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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1932
Page
3
Seventeen lettermen from the University of Michigan football squad that won the Big Ten championship are expected to return for next year’s season. The report notes the team’s strong veteran core and potential depth as they prepare for future play.
Freddie Holman star lineman of Dothan High School was elected captain of the 193? team by an almost unanimous vote at the annual football banquet at the Houston Hotel. Tommy Salibe chosen alternate captain. Includes list of letters awarded, other officials, and notes on the event.
A disjointed report references Amarillo area decoy operations and tame geese. It mentions a manager near Amarillo and implies hunters or decoys with paint and silencing tools, alongside unclear remarks about officials, rivals, and historical notes from 1882.
Will Rogers stars in Too Busy To Work at Houston, avoiding evening dress and trappings. He wears ordinary clothes on screen and in life, playing a vagabond tramp in a Ben Ames Williams adaptation about a daughter searching with his foster family amid dramatic turns and Nixon's light comic touch.
Preview critics report the film Life Begins opens Sunday afternoon at the Strand. The drama centers on a maternity ward and the lives of women inside a hospital, exploring themes of motherhood and confinement with a stark, issue driven approach.
A kaleidoscope of patient tales unfolds in a psychiatric ward where doctors nurses and students color the drama with insight and humor. Loretta Young and Ene Laden lead a young couple while Alma Walton stands out as the head nurse in this character driven piece.
Dec 17 Auburn Ale reports a survey on highway work in Alabama counties. Dean John J. Wilmore of Alabama Polytechnic Institute argues counties lack trained engineers to plan and supervise gasoline tax projects. He notes higher funds and a ready pool of qualified engineers, claiming salaries will be offset by improved work and efficiency.
Cullman county farmers shifted to dairy production with 359 growers earning about 35000 from cream sales this year. Cream sold to a local creamery was largely shipped to Birmingham as 140 of 259 farmers tested dairying in 1932 following County Agent R M Reaves recommendations. Jersey cattle are favored with seven registered Jersey bulls aiding cooperative breeding while farmers use home grown feed and limited pasture to support profitable dairying.
The page lists upcoming screenings at JOYSTON theater with Technicolor and Fox News plus Pathe News. Featured titles include Run Man and Tues Will Roger, Marion Nixon and Dick Powell Poo Busy To Work and The Text Boys In Strange Interstate. Next Sunday shows Teex of the Storm Country and All-American with 1931 football stars. Also Alabama and Strand schedules with Life Begins and Renegades of the West.
The Last Mile, a famed stage hit that launched Clark Gable, is adapted for the screen with Preston Foster as Killer Meara. Sam Bischoff directs the World Wide Films production, bringing the prison death cell drama to audiences Sunday at the Alabama.
Walter Huston leads the cast in American Madness opening Wednesday at the Houston theater. The film, praised for its powerful drama and strong performances, features Pat O’Brien Kay Johnson and Gavin Gordon, with C. Cummings in supporting roles. A Chicago murder case also tops the page as Joseph Ribas, 30, is slain by gunfire amid liquor concession disputes.
Wert ey s play by Seton I Mime Howard features youth doomed by circumstantial evidence and Forter the killer stirring revolt. Noel Madison appears as a Mexican bandit and Sonny Jackson from Hallelujah is played by Daniel Haynes. Many noted actors including George Stone Pan Fix At BUM Alan Roscoe and Albert J. Smith.
A fragmented report notes Betty Furness appeared opposite Tom Keene in an RKO project titled Renegade of the West. It recounts her early modeling in Millbrook Alabama and rapid rise to Hollywood, with a later item about Victor Smith surviving a plane crash near St Mila France after a jump from London.
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