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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
38
A noisy collage of names and snippets from Walter Winchell style columns. The piece lists editors, actors, and journalists, with mock quotes and bumpy phrases about Lindbergh, Hollywood, and public figures, reflecting a chaotic, tasteless humor page of sensational remarks and misprints.
Arthur E. Biard filed in the Thirty-seventh District Court on Thursday a suit seeking 1650 in fees from B. P. Chadwick. Biard, a real estate agent, says he secured Winn stores as lessor of property at Broadway and Madeleine Terrace and was not paid his commission. The annual rent on the property was listed between 3000 and 7200.
Port 3m Houston headquarters of the Third Army Thursday announced the appointment of Lieut. Col. Joseph Robinson as an anti aircraft officer. He was formerly stationed at Camp Beauregard, La, and a 1918 graduate of West Point.
In New York a gossip column predicts Gary Cooper will play Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls and notes Hemingway ties. It mentions Dorothy Lamour and Greg Bautsch and a split rumors, Bob Montgomery holidays in New York and London plans, plus various showbiz updates and a Fred Allen tease.
James W. Montgomery, 50, draft board clerk for Pulaski County, was arrested on a charge tied to promising deferment for a payment. Investigators report he solicited Harold Ly Vauntin of Little Rock to pay for deferment. charge details and case status remain under investigation by agents.
Al Omega Alpha adds Jack Upshaw of UT Galveston to its ranks, the highest scholastic achievement for medical students, while Delta Epsilon Sigma adds eight 1942 St Mary’s graduates. The piece notes UT campus religious groups and student leaders, Schreiner Institute band involvement, and aviation cadet updates at Scott Field. An item mentions a Houston store window display and celebrity column on a Broadway columnist.
Chicago report from Dr Weld shows Americans overestimate their milk drinking. He told the National Dairy Counts that real consumption runs about 40 percent of men and 45 percent of women admitting milk intake when questioned.
A 10 year old girl was stabbed in an incident on North Lebus Street. Joe Estrada, address 11 North Leona Street, was booked at the county jail on assault charges. Estrada, a special deputy constable, is connected to a tavern near Doloresa Street 600 block. Wivita Cruz, hospitalized at Robert Green Hospital for a chest stab wound, address not listed. Mail to U.S. lost. London report notes letters and parcels delayed October 23 to 26 due to enemy action.
The War Department announced the general area of Houston Texas for a gun tube manufacturing plant to be known as the Dickson gun plant. It will cover about six acres and provide 139 jobs.
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