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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1950
Page
5
Retail pork prices retreated as the month-long advance paused and some cuts fell 10 to 30 cents a pound in competitive supermarkets. Other meats held steady, frying and broiling chickens rose slightly, and eggs climbed 1 to 6 cents a dozen. Sugar demand remained high with stores emptied early, while hoarding of sugar and coffee appeared to ease in scattered reports.
Police say grief over word of a son’s death contributed to the fatal collapse of Mrs. L. S. Chadwell of 405 Queen Anne Street. Officer N. A. Schneider reported he found a son giving artificial respiration on arrival. firefighters worked to revive her with oxygen and an inhalator but failed. The Chadwells had learned of another son’s death July 24 in Mexico while hustling crops. Mars Chadwell collapsed while her husband was at a funeral home arranging the burial.
A. G. Williams, 69, Midland cattleman, was near death at Robert B. Green hospital from two bullet wounds to the right temple. Deputies arrived at the Blue Bonnet hotel at 4 a.m. Thursday to arrest him on an assault to murder charge. Williams was found in a locked room with a .38 pistol nearby and notes to relatives, including one saying he had shot at someone. The suite reportedly planned to drive to San Antonio.
About 100 children from Catholic and Protestant orphan homes will attend a Friday Hayloft Hoedown at the municipal auditorium as special guests. Guest stars include the Louisiana Hayride cast Johnnie and Jack Kitty Wells the Tennessee Mountain Boys Red Lovine and Emory Martin. Also appearing are the regular Mayloft Hoedown cast Bill Lister the Texas Hillbillies Goldie Bill Dee Dunhar Bill Shwemetle Jiminy Giese and Low Emerson.
Hollywood gossip notes Glenn Ford signs five pictures with Twentieth Century Fox. three in the U.S. and two abroad, with Eddie Albert preparing for a new film at Paramount. Esther Williams may play Eleanor Holm in a Billy Rose bio, and Mae West could star in The Last Mail to Helldorado. James Buddy Pepper’s romantic ties, John Huston’s party note, and other industry chatter fill this column from Parsons New Mexico to Hollywood.
Ruth Garrity, former Mrs Julius Marx, accuses Groucho Marx of deceiving her to slap him when he divorced his second wife. She says she signed a 1946 alimony clause by mistake and seeks at least 15000 plus a share of the income from Marx.
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