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William Truog Dies;<br />
UA Kaycee Manager<br />
KANSAS CITY — William E. Truog, 71,<br />
branch manager here for United Artists<br />
Corp., died last weekend<br />
at his home after<br />
an illness of more<br />
than a year. Services<br />
were held Monday (19)<br />
at Stine & McClure<br />
chapel, with interment<br />
in Mount Moriah cemetery.<br />
Ti'uog started in<br />
the<br />
film distributing business<br />
here in 1917 as<br />
manager of the World<br />
Film Co. He went to<br />
Wniiam E. Truog the Goldwyn Film Co.<br />
as its district manager in 1920 and was<br />
district manager for Universal from 1924<br />
to 1928. He had been with United Artists<br />
since 1928.<br />
He was born in Chillicothe, Mo., and moved<br />
here in 1900 to work for a typewriter company<br />
and was city manager for the typewriter<br />
firm before entering the film business.<br />
His wife, Mrs. Margaret Saunders<br />
Truog, died in 1950.<br />
Truog had a collection of about 800 autographs<br />
of famous persons, a hobby he started<br />
when he was 16. Signatures include those of<br />
William Jennings Bryan, William F. "Buffalo<br />
Bill" Cody, Edwin Rostell, actor, and Frank<br />
James, the bandit. John Phillip Sousa wrote<br />
a bar of music above his autograph and<br />
other signatures were those of Cassius M.<br />
Clay, former minister to Russia; Queen Victoria,<br />
Grover Cleveland, William McKinley,<br />
Theodore Roosevelt, Admh-al Dewey, Andrew<br />
Carnegie, Thomas A. Edison and James<br />
Whitcomb Riley.<br />
Truog was a charter member of the Country<br />
Club Christian church and in World War<br />
11, he was chairman of the war activities<br />
committee of the film industry here. He is<br />
survived by his mother, Mrs. John Bammer,<br />
Topeka; four sons, William E. jr., Daniel,<br />
Morton and John; a daughter, Mrs. George<br />
Haydon, a brother and a sister.<br />
Pallbearers for the services included Guy<br />
L. Bradford, UA salesman for many years,<br />
and Albert Adler, MGM assistant branch<br />
manager. Honorary pallbearers included<br />
Arthur Cole, industry representative, Paramount.<br />
Drive-In for Marshfield<br />
MARSHFIELD, MO. — The Skyline cafe<br />
building and about three acres of land have<br />
been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Schmidt of<br />
Niangua by Herman Pearce. They plan to<br />
build a drive-in theatre. It was reported<br />
George and Jean Barnes will continue to<br />
operate the cafe, which will be nearby the<br />
theatre. The land sold will not interfere with<br />
the golf course or airport. Only one green<br />
will have to be moved.<br />
R. L. Conn Is Speaker<br />
GLADBROOK, IOWA—R. L. Conn, 20th-<br />
Fox manager in Des Moines, spoke at the<br />
Gladbrook Commercial club luncheon recently<br />
on "The Movies and Your Community."<br />
Hove you signed the 19S1 Xhristmos Solute' to<br />
your Variety Clubs-Will Rogers Memoriol hospital?<br />
Martin and Lewis Signed<br />
For Twin Cities Show<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Harry 3. French, Minnesota<br />
Amusement Co. president, now has a<br />
contract signed for the personal appearance<br />
of the Martin and Lewis stage show at the<br />
Radio City Theatre here the week of February<br />
22. The engagement will make amends<br />
for the stars' failure to appear at Radio City<br />
earlier this year.<br />
An agreement was reached after long negotiations<br />
and Martin and Lewis were to have<br />
come to Minneapolis this month. Picture<br />
commitments that will keep them busy until<br />
the middle of February, however, cau.sed them<br />
to ask for another postponement. During this<br />
year's personal appearance tour, Martin and<br />
Lewis smashed boxoffice records at all theatres.<br />
A boost in admission prices to $1.50<br />
at night had been fixed at Radio City for the<br />
unfilled engagement. As compensation, they<br />
will receive 50 per cent of the gross from the<br />
first dollar while providing the balance of<br />
the stage show.<br />
Olivia DeHavilland Sees<br />
Minimum Threat From TV<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Appearing at the Lyceum<br />
Theatre in the Shaw play, "Candida," film<br />
star Olivia DeHavilland told newspaper reporters<br />
that she regards television as a challenge<br />
rather than a threat to motion pictures.<br />
Its effect probably will be fewer but better<br />
pictures, in her opinion. "Television now seems<br />
a godsend to many working people," said the<br />
star. "Think of the trouble and expense it<br />
saves—baby sitters, parking and things like<br />
that. But after so long a time there comes<br />
a day when these people just have to get out<br />
of the house.<br />
"Accordingly, the great directors and producers<br />
like Ella Kazan, William Wyler and<br />
Darryl Zanuck have nothing to worry about.<br />
They'll go on producing great pictures and<br />
people will go on wanting to see them."<br />
Films Trap Chinese Reds<br />
Even Chinese Communists are movie fans,<br />
according to Cpl. Harry E. Richardson, Route<br />
2, CollinsvUle, 111.<br />
"Our company was watching a movie not<br />
long ago, and after it was over we noticed<br />
there were four very unusual uniforms in the<br />
audience. They were Communists who came<br />
off the hill and mixed in with the crowd," the<br />
38th regiment soldier explained.<br />
Doughboys held the entertained strangers<br />
until a prisoner detail came and took them<br />
prisoner.<br />
Assistant and $900 Disappear<br />
MINNEAPOLIS—Two days after he was<br />
employed the assistant manager of the Northtown,<br />
local independent neighborhood house,<br />
disappeared. With him disappeared S900 in<br />
currency from the safe, according to Manager<br />
Jimmy Gottlieb's report to the police.<br />
New Seats at Ute, Iowa<br />
UTE. IOWA — Leather upholstered seats<br />
have been installed at the Star Theatre here<br />
by Tim Elliott, owner.<br />
London<br />
Lizabeth Scott to<br />
Lizabeth Scott will star opposite Paul Henreid<br />
in the English-made film, "The Stolen<br />
Face," a Paramount picture.<br />
CONFER ON 'YONDER'—Officials<br />
of<br />
the strategic air command and Trl-States<br />
circuit of Omaha flew to Hollywood to<br />
confer with Herbert J. Yates, president,<br />
and other Republic officials on arrangements<br />
for the three-day salute to the air<br />
command next week (27-29) which will<br />
culminate with the world premiere of Republic's<br />
"The Wild Blue Yonder." Omaha<br />
is the birthplace of the B-29, which is<br />
glorified in the film. Left to right are<br />
William Miskell, Tri-States di.strict manager;<br />
Yates and Col. .Alfred F. Kalberer.<br />
Princess in Oskaloosa<br />
Changing to Bus Station<br />
OSKALOOSA, IOWA—The Princess here<br />
soon to become a bus depot and taxi stand.<br />
i.s<br />
Staak and Pierce Theatres, Inc.. has signed<br />
a long term lease with the Greyhound Bus Co.<br />
for use of the Princess building. The front<br />
40 feet of the theatre will be remodeled to<br />
accommodate the new tenants, according to<br />
Bruno Peirce of the theatre company. Seats<br />
in the Princess have been sold to various<br />
churches and theatres. The Princess was<br />
opened by the late W. I. Neagle about 40<br />
years ago after he had closed his grocery<br />
store. It was popular for many years as a<br />
motion picture and vaudeville house.<br />
The Netherlands Foundation for Distribution<br />
of Educational Films produces its own<br />
films and rarely imports any.<br />
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