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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1939
Page
5
In inexpensive Mexican stores a vivid custom showcases ready-made pinatas beside earthenware and sombreros. Children are blindfolded and spun before striking a pinata shaped as shirts beasts birds or decorative figures to release gifts hidden inside.
The piece surveys Broadway talk and reviews from Walter Winchell style columns. It notes Maurice Evans Hamlet length, Ethel Barrymore, Barrymore family chatter, and various shows like Margot, Remember, and Balalaika. It includes editors on radio salaries and industry banter.
A thief stole a Christmas tree valued at $2 from a stand at 1810 Main Avenue. Police were notified by R EF Turpin of 402 West Locust Street. A stand employee in the 600 block of San Pedro Street also bolted with $25 from the cash register. At a party near 117 West White Avenue Guy Griden’s coat and jacket were taken from his car. The Light Now for Wanted Results Dial-P-1231.
Postmaster Dan J. Quill reported Tuesday that postal receipts rose ten percent from the previous year. Monday totals reached $19,822.21 with a season-to-date total of $94,943.13 since December 1, compared to $87,624.05 for the same period in 1938.
Conley D. Dean, of 616 North Alamo Street, pled guilty to attempting to pass a forged check for ten dollars in district court. Convicted of forgery, he received a two year penitentiary sentence to start from November 7, the date of his arrest, while in custody at the time.
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