Wake Island at the nset Theatre
Paramount's Wake Island screens tonight as a wartime drama of Marines at Wake Island led by Colonel Deveraux played by Brian Donlevy. Cast also includes Macdonald Carey Robert Preston William Bendix and Walter Abel in a compact epic of heroism during World War I.
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Paramount
Wake Island
America
Wake
Brian Donlevy
Colonel Devereaux
Macdonald Carey
Robert Preston
William Bendix
Walter Abel
Sunset Theatre
Albert Dekker
Mert Dekker
Wiliam Bendix
Walter Abe
False arrest suit filed in Mobile over embezzlement claim
Young J. Maxson files a $150000 suit in Mobile alleging false arrest and malicious charges. He names Horace Turner Jr Inc and Horace S. Turner Jr along with J Tyler Turner as agents for the company.
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Mobile
Ala
Young J. Maxson
Maxson
Horace Turner Jr
Wool moths threaten fibers with growing larval diet
It is estimated that the family developing from the eggs of one female moth can eat 92 pounds of wool in a year.
Huntsville Cleans Up Stray Dogs In Rabies Cleanup
Huntsville conducts stray dog pickup week to halt a rabies outbreak. Dog catchers net 175 starved and diseased animals through today with full public cooperation, Police Chief Laura Carroll says.
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Huntsville
Ala
Laura Carroll
Sagebrush Freed from Oklahoma Grassland by Aerial Application
In Oklahoma, several hundred thousand acres of grassland have been freed of sagebrush by application of 2.40 from the air.
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Oklahoma
Diet of Australian Tribesmen Includes Ants and Snakes
The diet of Australian tribesmen includes ants caterpillars cicadas and snakes as part of their traditional food sources.
Milkman Gets Comedic Spotlight in The Milkman at Sunset
Universal-International presents The Milkman starring Donald O Connor and Jimmy Durante at Sunset Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. The film joins a line of working class portraits including The Fuller Brush Man The Good Humor Man and The Yellow Cab Man.
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Donald O’connor
Jimmy Durante
Piper Laurie
Joyce Holden
Universal - International
Donald O'Connor
Sunset Theatre
Decoration Slated At Mount Pisgah
Decoration will be observed at Mt Pisgah Flint with graveside services in the morning and a service at 11 followed by dinner on the grounds. If weather delays, the Flint school will host the service. The afternoon features singing.
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Mt. Pisgah
Flint
Flint School
Green Grass of Wyoming Comes to Sunset Theatre
Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor film opens Thursday at Sunset Theatre starring Peggy Cummins Charles Coburn and Robert Arthur. Thunderhead the wild stallion drives a romance and adventure filled with races wolf packs and a dramatic State Fair Harness Race as a boy and girl pursue love amid high stakes horse racing. Coburn shines as a veteran sulky driver in a key role.
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Mary O’hara
New West
Wyoming
Twentieth Century-Fox
Peggy Cummins
Charles Coburn
Robert Arthur
Sunset Theatre
Technicolor
Utah
Lancaster
Ohio
Flicka
Thunderhead
Mary O'Hara
Harvest Melody Shines At Capitol With Eddie LeBaron
Eddie LeBaron, famed orchestra leader, brings his band to Capitol Theatre for the musical film Harvest Melody. The article notes his varied career from Cocoanut Grove to Waldorf Astoria and Rainbow Room, his Los Angeles clubs El Rancho and Palmeras, and his Eddie Le Bar on Productions now active in Mexico City.
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PRC
Capitol Theatre
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Hollywood
Manhattan
Waldorf-Astoria
Rainbow Room
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le Baron
el Rancho
Los Angeles
Palmeras
Eddie le Baron Productions
Mexico City
Rosemary Lane
Harvest Melody
Piano prodigy doubts concert career faced with doubt
George Mills reports on a Juilliard President remark that few can be great soloists yet many can serve music in other distinguished roles. The article contrasts a young musician’s pessimism with the value of gifted teachers church singers orchestral formers and other musical paths.
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Julliard School of Music
New York
Smuggler's Gold opens at Capitol Theatre with peril beneath waves
Cameron Mitchell leads as Mike Sloan in Columbia Pictures film Smuggler's Gold. Amanda Blake plays Susan Hodges with Carl Benton Reid as the ruthless boatman Pop Hodges. The story follows smuggled gold hidden on the ocean floor and a deadly pursuit ending in a dramatic underwater showdown.
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Columbia Pictures
Cameron Mitchell
Amanda Blake
Carl Benton Reid
Capitol Theatre
Hodges
al O
Susan
Mike Sloan
Mike
Coast Guard
Abbott and Costello Take Over Co Ed College Farce
Abbott and Costello star in Here Come the Co Eds at Sunset Theatre opening Saturday. They pose as caretakers to stop a foreclosure at an all girls college, staging a basketball game and a comic wrestling match with Lon Chaney as the villain, saving the school and sparking romance. The film also features the Hour of Charm All Girl Orchestra directed by Phil Spitalny.
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Abbott and Costello
Realart
Sunset Theatre
Lon Chaney
Donald Cook
Abbott
Martha O’driscoll
Abbott and
Costello
Ionship
Chaney
Miss O'Driscoll
Hour of Charm
Phil Spitalny
Evelyn
Lou Costello
Peggy Ryan
Boys State Opens Monday at Alabama campus
Tuscaloosa Alabama June 2 231 boys are registered for Boys State on the University of Alabama Norton Ashton campus sponsored by the American Legion Alabama department. The event includes registration a welcoming program city officer elections and early political maneuvering for state offices with nominations due by 5 PM Monday and a Monday night rally.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
American Legion
Department of Alabama
University of Alabama
Northington
Professor Leo Martin resigns as head of summer term
RESIGNS POST TUSCALOOSA Ala June 2 Professor Leo Martin today announced his resignation as head of the summer term in August. Martin said he has accepted an offer to become director of radio television speech and theater training in the University of Boston's school of public relations and communications.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Leo Martin
Martin
University of Boston
School of Public Relations and Communications
Stars Range in Size From Huge Giants to Tiny Dwarfs
Astronomers estimate stellar sizes span from roughly 3,000 solar radii down to about one tenth of the sun’s radius. The variation reflects different stages and types of stars across the galaxy.
Wheat Harvest Surpasses Billion Bushels Each Year to 1950
The United States recorded wheat production above one billion bushels in every year ending in 0 through 9 up to 1950, marking a sustained era of record yields.
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United States
Salerno Beachhead at the Roxy Promises Human War Tale
Salerno Beachhead opens at the Roxy Theatre. Lewis Milestone directs a Realart Pictures drama based on Harry Brown's novel. The film follows a Yankee platoon at Salerno focusing on the inner heroism of common soldiers rather than grand battles. Cast includes Data Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lford Bridges, Sterling Holloway.
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Lewis Milestone
Salerno Beachhead
Roxy Theatre
Harry Brown
Realart Pictures
Salerno
Robert Rossen
Salerro Beachhead
Data Andrews
Richard Conte
George Tyne
John Ireland
Lford Bridges
Sterling Holloway
El Mojan Village on Lake Maracaibo Stilted Waters
El Mojan, a fishing village on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, sits on stilts above the water with swaying catwalks. It lies near a major oil development in the lake, shaping life and work there.
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Lake Maracaibo
Venezuela
el Mojan
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