Showmen's Trade Review (1945)

48 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW October 20, 1945 REGIONAL Continued County, Ind., Circuit Court concerning the will of the late Charles M Olseri, who operated the Lyric here. The latest action asks that the widow be removed as executrix of the estate, on the . ground that she has failed to make and return an inventory. The appointment of a special administrator is sought. Hugh Bernard who operates the Towers, Louisville, Ky., is confined to his home by sickness. Phil Moran, RKO publicity director for this area, has been transferred to the Detroit office of the company. Joseph Durflinger, who . returned to RKO as assistant shipper following his release from the Army, has resigned and will enroll at the GI school in Chicago. Robert Miller succeeds him. Violet Mullenkopf, inspectress at RKO, has resigned and is succeeded by Leona Bohlman. Howard McCracken, who returned to National Theatre Supply Co., following his release from active duty in the Army, is now on the sales counter. Standard Theatres, Milwaukee, have entered into a long term lease for the Grand (colored) Louisville, Ky. Joseph W. Barr, son-in-law of Dudley Williston, head of Williston Enterprises, Indianapolis and Louisville, has returned to assume his duties following his release from the Navy. He enlisted at Bicknell. Lt. John Keller will return to Warners following his release from active duty in the Army November 3. Mrs. Paul Sanders, wife of the Campbellsville, Ky., exhibitor, is now recuperating at the Lebanon hospital from a heart attack. Henry Riess, Louisville exhibitor, has returned from a brief vacation in Chicago. WELCOME. Sid Rogell (center), RKO executive producer, and Mrs. Rogell are welcomed by Rutgers Neilson, RKO publicity chief, upon their arrival in New York. CLEVELAND Bob Workman, MGM branch manager in Minneapolis, is an unexpected guest at Crile Clinic. He came east to attend the funeral of his father in Wellsville, Ohio, and was taken suddenly ill. Ben Fish, personal representative of Samuel Goldwyn, was a visitor at the local RKO exchange during the past week. The boys are coming home in numbers these days. Jerry Whitesell, late of the Navy, is back at MGM ; Sid Cohen, discharged from the Signal Corps and Howard Spiess of the Marines, have rejoined Milt Mooney's Co-operative Theatres of Ohio. Urban Anderson, who headed Midwest Specialties Co. until Uncle Sam needed him, is out but not in anything definite as yet. Sam Gerace, veteran of a German prison camp, is black at his old stand as manager of the Rialto, an Associated Theatres house. Richard Miller, premium representative is getting acquainted with his wife and three children before making any plans. Gilbert Lefton has completed his Coast Guard service and has returned to Academy Film Service. Dave Bachner, formerly a member of Warner Theatres publicity staff returned last week after serving three and a half years in the Pacific. He is waiting for his discharge, after which he will re-join Warners' in some capacity to be, determined. Better_ .understanding between the United States and Canada may be effected by a free exchange of motion pictures of educational value. This is the plan of members of the CanadaUnited States Committee on Education, who met at the Cleveland Hotel in a two-day session last week. An exchange of pictures which show the likeness of the two countries was urged. Roger Allbright, New York, outlined a plan in developing' accurate knowledge and sympathetic understanding between the two peoples. The group concerned itself with a study of documentary and theatrical films with educational value, as a means of explaining the life and culture of the two countries. Plans were made to publish the recommendations of the committee. A new million-dollar shopping, housing and amusement center has been announced for construction on Memphis road in the suburb of Brooklyn. Morris S. Arnoff, president of the Memphis Shopping Center, Inc., and also of American Home Building Corp., has already applied for a permit to erect the shopping unit. This will contain space for stores, a restaurant, a 2000-seat motion picture theatre and a 20-lane bowling alley. The housing project will provide 150 homes in the $8,000 class. Motion Picture Council of Greater Cleveland held the first of two inter-group panel discussions (Continued on Page 50) ★ *★★★ ★★★* ★★★★ FINISH THE JOB . . . IN A BLAZE OF ACTION ! VICTORY IN THE VICTORY LOAN! REPUBLIC PICTURES CORP.