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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1936

Page

4

NYA Funds For South Texas District 10 Reported

District 10 NYA in Bear and 19 counties will total 84695.67 by June end per Johnson. Pledges reach 29761.54. about 4400 youths are enrolled with 230 nonresidents of Bexar county. Workers earn 12 to 26 dollars monthly. ages 16 to 25. A 100-worker project began in Harlandale to improve Harlandale High and San Jose Elementary grounds. Jean Arthur starring in The Ex Mrs Bradford is noted.

National Youth Administration Bear South Texas District 10 Hirsene Johnson Johnson Bexar County WPA Harlandale Harlandale High School San Jose

Warners Plan Parisian Play Open in Hollywood Era

Universal reports Warner Brothers acquiring stage and screen rights to Blumenthal and Kadelnberg’s play White Horse Inn. Paris production to Broadway debut in September directed by Erik Charrell, with Hal Wallis arranging US participation. Greta Garbo to star in Camille with John Barrymore, Robert Taylor, and George Cukor set to direct. Marion Davies to lead Hearts Divided. world premiere slated June with international guests.

Lovelead Tarsons Universal Beetee Los Angeles Uss White Horse Inn Paris Winfield Sheehan Blumenthal Kadelberg Jack Warner Water Brothers Warners Erik Charell London Hal Wallis Europe America Elin Gustafsson Gripstein Robert Taylor Armand George Cukor Thalberg Marion Davies Gand Warner Brothers India Japan Chit Marion Hollywood Warner Brothers International

Sally Appears At California Pacific Exposition As Tree Attraction

Mrs Mollie Groves of Roswell New Mexico recalls how their visit to the California Pacific International exposition inspired young Sally to debut as a tree attraction at the fair. The grandmother notes Sally’s charm drew crowds and highlighted the event.

Mollie Groves Roswell New Mexico Sally

Great Ziegfeld saga weighs on Gilda Grey and industry

Hollywood gossip notes Gilda Grey endured two silent years waiting for The Great Ziegfeld, losing weight and rehearsing while contracts and tours dissolved after her numbers were cut from the film. The piece also touches on Selznick, Dietrich, and the high costs faced by actors in England compared to American productions.

Ziegfeld MGM Gilda Gray Hollywood Wil East Ziegfela Gilda Grey Joby Conzidine England John Bull America

The Light Lost and Found Cotumn Broadcast

Morning radio segment invites listeners to call 1231 to place messages about lost items. Runs daily at 11 36 except Sundays, offering community help with missing possessions and notices.

Josh Sam Antonio KABC

Marble Board Fine Assessed at Dallas

Dallas officials report P. K. Newell was found guilty of possessing a marble board and fined 100 dollars in a dispute between city and county authorities and machine operators. He had earlier been convicted on a separate charge of operating a lathe in what court records call the first warble machine case here.

Dallas Dallas UIS P. K. i Newel Newell

Toscanini Gives Last Concert Farewell to Philharmonic

New York April 29 Arturo Toscanini conducts his farewell concert with Wagner and Wagnerian bravura. The renowned maestro closes his 11 years as musical director of the New York Philharmonic Symphony, bringing a historic era to a close with energetic interpretations of Ride of the Valkyries and Valhalla imagery.

New York Arturo Toscanini Richard Wagner Valhalla New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Women Seek Roosevelts Help On Chain Store Bill

Coral Gables Fla April 29 Women of the National Council of the General Federation of Women's Clubs voted unanimously to urge President Roosevelt to appoint a committee to study the Patman Robinson chain store bill Mrs Clarence Fraim Wilmington Del chairman of the group's public welfare department said the measure would raise prices to food retailers who would pass the costs to consumers and harm the consumer.

Coral Gables Fla Congress General Federation of Women's Clubs Roosevelt Clarence Fraim Wilmingtom Del Group Public Welfare Department

Safety War Cuts Traffic Deaths in Chicago Report

Chicago dispatch notes a sharp drop in traffic deaths as the safety council reports an 18 percent decline in motor vehicle fatalities in March compared with March 1938. First quarter 1936 highway deaths are estimated at 6850 versus 7500 in the prior year, an 8 percent decrease.

Chicago

Playwright Maxwell Anderson Works Headed to Screen

Two of Maxwell Andersons famed plays will be filmed by RKO Radio Mary of Scotland stars Katharine Hepburn and Winterset with Burgess Meredith in his original role the projects mark a notable screen transition for the dramatist work already rooted in stage prestige and now expanding to cinema.

Maxwell Anderson RKO Radio Katharine Hepburn Burges Meredith

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