Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1947 — Page 3

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Grable’s Shapely Legs Earn More Than: Husband's Famous Trumpet

She's Highest Paid Hollywood Actress in 1945; Theater Chain Head Gets More Than Any Star

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (U. P.) apparently attract more customers

horn, was the highest paid Hollywood star shining on a new list of big salaries issued by the treasury today. The blond Miss Grable was paid $208,000 by 20th Century-Fox Fim Corp. for the year 1945. Trumpet-blowing Harry James, her

husband, received $111,666.67 from the same company to give the couple a total salary of $319,666.67 that year. Their combined salary, however, was short of the $568,143.60 paid to Charles P. Skouras, president of Fox West Coast Agency Corp. and | National Theaters Amusement co. Mr. Skouras topped all on the treasury list, The treasury listed salaries and other compensation paid to individuals by corporations during the calendar year 1945 and corporate fiscal years ending in 1946. It was only a partial listing. Other salaries will be listed in i five months. Miss Grable edged out Olivia Dehavilland, her nearest rival by a scant $1000 for top honors. The next nearest star on the list was Fred MacMurray who got $203,525.66 from 20th Century-Fox. =» |

Miss Grable’s salary didn’t come up to the $310,728 collected in the previous year by: Deanna Durbin.

Grable’s salary compare with $355,« ‘426 paid Leo McCarey, director of “Going My Way,” by Paramount

{New York, $425,548.94.

Pictures. For Mr. McCarey it was

~Shapely Betty Grable, whose legs than her band-leading husband's

a considerable drop from the $1,113,035 which he received in the previ|ous year.

Not a Wealth Index

The listing is no true index to |wealth, The nation’s richest families, such as the Rockefellers and [the du Ponts, are not listed since| ‘their incomes are mainly f investments. Henry Ford II, yo president of the Ford Mor Co., was listed as being paid $140,004 by| “ the company. Others of #he big 10, in addition to Mr, Skouras and Miss Grable, were:

Inc, $54141277, of which salary was $12,000, the remainder bonus. Thomas J. Watson, president, International Business Machines Corp.,

250.92,

F. E: Fowler, president, Southern |

974.50, G. R. Fink, president, Great Lakes

$275,400, He received nearly $138,000 from each firm. Theodare Seltzer, president, Ben-

{County Groups

: {rector for the municipal elections

"|G. O. P. factions behind the mayor-

TOP EARNER—Betty Grable was the highest paid actress in the United States in 1945, ac-

Charles H. Strub, executive vice-| cordifig to treasury figures. president, Los Angeles Turf Club,| She was paid $208,000.

gue, Inc, Union’ City, N. J. $261,-

Darryl’ 8. Zanuck, vice-president in charge of production, 20th Cen-|tury-Fox, $260,000.

Comfort Corp., St. Louis, $375,616 92.1 C. W. Deyo, chairman and presiCharles E. Wilson, president Gen- dent, F. W. Woolworth Co. $250,Miss Durbin was not on the treas- eral Motors Corp., $303,990.15, wy's latest list. Nor did Miss The only official of an Indiana Steel Corp. and National Steel Corp., | corporation listed as making more [than $75,000 was Lambert D. Johnson of Mead Johnson & Co., Evansville, $115,682,

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ror INDIANAPOLIS TIMES oe:

nson To GOP Post In Wemmer Mayoralty | Driv

Ostrom Acts To Weld City,

Seek to Register All

Republican Voters

Appointment of George K. Johnson as Republican registration di-

was seen today as a move to unite

alty campaign of Willlam H. Wemmer. ” The appointment was made by County Chairman Henry Ostrom, who no so long ago deposed Mr, | Ji as a member of the county board of voters’ registration. Mr. Johnson has been closely linked | with the so-called “city hall” tac-| tion of the Republican party. { As director of registration,’ the| veteran political worker will ery) head the drive to register every possible Republican voter for the! city election Nov. 4. Forges New Link» By naming Mr. Johnson to such a key post Mr. Ostrom was presumed | to have been forging, a supporting | link between his own county or-| ganization and the bitterly antiOstrom city hall crowd which for years has functioned. virtually as a| full-fledgd¥ separate party organi-| zation. Mr. Johnson's job will be to coordinate the registration of Re-| Publican voters at seven strategi-| cally located registration offices! which will operate from Sept. 5 through Oct. 1. Mr. Ostrom said his workers al- |

feeling poll of voters in the city preparatory to the registration campaign. Registration of every | potential - Republican revealed \ by | the poll is a vital routine step in| preparation for the election. | Urges Heavy Registration

ment issued with announcement of | Mr. Johnson's appointment, Mr. Wemmer expressed a desire to have every person of voting age in the *

build a better Indianapolis,” Mr.! Wemmer said. Besides serving as Republican

son is a former secretary of the! G. O. P. county céntral committee, a formers10th ward chairman and|

for the 1940 election campaign | which marked the peak of the |, city hall faction’s power. He bas established an office at! 307 Marion building, 10 W. Ohio st.

Killed on Flight To Map South America

BURBANK, Cal, Aug. 26 (U. P.). —Three persons on their way to map South America from the air were killed yesterday when their] [plane crashed a few minutes after taking off. / They were identified hours later as Pilot Harry D. Treadway, 39, who had been mapping sections of iSouth America for several months; his wife, Gladys, and Flight Mechanie Ivan Angeloff, 28, all of Los Angeles.

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: lis ing the fall season. Since this Denver ..... n ianapo | visiting air is far from its source (im “Wayne .: : i

In a brief supplementary state- MARRIAGE LICENSES Arden B. 30565 Ralston; Grace,

Richard H. Fague | okomo; Palricia 3.N 4rrowe attached to fronts show |New York

city registered and eligible to cast|"Riey 131"W. 1s a ballot. |michar A. Cpn.. Muntie; Lucia Al-

“I know they will elect the can-| Bricker Hall, ~Oincinnati, O.; Helen didates they fepl best qualified to | Armas orl 40 FOTN Delaware; Eve-|

board in 1045 and 1946, Mr. John- My Kaiki, 205 TT Broadway; Esther Be-

Willian Elley

a former precinct committeeman. |cnstes X Kinne ney. 2208 N 4 LaSalle; Barbara He was director of registration | Leon Meyers 1315 B. LeGrande; Mary

Completes Training Pvt. Donald I. Carter, Kempton, Ind., has completed, his basic training of 13 weeks as a member of company “D,” Tth tank battalion! combat command “A, third armored division. He was gradugted last week at Ft. Knox,

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D. of A Plans

Banquet Tonight

2d-Day of Parley Opened Here The Daughters of America opened the second day of their annual state convention with a business session this morning at Hotel Lincoln. A good-fellowship banquet is scheduled for 6 o'clock tonight. Mrs, Fern Lineback, state councilor, conducted today's business meeting. Mrs. Lineback last night was presented with a gift by the daughters’ past councilors’ club, district 5. Ceremonies were conducted by 30 women dressed in

white formal gowns honoring Mrs. | Lineback. Ceremonies also were conducted as a tribute to Mrs. Nora Winchell, state associate councilor; for Mrs. Mary McKinney, Gary, state vice councilor,. and for Mrs. Bertha

NATIONAL 24-HOUR FORE- | 70s in the northern plains while

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CAST SUMMARY: It will be | most of the Rockies and the far | near this front will persist. Tomorrow's minimum temperature forecasts include Milwaukee, _ Scattered thunderstorms are 58: Boston and Chicago, 63; Derow morning the mercury will be | predicted for the Gulf states, | troit, 63; Cleveland, 64; St. Louis, |

cooler in the entire U, 8. except | west will record afternoon read. the Gulf states and the southeast | ings in the 80s tonight and tomorrow. Tomor=

| with' fronts the showery weather

Thompson, state associate vice counellor,

Gives Welcome Address

Mrs, Daisy Hunter, Beech Grove, state secretary, gave.the welcome (address to which Mrs. Cora B. {Andriesson, Tiffin, O., responded. She is junior past natiomal coun-

sylvania ‘to the central plains and | goattered thundershowers are @ 68: Atlanta, 69, and Memphis, 4 | climb into the 80s during the aft- | or aqisted for Kansas, Oklahoma |

ernoon. and Missouri but will do little Official Weather Coolest weather in the country | toyard relieving the extended

will be reported in the northern drought in these areas. plains, the Rockies and the far’ . union is. west where minimum tempera- Fotocast fans will notice cool unrise ..... 6:07 | tures will be in the 50s.

‘otal precipitation since noon temperatures will be in the A

the corn belt and plains states |Excess since Jan. |

temperatures. The visiting Ca- J other cities: Huh nadian air which brings welcome [Atlanta «...ooovoviiiiiinvane, of In relief from summer heat will be- |eRicly, » | come the dominant air flow dur. [Cincinnati 9

Cleveland

t will soon be warmed on Its [Pt Worth .°. °° : southward journey and temper- | Indianapolis icity) ‘ atures in the central U. 8. will [gs Ankeles

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Aftere Canadian air is now flowing into Precipitation 24 hrs, endin 3: 2 am, am.

The Rev. Herbert Wilson gave ithe invocation and state and na-. [tional officers were introduced by

UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU district 5 drill team. Joan Kraft,

Richmond, presented dances and

anna Tide “songs. Gladys French, Logansport,

"28.18 Li} Maywood won the first prize in

bringing fair weather And c00l | The following table shows the tempera- competitive drills

02'als0 sang.

and Pride of-

Loy |Richmond, the second.

| New officers will be installed a4 {the final business session Wednesday.

Heads 83d Division

{reserve corps to command the 88d | division, incluting Ohio and In- | diana. The

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Curtis McOlure, Cloverdale; Mildred Jnck-

son, Clover Kenneth NeCroy, DR YX Bod Alberta

Herbert Paul, 120 Edgecomb; Betty

lak snes W. s aman, Sear: Bonnie L. Parr, Robert Pe Perkins, 34 8. Belleview pl; Myrtle Lee, 5862

George Piven 840 "shir B. 10th; Marilyn Tyan,

Robert Richardson. Mooresville; Pauline Speers, ngomar George Scoggin ng! 308 W. Vermont; Eunice Spark Jona ote, Re “pugs; Wanda Kersey, 1

x 425. Raymond Vice, Ladoga; Ruth Gossel,

James Waliers, "En Rial, Il; Leorraine Anderson, Sou Martin Weinstein, § Broadway: Doro-

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Broce Hoy Carteel, § X Cupio Ky.; Helen Whitorth, Louisville, Ky. John Nichol Jr. 1114 W, 33d; Eva John. 1126 W. 3 wc Bh Mesaeriie, 53 Whittier pl; Mlizabeth Brown, E. low Frederick LR ar. 2108. E. 40th; Dorothy Harris, 3816 nw . Tryen C. Schuomeyer. 1638 Barth; Mary urto, 47 ng Leslie” Btaliwgod, Bid) es 15th; Martha 634 8. Pull | Ralph Belirend. 3 3752 Buckle: June Rader, H Gartreil G18 8. Walcott; Betty "Fries, 1400 N. LaSalle. Clyde, Bevis, 1940 Park; Lilliafl Goerke, Norman VanWinkle, he R ». Box TH;

Robert Wright "Nn Massachusetts; Bar-

ncie, Leonatd tentritaon 838 Union; Mary White, 237 Kans Gordon Memips ey, Jas Bugene; Helen Whi 301 Nowl Ralph Rortaville, 2916 Shelby; Prances 0, IN Bast Harv Al ire, 1039 W. New York; Mil-

dred Miller, 124 N. New Jersey. Richard Akérs, 2002 Central; Beverly Bailey, Camron. Lowell Greene, - XN. Tacoma; Alice Vittet: 425 Taco John CX mson, Bloomington: Norma Sincla oom Ral 3 hor. Ky.; Mary Reed,

ey. #1 pl Righara Stapert. 3319 8, SL. Paul; Anns Williamson 8. Bt

ul. Carl Gloule, 2002 Berwick; Jean Wenning, 605 N ett.

Roscoe Montgomery, a 8. Hancock; Virginia Keller, 1 ntenn Henry Ha Harper, A a Etta Cummins, n Harry Ransbottom 1843 Prospect: Pas

BIRTHS

Boys At_ City—Nathaniel, Marguerite Sweatt Wayne, Patricia Morgan

At Methodist A us, Maxine Kissee,

Harry, Mary Middleton; Stuart, ElizeBdwards; Albert, Marie Cornelius; | Wade, Martha Fair: Ruel, Marie Steele;

. Martha Krause At dy. Vineent's—Raymond, Marjorie Ken. n

Franels—Maurice Genevieve Duke At a pus Mamie Den nn At Home--John, Anna Soolat. 2 Vermont Ralph, Pauline a%) aid w 13th; George, Bertha Wilde, 1240 EngJian; iin Mary ate M18

man, Margare| Hrmsodore. La i Virginia halo; . fore, Leonie ae Mo ester

Robert, THs Monday; on Mary neen ald, Geraldine KenAlor Tois Nungester; Rex, Doro-

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member of the county registration |Dale ampton, lau N. Talbott; Thelma

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First—It's the DOBBS Second—it's the DOBBS Third—It's the GOALIE At Clty clrence. Norma Gents; Wr: Fourth—W's in KHAKI COLOR Fifth—# has a FELT BINDING

The Goalie is a full weight

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