Late Scouts Head Mourned With Flag at Half Staff
United States flag is flown at half mast for one month to honor Lord Robert Baden-Powell founder of the Scouts who died in Nairobi Kenya on January 8 This tribute announced by L S Harkey a local executive at Scout Headquarters 2519 Broadway The public notice notes world Scouts pay tribute and advertises Light Want Ads with a dial to reach an ad writer.
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United States
Antonio Boy Stout
Broadway
L. S
Garbage Wrecks Draw Fire
City garbage department supervisor Louis LeBaurin announced a drive against careless driving by garbage truck crews. He cited frequent accidents and warned six men about tossing garbage cans carelessly. One driver was discharged after an accident damaged a passenger car. Gilstrap to speak on A Phenomenon of 1940 at San Antonio Campus Friday noon at Plaza Hotel. Arley Knight
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Louis LeBaurin
Labaurin
LeLaurin
Gilstrap
H.C. Gilstrap
San Antonio
Plaza Hotel
Arley Knight
Charley's Aunt Glee in Stars Headed for Movies
Hollywood gossip item notes Twentieth Century Fox paid 110000 for film rights to Brandon Thomas comedy Charley's Aunt. Sydney Chaplin had silent-era ties to Warners, while Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward to star in a remake plan. Claudette Colbert will co-star Skylark with Brian Aherne. Anatole Litvak to direct. Mentions Sylvia Sidney, Marlene Dietrich, and others in Hollywood chatter.
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Louella
Parsons
Alotton
Fieture
Hollywood
Charley's
New York
Darryl Zanuck
Broadway
Neddy Harrigan
Hamlet
Ida” ‘Lupino
Louis Hayward
Iduard
Louie
Irwin Shaw
Franchot
Tone
Hadie
Louis
Eda
Sylvia Sidney
Anatole Litvak
Claudette Colbert
Biin Valley
Paramount
Skylark
Brian Aherne
Mark Sandrich
Aherne
Bolan
Marlene Dietrich
Katharine Cornell
Brian
Marlene
Sylvia Fairanks
Vera
George Cukor
Local notes mix of names and scenes from San Antonio area
A bustling Bexar Facts column lists social visits and town sights. It mentions Eddie Fitzpatrick and Myrtle Beitel’s hospital stay, a birthday girl, visits from Pearsall and Austin, skaters, a play by the Catholic Theater guild, and actors George Bigley and John Fecci. Also notes theater manager Lee Roy Handley, Douglas Fairbanks-Sabu's visit, and local businesses from San Antonio Music Co and Menger Bar with pneumonia cases and Christmas greetings amid car shipments to Mexico.
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Plana
Eddie
Fitzpatrick
Olmos Club
Mebbo
St Ta& Just Ween
Harold
Happy" Moynaman
Myrtle
Lawrence Beitel
Jim Fay
Turgis
George Bigley
Bill Noons
John Fecci
Catholic Theater Guild
Heh
Lee Roy Handley
Marlandale
Santa Rosa
San Antonio Music Company
Miss B. Sharp
Florence McDermott
East Mulberry
Court Grants Road Warrants for County Construction
The Bexar County Commissioners Court approved warrants totaling 40,000 to fund right of way purchases for the Camp Bullis Fort Sam Houston rail highway project. Warrants mature April 10 with 2,000 payments, and will be retired by a property tax levy of 0.25 on each 100 valuation from the road and bridge fund, with an initial interest charge of 9.00 from the general fund. A binding company was contracted to bind 20 index books at 4 cents each, totaling 20.16.
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Bexar County
Southwelit Binding Company
Auto Buyer Loses Brief Case in San Antonio
Trejo of Mexico City said a prowler stole a brief case from his parked auto at Broadway and Fourth Street as he came to buy new cars for his country. The case contained bills, a passport, and other documents. police noted the incident amid other reported thefts in the area.
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Charge Trejo
Mexico City
San Antonio
Trejo
Broadway
Fourth Street
Jin
Gar
Prowley
Paralysis Control Buttons Go on Sale Campaign Fundraiser
A sale of items titled Paralysis Control Buttons was initiated by Pri Yany to raise funds for the campaign of Eontsa for infantile paralysis. Half of the proceeds would benefit leading infantile paralysis organizations and related campaigns.
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Ban Antonia
Priyany
Eontsa
Jury Exemption Measure Offered
The jury trial of nine traders linked to the I Am movement, charged with mail fraud conspiracy, resumed after a failed verdict last night. Jurors were sequestered overnight. the defense argued persecution against Mrs DNA Ballard, founder’s widow, her son Donald, and seven other accused leaders.
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Los Angeles
Gejffense
Dna W. Ballard
Imovement
Donald
4-H Boys eye big prices at Western stock show
Denver January figures show Future Farmers of America and 4-H club youths who exhibited stock achieved high sales. Buyers paid about 600000 for 88 carloads feeder cattle, with top price near 25.98 per hundredweight for the grand champion, and feeders averaging around 70 dollars each. The week’s results surpass prior peaks, signaling strong market demand and possible record averages.
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Denver
Future Farmers of America
Mircarn
Missouri
Ty M. Pexton
Wnion Stock Yards
Ayen
Carlost
Prires
Honor Roll at S A Military Academy Honors 14 Students
San Antonio Military Academy named 14 students to monthly honor roll and awarded honorable mention to 47 others with grades slightly below. Recipients include Haynes Ammbenson Robert Brit Hingham Francia M Prasher Tom Frost Gillinakan Kal sin Louis Kayton George Mead Roy Rivera Willis Stecy Hector Walles Harry Webb Jr Rud Waltam.
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San Antonio Military Academy
Haynes Ammbenson
Robert
Brit Hingham
Francia M. Prasher
Tom Frost
Jos Gillinakan Kalsin
Louis Kayton
George C. Mead
Roy Rivera
Willis P. Stecy
Hector A. Walles
Harry K. Webb Jr
Rud Waltam
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Cary
Olivia Dejeisa
Western Union
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Lookike Marlen
Mervyn Leroy
Happy Dietrich
Burgess Meredith
Jack Benny
Alta
Companyi
Jones
Mary Virginia Gilmore
Marlin
Fritz Lang
Mickey Rooney
Dick Powell
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Laraine Blondell
Barbara Hutton von Reventlowds
Cary Grant
Barbara
Day
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Carmen Miranda
Milton Berle
Doyce Mathews
Mary Beth Hughess
Dgar Buchanan
Pasadena
Swsnen
Signe Hasso
Grand Canyon
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King Pratwes Syndicate
Une
Wodd
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Seale
Woo
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Douglas Fairbanks
Sabu
Boll Irda
Ada
Turkey
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Boyd Ali Oe
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Amultn
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Eacuinday
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Tasie Fant
Tower OF London
Carton and News
Myena Loy
Melvyn Douglas
Tie Wexar
S. A. Academy
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Fes
Texas
Jean Carney
Garden Gloves
Berara
Carenn ‘City Mid
Chester Morrie
God's Couners
James Cagnes
Sheridan Is
Batson & Mon
Oklahoma
Deadwood Dick
Dehavland
Dehavilland
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Reagan
Alan Hale
Natendo Peres
Glorious Girls
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