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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1934
Page
3
Five members of the University of Missouri rifle team posted perfect 500 scores in pistol matches against the University of Miami Poli and Drexel University, marking a standout showing for MU shooters.
The three act comedy explores a fictitious Usopian club and a disastrous hymn written for Ladies Night. A songwriter Unaivare faces pressure from a poet wife and a banker president’s wife as plots collide. Seals are on sale at the municipal auditorium box office for performances next week at the San Pedro play house.
An outbreak of spinal meningitis in Kienli, near Hankow, has killed 100 people in the last 24 hours. Local authorities report rapid spread and intensified quarantine measures as officials urge residents to seek care and follow sanitary precautions.
President Roosevelt faces a decision on restoring the federal pay cut. A Treasury check of $6230 for one month’s pay arrives at the White House while Roosevelt vacationing off Florida coast. If he restores the 5 percent cut, he would take only 10 percent back for his own pay, about $825.
Hollywood gossip column notes Eddie Cantor as an explorer in a new Universal project tentatively titled The Treasure Hunt. Mentions Ethel Merman and Alexander Aarons joining Goldwyn, Bebe Daniels in talks with Jack Warner for two films, and Louis B Mayer signing Larry to a long MGM deal. Covers Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, George Brent, Ruth Chatterton rumors, and social notes from Hollywood society events.
An 18-year-old college student, Ward Davis, was jailed on a murder charge after a fatal shooting during an automobile ride near Petersburg. Authorities say Davis admitted killing 46-year-old Anna France, claiming she spurned him for a high school classmate, Donald Weber, 17.
Hollywood reports Platinum Star finishes a new story by Jean Herley and Jean Harlow plans a return after six months away. The article notes Harlow’s hiatus and hints at a forthcoming film project and public interest surrounding her comeback.
A Houston ordinance prohibiting handbill distribution on city streets is challenged in the Court of Criminal Appeals. Pierce, fined $5 for a violation, seeks a writ of habeas corpus claiming the law infringes free speech and is an unreasonable use of police power. A classified ad note follows about a furnished house at ANG Delmar for rent at 8250.8 Month.
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