Bexar Facts highlights local curiosities and people
A quirky roundup by Fran Joe Bonner from Bexar Facts catalogs Navarro Street bars and local figures. It mentions AMMA, Ann Harris, Virginia McKinney, and others in college circles, plus anecdotes about hunting, bowling, scenes at St Mary’s Downtown, and a mislaid milestone note ending with no milestones for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran Joe Bonner
Kate Christ
Navarro Street
Ann Harris
Virginia McKinney
Debrail
Laredo
W. W. Knopp
Dows
London
Demy
Rosemary Fitzsimon
St Mary's
Joe Jaeckle
Oil Industry Sees Strong Position for New Year
Ernest O. Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission outlines a conservation program for 1930 era oil regulation. He cites balance in statistics and aims to fix flow rates, monitor bottomhole pressures, and avoid unnecessary drilling to reach optimal production levels.
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Cizinman
Ernest O. Thompend
Texas Railroad Commission
Thompcom Siso
Balante
Thompsor
Thompson
Funeral rites set for Henry Sibberns
Funeral services for Henry Sibberns, age 1, longtime science teacher at Teass Giutheran College, who taught for 20 years, will be held in Seguin today. Sibberns was a Yale University graduate.
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Henry Sibberns Seguin
Henry Sibberns
Teass Giutheran Colles! Tere
Yale University
Injury Fatal to OA Officer E W Kanning
OA motorcycle officer E W Kanning of San Antonio died from injuries after his bike slid on wet pavement at South St Marys and Pereida. He had been on duty four months and died at 7 45 pm after transfer to the motorcycle division. Survived by widow Mrs Lot tie Kenning and mother Mrs Arthur Hennack Jr plus two sons James and Edward.
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E. W. Kanning
San Antonio
Senta Ross Hospital
South St. Mary’s
Pereida Stameis
Detzil
Wotorcycle
Tie Dig Bansing
Lottie Kenning
Essex Street
Arthur Hennack Jr
James and
Edward Kanning
Nazi threats fail to halt spy film production
Warner Brothers plans progress on Confessions of Nazi Spy starring Edward G Robinson despite claims of potential trouble from the German consul in Los Angeles. The studio confirms continued development with attention to German interests amid the controversy.
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Bolle Wung
Lee
Los Angeles
Warner Brothers
Cay
Edward G. Robinson
Wil
Geran
Cables Strike Disrupts Westbound Trans-Pacific Dispatches
News from San Francisco to Heaviniu and Manila halted by a strike of 21 Press Wireless employees. Union action disrupted westbound trans Pacific news dispatches as private firms refused handling. American Communications Association locals called the walkout in Honolulu and San Francisco on December 9 for better conditions and pay raises. The naval radio facility was briefly used for emergency service before forwarding resumed.
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San Francisco
BHP
Honoluli
Press Wireless, Inc
Hert
trans-Pacific
A&c. A
Kelly Champions Chicago Good Name in Campaign
Chicago mayor Rolland J. Kelly pledges to defend the good name of Chicago as he enters a rough campaign for a third term. He frames his bid as a stand against bossism while Thomas J. Courtney remains silent on running in the February primary.
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Kelly
Chicago
Rolland J. Kelly
Thoma J. Courtney
Kelly-Nash Democratic Organisation
Helt
Palace
John Berrymore
George Murphy
Joan Davis
Palace Theater
Afoney
Resson
Jack Haley
Race of the century pits Colin and Warner in film wars
Hollywood dispatch notes a clutch of industry scoops. Colin of Columbia and Warner brothers battle to produce The Great Caster Swindler with the Hays Office story under way. Jack Warner outlines his plan for Caster with Donald Crisp and Vic Jory in key roles.
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Louella
Tarsqns Motion Mietare
Hollywood
Colin
Columbia
Warner
Werner Brothers
Barry Cohn
Hays
Warners
Jack Warner
Donald Crisp
Vicar Jory
James Stephenson
Bainter
Mr. Gil
Norman Cranse Signs with Pandro Berman to Write Scripts
Norman Cranse, once in Warners publicity and MGMs producer program, signs with Pandro Berman. He shifts from producing to writing Berman’s key ER O stories and previously penned The sheets still plays Louder Please and Small Miracle, aiming to deliver notable adginals Ane or trot if Sverlett YHara decision favors Vivian.
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Worner
Norman Cranse
Warners
M.G M
Pandro Berman
Norman
Berman
Sverlett
Yhara
Vivian
Walter Winchell's New York Heartbeat Gossip Mosaic
A bustling NY column notes George Arliss and others at Casa Manana events. It names Acton, Luther Adler, Irwin Bhaw, Sidney Kingsley, Tony, and Tommy Manville recovering at El Rio. Broadway chatter covers Ber rymore, Murphy, Davis, Paley, and a yacht-club mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Arliss
Acton
Luther Adler
Irwin Bhaw
Sidney Kingsley
Tony
Tommy Manville
el Rip Ringdde
Belen Morgan
Wid Shay
Paul Vintént Corol
Sally Bers
Doris LeRoy
Mecess Paley
D. Pairbanks Jr
Broadway Club and Onyx Club Holiday Gossip
A fragment from a Hollywood round up notes stage lines at the On Broadway and Onyx clubs with chatter about actresses Leigh and Faulette Goddard, Meg Murray, Irene Castle, Grace Moore in Paris, Wendy Barrie, and gift stories including Victor McLaglen’s son trip around the world.
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Leigh
Faulette Goddard
Tod
Tim Durent
Lya de Putti
Pautette
Mate Testa
Selupick Studio
Vivian ‘Leigh
Meg Murray
Eddie Mannix
Jett
Tumxin
Hollywood
Irene Castle
Grace Moore
Paris
Lawrents
Western Picture Plays at State in Double Feature
Western action blends with a mystery in Tombstone Canyon headlining the state theater Saturday. Stars include Bob Burns Ken Maynard Claudette Colbert and Len Lyon with I Cover the Waterfront as the second feature and another chapter of the serial Wild Bill Hickock. New Jersey dairymen use carrots in corn silage to produce milk and butter with more color and a new use for carseis.
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Tombstone Canyon
State Theater
Bob Burns
Ken Maynard
Stening Claudette Colbert
Len Lyon
Wild Bill Hicock
New Jersey
Gene Autry Stars in Empire Film Rhythm of the Sardie
Gene Autry stars as a raunch foreman in Rhythm of the Sardie at the Empire Theater opening Friday. With Smiley BurDette and Peggy Moran, the rodeo franchise threatened, Autry saves the business and performs daring rodeo feats. Leroy Mason and Aramir Lott also appear.
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Gene Autry
Empire Theater
Autry
Smiley Burdette
Peggy Moran
Gene
Miss Moran
Dye
Leroy Mason
Aramir Lott
Sweethearts Opens At Majestic Saturday
The new Technicolor musical Sweethearts stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy as tired lovers forced to be sweet in public. The film opens at the Majestic Saturday for Christmas season showings with Herman Bing in supporting roles and a John Nesbitt short newsreel listed among the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Majestic Theater
Victor Barbert
Nelson
Jeanette
Herbert
America
Movie Table Bilealio Bahenring Babel
A garbled note lists items such as Bilt 5226 a pillar and Talene Light Want coals voly S252 with concerto priviteees Tifa F121 for Adweller. The readable fragments suggest a catalogish entry and private music related terms without coherent context.
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Musica
Burns’ Detective Agency
Datberg
Esther Gaylord
Powers
Red Cross
C. A. T. Corner
B. Howse
Aviation Division of Standard of
Howard Gibbs
Dwight Deere
Larry Hart
Ronry Plaza
Miami Beschts
Roth Mackay
Ang Book
Andrews Sisters
Decca
D. Zanuck
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Manhat Ban
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Ruby Fous
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Seria
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Douglas Fairbanks
Paulette Goddard
Roland Young
Billie Burke
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