The Film Daily (1943)

. fay, April 23, 1943 V*Vt»uiv EQUIPMENT NEWS 15 EQUIPMENT FIELD NOTES Lumarilh Is Seen As Airplane Material ^EST COAST engineering group of Alrec Service has moved into new quartadjoining the Altec Lansing war proic.i offices in the Taft Building, 1680 'j.'ine St., Hollywood, and production ^?n full swing at the new assembly t opened by Altec Lansing, 236 West St., Los Angeles, to take care of the jany's increased war production activi dward DeVry, vice-president of 'ry Corp., is back on the job after extended rest. >tal number of Bausch & Lomb men in ■ce has risen to 1,588, while 19 wohave left the plant to serve in uniform. it the Rochester plant, it is stated that ral of more than $4,500 has been paid by the company so far this year to oyes for suggestions on how producmay be improved. Organization's Red 5 Knitting Club has turned over to Red Cross more than 500 finished garrs. * * & ttlia Apel, who has been bookkeeper National Theater Supply Co. in ■burgh for more than 20 years, resigned to take a similar posiwith the Grenada Theater there, »>ry Hendel enterprise. •:■ * * ie State Theater in Newton, N. C, one •e H. H. Everett chain, is reported to been completely destroyed by fire. lit includes two other Newton theaters, Zatawba and the North Newton. James l:wal! was manager of the State The C. Snyman, former regional man ■ for Carrier Corp., has been ap ted manager of the overseas divi of Celotex Corp. of Chicago. He have charge of the export sales be big Chi company. a campaign being conducted throughill Eastman Kodak plants in Rochester, oyes are urged to grow Victory Gardens summer. Weekly instruction meetings emg held at the various plants. M & Howell have established an toye profit-sharing plan for their iers. All men and women who been with the company one year ■)>iger will participate. ree Loew-Poli stands, the Bridgeport Majestic in Bridgeport, and the Water1 in Waterbury, are first of a group m the circuit is furnishing with new iJt display frames. i \*gene McDonald, Zenith Radio's \y, announces election of G. E. Gusvn, chief engineer of the company, vice-president in charge of enuring. R. D. Burnet, controller, was ed secretary, replacing Lt. Col. ■« R. Howland who resigned to r the Army. Karl E. Hassel was ed assistant vice-president, and J. •rown, engineer specialist in televi« was also named assistant viceident. {Continued from Page 13) to any shape after soaking in hot oil and that it was unb: eakable. Lumarith as used in place of balsa wood, — now virtually unobtainable — , costs about half the former cost of the light wood. Danger of breakage, always a factor in using balsa miniatures, is gone. Thompson will use lumarith from now on in making furniture, hardware and innumerable other studio propei ties, has even made musical instruments of the plastic which compare favorably in tonal qualities with brass instruments, can be used for striking photographic effects in that their transparency can be illuminated. Ohio Exhib. Planning A Post-War Theater Cleveland — Irving Field, who operates the Opera House in nearby Burton one day a week is anticipating the end of the war by having prepared a set of blueprints for a $150,000 building to contain a 400seat de luxe theater and twelve stores. Option on property located on the main highway has been secured for the project. Plans are being prepared by E. Milton McMillan, Cleveland architect, who drew the plans for the Oberlin College Music Hall. Flameproofing Set in Albany Albany — Fire Chief Michael Fleming and Building Cimmissioner J. W. Gallagher have completed a survey of all theaters in this city, following completion of flameproof wo: k. High praise was given to the theaters for their co-operation. PROTECTING THE THEATRE OUR "FIRST LINE OF MORALE' HJIJMM-MU.IJIJF.f 250 West 57tb Street • New York City THEATRE SOUND SYSTEMS AND PROJECTORS War-bom DEVRY precision Theatre Projectors and Sound Systems present developments far beyond previously accepted standards. DEVRY Corporation, 1112 Armitage Avenue, Chicago, 111. DeVRY* Hollywood • CHICAGO • Nt Merit Rewarded DeVRY CORP. WINS PENNANT: Holding Army-Navy "E" (left to right) are William C. DeVry, firm's president; John Lang, company's pioneer craftsman; Lt. Col. G. H. Reynolds', and Capt. Frank Loftin, U.S.N. , secretary to ArmyNavy Production Award Committee. Murray Theater Now In Martin Ownership DeFuniak Springs, Fla. — Hugh Martin, of the Martin Theater chain, owning theaters throughout southwest Georgia, Alabama and Florida, has become owner of the building known as Murray Theater. The Martin interests have been operating the theater, under the name Ritz, for the past five years. Extensive remodeling and repairs are to be made to both building and equipment as soon as materials can be had. Theater Investments, Planning, Increase (Continued from Page 13) uation is the large wartime business which most houses have clocked since war's advent, and the obvious conviction on the part of new investoi'S that, with the coming of peace, there will be continued motion picture house prosperity. Another motive, it is said by analysts, is belief that money invested now in such enterprises will bring better percentage returns than will probably be the case if funds are put into other businesses. Present holders of theater properties, in turn, are doing long range planning on their own account. Testimony of this is furnished by reports by theater architects during the past two months that owners of houses are alert to the post-war necessity of theater improvements and particularly the construction of new theaters to take advantage of re-shifts in population, or to capitalize upon present distribution of moviegoers. Joins Naval Reserve Rochester — George C. Malone, publicity assistant at Eastman Kodak Co. here, has been sworn in as a Naval Reserve officer. r Rower House U ( More than ever today your National branch is like a "Power House", feeding energy in the shape of supplies that help you in maintaining the standards of your theatre. No matter what you need, the nearby National brunch is a dynamo of assistance and cooperation, ready to serve you da-y or night by men who know best what your theatre requires. You can count ou National's 16 years of experience to help see you through. .t '" i NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY COMPANY C There has been no rationing of National's readiness to serve. J