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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1932
Page
5
Gilbert leads a dramatic mystery in Downstairs a tense tale set in servants quarters of a European castle with a vengeful plot and a star studded cast including Bruce Owen Hoffman Lessing and Rosing as key figures in the fairytale like drama.
Football star Johnny Brown rises from a college coach to film actor after a standout career at University and a Dothan preparatory school. His stage success comes with Flames a two day engagement starting Wednesday.
The Illinois program aims to debut under coach Zupphe against Coe College in a season opener. Details on location and kickoff time are not clearly stated in the damaged text.
William Powell and Kay Francis star in The Great Jewel Robbery at the Houston theatre next Friday and Saturday. Powell plays a modern Robin Hood in a standout role echoing Green Murder Case and Canary Murder Case. Hardie Albright also shines amid the gripping drama and Francis delivers an excellent portrayal.
Claudette Colbert and Clive Brook star in The Man From Yesterday a brisk wartime romance with sudden marriage separation and a later reunion. Brook plays a British officer presumed dead after marriage to Colbert as Paris bombs fall and duty pulls them apart.
A reviewer abandons spoilers about how the characters resolve their issues, citing the unique stirring climax as the main lure. The piece emphasizes suspense over revealing resolution, prompting readers to experience the final twists themselves.
Democratic followers are invited to view a 15 minute talkie reel of Mayor Curley advocating for Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Alabama theatre will screen the address Sunday Monday and Tuesday in addition to its regular program. George Ariiss stars in The Man We Played Got as the evening feature.
A. Larkin deputy prohibition administrator and Paul Solivan prohibition officer were shot and wounded while ambushed near a raid scene in Memphis Tennessee. Details say the attack happened as they left their automobile by Shet ranney street.
CHURCHES HEADLAND AVENUE BAPTIST 43. SL Blankenship, Pastor, 9 45 a m Sunday School. J P Moore general supt. Departments and classes for all ages. B Y P U s meet at Y p m Miss Mary Low Blankenship director 11 a m Morning service Subject Bringing the Lost to Christ Evening service 7 30 p m Subject The Unchangeable Promise 7 30 p m Wednesday mid week Prayer and Praise service cordial invites you to worship with us.
The Homelike Church led by Pastor T. G. Jones offers Sunday school at 9 40 with Lis Enby as superintendent, morning service at 11 on Prayer, evening service at 7 30 with Witness of the Spirit, and Wednesday prayer and praise at 7 30. Visitors welcome.
West Sal Street hosts Sunday School at 9 45 a m led by Mrs Gipsey Boozer superintendent Morning worship follows at 11 00 a m all welcome to attend all services
Opposite Court House Father Le Baron conducts mass on the first Sunday at 6 00 a m and the third Sunday at 9 30 a m Confession before mass Benediction after mass Sunday School at 9 30 a m all Sundays except the third 10 00 a m Lay services 11 00 a m FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH W Newton street Sunday School 9 45 a m L L Kirby supt 11 00 a m Communion Service 6 30 p m Christian Endeavor Alfred Reynolds leader
W R Bickerstaff pastor invites the public to Foster Street Methodist Church. Sunday School at 9 40 with R O Hill as superintendent. Sermons at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Young people's service at 7 pm. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Classes for every age.
Grand View Baptist led by Pastor T M Mathews holds Sunday School at 9 45 am with R E Kelly superintendent B Y P A at 6 45 pm. Fourth Sunday preaching by the pastor. North Oates Street Clement Ritter pastor preaches at 11 am on The Testimony of Faith. Christian Endeavor at 7 pm Vesper at 6 pm. Fourth in a series on the ten great chapters. 7 30 pm Wednesday prayer services.
L. W. Dockery pastor invites attendance at Sunday School 9 40 a m C C Bennett superintendent morning service 11 00 and evening service 7 39 pastor leads B P U meetings 6 15 with Mrs Graves Knowles director mid week prayer 7 30 Lurie Building Room 25 lesson sermon at 1s am subject Reality mid week testimonial 7 30 pew text Psalm 89 2 Bible selections John 14 12 24 32 and excerpts from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy included.
The Houston schedule lists: Sneak Easily with Buster Keaton Jimmy Durante and Thelma Todd. Gay Girls in Niagara Falls. The Great Jewel Robbery with William Powell Kay Francis. Union Labor. Downstairs with John Gilbert Virginia Bruce and Paul Lukas. Who Me. Blondie of the Follies with Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Billie Dove. Also The Man Who Played God with George Arliss Violet Heming Bette Davis. The Dark Horse with Warren William Bette Davis. A Tom Mix Western. The Air Mail Mystery chapter 11. The Man From Yesterday with Claudette Colbert Clive Brook Andy Devine. Flames with Johnny Mack Brown Noe Francis. Ghost City with Bill Cody. Make Me A Star with Stuart Erwin Joan Blondell.
Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante reunite as the era’s top screen comedy duo in Speak Easily opening Sunday at the Houston theatre for three days. Keaton plays a forgetful professor who inherits nearly a million dollars and hits the road with Durante and a Broadway troupe, amid comic misadventures and romance. The cast includes Ruth Selwyn Thelma Todd Hedda Hopper and others in supporting roles.
Frank Crosett moves from Coast league to Yankees shortstop while Herb Pennock struggles in spots. Jo Sewell shines for Cleveland. Joe Page signed by New York after leaving the Indians. Mickey Cochrane successor Bill Dickey eyed as top AL catcher. Johnny Allen sent to Toronto to curb temper. Ped Ruffing praised as right hand ace. Ben Chapman shift to left field and Ruth’s fading but still potent World Series push. A Houston pro sets a local golf record with a 64 including eight birdies.
Fragmentary text discusses harmony in man as a great imperceptible ideal beyond pain and pleasure of the senses. It contrasts mutable reality with enduring form and mentions mortals and a philosophical concept of the real.
A garbled recap lists multiple players with home runs from yesterday across teams including the Tigers Athletics Senators Indians Yankees Giants Phillies Dodgers and Cardinals. Notable figures such as Gehrig Ruth Ott Foxx and Simmons appear with various counts, though many entries are corrupted.
The standings show New York leading the league with a 106 win total and a .695 winning percentage, followed by Philadelphia at 94–58 and .618, Washington at 81–61 and .599. Cleveland 86–64 and Detroit 74–74, St Louis 62–85 round out the list.
Yesterday results show New Work 3, Chicago 6, St. Louis 20, Washington 4, and New York at Boston. Remaining games include Chicago at Cleveland and Washington at Philadelphia with St. Louis at Detroit. Today schedule lists Boston at Brooklyn and Philadelphia at New York with Cincinnati at Chicago and Pittsburgh at St. Louis.
In Atlanta a despondent unemployed steel worker J. W. Weeks shot himself and seriously wounded his wife in a small apartment. Police said Weeks had been despondent over lack of work and carried out the double shooting before dying.
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