DECEMBER

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monoxide poisoning, caused by folks keeping
their car heaters running to keep them
E N V E R
warm. Already, with an around-zero cold
snap, two have been taken out of a Denver
•Phi' Paramount is large-screen televising the ping & Inspection bureau, was the innocent drive-in and placed under an oxygen tent
Metropolitan Opera opening of "Carmen" victim in a three-car accident. Fetz was to revive them. A couple of years ago a
from New York December 11. The theatre hospitahzed a few days with a cut mouth person was killed in a Pueblo, Colo., drive-in,
wUl close its film show at 5 and at 6:40 Denver
time the opera will start on the thea-
he came upon two other cars, one of which
and bruises. Fetz was driving alone, when because of inhaling carbon monoxide.
tre's large-screen television. Free coffee and was driving the wrong way on a one-way Two employes of the Paramount exchange
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sandwiches will be served. Prices, with an street. That car hit another and the two have moved into new homes. John Thomas, i
advance sale, are $2.40, $3.60 and $4.80. Harris
Wolfberg, head of Wolfberg Theatres, that was going the wrong way was killed. Gene Vitale. booker, has bought a new housei
smacked Fetz' car. The man driving the car salesman, has just built a new house and
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apologized for the apparently high prices, but Ketz' car was badly damaged.
Spahn, independent film buyer
and booker, has returned to Filmrow and is
pointed out they were necessary because
Mrs. Arlie Beery, wife of the Manley district
representative, is in St. Luke's hospital,
located at 737 21st St. . . . Pete Bayes, Paramount
publicity man, went to Albuquerque,!
of the large cut demanded by the Metropolitan,
the arranging company, and the
where she underwent an operation . . . This
N. M., to set up pubUcity for "Road to Bali"
high phone line charges.
is the time of year for drive-ins that are and "The Stooge."
Lynn Fetz, manager of the Denver Ship-
staying open to watch out for carbon
Patricia Clark, daughter of Joe Claik, Lippert
Pictures salesman, underwent an appendectomy
at Mercy hospital Sylvia
. . .
Greif has been added at Paramount as a
biller . . . Don Hammer, who recently sold
EVEN
Says
MORE HAPPY
his interest in the Denver and Salt Lake City
Realart exchanges, ha-s reopened another exchange
to be known as the Intermountain
WITH U. F. S. THAN
WALLY KEMP
Film Exchange and will handle reissues and
new independent features. As soon as a location
is available, he will have an office on
Grand Theatre
I ANTICIPATED
;
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Grand Islond, Neb.
Filmrow and will serve Denver and Salt Lake
City.
Frank Wood has leased the Rio, Dolores,
Colo., from Roy Benham . . . Among the
theatre people who drove in for the Thanks-
,
giving day football game at the University
of Denver were Mr. and Mrs. George Mc-
Cormack, Canon City, and Mr. and Mrs.i
Gerald Anderson, Riverton, Wyo.
Hal and Dick Bennett, owners of the Skyhne
Drive-In, Sheridan. Wyo., have bought|
the Orpheum at Sheridan from Fox Intermountain
Theatres, and will take over February
1. This is one of the theatres that thej
KaBsaB
City «.
independent
court directed Fox Intermountain to sell asj
... gooa "o^, °i toW yo^
part of the divorcement proceedings.
Filmrow visitors included WajTie Bauer,!
Manco; Joe Wills, Socorro, N. M.; John W.r
Murray, Springfield; Lionel Semon, Pueblo,|
and Leonard Leigh, Socorro, N. M.
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Airer to Be Built by Weskil Chain
COLFAX, WASH.—L. H. Weskil. manager
of the Weskil theatre chain, intends to build
a drive-in on an eight-acre tract near Pullman
along the old Colfax-Pullman highway.
The Weskil circuit operates theatres at Sand-: f'i tte Ui
point, Ida.; Pullman and Colfax.
1 bear at our e quail? ^ ^^^r^YiWt-^
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^ cordially
Training for Teachers in Iron
The U.S. embassy during the last year.
supplied films and equipment used by the]
Iranian educational system for audio-visual
training courses for elementary and sec
ondary teachers.
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UNITED FILM SERVICE, INC.
Headquorttrs Office
Kansas City, M°i s s o u r i
Branch
Officei
Cleveland>Chicago> Son
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and fair dealino. 30 years experience inciiiiJinii
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or our customers. Know your brolter.
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3305'Carutli. Dallas, Texas
Telephones: EM 0238 - EM 7489
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