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S O U T H E R N O R E G O N N EW S R E V IE W BROADW AY A N D M A IN STREET THS { ASK MS *) I { ANOTHER I ; MOITIE T o u in Although It May Not Be Love at First Sight, Television and the Movies Must Get Married tfpWTEP J A General Quiz By BILLY ROSE br°Theanio??es, a business with plenty of prod-.et, Is up against a rapid ly shrinking audience, and though some of the companies are still in the black. It's a cinch they won't be when there are 10 million TV sets in 10 m.lliou parlors. Judging by the financial pages, the people who own the companies agree with me because most of the movie stocks are selling for less than half of their 1946 quotations. The television business, on the are siphoning out of their box other hand, has a rapidly expand offices. Second, on a give-and- ing audience but , take basis, the film companies will darned little prod be able Io run off their trailers uct worth looking in millions of living rooms, and at. And, as I see the few tests of this type ot ad It, it Isn't the vertising indicate that it's plenty fault of the TV potent. Third, the midget screens tycoons — there can be used Io dev elop new pic Just isn't enough ture personalities, and this, as theatrical talent movie men will tell you. is the around to provide real life blood ot their silly busi good live enter ness. tainment for the Billy R o s e What can Hollywood do for Tele 800 half - h o u r shows which the networks must vision? Plenty. A sufficient amount of the right kind of film will solve present each week. In other words, unless something better than half of its program is done about it and pronto, one ming problems—and I'm. of course, business will grow more insolvent not referring to the grade-Z vintage stuff which certain stations now and the other more insipid. Is there a solution? Of course, run as a last and ludicrous resort. I'm talking about pictures ex and like all good solutions it’s a simple one: Television must mar pertly tailored for the small screen, ry the movies, or vice versa—and skillfully staged and lighted, and if there are laws on the books which which, among other things, will get in the way of these nuptials, steer clear of the long shots which then in the public interest the laws look like so much oscillating mush. Hollywood eventually can produce will have to be changed. darn near every type of TV pro The adtantage of this alliance gram from the travelogue to the a r e many a n d obvious. First, three-act dramatic play, but for through the sale or rental to tele- openers it might do well to con casters of film expressly made for centrate on the popular classics the fool-square TV screen, the that people never seem to get tired movies can start recouping some o t of the money that the home sets w & SHORT SHORT STORY ¡ESCB EI HkADIO AN ANNUAL AFFAIR By Richard H. Wilkinson AST YEAR WE appointed Bar L ney Bridges chairman of our annual fair in Bumcrest. Old Jake By INEZ GERHARD OHN DEREK rose to Hollywood Fletcher had been chairman for 15 prominence in "Knock on Any years, and there were those who disapproved of Door,” hit the jackpot again in “All ousting h im in the King's Men,” and now Columbia -Minute favor of young thinks his first Technicolor picture, .. Barney. ‘‘Rogues of Sherwood Forest," will top both of them. Next comes “The HClIOn Cyrus Gill, the Gainesville Circus.” But Derek's -------------------J town's leading rise to stardom was not so sudden and richest citizen, voiced the as it sounds A native of Hollywood, sentiments of the majority. “Jake ran a good enough fair, but Jake's getting old and his ways are out of date. We gotta keep up with the times out here in Burncrest like ev erywhere else. Barney Bridges is young and has modern ideas." This was true enough. Barney promised to zip up the fair. The first thing he planned to do was modernize the horse racing event. Heretofore we'd just had races that were run for the honor of the thing, trotters, with folks making side bets. Barney’s idea was to import some famous promoter and make the betting open. JOHN DEREK “It's a heck of a lot worse to have a lot of undercover bet son of parents who are actors, he ting going on with no system to was under contract to both David It than it will be to have open O. Selznick and 20th Century-Fox betting with everyone being before he got his big break when given a chance to throw in his Humphrey Bogart picked him to dime’s worth.” play the killer in “Knock on Any Every one but Jake Fletchei Door." In 1948 he married Patti Behrs, a film starlet. He is quiet- agreed. “The only trouble with spoken, serious, works hard at his that is,” he allowed, “this profes sional promoter jigger you’re go career ing to import ain’t known to none Broderick Crawford is now busy of us. If he’s a slicker, look out!” "Pshaw!” declared Barney tol sending Glenn Ford to jail in “Con victed"; he’s a district attorney, erantly. "The man I have in mind later a jail warden. Next he goes has been in the business for years. into the role every male in Holly He wouldn’t dare try nothin' fun- __ wood wanted, the lead in "Born ny. "Dunno about that,” said Jake. Yesterday.” “You got to figure that every last man of us is endowed with crimi- k “ Crime Report” (KMOX, St. Louis) is called by experts the hottest show in the Midwest. Hal .Stuart discusses the crime tnçws of the day each night at Î0:15; his tough voice and color ful reporting make it a crack ling roundup of what’s new in the underworld. "I am not a re tired police desk sergeant!” says Stuart, but admits having been a private detective. I 3 4» If you liked “A Letter to Three Wives" wait till you see “Three Husbands ” A millionnaire bach elor, played by Emlyn Williams, dies leaving letters to three of his best friends—Howard Da Silva, Sheppherd Strudwick and P.obert Karnes”—saying that he’s been car rying on romantic liasons with their wives, who are Eve Arden, Vanes sa Brown and Billie Burke. "Daytime Drama’ dresses, named for eight popular radio shows and two heroines, were launched at a Stork club luncheon recently; sim ilar fashion shows will be held across the country. "Right to Hap piness” is a crisp plaid sundress, “Anne Malone” a dark rayon sheer. "Big Sister,” "The Guiding Light” and "Ma Perkins” were all repre sented. I i John B rod erick, "B ro a d w a y’ « one-m an rio t sq u ad ,” served as bodyguard for everybody fro m Jack D e m p s e y and Queen M a r ie to Pres id e n t Roosevelt when he was a New Y o rk policem an. R K O w ill «how hl« c a re e r in " T h e L ife of John B ro d e ric k ." Every one but Jake Fletcher agreed. He allowed, “If he’« a slicker, look out.” nal Instincts. Oh, we’re honest enough on the surface. That’s be cause we’re smart. But you give us a chance to pull a fast one an’ we’ll Jump at it—if we’re sure we can get away witi: it.” NYWAY, Barney Imported this chap Dana Easton. Dana East on had promoted everything from prize fights to steamboat races. When we put the proposition up to him he said he’d sure be glad to promote the horse racing angle of our Fair. The day of the Fair arrived and it seemed that most of tbe money was bet on a mare named Homing Pigeon, driven by Charley Colewell. Charlie bad won plenty of race« In past year« and It looked like he was going to win again. A For instance, the best of the short stories of De Maupassant, O. Henry. Ben Hecht, Damon Run yon and Somerset Maugham; dit to. a series of symphonic stand bys with Toscanini and Stokowski conducting: double ditto, the in spired antics of Jimmy Durante. Maurice Chevalier and a hundred others In the rhinestoned hodge podge that makes up show business. Access to such a stock pile of film classics would, among other things, take the bone-crushing pres sure off the TV programmers and allow them to concentrate on a few really good live shows. (•»./ before long, if they use the sense that God gave geese, the blending of the reel and the real would add up Io entertain ment which one could watch without rushing for the rail. The overall consequence would he that two businesses which give employment Io lens of thousands would once and for all climb out of the red and into the pink. Paramount Pictures, which paid $560,000 for an interest In DuMont some vears ago, is angling to sell its holdings for $12,000.000. That would be a nice capital gain, of course, but I wonder if it wouldn't be smarter for Paramount to hold on to this stock and invest a few extra bucks in a film library to make DuMont the first TV network worth a second look. Who knows—it might be a handy hedge against the time when there are 20 million television sets, and DuMont is considering the purchase of Paramount for $560,000. I sat in the grandstand and watched the sulkies line up They made a pretty sight The band was playing, the sun shinning and everybody was happy and feeling everybody was happy. Then the race started. Around the track they went, six of them. Burnside’s best, stretching out their necks, in perfect stride Hom ing Pigeon led up to the half, then Jasper Bush’s horse came abreast of him, then Hector Dryson came abreast of them, then Fergus Cross came abreast of them. It looked like a neck and neck affair, which struck me as being strange. Then suddenly 1 stopped yelling and just stared. Coming down the stretch the four lead horses had slowed down . . . and by cripes, 15 yards from the finish tape, they all stopped! It wasn’t until late that night that I got all the details. Dana Easton had bribed Charlie Cole- well and Jasper Bush to pull their horses so Hector Dryson could win. Hector was a long shot and would have paid plenty. But it didn’t work that way. Why? Because Jake Fletcher had figured what Dana Easton was up to and had secretly and individually bribed the other four racers to hold in their horses. With all six drivers bribed the race simply came to a standstill and nobody finished. "Which,” Jake Fletcher pointed out, “just proves my contention that every man's a crook if he thinks he can get away with It.” n J W A IT M W NU The Q uestions C•»»•»»»••»«• »I 1. H o w w ou ld you Id e n tify a m o th w o rm ? 2. W h a t is th e o v e ra g e loss p e r f a m ily p e r y e a r in th e U n ite d S ta te s fro m m oths? 3. W h a t p la n e t co m es n e a re s t to th e ea rth ? 4. G iv e the so u rce of the quo ta tio n : " B u t th e te n d e r g ra c e of a d a y th a t is done W ill n e v e r com o b ack to m e ." 5. N a m e th re e p o p u la r songs of W o rld W a r I . 8. W ho w a s the a u th o r o f "1 H a v e a R e n d ezv o u s W ith D e a th " ? 7. W h a t is th e la rg e s t ch u rch In th e w o rld ? The A&P Suit BRIEF filed In answer to the T HE department of Justice charges EAGER . . . "Sweet time come soon” is theme of thought with this lilHe OJibway Indian and his squaw, wailing for the sea son's first tourists at colorful trading post on Lake Teuta- gaml. Ontario. Indian children compete with tame bear cubs for tourist's candy. This Is Y o u r Paper Its 'Space’ Is Its Life By William R. Nelson VERY column inch of every copy of every issue of this news paper costs so many cents to pro duce, regardless of whether it is occupied by editorial matter or advertising. Knowing what that cost is, it may seem only natural that publishers would be inclined to increase earnings by devoting to advertising all of the space they could sell. Strange as it may appear, such is not the case. All recognized news papers set quotas or percentages for productive and non-productive material, and seldom violate them. It is not uncommon for a newspa per to omit advertising in order to get in more news It may sound Paper a 11 r u i Stic to sacrifice rev Has enue and dis Obligations appoint an ad vertiser to allow more space for non-productive news matter. It isn't. Although the paper owns ail of its space and can use it as it sees fit, it has obligations it will not avoid, for several very sound reasons. When this newspaper accepts sub scriptions it is entering into a con tract with readers. An unwritten clause ot that contract assures that the issues readers will receive will contain an established amount ot news, editorials, features and ad vertising. There is another sldet too, that the publisher keeps in mind. It is that of costs. To maintain qualified staffs, in both news and advertis ing departments, is expensive. It is increasingly so if the space each fills each issue tluctuat wildly. Both "sides”. Keyed as they are fo called in most Quotas newspaper of fices, can oc casionally turn out additional pages, by working longer hours. But they cannot do so at frequent intervals. It is to the self-interest of the pa per, therefore, to maintain a staff keyed to fairly rigid quotas of news and advertising. Any other merely increases the cost-per-col- umn inch. Those who submit news, particu larly publicity chairmen, should un derstand and remember this cost- per-inch fact. And when your club or group can profitably do so, isn’t it not only good business but also neighborly to reciprocate the newspaper’s numerous gifts of space by placing advertising in it? E n n iii UnU P r U II77IF líL t d \\UU dH finn DOWN ACROSS 1. Animal 1 Micro organism jelly 2. High priest 5 Corrosion 3. Tumult on iron 4. Comrades a Pen- 5. Narrow name, inlet Charles (Geol.) Lamb 6. Awkward 10 Peruvian 7 Frighten Indian 8. 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Bitter vetch 46 Exclamation Each With Your Own Initial! <*- f*- f*« f^- IN WASHINGTON Y o u m ig h t not th in k it to lo o k a t th e m , b u t th e tw o b ig b ra n c h e s o f show business ore in h e a v y tr o u b le — m o v ie s a n d te le v is io n E x a c tly " W h e n • w o m a n m a r r ie s an d th en d iv o rc e s h e r husband In s id e of a w ee k w h a t w ou ld you c a ll It ? " " T u k in g his n a m e In v a in ." ____ against the Great Atlantic & Paci fic Tea company and its subsid iaries is an unusual document, set- lng up five lines of defense and a conclusion which alleges that the department of Justice Is seeking "by Judicial fiat, new and extremist principles of law which would re sult In a complete remodeling of the entire economic structure of this country.” The first defense is more or less a categorical denial by the defen dants, paragraph by paragraph, of government allegations. Defendants nre the Great New York Atlantic & Pacific Tea company inc . the Great Atlantic A Pacific Tea Com pany of America; the Great A A P Tea Company of New Jersey: the Great A A P Tea Company of Ari zona; the Great A A P Tea Com pany of Nevada; the Quaker Maid company; the American Coffee cor poration; White House Milk com pany: Nakat Packing corporation; the Atlantic Commission company. Inc., and the two owners, George L., and John A. Hartford. The second defense sets up benefits of the corporation’s op erations to the general public and declares the "A A P has contributed more Ilian any olher distributing organization In the world today to the solution” of maintaining the standar» of living for Individuals In the face of constantly Increasing populations and greatly In creased tax burdens. It alleges that instead of being in restraint of trade. A A P operation "has greatly promoted trade and increased competition.” It declares that if the food dis- tributors were no more efficient than the distributors of other con sumer goods, It would be necessary to add an additional 10 billion dol- lars to the nation’s retail food bill. The third line of defense sets out that they have changed their opera tion since the government’s crimi- nal suit against the corporation In 1944 and says: “The defendants have surveyed their acts which were the subject of criticism in the pre vious litigation, even though the courts stated that such acts in and of themselves may not have been illegal; and defendants have made serious and bona fide efforts to conduct their business as a matter of permanent policy so that it will not be subject to such criticism, even going beyond the requirements of the anti-trust laws.” s e e The fourth defense alleges it Is impossible for the A A P corpora tion t ' have a monopoly, for "by Its very nature this (food) industry Is one in which monopoly is impos sible." 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