Calloway Cousins Rivalry Heats Up Training Session
Jimmie and Buddy Calloway, bantamweights from Dothan and Columbus, spar hotly at Gean's Gym in preparation for eight round fights Monday night. Jimmie faces Kid Sullivan from Marianna while Buddy meets Ruben Cunningham of Florida. American Legion aims for stronger turnout, with lower ticket prices and a promising card.
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Buddy Calloway
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Jimmie Calloway
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Columbus
Kid Sullivan
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Columbus Fighting Fool
Ruben Cunningham
Sullivan
Callflower
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East Main Street
South Appletree Street
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Sweet Tooth Helps To Make Waterway Paying Proposition
In Birmingham Alabama on July 8 the Warrior Tombigbee waterway system moved large sugar shipments from New Orleans through the local warehouse within ten days. Over 350000 sacks of Louisiana cane and Cuban refined sugar moved, with a heavy cotton flow downriver, and R A Brown of Inland Waterways Corp said the system is profitable.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
New Orleans
R. A. Brown
Inland Waterways Corporation
Fewer Bankruptcies In North Alabama
In Northern Alabama the U S district court saw fewer bankruptcy petitions in the year ending June 30 than in 1931. More than 2 600 petitions were filed last fiscal year versus 391 in 1931 and 3 581 in 1930. Last month Birmingham led with 148 filings followed by Gadsden 14 Huntsville 10 Florence 8 Anniston 7 and Tuscaloosa 2.
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Birmingham
United States District Court For
Alabama
Gadsden
Huntsville
Florence
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Don’t Blame Thunder For Souring of Milk
An AP report from Washington explains that thunder does not sour milk. Department of Agriculture experts say warm atmospheric conditions before storms promote bacteria growth, causing sour milk, not thunder.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Botanist uncovers four new Alabama plants on field trip
Dr. Roland M. Harper of the University of Alabama reports four previously unreported plants found in North Alabama during a field trip. He also notes some of the largest sassafras trees, including 75 foot specimens at Monte Sano in Madison County. In London, Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, dies at 72, with works such as The Golden Age and Dream Days among his notable titles.
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London
Kenneth Grahame
Pangbourne Weerecers
Alabama U Faculty Women to Represent State in Association
TheUniversity of Alabama faculty leaders Dean Agnes Ellen Harris and Dr Danyla E Belser were chosen as Alabama’s representatives in the Southern Women’s Jefferson Educational Association. The group, formed in Washington, includes Southern women notable in education and organizational work.
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University
Ala
University of Alabama
Southern Women's Jefferson Educational Association
Agnes Ellen Harris
Danyla E Belser
Association
Washington
Tornado Hits Vernon Indiana. Three Injured and Damage Reported
A tornado swept North Vernon Indiana yesterday afternoon injuring three people and damaging the business district. Jac Vaughn a salesman was crushed by wreckage on his car, Mrs Lucy Belsen was hit by flying debris, and George Simpson was struck by timber from a destroyed barn as the storm carved a 390 foot wide path through Vernon.
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North Vernon
Ind
Vernon
Jac Vaughn
Lucy Belsen
George Simpson
Crime Invades Vaduz Start Police Force in Tiny State
AP report notes Vaduz, Liechtenstein, formed its first police force after two burglaries, the first in the principality’s history, as three constables maintained order amid the small state.
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Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Shaw play cut by censor in Warsaw showing war critique
In Warsaw the censor trimmed ten sentences from George Bernard Shaw's Too True To Be Good, removing passages that said honesty leaves one poor and a protest against the absurdity of war. The censorship highlights tensions between theater and wartime morality.
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Warsaw
George Bernard Shaw
Lithuanian tariff hikes hit imports from Germany and Poland
Kovno AP reports the Lithuanian government announced tariff increases from 25 to 160 percent on a long list of imports, mainly from Germany and Poland.
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KOVNO
Germany
Poland
Queensland Premier proposes statue for cactoblastus insect
Brisbane AP reports Premier Moore suggests erecting a statue to the cactus-eating cactoblastus as a savior for the state. The insect, spread across millions of rich acres, destroys cactus and prickly pear, threatening crops as workers return land to usefulness. In Sydney, master bakers plan to replace boy bread deliverers with adults due to high unemployment.
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Brisbane
Australia
Moore
Queensland
Sydney
New South Wales
Local fisherman puzzled by uncooperative trout
Vv. C. Lakey and companions report slow fishing across Liberty County and Dead Lakes while Frank Wilkes profits at Com patch Lake. The piece also notes gasoline bootlegging rising as a racket, with Adkins saying haulers can net seven cents a gallon after taxes, though Dothan’s one cent city tax would wipe out profit.
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Liberty County
Dead Lakes
Frank Wilkes
Frank
Compass Lake
John Adkirghys
Louisiana
Adkins
Dothan
Tired Feet Show In Final Score
The speaker links golf success to foot comfort and explains how resting the feet between rounds aids stamina. He recalls suffering fatigue after long days, then adopting a routine of fresh hose, slippers, and switching to a second pair of shoes for the afternoon.
Cotton Market Report From New York Trade
New York cotton futures show values across months with open high low and close figures. Jan and Mar contracts hover around 620s to mid 640s with Dec and Oct also quoted and showing varied movements.
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New York
More Dogs Go Mad In Winter Months Than in Dog Days
Birmingham report shows rabies among dogs higher in winter than during dog days based on records kept by County Health Officer J. D. Dowling. The AP dispatch notes that the long held belief of summer madness in dogs is contradicted by the data.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. D. Dowling
Dog Days and Sirius Start Dates Debated by Weatherman
Weatherman E C Horton says a 40 day rain period beginning early in July is a myth and notes only Noah’s day shows such length of precipitation. He explains dog days relate to Sirius the Dog Star and varying authorities fix the start between July 6 15 and 30.
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E. C. Horton
Webster
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