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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1933
Page
6
A collage of brief mentions covers figures like Wallace, Caffery, Teagle, Chapman, and Dimond. It notes plans for notes on tax effects, labor stance shifts, and upcoming meetings, plus anecdotes on birthplaces, caricatured outfits, and golf with ambassadors Espil and Debuchi.
The notice advertises the Tupelo Military Institute in Mississippi offering precollege study and recitations for juniors and seniors, swimming pool, summer camp in Maine, modest terms, attractive musician scholarships, and invites applications for a catalogue or interview with President J O Boulanger.
Decatur's Trojans travel to Huntsville for a 3 30 p m game with the Lincoln Redcaps. Jack Phillips likely opposes the locals, with Lefty Johnson or Newt Hardy slated to pitch. A twin bill with Bessemer follows Labor Day, as past battles heighten interest.
Tuffy Cleet lost to Tiger Kelly by hook scissors in the third fall. He struck referee Murphy and was fined 25 percent of his purse by the Alabama Athletic Commission. Cleet then rushed to the dressing room and received an uppercut from Kelly before officials held him for cooling off. He later claimed the bout was a great one.
Tuffy Cleet battles Tiger Kelly in a dramatic match at Martin arena with a post bout brawl in the dressing rooms. Kelly wins the first fall in 14 minutes 2 seconds, Cleet takes second fall in 4 minutes 5 seconds, final fall goes to Kelly in 20 minutes 30 seconds amid fan cheers and a post fight melee.
A scanned puzzle page lists numerous clues across horizontal and vertical sections. It includes references to a political figure’s past office, color terms like ruby spinel, and various One word answers such as battering, fanciful, and denser.
The article notes low home attendance for the Senators and compares it with a 60,000 crowd in Cleveland. It mentions Clark Griffith admitting the disparity, alongside various sports and entertainment jabs from the era, including references to Helen Wills Moody and rough crowds at Forest Hills. It also comments on recent developments around baseball figures like Al McCOLL and Dave Harris as potential World Series players.
In Boston a heated game saw Braves players tangle with umpires. Umpire Charlie Moran signaled Rabbit Moranville to throw a ball, which Rabbit retrieved and launched toward Moran. The explosive exchange continued as Moran fired the ball back, escalating the confrontation.
The past 24 hours saw cooler temperatures with a high of 90 degrees and a low of 73 degrees, measured up to 7:00 this morning.
The next Tuesday wrestling program in Decatur features Lon Chaney making his local return to face Pete Demetroff in a high energy bout. Blacksmith Pedigo also returns after four months out with injuries to meet Mike London in a clash that promises polish and excitement.
Knoxville visits Birmingham while Chattanooga plays Nashville and Little Rock meets Memphis. National League action features Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Boston Chicago at Brooklyn and St Louis at New York. Only these games are on the schedule.
A miscellany piece blends a mock remedy for pests with comic verses about salary and love. It weaves brief reflections on money, leisure, and social fortunes, ending with a fragment about a fast runner and a burned track.
New Orleans beat Birmingham 3 to 0. Little Rock won 3 1 over Memphis 1 to 0. Nashville Knoxville game canceled due to rain.
Pairings show New York 11 over Detroit 9 and Chicago 11 over Philadelphia 5. St Louis leads Boston 10 to 4 while Boston trails 8 to 9. Washington 2 2 with Cleveland 1 7 reflects uneven results.
New York leads 3 0 over St Louis 2 0 while Brooklyn dominates 13 2 against Chicago 5 6. Pittsburgh defeats Philadelphia 4 to 1 in a rough game.
The Tennessee river remained stationary this morning with a gauge reading of three feet.
A jumble of quotes touches on daily life and relationships. A nervous passenger pleads for reassurance during a maiden flight. A man longs for new loves and a girl for every man. Some colleges may offer matrimony courses, while a department store manager recalls firing a red headed clerk after a hair oil prompt.
A Decatur man questions why the rich dodge taxes and criminals racketeer while the strong oppress the weak he notes the thrill of avoiding income tax. A quip about cottage pudding and flat pudding contrasts with a light home life joke between June Bride and June Husband.
In Rockingham County North Carolina Elias Corn wed Matt ie Bean. The Reidsville Review editor described the ceremony briefly with the note Su ecotash.
A sharp social quip notes that a poor girl seeks a rich husband while urging practical hustle after prayer. It mocks bosses who mismanage and contrasts thrift with vanity, citing men with spare tires lacking spare cash.
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