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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1932
Page
6
The Sunday school planter was held at the local swimming pool Thursday. A large crowd gathered for the afternoon as morning drizzle cleared and sunshine appeared. Phone 566 for details.
A curious world note describes the rainiest area in U S territory within Hawaii and the mainland, citing 455 inches annually. It notes myths about lightning not striking twice and mentions the Eiffel Tower in Paris reputedly struck multiple times during a storm. The entry references a pine tree near the Metchais howe of the late Bupa Mills and observes repeated lightning strikes in the region.
Public foreclosure advertisement notes default on a 1928 mortgage by E.3 Buntin and Nora Buntin, assigned to Scorlane Buell, with sale to the highest bidder at the Dothan courthouse. Also included is an Alabama probate notice for Christian Callie Thomas estate final settlement set for June 27 1932 with administrator T A Thomas reporting accounts.
New York reports on June 16 AP notes airmen surprised by a Santa Monica dispatch claiming James B. Dickson set a transcontinental flight record. Dickson departed Newark, New Jersey Thursday morning and landed on the West Coast 16 hours 40 minutes later, a tying time of 16 hours 49 minutes.
A comic scene features Waex Daney and a traveling elephant act, with a girl and Tiny characters joking about clowns and tricks. The piece shifts to local social notes detailing visits and trips involving Mrs E C Glover, Mrs R H Godfrey, Miss Irene Vickers, and others, mentioning Snead and Dothan with a plumbing and heating business.
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