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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1932
Page
4
New York and New Orleans cotton prices shown by T W Palmer and Co with open high low and close figures for Jan May July Oct and Dec contracts. Market activity includes scattered price levels across months for both locations with notable volatility and differing bids.
Cotton traded easier in light activity with few features. Cables were fewer. Weather showed heavy to light showers across central Texas and Atlanta regions with lighter showers in New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Montgomery. Forecast calls for fair east, unsettled central, and showery west. Journal of Commerce weekly review bearish.
In Eutaw Alabama on July 20 AP report says Green County farmers study new poultry methods to boost flocks. County Agent H C Appleton led a group visiting Tuscaloosa Jefferson and DeKalb counties to learn about broilers and eggs for hatching. A note adds about a 100 volumes printed in Mexico starting in 1535 before colonial press.
Italy and Turkey sign a friendship and trade treaty in Rome, boosting Balkan and eastern Mediterranean collaboration. Ismet Pasha arrives after Moscow talks as Mussolini aims to align Turkey with Italy and Russia. French papers warn of Turkish dependence, while Italians back closer ties to stabilize the region and develop silk, cotton, and coal.
Helene Mayer of Frankfurt, Europe’s leading woman fencer, brings a knobby coiffure to the Olympic games in Los Angeles. She defends the title she won in Amsterdam in 1928 at age 16.
Marble has become close grained under the influence of heat and pressure, indicating a change in texture from the original formation.
In Dadeville Alabama on July 20, 14 local farmers with County Agent Fletcher Farrington organize trench silos for summer construction. Sorghum is maturing for silage to fill the silos, promising an abundant harvest mainly for feeding dairy cattle.
Washington July 20 The week brought high temperatures abundant sunshine and very light rainfall aiding cotton growth and helping hold weevils in check. Some shedding reported where wet weather caused sap growth and poor fruiting in the southeast. Texas Oklahoma Arkansas show fair to good progress with fruiting, while other central belt areas report fair to good development and generally satisfactory conditions.
Blakely defeated Ashford 10 to 5 on May of Dothan's Reynolds May pitching for the Blakely nine. Edd Owens of Dothan relieved May and held Blakely in check after seven runs crossed early. Boozer led Ashford with three singles but misplayed two outs costing runs. May and Bruner each had two hits. A rematch is set for tomorrow at Ashford at 3:30 p.m. Buford Taylor will start for Ashford with Jack Ford catching.
Demopolis Alabama July 20 The Demopolis creamery operates more efficiently after improvements. Local officials report increased output and steadier supply to regional markets.
Crowned Miss New Orleans closed two years ago due to cream shortages but the operation now produces 45,000 pounds of butter monthly. Cream routes supply daily from Marengo Hale Greene and Sumter counties. To cut costs skimmilk is fed to hogs and poultry by dairymen.
A Birmingham survey by an Alabama health official shows per capita dairy spending at 26.85 dollars. The study tallies 3 gallons of fluid milk, 45 315 cream, and 2 746 000 pounds consumed during the year, highlighting seven figure totals in dairy consumption.
Patchy AP item notes poultry sales in Conecuh County Alabama totaling 2 563 16 dollars for June. A $50 000 building to house club boys and girls will be erected this summer on the state grounds at Oklahoma City. About 12 500 000 will be set for road construction in the south Ozark region this year.
An old style cigarette advertisement invites readers to question generic claims and asks them to rely on findings from two major testing laboratories and scientists at two universities. The copy describes a "cool" test of four leading brands on not a cough in a carload and encourages readers to draw their own conclusions.
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