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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1937

Page

3

That Girl from Paris Delights Lily Pons in Second Film

Opera star Lily Pons headlines That Girl from Paris at the Princess Theatre with Gene Raymond Jack Oakie Mischa Auer Lucille Ball and Frank Jenks in supporting roles The story follows a French opera star who flees an arranged marriage and seeks a New York romance while dodging immigration authorities and delivering a mix of humor and vocal numbers.

Lily Pons Paris Prine Gene Raymond Jack Oakie Herman Bing Mischa Auer Frank Jenks Lucille Ball Miss Pons United States Panofka Arthur Schwartz Eddie Heyman Nice Moonface

Teachers Elected at June Meeting in County

County board of education met Friday afternoon to decide on the likely date of the teachers election set for June 19. The meeting largely handled routine business.

County Board of Education

Local notes on Atlanta traffic lore and engine facts

In Atlanta a fatal accident triggers a black flag hoisted in the city center for 24 hours. A vehicle at 60 mph causes pistons to move 50 times per second, 3000 per minute. Worn camshafts bring oil leaks fouling plugs burning rings and carbon buildup. The Rotary Club counts a coal dealer a merchant tailor a lawyer and a mining operator among its founders.

Atlanta Rotary Club

Tyrone Power rises to fame in Cafe Metro pole tale

Filmdom tank tale links Tyrone Power rise to stardom with the 20th Century Fox breakthrough for Lloyds of London. Loretta Young and Adolphe Menjou co star while Zanuck’s bold casting sped Power from poverty to Hollywood triumph despite years of prep and patient work.

Tyrone Power Loretta Young Cafe Metropole the Princess Horatio Alger Adolphe Menjou Princess Theatre Power Darryl F. Zanuck Twentieth -Century-Fox Lloyds of London Hollywood Broadway Astor 42Nd 86Th Street East River Tyrone

Hugh Herbert Here Sunday at the Prin cess theatre

That Man's Here Again stars Hugh Herbert Mary Maguire and Tom Brown. Herbert is the eccentric art collector Thomas J Jesse who aids Jimmy the elevator boy and Nancy the maid on the rocky road of love. The film blends laughs with tender moments and ends with suspense. Nancy is praised as charming and Mary Maguire's Australian newcomer is highlighted.

Hugh Herbert Mary Maguire Tom Brown Princess Theatre Thomas J. Jesse Jimmy Nancy Australia Hole Mae Soning Jimmy Whalen

McDuff Leads in Tennessee Valley Skeet Club Shoot

Gordon McDuff led Thursday afternoon event breaking 48 of 50 targets at the Tennessee Valley Skeet Club shoot. N. Propst finished second with 45 and Harlan Hunter took third with 44.

Outcasts of Poker Flat at Capitol Theatre

Virginia Weidler stars as a precocious ten year old who deals cards and plays roulette in Bret Harte tale The Outcasts of Poker Flat. Preston Foster plays John Oakhurst in the film based on Harte's story showing this week at the Capitol Theatre with praise for its child star performances.

Bret Harte Jean Muir Preston Foster Virginia Weidler the Capitol RKO Radio Poker Flat Capitol Theatre John Oakhurst California Virginia Foster

Independent Church May Be Hitler Plan

Berlin May 29 1940 The Goebbels oratorical attack on the Catholic church drew wide speculation that a regenerated German Catholic church could be established apart from the Vatican. He urged expulsion of clergy and accused church morals of decadence, stirring millions across the Reich.

Hitler Berlin Joseph Paul Goebbels Vatican Dr. Goebbel Reich

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