Movie Divorce Explained in Hollywood Dealings
In January 1 era notes, Hollywood faces a new kind of divorce as the government probes theater ownership. The DOJ targets monopolistic ties between film makers and theater chains, with RKO agreeing to separate film production from theater ownership while Paramount Warner’s 20th Fox and Loews indicate divestment plans. The court will decide next March on further divorcement, while independents argue better terms could lift quality and opportunities for smaller film makers and audiences at Bijou venues.
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Thomas Hollywood
Hollywood
RKO
20th-Fox
U. S
Biggies
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Paramount
Warners
Loew's
MGM
Justice Department
Fan
Scouts of America Troop 236 Meets in Austinville High
Troop 236 of Austinville met Thursday at the high school with Donnie Harris in charge in Jack Allen's absence. Bill Stover led the Scout Oath as ranks advanced in private corner meetings. Carl Cooper gave the Scout masters benediction before supervised recreation. Among the Chaldeans a rule about wine was noted.
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Austinville
Austinville High School
Jack Allen
Donnie Harris
Bill Stover
Carl Cooper
Health in 1949 Decatur Public Forum Letter
Dear Editor, we enter 1949 with many jobs to do and health as the top priority. I urge appointing a committee to survey health conditions in Decatur and surrounding districts, report findings at a public meeting, and start the year right. J. D. Cloud.
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Decatur
Alabama
Daily
Ward
Police
Local Families Share Weekend Visits and Hospital News
Members of Law, Garner, Hodge, Jaeger, Baker, and McManus families from Trade, Berlin, Vinemont, Golds, Well, and Weill gathered for Sunday and Tuesday visits. A baby girl was born Monday night at Cullman Hospital to Bernard and an unnamed wife, while Leslie Baker visited Bernard Baker in the hospital Tuesday evening. Chester McManus appears on the sick list. families helped cut wood and hosted relatives across several farms and towns.
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C. R. Garner
Ooys
Welts
Alvin Hodge
Berlin
Fred Jaeger
Vinemont
J. D._Law
Bernard Baker
Cullman Hospital
Roberts
Leslie Baker
Bian Mss Chalmers
Louiane Jaeger
Margaret .Shikle
Goldae
Tommie
Welll
Louise Jaeger
Edwin
Robert
Chalmers McManus
MeeManus
Man Hospital
Chester McManus
Herman Galin
Coast Guard Extends Search for Missing Charter Airliner
The Coast Guard said all areas of probability have been covered as 275 airmen on 30 planes searched thousands of miles of sea and Haiti Hispanola area for the charter airliner missing since December 28 with 32 aboard. The last report placed the plane 50 miles southeast of Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Air Force
Navy
San Juan
Maimi
Atlantic
Hispanola
Doinican Republic
Haiti
Jones Chapel trip and mule purchase noted
Community activity centers on Jones Chapel and Abe Bie Bolas this year. Cecil Jones buys a pair of new mules. Mrs J D Law and Miss McKeon were seen shopping in town.
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Jones Chapel
Cecil Jones
J.D. Law
Broadway family notices and local visits in Huntsville
Mr and Mrs W T Broadway visit relatives in Huntsville this week. Mr and Mrs William Butch Broadway announce the arrival of their first baby a six pound son at Powers Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George W Broadway Athens 1. Mr and Mrs P C Goforth Sr and Jr return home after funeral burial of J Dan Gof in Eufaula Alabama. Mr and Mrs A J and little Gail of Innisville visit relatives here and in Florence. Miss Anne Jackson and brother John Harold Jackson return to school and home in Birmingham after holidays. Mr and Mrs Wiley Butler of Woodville Alabama visit relatives for the holidays. Mrs Opal Whitehead Mrs Helen Hill and Mrs J C Russell dine with Mrs Vinnie Herron in Decatur. Robert Broadway was in Athens Thursday.
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W. T. Broadway
Huntsville
William
Butch) Broadway
Powers Hospital
George W. Broadway
Athens 1
P. C. Goforth Sr
P. C. Goforth Jr
J. Dan Gof
Eufaula
Ala
A J
Little Deer
Gail
Innisville
Florence
Anne Jackson
John Harold Jackson
Birming
Wiley Butler
Woodville
Opal Whitehead
Helen Hill
J. C. Russell
Vinnie Herron
Decatur
Robert Broadway
Athens
Gall-wasps Produced From Unfertilized Eggs
The text states that gall-wasps of both sexes may be produced from unfertilized eggs, indicating parthenogenetic development in this species.
Impatience blamed for many accidents and lost time
A compact editorial argues impatience as the root of many accidents in traffic and industry. It notes workers skip goggles, guards, and proper tools to hurry, causing delays and danger, then cuts to a quirky vignette about Decatur Junior and paydays, and a joke about a tennis mishap by a girl who hit three girls with the ball.
Tramp and Lady Bicker Over Manners in Car Ride
In Guelph Ontario a rude exchange unfolds as a tramp begs for food while a sympathetic passerby tries to help. The tramp refuses charity, citing vegetarian values, prompting the lady to promise to call her husband.
Fractured City Etiquette and Crashing Tales
A collection of humorous vignettes and quips on traffic, speed, jokes about pedestrians and drivers, and a Decatur classroom misprint about water. The pieces mix roadside humor with a brief note on a teacher’s water composition assignment and a stray line about gasoline.
Fragmented tale on superstition and improvised divination
A garbled excerpt describes a lighted match near gasoline and the belief in a medicine man using coca tea and leaf patterns to locate lost property in South America. It mentions divination via leaves on flat stones and infers a scene of superstition amid unclear context.
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South America
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Johnnie Aycock
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Tom Hamilton
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Pally
Windy Pass
Bandy
Honegone
New York
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Raall
Gene Akern
Basel
ANE
J. D. Cloud
Eve Dance
Madam Kaye
Lee
Broadway
B. Frank Chenault
Clemens Drug Stores
East Mucttor
Sixth Avenue
Decatur Junior
Betty
Guelph
Ont
Can
Dad
Dillehay’s
Gran
Studebaker
Knox McRae
Shine Cleaners
John Waddell
John
Waddell
Green Furniture Co
Charles L. Green
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