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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1937

Page

3

Dangerous Number at Princess Theatre Sunday

Comedy romance music and dancing light up the screen in Dangerous Number at the Princess Theatre Sunday. Robert Young and Ann Sothern star as a couple amid quarrels, romance, and mobbed by vaudeville acts with a tense chase by gangsters and a splash of water ending in a silk dress mishap.

Princess Theatre Metro-Goldwyn - Mayer Robert Young Ann Sothern Richard Thorpe Bulge Ann Carey Wilson Leona Dalrymple Reginald Owen Cora Witherspoon

Home Made Parking Meter Causes Court Freeing

Sylvester R. Cappalino a truck driver was summoned in Albany to city court for parking overtime in a one hour zone. He was released after two witnesses supported his claim that an alarm clock in his truck rang as the patrolman issued the ticket. The clock was set when the truck was parked to ring in one hour.

Albany Sylvester R. Cappalino Cappalino

Mayor is hit by first pitch in amateur league opener

Mayor J D Byers watched Frank Goodman Hurl a first pitch that hit home plate and opened a gash on the mayor's shin during the opening game with Goodman behind the plate.

J. D. Byers Frank Goodman Goodman Hizzoner Mayor Byers

We're on the Jury at Capitol Capitol

Victor Moore and Helen Broderick star in the screen comedy We're on the Jury showing at the Capitol Monday and Tuesday. Broderick plays an eccentric matron juror whose tactics sway the eleven peers, while Moore resists as he tries to sell real estate in a case livestreamed with uproarious, refreshing humor.

Victor Moore Helen Broderick Capitol Miss Broderick Mr. Moore

Strand Hartselle lead new photoplay after Swing Time

The duo Strand and Hartselle impressed in the Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers musical and were cast in the lead roles of a new humorous photoplay. An official estimate values the White House and grounds at 21 936 000 dollars.

RKO Radio White House

Fifty Roads to Town with Ameche and Sothern at Princess

Don Ameche and Ann Sothern star in a comedy romance about a blizzard marooning them in a mountain lodge with a stuffed moose as a chaperon. A mistaken identity plot follows as they race to Canada while a motorcycle cop pursues them.

Ann Sothern Don Ameche Twentieth Century-Fox Princess Princess Theatre Slim Emmerville Jane Darwell John Jualen Douglas Fowley Allan Lane Alan Dinehart Stepin Canada Sothern Don Ann

Dudley Wins Prep Golf Championship in Chattanooga

Charles Dudley, Baylor golfer from Greenville, S. C., captured the southern prep and high school golf championship by totaling 229 in the 54 hole second annual tournament in Chattanooga Tennessee. Luke Barnes and Ralph Barnes, brothers of Tech, took second in the final rounds yesterday afternoon.

Chattanooga Tenn Charles Dudley Baylor Greenville 8. C Southern” Prep Luke Ralph Barnes Brothers of Tech

Law Adds Reward for Information on Firing the Woods

Legislature approves a statute offering a 50 percent reward to informants whose information leads to conviction for firing the woods. The reward is limited to half the fine but not to exceed a specified maximum.

the Woods E Woods

Gravet to be at Princess

A new film star Gravet appears at the Princess Theatre Wednesday and Thursday in The King and the Chorus Girl a humorous romance. Gernand Gravet, a Continental idol, stars opposite Joan Blondel as an American chorus girl in a tale of royal pretension and bright lights.

Princess Theatre Gernand Gravet Warner Bros Mervyn LeRoy M. Gravet Belgium England France le Roy Paria Hollywood Alfred Joan Blondel

Novel method keeps a husband home police report

Stay at home Milwaukee police found Mr and Mrs James Lambert glaring at each other in their living room. Lambert alleged his wife hid his wooden leg and she retorted it would stay hidden. He was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly.

Milwaukee Wis James Lambert Lambert

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