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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1939
Page
7
Marysville reports struggle to recapture Velma West from Painesville and three other women who fled from a women’s reform school. Superintendent Margaret Meilley led a statewide hunt along Central Ohio highways as patrols log hundreds of tips, all yielding no solid lead yet.
Hollywood gossip reports lord Casilerosse sold the rights to Darryl Zanuck for Burton of Arabia a biography of Richard Burton who translated the Arabian Nights and made the pilgrimage to Mecca. The piece notes Zanuck’s long list of planned biographies and mentions Genevieve Tobin’s Hollywood comeback and other film plans. Charles Laughton arrives to play Chaney’s son in The Hunchback of Notre Dame while he tours New York before heading west.
Elsa Lanchester plays Mrs Laughton in a stalled engagement scene as Gloria plans to wed paying debts and clearing accounts. The article notes John Garfield’s Mexico City welcome and speculates on anti American demonstrations as possibly paid for to stir trouble.
The Bexar Facts lists a crowd of local names headed on a three week vacation. Arthur Richie Brady, Louis Lay Er, Donald Rilling, and University of Wisconsin alumni Kemper W. Dierl and Lois Haswell are among those traveling to Carlsbad Cavern, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Monterrey business, and California. Hotel manager Paul McSween rests after a demanding National Hotel week. Others plan trips to Mexico, Texas City, and Barton Springs.
The National Association of Broadcasters issued a draft code of ethics to guide discussions at its Atlantic City convention. It bans obscene or vulgar material, restricts references to deity to respectful terms, and forbids unfounded insults about race or religion. Advertising limits set daytime and evening quotas for various program lengths.
A breezy society recap describes Wally and Carol Ann planning a European trip and notes star sightings at Clarence Brown’s party with Tyrone Power and Anhabelia. It mentions Caribbean and Beverly Hills setups, engagements, weddings anniversaries, and upcoming travels by Dorothy Lamour, Dorothy Draper, and Errol Flynn among others.
Washington reports Roosevelt will not discuss a 1940 bid after Congress adjourns. He dodged repeated questions with a smile and urged reporters to stop probing. He also teased columnist chatter about his stance and reaffirmed his “go stand in the corner” admonition.
Washington reports the nation posted its lowest death rate last year with 1,020,906 deaths, or 10.6 per 1000 population, below 1933’s 10.7 and the 1918 peak. Infant mortality also hit a record low, with deaths under one year falling to 57 per 1000 live births.
Fragmented OCR text presents a chaotic timetable from Majestic theatre listing titles like Aztec and Pygtation with unclear showtimes and prices. Names and numbers are jumbled, offering little coherent factual content beyond theater context and vague scheduling references.
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