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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1945
Page
5
An orphan raised by an aunt pursues the priesthood after a thwarted romance and a late birth of a child. He joins Catholic college, faces tragedy, becomes a missionary in China, founds a mission that endures wars, then returns home to lead his parish. Notable cast includes Rosa Stradner as a nun in charge.
A. J. Cronin's Keys To The Kingdom comes to the Martin Theatre after a Saturday preview. Twentieth Century Fox presents a biographical drama focused on faith and devotion, with Gregory Peck portraying the central hero facing trials yet pursuing an ideal.
Pan American features Phillip Terry Addie Long and Robert Benchley with Eve Arden at the editors desk. The film showcases Latin American songs and dances in a Washington DC sequence with Havana and Rio scenes, backed by Cuban and Brazilian orchestras and dancers.
Editor Mauldin critiques the wartime demobilization point system noting battle stars as a joke for those near action. The Houston County probate office issued marriage licenses in the past week naming numerous couples including Hites Pope and Catherine Esposito, Dison and Beatrice Poole, Chandler and Barbara Muller, Rosser and Winnie Howard, Holger and Evaluta Griffin, and others across Georgia, Florida, Illinois, and New York communities.
Midnight prevue Saturday at the Martin Theatre features Tallulah Bankhead as Catherine the Great with Charles Coburn Anne Baxter Eythe and Vincent Price in the film Royal Scandal a sparkling comedy revealing a queen's hush hush three days and three officials surrounding her throne.
Nancy Kelly and William Gare head a large cast in Song of the Sarong, playing romantic leads in a mythical South Seas paradise. Eddie Quillan, Fuzzy Knight, George Dolenz, and George Cleve are among notables. The production highlights dancing pearls and strong vocalists. Simmons, advanced to second class, enlisted in 1942 and served in Leyte Gulf actions aboard an escort carrier. his Navy service is noted.
Pfc Davis, husband of Dara Crunchneld of Slocent and son of Mis Adas Disis of Malvern, served 29 months overseas as First Sergeant Honey C Hall. He trained at Camp McCoy in 1943 with the Special Train ive Uni Fort Sheridan unit, aimed at teaching soldiers lacking formal education and non English speakers to read write and express themselves.
The Martin Theatre presents a new comedy feature starring Spencer Tracy and Kathryn Hepburn. The film follows Pat and Jamie Rowan as a scientist and his assistant navigating love and a high altitude oxygen project. Lucille Ball and Felix Brescott also appear in supporting roles as the bustling supporting cast delivers a lively funny sequence.
Dramatis personae Sdamund Gwenn Vincent Price and Sir Cedric Hardwicke deliver a polished church men contrast. Thomas Mitchell portrays a wavering atheist and Benson Foneag a Chinese Christian, each contributing memorably to an achievement noted for balanced effectiveness.
The Ritz Theatre in Dothan resumes screening Bogart’s To Have and To Have Not on Monday. Lauren Bacall appears in her first film role as Bogart’s wife seeker, with Hoagy Carmichael providing music and a sultry piano presence. The film follows a Caribbean sea setting with romance and action.
The Houston County health department logged communicable diseases for May with four diphtheria cases, thirty gonorrhea, thirty nine hookworm, two malaria, twenty one syphilis, one tuberculosis, seven typhus fever, and two pseudonymous febrile cases, reflecting ongoing infectious disease activity in the county.
Arnold Gene Free, sonarman first class USN from Andalusia, is aboard a minesweeper in the Atlantic area per a Navy news release on Saturday. Since enlisting in 1940 he has participated in battles for the Gilbert Islands Marshall Islands Coral Sea and Midway and raids on Lae Rabaul Tulagi and Bougainville.
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