Wayward youth walks 1000 miles seeking world views
An escape story from Cleveland area reports a 14 year old boy leaving Winnipeg with only a dollar as he walks across the Midwest and North to see the world. He says he plans to see the states and has slept in haystacks while hitching rides.
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Minines Mines and Natural Resources
Gage
Winnipeg
Devon
United States
Ade
Midwest
North Tern
Hewaid
Ztonville
Wisconsin
Sims Team Repeats to Win Ridge Trophy Finals
Hal Sims led a Vanderbilt squad to repeat as Ridge Trophy champions in a dominant final round performance. The team included Diard Karn Waldemar von Zedtwitz and Harold Vanderbilt defeating a strong margin as veterans from the Four Horsemen and Ely Calrtions past glories.
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New York
Navy
Hal Sims
Sur Horsemen
Agas
Diard
Karn
Waldemar von Swits
Harold
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilter
Itith Sims
Orsemen
von Zedvite
Ely Calrtion
Sims
Overwhelmed & Gartet
David Burnine
Four Horsemen
Howard Schenken
Ricard Frey
Charles Lochridge
Toring
Fatal Rattlesnake Bite Claims Man Working Turpentine
D. T. Catledge of Pineland Echols County Georgia died after a rattlesnake bite while working among turpentine trees. He struck a tree to ward off the snake and later fainted as poison spread through his system. Authorities note increased rattler numbers this fall alarming hunters before quail season opens.
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Catledge
Pineland
Young Man Sentenced to Life for Aunt Murder
George Douglas Templeton Jr was sentenced by Superior Judge R R Syer to life in San Quentin for the murder of his aunt Mrs Lillian Babcock of Manila. A separate trial found him sane at the time of the killing with a butcher knife.
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San Jose
Calif
George Douglas Templeton Jr
R.R. Syer
San Quentin Penitentiary
Templeton
Lillian Babcock
Manila
Auburn Alumni Plan Stunt for Grid Tilt
Auburn alumni organize eight stunt cards as a side feature at the Auburn Howard game in Montgomery. Auburn A men from the last 30 of 40 years form decade units to collide with the band at halftime and the farthest traveling A man will receive a football autographed by Coaches Chet Wynne and Roger Kiley dropped from an airplane. A reception for the coaches follows the game.
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Montgomery
Auburn
Auburn Howard
Chet Wynne
Roger Kiley
Alabama Freshman Fraternity Elects National Officers
Andrew Manning of Birmingham named president of Phi Eta Sigma at the University of Alabama. Twenty two freshmen elected for membership in the scholastic fraternity with strong grades. Other officers include Harry Raymon, Bernie Feld, Tom Starlin, and George P. Atkins. Only six new members are Alabama-based.
National Industrial Conference Sees September Gains
The conference notes September activity surpassing August with gains in various sectors. Expansion into new business kinds is reported as a sign of improving conditions. They call these developments a probable base for ultimate emergence from the current low mood.
Headland Avenue Baptist Church Service Schedule
Pastor J M Blankenship leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m with J P Moore as general superintendent. Departments and classes for all ages. B Y P U meets at 7 p m with Arthur Lane in charge. Morning service at 11 a m Evening service at 7 30 p m and Wednesday prayer and praise at 7 30 p m. Everyone is invited to worship.
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J. M. Blankenship
J. P. Moore
Lafayette Methodist Church Services and Classes
The Homelike Church under Pastor T. G. Jones offers Sunday school at 9 40 a m with Lis Enby as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 o'clock, Epworth Leagues at 6 30 and evening service at 7 30. Wednesday prayer and praise at 7 30.
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Lafayette Methodist
T. G. Jones
Lisenby
Epworth
West Main Street Sunday School and Lay Reading Services
West Main Street hosts Sunday School at 9 45 a m with Mrs Gipsey Boozer as superintendent Lay reading follows at the 11 o'clock hour Everyone is invited to these services.
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Gipsey Boozer
Mass schedule at Opposite Court House venue
Father Le Baron conducts Mass on the first Sunday at 6 a m and the third Sunday at 8 30 a m Confession precedes Mass Benediction follows Mass Sunday School runs at 9 30 a m every Sunday except the third Sunday
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Court House
Father le Baron
Massa
Local Church Services List for Sunday Schedule
The notice lists Sunday School times at 9:40 to 10:00 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. with supervisors, communion at 11:00 a.m., evening services at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. A stewards meeting, prayer meeting, and young people service are scheduled on specified weekdays. Pastor W H Bickerstaff announces sacramental offering after morning service. Fost Street and W Newton Street congregations are noted.
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Foster Street
Iwante
W. H. Bickerstaff
Grand View Baptist Church Sunday Schedule
T. M. Mathews serves as pastor at Grand View Baptist Church with Sunday School at 9 45 a m led by E Cumble superintendent B P U meets at 6 45 pm preaching scheduled each fourth Sunday both evening and morning by the pastor.
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Grand View Baptist
T. M. Mathews
E. C. Cumble
Sunday church services and programs schedule
Sunday School at 9 45 a m with preaching at 11 by the pastor on Presbyterianism What It Is and What It Is Not Christian Endeavor at 7 p m Vesper services at 5 p m on The New Heaven and Faith final talk in the series on 10 greatest chapters of the Bible Revelations 21 7 30 pm Wednesday Prayer services
Wet Main Street tL. W. Dockery, Paster, untay School at 9:40 am. CC
Wet Main Street event notes say L W Dockery pastor will attend a Sunday school gathering at 9 40 am. CC
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Main Street
W. Dockery
Rabbits and Frogs Drive Busy Hunters in Okeechobee
In Okeechobee Florida hunters chase rabbits and frogs along Lake Okeechobee roads and woods. The meat sells in Georgia cities helping poorer residents. Monroe Smith, a local youth, fought a wildcat encountered while rabbit hunting and survived with a club after an intense struggle.
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Okeechobee, Fla
Lake Okeechobee
Newcastle
Georgia
Monroe Smith
Eighteenth Clash Set Between APL and Howard Saturday
Auburn hosts Howard College on Saturday in the eighteenth football meeting since 1903. Howard seeks its first victory in the series, which has seen Auburn win 16 games and a 9-9 tie in 1927.
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A.P.L
Howard
Auburn
Ala
Plainsmen
Howard College
Montgomery
Thomas County cotton crop forecast at 40 percent of 1931
Thomasville Ga November 4 Preseason forecast that the 1932 Thomas county cotton crop would equal only about 40 percent of 1931 appears confirmed by a report from John Herring federal statistician for the county. Ginned bales to October 18 were 4257 vs 11995 a year earlier and total production will be clearer after the next ginning report.
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Thomasville
Thomas County
John Herring
Radio Station Under Construction at Atlanta Prison
A new radio receiving station is being built at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia and inmates will hear programs within 20 days. Funded by the prisoners welfare fund the system includes headsets for every cell and is to be completed by December 1 according to Warden A C Aderhold.
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Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary
Ins
A. C. Aderhold
Morning and Evening Worship Services Announced
Morning service at 11 o'clock with the unrecognized Christ as the sermon subject. BY. P. U.'s meet at 6 15 o'clock with Mrs Graves Knowles directing. Evening service at 7 30 continuing the Hebrews series. Wednesday prayer service at 7 30. You are invited to worship with us.
Salvation Army Service Schedule at Crawford Street
At 400 East Crawford Street Captain A Tidman presides with Sunday School at 9 45 a m Holiness meeting at 11 o clock Outpost Sunday School at Fair Grounds at 2 15 p m Young People s League at 6 45 and Salvation meeting at 7 30.
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Salvation Army
East
Crawford Street
A. Tidman
Holiness
Fair Grounds
Young People's League
Salvation Meeting
Christian Science Lesson Sermon at Lurie Building
The Christian Science Society invites readers to a 11 am lesson sermon in Room 25 at the Lurie Building on Adam and Fallen Man with a mid week testimonial at 7 30 pm. The program includes Luke 12 11 12 and John 3 6 plus passages from Science and Health emphasizing spiritual sense of life and humanity in God’s image.
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Christian Science Society Lurie
Pesson
Mary Baker Eddy
Movie Showings Highlight Garbo and Barrymore Stars
The Houston schedule lists Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore led features in Grand Hotel with Thelma Todd added in Show Business. Fri and Sat bring George O'Brien in The Golden West and Jolly Fish appears in second program. Alabama runs Heart of New York with Donald Cook Aline MacMahon and others plus Vanity Street with Charles Bickford.
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Greta Garbo
John Barrymore
Sun
Jean Crawford
John
Lionel Barrymore
Wallace Beery
Thelma Todd
Pathe News
George O'Brien
Janet Chandler
Jolly Fish
Men and Toes
Heart of
New York
Donald Cook
Aline MacMahon
Marion Bryan
George Sydney
Smith & Daly
Universal News
Charles Bickford
Helen Chandler
Vanity
Mayo Methot
George Meeker
Bob Steele
Oklahoma
Carole Lombard
Stellar Trio Cast In Broadway Story Alabama Wednesday
Mayo Methot, noted New York radio actress, headlines in Vanity Street at the Alabama Theatre. Charles Bickford and Helen Chandler portray the principal roles as a radio crook and chorus girl in Columbia’s Broadway tale Torch Bong.
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Stellar
Mayo Methot
New York
Ringe
Wey
Columbia
Alabma
Charles Bickford
Helen Chandler
Golden West Brings South West Drama To Houston Theatre
Fox film The Golden West stars George O’Brien in a dual role as a feud driven youth who travels West to marry another woman while a child grows up with Indians. Janet Chandler and Marion Burns lead a supporting cast while David Howard directs the Southwestern romance adventure.
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South
Far West
Plains
Zane Grey
Golden West
Fox
George O'Brien
Houston
O'Brien
Janet Chandler
Marion Burna
New York Stage
Bert Hanlon
Arthur Pierson
Edmund Breese
Emmett Corrigan
David Howard
Grand Hotel dazzles with a starry ensemble cast
The film adaptation of the Baum story brings Greta Garbo John Barrymore Joan Crawford Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore to the Berlin hotel setting. A web of lives includes a dancer a baron a scheming man a stenographer a dying clerk and a shell shocked doctor as their intertwined fates unfold.
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Edmund Goulding
Greta Garbo
John Barrymore
Joan Crawford
Wallace Beery
Lionel Barrymore
Lewis Stone
Jean Hersholt
Berlin
Res
Cotton Acreage Shrinks Again After Long Boom
For the third year in a row Southern farmers reduced total cotton acreage marking a rare shift after five straight years of gains from 1822 to 1926, indicating a notable change in planting patterns and farming strategies.
Night Club Lary and Vanity Street in Columbia lineup
Adolphe Menjou leads Night Club Lary in Columbia's Thatcher Colt series. Vanity Street presents Bickford in his first romantic role, from a script by Purcell Cavett and Roberta. Nicholas Grinde directs, following Shopworn and This Modern Age in his Columbia filmography.
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Ance
Columbia
Adolpe Menjou
Gertrude Purcell
Frank Cavett
Haward W. Roberta
Bickford
Nicholas Grinde
Heart of New York Brings Interesting Show To Alabama
Warner Bros film the Heart of New York shown at the Alabama theater Sunday aims for authentic New York atmosphere. Director Mervyn LeRoy traveled to New York with a camera crew to capture East Side crowds tenements and busy streets seen through the protagonists homes and offices. Lead cast includes Joe Smith Charles Dale George Sidney Ruth Hall Anna Appel and Aline MacMahon with Oscar Apfel Marion Byron and Harold Waldridge in supporting roles.
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New York
Warner Bros
Metropolis
Mervyn LeRoy
East Side
Joe Smith
Charles Dale
George Sidney
Ruth Hall
Anna Appel
Aline MacMahon
Oscar Apfel
Marion Byron
Harold Waldridge
Co-Eds Bar Near Beer Ban At Alabama University
Alabama lawmakers legalize near beer gate but the rule serves as a gesture to co-ed students at the University of Alabama. The Women's Student Government Association issued rules forbidding coeds from drinking near beer and from smoking or riding with students in cars on campus.
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University
Als
Alabama
Atate
University of Alabama
Women's Student Government Association
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National Freshman Fraternity
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Arthur Lane
Episcopal Church OF the Nativity
West Main Street
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