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. . . Gladys . . . Eddie . . Alberta — . . The ir- Antidiscrimination Proposal in St. Louis ST. LOUTS—A bill proposing to make it a misdemeanor for any attempt at segregation or discrimination according to race, color, creed or nationally in various public places, including motion picture theatres, has been introduced in the board of aldermen by Alderman Sidney R. Redmond, Negro. The measui'e carries provision for fines from $25 to $500. The bill also would pernut the posting of signs advertising such segregation or discrimination in public places. The proposed ordinance would place the board of aldermen on record as declaring "the practice of exclusion, segregation and discrimination in the use, operation and enjoyment of public places and accommodations against any of the resident of the city or those coming within its boimdaries because of race, religion, creed, color or natural origin are in derogation of the fundamental civil rights of the individuals involved." Redmond said he was requested to introduce the bill by various organizations including the National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People, the Mound City Bar Ass'n. and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance. Empire Is Redecorated CHRISMAN, ILL. — The Empire, a 300- seater owned by George Barber of Villa Grove, 111., and managed and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Garland "Peck" Keith, reopened April 22 after being dark for ten days. During that period it rmderwent remodeling and redecorating. New American seats, a larger screen, modern air conditioning and new aisle and side lights have been installed. Burglars Get $43 in Harvey, 111. HARVEY, ILL.—Manager Walter Grometer reported to police that bm-glars had ransacked his office and ripped open the safe at the Harvey Theatre, making off with $4S.61 in cash. MADISON . . . ly/fanager Hugh Flannery of the Orpheum Theatre here and Mrs. Flannery left May 1 for a month's vacation trip to Florida A film titled "Better Schools for Rural Wisconsin" will be released soon by the University of Wisconsin. John McKay, formerly with Fox Wisconsin in Milwaukee, has been named manager of the Eastwood here. He succeeds H. L. Mincheski ... A stenographer in the state industrial commission won a six-month pass to the Orpheum in that theatre's baby-sitter contest. The Commercial club at Monticello will sponsor free motion pictm-es this summer. A group of Monticello civic and business leaders are also reported considering raising a fund for a new theatre in that city . . . Mayor Verne Knoll of Beaver Dam has invited actor Fred MacMurray to visit his home city this summer to help dedicate a new carillon organ bought for use at the city park. The organ is similar to the one used in Mac- Murray's picture, "Miracle of the Bells." NDIANAPOLIS Dussell Bleeke, office manager and head booker at Republic, was home suffering from an abscess in his ear several days last week . . . Charles Acton, salesman for Republic, is spending his spare moments buying furniture and getting his newly acquired home arranged . Wells of the Na- vacation- tional Screen Service office staff is ing in Ai-izona. Betty Bradgon has been added to the NSS filing staff. Fred Dolle of the Fourth Avenue Amusement Co., Louisville, was here several days Edwin Brauer, Republic on business . . . manager, has gone to the New 'Vork office Daupert is the new typist at . . Jack Norris has taken over the RKO . Rialto Theatre in Walkerton, Ind. Milton Krueger, UA salesman, and Jack Benson, assistant booker at U-I, were overnight guests of Bob Harned at his drive-in . . Mrs. Jules Goldman, in Louisville the night before the race at Churchill Downs . wife of the Warner office manager, has returned to the city after spending six weeks with her father, seriously ill at his home in New York. Bob McCraven jr., son of the late salesman for Warner Bros., was here winding up his father's estate . . Brownstown, Ind., . had a rabies scare and all dogs in the town were ordered vaccinated . . Eugene Steurle, . operator of the East Broadway, Louisville, has renovated his theatre and now will start the family garden plot . . . Joe and William Riese of the Riese circuit, Louisville, have supervised the renovating and the installation of new air conditioning in the Ideal Theatre. Robert and Mrs. Wayne, who operate the Orpheum in Louisville, entertained their many out-of-town guests during the Kentucky Derby. Earl Bell has acquired the Avalon here. Bell also operates the Howard in west Indianapolis . . . Mrs. Harvey Orr, who operates the Speedway Theatre, Speedway City, has returned to her post after a tenday rest . . . C. E. South, operator of the Dream Theatre here, reports considerable activity in his community by parents who desire to secure more pictures for children's matinees. Verne Jenkins acquired the Monroe at Monroe City . . . Mrs. Mary May, mother of Gilbert May, operator of the Dream, Corydon, Ind., is visiting her daughter in California Ornstein, who operates theatres in Milltown and Marengo, Ind., and in Brandenburg, Ky., has disposed his interest in the frozen locker btisiness and will devote THE BETTER TO SERVE YOU WE HAVE MOVED TO LARGER QUARTERS —New Address 1220 So. Michigan Ave. Phones WEBster 44G6-67 CHICAGO 5, ILL. MIDWEST POSTER EXCHANGE iOur Service Advertises) all his attention to his amusement business George T. Landis, 20th-Fox manager, . . . visited the home office in New York. Jerry Weiss, formerly living in Chicago, has joined the Eagle Lion sales staff. He will visit exhibitors in the northern territory . . . Richard "Dick" Stevens of the west coast office of Warner Bros., replaces Ira Epstein as publicity director in the Indianapolis area. Epstein goes to New York City for the company. George W. Lindsay is building a 218-seat theatre in Brownsville, Ky. The house will be called the Lindsay . Mary-Jane Theatre in Caneyville, Ky., built by Allen Bros., will hold its formal opening the last week in May. C. C. Sims, Loretta, Ky., is building a new drive-in theatre at Lebanon, Ky . . . Paul Sanders, operator of the Alhambra Theatre, Campbellsville, Ky., has returned after visiting his daughter in the east . . . Mannie Marcus, head of the Marcus Enterprises, operators in Ohio and Indiana, visited his theatres in Cincinnati and Dayton. Renovated Lincoln Opens Again in Charleston, 111. CHARLESTON, ILL.—The Lincoln Theatre, a unit of the Charleston Theatre Co., which also owns the Will Rogers here, has been playing to nice business since its grand reopening April 25. While the theatre was closed, the owners, headed by Ed Clark, spent some $50,000 on improvements. Air conditioning was installed; the ticket window was moved forward to the center of the doorway: new rubber tile floor was laid in the lobby which was redecorated; concrete flooring was laid in the balcony, where seats were rearranged, and indirect lighting, new automatically controlled curtains and a new screen were installed. Poplar Bluff Job Resumed By I. W. Rodgers Circuit POPLAR BLUFF, MO.—Work was resiuned on the de luxe theatre being built here by the Rodgers circuit of Cairo, 111., following the lifting of restrictions on theatre construction. W. M. Griffin, spokesman for the circuit, said the project probably would take a year to complete. The house will be a monument to I. W. 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