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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1947
Page
7
Hollywood report notes a slight downturn in American dance despite Fred Astaire remaining optimistic. Box office dips affect dance halls while Astaire expands with Seventeen studios and new teaching plans. He outlines tastes shifting to rhumba waltz and foxtrot and a proposed swing trot.
The Bishop's Wife stars Cary Grant Loretta Young and David Niven in a restrained tale of an angel on earth. The film charms with taste and decorum even when slowly paced, offering a pleasant evening's entertainment.
In Jaffa the Mediterranean port serving Jerusalem, Arabs outnumber Jews by about two to one, representing the largest Arab to Jewish ratio in Palestine.
A long cryptogram style puzzle page with across and down clues, partial answers shown and a quote at bottom. Includes cryptogram instruction WGITS SPIT WGIRSENJI LIT W and a note that yesterday's cryptoquote was OLD LOVE IS LITTLE WORTH WHEN NEW IS MORE PREFERRED SPENSER.
U S air force headquarters reports an American weather plane missing since last night was found in the French occupation zone near Nierstein. Maj Raymond E Johnson of Minneapolis located the wreckage in his L-5 observation plane. Both occupants are dead and identities are withheld pending relatives' notification.
In Oklahoma City a sheriff received jail related Christmas cards from a bootlegger. Deputies traced numbers on red cards, leading to arrests. A Santa package missing 42 pints revealed the trick as customers readdressed the cards.
The Big Four foreign ministers conference in London collapsed amid acrimony. Since it began on November 25 the talks over German and Austrian peace treaties have seen Molotov clash with Marshall Bidault and Bevin. Molotov accused the Western powers of a common front while Marshall said the delegations were willing to decide here. the Soviet Union alone would not agree. Indications are unclear.
Observers foresee intensifying Soviet pressure to defeat the Marshall Plan and extend control across Europe. A three Western-zone unification may curb Moscow, but a divided Germany risks harmful economic and strategic consequences for the continent.
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