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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
4
A vintage advertisement touts a threefold cure for piles featuring a topical ointment and suppositories. It claims quick relief from pain, reduced swelling, and stopped bleeding, emphasizing astringent action and internal effects. The ad urges purchases at drugstores and notes tins and suppositories as delivery forms.
New York June 10 Inge ing Buelin the song writer had his soldiers bories today and two new pounds daughter born at Dollars hospital The baby the Berlins fourth child and the mother both doing nicely The Berlins now have three girls Dane eldest Mary Rui is 10 and the next girl is 4
President Manuel Quezon called for sweeping tax revisions at the first regular session of the Philippine National Assembly. He urged lowering income tax exemptions and raising rates on excess personal income corporate profits inheritances and mines. He proposed taxes on luxuries amusements transport a school tax and a progressive land tax.
Joe Schenck returns from England where he arranged Cyrano de Bergerac productions and discusses British film financing and pending Warner assets. He notes Twentieth Century Fox bids and confirms Elizabeth Allan's Hollywood return with roles opposite Katharine Hepburn.
Federal coordinator of transportation B. Eastman said government regulation will extend to all forms of transportation. Speaking to the American Institute of Cooperation at the University of Illinois, Eastman argued that regulation must be as broad as the transportation field.
A bustling collage of film industry notes from 1956 includes Ke ni Henry Hathaway planning to shoot the aurora borealis in Alaska for Spawn of the North, actor Sheila Manors changing her stage name to Sheila Bromley, John Qualen’s beard mishap with a blackbird, and Harold Lloyd signing a new Paramount contract amid his large Beverly Hills estate’s upkeep requirements.
HOLLYWOOD Calif June 16 James Montgomery Flagg famed artist named six handsomest actors today leaving Clark Gable off the list He picked Gary Cooper George Brent Ronald Colman Robert Taylor Gary Grant and Francis X Shields Murmurs rose at the Gable omission and Flagg defended the choice saying Gable is not handsome Clark Gable’s appeal was minimized by the artist noting his sex appeal and stage presence.
Hollywood reports Ginger Rogers, famed dancer, purchased a $26,000 Beverly Hills home for her mother, Mrs Leila Rogers, signaling a separation from Lew Ayres. The move prompted widespread reaction in the movie colony. Sidney Fox makes a return to cinema after years away, signing for The Good Earth.
The Ziegfeld Follies will begin a transcontinental tour from Chicago in August after finishing a New York engagement. Billie Burke will send the original cast to Unis city for the 1934-35 season, with more than 79 featured performers under long term contracts to Burke.
Hollywood reports Myrna Loy and Mint star Arthur Hornblow Jr pose for a first time photos. Earlier, Juliette Crosby Hornblow obtained a Reno divorce last May 25 and he avoided confirming marriage plans with Loy.
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