Powell and Allyson May Team Up on Screen
Hollywood gossip notes that Dick Powell and his wife June Allyson may co star in a future project. Powell could not secure June Allyson for his own film Mrs Mike but reports scripts proposing a teaming exist. Other items include Crosby’s quiet interactions with reporters and Jolson’s upcoming birthday and film events.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Dick Powell
Allyson
Powell
Mike
Crosby
Bing
San Francisco
Hollywood Press
William Powell
Memorial service announced for Bellview Baptist Church
A memorial service is set for the fourth Sunday in May at Bellview Baptist Church with morning speaking and afternoon singing. Relatives and cemetery volunteers are requested to attend a cleanup on Thursday May 19 to prepare plots.
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Bellview Baptist Church
Expense Account Problems Perplex Boyle and Bank Accounts
Hal Boyle explores the universal headache of expense accounts, noting 100000 travelers share the same struggle to reconcile honesty with avoiding bankruptcy. He jokes about mislaid funds, the swindle sheet label, and the need for a course on filling out expense forms taught by Yellow Kid Weil, with anecdotes from World War II and journalism legends.
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America
Petne
Brooklyn Bridge
John
Jasper
Ned
Jim
Weil
Africa
Paul Cowles
Yankee Stadium
Cross-Eye Treatment Advice For Parents And Children
A public health Q and A explains that cross-eye must not be ignored and that early treatment yields better results. It notes most farsighted infants outgrow it, but persistent cases may require glasses or surgery. Eye exercises help many but not all, and severe crossings need an eye specialist assessment soon after one year old.
Bankers Meet in The Capital Today
Bankers from across Alabama gathered in Montgomery for the 16th annual Alabama Bankers Association convention. More than 600 bankers were expected to register as the legislature adjourned to accommodate hotel space. M. W. Espy heads the association with Walter Kennedy as general chairman. Officials E. H. Foley Jr. and H. E. Cook were slated as principal speakers, with Orrin H. Swayze J. Roy Morton and John L. Liles on today’s program. Officer elections and the executive council meeting were planned for Saturday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Bankers’ Association
M. W.~espy
Headland National Bank
Walter Kennedy
Treasury
E. H. Foley Jr
H. E. Cook
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Orrin H. Swayze
Jackson
Miss . J. Roy Morton
University of Alabama
John L. Liles
Atlanta
Death of Veterans River Engineer From Gunshot Wound
A 48 year old man, George J Vines, died from a head gunshot wound at a Bessemer hospital. A .22 caliber rifle was found hanging in a barn at the scene where he was located. Vines had been disabled for 15 years and was a retired captain of government river engineers.
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Bessemer
Ala
Here
Clyde Morris
George J Vines
Vines
Morris
Government River Engineers
Europeans to sail to U S on General Haan
Displaced Europeans totaling 844 are due to arrive in New York tomorrow aboard the U S Army transport General Haan. The International Refugee Organization arranged passage. about 200 are skilled workers mainly in construction trades. Destinations by state include Louisiana 33, Florida 9, Tennessee 6, Alabama 2.
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Washington
States
District of Columbia
New York
Haan
International Refugee Organization
Louisiana
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Work Will Start on New Johnsonville TVA Plant
TVA said immediate work will begin on the $54 million Johnsonville steam power plant in West Tennessee. President Truman’s signing of a $2.5 million initial work appropriation followed the announcement. The plant on the East bank of the Tennessee river 66 miles west of Nashville will add 375000 kilowatts to TVA output.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Johnsonville
West Tennessee
Truman
Washington
Tennessee River
Nashville
TVA
Eight-year-old girl killed by car near Douglas
In Albertville Alabama on May 12 an eight year old girl Shirley Ann Copeland died after being struck while walking home from school. Police arrested John W Carroll 28 of Boat 2 on manslaughter charges pending grand jury investigation.
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Albertville
Ala
Shirley Ann Copeland
Jay Copeland
Douglas
Here
Joe Gorman
John W. Carroll
Boat 2
Popular Minister Thanks Scalf's For Strength To Work
Rev. J. H. Lovell of St. Clair County Alabama credits Scalf's Indian River Medicine with restoring his health over three years of weakness. He reports regained appetite weight gain and improved digestion after using Scalf's Harmoneers Quartet radio ads. Scalf's is sold at Caddell Drug Co and advertised on WVOK Dial 690 at 12 30 P M daily.
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J. H. Lovell
Congregational Methodist
St. Clair County
Ala
Scalf
Harmoneers
Caddell Drug Co
WVOK
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Features Syndicate
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Bankers Meeting
Royal Festival
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U. S
W.S. Royal Air Ride
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Royal Tire Service
Lee and
First Ave
Belk Hudon Co
Ecatur
Marquisette
Birdseye
Rayon
Belk
Belk’s
Belk Hadron Co
Decatur
Pi Rove
Americas
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Radio Shack
Hi Way
Moulton Street
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