New Film Technique Demonstrated by Montgomery in Lady In The Lake
Hollywood dispatch reports Robert Montgomery will direct Lady In The Lake using first person filming with the camera as his eyes. Montgomery will appear only four times as Philip Marlowe while the rest of the action is seen through the camera. The technique aims to show a man’s line of sight and place actors as if speaking to the camera.
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Hollywood
Robert Montgomery
Lake
Bob
Philip Marlowe
Mrs Agee Dines at Noted Hollywood Theatre-Restaurant
Mrs Leola B Agee daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Blaxton of Moulton was a dinner guest at Earl Carroll's theatre-restaurant in Hollywood. Seated nearby were Mr and Mrs Danny Kaye Carmen Miranda and Buddy Rogers. Mrs Agee works with civil service at Minter Field Bakersfield California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola B. Agee
J. D. Blaxton
Moulton
Earl Carroll
Hollywood
Danny Kaye
Carmen Miranda
Buddy Rogers
Agee
Civil Service
Minter Field
Bakersfield
California
Hollywood News and Notes on Stars and Films
MGM trains Pete Lawford for Van Johnson role with singing and dancing lessons. Betty Hutton’s baby to be a junior either way. Ward Bond to hospital for leg surgery next month. Boris Karloff to play a Seneca Indian in Unconquered. The Dark Corner review notes a slow yarn but occasional excitement led by Mark Stevens. Perry Como signs Victor deal for six million pressings annually. Jane Powell and Roddy McDowall at the Derby. An actress poses for a raincoat ad.
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MGM
Pete Lawford
van Johnson
Ty Powers
Betty Hutton
Betty Jr
Ted Jr
Ward Bond
Boris Karloff
Betty Grable
Harry James
Perry Como
Victor
Jane Powell
Roddy McDowall
Chamber of Commerce
Man Freed From Ten Year Brick in Stomach Complaint
A man reports a decade of a brick like sensation in his stomach due to undigested food. After using INNER-AID the distress vanished the next day and his bowels, gas, and headaches improved. The ad claims 12 great herbs cleanse bowels and liver and kidneys, sold in Decatur drug stores.
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Decatur
Decatur Funny Pages Bits And Social Jests
A collection of light verse and humorous exchanges from Decatur humor pages. Cartoon captions joke about radar moon Mars wars and atomic bombs. Community quips include a dentist visit, a jealous club selling a parrot, and a husband playing a trap for his wife.
Offbeat Quotes and Jests from City Pages
A collage of humorous snippets and witticisms from Decatur and nearby, including verse lines about marriage and manners, jokes from a junkman and clerk, pithy maxims on action versus intention, and quips about daily life and gastronomy.
Records Of Transfers In Morgan County
A list of property transfers and assignments in Morgan County detailing numerous individuals and amounts. Transactions include amounts from $125 to $4,950 with names such as T Branum, Dockery, Moss, Glasgow, Whitten, Boatwright, Day, Dunaway, and Waddell among others.
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Morgan County
T. Branum
T. L. Dockery
Elsie Draper
Marvey Pride
Edna Farle Moss
Register
Fred W. Glasgow
Om Whitten
L. M. Whitten
Bush
O. A. Speed
Lucile E. Brown
Susie Pointer
Katherine M. Day
James W. Boatwright
Luella Dunaway
Edith Groover
John P. Waddell
C. H. Robinson
G. E. Almon
Lexie C. Hill
Property Transfers And Two Marriage Licenses In Courtland Area
A series of real estate deeds shows numerous transfers involving Hawkins Odell Cross Coburn Kerby and Masterson with values ranging from 10 to 8000 dollars plus three marriage licenses for Garth S Stewart Louise Peebles Geneva Reding and Scie V Hovater in Courtland Alabama and surrounding areas.
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Katherine S. Hawkins
Husa
Edna A. Alumon
Olen P. Odell
Mardie H. Odell
C. P. Montgomery
C. M. Cross
America
J. L. McCattey
J. E. Reeves
Henry J. Steele
Mallie K. Masterson
Harley T. Kerby
Mallie K. Msterson
Fernanda R. Kerby
Martha Louise Moss
Tellman Cross
C. V. Jacobs
Frank B. Coburn
Claude Witt Jr
Roy Berryman
O. C. Landsford
Claude M. King
Claude
Public Forum Letter to President Truman Urges Live and Let Live Legislation
Decatur Alabama May 11 1946 letter signed by J D Cloud asks President Truman to urge Congress for equal rights and protections for workers. The writer condemns royalties affecting wages and calls for living wages from labor, urging national unity and defense through broader progress.
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Decatur
Alabama
Truman
U.S.A. White House
Washington, D. C
United States
Congress
Senate
Missing toddler Penny Morehouse Found on Bridge
Portland police located three year old Penny Morehouse on a bridge after she vanished. Officers offered a badge and radio listening as incentives to return home but she refused until forceful delivery. Penny was returned to her father Patrolman E S Morehouse.
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Portland
Ore
Penny Morehouse
Penny
E. S. Morehouse
Morgan County political slate listings and candidates
A reader list outlines multiple Morgan County candidates including for Circuit Court Clerk, Sheriff, and Board of Revenue and Control with names and locations in Alabama towns such as Bartselle Decatur Somerville and Hartselle plus a note of a Mistletoe description as a parasitic evergreen plant.
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Morgan County
A. Harrison Gill
Decatur, Ala
Tams
Daily Crossword Across India Clues and Answers
Puzzle lists across and down clues with numbered answers, including 33 to 41 down entries and a cryptogram quotation. The cryptogram decodes to a biblical style line about words spoken by man echoing in God’s skies.
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Procter
King Features Gyndicais, Lag
Strategy of Miners Eyed by James Marlow
Washington May 13. James Marlow analyzes three key questions about John L. Lewis and the coal strike. Was the strike necessary and did it hinge on negotiations from March to April before a 40 day walkout and two week truce. He notes the cost to 400000 miners and the impact on U.S. industry as Lewis pursued a tactics of leverage.
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James Marlow
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Wilson
Act
Agencies Named to Aid in Veteran Loans
Officials of the RFC and Farm Credit Administration in the Southeast were designated as authorized appraisers for veteran loans. M. E. Head, Alabama VA regional manager, was notified by John M. Slaton Jr. VA deputy administrator under a directive from General Omar N. Bradley. Slaton noted other appraisers can serve private lenders and some banks may use own appraisers.
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RFC
Farm Credit Administration
Southeastern
M. E. Head
Alabama
Veterans Administration
John M.slaton Jr
Omar N. Bradley
Slaton
Miners’ Leader Calls Truce Amid Roosevelt Strike Crisis
Leaders faced contempt of court for injunctive violations as Lewis ordered miners back to work just before President Roosevelt planned a radio appeal. The strike prompted talk of congressional action to curb union activity and a possible government seizure if needed.
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Ing
Lewis
Roosevelt
Congress
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By Bob. Thomas
Vivian Blaine
Newark
Col. J. T. Gibney
Bad Kissingen
Germany
Manila
Honolulu
Oakland
Service Department
Stewart
Mrs. Agee Dines
D. C
Alexandria
Azores
Orfu
France
Wristader
Mark Stevens
Private Dick
Lucille Ball
Clifton Webb
St. Joseph
Belk’s
Piece Goods Dept
M. E. King and
Hildreth McCullough
Melvin Oliver of
The
Moulton St
Is Station
Stomers
Tire and Battery Service
Standard Oil Products
ATLAS
Moon
Earth
Mars
Norman I. Schiller
Police Department
Saturday Review of Literature
Decatur Man
Catharine Canon
Lamb
Daddy
Adam and Eve
Garden of Eden
Gordon M. Brown
Junkman
E&w Upholstery Co
E. Mogiton
Gene Akeri
Toby Jugegad
Clara
W. G. Blackwell, Jr
Seldon Terry
Sallie V. Brock
Howard Burleson
Lillie Burleson
W. T. Collier
Benjamin Collier
Murray Dodd
Ross D. Dublin
Euvie B. Hood Et. al
C. F. Penn
Thomas J. Hughes, Jr
J. F. Cole
Elmer Bussey
R. A. Britain
J. H. Culbreath
Ewart Morgan
Dixie Edmond
Irene Orr
Trous C. Kyle
M. M. Kyle
Pendelton
Irene
Orr
J. E. Penney
James S Ward
James Ward
Lawrence County
JD. Cloud
Circuit Court
Cline Thompson Bartselle
Ala
Co. B
Bibb
Humphrey Decatur, Ala
John F. McCutcheon
Somerville
Board “of Revenue and Control
Bosra of Revenue and Control
Leonard FE
Board of Revenue and Trol
Fred M.eeese Hartselle
Courtland
Dewey Leon Parker
Mattie Bernice Laevers
J.D. Kidd
Town Creek
Mildred Lola Porter
Mt. Hope
James Thomas Jones
Arley
Josephine Sparks
Danville
Daily Crossword
India
Tion
the Lee
Mtamaini
Aigiain
Iovired
ETO
American Beauty Greenhouse
W. Moulton
Don’s Floor Service
Don Williams
Enolam Blvd
Waxing
Don
Bank St
Loyd’s Drug Store
Mayflower Transit CO
Elliott
W. M. Chenault
Masonic
Decatur 74
Aper Service CO
Division OF Infants Diaper Service
Birmingham
Decatur General Hospital
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