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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1939

Page

3

Peril on the Plaza as Deputy Fires Pistol in Plaza Clash

A heated dispute between a sole dealer and another man over Mickel plating fluid led to a pistol discharge on a town plaza. Special Deputy Wilkon arrived, a scuffle occurred, a shot pierced a parked car, and Officer DiStefano intervened before the dealer Payne and deputy detained Wilson, who lost his commission.

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Kidnapper Dies by Own Hang Amid Shootout

In Topera Kansas a kidnapper trapped by a gas-filled note and a 6 hour gun battle with detective L Floyd C. Wadden dies by suicide after officers storm a Davenport hotel room. The abductee gave a name as A L Morfard Marshalltown. Wadden and FBI agents had pursued after a Tuesday morning abduction.

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Cat and Canary Team Reunites for New Film Project

Industry chatter confirms The Cat and Canary troupe plans another reunion as Paulette Gordon and Bob Hope Inc successors return after the first year. Elliot Nugent will direct a new mystery in New York, while others prepare projects amid Warner Brothers advances and a shifting postwar star lineup.

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Hollywood Gossip Roundup From the Coast to the East

Random snapshots set a lively pace with Bette Davis wary of cameras and a crowded cast of stars. Alicia Faye suffers heartbreak while Tony Martin joins Little Old New York plans. Bonnie Baker tops the Palm Springs scene and several couples see wedding bells. Major names like Olivier, Beery, Lamour, and Mayer appear in fresh tours and travels as Hollywood heads eastward for a chilly farewell.

Hollywood San Francisco Alica Faye New York Tony Martins Ruby Keefer Tom McAvity Buster Keaton Lown Earl Carrol Ant Sal Jack Warner Holiiead Hot Springs Orrin Tucker Oreestea San Francie Jetire Bonnie Baker Laurence Olivier Gnished Batecea Gels Tve Palm Springs Israeil Wally Beery Carol Annaking Phyllis Ann Beverly Hills Sidney Guilaroff M-G Laraine Day Tropics Ray Dagnenbaum Twentieth Century Praise Dorothy Jenkins Wickersburg Arna Melvyn Douglas Wendy Hiller America Ronald Gow London Louis B. Mayer Santa Anita Merle Obe- Ton Alexander Korea Dorothy Lamour Hubert Preston Sonja Henle Alan Curtis Rudy Wallee Victor Hugo Tomorry

Symphony Society to Debut 100-Piece San Antonio Orchestra

San Antonio prepares a Friday concert at Municipal Auditorium featuring a 100 piece orchestra conducted by Maz Reiter with pianist Ales Templeton as soloist. Oklahoma City players join 15 members plus five Texas players to form a combined ensemble after auditions. The concert marks a high level of local and regional talent performing together.

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Spy Picture at Texas Theater Opens With Espionage Agent

A Texas Theater program features Espionage Agent starring Joel McCrea and Brenda Marshall with Jeffrey Lynn George Gencroft Stanly Ridges James Stephensch Martin Kosleck and Nana Bryant. The show airs on Thanksgiving Day with an Our Gang comedy and a newsreel completing the bill.

Joel McCrea Brenda Marshall Texas, Theater Jeffrey Lynn George Bgencroft Stantry Ridges James Stephensch Martin Kosleck Nana Bryant Our Gang Ramedy Donald Lueck

Walter Winchell Gossip Column Excerpt Teases Stage Bearers

Walter Winchell Private Papers sketch a chaotic media scene with references to Norris Waggely Rochester editor and a hostile talk about Hollywood figures. The piece rios about public distrust, press battles, and society names like Ike Coolidge and Greta Garbo in a rapid fire, opinionated column fragment.

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Broadway gossip and Hollywood satire in a late night digest

Wide ranging, the column lampoons Greta Garbo, F D R, and Orson Welles while noting film snubs, stage jokes, and industry gossip. It recalls a pawnshop display, the Roxy chorus, and the Three Stooges planning a burlesque appearance as Hollywood’s nightly mood twists with wit and irony. The piece also follows industry editors like McNeill and Fowler, with a tale of a faded aid request and a quiet note on friendships fading in Tinsel Town.

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Hope 3 Dim For Lost Boy Irwin Jack Maxwell

A massive search in Klamath Falls Oregon for 4 year old Irwin Jack Maxwell abandoned hope after a 3500 strong search party exhausted every lead. Sheriff Lloydlow reported the organized effort ended with night temperatures near freezing and the boy still missing.

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Movie Time Table for Maleatie Arena

Readable fragments show a cinema schedule in a historic theater program. Names, times, and titles are fragmented but indicate showings at an arena and associated branding.

Local residents noted in Bexar Facts column

Virginia Worthington and Margare t celebrate milestones amid news from Sidney Lanier and local events. Emilio Naranjo, Bat Corrigan clerk, and H C Locke comment on origins of a tree mystery. Edith Dod watches square dancers, while J hobert to and others share notes on college honor pots and a rattle snake hunt tale.

Virginia Worthington Schochmarin Wney Sidney Lanier Stu Ie Renwick Bhildips Margaret Dabes H. C. Locke

Taylor and Garson In Aztec Picture at Aztec theater

Remember? opens with Robert Taylor Greer Garson and Lew Ayres in Aztec picture. Love triangle drives plots as memory slips for the heroine and a best friend’s romance is tested by business deals and multiple marriages. Norman McLeod directs a supporting cast including Burke Owen Bier, Travers Carle and Lalita.

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