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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1940
Page
9
A collage of social glances and hometown tidbits from Santa Rosa to Dallas. Bobby Byrne, trombone prodigy, and Miss Farrell’s marriage tie into local lore, while a famed dancer and high school graduate sprinkle small-town fame. Peanuts’ vast consumption prompts a chemistry talk by John Tarleton’s registrar, and a World War era parachute memory links to Lutie. May mix of people, places, and light anecdotes.
Hollywood notes reveal Marjorie Rambeau to play Tugboat Annie and Alan Hale added for the sequel Tugboat Annie Sails Again. Norman Reilly Rau ne story to begin in two weeks. Also, Frances Langford Lucy Ball Marie Wilson and others highlighted with Donor luncheon details and assorted celebrity sightings at Ciro's and nearby events.
Members of the Albert Pike commandery order of De Molay will be guests of the First Presbyterian church at services at 11 a.m. Sunday. Dr. P. B. Hill, pastor, will speak.
At Robert B Green hospital five San Antonians were treated after overnight accidents. Julian Munoz 21 suffered chest injuries and possible right collarbone fracture when his bicycle collided with a car at Frio City road and Goodwin street. Driver RE Montgomery 23 took Munoz to the hospital. A second crash on Frio City road near South Brazos street left William Del Rin 17 and others with cuts and bruises.Aurora Castriano was severely injured and hospitalized alongside Aurora Centeno Henry Tijerina and Del Fin. Police listed several drivers as involved in separate collisions on East Euclid Avenue and other streets.
Policeman Jack Holden measured up to chief Ray Ashworth standards when handcuffs tested on Friday kept Allen Holden aged six prisoner for hours at 127 Adams Avenue. The boy, calling himself an amateur detective, forced his father to cuff him and then forged the keys. Attempts by radio patrol cars to unlock the restraints failed until Holden arrived and freed the boy.
Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston headline the new Technicalor sarong opera Typhoon at the Aztec. The film blends color spectacle with far fetched plot elements including a submarine operation and a jungle forest clash. A child Lamour grows up on an uninhabited island and kidnaps Preston, leading to a tree top penthouse sequence with Preston in sarong as part of the tale. A brief shorts program includes Donald and Plata and a war newsreel.
Mrs Fat Kilday mother of Congressman Paul J. Kilday and former Police Chief Owen W. Kilday remained in unchanged condition in Santa Rosa hospital Saturday. She was hospitalized after a fall at 117 Harding boulevard. Congressman Kilday arrived from Washington Friday with four sons and daughter Mrs Margaret Sandlin of Waco at her bedside.
In a Saturday game at San Pedro park two players were injured. David Garcia 14 of 711 North La redo ftredt was struck on the head with a bat and sent to Robert B. Green hospital for treatment. Another player Floyd Boyd of 418 Carolina street was hit on the head with a rock and also hospitalized per police reports.
Acting mayor pro tempore C Ray Davis announced Sunday as I Am An American Day to honor new citizens and those who have reached 21. A 3 p m program at Municipal Auditorium will feature Mayor Maury Maverick and speakers including Herat Ovhe. Delegations from the junior chamber, LULAC, and other groups will attend. arrangements are led by Mrs. Evitt Moon.
Billy Curtis, 12, of 3808 Broadway, credited with saving Patricia Ann Barnett, 7, from drowning at Brackenridge Park pool. The Alawthorne Junior High swimmer pulled the exhausted girl from the middle of the pool to safety.
Phi Eta chapter members met at Mrs Coles Randals home 118 Meredilly Street to hear a report on the sorority convention recently held in Dallas. Miss Estelle Smith president and Miss Marjorie E Will program chairman presented the recap.
Miss Lena Clara Kerch history teacher at San Antonio Junior College will address the Rosicrucian fellowship Sunday at 7 p m at the Gunter hotel on The Tabernacle In the Wilderness.
The Younger Christian Endeavor group of Branch mut Presbyterian Church will present a motion picture titled The Healing of M Vondo dealing with Protestant leper camps in Africa. The showing is at 8 p m Wednesday.
A fragmentary archive lists radio and TV station callsigns and brief parade related items, with multiple names such as WOAL and WABC and references to dance parades, Goodwill segments, and varied program tags. It reads like a cluttered historical recap of channel IDs and show cues rather than a coherent news story.
A garbled local item describes traffic jams on File Avenue and Ferry Street where speed records were broken by stalled vehicles. The piece mentions pedestrians reacting, with scattered references to European tones and a Monday safety zone amid weekend chaos.
A Western film with Walkiee Beery as the savable scoundrel stars in the Majustic show. Leo Carillo and Marjorie Runican lead the cast with Annie Baxter Douglas Fawley Noah Beery Jr. and Artin Holt in support roles for the late night program.
Two special radio addresses are scheduled for NBC listeners, one early to night and the other later. Representative Waight Palman will discuss Monopoly on WOAI 6, while John Gunther author of Tushie Kanoope and Leader Aala will speak after the Fatman address on WOAL G15.
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