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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1955

Page

9

Jumbled jokes and cribbed wit combine in a strip of quips

A collage of jokes and humorous vignettes unfolds from a domestic mishap on a country road to classroom taunts about anatomy. It threads vaudeville style punchlines, misused metaphors, and stereoscopic one liners featuring a Decatur couple, a tramp, a Chinese host, aging men, and a jab at a judge.

Public Auction of Decatur Lot in 1955 Mortgage Foreclosure

In Morgan County Alabama executors of J Sam Smith deceased will sell at public outcry for cash the Lot 22 in Block 26 Addition 4 of the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company to Decatur. The sale is to satisfy the mortgage debt and foreclosure expenses. Dec 5 1955. BRITNELL MCENTIRE ATTORNEYS FOR MORTGAGEE. Targets: Dec 7 1955 sale date.

Morgan County Alabama Iron Man-Neel Decatur T. C. Almon State OF County OF Morgan S. W. Odom Mary Frances Odom J. Sam Smith, Jr Elizabeth M. Smith John W. Moore J. Sam Smith Mor Gan County Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company Britnell & McEntire Attorneys

Charles Boyer Reflects On Fame And TV Work

In a candid interview Charles Boyer rejects the "continental lover" label and discusses aging, TV challenges, and his hopes for a Broadway return with a French play. He praises politeness, recalls a wartime naturalization, and quips that $71,000 buys many rabbits.

Hal Boyle New York Charles Boyer Hollywood Boyer Four Star Playhouse CBS Paris Broadway

Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Tosses

A newspaper page presents a crossword with clues for both across and down entries and a cryptoquote. It includes the hint LONGFELLOW mapped by a code AXYCLBAAXRE and an example code WRDLLZEMIU with a caption WHO BREANS NO LAW.

Longfellow Chapman King Feestures Svadivate

World Famous Pianist Wounded as Wife Is Killed in Bus Crash

German pianist Walter Gieseking, 60, survived severe head injuries after a bus crash that killed his wife and a U.S. soldier. Eleven Americans were injured and five others escaped unhurt as the bus struck a bridge on ice near Stuttgart. Gieseking was en route to a Rome concert with the St. Cecilia Orchestra when the tragedy occurred.

Stuttgart Germany Walter Gieseking U.S Irving M. Shore Lilian Brooklyn Leroy A. Kellogg Phylis Fairfield Conn Frankfurt Rome Gieseking St. Cecilia Orchestra Wiesbaden

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