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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1947
Page
3
Doris Brown of Florence is named student of the week at Auburn. The aspiring pharmacist, born in Decatur, plans to study for the state board exam and return to run her father’s drugstore, balancing pills with aviation training and college work.
In Santa Barbara California the long pedestrian era ends next month with the installation of traffic lights. The town famed for its beaches and Palm fringed streets has allowed walkers full right of way at cross streets for fifty years. Now drivers will share the roads and pedestrians must heed stop lights or retreat to the hills with the bears.
Hollywood debates ending the star system as trends shift toward story over stars. John Garfield defends taking a supporting role for a better film while English producers push deeper character focus. Competition from abroad and audience discernment push studios to align parts with narrative strength over big names.
Mrs W J Olson leapt from a stalled car at a Caney Oregon crossing as a Southern Pacific freight train rounded a curve. She grabbed a box of groceries before the collision. The impact knocked her unconscious briefly, but she escaped serious harm.
An ad promotes 885 Tonic claiming to boost red blood cells and vitality. It links low blood counts to fatigue, loss of appetite, and weakness while praising the tonic's ingredients and gastric tolerance. Aimed at general readers seeking relief from anemia-like symptoms.
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