Everybody’s Acting and Cyrano at Local Theaters This Week
Betty Bronson stars in Everybody’s Acting at Princess theater with Ford Sterling in a light comedy about a taxi ride romance. Cyrano de Bergerac is shown at the Aztec theater offering a film version of Rostand’s tale with strong photography. Aztec also features The Dancing Blues and Mary Tou performances with Sherry Laine Marshall singing The Student Prince serenade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Bronson
Ford Sterling
Princess Theater
Lerry Gary
Larry
Betty
Cupid
Edmund Rostead
Azter Theater
Wack Bing
Kirk Frederick
Hie
Ymphons Orchestra
Mary Tou
Mario “Rubina
Edmunda Santos
Sherry Laine Marshall
Majestic Theater Week Promises Mystery and Laughs
Hundreds visit the Majestic for Take a Chance Week as a three ring circus style act of 1% almond eyed workers performs synchronized stunts. Hollywood star J D. appears in Christy comedy scenes with a featured girl, plus music dance and singing. The screen production blends mystery with comedy and tragedy.
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Majestic Theater
J.D
Hollywood
Christy
M. 8
Chapin Comedy Fame
Paris
Palace Show Promises Thrill With The Silent Lover
Milton Sills stars in The Silent Lover at the Palace this week. The plot follows an adventurer in Paris and Morocco as he redeems himself amid desert pageantry and enticing partners. Comedy lightens the action before Don Felice offers Arabia as a prologue with Oriental dancers.
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Milton Sills
Palace Theater
Sis
Paris
Morocco
French Foreign Legion
Viela Dana
Natalie Kingston
Alma Bennett
Don Felice
Arabia
Thrieing
Coxas
Royal theater bills breezy ship and pep comedy
Rex Jewels comedians present Royal theater program featuring Broadway Babies with Bob Greer and a lively chorus. Lone Hand Saunders stars Fred Thompson with the wonder horse Silver King proving a gallop of nine victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theater
Rex Jewels
Bob
Ceser
Saunders
Fred Thompson
Wred
Davy Crockett Film at Riska Theater
Rialto theater screens "With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo" this week, promising historical accuracy as it recounts Crockett’s life and the siege for Texas liberty. The program highlights Davy Crockett as the tale centers on his fate at the Alamo.
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Davy Crockett
Texas
Alamo
Riska Theater
The
Funeral services for August Ahr held in Castroville
Fenerel services for August Ahr held at his home 1805 Monterey street and Sacred Heart church after injuries from a mobile accident near Leming in Atascosa county. Ahr, a Pioneer Freighters member born in Medina county, long freighter who drove to Chihuahua at age 15 and later supplied beer for grading camps during the Southern Pacific railroad era.
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Fenerel
Ahr
Leming
Atastosa County
F. B. Saucier
Monterey Street
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Joseph Jacoby
Pioneer Freighters’ Association
Southern Pacific
Abr
Joe
San Antonio
Pecos River
Burglary at J. H. Miller Grocery on South Hackberry
Thieves broke into the J. H. Miller grocery at 1425 South Hackberry Street. They looted cigars cigarettes cakes and cans, opened the cash register, but left only a few pennies. Employee Sam Nelson saw a light and called police as detectives investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Miller
Hackberry Street
Mander
Sam Nelson
Wesdallarence
Nelson
Miller
Herbst
Har Eastic
Cre
Irsee
The Eagle of the Sea at Empire starring Cortez and Lane
Empire presents The Eagle of the Sea a Frank Lion production about the pirate Lafitte and Louise Lettiem with Ricardo Cortez and Florence Day in lead roles. Set around New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812 the plot follows Lafitte’s fugitive justice, a romance with Let Lestron and a clash involving General Andrew Jackson. Also features a Grantland Rice Sportlight News reel and Felix the Cat comedy.
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Ricardo Cortez
Florence Iay
Frank Lion
Empire Theater
Dean Lafitte
Louise Letsiiem
Great Britain
Lesilee
Cit
New Oreleans
Andrew Jackson
Tafitre
Jackson
Let Lestron
Grantland Ries
Felix the Cat
Augustus Mutt Boasts S A on Trips Over U S Selling Goods
Charles F. Koehler known as Augustus Mutt arrives in San Antonio while Jeff stays in Pittsburgh after a rolling pin blow. He explains loss of his bristly moustache during a tire incident and recalls being misidentified with Bud Fisher's character. Koehler is a Pittsburgh salesman and a taller, thin lookalike of the comic Mutt.
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L. A
the Light
Augustus Mutt
C. F. Koehler
A. Mutt
Sany
San Antonio
Jeff
Pittsburgh
Charles F. Koehler
Emmeer Compart
Manufacturing Chemists
Bud Fisher
Matt
Alamo “al
Mr. Koehler
Theft of $400 in Dental Gold From Dr. Ericson Office
Dental gold valued at $400 was stolen from Dr. H. L. Ericson’s office in the Medicsk Arts building after a wrench pried the lock. No other items were disturbed. Police report mentions three suspects and related thefts including coats dresses and shoes from a servant's quarters at 10 McCullough Avenue. A chicken-wire-cutting incident is noted with thieves escaping. Detective Tom Faber filed the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Ericson
Medicsk Arts
Rachel Stevens
McCullough Avenue
Tom Faber
Dank Wizard Cowes Tos Output
Willa Wells, famed in California as the Beverage Winged, is announced as expanding beverage manufacturing from her laboratory home to export trade nationwide, with new cold extract spray products and facilities planned to reach markets across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willa Wells
California
United States
Thief Robs Home While Police Nearby
Detectives report a thief entered the side window of Mrs. Carolyn McNeese at 444 Suttreh Memo street while two officers, Detective Sergeant BVadder and Officer Swift, were in their homes nearby. Three dresses and a bath robe were stolen in the break-in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn McNeese
Patrobnan W.T. Swift
Bvadder
Burs McNeese
Empress Charlotte Nearing End at Laeken Chateau
Paris reports former Empress Charlotte widow of Maximilian of Mexico is critically ill at Château de Laeken near Brussels aged 86. The Brussels court fears for her mind long since lost after Maximilian’s execution in 1867, with family care surrounding the legendary royal figure.
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Paris
Charlotte
Araximilian
Mexico
Chateau of
Bouchout
Laeken
Brussels
King Albert
Lacken
Royal Chateau
Queretaro
Austria
Maximilian
Empressugénie
Jeanne de Castile
Philippe Te Beat
Archduke Maviwilian
Flanders
Jeanne de Castille
Europe
Charles the Fifth
Scout Council to Elect Officers in Alamo area
The Alamo Council Area of the Boy Scouts planned to elect new officers Monday. A nominating committee led by Judge RR. L. Ball selected candidates for two scout commissioner posts, president, four vice presidents, and a secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo
Boy Scouts
RR. L. Ball
Radio Station Schedule Fragments From 1940s Broadcasts
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous radio stations and programs, including orchestras, concerts, talks, and lectures. Notable call signs include KFAB WRAP WLW WDAF WEAF and WCCO, with many unidentified items mentioning concerts, dances, and lectures across various cities. The jumble hints at a busy, diverse nightly broadcast slate.
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KFAB
Cance
EPRC
BREA
WRAP
AMOX
WDAF
School of the A Hestra
WLW
WMAGQ
Woaiy
WCC
EFEX
WEAF
WSL
Areh
AZ Allep
Woo
WEAL
KDHA
WCCO
Univers
WEAR
WAT
WPDAF
Yaar
Tiedicoz
WWE
SPNE
Trolo
KPO
Powadan Sr Olan
Governor and others charged in Alabama prohibition raid
Governor W W Brandon and nine others faced prohibition law charges after a raid on a fishing camp near Poley Alabama. Only four defendants expressed intent to appear with others citing travel and prior engagements while liquor was seized.
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Bay Minette
Ala
W. W. Brandon
Baldwin County
Poley
Jackson
Iona
Carl McCormack
Jack Daniels
Birmingham
C. P. Anderson
Indaw
Bibb Graves
Atticus Mullen
Montgomery
Market stalls slip as Sunday suspension hits produce
Sunday's suspension of market activity dulled the local vegetable market. Supply was low and demand light. Prices rose for radishes and spinach with odd figures and broken names in the report. Turnips gained on wholesale demand while general movement remained slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moreass
Rb.t. Pruitt
Gugenheim
Guieim-Goldsmith Company
Snyder
Local Produce Prices At Incal Wholesale Market Summary
Farmers reported a wide range of vegetable and fruit prices at the Incal wholesale market. Notable figures include squash 3.59 per bucket, white Havana cane 0.50 per dozen, persimmons 3.0 per buahel, wax beans 0.25 per bushel, and watermelons 0.34 per pound. Poultry prices listed include bags 12.99 per crate, roosters 0.10 per pound, turkeys 0.54 per pound, hens 0.13 per pound.
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Ted Ball
Sunday School Teacher Admits Holding Up Stores
Thomas Stephenson a Sunday school teacher at First Methodist Episcopal in Arlington confessed to a string of five store robberies. He admitted planning the hold ups while moonlight glistened on a bedroom mirror and reenacting the role of a bandit with a pistol. He told police thoughts of such crimes came to him and described stealing $169 during the Arlington incident.
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Dee Bop
Artist Barton Marries French Composer Fourth Wife
In New York on December six the artist and caricaturist Ralph Barton married French modernist composer Germaine Tailleferre. They wed three weeks ago in Connecticut and live at the Hotel Des Artistes while planning six months in Paris and six in New York. Barton previously divorced Carlotta Monterey. prior spouses include Marie Jennings Berton and Anne Barton.
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New York
Ralph Barten
Germaine ‘Tailleferre
Connecticut
Hotel Des Artistes
Ralph Burton
Oni
Barton
Paris
Carlotta Monterey
Carlotta
Marse
Jennings Berton
Lust
Anne Banton
Universal Service
The
Daily Mirror
County Meet for District 4 Agents Held in Fredericksburg
The annual district meet of agricultural agents from seventeen counties in district 4, including Bexar, will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, December 24 and 15, in Fredericksburg. San Antonio representatives Fred W. Mally, O. B. Rolling, and Miss Ida Reynolds will attend. Alvord and B. W. Persons will oversee the meeting.
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Bexar County
Fredericksburg
Fred W. Mally
O. B. Rolling
Ida Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Alvord
Texas
W. Persons
Banquet Planned for Pan American Flight Support
The chamber of commerce schedules a December 14 banquet in honor of a Pan American flight member. Brig. Gen. Frank I Lahm and Maj. H A Dargne attended the military affairs committee meeting as plans for the five airplane legos were finalized. Houston shins will join the celebration.
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Chamber of Commerce
Military Affairs Committee
Siren Prine
Uso
Houston
Houston Chamber
Frank I. Lahm
H. A. Dargne
City Selects New Quarters
City commission approved establishing the city headquarters in the Daikowitz building while the current city hall is remodeled. The A. 13. Frank company building on Commerce Street was offered to the city.
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Daikowitz
A. 13. Frank Company
Commerce Street
Church Members Invited to Insure Lives for Bequest Week
The Federal Council of Churches announced Bequest Week from December 13 to 20 urging members nationwide to insure their lives for the benefit of churches colleges hospitals and other charitable institutions.
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Washington
Federal Council] of Churches
Auto Crash Victim Dies From Hart’s Truck
George Tighiam, 24, died from injuries after a car truck he drove overturned near Weatherford late yesterday afternoon. He was from Fort Worth. The accident occurred on a county road about noon.
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Ay International News Service
Tort Worth
George Tighiam
Weatherford
Weather brief notes scattered rain and warmer winds
Weather summaries across regions report occasional rain in San Antonio East Texas and Chicago with warmer air moving in. Temperatures ranged from the mid teens to the thirties across cities including Kansas City New York and Washington with varying winds and light precipitation.
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San Antonio
Warnign
Willita Bridge Contract Awarded by City
The city commission awarded the Willita street bridge project over the San Antonio river to Walsh and Burney for $25 350 with a four day work period. An additional appropriation of 12 787 funds McKenzie Construction’s estimate for the Olnos Creek dam. Another ordinance set aside 11 815 for Colglazier and Hoff roadwork near Lang.
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Willita Street
San Antonio
City Commission
Walsh and Burney, Conteactors
Walsh and Burney
McKenzie Construction Company
Olnos Creek
Colglazier and Hoff
Lang
Ex-Mayor Collier Returns to Prison in Huntsville
Frank Collier former mayor of Wichita Falls was back at work as a bookkeeper for the marching shop department at the penitentiary in Huntsville. A 20 day furlough granted by Governor Ferguson after an influenza attack enabled his return home. Collier said he hoped his name might be among those who may be given Christm ayy pardues.
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Huntsville
Frank Collier
Wichita Falls
Collier
Siiliam A. Ferguson
Christmagy Pardeus
Street Car Hurls Bus Into Building Near Broadway Fourth
A San Antonio Public Service bus operator collided with a street car at Broadway and Fourth Street early Monday. The impact hurled the bus into a Yantis Motor Company showroom, breaking a display window, with the driver escaping injury.
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CL. Parlor
Methani
San Antonio Public Service Company
Ray
Frederickshoro Road
Broadway
Fourth Street
Yantis Motor Company
Sherman Officer Dies at 85 as Last Surviving Sherman Staffer
Leavenworth report: Dee 1 Fort Taylor grandson of General William T. Sherman’s era, dies at national military home. He was the last surviving officer of the Sherman staff.
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Sherman
Leavenworth
Kim
FT. Taylor
Ger Wilmat Harrison
Wer
William T. Sherman
National Mility Home
Highland Park Baptists Plan $50,000 Three Story Temple
Highland Park Baptists announce plans to build a three story temple valued at $50,000. Bids are expected to open in December at 4 oclock, with the project advancing as details finalize.
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Highland Park Baptists
Tourist season opens as Furlong forecasts busiest travel yet
Willan Furlong, head of the highway department, says the heaviest tourist season will begin, after a seven week tour of two routes from San Antonio to St. Louis. James Higgs joins Furlong, plans to stay in San Antonio two weeks for material on winter play areas, with reports to appear in the Globe-Democrat.
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Willan Forelong
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
St. Louis
Varlon
James Higgs
Globe Democrat
St. Tonis
Hggs
Amerie
Saper
Publiciny
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Chicago Tribune
The
Herald-Examiner
Chicago Daily News
Atomobile Blue Book
Automobile Club of Chicago
Chambers of Commerce
Higgs
Tish Pole Thief Strikes Twice in San Antonio Homes
A burglar described as Tish Pole Johnny targeted two San Antonio residences, taking cash from each. Detectives say the same thief, dubbed Fish Pole Johnny, has added two more alleged burglaries to the case. Victims include E Newman on East Crockett Street and A C McDonald on Wyoming Street.
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San Antonio
Ware J
Johnny
Dubbeil
E. Newman
East Crockett Street
A. C. McDonald
Wyoming Street
Garage Register Robbed at Empire Garage
While two employees were in the building the office at Empire garage 117 College street was entered and the cash register valued at 12 pounds was stolen. The proprietor discovered the loss upon arriving for work and checking the drawer.
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Empire
College Street
Piano Scarf Leads Youth Into Trouble
Deputy sheriffs probe the theft of a valuable piano scarf after arresting a 18 year old Austin youth who admitted possessing the scarf and revealing it had been stolen.
Dr ALA Brown Resumes Practice
Dr. ALA Brown has resumed his medical practice after a hiatus. The notice confirms the return to professional work and invites patients to contact the office for appointments and services.
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Ala. Brown
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Alabama
David J. Castleman
William Castleman
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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