Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1943)

July 3 1, 1943 MANAGERS' ROUND TABLE 55 PERSONALS ON SHOWMEN CONGRATULATIONS August 2nd William G. Serrao Sustav Schulmann Barney Wiselman William Kassul Jack Foster Ralph Armstrong 3rd E. R. Logan Edward E. O'Donnell Foreman Rogers Arthur C. Stock James B. Mason Ralph C. Yale E. D. Dorrel Albert T. Johnson Paul Barker 4th W. E. Adams James Gamble Ben Jacobson Frank J. Orlando Howard Swift John T. Floore D. M. Dillenbeck Nathan Wise Morton Cole Steve Cokins Anna J. McKelvey James Gamble 5th Steven M. Farrar August 5th Jean La Roe Charles R. Burch 6th Herman Weinberg Francis Schlax Arthur D. Rabe George V. Sweeney Harry W. Blackstone Leonard A. Klafta Frank McMullen 7th Barney Gurnette Norman H. Bailey W. A. Heston Felton G. Mills Nick Karl Albert Sunderland Bennie Henning Lloyd H. Rollins John W. Tripp Dale Medhurst Mike Kirkhart Arthur Egberts Marville McAlexander Martin J. Shearn John N. Fendley 8th M. A. Ellsworth David Sidman Harry Kreigsman Richard Miller KENNETH THOMAS, who recently received a medical discharge after eleven months in service in European waters with the U. S. Coast Guard, has been made assistant manager of Warner's Orpheum, in Hammond, Ind. He was formerly employed by Warners' at the Paramount theatre, in Hammond. GORDON PYLE has been named assistant manager of the Parker Broadway theatre in Portland, Ore. PAUL WESTLAND and WALTER ROE have taken over the Broadway theatre, Bellingham, Wash., from Paul Aust and will operate it in conjunction with the Mt. Baker and American theatres. S. SILVERSTEIN, assistant manager of the Garden theatre, in Philadelphia, was promoted to manager of the Forepaughs •theatre in that city. DAVID LOUIS, on July 15 th, to Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Vannicola. Dad is ad head for RKO theatres, in Boston. PAULINE ANN, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Wilson. Bob manages the Fox Intermountain theatres, at Delta, Colo. A. D. GILMORE has been appointed manager of the Lyric theatre, in Boonville, Mo., succeeding Ralph Wallace, who has been inducted into the Army. Other Fox Midwest theatre changes include: James C. Martin going from the Electric, in Springfield, Mo., to the Auditorium, in Marshall, Mo., succeeding Joe Ruddick, who goes into the Army. Dick Wright moves from the Landers to the Electric and James Millspaugh has been promoted from assistant manager to manager of the Landers. Ray McLain, city manager of Fox Midwest at Coffeyville, Mo., has been transferred to Joplin, Mo., as city manager, succeeding Harley Fryer, resigned. H. D. Carroll, city manager at Atchison, Kans., succeeds McLain at Coffeyville; Dale Thornhill goes from Iola, Kans., to Atchison, and Woody Hilsabeck goes from the People's, in Chanute, Kans., to Iola; Charles Mohler, manager of the Orpheum at Joplin, is transferred to the managership of the People's. TOM GRANT, manager of the Lake Theatre, Chicago, and Dave Gold, manager of the Mode, there, were inducted into the Army recently. BEULAH GREEN has been named manager of the Interstate Empire theatre, in San Antonio. HENRY PLUDE, manager of the State theatre, Cedar Rapids, la., has gone to Rock Island, 111., to manage the Fort. He is succeeded by Joe Garman. JACK KOSHAREK, assistant manager of the Colonial theatre, in Allentown, Pa., has been promoted to manager of Comeford's State theatre, with Walter Ernst replacing him as assistant. Milan Todorov, leaving the State, has been named manager of the Transit theatre, as well as advertising and promotion manager of the Towne theatre. STANLEY SLEVIN was named assistant manager of Warner's first-run Earle theatre, in Philadelphia, succeeding William Kanefsky, who left to join the Army. EXPLOITATION TIEUP DATES September 1st 1st Air Express Service Opened Under Auspices of American Express Co. — 1927 Second World War Began— 1939 2nd U. S. Treasury Dept. Established— 1 789 4th Hendrick Hudson Sailed Up Hudson — 1609 9th California Admitted to Union — 1850 Colorado Admitted to Union — 1850 1 0th Perry's Victory on Lake Erie — 1813 13th Star Spangled Banner Written — 1814 17th Constitution Day (Const, of U. S. Adapted— 1787) 22nd Nathan Hale Executed— 1 776 1 Emancipation Proc. Issued by Lincoln — 1862 26th Pacific Ocean Discovered by Balboa — 1513 JACK GOLDMAN, manager of Warners' Keith, in Philadelphia until it was taken over by William Goldman circuit, has been named manager of Warners' Victoria. Stanley Slevin has been promoted to assistant manager of the Earle, succeeding William Kanefsky, who left to join the Army. Edward Rosen was transferred to the Diamond to take the place of Walter Patomkin, who resigned to enter war plant work. WAYNE SWEENEY, for the past eight years general manager of the LaPorte Theatre Corp., in La Porte, Ind., has resigned to accept a position as manager of the Town theatre, in downtown Omaha, for the R. D. Goldberg Theatre Corp. MARTIN WURTZBURG, formerly with the Five Boro Theatres, Bronx, is now manasrinsr the Allerton theatre there. Photos by Staff Photographer VACATIONISTS. Manuel Argyres, Paradise theatre, West Allis, Wis., and Sidney Turer, booker for Columbia Pictures, in Kansas City, Mo., visit the Round Table.