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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
6
A reader letter column asks about modern pictures and star systems while noting Jefferson Davis's birthday. The piece mentions a Saturday morning program at 9 o'clock featuring Tom Sawyer and Svengali with children invited to perform and KTSA coverage.
Local ads describe an art exhibit of Texas and San Antonio paintings by a regional artist. John Barrymore stars in Svengali at the Aztec theater with additional features including Billy Louise comedies and Paramount News. Other theaters offer Body and Soul with Elissa Tanda and Charles Farrell, plus White Shoulders at the REG Majestic and a Money-to-Loan ad section.
The piece recalls sympathy for Clara Bow amid sensational gossip pages and editorials. It notes Bow’s illness, Paramount’s financial strain from her absence, and her relief at stepping away from film work as a public uproar wanes.
Hollywood gossip notes Lionel Barrymore is cast to lead the mystery drama Guilty Tales by Bayard Weiller with Sid Lanfield and William Gaidman adapting the Fox version. Clara Bow remains ill. Paramount plans her return once she recovers, while Universal and other studios eye her for future productions.
Corsicana June 4 Lurrie Caldwell first of five men indicted in the kidnapping of Hobart Cert to save trial. Long was under 12 year sentence for assault while wearing a mask.
A new steamship service is planned for Corpus Port with regular trips to New Orleans via RAMA Troan Mineal port. The vessel offers enhanced accommodations and refrigeration, signalling a modern transit link between Corpus Port and New Orleans.
The body of Cadet Leroy Conney Tronks fold cadet was returned to his home in Worcester, Maine, for burial after an airplane crash Tuesday. The report notes the solemn procession and the family’s grief as the community mourns the young serviceman.
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