DECEMBER

L L A S
Qtnrmy Meadows came down with the flu after
a week in Chicago attending the Allied
convention with many other delegates from
Texas . The Phil Isley Theatres and Interstate
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circuit have started selling Christmas
gift books.
Charles E. Darden, chairman of the Variety
Club membership committee, reports the
following were approved for induction at the
last meeting of the committee: Robert K.
Bixler, exploiteer for Paramount here; Lee
Parrish, Cohen Candy Co.; George S. Wright,
lawyer; Sam Jacobson, Rialto and Liberty
theatres, Amarillo; Leake McCauley sr., Dallas
Herald; Loren L. Watson, radio and TV
artist, and Kermit Cohen, Dazian's.
Maxine Adams, assistant to Eddie Forrester
at Theatre Enterprises, is on a vacation
visiting her famOy in Oklahoma. Lynn
Stocker, Theatre Enterprises, was downtown
visiting his friends for the first time after
a stay in Baylor hospital . . . Tel N. Falgiatore,
auditor, was at Columbia ... P. A. Warner
of Manley was happy to hear that the
television set, given as an attendance prize
For Sale—Grand Theatre, Granger, Texas
390 seats, E-7 projectors, RCA sound. Approx.
2,000 populotion. Swell farming community, large
trade area. Price $27,500. Will handle for
$12,500 down.
"Joe" Joseph, Dallas, Texas
3405 Milton or 2621 Milton
Phones: LOgan 5707 or LAkeside 9437
Test Loops — Instructions — Test Equipment
"How to Adjust Sound Lenses" and Loop—$1.50.
"Buzz-Track" Loop & Instructions—$1.10
Test Equipment at reasonable prices. Lists.
Recognized A uthority on So und-Projection.
WESLEY TROUT, Engineer
Care of MODERN THEATRE, 825 Van Brunt Blvd.
KANSAS CITY 24, MISSOURI
(Conductor of Projection-Sound Dept., MODERN THEATRE)
No Stepchild!
(Jays wlii^n
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These are
Popcorn ranks
an important income-producer.
be sure your concessions are
paying
BOB
WARNER
2013 Young St. • DALLAS • Phone Prospect 1685
by Manley at the Allied convention in
Chicago, was won by one of the Texas delegates,
Mrs. Helen Jane Hahn, secretary of
Col. H. A. Cole.
Nathan Brown of Variety Tent 17, winner
last year of the television set given away for
selling the most tickets in the Cadillac-Ford
giveaway, appears to be in the lead again
this year in sale of tickets for the two-car
giveaway to be made Saturday night, December
20. Brown has sold more than 1,500
tickets to date and we asked him for his
formula. "First of all, we must be thoroughly
and enthusiastically sold on the work of the
club ourselves," he said. "Then we must be
ready to talk to everyone we meet about the
fine work of the club and these awards. Then
we should not even wait to meet people, but
aggressively go into various places of business
and make it our business to meet a substantial
number of people each day to whom
we shall tell our story. Don't miss anyone,
they'll all be interested. Your best prospects,
however, are salesmen on the road and conventioneers.
I have sold hundreds to salesmen
and conventioneers right here in the
Adolphus hotel."
The Lyric in Brownwood has been sold by
Interstate to Guy Cameron and P. G.
Cameron, effective December 1 . Joe Hahn,
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accountant for Isley Theatres, spent the recent
weekend in New Orleans visiting his
sister and other relatives. He also visited
friends whom he knew with the old Publix
Theatres Corp., particularly his former boss,
Carl Dixon, now head auditor for Paramount
Gulf Coast Theatres.
Competition Reduces Output
The reduction in the nimiber of films produced
in England during the last year is said
to be due to severe competition from imports,
heavy taxation and restrictions in overseas
markets.
Swiip ^' ^'^'^^^B.rai^
Interstate $5,000 Prize
Won by San Antonian
SAN ANTONIO—Harvey H. Harper, 28
really knew what the score was on November
4—even though he didn't suspect it
at the time. Harper was informed Mon-,
day (24) he had won Interstate Theatres
presidential vote contest by guessing both
candidates would draw a total of 2,069,135
votes in Texas.
The winning prediction was one of about
eight Harper and his wife Mabel wrote on
theatre ballots while the contest was in
progress—and it was the exact number of
votes counted by the Texas election bureau.
Commented Harper:
"This one we just guessed at,
but we tried
to calculate the total on some of the others I
by watching the public opinion polls. We'
filled out a whole bunch of those things."
Alternative prizes for the winner are a
trip to Washington and New York during i
the inaugural ceremonies, a purse of $500 and I
an automobile, or a flat sum of $5,000. Thei
Harpers are taking the $5,000 and will apply
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most of it to the two-story, brick home they
are buying at 235 North Dr.
Employed as sales manager at Spencer
motors. Harper said he had seldom won
anything before except small money prizes
in stock car races, in which he no longer
participates.
He has one child, a 2-year-old daughter,
Hollis,
Manager George Watson had contacted
him regarding choice of prizes.
Other winners in the contest were William
Ervin Miley. Fort Worth, second place;
Ann S. Wood, El Paso, third; Miriam H.
Schmidt, San Antonio, fourth, and R. J.
Newman, Dallas, fifth.
RCA Demonstrates Future
Uses of Transistors
PRINCETON. N. J.—Demonstrations showing
how the tiny transistor, which performs
many of the functions of electron tubes, can
be used in radio, television and other industries
were conducted here Monday (17)
at the David Sarnoff Research Center of the:
Radio Corp. of America. They were used in
operating an experimental portable TV receiver,
radio sets, loudspeaker systems, miniature
transmitters, parts of electronic computers
and other experimental devices.
Transistors are made from specks of germanium
crystal. Many are no larger than a
pea. It was stressed at the demonstrations
that each development was in the form of a
laboratory model and still in the experimental
stage.
Dr. E. W. Engstrom. vice-president in
charge of the RCA laboratories division, said
that mass production techniques still have to
be worked out, but that eventually they will
result in lowered equipment costs for industry
and the public.
Speedy TV Installation ;
SYRACUSE, N. Y. — Television station I
KONA, Honolulu, went on the air Tuesday
(18) just ten days after equipment was
shipped by air from the General Electric
,
plant ht're. according to Paul L. Chamberlain, '
manager of commercial equipment sales. Five
GE engineers were flown to Honolulu to direct
the installation. The total cost is about
$500,000.
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