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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1932
Page
5
A column collects remarks from Dothan residents on Birmingham business, payroll strains, flag etiquette, and local sports. Contributors discuss travel sales, golf, fires in Dothan, fishing, and a dream of Major League spring training at Memorial Stadium.
Rescue crews plumb the Boissevain coal mine after an explosion left 20 bodies recovered and 18 men still missing. Workers, using relays, pulled burned remains from the shattered shaft as eight victims were taken to an improvised morgue.
A new slate of delegates at large unpledged to any presidential candidate qualified with Edmund Pettus, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee. Former Governor Kilby filed to run for the United States senate against Hugo Black and three others, with several candidates advocating reform on platforms. Burns, McCall, and Anderton also nominated, while Parker and Rayburn qualified for Congress from the fifth district.
Straughn High School beat Kinston 22 to 6 in the finals of the second district tournament after topping Slocomb in the afternoon semifinal. Kinston defeated Headland in the other semi. Straughn and Kinston advance to the state tournament in Tuscaloosa with sixteen teams in the field. Opening rounds Friday saw Dothan lose to Kinston 84 to 37.
J. W. Lumpkin manager of Schwob clothing store and employee Trenton Ennis were in Columbus Georgia Sunday visiting the new Schwob plant.
Prospective candidates were warned to file declaration of candidacy and pay fees with the county or state committees by midnight Tuesday or lose entry to the primary. A new law, cited by Chairman Pettus, sets March 1 as the cutoff to file. Only C. W. Johnson had qualified for county superintendent. other races remained open with several potential contenders undecided.
Abbeville February reports 20 home demonstration club women beautified their lawns last month under Miss Mamie Mathews. The county program added 1,950 shrubs, landscaped a churchyard, and improved lawns around two schools and the county courthouse.
J C Cain 49 of Dozier was hospitalized in Dothan with a dislocated hip and numerous cuts after an automobile crash near Do tran Sunday morning. Four other men in the Cain car were uninjured. Cain was taken to Do than by ambulance. his condition was described as serious.
Fire department was called to Keith's restaurant on West Main Street today when a coffee urn became overheated. No damage resulted from the blaze.
Two couples obtained licenses at the probate office. Artie Lee Snellcrove and Elin Weoedham of Dothan route four. Clarence Pearce and Bobile Beth Pevleck of Dothan route one also secured licenses.
A new serial opens midweek featuring Kitty Frew with readers urged to tune in Wednesday. The ongoing story promises intrigue and adventure as Frew navigates fresh challenges and new friends.
The Rev. T. G. Jones of Lafayette Street Methodist preached on "Everybody's Business" to Campbell Business College instructors and students in Dothan. He urged right living yields dividends of joy, good conscience, and a noble destiny, and called for mutual outreach with public-service institutions.
A K Merrill prominent Wiregrass attorney and lifelong Democrat announces his candidacy for a Democratic national convention delegate from Alabama's Third district. He aims to go unpledged and vote for the party's best interests, opposing Al Smith but open to Roosevelt if elected, with primary set for May 3. Merrill qualified before state party chairman Edmund Pettus.
Dothan merchants plan Easter Dollar Day on Wednesday with new hats dresses coats shoes and other clothing plus one day bargains. A large crowd is anticipated if current mild weather continues as stores showcase spring lines and window displays featuring Meyrovitz Montgomery Ward Hub Globe Van Ritch Beau Dry Goods Blumberg and Sons J C Penney and the New York Store.
Dethan Chapter No 113 Royal Arch Masons will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Masonic hall for work in the M M degree the chapter secretary announced today.
Market notes show early bids and price ranges in New Orleans with indecipherable figures, while New York reports mixed trends. Trading firms like PALMER CO. provide closes and gauges amid fluctuating open, high, low, and close readings.
Chinese forces at Chapei fought fiercely and then pulled back under heavy artillery as peace talks continued. Japanese using warship guns claimed gains near the American Mission hospital and warned of broader operations within a 50 mile area if reinforcements continued. The peace conference aboard a British flagship adjourned without results.
Tokyo reports Consul Yamaguchi cites a foreign source saying 100000 Soviet troops are near Vladivostok and the Verkhne border area. Two army corps lie in the vicinity as fortifications at Vladivostok harbor and on a Russian island are strengthened with heavy guns and anti air defenses.
Finnish troops move to defend Helsinki as thousands of fascist citizens concentrate at Mantysla 25 miles away and 4000 armed men reportedly muster for a march on the capital while Lapua leaders call a meeting at Hämeenlinna 70 miles away.
Dothan and Houston County reported a quiet weekend with only four persons charged with drunkenness. County officers handled the cases while city police reported no arrests.
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