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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1948

Page

7

Rhonda Fleming Learns from Crosby and Hope on Set

Rhonda Fleming, Hollywood’s 1948 break star, works opposite Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in Easy Does It after A Connecticut Yankee. She notes Crosby’s casual ad libbing and Hope’s more serious, boyish manner, adding both are generous and demand camera awareness.

Bob Thomas Hollywood Rhonda Fleming Bing Crosby Bob Hope Rhonda Los Angeles Bing Bob

Advice Column Divorces and Debates in Dorothy Dix's Mailbag

A reader aged 22 with five romances asks which to marry. Dorothy Dix cautions against rushing, notes the perils of loving many at once, and suggests choosing prudently rather than impulsively pursuing a wife.

Miss Bix Dorothy DIX Dea Iowa GOP National Committee Henry Wallace Alger Hiss U. S. Army Dixie Rainer -Gary J. Strom Fhurmond Errol Flynn Andrei Vishinsky Dorothy Thompson Franklin D. Roosevelt Kenneth McKellar Joe Louis Santa

Santa's Literary Grab Bag And Who Should Get Books

Santa lists humorous gift titles and authors as potential reads for grownups amid 9000 new books. The roundup includes George Bernard Shaw Molotov Stalin Chiang Kai-Shek and Truman era figures, with notes and playful asides from Hal Boyle.

Hal Boyle New York Santa Claus George Bernard Shaw George Gallup Elmo Roper Europe Stalin Whittaker Chambers Republican Party Sam Goldwyn Leo Durocher Tommy Manville Peggy Hopkins Joyce France Charles DeGaulle Norman Thomas

Rhonda Proves Calm After Dramatic Scene with Boys

The text shows Rhonda displaying poise after a tense morning with the boys. She notes a shift in her energy level thanks to her relaxation lesson and reflects on her current duties with Hope. Bing comments on her evolving comeback effort following a Crosby film sacrifice.

Rhonda Bing Bob Crosby

Sagittarius Wov. 23 Card Notes

A fragment shows a Sagittarius response line with numbers 12 15 and 24 26 37 38 and a 77478 code. The source lacks context for a full event or action.

Small page seeks start in Congress amid doubt

An undersized youngster aimed for a congressional page post but faced recognition hurdles. A quip about bones and lunch seafood adds local humor as the scene unfolds with Mrs Archibald and William in a classroom dialogue.

William Teachér Congress

Short Legs and Brains in a Quipica Parade

A humorous exchange features a Congressman joking that a boy is too small for the job and lacks long legs, followed by the boy’s retort that brains are needed. The text shifts to a quip about cravings for white rolls and ice cream, a brick at the feet idea for warmth, and a jab about church entertainments with a door prize.

Congress

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