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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1957

Page

6

Pickup Alley grips Bowline Theatre in international dope saga

Victor Mature stars as a narcotics agent pursuing a global dope ring in Pickup Alley filmed across Lis bon Naples London Athens New York and Rome. Anita Ekberg and Trevor Howard co star as the alluring courier and ruthless kingpin as Interpol aids a $3 000 000 drug smuggling case into America.

Columbia Pictures Victor Mature Anita Ekberg Trevor Howard Bowline Theatre Interpol Lisbon Naples London Athens New York Rome International Criinal Police Commission Mature America Washington Miss Eckberg John Paxton Pickup Alley A. J. Forrest John Gilling Columbia Warwick Irvin Allen Albert R. Breccohi Bowline Tonight T-man

Film Shows Rally With Billy Graham at Roxy Theatre

Wiretapper, a Hollywood drama starring Bill Williams and Georgia Lee, opens today at the Roxy Theatre. The film traces a former criminal wiretapper who turns to God, with a Billy Graham rally scene in Los Angeles and a screen biography by Jim Vaus Jr. Embasy Distributors handles world wide release.

Bill Williams Georgia Lee Roxy Theatre Billy Graham Los Angeles Jim Vaus, Jr Jim Vaus, Jr., “Why I Quit Syndicated Crime

Service Men In Hawaii For Christmas With 25th Division

Specialist Second Class Luther G. Tucker 26 is stationed at Schofield Barracks Hawaii with the 25th Infantry Division. He has been in Hawaii since October 1956 and serves as a personnel specialist in Headquarters Company of the division’s 65th Engineer Battalion.

Army training test report from Germany features Nichols

Specialist Sterling L. Nichols of Town Creek Alabama recently participated in an Army training test with the 317th Engineer Battalion in Germany. He is a cook in Company C and entered the Army in January 1956 after basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina before arriving overseas in September 1956.

Hochst Germany Sterling L. Nichols J. W. Nichols Town Creek Ala 317Th Engineer Nichols Fort Jackson S. C Hatton High School

Seventeen U S Presidents Visited Newport

A historical tally shows seventeen of the 33 presidents of the United States visited Newport, Rhode Island while serving in office, reflecting the city’s stature and appeal to national leaders.

United States Newport, RJ

Fire Down Below heads to Princess Theatre

Three of Hollywood's biggest stars, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, and Jack Lemmon, star in Columbia Pictures' Fire Down Below arriving at the Princess Theatre. Shot in CinemaScope with Technicolor, the exotic romantic drama follows a mysterious exile aboard a fishing boat, a double cross, a coast guard chase, and a fatal shipboard fire.

Princess Rita Hayworth Columbia Pictures Princess Theatre Technicolor Robert Mitchum Jack Lemmon Hollywood West Indies Carib Sea Miss Hayworth Mitchum Lemmon Coast Guard Islands

Audie Murphy in Joe Butterfly Opens at the Roxy

Audie Murphy films in Japan for the Universal-International picture Joe Butterfly in Tokyo. He struggled with a taxi drive to Yokohama Camera Store and faced financial embarrassment in yen. The film Fire Down Below features Trinidad Tobago calypso music and a wild calypso dance scene with Hayworth. Robert Parrish directed the romance produced by Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli for Columbia Pictures.

Roxy Today Audie Murphy Japan Universal Internation Joe Butterfly Him George Nader Keenan Wynn Burgess Meredith Keiko Shima John Agar Charles McGraw Fred Clark Roxy Theatre Universal-International Audie Tokyo Yokohama Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad Miss Hayworth Caribbean Warwick Irwin

Audie Misses Stop After Tokyo Ride to Yokohama

An Audie traveler dozed off in a Tokyo cab and woke in Yokohama thirty miles away. The round trip fare totaled 8000 yen about 22 dollars.

Navy began with eight ships carrying 110 guns

The article notes the U S Navy's start 182 years ago with eight ships and a total of 110 guns. It emphasizes the expansion from this small fleet to modern armament and capabilities, illustrating historical growth and the significance of early naval strength in shaping maritime power.

U. S. Navy

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