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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1939
Page
2
Carl L. Rice, WPA supervisor, recounts a case in Tulba where a divorced woman feared WPA disqualification for remarriage. She kept the fact she saved an employed husband from payroll records, then later sought to remarry but faced financial strain as the husband lost his job and earnings dropped.
In Pittsburgh a county court orders the Olshinsky family to contribute 50 cents weekly to support their 49 year old unemployed miner father Martin. The sons claimed they could not remit the funds, citing personal hardship, after the court cancelled the prior relief order.
Alpine May 2 scientists and educators opened the annual meeting of the Southwestern division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They plan trips through the Trans-Pecos to Mt Locke to tour the McDonald observatory and view the second largest telescope, a 7 foot diameter instrument 290000 times brighter than the naked eye. The gathering will end Friday with the observatory dedication. OTIS F WOOD DIES AT 71 NEW YORK May 2 Clis F Wood founder of the Wood syndicate and son of Fernando Wood, three time New York mayor, died last night.
Hollywood chatter centers on Katharine Hepburn and Howard Hughes with Hughes possibly selling The Philadelphia Story rights while Hepburn ponders film choices. Madeleine Carroll and Madeleine test for Rebecca and Free Woman projects as industry watchers note marriages and separations affecting star homes and careers.
A jumble of celebrity notices reports Lieut Kenneth Schacht to wed after duty in China while Everett Crosby’s divorce is final and Florence George may wed soon. Alex D Arcy visits Palm Springs and Arlee Whelan awaits his reply. Gene Markey Artie Shaw couple Danny, and Eddi Remarque linked to Dietrich actions. Sylvia Douglas and Constance Bermett fly east. Freddie Bartholomew at Lionel Barrymore dinner. Lili Damita works out. Errol Flynn sails away with permission. See you tomorrow.
May 2 7 Texas public opinion on invasion and war is mixed after a radio broadcast by Eliott Roosevelt reporting that the public rejects war as a first option while favoring restraint. The piece notes the general stance against invading the United States and suggests broad support for hemispheric stability. Also reported is the death of James J. Forrester, former Brotherhood of Railway Clerks president and research expert for the law enforcement commission of the Fonger administration.
Washington May 2. President William Green of the American Federation of Labor emphatically denied that he conferred with the National Association of Manufacturers to formulate AFL amendments to the Wagner Act. In a letter to Senate labor committee chairman Thomas Green labeled the accusation as propaganda and bribery framed to influence the debate. He asserted the amendment merits rest with the act’s provisions and reiterated the hope for peace between the AFL and the white-hot labor and industry lines remain unchanged.
Willan Dodge resident of 700 San Pedro Avenue pleaded guilty to operating a gambling house and was fined 92 dollars and costs by Justice Raymond Gerhardt after a raid Friday night by deputy sheriffs yielded bingo cards and poker chips. Mrs Dot Park and Mrs William Dodge, with addresses given, were fined 45 dollars and costs on related complaints from the raid.
May 2 18 Austin Texas lawmakers moved a bill to authorize transferring state land to form a national park in the Big Bend region. A board would set a nominal price for the park lands and the permanent fund would own part of the lands, with portions bought from private citizens. A statewide committee continues fundraising to cover the remaining costs for the park project.
Italian tenor Lulés Palasi of La Scala Milan Opera will appear Tuesday night at 6 30 at the Municipal auditorium. The program includes O Paradiso from La Tosca and selections from Serrano and Puccini with Francisca Fernandes on violin and Walter Dunham as accompanist.
President Amastanio Somoza of Nicaragua will appear before Senate committees as part of a new Washington drive to push for immediate construction of a canal across Nicaragua. Romoni announced in New Orleans that Nicaragua desires the canal built at once for continental and U S defense, reviving hopes in Congress supporters had been discouraged by administration inaction.
Fragmented OCR item shows Majestic timetable times 7 00 7 i 12 30 3 34 8 00 46 4 06 6 46. Also mentions a theater location Broadway at Pitth street and a job ad promising half-rate pay. Jane Hable to phrase the message.
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