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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1938
Page
1
Hollywood gossip and industry notes report Hal Roach plans a serious drama with the project Robbery Under Arms despite past comedies. The piece notes cast considerations Margaret Sullavan, Brian Aherne, and updates on Deanna Durbin and Warners’ projects, with industry chatter on actors and future negotiations.
In a Woodlawn Lake rally the Independent voters assailed Mayor Quin and Albert West while naming Joe Burkett Willam Brogan Herman Thiber and others as unendorsed by the group. Speakers claimed credit for backing work in offices and attacked incumbents amid the county political feud.
TOCKRART July 2 4 Texas Beekeepers Association and auxiliary hold a joint session to elect officers and choose meeting venue before close voting convention today in TOKCRART.
Washington July 2 The antimonopoly inquiry plan forms a broad economic view for the next twenty years. Lubin, a labor department economist, argues the committee will delay a final report until after the 1940 elections. Henderson and Lubin work near shore, planning summer meetings. The panel is unsure about filing specific case reports this summer before November votes.
The American Federation of Labor offered a mixed view on business prospects noting some improvement though still critical. It urged union resistance to wage cuts and insisted on wage increases where feasible while a Boston audit case debated commissions tied to a large insurance policy and a civil suit against National Shawmut Bank.
The Dead End Kids return for a midnight screening of The Dead End at the Majestic theater featuring the boys led by Humphrey Bogart as the commissioner. Cast includes Billy Halpp, Bobby Jordan, Hunt Hal, Leo Gorcer, Bernas Punsley and Gabriel Dell with later names Gale Fage, Serge Offerman Jr. and Spencer Sharler.
J P Hecker age 27 of 2918 Wyoming street was treated at Robert B Green hospital for head cuts and a dislocated shoulder after a ladder was knocked from a truck while painting near Dakota street and the Southern Pacific tracks. Charles Wood of 127 Dakota street backed a truck to a platform and struck the ladder, police said.
A family friendly feature at the Aztec presents an intimate look at a typical American home, led by Claude Rains and Paul Bainter with Douglas philosophy. Jack Cooper and Bonita Granville play the hopeful couple. a chemistry professor in a small town anchors the plot. A shorts program and newsreel of world events accompany the screening.
A readable fragment lists a film schedule with garbled titles and numbers. The text references Yukon as a place and a morning or evening time slot appears among the unreadable digits. No clear event, date, or complete titles are extractable.
Radio schedule fragment lists programs at the Hoya Opry house and nearby venues. Entries mention orchestras, chamber music, traveling acts, and broadcasts from Berlin and Sydney with multiple times and frequencies. Names include Mark Hamboure and did not specify exact dates or station IDs.
A dense listing of radio programs across WOAI KABC KISA KMAC and others includes music shows newscasts talk programs and variety segments scheduled through the day into late evening. The guide notes performers conductors and program titles such as Richard HImber s Oret Larry Clinton Swing Variety designs for Harmony and Henry King.
A fragmented weather page lists temperatures and conditions for multiple U S towns including Abilene Albuquerque Amarillo Austin Dallas Galveston and more. It includes scattered figures for highs and lows, cloud cover, and precipitation notes though much text is garbled.
New Orleans labor troubles intensified as Yellow Cab drivers struck after company officials refused to discuss an eight year wage increase with a CIO organizer. The one day walkout followed the arrival of John Brophy and a federal court hearing loomed. A GIOW miss meeting drew 2000 participants urging continued fight amid police clashes and rhetoric of Americanism.
The article notes George Lambert introducing Toledano and calling him the inspiration of Mexican labor. It reports Toledano, general secretary of the Mexican Confederation of Workers, drawing parallels to John L. Lewis and claiming 2,000,000 Mexican workers moved to the U.S. from hunger. He urges U.S.-Mexico cooperation against fascism and foresees a time when borders fade for workers’ aims.
Washington July 2 The monopoly investigating committee split into six sub groups to begin preliminary study on topics for the general inquiry into concentrations of power. Each sub committee gathered information from government departments on taxes profits patents prices production distribution consumption and unemployment. Senator O Mahoney Democrat Wyoming elected chairman said a full committee meeting next Thursday aimed to settle a general course of action.
Newton Iowa July 2 11 Maytag Washing Machine Company officials took control of the factory for the tenth time in ten days as a labor dispute kept the plant idle since May 19 About 400 sit down strikers from the Maytag C I O union evacuated the plant following a daylong conference led by Governor Kraschel and union and owner representatives A second Des Moines conference is set for Thursday at 2 p m with the governor.
Detectives questioned persons listed in a black address book today hoping for a definite clue in the murder of King D Gray a 52 year old former tim cameraman found dead slumped over his steering wheel near the post office last Thursday Investigators ruled out death by self harm as no powder burns or pistol were found A note from Newcastle Pa signed dear daddy love always babe led to Frances Bleakley 29 who denied motive Gray had friends in the family and the black book contains addresses from Holtenody New York and New Orleans
A scrubby dogwood tree planted on La Memorial Plaza in downtown St. Louis by Mayor Florello H. La Guardia of New York City has been moved to Forest Park. City Forester Ludwig Ratmann said the smoke from St. Louis would have killed it, so the tree, a gift from the 1939 New York World's Fair, now thrives in its new location.
Philadelphia report: Christian Oberholzer, 41, summons police when he returns home to find the door locked. He enters by a window and discovers his 36 year old wife Bertha Oberholzer in the bathtub unable to leave, claiming to have been there hours.
A July Fourth program features Uncle Sam reading the Declaration, a tribute to George M. Cohan, and NEC’s summer wave of music blending old radio history with a modern American swing. Lennie Dayton Orchestra leads a drive from traditional to swing, with Ramona’s group and baritone Conrad Thibault in Your Hit Parade.
Vicente Lombardo Toledano lauded by CTM leaders as a studious man and labor ally as he rebuffed local authorities over speaking venue. Mayor Quin denied permission for a city park or auditorium talk, while Toledano said he seeks workers’ cooperation across borders and praised American labor ties. He arrived with CTM officials and family, touring from Marshill with Mexican labor officials in tow.
British Admiral Thomas Frederick Parker Osiverti, who commanded Allied Java forces off the north coast of Spain in October 1937, died yesterday in London. The obituary notes his wartime service and long career in the Royal Navy.
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