The Exhibitor (1953)

EXHIBITOR NT-1 or nn Chicago Film carriers and others engaged in interstate trucking filed tariffs with the Illinois Commerce Commission, in ac¬ cordance with new regulations. Rates for towns or zones are required to be uni¬ form, and no discrimination can be shown. Rates must also be based on weights and distances involved in deliveries. The Aloma, Stewardson, Ill., was re¬ opened under management of Fred Guntman. . . . Louis P. De Wolfe, 64, veteran manager, passed on. The holiday season was made extra happy for William K. Hollander, veteran B and K executive, when he became a grandpa for the sixth time through the arrival of baby Lisa at the Marshall Hollanders. . . . Fred Dunvon was named Clark assistant manager. The Women’s Variety Club elected Mrs. Isabelle Margolis, president; Mrs. Ruth Bloom, first vice-president; Mrs. Natalie Nathanson, second vice-presi¬ dent; Mrs. Ellen Semedalas, treasurer; Mrs. Rose Levinsohn, secretary; and Mrs. Rose Fischer, Mrs. Teresa Gazzola, Mrs. Olive Gottlieb, Mrs. Lill Simon, Mrs. Penny Nomokos, Mrs. Midge Waters, and Mrs. Sonia Gold, crew members. Sam Lesner celebrated his 25th year as the Daily News film critic. . . . Frisina Amusement Corporation placed its Varsity, Decatur, Ill., on an art policy. . . . Christmas gifts totaling $60,000 were given by B and K to employees. The Willie Shore Memorial dinner, con¬ ducted by the Variety Club, raised more than $25,000 for the La Rabida Sani¬ tarium, Ralph Smitha reported. . . . Robert H. Spannbauer was named Mars manager, Marseilles, Ill. . . . Ford Motor Company unveiled its 1954 models via Cinemascope at the State-Lake. Joseph Stoia, 61, Circle, Dearborn, Mich., died. . . . James Bradshaw \Vas named State manager, O’Fallon, Ill. The U. S. Court of Appeals announced that it would hear arguments on Jan. 14 concerning the question of the statute of limitations as applied to the Sun Theatre Corporation anti-trust case. Seymour Simon and Sheldon Collen, attorneys for the plaintiff, filed briefs contending that if Sun is not allowed to recover trebled damages, it should be permitted to sue for single damages under the five-year statute applying in Illinois. The brief also states that the statute was held in abeyance during the pendency of the government anti-ti'ust case and that its action was brought within the required two-year period. ' ik ik * Hii * ■rKSTmOKlAL TO <IACil KlRSeH.,'or H5i> iKsonauft LCAajKRSiiu' as f'EKJtirKI AKl) /. OF KAMOiOa A), £,1.1® the Qmmts iK S'JAKKiKO AKV> ALLUns'S: (;UC«R1> Si8tA|llKa , imz KAt'JOK/.L A Ai » «. « fiJi.-? Ac* ii. Abram F. Myers, National Allied general counsel and board chairman, recently presented the above plaque to Jack Kirsch, president, Illinois Allied, for his role in staging Allied’s record breaking 1952 national convention. The occasion was the 23rd birthday of the Illinois Allied unit. The plaintiff also holds that it is wrong to consider the two-year statute applic¬ able under the federal anti-trust laws, and an amicus curiae brief filed by Bell, Boyd, Marshall, and Lloyd, attorneys, supports this position. Federal Judge Samuel Perry ruled in favor of the defendants in the U. S. District Court in a decision seen affecting several other cases before the court. Allied Theatres of Illinois’ 23rd birth¬ day party at the Chez Paree, attracted a capacity gathering of over 570 persons. Highlight was the presentation of a plaque to Jack Kirsch on behalf of Na¬ tional Allied by Abram F. Myers, Allied general counsel and board chairman for Kirsch’s role in staging the 1952 Na¬ tional Allied convention. Among the guests at the party in addition to Myers and Ben Marcus, National Allied treaurer, were Roy Cummins, Illinois State Director of Labor; Edward F. Moore, chairman. Republican Central Com¬ mittee Cook County; Charles S. Dough¬ erty, Chief Justice, Circuit Court Cook County; Henry L. Burman, Judge of the Superior Court, Cook County, J. M. Braude, Joseph M. Drucker, Pohn R. McSweeney, George L. Quilici, Jay A. Schiller and Cecil Corbett Smith, As¬ sociate Judges Municipal Electrical De¬ partment; Jack Levin, member, Chicago Park District; Aldermen Sidney Deutsch and Thomas E. Keane; Thomas J. Burke, president, Chicago Theatre Janitors’ Un¬ ion ; Edward Donovan, president, Film Chauffeurs and Carries Union; James J. Gorman, president, Chicago Moving Pic¬ ture Machine Operators’ Union; and Sam Lamasky, business manager. Film Exchang’e Employees Union. Van A. Nomikos, Illinois Allied vice-president and general chairman of the event, acted as toastmaster. Dallas William L. Sachtleben, 87, former manag’er. Majestic, Houston, Tex., died in Fort Laudeidale, Fla. The Ayres, Corpus Christi, Tex., as¬ sumed the first run of the Palace until such time as the latter house can be re¬ built. The Ayers will go on a continuous policy. Denver J. C. West, Grants, N. M., is building a .300-car drive-in at Grants, N. M., for March opening, and Mrs. S. E. Allen Farmington, N. M., theatre owner, is building one of the same size at Lordsburg, N. M., also aiming for a March opening. From most reports it appears that the 1954 season for drive-ins should be a prosperous one. A. G. Edwards, Lippert booker and office manager, was confined to General Rose Memorial Hospital. Russell Allen is doubling the capacity of the Aztec, Aztec, N. M., by adding 300 seats. He is also improving his Tctah, Farmington, N. M., by adding stereophonic sound and CinemaScope. . . • Tom Bailey, Lippert and Filmakers franchise owner, left for New York to negotiate for new product. 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