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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1930
Page
1
Primo Carnera stopped Neil Clisby in the second round at Angels Stadium in Los Angeles, extending his knockout streak to fourteen on his current American tour. A crowd of about 12,000 booed Carnera’s tactics as he broke from clinches and headed to the dressing room. Clisby weighed 198 and a half pounds to Carnera’s 274.
Driggs announced a new electrical method to produce metallic uranium, making the heavy element affordable for experiments. Samples show brown surface from air exposure. underneath remains bright metal. Uranium’s UV sensitivity aids photoelectric measurements. Becquerel’s 1896 plates linked to radioactivity. Eugene Stutts of Slocomb ill in local hospital.
American League teams won seven straight inter league exhibition games and posted 20 wins in 57. The Washington Senators led the AL in standings by beating the Boston Braves in three straight games and remained undefeated versus National League clubs. Cleveland also has that distinction with one win and no losses. Detroit tops the group with six wins and four losses in inter league play. Cincinnati, Chicago White Sox, and the Braves also exceed .500. Washington leads in overall exhibition standings with 12 wins in 14 against major and minor opponents. Major vs major standings show Washington 30 wins and 10 losses.
John Barrymore and Dolores Contello Barrymore welcomed a baby girl at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. The infant weighed seven pounds nine ounces, and the couple planned to name her Blythe, Barrymore’s own name, regardless of gender.
The Henry County Four, a famed singing group, perform tonight at 7:30 at Prospect Church on Ashford road. Proceeds from a small admission go to the church. Master Cecil Stallings Jr underwent a tonsil operation in a local hospital this morning.
Pinehurst N C April 9 C Ross Somerville of London Ont co medalist paired with T Suffern Tailor New York for one of eight first round match play battles in the 30th annual North and South Amateur. John Dawson Chicago shared medal honors paired with James T Hunter North Adams Mass. Somerville and Dawson each carded 147 to tie for medal after two day 36 hole qualifying. First round pairings of 12 others who scored 169 or better and made the championship flight. George J Voigt New York vs W C Fownes Pittsburgh. J B Stevens Chicago vs J A Fownes Pittsburgh. Eugene Homans Englewood NJ vs Richard Wilson Southern Pines NC. Phillips Finlay Redlands Calif vs Howart Tyron Elmira NY. W E Donahue Newark NJ vs Kenah Smith Raleigh NC. W A Jacobs New Jersey vs J D Ryerson Cooperstown NY. Little Mary Catherine Ellis ill in local hospital.
Yesterday's baseball results from multiple cities show Washington A 4 Boston N 1 in Winston Salem North Carolina and Chicago A 7 New York N 4 in Terre Haute Indiana. Other notable scores include Detroit CA 10 Indianapolis AA 2 and Pittsburgh N 8 Dallas TL 5.
A jumble of city matchups and games listed across many venues including New Orleans Philadelphia Norfolk Nashville Charlotte Mobile Louisville Evansville Columbus Tulsa and more. The items mix scores teams venues and oddities as Mile Dorothy Fay and Mile Sara Ellis travel to Dothan for a wedding of Jennie June and Tom Thumb.
A fragmented recipe note describes mixing Crisco with nuts and eggs, folding in sifted ingredients. Mentions all measurements level and “transformed by The Provier” with unclear authorial details.
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