.00BAKER'S PACERS, I.P. Er D.D. .... 245.00

5c BLUE FRONT, FAC. REB. 255.0025c BLUE FRONT, FAC. REB. 385.00

5c PACE REELS, CASH 129.5010c PACE REELS, CASH 195.00

25c CAILLE CADET, A-1 149.50COLUMBIA FRUIT, G.A., USED 89.50

ONE BALLS 5c WATL. ROLATOPS, 3-5 109.50BALLY KENTUCKY 5395.00LONGACRES En THOROBREDS, F.P 565.00

5c MILLS WAR EAGLE, 3-5 159.5010c PACE 5 -STAR COMET, 3-5 149.50

BALLY PIMLICO, F.P. 445.00ALL AMERICAN DERBY, 1 -Ball F.P. 295.00

25c MILLS GOOSENECK, 2-4, I.P. . 89.505c MILLS SKYSCRAPER, 3-5 129.50

NOW THE KLEER-FLO PARTS AND MECHANISMCLEANING MACHINE - INCLUDING 30 CAL. $119.50DISTRIBUTING!! DRUM OF CLEANER.

USED PIN GAMES NEW REVAMPS USED PIN GAMESJEEP $129'50SHANGRI-LA, Gott. 154.50

STREAMLINER ,..5250.00.. .,OKLAHOMA 250.00GRAND

CANYON. 250.00KEEP EM FLYING5119.50SCHOOL DAYS 69.60

ACTION .. 129-805-10-20 ... ...... 129.50

ARIZONA 260.00MARVEL BASE -

HOROSCOPE .::: 6450NEW CHAMP .... 64.50

'41 MAJORS 69.50TEN SPOT 67.60

BALL ....... 179.50PIN UP GIRL ... 209.50

HOME RUN, '42 .. 99.50KNOCK OUT .. 129.50

SPOT A CARD 79.50JUNGLE ... 69.60

FLYING TIGER .. 209.00MARINES ... ... 199.50

BIG PARADE .... 134.50BIG CHIEF 49.50

SPORT PARADE . 49.50BROADCAST ..... 59.50

FOREIGN COLORS 249.60AMERICAN

SKY LINE 44.50FOX HUNT 49.50

GUN CLUB 79.50ALL AMERICAN 49.50

BEAUTIES .... 199.59PRODUCTION 179.50

SOUTH PAW . 74.50INVASION 139.50

SEA HAWK 64.50BOLOWAY 74.50

EAGLE SQUADRON 179.50SHANGRI-LA .... 179.60

ZIG ZAG 69.60FOUR ACES 129.60

FOUR ROSES .... 64.50 FLAT TOP 250.00 ABC BOWLER . 54.60

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DOMINO JR.A Complete Casino Game in DeluxeJunior Size -Top Attraction for BigPlay on Counter Locations!

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Colorful. Ruby cabinet and layout panel set UPconveniently on counter. Button control spine Pointeron dial. 32 combinations --odds from 2 to 1 up to20 to 1. Also operates on wall m back bar withremote control. Built to last . . . hardwood cabinet,simple mechanism. 115 V., 50 Cycle A.C. operation.Size 17 '4" high. 13 'A " wide, 4%" deep. Shippingart., complete, 16 lbs.

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STATE CONDITION AND BEST PRICE IN FIRST LETTER

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PartsWe have parts for Wurlitzer Skee Balls and National Skee Rolls. RewindArms, Quadrant Gears, Rocker Arms, Maple Balls, Connection Cables,Clamps, Springs, Gear Units, Motors, Nets and Wurlitzer Drop CoinShoots. If your alleys need overhauling or remodeling write toJ. M. SEIDEL, 741 E. 42nd Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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March 24, 1945 The Billboard AMUSEMENT MACHINES 79

WE TAKE THE GAMBLEWHEN YOU BUY FROM US!

ANY MACHINE WE SELL IS GUARANTEED TOSATISFY OR THE SHIPMENT CAN BE RETURNEDWITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER DELIVERY FOR FULLCASH REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE LESS THETRANSPORTATION CHARGES.

GET OUR PRICESMILLS GOLD CHROME BELLSMILLS BROWN FRONT BELLSMILLS BLUE FRONT BELLSMILLS CHERRY BELLSMILLS WAR EAGLE BELLSMILLS ROMAN HEAD BELLSMILLS MELON BELLSMILLS CLUB CONSOLESBAKERS PACERS

ALL MODELS - ALL COIN PLAYSWE SPECIALIZE IN REBUILDINGMILLS SLOTS and PACES RACES

WE BUY -SELL -EXCHANGEWe Pay the Highest Cash Prices for

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BAKER NOVELTY CO.1700 WASHINGTON BLVD., CHICAGO 12, ILL.

fitaI / Pat/la 1: if,/ Irea41111boards by HARLICH that bring in the P -R -O -F -I -T -S!

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No. 17013 768 Holes

25c Ploy 5p. Thick

Takes in...$192.00Pay out... 133.90PROFIT ... $58.10

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"Where boards 4 BETTER QUALITY for BETTER PROFITS are Wade"

GENERAL LEADS THE LL NENEW REVAMPS

Flat TOP 5250.00

FREE PLAY GAMES MISCELLANEOUSRe.nditionod5109.50

10 Holly Grippers ....$ 8.76ActionWagon Wheels 249.50Flying Tigers 209.50

6.10-20 109.50Yanks 99.50

Late Anti AircraftJennings, Bobtail, F.P.

69.60109.50

Marines 199.50Spot Cha 190.50

VictoryBosco

89.5084.50

Rapid Fire .. ......Shoot the Chu. ....

209.50139.50

Martel Baseball 179.50P 4 S Revamps 179.50

VenusGun Club .

74.50 Jennings Jr. Scale ....Shoot the Jap

69.50749-50

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GENERAL AMUSEMENT COMPANY211 V/. 3RD AVE. PHONE 3-4887 FLINT 4, MICHIGAN

?$20.00 MORE PAID FOR SKEEBALLS--$20.00200 WANTED-WURLITZERS-BANK ROILS -KING PINS

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The best test of all -pull the handle. The response

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the Mills Coin Machine "has the stuff," it is quiet and

sure. In Post -War, operate Mills Equipment.

MILLS NOVELTY COMPANY CHICAGO 39, ILLINOIS

PARTS FOR MILLS SLOTSSPRING KITS ?:.,.1:00';

Assortment0ots°,fC'ocri"'F.InSrainncrLarge Assortment of Springs.

Bottom Main Slides, 1 Cherry or 3/6 Plug to Fill Space on Front CastingP.O., 50, 100. 250 94.20 When Eliminating Gold Award ......$1.00

Slides. Comoleto Set, 50 1 Cherry or 3/5 Plug Shield To Fill Space on Wood Cab!.

Motal Reward Plate Vest PocketP.O. with Top Corer. Sot 22.50

2.00 Rewardf'etW'Clnd EFtr ranrnnolonn 'LI: Anndt". : ..* 1Vest Pocket Coln Chute, Eir 3,25 Payout and J.P. Money Cup for Gold and *7Reel Strips, 3/5 or 1 Cherry P.O. Sot . .66

In 100 Set Lots. Set .40ROward Cards, 1 Cherry or 3/6 P.O. .. .20

In Lots of 100. Each ...... ..... .10Oval Metal Reward Plato for Blue or

Brown Front (3/5 P.O.) .6Reward Card for Q.T. .36Metal Reward Plate, Gold or Chrome

Bell, 1 Cherry or 3/6 P.O. .. . .. . 7.50Marker Button, 68, 100, 250, for Etfuo or

Brown Front . . .. ... ..... .50Marker Plates for Gold or Sliver Chrome.

51, 101, 250 1.50Largo Clock Gears, Complete 3.60Idler Pinion Gear 3.25Plato a. Frame to Cover Upper J.P. So

Only One J.P. Will Show 2.50Slug Boxes .75Club Handles, Painted and Chromed 4.50Roof Glass Frames 1.25Payout 171s., 1 Cherry or 3/5 P.O. Sot 7.50Discs Plugs .26Oval Chrome Framo To Use Paper Reward

Card on Brown Front 2.00Largo Cash Boxes 2.00Payout Tubes with Hopper, 50,100, 268. 3.7520 -Stop Star Whop]. Set 3.00Kneo Action Parts for Your Old Levers. Set 3.75Top Covers for 50, 100 and 250 Sildos 3.50Cherry Jewell for Brown Front 4.50

2.50Vender

Jack-PotWiass' en 1.25Reol Glass .50Escalator Glass Lai, Clock Gear, Complete for JenningsJ.P. Oates, 60, 106. 25C 1.60 Slots 34.25

1/3 Deposit Must Accompany All Orders.

Chrome Boll ......... 3.60Reels Completely Assembled With Payout

Discs Stop, Stars, etc. (1 Cherry, 3/6P.O.). Set 22.50

Payout Base Assembly, 50, C.S.P. 3266.Sot 12.50

Mechanism Base, M.L.B.2616 4.60Standard Handles 2.00Top Glass for Jumbo Parade, Cash or

F. P., Fruit or Animal Symbols 3.00Backboard Glass, Jumbo Parado, Cash

Model 2.00Largo Clock Gov, Complete for Jen-

nings Slots ........ . 4 26Comploto Set Castings for Gold Glitter*

War Eagle Welt, for PricesCornpleto Sets Castings for Brown

FrontColn Bar Rolea. Lever Assembly, Co'

Prices

2798 C.S.P. 2.60Chock Detector Operating Arm Assembly,

2761 C.S.P. 2.00Jack Pot Push Bar, M.L.B. 2823 1.25Timing Lover Support, M.L.B. 3402A ..Piston Operating Loan. Assembly, 2765

.60

C.S.P.Reel Timing Lover Assembly. 2765A C.S.P. 1:gg0,0,001. Lover Lock and Pin Assombl,

Timing Lever and Hub Assembly, 2753 1.503453A C.S.P.

Wo have of Bolts,C.S.P.

Nu.. Rivets. PI, Etc.

SICKING, INC. 1401 CENTRAL PARKWAY, CINCINNATI 14, O.

PIN BALL BUMPER STEM REPAIR SLEEVES"MADE OF SILVER, BUT WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD"

Cittfit'rAir,:,;ct off THOUSANDS IN USE!BECAUSE

THEY END BUMPERTROUBLE!

Just silo In place and saucese. No solder noodod. Stop mosttoll burnage and outer -order tall,. Giro now lifer to yourUrtd lamas for the duration. Will fit all games. Immodtato

es,d.dei"Nn u'Erusines; Card to This Ad for C. 0, D. or

MAIL $2.15 FOR EACH PACKAGE OF 25Largo Sire 53.00 for Pko. of 20

GENERAL COIN MACHINE SUPPLY CO.940 MICHIGAN AVE., BUFFALO 3, N. Y. Established 1930

RUSH SAMPLE ORDER C. 0. D. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.

Copyrighted material. is,

so AMUSEMENT MACHINES The Billboard March 24, 1945

5.10-25c Blue Fronts

5.10.25c Cherry Bells

5.10-25c Gold Chromes

5.10-25c Silver Chromes

CENTRAL OHIO COIN QUALITY BUYSEr'THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR QUALITY

PIN BALLSKEEP 'EM FLYING Write MYSTIC 549.50AIR CIRCUSBIG PARADE

WriteWrite

MILLS 1940 1.2.3MILLS OWLS. LIKE

89.60NEW 99.50

KNOCKOUTS5.10-20

WriteWrite SCHOOL DAYS 52.60

VICTORIESVELVET

Write569.50

DIXIEBELLE HOP

42.5069.50

DOUBLE PLAYSUNBEAM

79.60,79.50 BOSCOBANDWAGON

89.5031.50

ZOMBIE 89.50 TEN SPOT 89.50Woolf Solomon

REVAMPSMarines atWESTERHAUS WESTERHAUS I

GOTTLIEB'S BELL'S BELL'SCover Flying Pln Up

PI .5209.50 Invasion S165.00 Glrl 5249.50 Tioers 5209.60 Girl 5209.50

Sc Super Bells, comb., like new Write25c Super Bells, comb., like new WriteTwo Way Super Bells, 5c -5c, C. P. WriteTwo Way Super Bells, 5c -25c Write4 Way Super Bells, 5c-5(-5(-5( Write4 Way Super Bells, 5c -5c -5(-25c Write4 Bells, late WriteJumbo Parades, C. P., late $129.50Jumbo Parades, F. P., late 109.50Track Odds, late, D. D. Write

Bakers Pacers, late, D. D. J. P $299.50Bally Club Bells, comb., late 299.50Bally High Hands, comb., late 199.505c Silver Moon Totalizers, F. P 119.505c Bobtail Totalizers, F. P. 119.5025c Bobtail Totalizers, F. P 179.50Keeney Past Times, 9 coin 299.50Triple Entrys, 9 coin 159.50Track Times, '38, like new 125.00Kentucky Clubs, '38, A-1 109.50

Drivernobiles WriteBally Defender WriteAir RaiderRapid Fires 5178.50P001011.10 WriteBatting Practices 139.50

PA NO:1A%1SOL ATE

ARCADE EQUIPMENTJennings Barrel Roll 5145.004 Gun Rifle Range WriteNow See a Freak 129.50Sky Fighters WriteKeeney Submarines 189.50Bowl a Bomb 239.50

MUSICMEW SINGING TOWERS

VOICE RECORDERSWo have a limited number el11. Portable Voice Recorder,complete with play back.Write or Phone foe Price.

WURLITZER '41COUNTER MODELS

35 MILLS VEST POCKETS, PLUS AND New Revamp by Westerhaus, Owl changed toMETERED, BLUE & GOLD, LIKE NEW- FOREIGN COLORS -9249.50.

559.50 EA. Sensational - No Reels. 910.00 Fed. Tax.

SLOTS -NN RITE, WIRE or PHONE for PRICES5c Jennings Club Consoles Box Stands, Bars,locks 22.50

25c Jennings Club Consoles Heavy Double Safe 139,50Sc 4 Star Chiefs

10c 4 Star Chiefs Double Safe, comb. lock 69.50

Sc 10c Cigarolla XV Single Safe,comb.lock 49.50ONE HALF CERTIFIED DEPOSIT W TH ORDERS

CENTRAL OHIO COIN MACHINE EXCHANGE514 S. HIGH ST., COLUMBUS 15, 0. Phones ADams 7949, ADams 7993.

RECONDITIONEDRapid Fire .... 5219.50Brown Anti:A:remit

Gun 89.60Bowla-Bomb--9 Ft

Alloy 249.50Tall Gunner 229.50

RECONDITIONEDBally Big Top. F.P. 5139.50Bally Blg Too. C.P 139.50Bally Club Bell 209.50Bally Club Bell (But.

ton Type, 339.50Mills Four Bolls,

3/50, 1/25e 7901100

RECONDITIONEDABC Bowler s 69.60A ir Circus 129.50Belle Hop 89.6..8Ig Chief 59.50Broadcast 49.52Metro ..... 69.5.Soot a Card 79.60

ARCADE EQUIPMENT'Texas Leaguer, 1e ..5 42.50Keeney Submarine

Gun .... . . .... 195.00Seeburg lap Converted

Gun .... ..... 159.60Exhibit se Vitaliser. 89.60

CONSOLESBally Roll 'Em, aS IS 9125.00Super Bell Comb. .. 350.00Bally High Hand .. 199.00Mills Jumbo Parade

Comb. ... 199.60Jennings Liberty Bell,

C P 89.60GAMES

Champ S 89.60Cressline ... 49.50Dude Ranch . . 44.50Five & Ton 129.50Pan American 59.50Majors, '41 ... 72.60Three Score 38.60Gold Star 39.50

Gottlieb 3 -Way GripScale ...S 19.50

Groot.. MetalTYPer 139.50

Rock-Ola Ten PIM,(H.D.) 89.50

Jungle Came, F.P. .5139.50Jennings Multiple Racer.

C.P. 89.60Paces Races, Black

Cabinet .... 99.00Jennings Sliver Moon,

F P .. 139.60

Four Diamond ....5 69.50Four Rose, 59.50Gun Club .. ...... 84.50Home Run. '42 55.00Invasion (Rev.) 129.50Sara Suzy -

'tai'a .tu.7 28.50Knockout 129.50

WANT ROCK-OLA PLAYMASTERS-`MILL PAY $200.00 EACHMUST BE IN G000 CONDITION

WILL PA1' HIGHEST PRICES FOR:EXHIBIT: West Wind, Sun Beam, Stars, Do-RwMi. Sky Blazer, Leaders. zombies, owe.,BALLY: Attentions, Sliver Skates, Mascots.

All obese games must be complete with all parts!PHONOGRAPHS: All types.

SEND ES YOUR LISTAbovo Merchandise Offered Subject to Prior Sale,

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Rapid Fire Choke CoilsRelay Coll, 11.130Shutter CoilBally Alley MotorsTriggers450 Open Face Motor.

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A Ball Lift Assernblles

ABT 50 & 250 ChutesWiper Fingers for 3 end

4 -BellsView a Scope Films and

Feeder PinsRay Gun Lens & Bulbs

Fusestats & FusetronsPanoram Projector and EXelter

LamesMills Slot SpringsColn CountersTubular Wrappers

Collection BooksTitle StripsSilver Bumper SleevesStandard & Deluxe Contact

Kits

Heavy Duty All -Steel Mechanic's Tool Box $3.80

WE REPAIR MILLS CLOCKS . . . SEND THEM INSend for Latest Price List. Thousands of Other Parts for Prompt Delivery.

COIN MACHINE SERVICE COMPANY2807 N. WESTERN AVE. Phone: HUMboldt 3478 CHICAGO 47. ILLINOIS

WANTED TO BUYKEENEY SUPER BELLSBALLY HIGH HANDSMILLS JUMBO PARADES -CombinationMILLS THREE BELLSMILLS VEST POCKETS

SEEBURG CHICKEN SAMSPACKARD BOXESBUCKLEY (LATE) CHROME BOXES

PHONOGRAPHSSINGING TOWERSROCKOLASSEEBURGSWURLITZERS

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CALIFORNIA AMUSEMENT CO.Distributors and Jobbers

1348 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles 6, Calif.Telephone: PRospect 4131

OPERATORS: FOLLOW THE LEADERS!Get Your MoneyMakers From Lion! Pin Games -Ready for Location

5 -BALL FREE PLAY GAMESRed Hot 529.50Crystal 39.50Jolly 313.50Salute 39.50Red, White A Blue 39.50Smack the Jap 49.50Slap the Jae 49.50Broadcast 69.50All Out 69.60'41 Maier 69.50Snappy ... 69.50Sport Parade 89.50Ten Spot 75.00Miami Beach 75.00Zig Zap 75.00Lite a Card 79.50

Legionnaire .579.50Spot Pool 79.50Show Boat 79.50Gun Club 79.50Seven Up 79.50Bolaway 89.50Jungle 89.50Venus 99.50Bosco 99.50Destroyer 99.50Production 99.50VIctory 109.5DJeep 185.00Vic, Turf Champ . 189.50Sun Valley 179.50Invasion 179.50

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TODAY'S BIG MONEY MAKERDon't get us wrong. We never heard of a Wurlitzer so overloadedwith coin that it crashed through the floor.No, it's not that easy. It takes just as careful management to make alegitimate profit operating automatic phonographs as it does to makea success of any other business. This is why operators are buyingModernized Wurlitzers to step up their profits.Maybe it's the eye -stopping beauty of its cabinet. Maybe it's the ear -

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