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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1931

Page

3

Barthelmess in The Finger Points at Princess Today and Tomorrow

Richard Barthelmess stars as Breckenridge Lee a newspaper reporter who extorts graft to hide damaging underworld facts in The Finger Points at the Princess today and tomorrow. Fay Wray appears as the female lead with strong supporting roles.

Richard Barthelmess Barthelmess Breckenridge Lee Underworld W. R. Burnett John Monk Saunders Little Caesar Saint Johnson Saunders The Dawn Patrol Fay Wray

The Finger Points a study of a young man’s fall

A South born idealist journalist falls to greed in a tale led by Barthelmess. Regis Toomey Nora Pay Wray Clarke Gabie Noel Madison Robert Elliott Oscar Apfel star in a period drama about ambition and retribution with a tragic revelation and strong supporting performances.

Regis Toomey Clarke Gabie Noel Madison Robert Elliott Oscar Apfel Barthelmess South Pay Wray Tippling

Portrait of a Tense Night in Burney's London Duplex

Ann Carmichael confronts Roy Burney's flirtations and Lady Mooring's distress in a charged sequence. Burney seeks control while Ann asserts independence, and a midnight call drags in a shadowy American hunter named Lee Lawson as the plot thickens.

May Park Ann Carmichael Burney Ann Lady Mooring Roy Burney Barney Roy Darling Andromeda Lee Lawson Legion

Whitesburg to Celebrate Bridge Dedication

Descendants of Clement Clay will attend the July 23 dedication of a new $400000 toll bridge over the Tennessee river. The bridge links Huntsville and Birmingham, cutting motor travel by nearly twenty miles. State Archives and History staff plan the event with officials from Madison County and Huntsville. The bridge, named for the Alabama statesman, will be presented by Robert Lee builder and received by L G Smith acting head of the state bridge corporation.

Huntsville Ala Clement Clay United States Tennessee River Huntaville Birmingham State Department of Archives and History Madison County Robert E.eebuilder L. G. Smith The State Bridge Corporation

Bumper Oat Yield Report From Valley Farm

Belle Mina Alabama July 8 A field of 10.7 acres at the Tennessee Valley sub station produced 866 bushels of oats with an average of more than 80 bushels per acre. About 15 tons of oat straw were baled for feed and fertilizer use, while 300 pounds of fertilizer per acre and 150 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre were applied as a March top-dressing. The item notes continuation and mentions a hedgehog cactus fact from Mexico.

Belle Mina Ala Tennessee Valley

D A Cole in Critical Condition at Home

D A Cole 18 a well known resident is very ill at his home in Ephesus July 8 special report friends are hopeful he will recover within a short time.

Ann London Roy Burney Burney Bowery Barney Ann Carmichael Countess Mooring D. A. Cole Ephesus

Sale ads seek concise pitches from quiet, efficient salesmen

Classifieds praise salesmen who speak little yet perform much delivering results with minimal talk. They value discretion, sharp listening, and effective closing skills over loud sales patter.

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