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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1939
Page
5
Hollywood reports detail Doug Fairbanks Jr returning for film dates and ambitious plans for Lola Montez roles. Kay Conn purchases rights to Alice Faye project, while Alice Faye herself faces a radio career ban. John Wayne and others navigate stage and screen clashes amid casting scarcity.
Rio Grande valley development tops the agenda at the 50th Southwest Shippers Advisory Board meeting in San Antonio March 7 to 2, with more than 400 delegates expected. Speakers include Washington figure Robert S. Henry and San Antonio officials. listing of local attendees and a refrigerator for sale at 99.50 in Want Ads.
The Boston weekly Nowa-belter Or reported George Washington’s 1756 visit to Boston with brief remarks and dated phrases. The item reflects era slang and partial transcription from the news pages.
Johnny Weissmuller plans marriage to San Francisco socialite Gerry Scott as his divorce from Lupe Velasquez nears completion. The former Olympic swimming champion spoke during a trip to Great Springs Florida about the wedding and his long relationship with the Scott family. He met Gerry at Pebble Beach during the open golf tournament last year.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a timetable item with unclear film names and codes like GBR VLAN and numbers such as 42D. No identifiable people or places emerge, leaving an obscure catalog fragment with unreadable lines and stray tokens.
Detectives and firemen responded to a Wednesday blaze in a five room unoccupied unit near 1205 West Magnolia. Chute Jstovens, a secretary, noticed smoke and alerted authorities while water supplies fought the flames.
Thirteen year old Linds Ware, raised in an Ohio orphanage at Stroubesivile, wins a featured part in a Bing Crosby picture titled Tae Stie Maker. The news notes the youthful casting and his hometown exposure.
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