The Film Daily (1945)

TESMA ASIU ALL MFRS. TO CHICAGO MEET L-41's End October 15 Clears Construction Path Gov't Agencies, However, Will Hold Control Under Snyder's Six-Point Plan Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Plans and specifications for the building of new theaters and remodeling of existing structures went from static to active status nationally for the first time in more than four years as result of the announcement here this week that building restrictions would be ended by the Government on Oct. 15, through abolition of L-41. DeclaContinued on Page 14) Huge BIdg. Program Planned for Mindako Equipment Notes Minneapolis — Minnesota Amusement Co., Paramount affiliate, has announced here that its chain of theaters will be known hereafter as Mindako Theaters, and that a huge improvement program for these »3 outlets has been initiated by John Continued on Page 14) Walters Readying Bow Of New Supply House St. Louis — Lou H. Walters, following his resignation as manager of the National Theater Supply branch in Cleveland, has arrived here to make final arrangements for openContinued en Page 14) Gov't Honors Arcus For War Cooperation Chicago — Arcus Ticket Co., of tliis city, has been given the Government Award of Merit, for the excellence of its co-operation with the nation's Armed Forces. J. S. Arcus, organization's vice-president, declared here yesterday that the outlook for postwar business is bright. Tickets, he added, are good barometers of the nation's business. Paper supplies are still short, but his organization has been able to meet all requirements, he sadi. APPOINTMENT of J. B. Coleman as j '* assistant director of engineering for; the RCA Victor Division and the naming , of M. C. Batsel as chief engineer of the | engineering products have been announced by D. F. Schmidt, RCA Victor Division's i director of engineering. Fensin Seating Co., Chicago, will get \ back into post-war production of theater chairs by next month, and the backlog of civilian orders will be shipped in order of receipt. Work will start shortly on modernizing the Warner Film Exchange offices in Chicago and Kansas City. Rapp & Rapp, Chi's architectural firm, has prepared plans for the two jobs. W ork on the F abian-Hellman Drivein on the Albany-Schnectady road is progressing rapidly, and indications are that the project will be finished and ready for opening by early Spring. Amusement Enterprises, Inc., of Attala, Ala., announce plans to build a $100,000 theater building of steel and brick, 192 ft. long by 50 ft. wide, with seating capacity of 1,100. A second motion picture theater is planned for Manchester, la., with G. A. Wardian, World War II vet of Cloquet, Minn., disclosing he will remodel the Plaza Building. He expects to open the house in October. Bell & Howell for the next three years expect to average about $18,000,000 annually as against one-third of that sum in previous peacetime years, according to J. H. McNabb, company's president. William Dussier, owner and operator of the Bungalow Theater, Woodburn, Ore., says that architects are now working on plans for his new theater in that same community. It will cost an estimated $50,000. * * .■!: The Dunelake Corp., operator of the three outlets in Michigan City, Ind., has purchased a corner location where a new 1,500-seat house, larger than the Tivoli, will be built, with opening expected by late Summer of next year. It will be constructed to provide for future installation of television. Wollensak Optical, Rochester, N. Y., which produces lenses for all types of motion picture work and has been manufacturing an optical unit of the Norden Bomb-sight during wartime, has been awarded a third star for its Army-Navy "E" Flag. Enlargement and modernization of the Tivoli Theater, Miami, Fla., at a cost of $75,000, has been announced by Charles Walder, owner. At present, the Tivoli is a link in the Paramount chain, but in the event the present lease is not renewed, Walder plans to operate it himself. Long Sign Co., Detroit, has moved to its new and highly modern plant at 840 West Baltitnore, in that city. Edward A. Long, head of the company, recently discharged from the Navy, is expected back shortly at his desk. Officials of National Theater Supply Co. have announced that the Toledo territory has been taken out of the Detroit area and is again being serviced out of Cleveland, to which it was allocated prior to the war. Temporary change was due to transportation difficulties. FreshAire Co., Chicago, makers of air circulators for theaters and industrial plants, is currently planning an extensive advertising campaign to reach the trade throughout the country. A new theater being built by Mrs. Rose Nebuda is scheduled for opening at Beemer, Neb., this Autumn. Sc:tt-Ballantyne, Omaha, is providing the equipment. H. A. Raapke is architect. Theater will seat about 300. A new West Side theater is now being planned for Detroit, according to Charles N. Agree, architect. Owners will be the Wyoming Corp. Lou Phillips of Modern Theater Supply Co., New Haven, has installed new rectifiers, lamp houses and screen at Harry Lavietes' Pequot Theater. Golden Opportunity Seen By Neu to Co-ordinate Efforts for Reconversion Chicago — Reconversion problems will top the agenda of the Theater Equipment Dealers Protective Association's three-day convention to be held at the local Edgewater Beach Hotel, Oct. 5-6-7, and will also be "exhibit A" on the program of the Theater Equipment Supply Manufacturers Association, whose deliberations will be dovetailed into the TEDPA program, with both organizations holding several joint sessions. Oscar P. Neu, TESMA's secreContinued on Page 14) "Amphitheater" Type Stand Set for N. Y. A new theater, radically different from existing types of houses, is planned for New York City by the Amphitheater Construction Co., according to Fred W. Smith of Rutherford, N. J., who discloses that this Continued on Page 14) Construction Resumed On Syracuse Drive-In Syracuse — After a delay of moi'e than three years, construction has been resumed on the first Drive-In theater in the local area. By next Continued on Page 14) Netvsreel Lads DidnH Lihe the ^Exposure' New Orleans — End of the gripes by newsreel cameramen, that their photographic equipment and themselves have been at the mercy of the elements in the Tulane Stadium here, has come through action by the university's officials. A new enclosed camera stand atop the press box has been constructed so the photogs can stay dry at athletic events, including the Sugar Bowl classic.