Thrills Beauty Mystery and Humor In Local Theatre Week
Coming week theatre programs in Decatur offer thrills with Princess opening Sunday featuring Man Hunt starring Walter Pidgeon and Jo an Bennett. Roxy features Blonde Inspiration and The Invisible Woman while Convoy and Rhythm on the River play later in the week. Capitol shows Behind the News and Cisco Kid rides. Strand at Hartselle screens Pot O Gold and Caught in the Draft with cast including Stewart Goddard Canova and Lamour. The dead man was Jabbo Samuels of Maengo county.
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Decatur
Walter Pidgeon
Joannett
Pidgeon
Joan Bennett
Marion Martin
Roxy Theatre
Virginia Bruce
Clive Brook
Bing Crosby
the Capitol
Lloyd Nolan
Doris Davenport
Caesar Romero
Cisco Kid
Bob Crosby
Hartselle
James Stewart
Paulette Goddard
Judy Canova
Sis, Hopkins
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Miss Bennett
George Sanders
Removal of Old Station Is Asked
The Alabama Public Service Commission held under advisement a Louisville & Nashville petition to remove an old station building at White City near Hanceville. A second petition from J M Deason for Missala Stages seeks lifting a passenger restriction between Birmingham and Jasper and related points. that bus line request was also set for a future decision.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
White City
Hanceville
J. M. Deason
Missala Stages
Columbus
Miss
Jasper
Ruling blocks retirement plan supplements for teachers
Montgomery August 16 Attorney General Thomas S Lawson ruled local retirement plans cannot benefit teachers under the new state teacher retirement program. He declined to approve Jefferson County Board of Education’s proposal to supplement the income of teachers eligible to retire under the new law effective September 1.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas S. Lawson
Jefferson County Board of Education
Lawson
Chamberlain Named President of Gulf Coast Officers Association
Bart B. Chamberlain, solicitor, was named president of the newly formed Gulf Coast Law Enforcement Officers Association in Mobile Alabama. The organization aims to coordinate training and cooperation among officers along the Gulf Coast.
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Mobile
Ala
Bart B. Chamberlain
Gulf Coast Law Enforcement Officers Association
Convict Killed as Lightning Strikes State Truck
A state transfer truck was struck by lightning near Jasper injuring eight to ten inmates and killing one convict, according to the Alabama prison department report. The incident occurred Thursday as detainees were moved, causing shock and minor injuries among the group.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jasper
Prison Department
Department notes surge in special steel demand amid arms growth
The Department of Commerce reports armament production has markedly boosted world demand for special steels. The government statement highlights higher orders and expanded capacity as global markets react to rising military fabrication.
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Department of Commerce
Pilot Reported Killed Is Alive In Wake Of Atlantic Crash
Montreal dispatch reports Mrs. Joseph C. Mackey, wife of a Kansas City pilot listed among the dead in the British trans Atlantic air crash, learned he is alive after RAF ferry command said the name was mistaken. The crash killed Rt. Hon. Arthur Purvis and two airmen, including one American. Mackey was likely confused with Canadian radio officer G W Mackay.
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Montreal
Joseph C. Mackey
Kansas Ciyt
Mackey
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
England
London
Arthur Purvis
North America
Nine Alabama Counties Set Up Defense Observation Posts
Major Joseph M. Dickerson reports at least nine counties have formed observation stations under the Aircraft Warning Service. Posts exist in Macon Tallapoosa Covington Perry Pike Cullman Conecuh Pickens Monroe, with hundreds already volunteering for the 700 strategic posts statewide. An all Negro post was organized in Macon.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mim
Alabama
Aircraft Warning Service
State Defense Council
Joseph M. Dickerson
Council
Macon
Tallapoosa
Covington
Perry
Pike
Cullman
Conecuh
Pickens
Monroe
Alabama Power names two vice presidents in Birmingham
The Alabama Power Company announces the election of F. C. Weiss and Joseph O. Henkel Jr., both of Birmingham, as vice presidents. The board also names four division vice presidents: Henry Maulswagen in Birmingham for the western division, Otto K. Seyforth in Anniston for the eastern division, A. Quackenbush in Mobile for the Mobile division, and C. T. Hunter in Eufaula for the southern division.
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Birmingham
Ala
F. C. Weiss
Joseph O. Henkel, Jr
Alabama Power Company
Henry Maulswagen
Western Apts
Otto K. Seyforth
Anniston
A. Quackenbush
Mobile
C. T. Hunter
Eufaula
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Jabbo Samuels
Maengo
Virginia Gray
John Shelton
Princess Screen
Busby Berkeley
Strike Up the Band
John Howard
Eft
John Barrymore
Charlie Ruggles
Universal
Invisible Woman
Roxyi
Don ‘Red
Barry Pysayid Bandit
White Eagle
Buck Jones
Terrytoon
John Ha Howard
Rugoles
Ecar Homolka
Valiant
Venezuela
FUN ON Rollers
Yulee
Riv
The
Capitol
Robi. Armstrong
Lane
Ronald Reagan
Priscilla Lane
Chamberlain
American Legion Circus
Jack Dempsey
Dorothy Herbert
SENOR
Mexico
Juan Lobo
Reiffenach
Rich Sisters
Nelson
Risley
Miss Lucy
Solo Equestrienne
America
Caddell Drug Store
Second Avenue
TRAND
Hartselle, Ala
Horace Heidt
Sis Hopkins
Walt Disney Cartoon News
Johnny Mack Brown
LAW and Order
Captain Marvel
Tom Tyler
APC
Mayeree v
Leo Carrillo
Merjette Rambers
Ane Baxter
Beery
SKY Raiders
Thrill Picture
Timin
Hitler
Jorring
Joan O
Anett
George Sande
Carradi AE
Robday McDowall
Lupe Stosse
Wes
Priscill
Jeffrey
Upane
Capitol Theatre
Cesar Romero
A “Cisco
Davenport
Mary Beth Hughes
Martin
Bob
Jean Rogers
Bill
Elliot
Tuscon
Shelton
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