Monte Blue Stars Another Comeback Milestone
Hollywood May 1. Monte Blue, once a silent era star, signs a featured contract with Warner Brothers marking another milestone in a long career. His journey from reporter and miner to actor spans D W Griffith Black and white era through sound era transition and stardom at Warners.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Monte
Blue
Warner Brothers
Indianapolis
D.W. Griffith
Griffith
Mary Pickford
Cecil ‘B. DeMille
Crash victim laid to rest in Ardmore
The body of Miss Clara Dean Bryant, 16, killed in an Elkton Tennessee car crash Sunday night, was laid to rest Tuesday at Batlin Cemetery Ardmore. The Ardmore High School senior and Skyline Cafe employee was survived by her parents four brothers two sisters and her grandmother. The service was at Ardmore High School auditorium conducted by Clifford J Murphee Church of Christ minister. Pallbearers listed.
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Clara Dean Bryant
Batlin
Ardmore
Clifford J. Murphee
Church of Christ
Ben- Bryant
Admore
Elkton
Tenn
Skyline Cafe
Ardmore High School
Bothers
Calvin Clem
Lorin Clem
Gilbert Lewter
Vernard Reynolds
Gene Elders
Bobby Barner
Be Revers Ao
Monte Whitfield’s comeback as a steady character actor
The article recounts Monte’s Tahiti trip for White Shadows of the South Seas, early sound trials, a 1931 bank crash, a stage stint, and a return to Hollywood where he embraced steady work at Warners as a featured player. He cites relief from star envy and follows Lewis Ston’s guidance to stay near but not reach glory.
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Tahiti
South Seas
Hollywood
Cruise
Lord Fauntleroy
Warners
Lewis Ston
Monte
Alabama Representation and Local Transit Voices in Decatur Letters
A 1948 letter from an Alabama voter praised national congressional delegation and urged strong representation. A Decatur cab driver warned residents that voting for a new taxi company on May 4 could jeopardize affordable local transit and the daily lives of riders and workers.
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Decatur
Alabama
Hartselle
Morgan County
State Senate
B. M. Miller
National Congress
Congress
Daily
Decatur Transit
Churtt
City of
New Reserve Airborne Division Formed in Southeast
The Army announced the creation of the 108th Reserve Airborne Division to be based in the Southeast with units drawn from Georgia Florida North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee. The new division marks an expansion of reserve forces.
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Ales May
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
108Th Reserve Airborne Division
Voter Signals No on First Question and Yes on Second
A voter states plans to vote no on the first statewide question and yes on the second, signaling a split stance on ballot measures. The remark reflects participant choice without broader context or affiliations.
Morgan County voters urged to cast ballots amid large turnout expectations
County observers expect Morgan County to set a record ballot total as residents prepare to vote. The article lists numerous volunteers and box groupings across communities such as Hartselle Danville and Joppa with names of coordinators and boxes, noting weather could influence turnout.
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Morgan County
Sams
Ira A. Burks
Mabel Key
Conrad Roden
Adlai -Paterson
Drinkard
M. O. Parker
Alice Merford
WW. S. Bean
al Boxlap
W. M. Bell
W. M
Floyd Key
Sieesley
W. Li. Parker
Ruby Mae Barker
J.upton
Aries L. Cannon
M. G.west
Ken Willie Hartselle
J. H. Masterson
Andrew A. Orville
F. M. Ke
Hartselle
Jim Robinson
Beas
T. E. Sum
Roberts
Aoden
A. H. Harvill
J. E. Peck
Quinn
W. T. Stewart
WJ. H. Pucket
Troy L. Nunnhn
R. L. McDonald
Amie M.ard
M. H. Broom
G. Frost
Il M. Orr
Walter Wm. W. Beeson
R. E. Tapse
Robert Ward
Stewart Camapacaas
Homer N. Crow
Wil
Maj Gen Edward W Smith Named SBT Commanding Officer
Major General Edward W. Smith serving as general counsel of Southern Bell Telephone Company is designated as the commanding officer. He assumes duties as top military commander in the given assignment, directing operations and overseeing staff.
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Edward W. Smith
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Danville Notices Include Legg Tanner Officials
Local Danville records list J. Felton Legg and J. N. Tanner Jr. among designated figures. other names appear in municipal listings.
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Pooe Ot Co
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Bank & Railroad Sts
Brock & Spight
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Julian Moody
E Phillips
A. L
Pete” Henderson
Church Street
Ferry Street
Knox McRae
Oy Knox McRae
Ala
Green’s
Second
Sally
U.S
Chester
Harold
The
Decatur Daily
J. Marvin Kelley
Haynie Avenue
Dallas
Texas
Davidson
Davidson Coal & Feed Company
HOLLY
Your Truly
Liam Howard Evans
R. F. Foote
Julius Glasscock
Grady Long
W. R. Cleere
J. H. Cain
Jno
L. Houston
J. E. Stone
L. E. Roberts
Homer Stewart
Evans
Edward Hamilton
Joppa
Dewitt Crawford
Lola Cudlip
G. W. Dinsmore
John Julian
Claude Brisco Joppa
G. C. Walker
W. T. Oliver Joheal
E. L. Price
C. Holmes
H. E Owen
Massey
Box
Price M. Bryant
Danville
W. W. Coleman Hartselle
W. A. _Penn
W. T. Teague
C. V. Summer
White Swan Diaper Service
Athens
Jackson Hway
Sheffield
Bondex
Free,from
Sherwin Williams
Con
Johnston St
John D. Wyker & Som 510
Bank St
Five Woman Tours
Bondex Hydraulic Cement
Esal
Wwe
Reguem
Css Wil
Ft. Outsive
Sherwin- Williams
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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