Hollywoods Title Crunch Causes Studio Headaches
Hollywood studios face a shortage of usable film titles as the industry exhausts its catalog. From 1926 to 1947 some 21 458 titles were used with new ones added each year. Studios keep 250 titles in reserve and old names age seven years before reuse. Producers worry titles influence audience choice more than stars and budgets.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Goldwyn
Cary and
The
Sam
Frank Cleaver
Paramount
New York
England
Britain
Britannia
Birmingham Strike Begins After Failed Talks
More than 300 employees at the Tar rant plant of the Alabama By-Products Co. went on strike in Birmingham as negotiations with company officials and the United Mine Workers of America, aided by a federal conciliator, failed to avert the stoppage. The ABC contract expired at midnight and a renewal deal with Sloss Shefield Steel and Iron Co. is in progress.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama By-Products Co
United Mine Workers of America
Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Co
Sloss
H. M. Cowart
ABC Company
U. M W
Birmingham Gas Co
Academy Plans Homecoming at Sacred Heart
Cullman Alabama August seven t homecoming program set for Sunday afternoon at Sacred Heart Academy. The event honors Sister Mary Magdalene O S B. and features Rev Marion Schwalle O S B delivering the principal address at a 1 p m banquet for the first twelve graduates.
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Cullman
Ala
Sacred Heart Academy
Mary Magdalene
Marion Schwalle
Local notes from Decatur and area events
Community updates list visitors and residents in Decatur Alabama including Betty Screws in town, Mrs. Holden’s hospital visit history, and furniture moves. Also notes church services at St John’s parish house, travel plans, naval reserve training cruise, arrests for non-support and public drunkenness, and a grass fire at Duncan's warehouse with firefighters dispatched.
Spy Probers Line Up Witnesses in Hiss Chambers Case
Congressional spy investigators prepare to question three or four new witnesses in secret then publicly, aiming to illuminate new details of the Hiss Chambers case. Rep. Nixon says the witnesses, not yet named, are crucial to filling out the story and may testify on topics including the Hiss apartment subletting and shared quarters.
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Washington
Congressional
Alger Hiss
Whittaker ‘Chambers
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
House unAmerican Activities Committee
Hiss
Chambers
Time Magazine
Red Underground
Chamber
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Sparkman Backs Changes to Elect Presidential Election
Senator Sparkman of Alabama voiced strong support for proposed constitutional amendments to abolish the electoral college and award states’ electoral votes proportionally to the popular vote. He favors keeping state electoral vote totals equal to current member counts and argues the change would reduce minority influence and help national conventions select the candidate with broad voter appeal. The amendments are proposed by Lodge Smathers and others.
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Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
U.S
Electoral College
Congress
Lodge
R-Miss
Smathers
Dfla
Highway Department Head Senator Debate Operations
Alabama Senator J Bruce Henderson accused the Highway Department of misleading finances while asserting ample funds for road construction and farm-to-market projects He cited a need of just over 70 million to match federal funds by September 30 and claimed the department holds over 71 million to receive. McFarland the Highway Director denied vague accusations noting ongoing projects and merit based hiring and stating records are open to the press and public.
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Lynne Brannen Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
J. Bruce Henderson
Wilcox County
James E. Folsom
Henderson
Ward McFarland
Highway Department
McFarland
Department
General Fund
Axis Sally Comes Home to Face Treason Charge
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars known as Axis Sally in Europe returned to Washington under army escort to answer treason charges. The 48 year old Portland Maine native landed at Bolling Field from Frankfurt and was escorted to U S Commissioner Cyril S Lawrence’s office with FBI assistance.
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Washington
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Europe
Portland
Maine
Bolling Air Force Base
Frankfurt
Germany
Army
FBI
U. S
Cyril S. Lawrence
District court notes and local social updates
Reports list multiple arrests for drunkenness orderly conduct and violation of the prohibition law. Local residents visit relatives in New London Jackson Mich and Decatur celebrate births and dismissals from the Hamil clinic. A new baby boy John Richard Thomas is born in Decatur County and several residents are noted for recent dismissals and travel plans.
Mrs Annie Walker Dies in Oklahoma
The body of Mrs. Annie Walker, formerly of Danville 2, will arrive in Decatur at 2 30 p m from Idabel Oklahoma where she died Friday Funeral arrangements will be announced by Drinkards Brown Service of Hartselle She is survived by husband Richard Walker two sons Leroy and Bud a daughter Dorothy her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Steele eight brothers and three sisters and many relatives She moved to Idabel four months ago from Danville 2
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Annie Walker
Danville 2
Decatur
Idabel
Okla
Drinkard
Brown
Hartselle
Richard Walker
Leroy
Bud
Dorothy
Sam Steele
Danville
Henry Steele
George
Floyd
Mamuel
Charlie
Loyd
Travis
Calvin Steele
Tranny Hopper
Cullman
Mary Butler
LeNell Steele
Walker
Princess Margaret Celebrates 18th Birthday
London August 21 Princess Margaret marked her coming of age at a family dinner dance with the Marquess of Blandford among guests. The event empowers her to potentially inherit the throne without a regent and signals heavier royal duties as she represents the empire in official and social roles.
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London
Margaret
Blandford
Elizabeth
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Mystery fires devastate Willey farm near Macomb Illinois
Around 200 fires on the Charles Willey farm near Macomb Illinois remain unexplained as State Fire Marshal John Craig investigates. Fire ruins include the Willey home and two barns with charred chicken and milk houses. The elderly couple moved to a temporary shelter and then into a small home on a neighboring farm. A new theory by Wright Field technician Lewis Gust suggests possible electronic ignition by a saboteur.
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Macomb
Charles Willey
John Craig
Craig
Springfield
Willey
Willeys
James Thompson
Lewis C. Gust
Office of Technical Projects
Wright Field
Dayton
Refugee teacher Kasenkina improves after hospital stay
Oksana Kasenkina, the 52 year old refugee teacher at Roosevelt hospital, is removed from the critical list and described as constantly improving. Doctors confirm she requests no visits from the Russian consulate and state hospital policy is to keep politics out of care.
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Lomakin
New York
Cheprunkyh
Oksana Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Chepurnykh
Pennoyer
Wolverine Tube Decatur Plant Chooses Site After 274 Town Survey
The Decatur plant will operate on a six day schedule with eight o'clock start. Products primarily serve the oil refining, air conditioning, plumbing and heating sectors. Raw materials include copper from Calumet and Hecla mines, zinc and lead from Missouri and Colorado, tin from the Malay states, nickel from Ontario, and West Coast lumber. Plant heads from Detroit oversee departments led by Blend and Schelbe with Andrews Kramer and Oakes in key roles. Site selection followed extensive surveys of 274 towns in eleven states led by Endicott Lovell and H Y Bassett.
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Decatur
Wolverine
United States
Calumet
Hecla
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Missouri
Colorado
Malay States
South Pacific
Ontario
Far West
Detroit, Mich
Mr. Blend
W. D. Schelbe
Colin J. Andrews
A. S. Kramer
Frank W. Oakes
Endicott
H. Y. Bassett
Wolverine Tube
Kefauver to Speak At Truman Rally in Birmingham
Rep Estes Kefauver will be the principal speaker at a Truman Barkley rally in Birmingham on August 28. Guy Matlock, Truman forces chair in Jefferson County, announced the assignment after confirmation from Sen Carl Hatch. Kefauver, of Chattanooga, recently won the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate by defeating E J Crump’s machine.
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Birmingham
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Guy Matlock
Truman Forces
Jefferson County
Matlock
Kefauver
New Mexico
Carl Hatch
National
Democratic
Chattanooga
U. S Senate
Memphis
E. J. Crump
Holding of Men Is Questioned After Alabama Arrests
State Investigator B L Allen questioned holding of three Birmingham men in Opelika jail after an alleged robbery attempt complaint by a Lee county night club operator. He found no link to the alleged robbery. the trio Robert Hudson Jr 21 James Pugh 18 Harold Pugh 18 were held on warrants accusing assault with intent to rob.
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Birmingham
Ala
Opelika
Lee County
B. L. Allen
Allen
Robert Hudson, Jr
James Pugh
Harold Pugh
Multiple Alabama towns set city elections with many incumbents
The list details mayoral and alderman candidates across Cullman, Moulton, Athens, Hartselle, Falkville, Trinity, Austinville, Lawrence County towns, Elkmont, Ardmore, Mooresville, Courtland, Hillsboro, Town Creek, and Hanceville. Incumbents and challengers span 19 qualified names with several unopposed races and multi-seat alderman contests.
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James A. Dean
C. H. Campbell
Austin Sims
Alton Maner
Pelham Lamon
C. L. Berry
Clarence Phillips
J. D. Johnson
Austinville
J. N. Roper
S. H. Bradley
Herman Woodall
H.A Hall
J. A. Daniel
J. D. Skillington
C. E. .McBright
Ira E
H. R. Mangum
T. C. McDonald
van S. Smith
Homer Boggs
H. B. White
Willard Whitt
Herschel Jones
Wilburn Scott
Board of Aldermen
Mooresville
George McCrary
L. B. Leftwich
Withers G. Peebles, Jr
Robert Riddle
B. A. Bibb
Frank Richardson
Bob Simpson
Clifton Coffee
Price Terry
E. S. Ballentine
Hillsboro
W. L. Fretwell
Duke Bailey
Eugene Cross
Edgar Sanders
Paul Cross
John D. Corum
Town Creek
G. C. Cocks
Thomas Etheredge
L. W. Sanderson
Hern Junior Gibson
Lonnie Roberts
Henry Howard
Pink Key
W. W
Pie) Brackin
Robert Neal
Haskel Crisler
Cullman County
Hanceville
Albert Burkhart
Pvt. Fred W. Howard’s Body En Route for Home Burial
The body of Pvt. Frederick W. Howard killed in France in World War II is en route to Hartselle for burial. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Peck’s of Hartselle. Surviving: father W. J. Howard. sister Mrs. George Floyd of Hartselle. brothers Royce of Maryville Tennessee O D of Hartselle 3 and Edward Howard of Decatur.
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Frederick W. Howard
France
Hartselle
Peck's
W. J. Howard
George Floyd
Royce
Maryville
Tennessee
O. D
Edward Howard
Decatur
Water-logged alog reveals high moisture in wood
An alog notes moisture content with as much as 200 pounds of water per every pound of dry wood, indicating extremely high humidity in the material.
Markets at a Glance Chicago Aug 21 Wheat and corn weaken
Wheat July sharply lower. Corn weak with cash grain down again. Oats eased and stronger than other cereals. Cattle and hogs nominally steady.
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Chicago
Cotton futures slide in New Orleans two hour session
Cotton futures fell 40 to 85 cents a bale in a two hour New Orleans session on a Saturday trading day. Demand held for October near loan level as prices softened on bearish weather and Census yield expectations.
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N. O
New Orleans
Census Bureau
Washington
Congress
Mills
Shorts
Berlin crisis deepens as police clash looms at Potsdam border
In divided Berlin the Potsdamer Platz crossroads resembled an armed camp with British, American and Soviet sectors patrolling. American Deputy Provost Col. Kelly refused Soviet policing help while Russians requested joint action to clear crowds.
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Paul Markgraf
Berlin
Potsdammer Platz
Johannes Stumm
U. S
E. R. Kelly
Col. Kelly
Kelly
Pro's Show Rookie's How It Is Done
Chicago Cardinals rout All-Stars 28 to 0 at Soldiers Field in front of 101000-plus, with Trippi carrying 14 times for 80 yards and Conzelman’s T formation beating Frank Leahy's college squad. Lujack and Edwards connected on a 44 yard pass for the only threat. Cardinals dominate both lines as Injuries hindered the All-Stars.
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Chicago
Chicago Cardinals
Frank Leahy
Soldiers Field
Cardinals
Mammoth Lake Front
Jimmy Conzelman
Charley Tripps
Collegians
Trippi
Cardinal
Ray Matlouf
Notre Dame
Bill Gompers
Johnny Lujack Hai
Lujack
Perry Moss
Dan Edwards
Georgia
Floyd Simmons
Michigan
Bump Elliott
Chuck Conerly
Mississippi
Angsman
Schwall
Banonis
Awards Await Their Owners at Water Show Cards
Red Cross swimming program officials announced cards for course completers, with holders urged to contact Red Cross headquarters. Instructors at Decatur were George Porter, Billy Weaver, Sidney Chenault, Lee Stockton, Betty Gunn. In Hartselle Horace Broom and Harold McClanahan led classes, with 40 beginners and 18 intermediates receiving cards.
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Cross
J Cross
House
Frank Kirby
Decatur
George Porter
Billy Weaver
Sidney Chenault
Lee Stockton
Betty Gunn
Hartselle
Horace Broom
Harold McClanahan
Red Cross
Called Meeting of Rising Sun Lodge No 29
A called meeting of Rising Sun Lodge No 29 AF and AM will be held in the lodge hall Monday night at 7 15 for work in the BA and FC degrees. All Masons requested to attend by Secretary D L Allen. A number of visitors are needed also according to Secretary Allen.
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Rising Sun Lodge No
D. L. Allen
Aneereed
Alen
Restore Health Through Purified Blood and Nervous Balance
An article urges fatigue sufferers to seek health by purifying the blood through proper food air and vitality. It promotes chiropractic care to remove nerve obstructions caused by misaligned vertebrae and to restore organ function and toxin elimination.
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Betty Screws
Helen J. Lyle
Seventh Avenue
Holden
Ohio
Athens
Powers Hospital
Lewis Allen
the Allen's
S. E. Clymore
Tiny
Robert H. Jervis
the Daily
Tom Pettus
Moulton
Alcoholics Anonymous
St. John's Parish House
Bev T. Howell
Bev T Howell
Fred Patterson
Black Clinic
Falkville 2
Drinkard’s Brown
Sam Blackwell
Elette
Frank
R. J. Coley
Natchez
Miss
J. Dewey Anders
Dorothy Pitt
Kermit
Patsy
Florida
Charles Crow
J. N. Wright
Kyle Roberts
Decatur 3
Mrs
Charles Kirk
Panama City
Henry Davis
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mr. Davis
Hot Springs
Ark
Mrs. Davis
Robert O. Maschke
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
James M. Salter
Dales Brothers
Martha Lyle Owens
W. Moulton
Decatur Clinic
Rayburn A. Parker
12Th Avenue W
Wilson Berry
Trinity
Naval Reserve
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
C. B. Humphrey
Robert Weatherford
East Vine Street
Duncan
Danville Road
Russell
Polhill Bldg
Senator
Axis
Sally
E.G. Blevins
New London
Conn
Clarence Worley
Sixth Avenue West
Fred G. Loefeler
Jackson
Mich
A. D. Farrer
Loefeller
George Loefeler
Larry Miller
Foster Hull
Mayfield
Kentucky
Kentucky Conservation Department
Dallas County
Selma
J. T. Dunn
Decatur 1
Hamil Clinic
Joe Patterson
North Avenue
Fairview
Ben Morgan
Derstur 3
J. W. Roan
Jackson Street
Decatur General Hospital
John Richard Thomas
Fifth Avenue
Oklahoma
Princess Margaret
Truman
J. A. Dunlap
W. J. Nesmith
Howard L. Taylor
J. L. Weatherwax
R. H. Richardson
Elmer L. Vinson
Ollie London
Clyde W. Ennis
J. W. Arnold
Conrad Howard
W. W. Newman
R. F. Copeland
W. Marvin Scott
Virgil Fowler
Roy G. Ingle
C. A. Camp
Emil Seagler
William R. Griffin
J. R. Tucker
Blair Hayes
Moulton Council
Leo Roberson
Walker McCullough
Wallace Sneed
Arthur Slaten
E. E
Red) Alexander
C. C. Coffee
Buford Cole
T. P. Smith
John Deemer
Morgan County
S. M. Nelson
John O. Burleson
J. E. Stone, Jr
L. C. Pattillo
G. P. Frost
Franklin Stewart
L. R. Palmer
Sim W. Brown
Guy Dumas
R. D. Gibbons
Price M. Grey
Charlie Howse
Roy Moore
J. K. Poole
Garth Kimbrell
Howard
Charles Trippi
John Lujack
Neil Kirk
Grant Street
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