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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
3
San Antonio census takers will collect data for the 1940 census to map trade and industry. Merchants and manufacturers will gain market insights from the compiled charts, aiding new markets and existing ones as population shifts shape commerce.
Four Wives continues the Four Muughters series at the Arles theater with Gale Pare Rose Ja and Priscilla Bane in the cast. The program promotes safer later automobiles and highlights a listing of exceptional values in the classified ads.
Thelovable Lane family returns in Four Wives the sequel to Four Daughters with Priscilla Rosemary Som Lane Gale Page in title roles. Claude Rains Jeffrey Lynn May Roban Frank McHugh Dick Foran star under Gurts direction with Eddie Albert added to cast. A Merriet Melody cartoon and new reel accompany the feature.
Highly indignant critics note Alfred Saint-Lyon tour fails to impress as Richard Whorf in The Taming of the Shrew. The Theatre Guild brings grotesque Elizabethan makeup and sharp satire to a single Friday night performance at the Texas Theater. Latecomers scramble for seats, prompting brief pauses as Whorf improvises to keep the joke alive.
Terre Bartlett and WL Croft reported finding snakes in the basement of a home on Thursday. Patrolman Benjamin Gatela determined they were non poisonous, though Bartlett believed copperheads. The snakes were boxed and delivered to the snake garden.
The writer known as the "American Verne" who produced about 1500 dime novels between 1876 and 1910 died of heart trouble on a Tuesday at Kings County Hospital in New York.
Washington December 28 The Army Air Corps will not participate in national or American Legion air races exhibitions. Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson said the service intends to stage its own air show at Bolling Field in January 2021 mainly for Congress.
New York reported week ended December 27 with bank clearings totaling 5,592,684,000, up 54 percent from the previous year’s 4,628,850,060 as a shorter holiday week reduced the turnover by 1,319,745,000 compared to the prior week. The rise ends a six-year streak of year over year declines in New York turnover.
Washington December report from the Petroleum Conservation Division to President Ickes notes 5000 tenders for transporting oil in Texas reviewed in the year and 802 new wells completed in the East Texas field in the 12 months ending last June. Sixteen natural gasoline plants linked to 24 156 wells reported to federal leaders, with eight lenders involved as 40 plants operated in the area.
A collage of brief notices from Bexar Facts highlights local milestones and social updates. It mentions Mrs. D. Massey at a hospital, Delos Finch recovering from surgery, Alfred Guerrna back from New York with city life observations, a wedding anniversary for Dr. and Mrs. Cush ing, George Willingham and others tied to ships and trains, and various community figures including Angela Powter, George Palting, and Charles Browning. The column also notes prison-made items, Christmas preparations, and local social gatherings in Fort Worth and surrounding areas.
Navy changes rule so caskets of deceased officers are draped only with the national flag during funerals, aligning ceremony with the Army. The garrison details note previous practice of placing a naval cap and sidearms on the casket has been abandoned, with the flag applied when lowered to the grave.
A threatened minor revolution against Juarez bar closures before New Year’s Eve was averted when Chihuahua Governor Julio Telamontes postponed the decree’s effective date by six hours. Juarez bar operators had protested, fearing loss of business and a ruined New Year’s Eve for Americans crossing from El Paso.
The Schertz State bank Thursday was admitted to the Federal Reserve system and issued a license. The announcement came from Mar C. Smith, assistant cashier of the Federal Reserve Bank at Bal.
Five year old Geraldine Soules Bunn of Altoona dies quietly after a long battle with leukemia, a dreaded blood disease. Surrounded by Christmas gifts, she wished to spend the Yuletide at home rather than hospital, ending a three to months stay.
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