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DETROIT—
Closiiit! of a Ihcatrc for u
! period should not mi-iin sppclal Inspection
difficulties prior to reopening If normal
adequate standards are mahUulned while dark,
BCCordlnR to Edward Hall. Detroit fire murabal.
Inspections of some closed houses which
have sbuKht to reopen have been unusually
thorough In recent Instances according to
FUmrow rumor. The difficulties experienced
by the Rouge Theatre, located In a .suburb
which tried to enforce a new zoning ordinance
because the house had been clased for a few
months, probably contributed to the fears of
Detroit exhibitors In this connection.
However, any Inspection of a closed house
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by the fire department is only the type of
Inspection that normally is made every few
months anyway. Hall said. This differs from
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the frequent "police type inspection" with
which exhibitors are more familiar, made
while the hou.se is operating, to see that there
is no overcrowding, that doors are operating
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The.se are required to be in proper
functioning condition. Objections. Hall indicated,
are chiefly on the ground of expen.se,
liather than difficulty in securing the equipment
for installation.
BOWLING
DETROIT—A new team called
the Spoilers
iwed in the Film Bowling league to replace
eatrical Advertising, but the newcomers
imained at the bottom of the list.
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Allied
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23 21 Spoilers 14 30
de^ Allied Films did the record rolling of the
bettering their own previous mark by
ill 'ist 17 points to hit a new second high of the
ieason of 2,355, and going 12 points over their
)Wn mark to enter the big three singles of
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DETROIT—Amusement Supply was still
he standout in the Nightingale club:
Team Won Lost Team Won Lost
Amusement ...54 26 McArthur 40 40
Carbon 46 34 NTS 36 44
Altec 42 38 Mt. Vernon ... 34 46
Forbes 41 39 Locol 199 27 S3
scores were rolled by Jack Cohvell.
fe42. total 618: Eddie Waddell, 247. 607: Wel-
)er Haartge, 241, 547: Carl Mingione, 213.
182; Frank Quinlan. 300, 496: Carl Larsen,
100, 540: Roy Thompson, 191. 540: Joe Foresta.
.94, 524: Edgar Douville, 515: William
jtouchey, 518.
Quonset Theatre at Pierpont, S. D.,
Withstands Ravages of Flames
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From North Central Edrtlon
PIERPONT. S. D.—The value of a quonset
type theatre was illustrated graphically here
recently when fire struck the Saturn Theatre,
owned by B. A. Bengts.son, and damage
was limited to gutting of the interior of the
structure.
Bengts.son said that the four and one-half
year old house withstood the flames very
well. He said that the only two steel partribs
and 30 sheets of corrugated iron will
need to be replaced.
Present plans call for the owner to rebuild
the house "bigger and better." This decision
was brought about by the action of local
citizens, who after the fire swarmed into the
burned-out theatre with shovels and spades
and cleaned out debris, tossing it into trucks
and hauling it away. The Bengtssons, who live
in an apartment above the theatre, were well
provided for, too, when citizens gave them
clothing, furniture, curtains and food for
the new home.
Total loss to the theatre in the fire was
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more than the $21,700 insurance which the
Bengtssons carried. Much of the equipment
was saved, but was damaged badly by heat,
smoke and water. The fire started while
BengUsson was making an autumn cleanup
around the theatre. He .set fire to some weeds
in the rear of the theatre and one of the
burning weeds was pulled into an air vent.
In a matter of seconds the interior was ablaze.
Bengtsson, who is 26 years old, and his
24-ycar-old wife are both convinced that
a great new era is about to dawn for the
motion picture industry and that TV will
become the industry's greatest ally. When
Bengtsson was 9 years old. he said, he produced
and directed his first amateur circus,
with a cast of 30 and admissions of five
and two cents. He grossed $21.52 and played
the show two days each year for three years.
grossing a little more each time. When he
was 13. he started operating the then onechange
a week local theatre. He continued
this operation until entering the air force.
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Memphis Variety Gains
Nearly Half of Goal
From Soutiieast Edition
MEMPHIS—More than $30,000 of the
178.500 goal for the Variety Club's planned
ionvalescent Home for Children with rheunatic
heart disease has been raised, M. H.
Jrandon of Film Transit said this week. The
ampaign i.s now in its third week, but wa-s
lowed up by the Thanksgiving hohdays.
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