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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1948

Page

9

Low Growing Colorful Plants For A Better Garden

Garden tips discuss portulaca as a sun loving low growing option with vivid purple pink and yellow blooms. It covers sowing depths germination times and soil prefers sandy loam. Also mentions rhmorena blue and yellow variants and trimming techniques for cosmos coreopsis delphinium larkspur and roses to extend bloom and manage suckers and pests with sulfur and coal dust.

Asia Africa Cosmos Corey

Engagement of Nancy Milburn Jennings and Jon Young

Col and Mrs Maurice Jennings announce the engagement of their daughter Nancy Milburn to Jon Lowell Young son of Mr and Mrs William E Young of Glen Dale and Berkeley California Nancy attended Punahou Academy Hawaii and Palo Alto High School California She earned an AB degree from Barnard College and studied at Stanford University Mr Young served in the Navy during the war and is a senior at Stanford University The note lists sponsors and mentions various unrelated promotions and features from magazines and homes, with no further engagement details.

Nancy Milburn Jon Lowell Young William E. Young Glendale Berkeley Calif Miss Jennings Puna- Shoe Academy Hawaii Palo Alto Barnard College Stanford U Phi Beta Kapp Daughters U.S. Army California Young Navyj

Local Writers and Art Poised for Recognition

A San Antonio writer Virgil Hagg writes song lyrics for golfer Betty Jameson with a catchy tune repeating Every morning I play golf. Hull Youngblood, studying radio at Texas A and M, placed fourth in a national script writing contest and will receive royalties. W. N. Hensley works on a second novel set in Kansas City tracing four generations. Capistrano Beach artist gains prizes with Ocean Gems and Laguna Coast.

Virgil Hagg Hobby Betty Jameson Virgil Hull - Youngblood Texas A Plapedd Hull Caplatrang Beach Calif Laguna Coast Aden

Broadway society notes swirl with pages of fame and gossip

A wild collage of names and events fills the page: Ann Miller and Bob Rhedenberg mingle. Susan Bassett and Virginia Leigh headlines. Margaret Hellinger and Elsa Maxwell pop up in London. Jean Dalrymple, Susan Clark, and Rita Johnson linked to theater and society. Reports toe the line of scandal, marriages, divorces, and high-society chatter from New York and beyond.

Ann Miller Bob Rhedenberg Baltimore Colts Susan Bassett Theodore Barrymore Sammy Rita Johnson Winston Lucy Cochrane Regent Long Island Jockey Arcaro Snyder Arcaro Chicago Fla Nick Schenck Joe Vogel Loew's Tne Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Dewey Saratoga Natal Elsa Maxwell London Jean Dalrymple

Walter Winchell pieces note passing and famed figures

Walter Winchell references Earl Carroll mourned by Runyon committee for whom he worked. Beryl Wallace would have wanted to go with him. Venta Varden known to the writer kept Sean and Beryl in stitches at the end. Venita laughed when locked out of a hotel room after losing a millionaire bore.

Earl Carroll Runyon Committee Beryl Wallace Hitm Venta Varden Sean Berylan Venita

Unclear Diet Pill Ad Claims Big Weight Loss

An OCR fragment touts a diet product promising rapid fat loss and weight drops, with testimonial names and figures. It mentions a bottle price and assorted cheerful endorsements, though legibility is inconsistent and some details are garbled.

Band Opens At Nite Club On Austin Road

Joe Prowne and his Gentle Men of Rhythm opened a limited engagement at the Alu Nite spot on the Austix road after a six month run at the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans.

Joe Prowne Ara Mis Gentlemen of Rhythm Austix Road St. Charles New Orleans

Auctioneer Richardson Sells Bale After Silent Bid

Corpus Christi report says auctioneer L M Richardson acted as his own buyer at a sale of 165 bales coast bend station. Bidding started at 3 cents per pound, leaving him with the bale and 'Ja tab for 250.50 when 15 bidders did not respond.

Corpus Christi, Sy L. M. Richardson Richardson Coast Bend

Fireworks Hoke Show Ends Abruptly In Stillwater

In Stillwater on July 3 a fireworks vendor, Jimmy Hoke, staged a Fourth of July display that ended within seconds when a hired helper could not cut a tied fuse. The event featured firecrackers, Roman candles, rockets, and pin wheels, all exploding without incident after the mishap.

Stillwater Jimmy Hoke Fireworks Stend

Typhoon Located Northeast of Philippines Moving Northwest

The Weather bureau reports a typhoon spotted 570 miles northeast of the San Bernardino straits between Luzon and Samar. It moves northwest at 13 miles an hour toward the Balintang channel between Luzon and Formosa.

Philippine Manila Weather Bureau San Bernardino Straits Luzon Samar Islands Balingtang Channel Formosa

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