Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

MAY 6, 1937

Mr. Artis O. Peavey was admitted to the University Hospital late Saturday evening, suffering from multiple self-inflicted accidental injuries he received while attempting to open a particularly expensive bottle of wine, his female companion said; the year and the label unknown.

Is it just my imagination, or did I see Miss Ida Doizer on the midnight streetcar the other night headed out to Ensley to Tuxedo Junction for a few dances with Bennie Upshaw, only to see her ride home with Mr. G. T. Williams?

We must have two or three Birmingham boys in every one of the popular bands around the country, thanks to the expert musicianship of our own beloved Professor Fess Watley. We are well received on the music scene. Don’t forget our old friend Cab Calloway is due to grace our magic city soon.

Fine fare over at the Frolic Theater this week …

Monday–Thursday: A 5-Star Program Erskine Hawkins, “The Twentieth Century Gabriel,” in

“DEVILLED HAMS”

ALSO—ALL COLORED SPORTS REEL