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. . Harold
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. . Tom
OMAHA
The Nebraska supreme court now has in its
hands the case in which the city seeks to
take over part of Filmrow as a site for the
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new Municipal auditorium. A decision on the
city's appeal is expected soon
Goldberg, circuit owner, is back from a Chicago
business trip . . . R. Thompson, Kansas
City, stopped here en route to Yankton,
S. D., where he is building a theatre . . .
Kathe.ine Strong, formerly of Sioux City,
has signed an aitor's contract with Paramount.
Macdonald Carey, another Sioux
Cityan, is working on the same lot in "The
Gieat Gatsby."
K. V. Fletcher has completed remodeling
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of his Lyric Thea.re in Hartington, Neb. . . .
3: 1 Burke, KKO city salesman in Kansas
Ci.y. s;ent the weekend in Omaha
Fune.-al ssi vices weie held here for Mj-s. Otto
i:ar.s;n, vetersn projectionist at the RKO
Biandeis. £he had been ill a long time. Her
huEtand only recently left the hospital.
. . 'Will Singer,
Bernard Dudgeon, manager of Omaha's
ntw dii.e-in, went to Des Moines to watch
rrepara icns for opening of the Tri-States
D.i.e-I.i ihere. 'William Miskell, Tri-States
cistiict manager, was to be In Des Moines
Wednesday for the opening .
EKO Brandeis manager, is in Chicago for a
. . . vacation Don Allen, new Ti-i-States city
manager in Sioux City, spent the weekend
with his family in Des Moines. He still has
to find housing quarters in his new home
city.
Among the Omahans who attended the
Allied meeting in Des Moines were Branch
Managers Don McLucas, United Artists; Jerry
McGlynn, MGM; Joe Scott, 20th-Fox: Frank
Hannon, 'Warner Bros.; Joe Jacobs, Columbia,
and Oscar Hanson, Independent booker
. . . C. 'W. Coryell, Bassett, Neb., exhibitor,
is back from a week's fishing trip . . Lynn
.
White, Quality Theatre Supply, was on a
two-week fishing expedition in the same vicinity
as Coryell and set a record that will
be hard to match. One day he counted 79
fish . . . John Ash, MGM auditor, is in town
. . . Mrs. C. J. Kremer, wife of the exhibitor
at Stanton, Neb., is having tough luck and
now is spending her tenth week in the hospital
after breaking a hip.
Bill Tammen is putting a new tile front
and marquee on the Dakota Theatre in
Yankton, S. D. . . . R. j. "Bob" Hoff, Ballantyne
Co. sales manager, is back from a visit
to the firm's eastern export office . . . Ras
Anderson, Paramount head shipper, is on
vacation.
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Vincent Flynn has left on another assignment
for the MGM home office. He pinchhit
here while Branch Manager Jerry Mc-
Glynn took an extended vacation . . . Minnie
Mixon, Paramount report clerk, and
Richard Anderson, assistant shipper, are vacationing.
Norman Nielsen, RKO's new salesman,
headed the wrong direction out of Valentine,
Neb., and it ended in an 84-mile detour . . .
Much-needed rains in the 'Valentine and
Ainsworth areas have cheered business prospects.
Less than three inches had fallen
before the recent rain . . Clair Hilgers,
.
Eagle Lion district manager from Dallas,
arrived in town. Ed Cohen, Omaha branch
manager, accompanied him to Des Moines
where they met Herman Beiersdorf, western
division sales manager . . . The Muse
Theatre was headquarters for the Hinky-
Dinky cooking school.
Cheri Sherman is a new stenographer at
Columbia . Postman, assistant to
A. F. Cummings. head of the MGM maintenance
department in New York, was here
to visit the Omaha exchange . . . Mort
Eichenberg jr., Columbia salesman, has a
new "buggy."
Al Campbell, Columbia shipper, missed a
week. Arnold Shartin, office manager, and
Tom Hen.shaw, booker, filled in in addition
to other duties . . . George Smith, Paramount
western division manager from Los Angeles,
was here for a few days . Halloran,
Paramount salesman, is back after missing a
week.
Omahans are voting this month on additional
bonds that would pay for completion
of the almost-finished Municipal stadium
weather cut down the number of
Filmrow visitors. Among those noted were
Cliff Sherron, David City; C. J. Kremer,
Stanton; Earl Braclay, Stromsbui-g; Mrs.
Laura Moorehead, Stromsburg; Carl 'Worl,
Dunlap, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Claud Craig,
Plainsview; and Fritz Largen, Creighton.
Welcome to M. E. Anderson as new Paramount
branch manager here. And a farewell
to Don Hicks, who moves up after a
year here in which he made many friends
and an outstanding record . Emerson,
Tri-States city publicity chief, staged
a private showing of "The Iron Curtain" for
the press . . . Jack Epstein, Epstein Theatres,
was elected president of the southwest region
of B'nai B'rith at Sioux Falls, S. D.
In a recent report in these columns on the
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installation of equipment by Western Theatre
Supply, Frank Hollingsworth was incorrectly
listed as owner of the Rialto in
Beatrice, Neb. The theatre is owned by M S
White.
Irma DeLand, office manager's secretary,
has been promoted to booker at RKO, succeeding
Mary Olsen who resigned. Nancy
Franks, stenographer, moves up to secretary
for Manager Jack Renfro. Evelyn Sunblade
is the new stenographer, replacing Nancy
Franks.
Western Theatre Supply has entered a
brightly-outfitted feminine bowling team in
league play. One of the members is Gerrie
Schwaring, an employe of Harry Taylor who
has local theatre interests . . . Jack Schweildelson,
former operator of the Cass Theatre
here, has joined Monogram as a salesman.
A. Don Allen to Sioux City
As Tri-States Manager
SIOUX CITY, IOWA—A. Don Allen has
arrived here from Des Moines to be city
manager for Tri-States theatres here. Allen
is replacing L. E. Davidson, resigned. Allen
has been advertising manager for Tri-States
the last two years. Before that he had been
city manager in Davenport and Rock Island
and Moline, 111., for five years, manager of
the Orpheum in Omaha for several years
and manager of the Des Moines, Des Moines,
for six years. Tri-States houses here are the
Capitol, Hollywood, 'Victory, Iowa, State and
Hipp. His headquarters will be at the Capitol.
Don Luftus New Manager
Of Estherville Grand
ESTHERVILLE, IOWA—Don Luftus of
Fort Dodge has taken over management of
the Grand here. He succeeds P. C. "Bing"
Ingram who resigned to accept appointment
as secretary of the Estherville Chamber of
Commerce. Loftus has managed theatres in
several northern Iowa cities during the last
several years and served here as manager
of the Grand in 1946. Loftus then left the
theatre business, but rejoined the Central
States chain a year ago as manager of the
Strand in Fort Dodge.
Over 700 Names Offered
STORM LAKE, IOWA—More than 700 persons
have submitted names for the new
theatre here in a contest sponsored by Manager
Bill Hill. The names have been forwarded
to the Pioneer Theatres headquarters
at St. Louis Park, Mimi., for the decision of
a board of judges. The theatre is being built
on the west side of Lake avenue on the site
of the old Tracy. The name desired was not
to be over six letters long and fitting to the
spirit, environs and community life here.
The winner will be announced soon.
Omaha Drive-In Open Soon
OMAHA—Tri-States Theatres plans a new
wrinkle in connection with its drive-in to
open here shortly. There will be a children's
playground in connection with the theatre.
They will be admitted to it and the theatre
free. It eliminates the baby sitter problem.
Tri-States announced there will be two
shows nightly.
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BOXOFTICE : : May 15, 1948