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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1948

Page

11

Hollywood notes from a bustling era theater columnist

Steve Perkins is away in New York and a deputized writer sends a theater focused column. Alan Baxter, Mary Burns Fugitives, On Our Merry Way at Paramount, Medea in Los Angeles, Elizabeth Taylor age rumors, Judy Garland legends, Variety box office leaders Rachel and the Stranger Sorry Wrong Number Rope Luxury Liner.

Steve Perkins New York Hollywood Steve Alan Baxter America Baxter Mary Burns James Stewart Henry Fonda Harry James James O'Hart Paramount Judith Anderson City of the Angels Elizabeth Taylor Judy Elizabeth Judy Garland Artie Shaw Glenn Davis Variety Rachel and The Bob Mitchum Rachel Wallace Reid Reid Mitchum Los Angeles Whet Iaer

Local 1930s drive-in listings tease week of feature films

A cluttered exhibition page lists showtimes and titles for Laguna Paramount Queen Varisty Ritz North Austin South Austin and other venues through the week. Highlights include It Happened One Night The Prince of Thieves and Under California Stars with Roy Rogers among many double features and late showings.

North Austin Waar California Stars Threath Roy Rogers Montopolis California Stars

Polk Murder Solution Pressed in Greece

The Greek minister of public order Constantine Rentis said he is pressing Salonika police to solve the May murder of George Polk, an American radio correspondent. Rentis acts amid U S calls for a solution and comes after General William Donovan's recent visit to Greece to review the case.

Athens Constantine Rentis Salonika George Polk

Family Reunites After 65 Years in Texas Meet

Sweetwater Texas October 4 Mrs J P McAbee 81 and her 85 year old brother James C Owens of Walcott Indiana traveled to Sweetwater for a reunion. Arch Owens 65 from Los Angeles joined the gathering marking the first meeting since the family scattered 65 years ago in Union County Tennessee.

Sweetwater J. P. McAbee James C. Owens Walcott Ind Arch Owens Los Angeles Union County Tenn

Bastrop 4-H Contest Winners Told By Farm Staff

Winners in the Bastrop 4-H girls contests were announced by Miss Lena Sturges. County gold medals were awarded by Kerr Glass, Spool Cotton, Simplicity Pattern, Server Company, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck Foundation, and Wilson and Company. State winners will be named mid October with trips to the national 4-H congress in Chicago. the leadership winner receives a gold wrist watch.

Austin American Farm Staff Bastrop Lena Sturges State Office Lucille Wilhelm Rockne Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company Dorothy Kastner McDade The Spool Cotton Company Laverne Goertz Rozelle Alexander Watterson Alma Barton Red Rock Addie Mae Willenberg Jeanie Mullins Barbara Ann Wilhelm Linda Moncure Janice Rae Kastner Simplicity Pattern Company Margie Nell Bartsch Server Company, Inc Montgomery Ward Company Leona Callahan Sears-Roebuck Foundation Ivy Ann Kastner Ernestine Wolf Virginia Dave Smith Cedar Creek Edward Foss Wilson Wilson and Company Chicago

Stout-billed penguins description note

The penguin shows a stout bill protected by multiple distinct horny plates as described in the article.

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