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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1932
Page
3
Cotton market report by T. W. Palmer and Company outlines current price trends and buying interest. Market activity shows bid levels, fiber quality notes, and industry commentary on supply demand conditions affecting fiber futures and spot sales.
The Daily Cotton Letter reports higher cotton prices amid limited contracts and hedge cover. A separate item from South Carolina describes Chubb McMackin being charged after a child poisoning incident. Other brief items note royal stone sales in London, public executions in Uganda, and Budapest on Hungarian brand affairs.
Italian authorities strip honors from expatriates who opposed fascism. Don Luigi Sturzo, former head of the Popular Party, loses his crown officer status. In Leningrad, Soviet meteorologists test rockets to disrupt hail formation by releasing two foot missiles to 3,500 feet.
Buenos Aires based La Prensa reports 621 publications across Argentina printed in languages including Spanish Arabic and Esperanto inciting violence and depicting the coming of communism.
A 16 year old shoemaker poet in Frosinone, Italy, was rehired after his employers feared women’s shoes would sell with sentimental poetry inscribed inside. Customers argued the poetry boosted popularity, convincing owners to take him back.
Violinist Fritz Kreisler has formed a composing unit and will debut his first operetta Tissy in December. The work centers on the life of Empress Elizabeth, who was assassinated in 1898.
Workmen uncovered thirty layers of paper on walls of an old house near the Swedish royal palace. The initial handpainted layer dates to the sixteenth century. In Romania, a $7,200 Rockefeller Foundation grant funds converting an insane asylum near Jassy into a malaria research laboratory.
The International Uniform Sunday School Lesson for July 21 discusses the biblical account of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. It argues that the lesson's value lies in spiritual teaching and deliverance rather than factual details, comparing Bible inspiration to a multi volume text and highlighting the epic, universal message of overcoming barrier and finding deliverance through divine providence.
Of Gary’s 16,053 university students, 2,193 are women. Half of the coeds are preparing to teach. Ten per cent are studying medicine.
In Teheran thirty two individuals charged with spying for foreign governments were found guilty. Four were condemned to death and the remainder received prison terms from one to fifteen years.
Slocomb Mrs Jere Segrest hosted her card club Tuesday with several guests present. High score prize went to Miss Jessie Watson. Attendees included Mrs Dick Trawick and daughter Jean of Lakeland Florida, Mrs Leon Segrest and children of Coffee Springs, and Mrs Clyde Chambers and son Billy of Ft Gaines Georgia. Clyde Smith returned from Cedartown Georgia on business. Mrs Jere Segrest will visit Columbia for a few days. Miss Frances Smith returned from Esto Florida.
Miss Gussie Pratt of Birmingham visits Miss Janet Morgan for two weeks. Mrs. J. D. Barcroft, Mrs. Gus Bobbitt, and Mrs. Roy Hoskins spend Wednesday in Dothan. Mrs. Tennyson Dennis and children return to Montgomery after a visit. Miss Claudia Speight stays a few days in Jacksonville Florida. Roy Burns announces the birth of a son on July 17. Mrs. Gene Stutts, Mrs. Clyde Chambers, and Miss Burnell Sellers visit in Dothan. Lucille Lewis and Melba Sellers visiting Dothan. Fileanor Clarke of Marianna Florida spending a few days here.
London, July 22 AP Dino Grandi former Italy foreign minister was named ambassador to Great Britain within a day of a cabinet shakeup. The London post had been vacant after the death of Antonio Chiarmonte Bordonaro and suits Grandi as a logical choice for his experience in foreign affairs.
Miss Cora Stanton Jahncke, daughter of the assistant secretary of the navy, will christen the navy’s light cruiser New Orleans when it slides down the ways at the Brooklyn yard next November. She was appointed sponsor for Secretary Charles F. Adams.
Menu for dinner features Cherry Roll with buttered toast and mushroom sauce, plus Cherry Roll and Cherry Mixture desserts. Salmon Salad with hard boiled eggs and pickles appears with Strawberry Tarts and Cream Cheese, all serving six. Instructions cover mushroom browning, dough prep, cherry filling, and tart crust details.
A criminal court appeal seeks to overturn Ming Toy's death sentence in Baltimore. She previously received a stay of execution to care for six newborn chow puppies after biting two people when the pups were a few hours old.
Union Springs Ala July AP reports Bullock county dairymen shift to beef cattle as cream prices fall. County Agent James H. Hag highlights good pasture and feed as key to the livestock program. Livestock development expands county earnings from commerce and livestock products.
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