The Film Daily (1945)

IMEl •^ DAIIY Thursday, August 30, 194 14 Killed as Para.'s Bombay Offke Burns (Continued from Page 1) lowing an eight-weeks' visit to the home office and studio. Word was received by George Weltner, president of Paramount International, from Marian Jordan, company's general manager in India. Home office records indicate that at least 30 persons were employed in the office and United Press reported that nine bodies, including that of Ganguli, had been recovered. District Manager Morey Marcus ^will be sent to Bombay as soon as possible, Weltner said, to help Jordan in re-establishing the office. Meanwhile Jordan has postponed plans to leave for the home office next week. Yates to Head Merged Firms Grainger Will be Executive Vice-President (Continued from Page 1) liam J. German, vice-president, J. E. Brulatour, Inc.; James R. Grainger; Albert W. Lind, partner, Sterling Grace & Co.; John J. O'Connell, president. Consolidated Molded Products Corp.; James E. MacPherson, president, Framingham News and an attorney; Frederick R. Ryan, partner, McCombs & Ryan, attorneys; Walter [H'wood Canteen to Close Its Doors on Oct. 3 tVest Coast Bureau of THH FILM UAllA' , Hollywood — President Bette Davis [of Hollywood Canteen announced [that the Canteen will close its doors on its third anniversary Oct. 3. With J the surrender of Japan, representaj tives of 41 guilds and unions comt prising boards of directors agreed Jthat the talent of volunteer pertsonnel who have given so freely of I their time to entertain the fighting Imen should be used to better advantlage in other fields for the benefit I of veterans. This by no means indi[cates that the Canteen considers its [work complete, said a representaitive. New enterprises will be underl-taken as needs for them arise. ITraction Strike Hits f Albany-Troy "Takes" Albany — Theater biz was off yestterday in the Albany-Troy area, tied |up by a strike of United Traction Co. |employes. Employes are seeking to enforce [a wage increase approved by the IWLB. The traction company is pleadling inability to pay because the PubPlic Service Commission has ordered drastic fare decreases. UJEDDinC BELLS Levesque-Simons Harry Simons, manager of the RKO Grand, Columbus, 0., was wed recently to Lorraine Levesque, Lewiston, Me. The new Mrs. Simons has been associated with the Wheelan Photographic Studios as manager of their studio at Yonkers, N. Y. The newlyweds are living at 775 E. Broad St., Columbus. Wood-Johnson Minneapolis — Glenn Wood, booker at Universal in Minneapolis, gave away his second daughter in two months, daughter Corrine becoming the bride of William Johnson. H. J. YATES, SR. JAMES R. GRAINGER P. Stevens, chairman of board. Scranton Life Insurance Co.; Walter L. Titus, Jr.; Walter W. Vincent, chairman of board, Wilmer & Vincent Corp.; Edward L. Walton; Herbert J. Yates and Herbert J. Yates, Jr. Four Vice-Presidents Notice of the special meeting also revealed that Yates will be president of the company, with James R. Grainger, executive vice president, Titus, Jr., Walton and Vincent, vicepresidents, Yates, Jr., treasurer, and Joseph E. McMahon, secretary. Officers are slated to serve until the annual directors' meeting in April, 1946. Remuneration received by directors and officers from the constituent companies in 1944 is listed as follows: Connell, $240; Grainger, $65,000; Lind, $220; O'Connell, $10,620; MaoPherson, $5,240; Stevens, $240; Titus, Jr., $7,460; Vincent, $9,189; Walton, $15,200; Yates, $75,080; Yates, Jr., $11,920; McMahon, $9,100. Aggregate remunei-ation received as a group by the proposed officers and directors of the corporation from the constituent companies in 1944 was $209,509; 20 employes, other than officers and directors, received in excess of $20,000 and two received in excess of $50,000 but not more than $100,000. Stock Holdings Listed Stock holdings of directors and officers of Consolidated, as of June 20, are listed as follows: Jack E. Baker, 55.42 shares of Setay; Connell, 257 Consolidated pfd., 390 Consolidated common (in addition, O'Connell is coexecutor and one of the beneficiaries under the estate of Lenora P. Connell, which owns 486 pfd. and 404 common); Lind, 200 Consolidated pfd., 375 Setay; MacPherson, 1,640 Consolidated pfd.; O'Connell, 1.3 Setay; Ralph I. Poucher, 139.2 Setay; Stevens, 1,800 Consolidated pfd., 59 common; Vincent, 2,994.82 Setay; Yates, 2,400 Consolidated pfd., 3,600 common; Yates, Jr., 82 Consolidated pfd., 263.46 Setay. In addition, Onsrud, Inc., associate of Titus, Jr., Yates and Yates, Jr., is beneficial owner of 21,641.92 shares of Setay and 21,796.5 shares of Associated Motion Pictures Industries, Inc.; Antonsen Realty Corp., an associate of Titus, Jr., Yates and Yates, Jr., is beneficial owner of 1,786.2 shares of Setay and 1,786.2 shares of Associated, and Elsa Y. Titus, wife of Titus, Jr., owns 40 shares of Setay. Holdings of Setay directors and officers not included in the Consolidated breakdown, above, were: German, 168 Setay, Morris Goodman, former president of Republic International, 45.42 Setay; Ryan, 617.95 Setay; Albert E. Schiller, 50 Setay. On June 20, J. E. Brulatour, Inc., an associate of German, owned beneficially 32,646 shares of Associated and 32,646 Setay shares. Holdings of the present Republic Pictures officers and directors not listed under either Consolidated or Setay were: Milton H. Green, 82.4 Setay, and Edward H. Seifert, 253.3 Setay. AMPI's Holdings On June 20, Associated Motion Picture Industries, Inc., an associate of Ryan and German, owned of record 154,173 Consolidated common and 25,450 pfd., and owned beneficially 4,600 pfd., representing almost 20 per cent of stock entitled to vote at the special meeting. As of the same date, Vincent owned approximately three per cent; Ryan, a half of one per cent, and Yates, Jr., O'Connell, German, Goodman, Lind, Baker, Schiller, Seifert, Green and Elsa Titus each owned less than a half of one per cent of the outstanding Associated stock. Aggregate amount of Consolidated held beneficially by the directors and officers of all three companies, their associates and affiliated interests amounts to 36,915 preferred shares and 158,626 common shares, equal to approximately nine per cent of the pfd. and 30 per cent of the common. Aggregate amount of the approximately one-third of Setay stock not held by Consolidated held beneficially by directors and officers of the three companies was 61,160.39 shares, or 63 per cent. BRiEfinC THE DflV'S nEIUS Maj. Jenkins in Tokyo Maj. Daniel Jenkins, 28-year-ol( son of Felix Jenkins, 20th-Fox sec retary, was one of the first flowi into Tokyo in the Army's occupatioi of Japan, an Associated Press re port from Okinawa discloses. Court Blocks Theaters' Sale New Glasgow, N. S.— Sale of th Roseland and Academy Theaters t the Odeon Circuit has been forbiddei by the Provincial Supreme Cour which upheld and continued an in junction obtained by Bernstein Lieberman, of St. John, who nego tiated the purchase of the house two years ago in a deal which fel through when some stockholders ob jected. Sale of the theaters to Odeoi by the estate of N. W. Mason am A. I. Garson, Odeon Maritime Prov inces manager, will be delayed pend ing the results of a court hearing scheduled for this Fall. Rosenfield's Pix Air Show Fort Woirth, Tex. — John Rosen field, amusements editor of thi Dallas News, is taking to the air ii a new type of kilocycle commentarj on the movies. Scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays his "Notes or the Passing Show" will be heard ovei KGKO in a quarter-hour program. Veteran Short Via "U" "What Every Veteran Should Know" has been selected as the first peace-time industry short to be re leased by the WAC. The film will be distributed nationally by Universal starting Sept. 13. The 15-minute item, made by Universal, describes the facilities made available to the veteran by the Government in assist ing him to return to civilian life. Ascap Maps Berger Suit Minneapolis — Spearheading a list of suits against theaters in this area that have failed to secure ASCAP license agreements, a suit is now being prepared by ASCAP to bring Ben Berger, independent circuit operator, into its fold, it was learned yesterday. Berger operates theaters in St. Peter, Fergus Falls, Hastings, and Minneapolis. Hopkins Wins B&K Tourney Chicago — Ed Hopkins, of the Iris Theater, won the B & K Em ployes golf tournament at Big Oaks Country club with a net of 71. Boles in Cleveland P.A. Cleveland — John Boles is booked to head the RKO Palace stage show the week of Sept. 7. Rest of the stage show will consist of June Brady, Eddie (Strawberry) Russell, Jean Hamilton, Beatrice Fung Oye and Ronnie Gibson, all of whom appear in the picture "Everybody on Stage" which will be the screen attraction.: STORK REPORTS David Halper, lATSE counsel, Tuesday became a father for the sec ond time when a daughter, Vicki Joan, was born to his wife in Metho dist Hospital, Brooklyn. i£^