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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1932
Page
7
Michael Obradovich received a five year term at hard labor and ordered to repay all misappropriated funds. Several victims offered to pay his debt if he would marry. he refused and chose the sentence instead.
In Alicante Spain feminine matadors Manolita Tunita and Maria Alegre killed two bulls apiece to loud applause, signaling a revival of women in bull fighting after a ban during the monarchy.
Urbana July 20 AP Thomas Arkle Clark America's pioneer dean of men died Monday at 79 after an illness diagnosed as cancer He retired from the University of Illinois faculty last August and had been ill since then Clark originated the office and was famed for student psychology and campus public speaking He faced accusations of heading a campus spy system which he privately acknowledged as largely imagination.
The circuit court in Dothan lists about 150 civil jury cases for the weeks starting August 29 and September 5. The August 25 schedule shows City of Dothan against J E Wise and multiple actions involving Kinsaul, Lee, Crawford, Whitaker Paper Co., Dothan Publishing, American and Federal Land Bank, and others.
The piece notes that prohibition will hinge on Congress and not the presidency, as two routes to amending the Volstead Act exist. It predicts intense pressure on congressional candidates, with vote on repeal likely shaping races, while party leaders must address the issue at higher levels.
The text catalogs French troubadors Norman minstrels British bards German minnesingers and Anglo Saxon gleemen as lyric roles in 14th century music.
The first lucifer matches appeared in 1829 marking an early stage in pyrotechnic ignition. Prior forms used sulphur and brimstone in creating frictional ignition methods.
ALAFLORA Alabama July 20 AP Thin Kscambla county townships gain status with a new postoffice named Alaflora near the state line. Flo raja Covington county also a border name. Alaga on the Alabama Georgia line once named for the two states, now gone as its postoffice is eliminated. Two tunnels under the Scheldt river near Antwerp and Ste Anne Belgium begun for 1835 completion.
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