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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1951

Page

7

Mystery Submarine opens at the Roxy Theatre

Universal-International presents Mystery Submarine a wartime thriller about a Nazi U boat crew’s coast of South America escape and a Navy intelligence mission to rescue a German scientist. Stars Macdonald Carey Marta Toren and Robert Douglas with Carey in a rugged undercover role.

Marta Toren Macdonald Carey Robert Douglas Universal: Internationl Carl Esmond Ludwig Donath Roxy Erican Press Universal-International South America U.S. Navy

North of the Klondike at Capitol theater opens Monday

Real art's North to the Klondike presents a 1911 Alaska frontier war between miners and homesteaders in the Matahuska Valley. Brad Crawford and Lon Chaney lead opposing sides with an action filled climax featuring a fierce fist fight praised as spectacular and bruising.

Klondike Realart Alaska Capitol Theater Brad Crawford Andy Devine Lon Chaney Evelyn Ankers Lloyd Corrigan Dorothy Granger Keye Luke Willie Fung Klon Dike Matahuska Crawford and Chaney Crawford

Plane christening honors Brig. Gen. Robert A. Nagle

A C-119 troop carrier aircraft built at Donaldson Air Force Base will be christened in honor of the late Brigadier General Robert A. Nagle of Newtonville. Ceremonies are set at Bedford airport tomorrow afternoon.

Bedford Mass Donaldson Air Force Base South Carolina Robert A. Nagle Newtonville

Captain China sails into Sunset Theatre with star cast

Paramount brings a sea thriller featuring John Payne Gail Russell Jeffrey Lynn Lon Chaney Edgar Bergen and Michael O Shea opening next Thursday at the Sunset Theatre. Payne plays a rough skipper who loses command after grounding his ship with typhoon sequences and a brutal fight praised in previews.

Jeffrey Lynn Paramount Sunset Drive-In Sunset Theatre John Payne Gail Russell Lon Chaney Edgar Bergen Michael O’shea Payne Chaney Charlie McCarthy

Wooden jet fighter: Nazi war effort hinges on tar fuel

In Munich a crude wooden jet with tar byproduct fuel emerges as Germany's last aircraft hope. Dubbed a miracle weapon, it aimed to overcome aviation fuel and metal shortages and stalled the Nazi air campaign.

Munich Nazi Germany

The Admiral Was A Lady at Sunset Tonight

Edmond O'Brien stars in a light romantic comedy at the Sunset, with Wanda Hendrix as his co star. He and three ex GIs chase work while aiding a bombardier crew and courting a mysterious woman as Rudy Vallee looms as the hard hearted employer in this laugh a minute farce.

United Artists Happy Times Edmond O’brien O’brien Ciizens United States Unemployment Service Bombardier Johnny Sato Steve Brodie Dick Erdman Wanda Hendrix Henry Wanda Hendrix

Fighting Bill Carson at Capitol Theatre

Buster Crabbe stars in Fighting Bill Carson with Al St. John at the Capitol theatre Friday. The film follows Buster as he uncovers outlaw Allison’s plot to rob Eureka’s bank aided by Kay Hughes who steals the safe combination. Guns blaze as confrontations unfold before justice prevails.

Bill Carson Buster Crabbe Fuzzy St. John Capitol Theatre Eureka Buster Allison Kay Hughes Right

Submarine Base thrills play at Capitol Theatre

An unusual wartime drama arrives with Alan Baxter and John Litel portraying Americans on a remote South Atlantic island. Litel, an engineer aboard a merchant vessel, uncovers Baxter supplying U boat captains with torpedoes rigged to explode in the submarine racks.

South America Capitol Theatre Alan Baxter John Litel Baxter Fifi D

Reich ersatz jet project doomed by late decision

Abendzeitung reports an anonymous German writer says a 24 hour Berlin Luftwaffe meeting in October 1944 launched an ersatz fighter program. Two hundred scientists attended with hopes to produce 3,000 per month by spring 1945 to reverse air war losses, but chaos in 1945 prevented assembling a combat force.

Reich Munich Abendzeitung Luftwaffe Berlin Germany

Vic Damone Sailes to Army Farewell Record

A youthful Vic Damone, a popular disc jockey favorite, is about to enter Army service. Uncle Sam greets him as he waves farewell with a Mercury label single. PF and MY TRULY EL TRULY FAIR are highlighted as top offerings from E. FO & SONS PIANO CO for Father’s Day gift ideas.

Vic Damone Sam Sammy

Gregory Peck Stars in The Gunfighter at Sunset

Helen Wescott seals her big screen break opposite Gregory Peck in The Gunfighter at the Sunset. The Western drama presents Jimmie Ringo as a reforming desperado facing constant rivals and doom, with Peck delivering a rugged yet tender performance.

Gregory Peck As the Gunfighter Helen Wescott Gregory Peck Jimmie Ringo Ringo Peck

Shakespeare Dies on April 23 1616 at Age Unknown

The famed playwright William Shakespeare dies on April 23 1616, about a month after his will was signed, ending a life that shaped English drama and literature.

William Shakespeare

The Jackpot teaser stars James Stewart and Barbara Hale

James Stewart and Barbara Hale headline The Jackpot a Twentieth Century Fox comedy based on a magazine article about a radio jackpot winner. The plot follows taxes a promotion and a tax driven scramble as the mystery husband quiz prompts trouble before a comedic ending. James Gleason supports as a newspaper friend who helps Stewart afterward.

James Stewart Barbara Hale 20Th Century-Fox Roxy Twentieth Century- Fox Roxy Theate Jimmy Stewart Jimmy

Secretary Brannan cites farmer wages and returns

U S Secretary of Agriculture Brannan states the average U S farmer earns about 69 cents an hour for labor plus five percent interest on investments, with no compensation for farm management.

U. S Agriculture Brannan

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