Lindbergh Heads to Washington for Hoover Birthday
Lindbergh flew from Wevelt Filld, N. T., at 0808 hours to attend a birthday party in Washington. The trip was organized to celebrate President Hoover’s February birthday.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1929
Page
8
Lindbergh flew from Wevelt Filld, N. T., at 0808 hours to attend a birthday party in Washington. The trip was organized to celebrate President Hoover’s February birthday.
A fragment advertising varied low priced items for weekend specials including Mexican Box products, chocolates, taffy, brittle, caramels, sugared pecans and assorted candles. The text lists quantities and prices in a jumbled OCR format with inconsistent punctuation.
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Hollywood chatter reports Adolph Menjou has signed a two year contract with the French Pathe company. He plans multilingual productions with French, German, Spanish, and Italian versions. The star’s move signals a broader European push for U.S. actors and studios.
The Majestic presents Masquerade a talkie from Louis Joseph Varne based on The Brass Bowl with Alan Birmingham in a double role. Leila Hyams debuts in a talking picture with J Farrell Ma Depald Clyde Cook also stars. Dave Wing adds comedy. Hayes Martha Fay perform. Don Galyan Vernon Gerer Majestic orchestra. Fox Movietone News and Aesop's Fables also shown.
The Princess theater opens with Paramount talking comedy Divorce Made Bass starring Donelas MacLean and Mare Prevost with Johnny Arthur and Frances Lee. Al Christie produced the film, while Noah's Ark plays at Empire Saturday with a 40 century span and 10 000 cast in a venturous spectacle directed by Michel Curtiz. Dolores Costello George OBrien Noah Beery and Guyn Williams appear, with other acts at Aztec and in The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu era.
Warner Oland leads a cast including Jean Arthur and Nell Hamilton in a screen dramatization of Sax Rohmer's novel Those who seek revenge and danger. Olan portrays Fu Manchu plotting a terrible fate for those linked to his wife and daughter while Arthur and Hamilton share a romantic thread. The program also features Vierne ss and a New York stage number Bubbling Over with musical acts and ballet on the bill.
Boston reports eight Chinese banquet attendees discussed killings within rival tong factions. District Attorney Foley says three men confessed to involvement and police named Lem Poy as an accessory. Yee Wah slaying tied to Tee Sing of New York, indicted for murder. Real estate ads clutter page.
Mexicans surrender claims to ease a fiscal crisis facing the state government. Gen. Marian Ruiz, governor from 1905 to 1907 of the former territory of Nevyarit, relinquished a claim of 160000 dollars. Ranchers Extebin and Gonzalo Gangalte also abandoned a $200000 damages claim for farm property.
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