The Film Daily (1942)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought T3Z3 The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Twenty-Four Yean Old Hr^^FDAILY ^ I, NO. 83 NEW YORK, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1942 TEN CENTS WILLKIE PRAISES FILMS GOOD -WILL ROLE Indict Browne Aide, Tax Consultant for Perjury Third Sealed True Bill Returned as Gov't Seeks to Uncover "Chicago Boys" U. S. Attorney Mathias F. Correa yesterday obtained a Federal Grand Jury indictment of Isadore Zevin, former secretary of George E. Browne, erstwhile president of the IATSE, and Martin A. Hirsch, tax consultant, on charges of perjury in the course of Correa's continued effort to discover the disposition of the $1,500,000 fund collected from the members of the IA. The indictments were handed up {Continued on Page 7) — Scrap Socks Japs — SAG Backs Proposal ! To Trim Extra Rolls West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A proposal by Commissioner L. L. Livingston, of the Federal Conciliation Service, to reduce the number of regular vocational extras to 1,000 or 1,200 who can be guaranteed a living wage of $150 a month will be supported by the Screen Actors Guild, it is an (Continned on Page 3) —Scrap Socks Japs — WAC Theaters Division To Meet Here on Nov. 5 Cleveland Exhibs. Who Are War Bond Issuing Agents, Want Tire Recaps and Additional Gas Cleveland — Local theater managers, especially those who are War Bond issuing agents, are seeking a ruling to determine whether they are entitled to tire recaps and to more than four gallons of gasoline a week. If the industry has been classified as "essential" and if the theaters are to continue as central Bond selling agencies, then, they claim, the managers should be allowed sufficient transportation equipment to carry out their essential functions— such as making daily bank deposits of large sums of Government money received from Bond Sales. They will not assume the responsibility of carrying that money around in public transportation conveyances. In big cities, where distances are great, this is considered a matter of importance. Joseph Bernhard, chairman of the WAC theaters division has called a luncheon meeting of the Executive Committee at the Hotel Astor, Nov. Forthcoming operations of the ivision in collaboration with the nation's war effort will be discussed. Exhibs. In War Plants, Wives Run Theaters Omaha — At least two exhibs. in the Omaha area — DuWayne Hartzell, Charter Oak, la., and J. W. Weiss, Valley, Neb. — have jobs at war plants while their wives operate their theaters. Hartzell is working at the Fort Crook bomber assembly plant south of Omaha and Weiss at the bomb plant at Mead, west of Omaha. Dislrib. Ceilings Proposed by Allied Each distributor, acting individually, should put a ceiling on its pi ices, terms and conditions which will yield a fair profit after costs have been reduced by compliance with the President's proposed limitation on salaries, it is asserted in a current national Allied bulletin. The exhibitors are gravely concerned about the alleged uptrend in (Continued on Page 6) — Scrap Socks Japs — Five Boro Reinstates Two Discharged Managers Five Boro Theaters Circuit, Inc. has agreed to reinstate two managers, allegedly discharged for union activity, and to reimburse them for pay lost during the time they were laid off. Five Boro has also con (Continned on Page 3) HVC to Form Coast Speakers Bureau West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A speakers bureau to supplement the talent pool of players who have been participating in war effort activities is being set up by the Hollywood Victory Committee which will issue a call for every personality in the industry who is a capable speaker. Requests by the Treasury and (Continued on Page 3) — Scrap Socks Japs — L. A. House Asks Change In Clearance Schedules Claiming unreasonable clearance, the Eagle Theater, Los Angeles, has filed a demand for arbitration, naming the five consenting companies as defendants. Complainant charges that defendant distributors license their prod (Continued on Page 11) Warners to Start Newsreel It Will Be Released in Theaters January 1 Funeral Services Held For Singer, Trade Vet. Funeral services for Julius Singer, industry veteran who died suddenly at the Midtown Theater Saturday night, were held last night at Park West Memorial Chapel. An associate of the late Carl Laemmle, Singer at (Continued on Page 7) West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Warner representatives confirmed a published report that Warner Bros, will enter the newsreel field. It is to be a semiweekly newsreel and is scheduled to be released in theaters January 1. It is understood that the company will not enter any pooling arrangements with any other news (Continued on Page 7) In His Radio "Report to The People" Explains How Pix Built up Friendliness Speaking over the combined networks of CBS, NBC, Mutual and the Blue Network, Wendell L. Willkie, chairman of the board of 20th-Fox, last night accorded high praise to the film industry for the important role it has played in establishing goodwill for the United States throughout the world today. The tribute was voiced in the course of Wendell L. willkie his "report to the people" on his recently completed mission which took him around the world. In explaining why our films have (Continued on Page 6) —Scrap Socks Japs — All Studios Making Qualify Pix-Eyssell Exhibitors can look forward to top quality product from all studios during the next few months, according to Gus Eyssell, managing director of Radio City Music Hall, who returned to his desk yesterday after (Continued on Page 10) C Cards to Be Taken Away front Salesmen Washington Bur., THE FILM DAILY Washington — The Office of Price Administration yesterday announced that under the nation-wide mileage rationing to begin Nov. 22, all salesmen will be removed from the preferred mileage class, and will be barred from C card status. C rations may be issued to certain maintenance and repair men provided that "transportation is not sought for purposes of selling, merchandising or promoting." 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