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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1932
Page
3
In West Palm Beach on May 11 a jury in criminal court acquitted Mr. and Mrs. John Janasky of arson charges after deliberation. The case drew local attention as investigators alleged fire damage tied to insurance claims.
Bibb county poultrymen feed a home mixed ration with 15 percent farm raised ingredients. They buy a protein supplement through the farm bureau to balance the ration for improved egg production, said County Agent T. P. Lee.
The Chester R. Vickery Post American Legion asks Dothan schoolchildren to pledge safer summer behavior. As vacation starts, pupils are urged to avoid street skating and playing in the streets, not ride running boards, and to observe state and city traffic laws. Signers will have their names printed in The Eagle.
Frasier Ellis hospital will host open house from two to four forty five PM and eight PM. National Hospital Day activities include tours of all departments and a diploma ceremony for five nursing students. Dr Guy Smith will give the address and Annie Ruth Johns and Monnie Peters assist with ceremonies.
Washington May 10 AP The climate machine at the plant research farm reproduces nationwide climatic conditions. It automatically controls light humidity temperature air velocity and soil moisture to allow rapid independent research. Seeds sown in enclosed glass compartments need only set regulators while soil moisture can let plants water themselves and record water use.
ST. PETERSBURG May 11 AP Budget balancing is the paramount problem facing the Southern Baptist convention to meet May 13 16. Decreased contributions have forced retrenchments while boards have lived within income. A sunrise prayer service on the municipal pier opens the convention with Dr Fred Brown of Knoxville leading. Dr W J McClothlin of Greenville S C will give the presidential address and Dr W Marshall Craig of Dallas will deliver the convention sermon. Greetings from the Northern Baptist convention will be delivered by Dr James Whitcomb Brougher of Boston.
Harry Gerguson alias Prince Michael Romanoff boarded a voyage to France after deportation appeals and an earlier escape from Ellis Island. He had stowed away on the Ile de France and used a dog kennel as a dressing room. Immigration officials fear France may deny him entry despite his claimed American citizenship.
A fragment notes a man kept by someone and shipped back and forth across the ocean, suggesting a life in transit that could render him a modern man without a country. The text hints at perpetual relocation and identity erasure as a potential outcome.
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