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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1940
Page
6
Washington January 17 The budget director Harold D Smith urged all federal agencies to begin training for the next year's fears program of reduced expenditures by cutting flying and other non essential costs He said agencies would be tough on deficits and that savings should be applied to the General Fund.
In Millburn on January 17 Chief C Norbert Wade acted after a patrolman was heard over the police radio with a girl in a parked car. The chief filed departmental charges against Policeman Philip G Pierman Jr citing improper conduct and inattentiveness to duty.
Judge John F. Oman presides as the One Seventy-Third District Court reports a record 11 year low in backlog. On Wednesday clerk Jerry Magzola announced 813 new cases and a gain of 142 cases pending, marking a notable docket shift.
Three fugitive life termers robbed cross road stores across West Texas taking food gasoline cash and a watch flashlight and gasoline. They overpowered a prison guard last Saturday night en route to Huntsville state prison. Reports place them in Nolan county near Hylton and in Snyder stealing a sedan.
New York reports a second straight weekly gain in electric output. Edison Electric Institute notes week ending January 13 produced 2592 767000 kilowatt hours, up 4.8 percent from prior week and 14.2 percent higher than the same 1939 week.
Austin report that the state will observe only one Thanksgiving in 1940, aligned with the presidential date. Governor W. Lee O'Daniel warned schedule makers and the public that despite proclaiming twoThanksgivings in 1939, he would follow the president's fixed date next year.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer plans The Immortal Storm with Phyllis Bottome novel adapted for film. Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Frank Morgan and Robert Younger named stars. Margot as daughter Frank Morgan as father Jimmie and Bob as stepsons. Borzage and Sidney Frank producing. Jane Wyman to lead opposite Edward G Robinson in Brother Orchid. Ronald Reagan as romantic lead. Warner Bros. praises cast and hopes for breakout opportunities for young talent.
In New York, Harpist Jean discussed plans with Dr Allen Dafoe about a new Twentieth Century Fox movie to be filmed if the five Witle girls can attend the World’s Fair. Mayor LaGuardia backs local film production. Alice Faye loses and plans to gain weight for Lilian Russell role. Hollywood chatter notes David Selznick’s dog bite, Susan Hayward and Howard Hughes together, and Cary Grant’s remodel costs.
San Antonio Symphony presents harpist Louise Clow in a January concert at Municipal Auditorium under conductor Walter Dunham. Clow, noted in San Antonio, will perform Maurice Ravel's concerto for harp and small orchestra with the Texas Music Project. The same program continues Saturday morning January 20 at 10 8 in the Municipal Auditorium as part of a Mee symphony concert for select wliltren.
San Antonio gossip notes that Argentinita with Pilar Lopez Antonio Triana and Carlos Montoya will perform at Mexico City Palace of Fine Arts starting Friday January 19 for two weeks then move to the Pacific coast. The group's box office sales are reported strong with San Antonio enthusiasts already reserving seats.
A fragmented Fort Worth column mentions Fran Tre Gasper liking a new radio job, Harry Foelmer of Weslaco with Helen Silbernagel wedding in Mexico, George Waitz plowing through days of show, and other locals like Mark Purdue and Bruno Reich. It notes births, anniversaries, illnesses, and social events with scattered names and antics in a bustling community snapshot.
A revived city zoning commission named Charles H. Jackson Jr. as chairman at its first meeting on Tuesday afternoon. The panel will review zoning ordinance changes and hear cases involving changes of control. Officers named include Wilard Simpson as vice chairman and John Lee as secretary, with Enola Anderson as second secretary for clerical work. Members listed are Lee, Simpson, Isidor Ghapa, Wic, Rev. Carmelo Kyanenese, R. W. Fulton, M. Fyrr, De, Nelson Greeman, Alfred W. Rohde, Vernee Berkman and Bailey Peyton.
Movie schedule details from a classified section list apartments and listings. An item notes light want ads and sectional classifications 27 and 23 for Desirable apartments across the city. The text includes garbled OCR elements and no clear event names or dates.
Malina Fred Shatier broke his left arm in an auto accident and, after it healed and he returned to work, slipped on ice and fractured the same arm in the same place twice in Sharon Pennsylvania on January 17.
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