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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1946
Page
2
The author argues against cross era comparisons among stars like Cobb Williams and Jones, notes long careers shape legacies, and praises pitchers like Grover Cleveland Alexander while contrasting Cardinals and Dodgers teams with Star players such as Musial and Schoendienst, highlighting era context and individual greatness.
The article recalls the 1927 release of The Jazz Singer and the shift from silence to sound in Hollywood. It notes star fears over voice recording, Nagel’s prolific early work, Westerns rising to box office leadership, and the GE Kinemagraphone development by Charles A. Hoxie that enabled synchronized sound and film, ultimately spreading to most studios.
In Madison Wisconsin Wood county farmers form a vigilante group of about 50 to chase rustlers after an SOS over a rural telephone line. Bernard Kroening saw two men enter a woods and fired three shots while his wife rallied the others. Deputies aided the hunt which covered woods and fences but the rustlers escaped in foggy conditions.
In Wendover Utah Nevada border town Westover about 2 000 residents seek secession from Utah to join Nevada 500 nearby residents. They fault Utah laws especially liquor rules and argue Nevada offers freer drinking. Petitions will go to Utah and Nevada legislatures then Congress to redraw the boundary.
Dale Berry 17 year old Mesquite High School senior lands a sustaining program on WRR with his own cowboy band. He has a sponsor and previously played with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers and appeared on the Grand Ole Opry. Band includes Robert Jenkins Cleo Landolt Benny Willbanks and Matt McGlothern. He teaches himself guitar with piano lessons as his only formal training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R S Berry of Mesquite.
San Jose readers learn of the sprawling Winchester mansion built by Mrs. Sarah Winchester to pacify war victims ghosts. The 37 year project created hidden passages doors and stairways arranged to entertain imagined spirits as servants once prepared lavish banquets nightly.
FAO session opens in Copenhagen with leaders from ARM governments and farm groups. John Orr will present a long range program based on a 70 country survey to shape policies on production, distribution, diet, and prices for feeding the world. The plan aims to reduce surpluses and shortages and involves 70 FAO member nations with potential new members Italy and Switzerland.
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