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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1948
Page
8
In a brutal mill fight a worker is slain and Mason is wounded. Left to fend in eight hours of peril he drifts through a surreal city maze meeting a raucous cast from hunger to artistry. Kathleen’s quiet love shines amid parish life and police scrutiny.
Critics in London and Hollywood praise Odd Man Out starring James Mason and Robert Newton. Kathleen Ryan Fay Compton and Abbey Theatre players receive honors for their portrayals as Mason portrays Johnny MacQueen an idealistic leader of an Irish underground group during an eight hour fugitive interlude after escaping prison and robbing a linen mill.
The South Chicago Coast Guard station reported two guardsmen saw a strange shaft of white light 50 to 60 degrees above the southern eastern sky while surveying the lake between 9:30 and 10 p.m. The light appeared vertical, did not touch the ground, grew brighter then dimmed, and vanished after about ten minutes. Coast Guard Captain Nathaniel Fulford verified it was not a search or aircraft light.
In Talladega Alabama Florence Burton 33 of Childersburg was held on murder charges after allegedly shooting her husband Apthone Burton 38 in their home following a family quarrel. A neighbor testified she fired once and missed before firing again as he advanced.
A scrambled OCR listing radio programs spans morning to late night with many station names, show titles, hosts, and times. It reads like a dense schedule grid for multiple stations including WAGP WDIG ABC and various music, news, and drama features across Sundays and Mondays.
MEMPHIS AP Western Union telegraph service here was paralyzed briefly by a small fire in the basement and boiler rooms of the main building. Water short circuits interrupted teletype service to the company the weather bureau and AP Memphis bureau for over an hour. All Western Union sending facilities were out for three and a half hours.
Two New Brockton men enlist in the Navy at the local recruiting station announced by CPO S. L. Swysgood. The enlistees are Jesse F. Sexton and Henry J. Edge, joining EuGene Perkins of Eufaula and Harley A. Sowell Jr. of Panama City, Fla.
Fragmentary OCR reportsDiscovery of 800 year old tile floors shows episodes from the legend of Richard Coeur de Lion and Tristram and Iseult at England's Chertsey Abbey site. The finds illuminate medieval narrative art and the abbey's historical layout.
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