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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1938
Page
3
An old classified line offers extra cash by selling items. It urges readers to call P 1235 to reach an adwriter who will craft a light want ad for quick buyers.
An old style health ad promotes Gyntex to help kidney and bladder disorders. It targets men past 40 with symptoms like back pain fatigue headaches and joint pains. The ad promises a money back guarantee and claims effects within hours, urging readers to ask their pharmacist for the product. It attributes the origin to The Knox Co and dates from 1988.
In Brazos on March 2 4 crowds gathered for Independence Day events recalling the move to independence from Mexico. Governor James VY Allred was to speak and a large field mass meeting near the smithy drew thousands. Rev James O'Brien CS C led the mass with Bishop Christopher E Byrne delivering the Germon while a chorus of 5000 children supplied music.
Bexar Facts highlights show Alfred Callaghan mistaking a reporter for a judge, theater casts including Anthony Speier and Walter Thompson in The Texan, Vittoria High’s coach Dick Harn, and public figures like W. J. Tyner and M. K. Hoerster engaged in varied roles from trains to nursing. Multiple named locals appear in card style items.
Hollywood mourns Jiges the chimpanzee actor known for his monkey face and gentle heart. He died yesterday and was to be buried at 3 PM in the Los Angeles pet cemetery with attendance by Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Bing Crosby, and Lynne Overman.
Hollywood reports Bennie Goodman’s The Swing Master drawing studio interest as Henry Boca also backs Fashion in Spinach by Elizabeth Hawes. Bennett Cerf, Sam Goldwyn and O Neill are noted players while Sam Goldwyn triggers studio scrambles over United Artists and Kate Smith appearances.
Actress Arlene Judge, wife of Dan Topping, poses with her month old son Daniel Reed Topping as Hollywood buzzes about Capra directing many in You Cant Take It With You. The column notes thefts in the San Fernando Valley affecting Metro studio people and hints at rising stars like Bob Young and Irene Dunne.
An extract from Walter Winchells Broadway notes recounts backstage chatter about Mrs. Roosevelt and other public figures. It mentions orchid tributes, snappy exchanges, and a stream of witty, sometimes ribald asides about actors, editors, and society figures, reflecting press culture and urban talk of the era. The piece weaves in names like Therese Lewis, Herbert Bayard Swope, and John L. Lewis, with brief vignettes on media and theater personalities.
New York March 2-7 Iron Age reports rising demand for steel in its weekly steel industry review. The note says manufacturers saw signs of improvement though ingot production remains at 20 percent of normal, indicating buying strength is not yet enough to confirm a sustained uptrend.
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