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SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, June 22, 1946
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IN BRIEF
The Theatre Equipment and Supply Manufacturers Association will hold their annual meeting and show at Chicago, September 30th through October 3rd.
Conclusion of a renewal service contract with the Altoona Publix Theatres,, Inc., of Altoona, Pa., covering 12 theatres, has been announced by E. C. Cahill, president of the RCA Service Co., Inc.
Mr. Graunke of the Gardnerville Theatre is installing new Brenkert high intensity lamps furnished by Walter G. Preddey. This theatre is in Nevada, south of Carson City.
The Menlo Theatre at Menlo Park, operated by Stevens, Gray and Laurice, is a mighty imposing structure and fast nearing completion. This is a new thousand seater, and badly needed by the community.
Queen Feature Service, Inc., of Birmingham, Alabama, has installed Wagner Sign Service marquee equipment, including changeable letters, for the Melba Theatre, Birmingham.
Eddie Skolak of the President Follies Theatre on McAllister Street, installed new projectors furnished by Walter G. Preddey. Eddie also bought himself a mighty fine home near Stern Grove.
Walter Schwarz of Point Richmond says business in Richmond is improving after the war shut down. Just bought another roll of tickets.
Harry Graywood, formerly with National Theatre Supply Company, is now with Walter G. Preddey in charge of floor and out-of-town sales.
E. J. Young of Motion Picture Enterprises, a film exchange in Hawaii, has returned to the Islands after a short stay in San Francisco on business.
Max Ratner, for many years with RKO Exchange, has taken over the Bayshore Theatre at Visitacion Valley. He proposes to remodel and refurnish the Theatre.
The San Jose Amusement Co., operated by Preddey, Lima and Levin, has purchased the Jose Theatre property from the Bonn Estate for a figure reported at $150,000. This Company operates many theatres in the City of San Jose.
The new theatre in Hawthorne, Nevada, now under construction by Ed Bearden, has purchased considerable equipment from Walter G. Preddey, including all new International seating.
MAYBE
"Television is the greatest medium of entertainment in the world," declared Mark Woods, president of American Broadcasting Company. Woods offered this opinion in Los Angeles — of all places. He was testifying at an FCC hearing for frequency assignments.
UNUSUAL AND EFFECTIVE use of Adler three-dimensional changeable letters and frame equipment at the Fox Boulevard Theatre, Wichita, Kansas.
PROTECTS FILM against mutilation. Phare cue marker enables projectionist to mark film with Hollywood standard change
over cues.
RCA 16-MM PROJECTOR. Many wartested features are incorporated in this commercial version of projector built by RCA for U. S. Signal Corps.