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...until he had saved enough (in three years) to send for brother Spyros (now president of 20th Century-Fox) and brother George (now president of United Artists Theater Circuit). The brothers bought a nickelodeon in St. Louis in 1914, with smart showmanship and incredible energy parlayed it into a coast-to-coast theater chain by the 1930s, became one of the most potent forces in moviedom. The triumvirate's closely linked fortunes (they even pooled their incomes, drawing what they needed from a common fund) were partially severed in 1952 when 20th Century-Fox and the Skouras...
From a sociological point of view the picture has a little interest. Muttering something about "dignity," Crosby idealistically resists an attempt to get the general on a television program where his trouble would be aired from coast-to-coast and people would have a chance to send him nickels...
...strike of some 1,200 American Airlines pilots ended this week. They had been out for three weeks, grounding 385 daily nights and throwing thousands of other American employees out of work. Main issue: American's nonstop coast-to-coast nights, which kept some air crews in the air more than eight hours a day-despite the fact that the schedule had been approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board (TIME, Aug. 9 et seq.). By last week the pilots seemed to be looking for a way out, and federal mediators gave them one. According to the proposal...
...Resume its coast-to-coast flights...
Filling transportation requests, either coast-to-coast trips or round-the-world flights, are usually routine matters, thanks to the help of the traffic representatives of the airlines, railroads and steamship companies. Occasionally, however, the bureau gets a surprise request. One of the most unusual came from a TIME executive planning an out-of-town convention who asked for a theater car on the train that was to carry the delegates. No one in Travel had ever heard of a theater car; neither had the railroads. The man who made the request explained that...