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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1945
Page
6
Abbott and Costello star in Lost in a Harem a comedy set in a mystic East town. Marilyn Maxwell plays the prima donna and a jail scene leads to a desert throne rescue with hypnotic rings.
Miss Maxwell, a rising beauty and singer, also acts well in her first full film role. John Conte, known from radio, shows strong potential in his debut film part. Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra provide the musical finale, delivering a lively performance.
Kay Kyser and band headline the Carolina Blues at the Alabama Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. Stars include Ann Miller Victor Moore Jett Donnell Ish Kabibble Georgia Carroll Harry Babbitt Sally Mason Diane Pendleton Harold Nicholas The Cristanis The Layson Brothers and the Four Step Brothers. Romantic moonlight humor and hep cat fun promise a lively Dixie Theatre special.
Colbert and MacMurray star in a high class screen comedy, Practicality Yours, arriving Monday at the Martin. Mitchel Leisen directs with Ben Kellaway and Robert Benchley in supporting roles, as audiences praise a bold early shock and ensuing zany, continuous humor.
Lana Turner reappears on screen after a long absence in Carnage Is A Private Affair, opening at the Ritz Theatre Monday. The MGM drama features a strong supporting cast led by Craig, Hodiek, Gifford, Marlowe, Schafer, and Rudley, with Turner delivering a standout performance as a complex West woman whose marriage faces testing trials.
The Columbia Pictures romantic comedy Impatient Years opens at the Alabama Theatre. A returning GI reunites with a bride he has known for four days, starring Jean Arthur Lee Bowman and Charles Coburn with Edgar Buchanan Charley Grapewin Phil Brown and Grant Mitchell. Written by Virginia Van Upp and directed by Irving Cummings.
Nine meetings of county agents and AAA committee members will be held in the next two weeks to explain the cotton insurance program. South Alabama deadline March 25, north Alabama April 10. Scheduled: Demopolis March 5, Enterprise March 5, Auburn March 6, Monroeville March 6, Montgomery March 1, Tuscaloosa March 12, Guntersville March 13, Talladega March 13, Decatur March 14.
Corporal Howani Branton husband of Mrs Mildred Branton of Dothan is now serving with the Air Force in India relatives disclosed yesterday Before going overseas Corporal Branton served two years in the Army Air Corps at Napier Field
The commission calls for a single state board of education with control over elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions. It urges removing duplications among U A, A P L, and Alabama College, and higher teacher salaries tied to professional excellence. Led by Dr. Maurice Seay, the study spanned a year and a half with a $25,000 funded report.
About 1,000 Negro Construction Battalion members at Port Hueneme near Oxnard California have been on a hunger strike since Friday breakfast. Norman Q. Houston says nearly all Negro personnel are participating to protest white enlisteds being added for future chief petty officer ratings. Commodore William M. Quigley says no color bias exists, none of the battalion officers or base discriminate, no action planned, food remains prepared for those who choose to eat.
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