New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1928, Page 11

. B R s . SiReE @ of age, started as “barker” system of remote control had - proven unsatisfactory. | The history of ¥.B-O's spectacu- ilar rise to established prosperity v is one of the most amazing epi- sodes in the show businegs And ——e : |the man who made thiy history is il\'ex:,m-'ly — the same Kennedy who . his eni Got His Start Aboard “Rubber- | i e, oniue for turning lows popularity of the “Mayflower” neck” Wagon : ight-seeing ‘bus. —_— i His Latest Climbh p y 3 Recently Kennedy's importance New York, June 12—To the 1on&!was added to by his election as the Mst of stories of men Who from | chairman of the directorate of the strange unpromising beginnings | Keith-Albee - Orpheum vaudeville have made their mark in the show | cireuits, business, add the story of the career Between his of Joseph P. Kennedy, who has|the 'bus business and his entry become today's foremost figure In finto the show business, Kennedy movies and vaudeville | attained wealth and prominence as Kennedy, who is not vet 40 vears!a Massachusetts banker. At 28 retirement from a sight-seeing bus, one that rollow- | Trust Company of Boston. ed the trail of Paul Revere from |ing the World War, the Bethle- Boston to Lexington. {hem Steel Co. placed him in , | charge of more than 50,000 men As Kennedy explains it, howes T « |and vast ship-building enterprises. the connection between rubber-ne *barking” and being a theatrical | Bfficiency, economy and speed magnate doesn't scem so far-fetch- | Were demanded of the steel com- by {pany as never hefore, and Ken- nedy helped accomplish them. " When he was 34, he became in- First class service, entertainment | terested in the movies. The film that never lags, knowledge of what | business was in a critical state the public. wuiits, and ration { and the time was ripe for someone for these wants are the primary | with foresight and executive abil- factors of successtul showm step into it. The ¥-B-O pur- “And I needed all thes as the result of Kennedy's nedy said, “to make a success of | observation. that Paul cre sight-secing bus.| The recent Keith-Albee-Orphe- I found my passengers did not come | um merger was attributed to Ken- for the r came be- | nedy. cause they were interested in the | historical significance of the ground | show business from the standpoint we covered, and wanted to know all | of tlie public rather than that of about it! | producer or manager,” said Ken- “Furthermore, they wanied this | Dedy. “T have just about the av- history presented in’ a way that [ €Tage man's taste in entertainment didn't sound like a dry text-hook. |#nd I suppose that fits me pretty had to do three things—write | Well. to understahd what other my lecture carefully so as to get in |@Verage men wan all the information necessary, put it { Every patron of a movie theater in a way that was colorful and in- | considers himself an expert in the toresting, and deliver it as though |art of the silent drama and has his 1 were Paul Reverc's best friend | OWh standards of excellence, Ken- and anxious as auything to tell all | nedy wointed out, $bout kia Big sunt” ‘Our job is to " try and it the . How it Oame About. {most representative average of The sight-sceing 'bus enterprise, | those standards” he said, “Its Kennedy's first real business ven. [ DO €asy task, either ture, is interesting as an example of | | sl his ingentous and dynamic methods. | French Would Make Shortly after his graduation from Cars Easier to Sell Harvard, he and a college chum | took u ride on an ancient and de-| Casablanca, Moroceo, June 12 ) —Severity of French customs is erepit ‘bus from Boston to Lexii ton, The driver scomed to hase | helping Americans to scll automo- difficulty in staying awahe, and the | Pllea here. - spieler droned his lecture in a| When a French car is taken back dreary monotons, The handful of | t® ¥France, under the customs rul- passengers looked bored and dissat- | ' it i regarded as a - foreign ci latica, and the owner must pay 45 per cent Keonedy and his friend learned UMY and 12 per cont tax de luxc. that the owner of the 'bus was go- | just as he would on an American ing out of busincss hecause of poor | AUtomobile. patronage. The 'bus was offered | SiN€e American manufacturers 8 i for st 00 {make automobiles much mor: “We closed the deal” sald Ken- | ChCaply than do those of other na- nedy, “and set ahout making 1he tions, the heavier cost of trang ‘bus a little more attractive, We | POFtition paid from America is off . 4 |set and the American car is easily painted 1t cream and blue and put | Sk the name ‘Mayflower' on its side | "0ld Whenever It fits the needs of « The Same Requirements. in big, biack letters. Then with{HENSE L e my friend as driver and myself us‘far!nrs 45 cs by Ame apieler, we started out. Before the end of the season, we had paid for | the bus and split a neat profit } siden” Threa years later, Kennedy quit the 'bus busincss with $3,000 as his share of the earnings. nto the Film Business That was in 1915, Eleven years later the London headquarters of the English filn business, known as Film Booking Officcs, (F-B-0) tense heat, however, limits satis factory carg to those with surplu. | radiation, paint that will stand the | sun and upholstery that is cool an durable e PINNACLE CLUB BANQUED [ The annual banquet of the .Pin- nacie club held last avening in the Y. W. C. A. club rooms. The hanquet, which was in charge of . b, ca Tinti, irma Yiecoli and saoaivolla wialk trom! Kennedyzana | Dloniich Jii S e JEleec ind n offer of $1,000,000 in ready I el S ol & 5 o'clock. Inez Cararini, Rose Prle- money for the complete control of the company. His offer was refused grino and Bernice Yankaske deco- rated the reom in pink and whit: and favors wers as inade- quate. Kennedy came back to : glven @ach gl Boston and there, o his astonish- | Mre. F’red Ensworth had charge of ment, 2 month later came [Lord|the entertalnment following the Inverforth, of the F-B-0 to an. banquet. As Flag day 8 at hand nounce that the company had re- she spoke on the flug and gave each considered and accepted the offer. | irl a small silk flug from the Wom- By the time Inverforth had left | en's auxiliary. The rest of the eve- Boston, Kennedy had control of | ning was devoted to playing games. the largest and most unprofitable , The Pinnacle club will not meet motion ' picture concerns in the |regularly on Monday evenings again world. until fall. However, it will partici- The organization, trolled by British beena operating in dealing in although con- capital, had America and American films, pate in tennis, hiking etc.. during the summer. Miss Edmands will notify the girls when such aetivi- This |ties are to be planned. 00000 from the Missiesippi to the Atlantic and from the border to the Mason-Dix- on line—eat Ivanhoe ew ery.day. Why? Becauss once tasted, no other may- Local Distributor oard | % was president of the Columbian | Dur- | “I approach any question of the | 73 POUND CAKE OF Items l‘ City deceased {members graves Mr. and Mrs, DewWitt A, Riley w Me. P hure W. Bengston will attend t 5 ., {annual outing of the ‘Washington, June 9. P—What, [ Valley St asks the Department of Cemmerce, | Ma |is more simple than a cake of ice sy | Another ice cake, replies the DI ioners’ . tomorrow, Mr Pape spell the doom of that commodity known to housewives far and wide as a “7Ti-pound piece.” The division asserts it isn't simple, it isn't eco- nomical, it doesn’t properly fit the modern refrigerator and seeks its “ultimate elimination” in favor of 25, 80, 100 and { member of the fifn of Cox & Du mission is at Hartford, wh | treatment. Yrancis’ he i hospit |2 cofiference here June 13. Tce dis- tributors attending will be asked to score ice before cutting and fo { make sure dimensions are proper | o fit the simplified ice boxes which | the manufacturers will build to cor- rect scale for the organized mse Opinions of refrigerator manufac- {turers, ice men, architects, engi- neers and ice users have been con- How to Give an Interview, Made Clear 128 — 1 Cleveland, sisting ther piled after a two-year survey. The Ing an inferview as there is in g division declares they were one in | ting one, Clyids Miller, form | the opinion that unnecessary newspaper man, is teaching | ricty of icd cake sizes existed. T The Chamber of Commerce thig | for men and women, morning opened its travel bureau for | Western Reserve univer ! the benefit of the public. Vacation service of all kinds is being offercd free. Persons wishing to go on ! motor trips, or by rail, boat, trolley | lot ahout what to do when or airplane. may have their trips porter comes to routed without expense by communi- | cating with the chamber. wanld to hear from tl ! A complete collection of railway | reporter can get the f and steamehip schedules is on file ut the chamber office. men and W men in public Life need to learn can get even more facts and prese them in a better way if the interviewed knows what facts a READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS ni¢ WHATLL WE TAKE? NECCO CHOC PEPPS! He'll forget his broken arm! 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