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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1932
Page
5
Journalists recount a request to judge Dothan’s politeness toward strangers vs Valdosta. Citizens note the impact of courtesy on town reputation. Interviewees recall past fashion trends and changing dress styles over the years.
Halina Sokolnikoff, 26, wife of Britain's Soviet envoy, published Nine Women and plans another book. A former Moscow student and Red Army cultural organizer, she writes, travels, studies music, and supports her husband. Her Paris research contrasts French and Russian revolutions, noting French women gained electoral rights but little political equality.
Jenny Revell faces pressure from Gratton Matching and Eddie Townsend amid a web of secrets. Georgie plans to protect Eddie while Jenny navigates loyalty, love, and a looming ultimatum about choosing between romance and work.
A quote credits the Russian revolution with granting women political civic and economic equality and reshaping family life. It notes women’s leadership in government arts sciences and war efforts with a joking remark about doing in one year what others need five.
Mrs. Mae Hathorn 55 died suddenly last night at her brother in law John Hathorn Dethan rowte reven home. She had heart disease but was in usual health Tuesday. Burial in Clark cemetery near Brannon Stand at 10 a m Thursday with Rev W O M Buth officiating. Houston Funeral Co. in charge. Survived by husband Will E Hathorn and two brothers John Edmondson of Mal.
With hard fairways and fast greens the local course hosted a weekend event. Fourball partners Al Flowers Jim Brennan Horace Hall Drury Flowers and Dennis Scott carded 19 birdies for 18 holes. Flowers posted 68 Saturday and 67 combined with a 68 Sunday. Several players posted solid rounds and regional teams are expected May 26 with entrants from Ozark Andalusia Enterprise Coffee Countians Warren clan Panama City and others led by notable figures.
William Henry Todd, once a river heater in Wilmington who rose to wealth as a leading U S shipbuilder, died at 64 from a skull fracture after tumbling down stairs at his Brooklyn home on Sunday afternoon. He had been ill since earlier this year.
Vern and Joe Edmondson of Daleville are listed among three sisters Mrs. Etta Stephens of Montgomery Mrs. P A Willoughby of Dothan and Mrs. E D Jackson of Dothan in a partial obituary fragment noting surviving family.
Local listings feature Constance Bennett Ben Lyon and David Manners in A Lady With A Past, Kay Francis David Manners in Man Wanted, and Warner Foxter Marian Nixon in Amateur Daddy. Also John Warrymore Helen Twelvetrees in States Attorney and Boris Karloff in Frankenstein with a slate of comedies and westerns including Traveling Husbands Range Feud and Dirigible with Fay Wray in next Sunday program.
The week presents Mystery and Love in a Hotel Continental mystery with adventure and comedy. Eric Linden and Dorothy Jordan star in The Roadhouse Murder with a comedy Three Balks Brothers. Buzz Barten headlines Human Targets in a Friday Saturday slot with serial and cartoon content. Dorothy Mackalll appears next Sunday in Safe In Hell.
Auburn Alabama May 17 AUBURNs Lucky Day Tigers baseball team won their second Dixie league pennant on Friday May 13 Despite superstition the Tigers secured a title in the Dixie league pennant race defeating rivals and clinching the championship for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
The article fragment notes Oclethorpe aged 32 and Shipper vier in a 98 lutening struggle from Trev Normal. It mentions sheep fed in Brontana last year marking the first time in 20 years for agricultural wealth production.
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