Screen Romances Tug at World Headlines in 1936
A whirl of royal, political, and show business nuptials and breakups unfolds as King Edward VIII abdicates for Wallis Simpson, FDR's son linked to Ethel Du Pont, Juliana rages over Berhard, Mary Pickford splits with Douglas Fairbanks, and John Barrymore courts Elaine Barrie.
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Shicago
Dward VIII
Wallis Simpson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ethel DuPont
Delaware
DuPonts
White House
Hyde Park
Julianaf
Netherlands
Berhard von Leppe-Biesarfeld
Cupid
England
ES Duke of Norfolk
Lavinia Mary Strutt
Ifth
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Amerita
Boyffriend
Buddy Rogers
T Racter
John Barrymtore
Streen
Elaine Harrie
New York
Barrymore Reading
Miss Barrie
Hey
Severnth
Gupid
Wain Ignacio Pombo
Spain
Natal to New Dates in a Web of Marriages and Notices
A chaotic Brazilian locale and a flurry of celebrity and society marriages fill the page. Ava Lo, Ruth Bryan Owen and Serge Mdivani figure amid multiple weddings, engagements, and divorces. The piece also advertises ad space as a Christmas appeal.
Oddities of Old and New San Antonio
Workers with the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration studied San Antonio for the Texas volume of The American Guide. While compiling, they uncovered unusual facts about the city and its people. The Light will publish such Guidebook by products stories from time to time.
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Works Progress Administration
Texas
San Antonio
Baron de Bastrop Revealed as Early San Antonio Landowner
Translation of the 1827 will shows Felipe Enrique Neri baron of Bastrop owning extensive property in San Antonio and other regions. The document, written in Spanish and filed in Bexar County, lists ranches in Louisiana and lands around San Antonio, including four sitios for cattle at Guadalupe Springs and parcels near the Alameda and Paso de los Apache. Executors named include Stephen F Austin, Antonin Saucedo, and Antonio Padriz, with probate in San Antonio and the will sworn in Saltillo January 46, 1827.
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San Antonio
Baron de Bastrop
Bexar County
Doug Georgiana Woltelina Francisca de Lyklama Negholt
Augustin Lyklama Negholt
Susana Baroupss
Warkemberg
Nobnlandsberger
Holland
Helland
Virginia
Louisiana
Las Casas
Huachita County
Lowisiana
Guadalupe Springs
Bejan
Victoriarta Dmnbaume
Tabatume
Stephen F Austin
Antonin Saucedo
Homicide Charged in Crash Death
Complaint filed in County Court against W B Winters of Jourdain ton for the death of Jess Hunt of 808 Barrett place from injuries in a Highway 66 auto crash. Winters also charged with drunkenness on a highway. A A Garza district attorney signed the complaints.
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W. B. Winters
Jourdainton
Jess. Hunt
Barrett Place
Hunt
Highway 66
Com
Winters
A.A. Garza
Hit
Merchant Slain Near Store in Woodbine Area
Ch eers Investigated today the fatal shooting last night of Harl Kerr, 40, postmaster and owner of a general merchandise store at Woodbine, east of Gatnesyile. Relatives found the body between his store and home when he did not return.
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Gatnesyile
Cheers
Harl G. Kerr
Woodbine
Niles
Here
Tobacco Yields Kentucky Profit Gains From Sales
Pockets of Kentucky growers of Burley tobacco bulged with returns from two weeks of sales at the highest price since 1919 boom days. Some growers received as much as 14 dollars per pound for portions of their golden leaf, totaling in the mid twenty thousands.
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Lexington
Weo
Kentucky
Burney Tobacco
Safecrackers Hit Sioux City Jewelry Vault for 36030 Diamonds
Safecrackers blasted the W. E Ellerman wholesale jewelry company vault last night and escaped with diamonds valued at 30030 dollars, 1000 dollars in cash, and other jewelry. The loot included a pouch containing unmounted diamonds.
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Sioux City Town
Nec
W. E Ellerman Wholesale Jewelry Company
Hopkins Fund Call Splits Capital Hopkins Relief Plan
A reported ultimatum from Harry Hopkins threatens resignation as Works Progress administrator if he does not secure 760000.00 to sustain relief through June. A congressional split backs cuts while another faction argues relief needs remain high amid private industry absorption of workers. Hopkins’ 750 million proposal envisions 150 million per month through June, with possible transfers of funds from other sources.
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Washington
Harry J. Hopkins
Works Progress
Congress
Ting
Hopkins
Unemy
Texas Produce Shipped In Week Of December 13 19
A total of 870 carloads of fruits and vegetables left Texas in the week of December 13 to 19. Lance G Hooks of the Federal State Market News service reported the statewide figures. Last year for the same week 929 carloads were shipped from Texas.
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Texas
Lance G. Hooks
Federal-State Market News Service
Florsheim Body to Be Sent to Chicago Today
Milton Florsheim founder of the Florsheim shoe company dies in Los Angeles. His body will be sent today to Chicago for funeral services, possibly late this week. The death is reported as due to a heart ailment.
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Los Angeles
Milton
Florsheim
Florsheim Shoa Company
Chicago
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