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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1949

Page

3

Gable and Blonde Wedding of Sylvia Stanley Stuns Hollywood

Hollywood reports a surprise ceremony uniting Clark Gable and Diana Sylvia Stanley at a Santa Barbara area ranch. The couple, later planning a Lurline voyage to Honolulu, mark Gable’s fourth marriage amid reminiscences of his late wife Carole Lombard and a romance that links him to the famous widow.

Hollywood Clark Gable Sylvia Stanley Douglas Fairbanks Sr Santa Barbara Calif Baee Timlem Honolulu Sylvia Long Gable Lord Stanley of Alderley Lord Ashley Fairbanks Josephine Dillion Asa Langham Carole Lombard Miss Lombard Las Vegas Nev Carole Elizabeth Peters Amarillo Texas Pappy Air Force Germany Aage Moller Solvang Sylvia San Luis Obispo

Britain Leads Visitors to TVA Projects Despite Global Spread

November saw 235 400 visits to TVA dams with a broad geographic reach. Kentucky Dam topped the list with 34 800 visitors, followed by Chickamauga 31 400 Pickwick 26 000 Norris 25 700 and Fontana 25 200. Great Britain led foreign nations among top visitors with Germany Canada India and others also in the top ten. Tennessee led American visitors with 14 600. Kentucky Alabama Illinois and Georgia trailed. The note mentions Alaska to the U S via purchase in 1867 and Normandy’s WWII link to Norman settlement.

TVA District of Columbia U. S Kentucky Chickamiauga Pickwick Norris Fontana Great Britain Germany Canada India China France Switzerland Holland Norway Australia Tennessee Alabama Illinois Georgia

India’s Gaekwad caste in revolt as servants strike

Mackenzie notes India’s new sovereign republic faces growing pains with the Gaekwad of Baroda, once wealthiest of old princely rulers. His palace workers form a union, demand higher wages, while 3,000 municipal workers in Baroda strike in sympathy. The Bombay government cannot intervene, labeling the ruler a private citizen as he navigates this transformed polity.

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