Light Want Ads Remain Easy to Order Despite Costs
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1950
Page
7
Petition Drives San Antonio District Annexation Effort
Signatures from Hor Wells qualified voters seek annexation of the Hot Wells district by the San Antonio Independent School District. County board president C. G. Carter says a petition copy was sent to the San Antonio school board for approval. A special meeting may be held to consider the petition or the issue will be taken up at the next regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hots' Wells
Harry Hooper
San Antonio
Welcome Rogers
Thames
Portwood
Bot Wells
Light Shot For TV Show in San Antonio Cast
Light Shot For TV Show follows actors and a small crew filming material for a television drama about an exploit by late police reporter Walthall Littlepage and the so called Want Ad Murder Case. The program, titled The Big Story, will air on NBC April 14 with Prockter Production Co. of New York producing and Vinton Heyworth starring as Littlepage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Theight
Walthall Littlepage
the Light
Littlepage
Pall Mall Olgarets
Prockter Production Co
New York
Vinton Heyworth
Moving Picture
Charles E. Skinner
George Webber
Mike Slifka
Eddie Levine
Ager
Bruce Ross
Levine
NBC
Houston
1 Flay
Fred Palmer
C. L. Dobbs
Burkett and McGuire enter local races for July primary
Attorney Joe Burkett announced his candidacy for judge of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals and will file with Bond Davis, while attorney J Douglas McGuire said he will run for justice of the peace to replace WL D Buck Jones who plans to seek presiding judge in Criminal District Court. AUSTIN forecast shows Texas grapefruit yield at 6.5 million boxes, up 708,000 from January 1 projection and far above last year’s 11.3 million and the 1947-48 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
Joe Burkett
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Bond Davis
Hexar County
Democratic
J. Douglas McGuire
Justice of the Peace
WL D. “Buck” Jones
Criminal District Court
Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Sericulture
Dane in U S To Study Hotels
A Copenhagen hotel man Erik Sorensen tours the United States to study American plan hotels. After six months visiting U S hotels he stays at the Plaza in San Antonio and will manage his father’s Belleview Strand in Copenhagen. He notes American hotel prices and wages, recalls a Kansas City fire, and remarks on Europe’s prewar tourist patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Erik Sorensen
United States
Reading
Dane
Plaza
San Antonio
Belleview
Strand
Mardi Gras Hold Up Stuns New Orleans Wholesaler
A Mardi Gras robbery targeted Jack Scoriano a wholesale meats distributor at his home on February 14 to 17. Two masked suspects used smooth talk to distract him and fled with 1500 dollars. The case remains under investigation with no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jack Scoriano
Wight
Jandma
Stuart Attle Housekeepers Light Want Ads
Stuart Attle housekeepers rely on Light Want Ads to rent rooms sell unwanted articles or find part time jobs dialing F-1231 aS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Attle
Little Theater Cast Selected for Gen He man From Athens
San Antonio's Little Theater announces cast for Gen Heman From Athens directed by Joe Salek. Tick Carr plays the gentleman Stephen S. Christopher with Col Albert Peyton Nora Novi Carl Atkins Mary Mc Comb Jim McCann Dick Thies sen Arthur Prager Allison Burg win Arthur Higgins Frank Scott Roland Klar Willis Koffrath Mrs Ruth Murphy and Harry Bridges in supporting roles. The farce debuts at the San Pedro Playhouse March 6 at 8 30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the municipal auditorium box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Albert Peyton
Nora Novi
Carl Atkins
Mary McComb
Jim McCann
Dick Thiessen
Arthur Prager
Allison Burgwin
Arthur Higgins
Frank Scott
Roland Klar
Willis Koffrath
Ruth Murphy
Harry Bridges
San Pedro Playhouse
Municipal Auditorium
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Budgat Paymante
A_Light
Strollas
D. Rogers
Friedland Rr
Dighton
Wedemeyer
Fhone
Houston Street
Ion
Sunayy Brook
Kentucky
Lone Star CO
Osn
Antonio
Want
Wantad
Ocean
Burkett
U.S
Sorensen
Kansas City
Renmark
England
Eric Sorensen
Solgokart
McCrory’s
Little Theater
San Antonias
Gen
Weman
Athens
Joe Salek
Tick Carr
Stephen S. Christopher
Gen Heman
Tenth
Bert Peneiro
Shaw's
Elgin
Wien
Henslee
Elgi
Batra
Psu Statuto
Uma
Ies
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