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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1949

Page

18

Everybody Wants To Be An Author

Cynthia Lowry notes how many dream of publishing, with cab drivers and waiters alike claiming manuscript plans. She observes a rising trend of non writers turning ideas into books, while editors fear censorship and legal risk, predicting a shift back to professional storytelling.

Dying House in Singapore Tragedy of Sago Lane

In Singapore on Sago Lane a so called dying house functions as a mortuary and home of misery where eight of ten arrivals die. A government licensed system now regulates daily nurse visits and revised premises though death remains a business tied to coffins wreaths and funeral rites.

Singapore Sago Lane Chinatown Ucgly

Peggy Cummins Faces Tough Hollywood Role After Amber

Hollywood profile notes Peggy Cummins, the Irish actress, now in a role expansion from Forever Amber to a gun moll in Gun Crazy. It recalls meeting her at 20th Fox, her move from England, and how audiences question her Amber past while she adjusts to dramatic shifts in her career.

Hollywood Amber Dillinger Peggy Cummins Peggy 20Th Fox Kathleen Winsor England Seaig King Brothers Ice Josin

Frankie Laine at the Cochanut Grove and Other Notes

The item notes Frankie Laine performing at the Cochanut Grove while Lon Chaney reportedly suffers seasickness aboard a landborne ship called Captain China. It mentions Bob Hope’s daughter showing business sense by selling flowers outside a family gate. Also cited are references to lone gold mines in Africa and India at about nine thousand feet deep.

Atlantic City N. J Frankie Laine Cochanut Toughie Lon Chaney China Bob"Hope Busi Africa India

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