Evening star., 1948-07-05
By the Associoted Press

corporations appear W have 4oot
any prewar habit Of paying people
million dollars a year.
The Treasury's initial list OF per-
sons getting the highest pay from
corporations in 1916. the first year
after the war, showed nobody get
ting that much.
Movie theater owner Charles P.
Skouras, who topped the list, could
do no better than 1885 300 from
two companies he heads.
Betty Cradle, tops among the
women, received only $299, 300. Add
on the s10O,036 her bandleader hus-
band, Harry James, got for movie
work and you still have a paltry
1899 1863
Bing Crosby received only $685.
900 from Paramount Pictures,
though he may have picked up more
on his horses and other enterprises.
Last Million Salary in 1914.
Nobody has collected million dol
lar pay from corporations, as far as
the Treasury learned, since movie
producer Leo McCarey drew ST.
1905 in wartime 1914.
Still, corporations reporting to the
Treasury so far on salaries, bonuses
and other pay in 1946 listed 300
persons who received more than
the $4,000 that the United States
pays its Presidents.
Crosby placed eighth and Miss
Gable ninth. Others who followed
Mr.. Skouras among the top 10 earn
ers were:
Movie Producer William Wyler,
s432 900; Charles H. Strub, Los An
geles Turf Club vice president, 1885,
9O1: Harry w. Bracy, Kroger Co.,
Cincinnati, $3.50, 1888: Archie O. JOS
lin. New York, $373.024 from two
textile companies; Charles. E. Will
son, president of General Motors,
Detroit, s337,193; c. w. Deyo. New
York, president of the F. w. Wool
worth Co.. S330.152; the late George
Washington Hill. New York, presi-
dent of American Tobacco Co.,
S295 GIL.
Other Movie Stars Listed.
The three movie actresses behind
Miss Cradle we're Hedy Lamar,
s279, 300; Maureen O'Hara, s199, 1888,
and Loretta Young, $186,666.
The three movie actors following
Crosby were Cary Grant, S278.125;
Bob Hope, s275,0O0, and Ray Mil
land, 1929 ,166.
Other actresses on the list in
cluded Dorothy Lamour, S175,08
Betty Hutton, $164,500; Gene Tier
ney, s151 ,OS3: Shirley Temple, $685.
SAL; Paulette Goddard, Sl18,589;
Linda Darnell, $111,333; Marlene
Dietrich and Barbara Stanwyck,
100000 each; Anne Baxter, S86,-
O41; Ginger Rogers, s84,478, and
June Haver, $80,708.
Behind the movie actors at the
top came Tyrone Power, S189, 500;
Dana Andrews. s182,233; William
Bendix, S163,8l1: Fred MacMurray,
$150,O00; Danny Kaye, sl33,928 (his
ex-wife, Sylvia Fine, got an equal
sum for helping write his comedy
skits); Thomas Mitchell. $121,875.
Robert E. Sherwood, who used to
help write speeches for the late
President Roosevelt. received $208,-
900 for helping to write movies. The
late Mark Hellinger was paid $l56,-
900 as a movie writer producer.
Auto Makers Listed.
The list was studded also with
names of widely known men outside
the picture business. Among them
were:
Auto Makers Henry Ford II, s107,-
504. and Chrysler Corp. Chief K. T.
Keller. s183,300; Publishers William
Randolph Hearst, S233.333, and
John S. Knight. $l54,446; Mail
Order Men Seward L. Avery of
Montgomery Ward, sl01,l00, and
R. E. Wood of Sears, Roebuck
s1O9 ,e99.
Also, Comic Strip Artists Milton
Caniff (Steve Canyon, $S2,904, and
Chester Gould dick Tracy. $685.
033; Merchandisers Bernard F.
Gimbel, $4,000, and Beardsley Ruml
of r. H. Macy, $105,240; Walter
Winchell, the columnist. $97,684;
Larry S. McPhail Of baseballs New