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Change in UA Shipping<br />
Effective on Weekend<br />
KANSAS CITY—Karl Jameson and Sam<br />
Abend, president and secretary-treasurer of<br />
Film Delivery and the Central Shipping and<br />
Inspection Bureau, attended the meeting in<br />
Chicago Sunday and Monday of National<br />
Film Service, parent corporation. The meeting<br />
was for the purpose of taking over the<br />
operation of inspection and shipping services<br />
for United Artists on Saturday (19).<br />
According to Jameson, Central Shipping<br />
(which is the name under which the local<br />
branch of National Film Service operates,<br />
each exchange office operating under a different<br />
franchise) will open up new offices in<br />
Oklahoma City. Des Moines and Memphis, to<br />
handle the service for United Artists. The<br />
opening of these offices will save exhibitors<br />
money because of transportation points being<br />
closer. Not all UA employes can be retained<br />
here, however, because of new ones being<br />
added in the new offices.<br />
Jameson is on a trip to Denver now where<br />
his company's new building is almost completed.<br />
OMAHA — National Film Carrier, headed<br />
here by M. G. Rogers, will take over distribution<br />
of United Artists films for the Omaha<br />
and Des Moines territories this month.<br />
The new shipping service will continue to<br />
be operated out of United Artists quarters<br />
and present shipping employes will stay on.<br />
Good Hoisington, Kas., Business<br />
HOISINGTON. KAS. — Jake Manweiler,<br />
who with his sons Edwin and August operate<br />
the new Cheyenne Drive-In south of town<br />
on Highway 28. reports the 450-car situation<br />
has been enjoying satisfactory business. It<br />
opened July 15.<br />
Frankfort Theatre Reopened<br />
REDFIELD, S.<br />
D.—Tlie Frankfort Theatre<br />
here has been reopened following completion<br />
of remodeling made necessary by a fire which<br />
damaged the house extensively several weeks<br />
ago. Ray Drayer is manager of the theatre.<br />
STUDIO VISITORS — A. A. Renfro,<br />
RKO branch manager in Omaha, Neb.,<br />
and his wife visited the RKO studios<br />
while in Hollywood recently. They are<br />
shown in the accompanyinK picture with<br />
Tim Holt, star of "Texas TrlgKer Man,"<br />
who took time out from production on the<br />
.set to chat with them.<br />
MPAA-Aided School Film Project,<br />
Now Four Years Old, Acclaimed<br />
OMAHA—Motion pictures as teaching aids<br />
in small Nebraska high schools are no longer<br />
an experiment. They have become almost<br />
unanimously excepted as a result of the work<br />
of Roger Albright and Dr. Wesley C. Meierhenry<br />
through the Nebraska Film Program,<br />
started in 1946. Meierhenry, former assistant<br />
director of the University of Nebraska<br />
extension division, has been director. Albright,<br />
director of educational services for<br />
the Motion Picture Ass'n of America, has<br />
been its adviser and expediter. He headquarters<br />
in Washington.<br />
The program has been worked through the<br />
four state colleges, the University of Nebraska<br />
and the University of Omaha. It<br />
calls for intensive use of motion pictures<br />
each year in about 30 small high schools<br />
scattered over the state. Fifteen schools<br />
participated for the full four years.<br />
Meierhenry reported these success indicators:<br />
1. All of the teachers colleges say they<br />
intend to keep and expand their film libraries<br />
and circulate them to secondary schools.<br />
2. When the program began, only the University<br />
of Nebraska had any teacher training<br />
audio-visual methods. Now "every campus<br />
is doing something with audio-visual" and<br />
the teachers college at Peru requires such<br />
training of its education graduates.<br />
3. "In no case have we failed to find the<br />
Cinderella Contest Held<br />
At Holton, Kas., Arcade<br />
HOLTON. KAS. — The presentation of<br />
Cinderella of Jackson County from the stage<br />
of the Arcada Theatre was the highlight of<br />
the house's recently completed Employes<br />
week. Don Tillotson. manager of the Arcada.<br />
emceed the show and gave Cinderella, Alice<br />
Dell her gifts, including a new dress, a pearl<br />
necklace, shoes, hose and phonograph records<br />
and a year's pass to the Arcada.<br />
Another popular event of the week was a<br />
coloring contest for grade school kids. There<br />
were many entries and interest was keen<br />
among the small-fry. Prizes awarded were<br />
theatre passes.<br />
Ticket Taxes Up a Bit<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—The amusement business<br />
in Minnesota was slightly better last month<br />
than for the corresponding period a year<br />
ago, according to federal tax returns. Admission<br />
taxes, mostly from movie theatres,<br />
amounted to $689,000 for the month past. In<br />
July 1949 they were $678,000.<br />
New Car Given Away<br />
MARYSVILLE. KAS.—Darrell Ray. manager<br />
of the Liberty Theatre here, presented<br />
a new Chevrolet sedan to Rufus Hazlett.<br />
Onaga. winner in the merchants' contest<br />
sponsored here during two months. Eddie<br />
Henderson, Isis manager, congratulated the<br />
winner.<br />
Leslie Goodwins and John Greene will<br />
write a two-reel comedy, "Tin Horn Troubadours,"<br />
for RKO.<br />
opinion that the films have broadened the<br />
students' understanding of specific subjects<br />
and general culture."<br />
Albright said teachers claimed that wellprepared<br />
films helped them over the rough<br />
spots in their Own training, particularly<br />
where laboratory or reference material was<br />
inadequate.<br />
"When you use Irving Langmuir for a<br />
physics teacher, you're bound to impress a<br />
student more."<br />
Films on general subjects—citizenship, democracy,<br />
music and art appreciation—present<br />
arguments and evidence convincingly<br />
and impressively. These are selected by reviewing<br />
boards of teachers.<br />
In very small schools, where teachers must<br />
handle several different subjects each day,<br />
the films give the student a chance to learn<br />
more effectively.<br />
The project was financed by grants from<br />
the Carnegie Corp.. New York City, several<br />
producers of educational films, and the Nebraska<br />
colleges. The Carnegie group provided<br />
$54,300. The producers and the schools each<br />
about $50.000—much of it in services and<br />
special rates. Meierhenry said.<br />
"It was the biggest project of its kind<br />
ever attempted," he said.<br />
Nebraska was picked by the MPA and<br />
Carnegie group because of its high proportion<br />
of small high schools, Albright said.<br />
Drive-In Aids College Fund<br />
WINFIELD. KAS.—Mr. and Mrs. Orval<br />
Ward turned over the proceeds of a recent<br />
performance of "Mr. Belevedere Goes to College<br />
the Southwestern college develop-<br />
'<br />
ment fund.<br />
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: August 19, 1950 57
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