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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1934
Page
6
A collage of dated humor and social sketches mixes cartoons and dialogue about luck, marriage laws, school chemistry mishaps, and manners. Features a mountaineer’s brief note on a far off COC camp plus snippets of day to day life and sly social observations.
Boy Scout leaders in the Decatur district Tennessee Valley council begin a ten hour training season in troop programming tonight at 7 30 in the Tennessee Valley Bank basement. District Commissioner Billy Wyker announces the course approved by the national council. Participants completing all ten hours receive a specialization certificate and many new troops are expected to join. The session is open to all Decatur adults interested regardless of Scout affiliation.
The Thanksgiving program at Trinity high school featured a double basketball game against Austinville high. The Trinity boys beat Austinville 8 to 5 while Trinity girls were defeated 19 to 12. Friday night Trinity boys host Ryan on their court.
A garbled dialogue mentions Hoover and Roosevelt with lines about trees to climb and marriage plans. The text includes snatches of overheard remarks on siblings in law and radio broadcasts versus newspapers.
The first annual meeting will be held December 28 in Chattanooga with 6000 industrialists from fourteen Southern states invited. A dinner for 42 directors occurs December 27 at the Patten hotel with John E. Edgerton presiding. Noted Savannah chemist Dr Charles H Herty will speak at the luncheon. The program will address cotton and textile industry freight rates southern expansion and government competition with private business.
Yale athletic authorities reaffirm the coaching regime of Ducky Bond by reinstating the entire staff for one year. The move comes with the stamp of approval from university officials late yesterday.
Stanford athletic authorities report the advance demand for Rose Bowl tickets is one of the heaviest in years and indicates a sell-out by New Year’s Day.
Dr. M. EF. Edwards departs December 2 to attend the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena California.
The Athletic Association of Morgan County postponed the meet from Saturday December 8 to Saturday December 15. Chairman H R Leeman announced the move after a meeting involving school and American Legion officials with Congressman Carmichael in Tuscombia at 8 oclock to discuss federal aid for schools.
Tulane's Green Wave, conquerors of LSU last Saturday, will face Pop Warner's Temple Owls in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day. Pittsburgh refused a tentative engagement to meet the Wave. This opener begins promoter hopes for a Sugar Bowl series.
A big audience is expected tonight at Martin arena for Chris Jordan's triple feature bargain card. Freddie Knichel meets Roy Allen in a key bout while George Tarzan Romanoff returns to Decatur against David Ross. Opening fights feature Schoolboy Bowden of Martin and Jack Flynn of Mayfield.
Powers Booth son of Dr. W M Booth of Hartselle was badly burned when phosphoric acid exploded in Riverside academy's chemistry room. He is reported healing well and may play December 22 in the Rose Bowl prep national championship game against Culver in Pasadena.
In a dramatic return bout at Gastineau Stadium, 11,000 fans watched Paul Perrone deliver two short chops to the jaw, sending veteran Mickey Walker to the canvas in the eleventh round and counting him out for the first time in his career.
Little David Holt and family turned a former automobile trailer into a playhouse in Hollywood. They moved from Florida with $192, later landing David a Paramount role in You Belong to Me and gaining financial stability. Clark Gable leaps into a boat shot sinks into a real ducking on set. John Jerke, Lon Chaney’s ex-chauffeur, invested Chaney estate money in a Hollywood country club hotel venture. Carl Brisson seeks a dancing partner in Main Street bars and ends with Rosita Mazon joining Paramount’s Rumba chorus.
Social notes reveal Douglas Montgomery seeking privacy in hilltop rental after rain delays access. Maxine Lewis and Gordon Westcott plot paths with Eleanor Griffin and Bill Rankin. Lee Tracy sells a 60 foot Adoree boat. Bill Powell hosts a house warming with a double walled solarium aquarium. Lorena Layson and Danny Danker exchange tete a têtes as marriage ends. Wallie Beery returns to Hollywood amid home redecorating by wife Rea. Preview of The Mighty Barnum draws large turnout and praise for Wallie. J B L Lawrence leaves Goldwyn publicity post. Alice White bedridden after acting double’s illness and failed water jumps. Joan Bennett runs an interior decorating shop at age 177.
A brisk farce follows two Midwest manicurists through Kansas City New York and Paris. Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell star with Hugh Herbert Robert Armstrong Hobart Cavanaugh and T Roy Barnes in a fast paced comedy filled with romance, gangs, and razzle dazzle.
In a vivid sports essay Jack Koford contrasts Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson after their first 20 round fight. Britt’s dazzle with a top hat and cane provokes Nelson’s venom while Huey Long’s political swagger mirrors Nelson’s egotism. The piece links boxing pride to public personas and notes Long’s clashes with LSU and the Rose Bowl snub.
Alabama Crimson Tide held a light signal drill on December 4 as preparation for the Rose Bowl game against Stanford. Coach Frank Thomas announced two signal practices this week and a scrimmage later in the week, with full workouts planned through December 21 as the team heads to California.
Gray also saw the flashing Sunday afternoon with others at the Valley Club. The report records multiple observers noting a bright meteor in the sky.
The Decatur Gospel Tabernacle hosts a series of services with a 7:00 prayer service tonight followed by a young people program at 2:00 on Thursday afternoon. Rev Glenn V Tingley leads a study on prophecy in Matthew about the last days and the second coming. Evening prayers continue each night at 7:00 as preparation for the Missionary Convention December 9 through 11.
Report notes no payment reported on the score and questions Battling Nelson's dilatory handling. The newspapers express skepticism about the outcome and timing of the events surrounding the game.
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