International projectionist (Jan 1943-Dec 1944)

N. Y. State Proj. Ass'n Elects New Officers DENNIS F. HARRINGTON, business representative Local No. 592, Saratoga Springs, was elected president of the New York State Association of Motion Picture Projectionists at its recent annual meeting. Earl Tuttle, Local No. 396. Binghamton; Melvin Denny. Local No. 376, Syracuse; and John Short, Local No. 480, Corning, were elected vicepresidents, and Charles Wheeler, Local No. 108, Geneva, secretary-treasurer. William Stevens, Local No. 484, Olean; E. T. Stewart, Local No. 306, New York City; H. Paul Shay, Local No. 289, Elmira; Ralph Hayes, Local No. 338, Watertown ; and Glenn Humphrey, Local No. 337, Utica, comprise the new Legislative Committee, and the newly elected Executive Committee members are Richard Hayes, Local No. 650, Westchester; Wm. Axton, Local No. 524, Glens Falls; B. F. Willoughby, Local No. 313, Amsterdam; William Colquhoun, Local No. 121, Niagara Falls; and Herman Gelber, Local No. 306, New York City. Harry Sherman, Local No. 306, New York City, was elected delegate to the State Federation of Labor, and Francis Larham, sergeant-at-arms. RCA PERSONALS Home office executives of RCA's Industrial and Sound Department and the RCA Service Company recently held conferences in the Indianapolis plant in connection with equipment design and production plans for 16-mm motion picture sound and projection equipment. Included were Edward C. Cahill, David J. Finn, Barton Kreuzer, Homer B. Snook, O. V. Swisher, A. G Petrasek, H. J. Benham and Edward Stanko. Pickney Reed, field engineer of the RCA Service Company, has returned to the U. S. after nearly a year in Brazil, and is with the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. James L. Cost has returned from the Canal Zone, and is back in theatre service activities in the Dallas District. Also returned from the Canal Zone is Robert Cobble, who has been assigned to the U. S. Navy Yard at Charleston, S. C. NEW HIGH IN REGISTRATIONS FOR ELECTRONICS PARTS MEETING Attendance at the Electronic Parts and Equipment Industry Conference to be held at the Hotel Stevens, Chicago, Oct. 19-21, will run well over a thousand, according to the sponsoring organizations. Registrations already run over a thousand. Conference booths will be available for manufacturers, where they can meet with jobbers and others for business discussions. No displays will be permitted. The conference is sponsored by the Association of Electronic Parts and Equipment Manufacturers; the Sales Managers' Club, Eastern Division; the National Electronics Distributors' Association, and the Parts Division of the Radio Manufacturers' Association. S.M.P.E. AWARDS TO BE MADE AT DINNER-DANCE The Progress Medal Award and the Journal Certificate for 1944 will be presented by the Society of Motion Picture Engineers during its 56th semi-annual technical conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, Oct. 16-18. The awards will be made at a dinner-dance to be held in the Georgian Room on Oct. 17. W. C. Kunzmann, convention vice president, in announcing the tentative convention program, states that it includes business sessions on each of the three days, starting at 10 a.m. Evening programs also are being arranged. Committee chairmen include: Barton Kreuzer, papers; R. C. Keith, Atlantic Coast Section; W. C. Kunzmann, registration and information; E. I. Sponable, reception and local arrangements; D. E. Hyndam, dinnerdance; James Frank,. Jr., membership and subscription; O. F. Neu, hotel and transportation; Mrs. E. I. Sponable, women's reception; H. F. Heidegger, 35-mm projection; M. W. Palmer. 16-mm projection, and Julius Haber, publicity. RCA CONTRACT RENEWED BY FOX THEATRES RCA Service Company announces the signing of renewal sound service agreements covering more than 300 theatres bv the Fox Theatre groups. This will bring RCA's ninth consecutive year of service to the theatres, which are located in Wisconsin, the Rocky Mountain Region, on the West Coast, and in the Pacific Northwest. JOHN M. STAHR PASSES AWAY John M. Stahr, comptroller of manufacture for the Western Electric Company, passed away suddenly on Aug. 15 while on vacation at Lake Minnewaska, N. Y. Mr. Stahr was born in Voldum, Denmark, and came to the United States as a child and after attending public schools entered Rutgers University, from which he graduated in 1906 with an A.B. degree, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He joined Western Electric soon after graduation, spending his entire business career with the company with the exception of a period during the first World War when he served as a civilian employee of the Signal Corps. After entering Western Electric's accounting department in New York as a clerk in 1906 he advanced through various positions of responsibility and in 1914 was transferred to the Hawthorne Works in Chicago where three years later he became Works' accountant. In 1936, he was promoted to comptroller at Hawthorne, and in 1942 he became the company's comptroller of manufacture at headquarters in New York. Mr. Stahr is survived by his widow, the former Aagot Amundsen, and three children. Tames in V-12 of the Navy at Villanova; Robert and Audry. The Stahrs made their home in Summit, N. J. General Precision Acquires Ampro CONTROL of Ampro Corp., Chicago, has been acquired by the General Precision Equipment Corporation, New York, it is announced. Ampro is one of the well known manufacturers of motion picture projectors for the 16-mm and 8-mm film. Earl G. Hines, General Precision president, states that the acquisition was for cash, but no new stock of the parent company will be issued in connection therewith, and that the present management of Ampro will continue to be in charge of operations. Other General Precision subsidiaries long have been leading manufacturers of standard 35-mm motion picture equipment for theatres but have not made 16-mm or 8-mm film equipment. Mr. Hines, in making the announcement, said that "with the acquisition of Ampro the motion picture activities of General Precision will now include apparatus covering not only the professional 35-mm field, but also the requirements of 16-mm and 8-mm equipment for use by educators, industry and home movie enthusiasts. Thus the products will cover the complete range of equipment for motion picture projection. Other related equipment such as 16-mm and 8-mm cameras will be added when war activities cease and such development programs can be undertaken." Approximately 15,000 16-mm projectors now are available in U. S. schools and considerable expansion of this equipment is contemplated. Some industrial companies long have used 16-mm film as sales stimulators and during the war period training films for employees have aided in increasing production. It is believed that such uses of motion pictures by industry will be expanded greatly in the post-war period. For home or amateur use the demand for 8-mm silent movies and 16-mm sound and silent projectors was growing rapidly before the war. With improved equipment that will be available after the war a considerable expansion is anticipated. 30 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST