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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1946

Page

3

Priscilla Lane Back in Film After War Hiatus

Hollywood reports Priscilla Lane, last seen after Arsenic and Old Lace, will return to the screen in Andrew Stone’s Strange Bedfellows with Eddie Bracken. The 29 year old actress discusses balancing marriage to Maj. Joseph Howard with her acting comeback.

Bob Thomas Hollywood Priscilla Lane Priscilla Mullican Indianalo Iowa Andrew Stone Eddie Bracken Maj Joseph Howard

Moroline Jar Assures Quality Care at Home

A large measure of quality comes in a jar of Moroline petroleum jelly. It soothes minor burns chafes and chapped skin and can aid simple cuts bruises. Keep Moroline on hand for home treatment.

Studio notes flash across cinema and theater scene

A survey shows television fails to draw crowds to theaters. United Artists renames Miss Television as Susie Steps Out. Mickey Rooney's father Joe Yule to portray Jiggs in a Bringing Up Father series at Monogram. Ingrid Bergman trims weight for Arch of Triumph. MGM abandons It Happened in Brooklyn in NYC due to crowds. Spectre of the Rose praised as Hechts folly at the ballet. Canoga Park businessmen praise Bob Burns for radio plugs. Clifton Webb to leave hospital Monday. William Powell wins Daddie's Choice at Hollywood Park on his day off from Life with Father.

United Artists Susie Mickey Rooney Joe Yule Jiggs Monogram Jan Clayton Robert Lerner NYU Ingrid Bergman Arch of Triumph MGM Brooklyn Canoga Park Bob Burns Clifton Webb William Powell Daddie Hollywood Park

Milk Film Shown to Lions Club in Decatur

The Decatur Lions club noon meeting at Hotel Lyons viewed the film A Trip Through a Dairy presented by J. M. Crain of Meadow Gold Dairy. The show traced milk from cow to doorstep and explained homogenized milk treatment. Guests K. W. Yeager and Don Whitemire attended. Albert Clapton introduced Crain as program chairman.

Decatur Lions Club J. M. Crain Meadow Gold Dairy Hotel Lyons H. R. Sherrow K. W. Yeager Don Whitemire Albert Clapton Crain

Pioneers Leave Seattle for Yokohama Outbound

Mrs. William Roberts of Birmingham Alabama leads 318 Army wives and children onto the Army transport Fred C. Ainsworth bound for Yokohama. The group is the first set to establish homes in Japan since the war's end and compares the voyage to climbing onto a covered wagon.

Seattle William Roberts Birmingham Ala Richard Fred C. Ainsworth Japan

Heatwave Burns Pittsburgh as Furnace-Full Blaster Hits Central Station

In the first 1946 heatwave on June 13, Pittsburgh endured near 90 degree heat. A Central Station policeman joked he could not stand the furnace like conditions, while the city faced record heat across the day.

Pittsburgh Central Station

Gilmore to Speak at Alabama Press Association Banquet

Eddy Gilmore head of the Associated Press Moscow bureau will address the Alabama Press Association at a banquet in Panama City Florida. The association will hold its summer recreational convention in Panama City July 18 21.

Life Made Brighter By Scalf's, Tennessee Mother Says

Mrs. Aaron Baird of LaFollette Tennessee recounts ten years of poor appetite and acid indigestion with skin itching and fatigue. She credits Scalf's Indian River Medicine with relief, took eighteen bottles, and remains a believer. Sold at Caddell's Drug Store, Decatur, with radio promotions on WMSL.

Scalf Tennessee Aaron Baird Route 3 LaFollette Tenn Baird Fordtown Caddell’s Drug Store Decatur

Clemency Hearing Set for Man On Death Row

In Montgomery a clemency hearing was arranged for the case of Joe Mincey a 30 year old Negro of Troy Alabama who is under sentence to die for the killing of Jimmy Hansen in Troy on August 25 1945 and scheduled for Friday.

Montgomery Joe Mincey Troy Ala Jimmy John Hansen

State Facilities Offered to Folsom and Legislature

Research facilities of the state have been offered to James E. Folsom democratic gubernatorial nominee. The council authorized distribution of three recent research projects to members of the 1947 legislature. Reports cover state rules orders and decision handling printing and an evaluation of Alabama regarding compulsory support of illegitimate children.

Montgomery James E. Folsom Alex Pow Alabama

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