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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1938
Page
18
A columnist notes moviegoers who loudly call clichés in theaters. They discuss habit, anticipation, and the social dynamics of audience participation, joking about how cliche callers disrupt or enhance the film experience and how others react.
Dr. Albert P. Blakeslee at Carnegie Institution previews taste studies on a rare crystal sugar derived from vegetables. The Virginia meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science runs Dec 27 to Jan 3 with thousands of scientific reports and demonstrations.
Circuit Judge Theodore J denied Rose Schultz's petition for divorce from Edward Schultz at 5021 Maxwell Avenue. He ruled that a woman who would turn her children over to a husband she claims is drunk and refuses support, and who kept the four younger children on welfare for 12 years, is not entitled to a divorce.
Detroit Des 28 The perfect record of Robert Rogh 22 of Flyer Rouge earned him a two year Rhodes scholarship at Oxford University. He completed four years at the University of Michigan and held roles in debating, student senate, the American Student Union executive board, and Phi Kappa Phi.
CHICAGO December 28 The battle against germs in the operating room advances a step as a cellucation mask approved after two weeks of trial Dr Lloyd Arold professor of bacteriology at Winds Methcal claims it reduces infection risk from droplets and improves breathing during procedures
The Illinois Appellate Court unanimously bans picketing by strangers not employed by the firm in dispute. It holds the anti injunction law does not protect nonemployees on a picket line. The ruling cites Ross W. Swing vs Hair Dressers' union as basis.
In Detroit on December 24 a psychiatrist Dr Jowell Selling and a party studied Jitterbug, labeling him potent, inferior, infantile and excitable. Kenneth Durle, 21, called the jitterbug, faced a traffic case before Traffic Judge George Murphy for eight tickets. Durle was fined $25 and placed on probation for a year.
Arson squad says Frank John Johnson confessed to burning his apartment following a quarrel with his wife Rose Pattee. He claimed she maddened him and he expressed remorse. Johnson surrendered at police headquarters after officers found benzene used in the blaze.
Treve's Little Miss New Year frock pattern offers a two piece blouse and jumper with curved straps and flaring skirt. Includes patterns for sizes 4 to 12 and fabric yardage. order form requests size age dress and style number. Spring 1989 Marian Martin Pattern Book promotes basics, accessories, coats and college wear.
MASHPEN Mass Dec 28 The Cape Cod hamlet welcomed twins the first birth in 18 years Chief Drifling Goose of the Wampanoag named John Hiewaliia and Wesley Cambs. The event marks a notable family milestone for the community and tribal heritage.
Engineers surveying for road gravels in central Oregon uncovered a series of extinct lakes in the high desert. One lake spans over 14 miles, and geologists date the basins to the Pleistocene era, revealing a dramatic ancient landscape in Bend area.
Market brief notes low temperatures and post holiday lull in Kent and San Antonio weekly markets. Local commission prices rise while shipments arrive. notable gains in beans, mustard greens, turnips, peppers, and strawberries, with declines in cauliflower and California lettuce. Grower supplies increase and prices on dairy and produce hold steady amid broader market activity.
In Los Angeles a shopkeeper faced a counterfeit holdup bluff when a man described as bluffer No 1 approached behind the counter north of Long Beach. The would be robber produced a small bag, kept a hand in his pocket suggesting a gun, and exclaimed this is a holdup while the storekeeper identified the bluff and noted a lookout in front. The suspect fled through a side door as a bet failed.
A 1938 police report by Lieut. Joseph Starshak shows 1992 boys reported missing versus 199 missing girls. The same pattern appears for men and women, with 1199 men and 521 women missing. Of 3529 total missing persons, 7 percent returned home. among 639 unidentified dead, 76 percent were identified.
Two young men, Clarence Runyon Jr. aged 23 and Nikits Tsislaeff aged 24, were sentenced by Nassau County Judge Johnson to 10 to 20 years in Sing Sing for a jewelry and fur robbery worth $16,000 at Miss Olive Anderson’s home. They burglarized the residence on November 20 and were captured after Mildred Dean, a taxi dancer, was identified as pawn broker of the loots.
Len W. Reynolds former secretary of the 30 dollar weekly ham and eggs pension plan paid a 50 cent fine for punching rival promoter Robert Noble during an attempt to eject him from a pension meeting. Noble planned to organize a delegation of pensionists to demonstrate at Governor Olson's inauguration in Sacramento.
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