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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1933
Page
6
Alfred Smith four time New York governor and former presidential candidate said he would not accept any nomination for mayor of New York or any other office in the November municipal ballot. He called the decision final and said no persuasion could affect it as a draft movement to lead America’s largest city gained momentum.
Claudette Colbert insists on a bold turn as Poppaea the Empress in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Sign of the Cross. DeMille cast Nero with Charles Laughton and also stars Frederic March and Elissa Landi as leads. The Ritz Athens screens the epic on Wednesday and Thursday with a cast of around 7,500.
Buersch returns from a serious auto crash to headline the main event against Palmer McLeod in a top card featuring the Kangaroo kick a sensational light heavy move. Chaney vs Lott adds veteran intrigue as fans flood the arena for the 8:30 PM start and expected overflow.
University of Alabama coach Harold Drew announced Bill Joyce will not run in the conference meet. Joyce, the team ace, pulled up lame a week and a half ago and failed to improve. Merle Riegel Russell Lip0 Floyd Plantz are expected to star, with Doughty Minis and others taking part in hurdles and broad jump as exams limit practice.
The 48 hour span at the center of the Nero story drives pivotal incidents outlining how the future of Rome and its empire would be shaped by the events depicted.
Florence faces Decatur with Huntsville and Florence games on the slate this week as Decatur hosts Florence today and Huntsville Wednesday. Fearless Winston Wilson plans a motorcycle board-wall stunt at 2:30 PM before the 3:30 PM opening game. McDuff may start Bob McCarley or Lefty Hall. Decatur aims for three home games plus a road trip to Athens Thursday afternoon.
Scores include Birmingham defeating Chattanooga 8 to 5 and Nashville 9 to 3 in the Southern League. Pittsburgh edged Philadelphia 5 to 4 in the National League. Montreal to Albany 3 2, Newark 7 Toronto 4 in the International League. Minneapolis beat St Paul 10 to 7 in the American Association. All other games postponed due to rain.
A busy schedule features Birmingham at Chattanooga, Little Rock at Knoxville, Memphis at Atlanta, New Orleans at Nashville, Detroit at New York, S J Louis at Boston, Chicago at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Washington, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, at Cincinnati, York at Chicago, and Brooklyn at St. Louis with multiple regional matchups to watch.
Puzzle page lists clues and answers including the play The Miracle produced by unknown, plus terms like glass marble and inflected noun forms. Several lines refer to verbs, nouns, and historical references, with mixed clueing and a final reveal of answer patterns across the grid.
A retrospective notes Hagen Ruth Jones Tilden Grange Dempsey and Ruth dominate past eras. It contrasts their enduring appeal with the difficulty for newcomers Ellsworth Vines Glenna Collett Helen Wills Henri Cochet to reach similar fame.
A fragment lists superstitions of players like Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox who avoids talking to the bat boy and shuns his hairpins after hits, Eppa Rixey who erupts a chair after losses, Babe Ruth who carries two bats, Ted Lyons who plants his glove palm up, and Gabby Hartnett who avoids walking between catcher and umpire, among others.
In Cleveland 55 000 fans paid to see Ruth on a raw Sunday at the lakefront stadium. They jeered his strikeouts and cheered when he connected with a ball. Other teams drew smaller crowds, and Washington failed to excite the city. The postwar sports scene shifted rapidly and no one matches the prewar peak.
Decatur defeats Huntsville 7 to 2 in a practice tilt at Garret Park. Eddie Eubanks leads with two homers and three hits, Felton Gann allows three more singles after the fifth, and McCarley adds three hits for the locals. Box score shows Eubanks two home runs and Williams, Long, Hunt, England with two base hits.
The piece compares highway dangers to rail travel, urging drivers to respect responsibility and pedestrians to stay alert. It laments lack of formal railway training for car operators and urges pedestrians to walk facing oncoming traffic and look for approaching vehicles.
Lawrence county health unit led by R E Harper and Miss Willie Crawford administered 600 typhoid and diphtheria inoculations across Town Creek Courtland Hillsboro and Sulphur Springs with Town Creek alone tallying 300 doses. The unit reports 770 inoculations in the past week as it continues steady work despite state funding bans.
Enon church in Lawrence county east of Moulton hosts a May 21 program including a decoration a 10 30 am a morning sermon by Rev W E Pritchard a noon dinner and an afternoon service with Rev L T Royer of Moulton followed by a singing session the event aims to draw attendees from Morgan and Lawrence counties.
A reader from Eldridge Baptist Academy argues the world is growing worse as Decatur votes on Sunday movies on May 16. He cites a Sunday school lesson about Jesus entering Jerusalem and warns God may find believers in worldly amusements.
Kay Francis and George Brent star in a glamorous tale set in Havana with Park Avenue luxury and Cuban nights. Brent plays a private investigator drawn to the dancer Kay Francis as intrigue and jealousy drive the drama toward a surprising climax. Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins provide comic relief.
Reverend C M Tyndal pastor of Ninth Street Methodist Church is on a business mission in Birmingham today for church affairs and outreach.
A speaker urges readers to consider Joshua 24 14 15 and choose this Tuesday whom they will serve the Lord or the devil, referencing Jolie and the children of Israel as examples and calling for a decision on worship today.
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