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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1934

Page

7

Peggy Woods to star opposite W Rogers in Merry Andrews

Hollywood bound Peggy Woods, famed for her singing voice and stage persona, signs to appear with WU Rogers in the Rogers comedy drama Merry Andrews set to follow David Haram. She will join the Hollywood crowd after London plans, with Edna May Oliver possibly joining Head of the Family opposite George Arliss.

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Hollywood Notes on Dover Road and Studio Buzz

Katharine Cornell has a season to remember with The Dover Road. Fox circles musics like The George White Scandals with Robert Kane guiding Charles Boyer and Maurice Chevalier in a Viennese romance. Erik Chattell directs as his American debut. Frances Dee and Joel McCrea expect a baby soon as their Beverly Hills home gains a nursery. Snapshots from Hollywood tag stars like Constance Bennett Ronald Colman and Katharine Cornell as acting lessons unfold at the Barretts of Wimpole Street.

Katharine Cornell Dover Road Radig Clive, Brook Winthrop Ames Guthrie McClintic McClintic Charles Cherry Clive’ Brook Reginald Mason Fox George Wilite Winfield Sheehan Robert Kane Charles Boyer Hollywood Maurice Chevalier Boyer Melchior Lenggal Robert Liebmann Erik Chattell Europe Joel McCrea Frances Dee McCrea Frances Joe Greenwich Fulinger Beverly Hills Peter Bennett Constance Bennett Ronald Colman Virginia Penne Lehman Lyle Talbot Patricia Ellis

World Bridge Olympic Opens In San Antonio With 16 Hands

San Antonio followers will compete in the third annual world bridge Olympic opening at 1 p m eastern time Thursday. Two games in San Antonio at the St Anthony and Plaza hotels with captains Gila Steele Greene and Mrs Flay Scobs. Sixteen hands prepared by leading authorities will be played worldwide with trophies for winners and state and provincial champions, the platinum trophy for one year. Entries from Mrs Scott and Mrs Greene.

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Massacre at Empire and a Night of Diverse Shows

Modern Indian epic Massacre stars Richard Barthelmess at the Empire with extended outdoors scenes. A trick rider from the Chicago fair returns home. a plot unfolds of white opposition to Indians ending with justice and a marriage. Newsreel fun follows with car pileups and cliff chases, plus varied acts from the Weavers to Viennese theater.

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Officials Probing Mystery Nitrate Shipment Plans

Washington officials investigate sudden chartering by unknown persons of about a dozen vessels loaded with Chilean lead nitrates. The Washington Post reports cabinet members discussed plans amid federal inquiries at Norfolk and other ports to identify charterers and final delivery ports likely intended for Russia and Japan.

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Lynching Trial Opens in Missouri

Walter Garton faces first degree murder charges for the lynching and burning of Lloyd Warner on November 28. The state seeks to challenge jurors who witnessed the hanging and body burning as the trial begins in Missouri.

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Asleep on Track Kill Two In Natchitoches

Miss Helen Hudson aged 18 and Ralph E. Pinckley 25 of Natchitoches were killed early Sunday when struck by a Texas and Pacific passenger train as they waited for aid for a disabled car. The tragedy occurred in Natchitoches Louisiana, with investigators treating the deaths as accidental.

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City News Frealdont's Birthday Dancer

Frealdont celebrates a birthday amid local performances on Braun Road Tuesday night in a street affair. The event features a dancer linked to the Bouin Orch and AV notes.

Frealdont's Braun Road The Bouin Orch

Open Forum Letter Questions Public Justice

In a public letter the writer denounces four defendants found not guilty of carrying deadly weapons in a public place despite weapons on their persons. The piece condemns prosecutors and courts for lenient outcomes, suggests influence by certain characters, and warns that failure to reform may erode respect for law and public order, urging citizens to wake up at election time.

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Funeral Services to Be Held in L A for Rough Rider

Henry W. Flato, 54, veteran of Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish American War, died yesterday at his Laredo home after weeks of illness. He led the American Furniture and Brad company of Nueva Laredo, Mexico for six years. His family helped found Flatunia. The body will be sent to San Antonin for funeral services Tuesday morning.

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300 Million in Loans From R F C

Washington January 29. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation has authorized more than 200 million dollars in loans since the deposit foundation board was created to pay depositors of failed banks.

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Blended Liquor Price Drops Hit Wholesalers in 1931

Washington report shows wholesale prices for blended liquors ranging from 8.50 to 62.50 a case, with Old Cascade 18 Summers and Rosebud rye among the listed items. Compared with December, Spring Garden and Green River fall to 27.54 and 26.77 respectively, while other brands like Canadian Club and Hiram Walker’s Canada appear at 38.50 and 39.00. The treasury ledger for January 26 lists receipts 37,694,1454 and expenditures 40,958,953.28, with a year-to-date balance of 497,764,792.42 and customs receipts 22,669,794.29. A 1931 Ford DeLuxe sedan is offered at 289.00.

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