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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1932
Page
4
New York market report lists cotton futures for Jan March May July and October with open high low and close prices. Prices show slight fluctuations across contracts, data presented with average and daily ranges.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous corporations with approximate stake percentages across sectors, including Chrysler, General Motors, General Electric, IBM, Goodyear, Hudson Motors, International Harvester, AT&T Tel, Johns Manville, Kennecott, Montgomery Ward, New York Central, Paramount Publix, Packard, Radio Corp, Sears Roebuck, Southern Railway, Texas Corp, Texas Gulf, United Fruit, United Aircraft, Westinghouse, Woolworth, and Western Union.
The Dothan Eagle lists new subscribers in rural areas including Slocomb Columbia Crosby Campbellton and Webb along Route numbers and names. Also notes small scale gold mining in Clay and Tallapoosa counties Alabama with miners claiming ore richer in gold than in other states where mining is profitable.
Istanbul municipal auctioneer sold 30,000 objects this year as old Turkish families shed shattered wealth. More than 9,000 rugs and 10,000 pieces of jewelry including diamonds, brilliants, emeralds and rubies were auctioned. About 10,000 furniture items from harem divans to gramophones filled the crowded room.
Auburn coach Chet Wynne praised Erskine despite a lopsided 77 to 0 victory. Jake Todd's Flying Fleet pressed early and throughout, earning a dominant win for Auburn on October 3 in Auburn Alabama.
A dense schedule lists multiple cinema offerings across studios Universal Fox and Paramount. Highlights include Blondie of the Follies with Marion Davies Ellie Dove and Robi Montgomery and Okay America with Lew Ayres Maureen O’Sullivan. The week features Sky Devils with William Boyd Spencer Tracy and Ann Dvorak, The Hat Check Girl with Sally Eilers, As You Desire Me with Greta Garbo Melvin Douglas, This Sporting Age with Jack Holt Evalyn Knapp and others, plus recurrent serials and news reels.
Jim Brennan of Goodyear and Flowers Crawford acquire City Tire Co Inc from W. C. King and James King. Brennan becomes president and Crawford secretary treasurer. City Tire Co remains at the post office location with six employees. Kings become local agents for Standard Oil. Brennan has lived in Dothan eight years and officiated in many local athletic events.
In Dothan, a prominent sports figure stands out as a top football referee for six years and a leading golfer, touted as the city champion and a winner of tournaments in Alabama and Florida. He serves as vice president of the Dothan Country Club and sits on the Wiregrass Memorial Stadium commission.
The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans will sell the north half of section 20, township 2 north, range 28 east, St Stephens Meridian in Houston County Alabama on October 4 1932 at courthouse steps in Dothan for cash to satisfy the mortgage debt secured by a May 1 1919 mortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 110 page 38. The sale includes costs and a reasonable attorney fee.
State of Alabama Houston County publishes a mortgage sale notice involving J. J. Riley and wife. The brief item indicates a real estate encumbrance action with intent to sell under legal process. No further readable details such as date, venue, or terms are present in the fragment.
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