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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1930
Page
6
Actress Ann Christy, a motion picture star, is hospitalized after her car struck a cream roller on a dark road. She suffers a broken pose and chest injuries with scratches and bruises. Doctors say she will stay in bed about two weeks and likely be disfigured. The incident occurred approximately thirty feet from the object.
An old advertisement extols White King vegetable soap for delicate fabrics and heavy woolens alike. It claims pure ingredients, quick rich lathers in any water, thorough cleansing, and economical use with both hand washing and machines, urging readers to buy from grocers.
Dr. J. G. Leonhardt promotes internal Pile remedy HEMNOID claiming quick permanent relief. He reports 960 successful cases after testing with 10 patients and offers buyback guarantees through Sommere Drug Stores to aid sufferers nationwide.
An advertisement touts a product called Redor for corns claiming quick, painless removal at home. It describes “foot baths” and strong healthy feet, urging readers to buy at a local drug store.
Hollywood gossip notes a flurry of activity at Columbia with new direction assignments by Lionel Barrymore and John Robertson for Roseland and Madonna at the Streets starring Evelyn Brent. Reports touch on stars like Joe E. Brown, Norma Talmadge, Pathe contracts, and residents of Hollywood filming in Santa Monica and Europe.
Samuel Tasull submitted a report to the guarantors of the Chicago Civic Opera company noting that rising production costs caused a loss of 5853,526.26 for the 1920 1930 season despite higher receipts. Insull, company president, said last season's receipts reached 1,290,024.67 and called the season memorable and brilliant due to performances in the new civic opera house built for the company.
Kansas City reports organized pasteurized milk producers striking for arbitration of disputed points and a check-off system. The action marks the second strike in ten months and began with gunfire on a transport truck, a bullet penetrating a 2000 gallon thermos tank en route to market.
Austrian flyer Robert Kronfeld, flying the glider Wasserkuppe near Germany, extended his own world record for distance yesterday, surpassing his prior mark by about two kilometers, after a long flight that tested the fragile craft.
In Havana on August 14 the Cienfuegos carried 48,519 sacks of sugar valued at $25 pounds destined for Soviet consumption in Russia. The large consignments mark a significant shipment amid ongoing trade tensions.
A garbled listing of vital events includes marriage licenses, births, and burials with scattered names such as Jace Norton Deltica Vidas Rotnc Leanle Jose Lesa Mt Cray and Bruce Porter Perry Vi. Sloote plus various addresses and dates, interspersed with building permits and municipal notices. The text presents as a rough OCR of a local records page with numerous misspellings and incomplete entries.
In Friedrischafen Germany Aug 14 Clading Dornier air plate designer and Intitder said trial flights of the giant DO X with its new Curtiss motors have been satisfactory. Pilot Richard Wagner will continue tests until August 25 when the plane must be demonstrated before transportation ministry officials for a government license as it is groomed for a trans Atlantic flight.
Weather eased the grip of wildfires across the upper Michigan peninsula as favorable winds aided crews. Nearly eighty blazes were active, with one threatening the village of Brangs while new fires appeared but were deemed small and under control.
Cook is billed as a one man show in Rain or Shine, a comedy vehicle built on Joe Cook’s stage persona. Louisa Featado, Tom Howard, William Collier Jr., Joan Peers, and others appear in romantic and dramatic interludes. The Orpheum program features Charles Derickson and Durton Brown, with Maupy King and Audrey Wyckoff contributing specialty acts and dance numbers.
Classified notice highlights affordable investment options with light advertising. Potential buyers are urged to call for numerous deals, stating prices from five to two dollars and emphasizing quick responses to attract interest in real estate opportunities.
New York August 16 Samuel Gordon sighted a beer keg 200 yards off Tocawas Beach as a man attempting to recover it drowned. He revived the keg and found it filled with water.
Nine people were killed and fifteen injured in a train collision on the Bucharest Konstanza line near a station in Bucharest Romania. The wreck occurred August 13 and involved a bead on cotllation with unclear details from the report.
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