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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1948
Page
7
Ray Milland will take wife and son Danny to Suicide Valley for a skiing jaunt after finishing Sealed Verdict. If snow is scarce, Milch will seek deeper powder elsewhere.
Dayton tribute marks Orville Wright funeral and burial beside Wilbur Wright. The 76 year old aviation pioneer died after lung congestion and heart ailment. Gen Hap Arnold, in San Francisco, recalls Wrights vision guiding aviation progress and his personal training under Orville.
Bing Crosby again wins a popularity poll in the Philippine Islands where fans vote him their favorite Hollywood star. The Paramount release A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court features the color Technicolor title role.
The Inter scholastic league announces a February 15 deadline for one act play contest entries. Bruce Roach, league director of speech activities, notes enrollment rises with three conference divisions. More than 100 Conference B, 78 Conference A, and 50 Conference AA schools are enrolled.
In Denver a trio of siblings tied marriages in a single sequence with Ray Alen 21 and Betty Slayton 16 wed at 4 p m amid a March of Dimes event. The couple follows 1943 nuptials of Fred Allen and Jean Slayton and 1940 marriage of Jack Allen and Bertha Slayton. The Valentine weekend ceremony coincided with a National Theater show featuring Danny Ortiz orchestra and dancers as a midnight stage curtain call.
The Church World Service announced a 1948 aid program totaling 34.74 million dollars to support churches and needy overseas, funded by American Protestant churches.
Georgetown reports 31 degrees conferred at the closing convocation of the fall semester yesterday. Southwestern University awarded 44 percent of its expected degrees, reflecting the academic accomplishments of the cohort.
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