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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
5
An all day sing was announced for Sunday at Mt Anon Church in Dothan. Everyone is invited to attend, with those in charge urging community participation.
Summer school at the University of Alabama features visiting faculty including Dr. W. G. Bean head of history at Washington and Lee University Miss Lillian Barksdale supervising teacher at Alabama College training school and Dr. Theodore Jack vice president of Emory University.
Seven month old French H. Moore son of Dr. E M Moore of Abingdon Virginia swallowed an open safety pin Tuesday. Doctors retrieved it at the Graduate hospital of the University of Pennsylvania via bronchoscopic procedure. The pin lodged behind the heart in the esophagus.
Chicago readies for the 1932 Republican and Democratic conventions in a grand pageant. Officials expect 75,900 plus spectators and plan to host over 100,000 guests with new hotels and a 25,000 seat convention hall. Lakefront displays, speedboat races, and fireworks are set for the World’s Fair preview and a showcase of the “New Chicago” along Lake Michigan. Mayors and governors from Chicago and Illinois navigate Democratic city hall control and Republican state government.
A dense OCR list shows numerous company names with share changes and percentages such as Anaconda Copper 53 percent, American Can 38 percent, Bethlehem Steel 6.8 percent, Chrysler 2.02 percent, General Motors 8 percent, General Electric 107 percent, Goodyear 334, International Harvester 16, Kennecott 53 percent, Lorillard 1034, Texas Corp 1374, U S Steel 27 percent, Westinghouse 5 percent, Coca Cola 20 percent, Radio Corp 22.0.4 percent, and United Fruit 12 percent, among others, indicating a snapshot of current trading movements and price shifts across a broad range of industries.
Montgomery June 2 AP Preservation of food products through canning drying and preserving to being advocated in Mon roe county by the Parent-Teacher association of Monroeville. Miss Lucile Garrett home demonstraton agent is directing the work through the sponsorship of the P.T.A. More than 1900 women and girls are participating in the movement to store away safe sea food for winter use.
The Fifth Sunday Sing was held at Thurston in honor of C. O. Hagan. D. W. Owen led the opening prayer, with Rev. A. L. Pate delivering the invocation. officers elected for the day included G. W. Helms as vice president and James R. Carswell as secretary. An extensive list of lesson leaders followed, with James R. Carswell conducting the introductory lesson and many named individuals leading subsequent lessons. The memorial lesson was led by W. J. McCoy, Rev. A. L. Pate, Rev. T. EB. Ross, and others. An advertisement for a Watkins Products agent in Dothan appeared at the end.
Auburn report notes Hitchcock Leas of Union led scoring for the 1932 season with 13 runs while capt elect of the Burn football team. ER catcher tied for second with 12 runs. Ducks Riley Logg Sam Mason each had 11. Dixie College League pennant won by Plainsmen.
Announcement says a Seven Shape sing will be at Pleasant Hit church miles southeast of p at night. Attendees are asked to bring their books.
A 1931 advertisement urges readers to take C Little Liver Pills to relieve symptoms of poor digestion and stagnant bile. It links liver health to overall vitality, warning of poisoning if bile fails to flow, and promotes the red labeled bottle as a remedy sold everywhere.
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