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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1932
Page
3
A sweeping 1932 editorial poll ranks the Lindbergh baby kidnapping as the year’s foremost news story, with other pivotal events including the Bonus March clashes in Washington, Kreuger’s financial collapse, Insull’s downfall, and the Los Angeles Olympics. Debonair Jimmy Walker resigns as mayor amid Roosevelt’s gubernatorial bid, while Asian hostilities and exotic court dramas shaded the year’s dramatic arc.
A selection of the ten top news stories of 1932 as chosen by 7 AP editors, led by the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder as No. 1 with 17 votes. Other entries include the Bonus Army clash, the Democratic landslide, Kreuger’s death, the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the Sino Japanese conflict, the Chicago stock market collapse, Mayor Walker’s resignation, the Amoy murder case, and Amelia Earhart’s solo flight while Capone’s imprisonment also drew interest. The year centered on economic struggles, farm and labor unrest, and shifting prohibition sentiment.
From Page Ons Page a superheatag blast suggests outside impact areas, comets may pose little threat to humans. Astronomers say Earth has likely passed through a comet tail without observable effects as tails are driven by sunlight pressure and radiation, not tangible material.
Atlanta dispatch says a poll by the United Journal of the Associated Motorists shows Georgia motorists oppose any diversion of highway funds. Early results indicate a ratio of more than two to one against such a division.
Athens Ohio AP reports a fire at Ohio No 1 mine of Ohio Coal Co in Jacksonville Mongay spread wide prompting a state mine inspector to seal the shaft for days. About 300 miners were off for Christmas holidays and none remained at work when the blaze occurred.
A film schedule listing Jenet Gaynor and Charley Ferrer in Teas of the Storm Country with additions of Charlie Chase in Girl Grief. Irene Duan and Ricardo Cortez in Thirteen Women plus Puppy Love Snow Birds. Fox News Fun and Parade features Joel McCrea Marion Martha in Spor Parade with Shine and Muzic.
The Columbia Economics Club held a meeting with talks on flowers by Madell Ethridge about the chrysanthemum and Elma Burnham on the polnsettle and its Christmas ties. Eugenia Willams read The Births of Christ as Ian Matthew Wood visited the group.
Get promoted 3 M Cannon manager of the TPothan branch of the Cudaby Pack-Ine to a position in the Birmingham office of the firm. He will leave for Birmingham tomorrow to assume his new duties.
Ginnings of cotton in the county for the 1932 crop before December 13 show 18,833 bales ginned, down from 22,610 bales in the same period of 1931. The decline reflects a little over half the previous year’s volume, according to John M. Dykes, special agent.
Cullman Alabama December 28 1950 AP reports 250 Cullman county girl clubs under home demonstration agent Mrs Annie Paul Rounds stored 7144 quarts of fruits and vegetables 280 quarts of jellies and preserves 195 quarts of fruit juices 1989 quarts of pickles and 240 pounds of dried fruits and vegetables.
Col J Edwards of the Alabama Farm Bureau told farmers at the state conference that sterilizing money values will aid business and agriculture. He proposed pegging prices to 1920–29 averages and reducing gold in the dollar from 28.22 to 16 grains to ease debt payments and boost investment. He urged price equalization within the protection system and noted farmers now earn about 56 percent of prewar prices while paying 108 percent of prewar prices. Gloris Winchell, daughter of Walter Winchell, died in New York of pneumonia after two weeks illness, survived by her parents and sister Walda.
Auburn and surrounding counties plan 1093 extension programs to aid dairy hog and sheep producers with cash crop outlooks. Officials warn hog prices may dip in 1988 but a local market sale window exists. Emphasis on efficient feeding, pasture management, and reduced production costs to improve profitability. County agents stress cautious use of marginal crops due to market risk.
A fragment notes that rubber and cocoanuts along with tea form about eighty percent of Ceylon exports. The readable text suggests a focus on commodities driving the island’s trade balance and revenue in the colonial era.
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