.Artist .Activities
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
26
FOR
JUNE
1942
NEW YORK-Rated the hDttest bDX-
.office attractiDn in the dance .orchestra field
is Harry J ames, WhD has been breaking
all recDrds at the Palladium in HDIlYWDDd_
James has been smashing recDrds-nDt by
hundreds but by thDusands, and fDr a
single day can brag .of an excess .of 8600
paid admissiDns_ Naturally James has been
held .over.
B enny Good m an has been deferred
from army service. As the result .of a deli-
cate DperatiDn a few years agD Benny is
literally missing a chunk .of spine, and any
undue exertiDn cDuld prDve fatal.
Arthur Tracy sang his famDus theme,
"Marta" fDr the 10,000th time .on his
broadcast .of June 10th.
Freddy Ma rtin has sDld a film stDry .of
the life .of Peter TschaikDwsky tD M-G-M.
Freddy .originally planned tD prDduce it
as a play .on BrDadway. But that was be-
fDre he fDund he had tD return tD LDS
Angeles tD fulfill his CDcDanut GrDve CDn-
tract (and thereby drop $100,000 wDrth .of
theater dates).
"Fats" Waller walked away with all
hDnDrs fDr the 50-week vaudeville seaSDn
just clDsed in DetrDit_ TDP grDsser .of the
three variety hDuses in the city was the
CDIDnial Theater and tDp-grDsser at that
theater fDr the periDd was Waller.
T e d Lewi s is nDW bDwling 'em .over at
the Casa Manana and fea turing his best
selling Decca recDrdings_
Matty Ma lneck is in fDr fDur weeks at
the Chase HDtel in St_ LDUis.
R ich a rd Him b e r .opens a t Essex HDuse,
New YDrk, .on June 18th.
S p ik e Jones and His City Slickers have
been tagged by Sam CDslDW tD dD ' 10
mDre SDundies fDr cDin .operated mDvies
tD be directed by Herb MDulten fDr RCM
PrDductiDns.
Ster lin g Young .opened in LDS Angeles
at the new LDuisiana Cafe, fDrmerly Wil-
shire BDwl.
Gle nn Mille r is marking his .oranges
frDm his Duarte, Calif. ranch and stamping
each with "Glenn Miller's TuxedD JunctiDn
Oranges" in a facsimile .of Glenn's .own
penmanship.
Dinah Sh ore believes radiD is "hDme"_
She has been gDing .over the 11 .offers frDm
pictures but feels that while pictures are
very nice, she can't affDrd tD be Dver-
glamDurized and then nDt click. Dinah still
thinks radiD is hDme, and dDesn't want tD
disturb the gDlden gDDse in any way.
-Cyd Glances
J U NE ,
Decca To Keep Both Labels
NEW YORK.- PhDnDgraph recDrds re-
tailing fDr 35c and SOc are still being made
and sDld by Decca RecDrds, Inc., and will
cDntinue .on the market in slightly reduced
quantities, in spite .of rumDrs tD the CDn-
trary, accDrding tD a Decca DffiGial.
That there will be fewer .of them is a
certainty in view .of the restrictions placed
Gn the use .of shellac by the mDnth-Dld
WPB .order, which freezes 50 per cent .of
all raw shellac .on hand, and limits recDrd-
ing cDmpanies tD the use .of 30 per cent
.of their 1941 cDnsumptiDn. The cDmpany
states, hDwever, that what recDrds are prD-
duced will be .of better quality than at
jJresent. Tw.o reas.ons f.or this predictiDn are
given: First, that since fewer recDrds WIll
he released, mDre time can be given tD re-
c.ording, pressing and inspectiDn .of the
finished pr.oduct. SecDnd, that abDut 90
per cent .of the materials in .old recDrds can
he reclaimed. With the additi.on .of a small
quantity .of new materials, including the
30 per cent available shellac, gDDd quality
;tDck fDr new recDrds can be .obtained in
sufficient quantity tD maintain a steady,
sizable flDW .of new phonDgraph recDrds.
The prDb lem .of acquiring .old recDrds fDr
reclamatiDn can be sDlved by recDrd dealers
and the public, wDrking tDgether. Dealers
are expected tD pass the w.ord alDng tD their
trade, and will prDbably set up a system,
suggested by Decca, whereby a cust.omer
can sell his .old rec.ords tD his dealer fDr
2%c each, cash, Dr trade them in at the
rate .of fDur fDr a War Savings Stamp. In
view .of the fact that since the inventiDn .of
the flat disc recDrd, hundreds .of milliDns
.of them have been sDld, and that a gDDd
prDpDrtiDn .of them are lying unused in cel-
iars and attics all acrDSS the CD un try, there
shDuld be nD trDuble in bringing them tD
light.
Slot Defense Motif
SPOKANE- The Athletic RDund Table,
SpDkane fun club, has turned its slDt mach-
ines tD the defense tempD.
When members hit the jackpDt (three
Uncle Sam hats), the machines play the
.opening strains .of "The Stars and Stri pes
FDrever" and .out pDpS a defense bDnd.
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G~nt: "Have YDU seen my vest, my gDDd
man. ?" .
Valet: "YDU have it .on, sir."
Gent: "SD I have! It's a gDDd thing
YDU tDld me Dr I shDuld have gDne .out
withDut it!"
1942
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Dr.: TD regain YD ur health, YDU must
gD fDr a walk .on an empty stDmach.
He: Where will I find .one tD walk on?
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"My SDn went tD New YDrk ten years
agD tD make his fDrtune."
"And what is he wDrth nDw?"
"I really dDn't knDw fDr certain, but the
authDrities are .offering ten thDusand dDll ars
fDr infDrmatiDn abDut him."
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"Oh, well" grinned the chap WhD had
allDwed himself tD be talked 'intD jDining
a nudist cDIDny, "at least nDbDdy will catch
me with my pants dDwn nDw,"
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We just read in the papers .of a man
WhD had been ill fDr mDnths and died
withDut the aid .of a physician.
Such instances are very rare.
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T hey call her the village queen because
every pDker player in town has held her.
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Every year they make it simpler tD
.operate a car. First, there was nD cranking,
then nD shifting, and this year nD car.
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, He: "DD YDU knDw the secret .of PDP-
ularity?"
She : "Yes, but mDther said I mustn't."
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SDnny: "PDP, what is an .optimist ?"
PDP: "An .optimist is a man who thinks
his wife has quit smDking cigarettes when
he finds cigar stubs in the hDuse."
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Shapely ShDwgirl: "I want YDU tD vac-
cinate me where it wDn't ShDW."
DDctDr: "Okay! My fee is ten dDllars in
advance."
ShDwgirl: "Why in advance?"
DDctDr: "Because I .often weaken in
such cases and dDn't charge anything!"
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VisitDr: "Are there any slick croDks in
this city?"
Native: "Slick crDDks! Why, .one evening
'at a dance they stDle my pants and hung
weights .on my suspenders SD I wDuldn't
miss them until they had gDne."
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There was .once a girl frDm Madras,
WhD had the mDst beautiful ass,
It wasn't pink
As YDU may think,
But was grey, had IDng ears and ate grass.
He: "Man is wDnderful. He has learned
tD fly like a bird."
She : "Yes, but he hasn't learned tD sit
.on a barbed-wire fence."
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HE: "KnDw hDW tD keep a hDrse frDm
drDDling?"
She: "ND."
He: "Teach him tD spit."
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"Say, tDDtS, are YDU the kind .of a girl
whD screams when a man annDYS her?"
"Oh, nD; I carry a pDlice whistle."
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CustDmer: "DD YDU sell dDg biscuits in
this rDtten li't tle ShDp?"
Waiter: "Yes, sir. Will YDU eat them
here, Dr shall I send them arDund tD YDur
kennel ?"
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