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f6 Metzger. owner of the Cozy Theatre nt
Tyndall S. D.. had a busy week. As local
chief he attended the state convention
fire chiefs at Yankton . . . Two Columbia
bine office representatives, Jules Neodleman
&(1 Gene Sichelman, were in town from
lew York.
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BT. R. Thompson from Kansas City, Walt
|«.'ney representative, .spent the weekend in
[lis city Shane, manafier of the
jaiamount Theatre, is back on the job after
ijising his tonsils . . . Evelynn Cannon, head
.ker at MGM, is on a Minnesota fishinfs
. . . ^i]) Pat Halloran, 20th-Fox salesman,
as a second son named Timothy Michael,
he first was named Patrick.
Kobert Kiddle, formerly with Warners,
Itnie back to Omaha to attend funeral serv-
Ibfs for his mother, Mrs. Cecila Riddle. He
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Ifi now with United Artists in Denver
Ildele Anderson. Warner cashier, is on vacalloa.
ad agency men were invited to atjend
the screening of "The Hucksters"
ack Andrews. Paramount salesman,
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was
itricken on the road and had to undergo an
mergencv appendectomy at St. Mary's hoslital.
North Platte.
Hazel (Jensen) Brown dropped a card back
the RKO office saying she was honeyttooning
in the Black Hills and now is en
oute to Yellowstone.
The Roselund Theatre, in a tiein ad with
n>talling firms, tells the public it has in-
Italled a new Chrysler Airtemp air conditioning
Cornelia Adams, 18, clerk
unit . . . In the county marriage license office, was
|niirried on the RKO-Brandeis Theatre stage
« start off the showing of "Honeymoon."
ihe was to wear the wedding gown worn by
Shirley Temple in the picture and the first
fitting found no changes needed. Reinhart
Paulsen. 22. is the groom.
Visitors along Filmrow included: Adolph
Crete iNeb.i exhibitor en route
Chicago where he also owns a theatre:
Roy Syfert. Ainsworth exhibitor who avoided
flood areas by flying his airplane in to town:
teddie Kugel. Holstein, Iowa: John McQuistan,
Bloomfield; D. H. Heyne. Hooper: Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Johnson. Onawa. Iowa: John
Preston, Humphrey: F. Thompson, Audubon,
Iowa: Elmer Swen.sen, Alta, Iowa: Cliff
Sherron, Genoa; Bruce Jones. Beemer: Rob-
.ert Johnson. Logan. Iowa; G. G. Griffith.
Plsttsmouth.
Cool Bandit Takes $60
From St. Paul Cashier
ST. PAUL—A composed bandit, held up
thf cashier of the Park. Minnesota Amusement
Co. neighborhood theatre and relieved
the frightened. 20-year old girl of $60 at the
point of a gun.
The man appeared at the ticket window at
8 p. m.. when there was almost a steady
stream of patrons, and quietly said, "Hand
lit over." enforcing his demand with a nickelpl.Ued
revolver. She gave him about L5
dollar bills.
Menacing her with a gun. the bandit dem.nded,
"Is that all?" She then handed him
three five-dollar bills and when he quietly repeated
the same question she gave him three
$11 bills and then pulled the drawer out to
sl'.ow him it was empty.
After receiving the money, the bandit
turned away and walked slowly down the
BOXOFFICE :: June 28, 1947
NCA Raps Adult Tax
On Teen-Age Tickets
MINNEAPOLIS— North Central Allied has
a.sked the internal revenue bureau to re-examine
its ruling that the 20 per cent theatre
admission tax must be based on age instead
of the price of the ticket in the case of the
.special teen-age scale.
With exhibitors "virtually forced" to establish
teen-age admission scales to compete
with downtown first runs, which recently put
the special rate in effect for youngsters 12
to 16 years old. the present method of computing
the admission tax is harmful to the
theatre owner, unjust, and arbitrary, said
NCA Piesident Bennie Berger.
Tlie government requires the 20 per cent
tax on established children's and adult
rates, breaking them at the age 12 years.
Some years ago the Minnesota Amusement
Co. and independent exhibitors joined in a
protest against paying adult tax rates on
junior and student admission prices, but the
internal revenue department held that these
street. The cashier sounded an alarm, but
by the time ushers reached the booth the
bandit had disappeared. D. S. Palmquist.
manager, was not present at the time.
Amateur Nights in Panora
PANORA, IOWA—Amateur night contests
are being held at the Little under the direction
of Dorothy Kean, manager. Prizes in
the contest include an opportunity to broadcast
over radio station KSIB and a weekend
trip to Chicago.
Installs Air Conditioning
ROCK VALLEY. IOWA—Jack Nebbin,
owner, is having new air conditioning equipment
installed in the Orpheum.
KANSAS CITY NEWCOMER—E. J.
Staton. right, is manager of the newly
opened Kansas City branch of the theatre
seating division of American Desk
Mfg. Co.. a Temple. Tex., concern. \t
left is Forrest Dunlap. western division
manager, who pilots a plane between
branch offices and the dozen theatres he
owns in Texas and Arkansas. Staton was
a first lieutenant who flew B29s in World
War II.
were a "special rate" and therefore .should'
carry the same amount of tax as an adult
admission.
"This leaves the theatre owner in the peculiar
position of being forced by the government
to pay a tax on junior admissions
which he cannot collect," .said Berger. "It is
illogical as well as unjust for the government
to require the same admission tax for the
teen-age admission as is called for by the
higher adult scale.
"The price paid for the ticket, not the
age. should be made the basis of the tax,"
He pointed out the great harm likely to
result at neighborhood theatres here, which
now get 40 cents for adult admissions. In
order to keep their teen-age patronage, Berger
.said, they might have to come down to
25 cents. Yet they will have to pay the .same
8-cent tax on these tickets as they do oii
40-cent tickets, leaving only 17 cents to
cover operating costs.
Folly Theatre Closed
KANSAS CITY—After two weeks playing
sex-angle films, the Folly Theatre has closed
once more. Howard Goldin, promoter of the
films, has gone to Fort Worth and Warren
Irons, owner of the theatre, said that as far
as motion pictures were concerned, the Folly
would remain shuttered for the summer. A
burlesque policy will be resumed in the fall.
Water Follies Billed
OMAHA—Theatres will face a new kind of
competition here July 15 to 20 when Ak-
Sar-Ben stages the first Water Follies of any
size ever to be presented here. Peter Pick
is the feature star.
Quonset for Marne
MARNE. IOWA—Albert Hefferan has received
a permit to build a new quonset theatre
here. The house will seat 450 and have
a brick front. It will be completed about
October 1 and will be called the Crown.
WB Feature Is Retitled
NEW YORK—"Need for Each Other" has
been selected as the new title for the Warner
Bros, production now before the cameras
in Hollywood as "Love at First Sight."
Zumbrota House Reopens
ZUMBROTA. MINN.—The State has been
reopened following redecoration and improvements.
It is being operated by A. G.
and O. B. Gilbertson.
Modernize in Batavia
BATAVIA. IOWA—Complete modernization
of the Co-Ed began June 15 and is expected
to be completed around the first of
July. Robert Dunnuck is manager.
Bob McLean Takes Over
HOWARD LAKE, MINN. — Bob
McLean
has taken over the Howard Lake lease. David
Bull relinquished the house.
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