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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1932
Page
5
Marie Dressler, quoted in a candid interview, rejects the idea that life ends at middle age. She argues women over 60 can stay young by staying active, focusing on themselves, and aging with spirit, not trying to chase flapper fashions or outward youth.
Greta Garbo and Clark Gable star in Susan Lenox opening Wednesday at the Alabama. Critics praise Garbo as her best screen work and note Gable’s strong support in a dramatic narrative with Garbo carrying much of the heavy emotional arc.
Solomon Baxter submits a numbered questionnaire to Superintendent candidate Mr Johnson seeking direct answers on voting rights for county education officials, qualifications, ethics, finances, building needs, and school funding in Houston County. The letter lists 20 pointed queries about compensation, state codes, transportation costs, and regional comparisons.
World War aviator George B. McClellan and Dave Fox were sworn in by Chief R. W. Milburn as aerial policemen. They serve as unpaid special officers to aid police, following a recent case where L. B. Scott vanished and was found wandering in nearby woods with search crews using airplanes.
The Hudson River valley broadens gradually and fans out about 29 miles offshore merging with Sandy Hook near the canyon and sea bottom.
Marion Davies stars as a trapeze artist in Polly of the Circus sharing the program with Clark Gable as a modern young minister. Alfred Santell directs the stage adaptation by Margaret Mayo, with C Aubrey Smith in a prominent role. The drama features a circus romance and dramatic scenes including a trapeze fall and a church board dispute.
Will Rogers headlines the Strand in Young As You Feel with Fifi Dorsay and a strong supporting cast as he modernizes the legend. The program also offers Law and Order with Walter Huston, Harry Carey, and Raymond Hatton, plus The Arizona Terror with Ken Maynard and Lina Basquette and additional King of the Wild chapter.
The Warner Bros. film Taxi! starring James Cagney and Loretta Young to open at Houston theatre after a triumphant Strand engagement. Critics hailed it as fast moving and entertaining with Cagney’s magnetic performance praised by The Evening Post The World Telegram The Sun and The American.
In New York on April 23 AP reports R Hoe and Company Inc a long established newspaper press maker petitioned into an equity receivership in federal court. Company officers consented to the appointment and the firm traces its origins to 1840 founded by Richard Hoe.
The Houston schedule lists films for Sun through next Sunday including Polly of the Circus with Marlon Da vies and Clark Gable, Freshman's Love, Murder at Dawn with Jack Mulhall and Josephine Dunn, On Edge, Taxi with James Cagney and Loretta Young, Sealskins, Tarzan the Ape Man, fourth King of the Wild chapter, and Rebound featuring Ina Claire Robert Williams and Robert Ames.
Sun to Tues features Will Rogers in Young As You Feel with Fifl Dorsay and a comedy. Wed to Thurs presents Walter Huston in Law and Order with Harry Carey and Raymond Hatton in a comedy. Fri to Sat shows Ken Maynard in The Arizona Terror with Lina Bas.
Metro News lists showings with Norman Foster and June Clyde in Steady Company a comedy and What A Bozo. It also notes Greig Garbo and Clark Gable in Susan Lenox a comedy cartoon and sport slants and Hoot Gibson in Local Bad Man with next Sunday Lil Dagong and Walter Huston in Woman From Monte Carlo.
Franklin County home demonstration club women salvage discarded chairs. Miss Clara Nale, the home demonstration agent, assists with paint removal demonstrations, makes new chair bottoms from shacks splits and burlap, and refinishes furniture.
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