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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1933
Page
6
Mae West stars in the lusty Strand melodrama She Done Him Wrong at the Strand theatre in Hartselle Sunday and Monday. The story set in New York Bowery follows singer Lady Lou who uses charm to collect diamonds and ransom for kings while Mae West, in the lead role, appears on screen.
Decatur baseball fans will see top South college players and four ex pros when Florence-Wilson Dam visits Alabama Park Monday. The Dammers beat the Southern Rails 2 0 with Big Jim Edwards on the mound. Edwards once starred in the major leagues and later played semi pro in Florence. The crowd is expected to be large as the Trojan bats clash with a strong lineup in a 3 30 p.m. start.
Noah Beery plays a saloon keeper furnishing jewels while Cary Grant appears as the head of a nearby Mission. A dramatic climax unfolds as mutual attraction is revealed. Miss West sings three numbers including Frankie and Johnnie and two Rainger tunes. This is her first starring vehicle after a prior role with George Raft in Night After Night.
The Century of Progress exhibit in Chicago tests progress in baseball with an All Star style game on July 6 at Comiskey Park. The piece critiques tinkering with the sport while noting past experiments like night games and shorter games, arguing fans and tradition may resist radical shifts.
Morley Jennings, former Washington Senators shortstop and Minneapolis Millers player, now serves as athletic director at Baylor University Texas. He joins the Hot Springs coaching school staff alongside Howard Jones Hank Anderson and Frank Carideéo among other college sports figures. Latter boxing notes mention Tommy Loughran and Steve Hamas squared after recent fights while Tommy Freeman plans a Pacific coast tour and a July 17 bout with Young Corbett III in San Francisco.
Auburn coach Wilbur Hutsell guides Percy Beard veteran star who seeks a second National AAU outdoor high hurdle championship in Chicago. Beard, 1931 champion and holder of world marks, faces stiff field including Gus Meier of Stanford and Al Moreau and Jack Keller while aiming to extend his world record pace.
The Tennessee river level remained stationary this morning with a gauge reading of 3.4 feet. No flooding or major disruption reported as of early hours.
The weather bulletin reports temperatures near normal with a high around 69 and a low near 69 at seven o clock this morning. The wording references a maximum of and a minimum of 69.
Decatur defeats Athens 6 to 4 in a pitching duel. Crowder and Hester lock horns as Decatur gets two early runs, Athens answers, and late scoring seals the victory with key hits from Landers Lanier and Hester. Williams and Lanier shine in infield defense with 16 chances clean.
A fragmented crossword style page lists crossword clues and word answers across science and language themes. It includes terms like enniats, anion, cloud deity preposition and notes on tone and reflection of sound with scattered fragmented phrases.
Today’s games feature Nashville at Memphis in the minor lineup and the American League tilt New York at St Louis. Boston visits Detroit Washington faces Chicago and Philadelphia travels to Cleveland for matinee action.
Hester records three hits and Crowder adds three, with Crowder drawing a walk and being hit by a pitch off Holliand. Sacrifices by Johnson and Bronaugh, stolen bases by West Holland Martin Beasley. Time 1 25. Umps Grisham Hatchett.
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