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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1946

Page

3

Paulette Goddard Back From Europe with Fashion and Film Talk

Hollywood report notes Paulette Goddard toured Europe negotiating a film deal and shopping for gowns while describing Parisian fashion trends. The feature also covers music for Westerns, Hageman’s view on psychoanalytic cinema, and a roundup of stars heading to premieres and vacations including Baxter, Crain, Hodiak, and Wanger projects.

Hollywood Paulette Goddard Paulette Europe England Arenas Paris N. Y Anne Baxter Burlingame John Hodiak Jeanne Crain Carole Landis Phil Silvers Kurt Kreuger Philadelphia Johnny Coy Bride Eddie Robinson Veloz Yolanda Turhan Bey Shanghai Tokyo Philippines States

FEPC Dies For Time Being In Wartime Fallout

Washington reports the Fair Employment Practice Committee ends at midnight as a temporary wartime agency. The end does not end the push for a permanent FEPC, with advocates citing ongoing discrimination and a planned 1947 bill despite Southern Democrat opposition in Congress. The National Council For A Permanent FEPC mobilizes local chapters amid state anti-discrimination laws in New York and beyond.

James Marlow Washington Bikini OPA FEPC Fair Employment Practice Committee Congress Roosevelt Senate National Council For A.permanent A. Philip Randolph The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Allen Knight “Halmer New York Broadway Tabernacle Church

Probate Notice for Grace M Hough and C L Lang Estates

Letters of Administration granted June 18 1946 by Judge T C Almon Morgan County Probate Court. Claimants must file claims within the legal time limit or be barred. Notices issued for Karl E Hough and C L Lang estates with details of filing deadlines.

Grace M. Hough Probate Court T. G. Almon Morgan County C. L. L. Lang T.C. Almon

Randle Omitted From Alabama Heroes List

The name of Pfc. William Charles Randle of 1518 Eighth Avenue East was not included on the Alabama heroes list published in The Daily. Randle was killed in action December 13 1944 in the Philippine Islands.

William Charles Randle Eighth Avenue East Alabama Daily Pfc Randle Philippine Islands

Alabama lawmakers urged to pass traffic safety program

The 1947 Alabama legislature will be urged to enact traffic safety legislation to address the rising volume of state traffic. The recommendations, proposed by a newly...

Montgomery Alabama

Miners Begin Holiday Vacation Amid Coal Shortage

Pittsburgh reports that soft coal miners received about 30 million dollars in vacation pay as they start a four day holiday from July 4 to 7. Some districts close all mines, while others see idle plants and 44 percent absenteeism in West Virginia. A $100 bonus was paid to miners with full work during the prior year.

FEPC Congress Malcolm Ross Truman Pittsburgh Afl-United Mine Workers U. S Nan Abrams Navy UMW No. 5 No.11 Indianapolis West Virginia Winding Gulf Field Hal Scott Winding Gulf Operators Association

Moron shows up at store on hot July day for thermometer

Fragmented quotes mix admonitions about principles and aging. A store visit sparks reflections on youth, love, and perseverance as a narrator notes heat and a failed thermometer while playful exchanges hint at family, honesty, and character.

Carmen Carter

State proposes raising driving age to sixteen and uniform traffic act

The organization advocates an organized permanent state accident prevention committee and calls for raising the minimum legal driving age from fifteen to sixteen along with adopting a uniform state traffic regulation act.

Laughing at age and angels in a busy hallway

A collage of quips on aging jokes about Venus de Milo as the armless disguise for the brakes and angels as flying nurses. A hotel desk joke cites a single story and no vacancies while a professor misplaces a pupil and Oliver Herford delivers a biting observation about happiness and a lazily likable husband.

Venus de Milo

Righteous Man Claimed Belief in Justice Sparks Debate

A fragment cites a man declaring belief in justice while others argue the claim masks attempts to evade accountability. The line references Margaret M. Lehr in a quoted stance on fairness and legal consequences.

Margaret M. Lehr

Remarriage Instructions Quarreled Over In Will

A husband and wife dispute a clause in the will directing remarriage after the husband’s demise. The wife accuses him of leaving ashes and a bitter dispute erupts over the instruction and its enforceability.

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Goddard Richard Hageman Hageman Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Arizona Vine Street Joan Bennett Ella Raines Walter Wanger Ella van Heflins Barry Sullivans Kay Francis New York “State of the Union Ruth Hussey Second Ave American Beauty Greenhouse W. Moulton ST Roxy Theatre Bank Street Neon Sign CO Yoe Gan Ross Karl E. Hough Olene West R. Puckett Sheet Metal Works Ragson Tatters David Deutsch ATLAS Ae Bk M. &. King A. McCullough Stokerolen W. S. Parsons A. L. McAuliffe W. H. P. Blandy Crossroads James Forrestal San Francisco U. S. S. Mt. McKinley Grit Oliver Herford Pepsi-Cola CompAny Long Island City, N. Y Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO Decatur Dearman Auto Body Works Lee Street the Heating Engineers of America Weather Bureau E. M. Morrow Construction CO Davis Street R. E. Baulch Crescent Amusement Co C. R. McCown Floyd F. Smith David White Roxy Elton Reeves Albert R. Frahn & Associates Architects and Engineers Alfred Wilson Byron Thomas C. Gilbert Ford Claude Aycock, JR
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