Connie Bennett at Republic doubles as producer with new projects
Film producer Connie Bennett, among the first farmers to branch into brass, plans to bring her production company to Republic for Drums Along the Amazon and has two properties under Costance Bennett productions. Republic head Herbert Yates discusses Orson Welles Macbeth delays, while Sonny Tufts eyed for Samson and Delilah. Babe Ruth Story rushed for August, plus costume and set notes from Hollywood.
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Bob Thomas Ollywood
Bennett
Repubic
Republic In
Drums
Amazon
Costance Bennett Productions
Valley Tot
Beth
Sonny Tufts
Paramount
Klan Burial Group Insurance Cleared by Georgia Official
Atlanta May 4 The Ku Klux Klan has a clean bill from state insurance commissioner Zack Cravey stating the burial group insurance plan is not violating state laws. Cravey noted no complaints indicating unfair or dishonest operation and said he has been investigating with Attorney General Eugene Cook.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Zack Cravey
Eugene Cook
Cravey
Death benefit plan tied to Klan membership outlined
Cravey described a death benefit association requiring Kilgrapp certification of good standing for joining. Dues of 1.10 per member are collected after a death, with one assessment totaling 500 dollars. Officials report an offensive starting May 24 as part of allied air and ground forces in Camp Campbell area to gain field experience. Pfc. Groover is identified as Roy S. Groover’s son from Falkville.
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Klan
Death Benefit Association
Ninth Air Force
Camp Campbell
Crcise
Pfc
Groover
Roy S. Groover
Falkville
Final settlement of Ella R Jarvis estate scheduled
In Morgan County Alabama Pro bate Court executor Sam Evans files accounts vouchers and statement for final settlement of the Ella R Jarvis estate. Hearing set for May 26 1948 to show cause why settlement should not be passed. Judge T C Almon signs the notice dated May 3 1948 with publication of May 4 11 18.
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Alabama
Morgan County
Ella
R. Jarvis
Sam Evans
T. C. Almon
Pfc Groover Takes Part in Maneuvers With Air Force Unit
Pfc Ray E Groover departs with the 504th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft Bragg NC for a May training maneuver near the Kentucky Tennessee border. Army and Air Force personnel from seven Southeastern states assemble at Camp Campbell. The exercise opens with paratroopers forming an airhead followed by ground reinforcements. Units will fight the aggressor forces for 20 days ending with a four day layoff.
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Pfc
Ray. E. Groover
504Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Kentucky-Tennessee
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
Potato Creek Johnny and the Homestake Legacy
The tale follows Potato Creek Johnny, the diminutive prospector who hunted for gold in the Black Hills and died in 1943. Homestake Mining grew into the hemisphere’s largest mine, producing for decades from 6 000 acres and 13 000 investors while Johnny symbolized hopeful but modest fortune in a fevered gold era.
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Hal Boyle
S. D
Black Hills
Potato Creek
Perrett
Homestake Mining Company
Potato Creek Johnny
Homestake
Hemisphere
Electric News
America
George A. Custer
el Dorado
Ridge
Operetta at Riverside Friday Night by Joe Wheeler Students
An operetta titled The Cobbler of Fairyland in three acts will be staged Friday at 7 30 p m in Riverside Auditorium by Joe Wheeler school students. The juvenile cast includes cooks Bill Joe Doss Bobby Jervis and Gerald Standridge and numerous ladies and lords led by Princess Delmaiie in a kingdom of Make Believe.
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Riverside
Joe Wheeler
Kingdom of
Make Believe
Delmaiie
Bill Joe Doss
Bobby Jervis
Gerald Standridge
Faye West
Gayle Walters
Judy Crow
Geraldine Dillard
Beverly Jones
Melba Terry
Ruoth Dover
Peesy Self
Emma Faye White
Linda Wright
Sue Parker
James McCutcheon
Gordon Taylor
Lords
Ronnie Hood
Jimmy Tucker
Wally Dunavant
Ray Norris
Alan McBride
Ernie Blackwell
James Palmer
Gilbert Lawton
Gien Birdwell
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Firestone Supply
East Moulton St
Washington
Florida
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Milady
Canyon
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Hansbrough
Hartselle
Fairfield Addition
U.S. Highway 31
Hansbrough National Realty & Auction Company
Fairfield
U. S. 31
Highway 31
National Reality & Auction CO
Hansbrough & Hansbrough, Realtors
W. Jefferson
Louisville, Ky
Wabash
U.S. A
Pfc. Groover
Airforce
Charlemagne
Gene Aker
Johnny
A. EK
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First Ave
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