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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1936

Page

10

New Star Team Evening Shows No Advance Price

A brief item notes entertainment at the New Star Team area with no advance ticket pricing announced for the evenings listed.

Under Two Flags at Princess Theatre

Motion picture fans see Ronald Colman and Claudette Colbert in Under Two Flags at the Princess Theatre. The Sahara drama centers on a French Foreign Legion romance with Rosalind Russell joining the cast and a daring Legion charge defeating Arab forces.

Ronald Colman Claudette Colbert Darry F. Zanuck Sahara Princess Theatre Miss Colbert Oulda French Foreign Legion Victor McLaglen Colman Rosalind Russell McLaglen Legion Ronnald Colman Claudette Solbert eSday

Annual Children's Service Set for Oak Ridge

The Oak Ridge annual children's service will be held on June 7 with a 10:00 AM start and a sing along in the afternoon. Mrs. Vera West leads the children's program.

Oak Ridge Vera West

Board Divides On Clemency Appeal In Avant Case

The Alabama three member pardon board recommended commuting Elmer N Avant Lowndes County killer death sentence to life imprisonment. Governor Bibb Graves held sole decision authority with Kilby prison execution set for June 5. Attorney General A A Carmichael and Secretary Howell Turner supported clemency opposition.

Montgomery Ala Elmer N. Avant Lowndes County Bibb Graves State Pardon Board Kilby A. A. Carmichael Howell Turner Fort Deposit Utility

The Princess Comes Across Opens at the Princess

Paramount stars Fred MacMurray and Carole Lombard reteam in The Princess Comes Across aboard a trans Atlantic liner. Lombard plays a Swedish princess posing as American to secure a contract, meeting MacMurray a concertina player as murders blackmail and detectives unfold aboard ship.

Banniza Carole Lombard Paramount Fred MacMurray Princess Theatre Miss Lombard MacMurray New York MacMurray - Lombard

Sino Japanese tensions rise after bridge destruction and train sabotage

In Tientsin on May 30 two violent acts heightened strain between China and Japan. Chinese authorities reported the destruction of a bridge at Chuanliangchen between Tangku and Tientsin and an alleged attempt to wreck a Japanese troop train. Officials fear Japan may see the sabotage as retaliation for Tokyo sending more troops to North China garrisons.

Tientsin Chuanliangchen Tangku Japan North China

Court splits on clemency recommendation in five page ruling

The opinion described clemency as insane while the court split on the outcome. The previous day State Auditor Charles E. McCall, a third member of the pardon board, notified the governor that the court’s verdict was proper.

Charles E. McCall Pardoy Board

Capitol Opens The Affair Of Susan Comedy At Capitol

Universal comedy The Affair of Susan stars ZaSu Pitts and Hugh OConnell as a New York couple who meet at Coney Island and face separation, with Walter Catlett providing comic relief. Cast also includes Inez Courtney, William Pawley, and others. directed by Kurt Neumann from a multi-writer story.

Susan Universal ZaSu Pitts Hugh O'Connell The Capitol Miss Pitts O'Connell New York City Coney Island Hugh Walter Catlett Inez Courtney William Pawley Thomas Dugan James Burke Mae Busch Buster Phelps Phil Tead Kurt Neumann Mann Page Arthur Caesar Andrew Bennison H. M. Walker Clarence Marks

Absolute Quiet Opens At Princess In Sunday Drama

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a suspenseful drama about ten guests at a ranch seeking absolute quiet while hidden enmities erupt. The ensemble includes Lionel Atwill Irene Hervey Raymond Walburn Ann Loring Louis Hayward and others in a tense broadcast of fear and betrayal.

Ann Loring Louis Hayward Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Princess Theatre Lionel Atwill Irene Hervey Stuart Erwin Raymond Walburn Wallace Ford Bernadene Hayes Robert Gleckler Harvey Stephens REP Oif AT Weyerse Auth A wyn-Mayer McTors George B. Seitz John W. Considine, Jr

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