Gone With The Wind casting heats up in Hollywood
Margaret Mitchell's Civil War saga draws fierce fan interest as Clark Gable and others test for Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara. David Selznick aims to star Gable, while MGM handles the cast and direction remains unsettled amid contract talks and casting rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mitchell
Rhett Butler
Ohio
Clark Gable
Gable
Miss Shearer
David Selznick
Mer
Selzniick
Selznick
The
Wind
Eva residents gain from county social and visits
Mrs Charlie Nelson returns home from Cullman Hospital after surgery. Eva High school principal Julian Butler attended a Tuscaloosa conference. Several families and friends visited relatives, with Miss Velma Hyde returning from a sanatorium. Dr J G Davis, once of Eva, recuperates in Birmingham after a car crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Butler
Eva High School
Tuscaloosa
Velma Hyde
Bob Lee Seegens
Margaret Ruth
Charlie Arrington
Otto Holloway
Grace and
Norris
Ww. F. Ford
Dolp
J. G. Davis
Eva
Cullman
Birmingham
L. G. McDonald
R. N. Holmes
Clay Spiegle
E. B. Peryear
E. B. Oden
Double Program Saturday Fishing Report Highlights Several Rivers
The report notes river conditions with clear to muddy water and high or low levels. Anglers report bass bream and crappie biting live bait plugs and flies across multiple creeks lakes and rivers including Purdy Cahaba Shoals Walker Wolf Sipsey and Coosa with several spots showing strong action and others poor or not biting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Purdybream
Cahaba River
Little Shoals Creek
Big Shoals Creek
Tuscaloosa
Warrior River
Yellow Creek
Walker
Wolf Creek
Lost Creek
Cain Creek
Blackwater Creek
Sipsey
Calhoun
Cleburne
Tallapoosa
Coosa
Choccolocto Creek
Chatchie Creek
Little River
Turpin Creek
Spring Creek
Lake Lahoosage
DeSota River
Townes Creek
Wills Creek
Flat Rock Creek
Paint River
Jones Creek
Madison
Limestone
Flint River
Briar Fork
Piney Creek
Sugar Creek
Missing Rich Youth Feared Lost in Sandia Mountains
Medill McCormick 21 son of prominent publishing and steamship families reported missing today ten miles east of Albuquerque in the Sandia Mountains. Rescue efforts launched as search continues for the wealthy youth believed to be in danger.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Medill McCormick
Sandia Mountains
Mrs Francis Coleman Hosts Bridge Events For Mrs R B Patton Jr
Mrs Francis Coleman hosts a bridge party Tuesday in Limestone County for the bride Mrs R B Patton Jr. Guests receive prizes and a silver gift for the honoree. A late afternoon reception followed with refreshments and more guests. A bridge luncheon for Mrs Patton Jr was held Wednesday morning with a three course lunch and high score prize won by Miss Anne Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Coleman
Bridge
R. B. Patton
Irene Patton
W. T. Clay, Jr
D. J. Wilson
David L. Rosenal
Lilian Feigley
Margaret Williams
Ruth Crutcher
Joyce Lerman
Sara Tillman
David VII, Pattton
Washington, D. C
Ernest Beattie
Nashville
Amos L. Christopher
C. J. Hayden
M. A. Jones
Ruth Helen Rogers
Aldena Chapman
Sara Wilson
R. B. Patton, Jr
P. W. Hendricks
Mary Reed Hendricks
Anne Hughes
Merle Cartwright
Martha Ann Ma Jone
Marian Rankin
Anna Powers
Margaret Wilson
Elizabeth Powers
Robbie Nell Christopher
W. B. Booth
David Patton
Daisy Braly
Aldena Chap
Voice of the People Letter on Kidnaping Case Handling
A reader argues the government should not abandon cases to individuals or families as seen in the Levine incident. The letter cites Peter Levine in Rachel North, condemns sentimentality, and questions official surrender to kidnappers and the resulting impact on law and order. It also notes local social updates including residents traveling and attending events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Levine
Rachel
Levine
N. N
A. L. Chapin
Athens
Ala
Local society notes from Morgan County occupy weekend visits
Morgan County social roundup lists trips and calls from families and friends including Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gurley Jr traveling to Austin for a funeral, L. E. Vincent visiting in Birmingham, and Hubert Blevins with Dick Gary at Huntaville CCC camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gurley, Jr
Austin
Texas
Wallace Wear
L. E. Vincent
Birmingham
G. C. Vincent
Hubert Blevins
Dick Gary
Huntaville CCC
Pete Briscoe
Russellville
Harve Briscoe
Harold Waugh
Alex Dunn
Hartselle
Evelyn Johnson
Edith Peck
Ralphus Arrington
Bob Seegar
Margaret Ruth
Local Social News Highlights Visits and Remembrances
Morgan County daily notes visitors from Decatur and Birmingham as well as family gatherings in Lacey's Spring and Cotaco. The community mourns the death of Mrs. Emma Chunn while relatives share weekend hospitality and attend a birthday dinner and local singing event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Chunn
L. L. Kennedy
Birmingham
BE. K. Chunn
Kennedy
Marie Wray
Simon Garrison
Hartselle
Decatur
Myrtle Edwards
Austin Johnson
Tom Russell
R. A. Gamble
Lacey
Cotaco
Dorothy
Pauline Chunn
Horace Chunn
Givens
Fishing Outlook Mixed Across District Rivers and Creeks
Weather has left many streams muddy with limited catches of carp and catfish. Some clears by weekend may boost bass and bream fishing. pockets of clear water on the Tennessee River permit worms and bait fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauderdale
Colbert
Lawrence and
Winston
Mallard Creek
Spring Creek
Big Nance
Town Creek
Wilson Lake
Wheeler Dam
Morgan
Cullman
Wheeler
Tennessee River
Foxey Creek
Flint Creek
Cotaco Creek
Mulberry River
Cherokee
DeKalb and
Jackson
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Errol Flynn
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George Cukor
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Richard Dix
Pavillion
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