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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1945

Page

5

Johnny Angel at the Princess stars Raft and Trevor

Raft stars as Captain Johnny Angel in a tense high seas drama at the Princess. Claire Trevor plays Lilah, Signe Hasso Paulette Girard, with Donald Crisp and Anne Revere in supporting roles. The plot follows Johnny uncovering mutiny and theft tied to a gold cache, pursuing justice and romance while the action moves toward New Orleans.

High Seas RKO Johnny Angel the Princess George Raft Claire Trevor Signe Hasso New Orleans Paulette Girard Gustafson Johnny Lilah Sam Jewell Paulette Ana Jewell South America Princess

Hotel Berlin opens at the Roxy with star cast

Warner's German spy drama Hotel Berlin opens Tuesday at the Roxy Theatre led by Faye Emerson Raymond Massey Andrea King Peter Love and Helmuth Dantine. The film reveals Germany's planned conquest amid treachery and intrigue in a cosmopolitan hotel setting. Adapted from Vicki Baum's best selling novel, the story probes the Westwall era secrets hidden for years.

Warners Berlin Roxy Theatre Faye Emerson Raymond Massey Andrea King Peter Love Helmunt Dantine Westwall Hotel Vicki Baum

Bruce Plays Comedy Role in Love Honor And Goodbye

Virginia Bruce stars in Love Honor And Goodbye at the Roxy a farce romance set in post war New York. Edward Ashley co stars with Bruce with supporting cast including Nils Asther Victor McLaglen Helen Broderick Veda Ann Borg and a four year old twin. The plot follows a matron with stage dreams who fakes a life with a brunette wig and maid job to test her husband while a love triangle unfolds before a happy resolution.

Roxy New York Virginia Bruce Edward Ashley Air Transport Command Hollywood Victor McLaglen Nils Asther Helen Broderick Veda Ann Borg William Forrest Jacqueline Moore Judith

Alabama readies bold farm to market road plan

Alabama moves to use 1945 funds to match federal aid for a wide farm to market road program. Surveys cover 130 projects across about 800 miles, with 66 counties approving plans and 41 adopting registered engineers. Funding details outline county and state contributions, safeguards against debt, and prior pioneer status in farm to market planning.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Highway Department Sam Associated Press I. B. Rutledge Bureau of County Aid G. R. Swift Ed Rodgers Sistant Congress Rodgers

Tax Cut Will Be Felt Soon

Wage earners nationwide will see lower income taxes under the new law in effect January 1 for 1946 income. About 12,000,000 low income persons who paid tax in 1945 will owe none in 1946. 35,000,000 others will have lighter tax loads. Withholding changes vary by dependents and wages. exemptions include $500 each for the worker, spouse, and dependents. New exemption certificates not required unless exemptions change.

Alexander R. George Washington

National Velvet at the Princess Theatre with Rooney Brown and Jenkins

MGM presents National Velvet at the Princess Theatre on Wednesday. The film reunites Mickey Rooney and director Clarence Brown from The Human Comedy with Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet Brown and Jackie Jenkins in a key comedy role. A tale of postwar English country life, the Grand National and a boy’s reformation driven by a girl and a horse, captured in Technicolor.

Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor M-G-M Technicolor Princess Theatre Clarence Brown Jackie Jenkins National Velvet Velvet Brown Rooney Mr Taylor Velvet Little Jackie Enid Bagnold Wis Donald Crisp Anne Revere Angela Lansbury Arthur Treacher Planet Brown Noel & Berman Theodore Reeves Helen Deurch

Beavers valued for water conservation over fur use

The article argues beavers offer greater ecological benefits through water conservation and habitat creation than through fur production, highlighting their role in maintaining wetlands, reducing erosion, and supporting biodiversity. It notes conservation perspectives favor beavers as a natural water management resource.

Christmas In Connecticut at the Roxy in Yuletide delight

A film review notes Warner Bros Christmas In Connecticut starring Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan with Sydney Greenstreet and Joyce Compton. It praises the cast and sparkling dialogue, highlighting a romantic holiday weekend and a shift from drama to light comedy, with Greenstreet’s evolving role in lighthearted fare.

Dennis Morgan Barbara Stanwyck Warner Connecticut Roxy Sydney Greenstreet Bar St .Dennis Sydney His Col. Scott God Is Col. Otley Pollow Alexander Yardley

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