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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1935
Page
17
The article recalls Upsaland Douglas, once a leading figure at the Majestic theater, touring the South with a troupe. He describes the hardships of road life, heckling crowds, and rough venues as the company moved through Tennessee on a prolific schedule.
Fragmentary notes tell of a band's misadventure with a garage, a trade for a dance end hearse, and a plan to perform at 8. An aside mentions a San Antonio printing dispute and a counterfeit bill episode involving a Roosevelt note. The text is garbled but hints at roadside boldness and odd valuables.
Disjointed item mentions a bank teller, a young man on a daily goal, ultra modernizations near a hotel roof, and production dates to be announced. A San Antonio man sells ties and handkerchiefs. Deputies at Alamo Downs used headcuffs and pillory punishment in a comic, unclear incident.
Two famous stars Collesh Broore and Mariene Dietrith receive armed protection after threats. Universal Service reports bodyguards, shotguns, and police at their homes as threats persist. Attacks target starlets and business associates with messages from the same sources.
Judge Frederick Stevens granted a continuance in the Huntress disbarment case. George W Huntress Sr San Antonio attorney faces misconduct allegations. Defense requested delay because J Franklin Spearn state legislator and defense staff member will be out of the city until June. Two former terms of the case ended in hung juries. Suit filed by Ban Atono Bor association grisvatier committee in 831.
Quill plans to submit recommendations for postmaster postal cashier and money order cashier. The trip to Washington will occur between now and April. Acting Postmaster Dan Quint said the assistant postmaster’s job is vacant and two other posts are held temporarily. Quill did not name his nominees.
Sheriff Albert W West Jr and gambler Red Berry discussed wind directions in a Tuesday meeting. West said Berry posed as if seeking meteorological data while hinting at gambling matters in a tangent about the wind. Berry left in high spirits after a brief inquiry and a staged business call.
A compact reminiscence describes Vienna’s musical mood amid Austrian politics. Citizens mix cafe culture with bright uniforms and a king figure, while commentators note Europe’s turmoil involving Austria and Hungary and the Hapsburgs’ lingering influence on regional affairs.
Delegates at the twenty eighth annual Texas Laundry Owners Association convention concentrated on the ota family wash during sessions at the Pinan hotel Tuesday morning. Speakers from multiple cities discussed modern advertising and sales methods for the family wash, with Ralph Oates presiding over a talk on modernizing selling techniques. An open forum followed Wednesday morning, and a banquet plus dance was planned on the Plaza hotel roof Tuesday night.
Eight Brooks pilots join a test flight for a cold weather operation across the Midwest. Three Brooks field pilots will be in Dayton Ohio on January 13. The Brooks airmen, with other Army fliers, will fly observation plates from Selfridge Field Michigan to Duluth Ming and Great Falls. Commanders Capt. G. E. Giffin and First Lieutenants R. Kyle I. W. Ott. First Lieutenant D. F. Stare will also participate.
The first in two talks on Crime in San Antonio will air Tuesday at 3 00 pm on Radio Station KABC. Elmer Ware Stahl attorney heads the Law Enforcement League of Bexar County and will present the program. Reverend Jesse Yelvington Baptist minister overseeing a public information committee will also speak. Stahl says the program is non partisan and was postponed to avoid political entanglements.
Lieut Calesse W Boyd retired from active duty in 1910 with organized reserves at Grand Rapids Michigan and has moved to San Antonio. He served with the Second Division at Fort Sam Houston eight years prior and spent time on the division general staff and with the Twenty third Infantry.
Randle Taylor, Mitmer Assistant district attorney under Walter Tyrnan, announced Tuesday he would open a law office in the Frost National Bank building. He and Marion A. Olson, new president of the San Antonio Bar Association, will share offices.
The Alamo unveils a new park with floodlights and 25 smaller lights installed to illuminate the area for a Thursday night debut. H F Kincaid, who leads the beautification project, says the lighting will glow during the first event.
Twenty one Brooks field and ten Randolph field ships roared off Tuesday morning for Miami where these pilots will witness the race week. The Brooks pilots fly to Shreveport and arrived in Florida midweek.
Benjamin Ulin, a French naval officer who spent 16 years on Devil’s Island after selling military documents, plans to return to Guiana. He says he cannot keep step with today’s civilization and may become a missionary. the Catholic church aided his pardon. A former war nurse, Mademmiselle Jeanne Poirier, is described as his spiritual fiancée.
About 30 candidates from Bans dera Keth Comforting Boerne will be initiated at a Sam Houston camp No 65 Woodmen of the World meeting in Woodmen hall at 5 p m Thursday. Accompanied by nearby W O W members the initiates will tour the W O W hospital there.
The Rev Titon T. Jones will deliver his final message as pastor of the Burdison Presbyterian church Sunday morning before leaving for Iowa City Iowa to become pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The San Antonio Minister's association held a farewell meeting at YAEGA with addresses praising Jones for church and civic work. Reverend Hiram S. Harrison led the program with support from Walter Anthony Ariaard Hrand and J. M. Todd. A farewell resolution was adopted signed by G. Roy Angall president and Robert S. Tate secretary.
The January meeting of the San António chapter Reserve Officers Association will be held Wednesday in the Pan American Room of the Gunter Hotel. Lieut. Col. C. G. Cresson will deliver the principal address on courtroom practice at the Army.
Two officers of the Second division left for foreign service. Lieut. William J. Mahoney, formerly with the Ninth Infantry, sails from New York February 19 for service in Panama. Lieut. Maynad L. Levenick of the Twenty third Infantry sails from San Francisco March 42 for Hawaii.
Os Angeles January case filed against Marjorie Rambeau, film and stage actress, seeks payment of 40 166 dollars awarded in New York on March 22, 1924 to Make Manton for alleged alienation of affections of Wham k. Manton. The suit was filed here today for that amount.
Clara Phillips of Los Angeles, convicted for the hammer murder of Mrs Alerts Meadows, is scheduled for parole June 12 after serving 12 years of a 50 year term, records show. She was accused of conspiring with her husband Armour Phillips.
Division soldiers face difficulty stacking and firing articles on curved truck floors with rounded pumps built into the floors by fender wells. New trucks, bought with PWA funds as part of wartime measures, complicate loading for varied cargo.
In a Monday court session Mariano Gonzales was acquitted over a raid at 009 EL Paso street where 11 five gallon cans were seized by customs agent A P Gummings. Witness testified the alcohol branded Monte. 55 gallons of Victoria were also cited. Ed de la Garza’s separate action was dismissed.
Captain O A Anderson of Kelly Field will address Lions on Wednesday noon about a thrilling one mile ascent into the stratosphere with two Army flyers last summer. Dr H B OQ Anak will chair the lay.
First Lieut William J J Yancey of the Third Infantry has been granted a three month leave of absence with permission to visit Mexico. The leave begins January 7 and extends three months and twenty five days.
The San Antonio centennial commission agreed to a $800,000 bond issue to fund permanent improvements including a $200,000 stadium and a $250,000 plotter. The plan calls for a municipal stadium from the old rack quarry on Shook Avenue with a bluffside planner hall. The remaining $30,000 would go to landscaping and road beautification. Mayor Quin plans talks with city officials to push the bond issue, hoping to call it in February.
The broadcast titled Government by the Proletariat by William Randolph Hearst was ordered printed in the Congressional Record by unanimous consent. Rep Blanton of Texas requested its insertion, praising it as magnificent and noting its analysis of proletariat governance and public discontent with the government.
Hearst publication Pictorial Review with Dodd, Mead and Company will award $10,000 for the best new novel by an American or Canadian writer. Works must be titled before October 15, contain at least 50,000 words, be in English, and typewritten. Competition is the fourth by the magazine and publishers. All submitted scripts will be considered for publication.
Chicago publishers group and the National Editorial Association approve a resolution condemning the National Labor Relations Board for delaying the San Francisco Call Bulletin’s effort to reinstate a discharged employee. Action passed at the final session of Goth groups’ quarterly meeting at the Hotel Sherman.
Thieves entered the Alamo Pisno exchange at 120 West Camameroe street and stole four radios valued at $160. A. Plores, manager, reported to police Tuesday. Fred E. Orr of the Paris Tailors at 438 South Bt. Mary's street reported theft of a large amount of clothing. Dr. Herbert Hill of 318 West Lullwood avenue departed theft of a medical kit from his home.
H E Fuller infantry unit instructor will discuss Duties of Engineers at the Engineers troop school meeting at 7220 p.m. Tuesday in Smith-Young tower on Route 86. Criminal District Attorney Johan R Shook asked police to notify investigators when homicides or miscrimes are committed in the city.
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