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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1938

Page

6

Treasury mobilizes agents to root out foreign spies

Washington reports the Internal Revenue Service under Guy T Helvering orders all detective units and intelligence staff to cooperate in a broad anti espionage drive. Elmer Key named coordinator of spy investigations with other treasury units, while the justice department and coast guard may join the effort.

Washington INS United States Treasury Internal Revenue Guy ‘T. Helvering Welvering Internal Revenue Bureau Bureau Elmer Key Rey Treasury Police Secrec Service Coast Guard Customs Bureau Bureau of Narcotics Roosevelt Secret Service Justice Department Aples Addiiion Annoy and Navy

Mountie Picture at Texas Theatre returns with Dick Foran

The Mounties still appear in uniform yet Texas audiences will see Dick Foran lead Heart of the North at the Texas theater Friday. He plays a Canadian outdoors policeman in pursuit of a robber who hits a Canadian waters bank while his daughter’s father faces suspicion. Cast includes Gloria Dickson Gale Page Allen Jenkins Patrice Knowles Janet Chapman and James Stephenson. Short subjects feature Mickey Mouse cartoon and Our Gang comedy plus four newsreels.

North Dick Foran Foray Gloria [Dickson Gale Page Allen Jenkins Patrice Knowles Janet Chapman James Stephenson Our Gang

Southern Pacific Abolishes El Paso Master Mechanic Post

The retirement of J. L. Cato on January 3 leads Southern Pacific to abolish the master mechanic position at El Paso. The company also announces the appointment of J. G. McCytar as traveling engineer with headquarters at El Paso, per D. Einster San Antonio division superintendent.

Southern Pacific J. L. Cato el Paso Southern Pacific Railroad 4. D. Einster San Antonio J. G. McCytar Ith el Pasa

Walter Winchell On Broadway Miami Beach Humour and Rumors

Walter Winchell on Broadway surveys Miami Beach with gossip about residents, society circles, and local idiosyncrasies. The piece sketches the town as a media center with grand yachts, exclusive clubs, and a mix of fame seekers and millionaires, amid storms and public life.

Miami Beach Miami Sweet Water Beach Jaying Reno Florida Bureau John Levi

Dawn Patrol at Aztec Friday Drama Aerial Tale

Errol Flynn stars in a remade World War I rescue thriller about a brave band at a British air base facing death each dawn. Basil Rathbone leads a strong supporting cast including David Niven and Melville Cooper as tension and heroism rise to a climactic finale. A Merrie Melody cartoon and newsreel accompany the screening.

Errol Flynn Iriday John Monk Saunders Basil Rathbone David Niven Vonard Crisp Melwile Cooper Barry Fitzgerald Michael Brooke

Too Hot to Handle Returns to Palace

The film Too Hot to Handle returns to the Palace with Clark Gable Myrna Loy and Walter Pidgeon. The cinema listing notes a picture quiz and opens Thursday at the Palace showing a globe trotting cameraman’s adventures in China and other places.

Clark Gabir Myma Loy Walter Pidgeon Illin Chinal

Pittman calls for sanctions to enforce peace treaties

Senator Pittman of Nevada, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says world peace and justice depend on Christians punishing treaty violators. In a letter to the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America he argues moral, financial and commercial sanctions may suffice and urges churches to denounce immorality and injustice in government.

Washington Charman Pittman Nevada Senate Foreign Relaons Committee Federal Council of the Churches of Christ i Armeroa Pittman

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