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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1932
Page
4
Market notes from T. W. Palmer & Co showing bid and ask figures for May, July, October, and December cotton contracts with varied prices and activity indicators for the day. The OCR text presents bid levels and price quotes across several months with inconsistent spacing and digits.
Wall Street ended with a mixed session as several blue chips edged higher while others slipped. Among notable movers were AT&T United Fruit and Westinghouse, with industrials and utilities showing activity amid uncertain market tone.
The article urges more women volunteers for a sickness relief fund canvass to begin tomorrow and end the same day. It notes that illness in homes limits volunteer availability, requests those who can help, and mentions cash contributions, clothing, fuel, and foodstuffs as donations accepted.
A 4&GED woman identified as Mrs Anna Lane is reported seriously ill with pneumonia at the home of her son S C Lane in Dothan route iva, according to a reform notice received today.
John Red Davis chairman announces the All-Southern High Squad selections spanning Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Texas and more. Names include Davis Smitherman Moy¢ Long Bonner Fitzsimmons Hayes Williams and others across cities such as Birmingham Montgomery Jacksonville Atlanta Nashville Memphis Norfolk and Dallas.
Alabama prison administration chief William F Feagin announced Dec 4 total state convicts under supervision reached 8,105 with 2,624 on temporary parole. A historical table tracks average annual prison populations from 1918 through 1932, noting trends and yearly admissions.
The Alabama basketball squad faces Olsen's Sweden team Tuesday night to begin the season. Alabama, missing three regulars and another letterman, relies on six returning lettermen and new guards Rohrdanz Angelich and others. The Cairo Limestone club room note and dinner satire follow the sports content.
The Alabama A club inducted athletes including Dil Lee Eutaw Millard Howell Hartford Ralph Gandy Gord Derald Matson Pine Bluff Ark Philips Feld Birmingham Ben Laswell Pell City Emmett Elder Guntersville Jimmy Waddell Tuscarora William Doughty Northport Edward Maumanee Birmingham Clyde Minnis Birmingham The A club honors famed Alabama athletes of past eras and features photos of notable stars in its rooms at the university gym.
A wall and mantle display numerous caps and medals across sports and varsity clippings chronicling early athletic history at the university.
In a snowbound game Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 9 to 0. Nagurski ran 56 yards for the decisive score after a string of fumbles and penalties by the defending champs. Engebretson added the extra point as Red Angell missed. Portsmouth looms next Sunday for the tiebreaker.
In Houston the roster expands with Irene Dunne John Boles Zasu Pitts and William Bakewell in Back Street Thelma Todd adds Alum and Eve Clive Brook Miriam Jordan and Ernest Torrence star Sherlock Holmes The Down In Dish feature shows on Wed and Thurs Victor McLagren Grete Nissen Alles Linehart join Rachety Rax on Fri and Sat Will Rogers Dorothy Jordan and Dick Powell headline Too Busy To Work plus Alabama screen notices.
Auburns 1932 33 basketball curtain rises tonight at Alumni Gymnasium in Auburn at 8 o'clock with a game against the Auburn All-Stars, a strong semi pro club of former AU stars. Hubbard Hardware from Columbus, Ga., looms as the Tigers second foe this week, with Lee Clarady Massey leading the All-Stars and Hubbard boasting a veteran lineup.
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