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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1933
Page
4
The Annapolis shell crew, one of the few operating in the East, prepares for upcoming competition. Team members include standout rowers from the Jolly Tars program as they train intensely to defend their title and showcase speed on the water.
April 13 AP report from Atlanta notes the Southern Association pennant race tightens to a near historical tie. Eight teams each sit 1-1 after day two, making the standings a mirror of each other with even records and a 50 percent mark.
Auburn Alabama April 13 AP Eight of eleven lettermen from the 1932 Dixie League champions elected Aubrey Lewis of Greenville and Porter Grant of Dothan as co captains of the 1933 Auburn Tigers. Grant, a standout end and outfielder, is timely with the bat and a popular student. Lewis, the first-string catcher, is praised as a keen pitcher handler and base runner with steady improvement under Coach Sam McAllister.
Market activity ends with varied results as several major names show modest gains while others slip. Notable movers include Anaconda Copper and Bethlehem Steel posting slight rises, Coca Cola and American Can showing smaller moves amid cautious trading.
Porter Grant, senior from Dothan, elected co-captain of Auburn's 1933 baseball squad. A strong defensive outfielder and reliable hitter, he previously played three varsity seasons on Southern gridiron. He is slated to star against Georgia in Auburn’s opening series Friday and Saturday at home.
Sarm Mason of Tallassee became Auburn's first three letter athlete in two years, earning a varsity A for services in the past cage campaign. A letter wearer on the gridiron, he missed football due to a shoulder injury but played regularly in basketball and baseball, with a Dixie League outfield berth last season.
American League standings and yesterday results feature Cleveland at Detroit and Chicago at St Louis with rain affecting Boston New York and Philadelphia Washington plans. National League shows Pittsburgh at Cincinnati St Louis at Chicago and New York at Boston with multiple rain scrims. Local scores include Memphis 5 Little Rock 4 and Atlanta 4 Knoxville 5 as Knoxville visits Atlanta later. Lee Tracy is noted in a St Louis report mentioning Joey Ray and Jack Scholtz aiding his film audience readiness.
Berlin April 13 AP The Hitler government forms a federal aviation ministry led by Hermann Goering to back air claims. Captain Ernst Roehm urges veterans and youths to join a Nazi flying corps with vow to free Germany from Versailles bonds. Goering hints at parity and cites national security as motive. Officials from Lufthansa-German join the new Air Ministry with divisions for airports training seaplanes and air defense.
Houston theatre programs list films and acts for an upcoming week. Regis Toomey with Evalyn Knapp star in State Trooper with added comedy and Fox News content, followed by Lee Tracy and Gloria Stuart in Private Jones and Radio Street Singer news. Next Sunday features Constance Bennett in Our Betters, with Charlie Macy’s Samples of 1933 on stage and The Man Hunt on screen plus shorts. The schedule also includes Tom Keene in The Cheyenne Kid, Breach of Promise with Chester Morris and Mae Clark, and The Sign of the Cross with Fredric March and others. Kate Smith headlines Hello Everybody on the final Sunday.
Havana April 13 AP Kid Chocolate featherweight boxing champion from New York State sailed for the United States to resume the campaign halted by immigration authorities last January. He was barred in January for entering without a permit, an oversight since corrected.
In San Antonio on April 13 AP reports Chuck Burns, a former middle man, stating he is a ham and egger not a coffee-ander. The remark comes amid a broader discussion of his career and public image.
A student aimed to star as a gunner on Soldan and Central high track teams. Ray discouraged him in the distance events while Schultz handled the sprints.
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