Previews of Progress to be shown at Alpine college
Free regional show by General Motors arrives at Alpine college auditorium next Thursday and Friday April 24 25 at 8 oclock. The program features science commentators from New York Worlds Fair and demonstrations of television telephone and products made from petroleum cotton and glass. The event stresses industrial research with no selling and no advertising and is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hughes
College
R.C.A
Norman Cromwell
RCA
Alpine
General Motors
Turbaned Turks Once Rode Camels Through Texas Towns
A long 1856 San Antonio letter by Jennie Leeper, presented to the University of Texas library archives, describes thirty camels arriving in San Antonio and Arab/Turkish riders in turbans. The beasts allegedly carried heavy loads and unsettled local horses, with provisioning at the Alamo noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
San Antonio
University of Texas Library
Jennie Leeper
Fonda Falls in The Lady Eve Comedy Scenes at Granada
Henry Fonda endures six slapstick falls in Preston Sturges The Lady Eve at Granada theatre while co star Barbara Stanwyck trips him and the studio covers ruined wardrobe. The film showcases modern clothes and a wild cameo of Mount Katmai as a spectacular spill caps the sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fonda
Fonda
Preston Sturges
Paramount Picture
Sunday
Monay
Granada Theatre
Hollywood
Baraba Stanwyck
Lux
Miss Stanwyck
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Golden
Detroit
Buick
Flint
Mich
Buick Motor Division
C Try
W. F. Hufstader
National Automobile Dealers Association
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Production
C. W. Jacobs
Jacobs
Hove
Research
Labora
A. Walker
Fayetteville
Arkansas
By A.W
Walker
Akers
Akers’ Funeral Home
Earle Hill
Mount Katmai
Alaska
Hlalfa
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Alpine Lumber Co
Alpine Lumber Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!