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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1950
Page
6
Washington dispatch reports 1949 home building set a record with 1,019,000 dwelling units started. Of these 983,700 were privately financed, surging past the prior top of 937,000 from 1925. The 1949 pace marks a new peak in housing activity.
Edwin A. Frost aged 80 and a Shreveport resident died. He was president of Frost Lumber Industries Inc and brother of Mrs Lucius Fastman of San Antonio.
Hollywood star Colleen Townsend, 21, says she will give up films to devote her life to serving Christ. She notes Hollywood glamour and money are unimportant and believes she can serve through motion pictures by dedicating all her time to religious service. Townsend, who stars with Dan Dailey in a forthcoming film, explains her decision stems from a desire to follow her faith rather than pursue a film career.
Hollywood gossip column reports Sam Goldwyn sold a Thurber comedy idea to Burt Lancaster and Harold Hecht for film adaptation as part of Spice of Life. The item mentions Elliott Nugent, Jose Ferrer, Myrna Loy, Linda Darnell, Gloria De Haven, Hal March, and Leo Durocher’s wife Laraine Day, plus other brief showbiz updates and travel.
An advertisement describes an inexpensive home fat loss recipe using Suet get from your droguist four ounces of Hguld Barcentrate and grapefruit juice to make a pint. Two tablespoons daily supposedly reduces fat without exercise or starvation. If no results, return the bottle for a refund.
An advertisement urges men and women to use Kolor-Bok daily to hide gray hair. It claims the change is gradual and unnoticeable to friends. The pitch promises a money back guarantee and suggests continuing use as needed.
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