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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1939
Page
7
Goin' To Town reports a hermit who finally opens his hut door and reveals after years in isolation that he felt lonely and merely sought a mirror as company. The column also sketches humorous vignettes of farmers, poker kibitzers, a car dealer and a gypsy fortune teller in a sequence of light rural sketches.
Movie notes praise Invitation to Happiness starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray as a moving forceful tale directed by Wesley Ruggles. Also reviews Some Like It Hot and Captain Fury with varying enthusiasm. plus new books and thrillers and sports picks on MaBaer Nova in Yankee Stadium, Indianapolis Speedway and Yale Princeton game.
In a small factory office, Jackson, a lifelong clerk earning two dollars weekly, saves for a rainy day and dreams of a World’s Fair trip. When he asks for a week off, boss Hawkins denies it, Jackson resigns, choosing a chance at travel over steady work. The firm debates the value of novelty versus loyalty.
In New York a veteran painter Frederick J. Waugh, aged 77, draws crowds to his seascape exhibitions. Readers reflect on fears of the sea, travel, and art, while notes skim through smoking and literary topics, including a mink brochure on quitting smoking and mentions of Joyce and St John Ervine.
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