Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1934)

Friday, May 4, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Who? What? When? Who are the secretaries picked to serve code boards throughout the country? More thumbnail sketches, gathered by Motion Picture Daily correspondents, furnish the answer: Cincinnati Mrs. Alice M. Juergens, secretary of the Cincinnati boards, was born in Duluth, Minn., and received her education at the Central High School, Minneapolis. Later she attended business college. She was for four years assistant to Evelyn McNamee, secretary of the Cincinnati Film Board until that office was abolished. She has been secretary of the Cincinnati Film Board of Trade for the past two and one-half years. Prior to these connections, she was employed at the Columbia branch in Cincinnati as secretary to the manager. Mrs. Juergens resides at Stony Brook Place, Woodlawn, Cincinnati. She has no children. Minneapolis Mrs. Mabel Dietz, secretary of the Minneapolis boards, has been secretary of the Film Board of Trade since 1927. She was born in Indianapolis and educated there in the common schools and high school. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She first appeared in pictures in 1916 in Hollywood. She worked with Metro and Universal, making several pictures with King Baggot. Having married before entering pictures, she left pictures to look after her young daughter. She traveled for the Hays organization in public relations work for some time and was for a time in the non-theatrical department of Fox Film under Courtland Smith. It was from this work that she finally went to Minneapolis to take up work of board secretary. She lives at 1931 Fremont avenue, Minneapolis. Pittsburgh Emmaline Fineberg, secretary for the Pittsburgh boards, is a native Pittsburgher and has been in the film business since embarking upon a career. She was born in 1906 and was educated at the Brushton Public School and Schenley High School. When she graduated from the latter, Miss Fineberg joined the Pittsburgh Film Board of Trade as assistant secretary. That was in 1923. In July, 1928, she went to Albany as Film Board secretary, but stayed there only a short time, going to Winnipeg in a similar capacity. She remained in Winnipeg for 18 months, returning to Pittsburgh in 1930 as sercetary to the Film Board of Trade. When that organization disbanded in August, 1931, Miss Fineberg went to the M-G-M exchange as secretary to Herb Jenner, office manager. She has held that post ever since. Seattle Mrs. Roberta B. Lynch, secretary of the Seattle boards, has been secretary of the Seattle Film Board of Trade since January, 1925, the only affiliation that she has ever had with trade or industry. When asked for her biography Mrs. Lynch stated that her Film Board of Trade work has' constituted her only claim to fame — unless credit might be given for raising three children. San Francisco Miss Rowena Foley, secretary of the San Francisco code boards, was born in Omaha, where she was edu cated, attending the University of Nebraska. Entering commercial life she became secretary to Edward Pettis, vice-president of the Omaha Trust Co., Omaha. In 1928 she went to San Francisco as assistant secretary on the Film Board of Trade. In the fall of that year she was appointed secretary of the Portland Film Board of Trade and acquired through these two positions a thorough knowledge of the industry. In February, 1929, she was summoned back to San Francisco to take over the post of secretary of the San Francisco Film Board. Less than two years later when the industry combined in a vigorous battle against a proposed daylight saving's initiative bill Miss Foley played an important part in the campaign, furnishing much data upon which arguments against the proposed law were based. She is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and several local organizations. Dubinsky Ordered to Reinstate IATSE Men {Continued -from page 1) returned the matter to the regional body for review. The board cited alleged violations by Dubinsky of the labor provisions in the NRA blanket and industry codes. The I.A.T.S.E. operators' union had rejected Ed Dubinsky's terms for arbitration on the ground his plan was not according to the code. Arbitration under the code calls for each side to choose a representative, and these two to name an impartial third party in event of a deadlock Dubinsky, according to the unions, insisted on a Federal district judge for the third man. One of the Federal judges recently granted Dubinsky an injunction against union crafts in St. Joseph. Also, Dubinsky demanded that the fight be submitted to the Kansas City Regional Labor Board, while the union favored the St. Louis board Charge Against Midwest Kansas City, May 3. — H. L. Dunnuck, Madrid Theatre, Atchison, Kan., today filed a complaint with the local grievance board against Fox Midwest charging the circuit entered into an agreement with seven major companies to deprive him of product. He alleges the companies will not sell him second runs after the pictures play the two Fox houses there. TWO -COLUMN AD -398 LINES MAT. NO. 11 PRICE 20? THEY'RE ALL NUTSOUT ON A LIMB OF LY TREE! Meet America's First Family of Filberts in the wildest laugh show of the year! Order from WARNER BROS.