The Film Daily (1945)

DAILY Thursday, August 2, 1 See Admission Tax Rate Cut Unliicely (Continued from Page 1) ministration opposition. Wide use of war-time savings is predicted. Although no break down on the anticipated revenue from each type of excise tax was given, it was significant that today's estimate is over $350,000,000 better than the January estimate for fiscal 1946. At that time it was estimated that the excise taxes would bring in only $5,647,000,000. The estimate is higher, too, than actual receipts for 1945, when the excise taxes brought in $5,935,000,000. 1944 receipts were only $4,400,000,000. Only minor revisions in the 1946 Federal budget were indicated by Smith in a review of the Federal expense outlook in the light of VE-Day. The record Federal outlay of 100 billion dollars in the fiscal year 1945 will scale down to about 85 billion for the current year, he estimated. Tax receipts, which reached 46.5 billion last year, are not expected to top 39 billion this year. This estimate is more than two billion below the January estimate for 1946 receipts, with the drop accounted for by recent tax legislation. Lower Incomes Foreseen Total value of goods and services last year was about 200 billion, with a 10 per cent cutback expected during this year. This will be accounted for mainly by munitions production, and will be reflected in lower incomes for war workers. Orderly reconversion, it is hoped, will provide jobs to make up for those in war production or the armed forces which are lost. If V-J Day should come soon. Smith said, it will mean a serious strain on our reconversion process. Individual income taxes brought in last year $19,789,000,000, but are not expected to bring in more than $16,557,000,000 this year. The latter estimate is higher than the $15,632,000,000 estimated for this source in January. Corporate taxes brought in $16,399,000,000 last year, $15,256,000,000 in 1944— but are expected to bring in only $13,271,000,000 this year. January estimate for this source had been $16,263,000,000, but the recent relief legislation will cut down these estimated receipts. William Cruickshank Dead Youngstown, Ohio — William J. Cruickshank, 71, stagehand at the Park theater for 40 years, is dead. SEHD BIRTHDflV GREETinGS TO: AUGUST 2 Jack L. Warner Hal Mohr Myrna Loy Olga Baclanova Ruth Nelson T ▼ T A Very Happy Landing COLUMBUS, O. • • • WHEN THE YEAR'S KUDOS for exploitation are handed out it easily could be thai the boys at 20th Century-Fox will be found taking major bows for the campaign which reached its apex here last night with the world premiere there of "Captain Eddie," the Eureka Pictures production based on the life and career of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, America's No. 1 aerial hero of World War I For expanse of promotional scope and for ingenuity in merchandising the campaign would seem to touch the peak At any rate, it's a safe bet that no film in Columbus Film Row annals ever received quite the sendoff that was accorded "Captain Eddie" by the 20th-Fox exploitation and publicity deportments, sparked by Hal Home's astute direction T ▼ T • • • THIS CITY OUTBID OTHERS for the premiere and, for the record, its promises of co-operation all along the line have been admirably fulfilled Just as one facet, it might be pointed out that the initial barrage of publicity in the local dailies alone represented approximately 50,000 lines And in these days of tight papers and rationing of white space that ain't hay, as any newspaperman will tell you This week, the premiere's activities virtually have dominated the local news How could it be otherwise — 20th-Fox's bright young men planned it that way Meaning that they saw to it that the events surrounding the opening were in themselves newsworthy T ▼ T • • • YESTERDAY, FOR INSTANCE, was "Captain Eddie Day" by virtue of joint proclamation of Governor Lausche and Mayor Rhodes Mebbe you heard the Governor himself read the proclamation over the CBS show, "We, the People" Eddie himself was on the same program, too Governor Lausche was back on the air lanes yesterday on the American Broadcasting Company's Ted Malone show in another tie in with the premiere, the Malone show switching here from New York for the occasion Newsworthy to a marked degree, too, was the bestowal by Capital University of the honorary degree. Doctor of Laws, on Captain Rickenbacker T T T • • • FEW CITIES have been so widely, so generously decorated for a premiere Especially worthy of note are giant 20-foot photo blowups of Rickenbacker and Fred MacMurray, who portrays him in the film, on the Stote Capitol and the 30 surrounding buildings The famed "Hat-in-the-Ring" insignia of Rickenbacker's World War I squadron appears atop the Capitol building, on a million souvenir cards dropped from planes over the city and surrounding areas, and in hundreds of store windows around town This city's Federal Glass Co., first employer of Rickenbacker as a boy, has distributed 6,000 "Captain Eddie" imprinted tumblers for use in hotels, clubs, bars and restaurants. ▼ ▼ T • • • EVERY IMPORTANT STORE in the city has devoted its full window space to picture tieup illustrations and decorations The stores are competing for Austin Briggs' Cosmopolitan Magazine painting of Rickenbacker which will be loaned to the store with the best display before being presented permanently to the Columbus Museum of Fine Arts All of which — and more — set down here spells genuine show monship, it's a pleasure to report ▼ ▼ T • • • WE'RE AVENGING PEARL HARBOR! T T T M. P. Export Corp. To Move in Holland (Continued from Page 1) office there but intends to do busii in Holland, the company made an dividual representation to the S Department. The latter informed that a State Department repn tive at The Hague would as^o company in its efforts. The board completed the organ: tion of the company and elected fc porary officers. Pending the seled of permanent officers, the follow were selected to serve until cessors were chosen: Murray Sihl stone, vice-president; Gordon Youngman, secretary, and Geo Borthwick, treasurer. No presid will be selected until the perman officers are elected. Attending yesterday's session w N. Peter Rathvon, Gordon You man, Theodore Hope, George W ner, Murray Silverstone, Maj. Art M. Loew, Samuel Schneider, Al D Jack Segal, Joseph Rosthal i Robert Schless. Loew Seeks SIMPP Help In "Southerner" Banning (Continued from Page 1) David Loew yesterday opened a ca paign to get release for his pictu "The Southerner," in Memphis. Loew declared he seeks the supp of Nelson and the organization this fight which is as important! every respect as freedom of press." He has retained legal coi' sel to seek relief in the courts frj the action of the Memphis board | censors in keeping the picture outjl that city. "Red" Hengler Wounded Scranton, Pa. — Word has been ceived here that Pvt. Harry (Re| Hengler, a former employe of Strand, has been wounded Okinawa. (UEDDinC BELL! Weinberg-Loevner The engagement of Doris Weil berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loil Weinberg, to Cpl. Bernard Loevml AAF, of Woodmere, ,L. I., was af nounceri yesterday. Miss Weinberjs father is circuit sales executive wij Columbia. Loevner is the son of iVy and Mrs. Philip Loevner of Pitsburgh. Brunhoier-Passek St. Louis — Theresa Brunhofi. cashier for RKO-Radio, became t bride of Crescent Passek, an emplo of M-G-M in a ceremony performjl at Our Lady of Sorrows Cathoj; Church. The groom recently w; honorably discharged from the An after service in Europe.