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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1954

Page

6

Glenn Miller Story Opens at Princess for Four Days

Universal-International's The Glenn Miller Story opens today at the Princess Theatre for four days. James Stewart and June Allyson star in a Technicolor musical love story with Miller’s music and World War II drama. Also showing at Sunset Drive-In are The Snows of Kilimanjaro with Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck and Escape From Fort Bravo at the Roxy Theatre.

Glenn Miller Universal-In- Technicolor Princess Theatre James Stewart June Allyson Miller Glenn Princess Universal-International Charles Drake George Tobias Henry Morgan Ava Gardner Gregory Peck Ernest Hemingway Snows of Kilimans Jaro Sunset Drive-In the Princess Lori Nelson Audie Murphy Chill Wills K. T. Stevens Russell Johnson

Heils And Howls In Stalag 17 At Ranch Drive In

A Ranch Drive In showing of Paramounts Stalag 17 features American POWs spoofing Hitler with taped lips and black hair. The prisoners mime a Der Fuehrer lecture as a guard discovers the impersonation, creating a notable comic moment.

Adolph Hitler Paramount Ranch Drive-In Germany Hitler Adolf

Brakes Failled On Baker Pickup In Hutchinson Garage Incident

Carle E. Baker believed his pickup brakes were failing so he drove to a garage in Hutchinson Kansas. He stopped at several signs and intersections before the shop fixed both the brakes and the garage door which he struck when his brakes did not hold as he turned in.

Hutchinson, Kas Carle E. Baker Baker

Dog Bite Complaint About Daily Bites From Same Animal

St Joseph Missouri resident Lewis W Stround reported to Police Sgt Robert Ottinger that a dog had bitten him daily for three months, alleging persistent attacks by the same animal.

ST. Joseph Lewis W. Stround Robert Ottinger

Hudson Rush In New Adventure At Sunset Tonight

Tara, Son of Cochise features Rock Hudson in a Technicolor adventure starting at the Sunset Drive-In Theatre tonight. Universal-International promotes the film as a bold wartime saga and romantic frontier tale.

Sunset Rock Hudson Robert Burton Gregg Palmer Richard Cutting Universal-International Tara Cochise Barbara Rush Hudson Sunset Drive-In Rush Tonight War

Automobiles hit woman and flee. Normoyle pursues suspect

Hartford report details Joseph H. Normoyle tracking a fleeing car after it struck a woman. He follows the license number traced on the dusty hood of his car and locates the driver without difficulty. The text also mentions cast members in a related film about Apache and Cochise.

Lhe Normoyle

Pride of The Blue Grass at the Roxy opens Thursday

The Roxy Theatre presents Pride of The Blue Grass featuring Lloyd Bridges and Vera Miles in a thrilling color debut. Advertisement note urging readers to use Want Ads for results.

ROXY Roxy Theatre Lloyd Bridges Vera Miles

Escape Fort Bravo Holden And Parker Now At The Roxy

Four Confederate prisoners and a girl escape a fort in the Arizona Territory during the 1860s. They are pursued by a relentless lawman as they seek safety and freedom. The melodrama follows their perilous flight and the tight town intrigue around the chase.

Union Mescalero Fort Bravo Roxy Theatre William Holden Eleanor Parker John Forsythe Ansco M-G-M New Mexico Death Valley California Holden and Parker The Arizona Territory

Southard brothers win school board and council seats in St Paul

In St Paul Nebraska voters elected Jimmie Southard to the school board and his brother Clarence Southard to the city council vacancy. They also chose George Vlomke, the brother in law, to serve as mayor.

ST. Paul, Neb Jimmie Southard Clarence Southard Brother George Vlomke

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