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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1940
Page
8
Walter Wapler announced to workers that the Community Chest total exceeded the goal by more than 5000, reaching 325203 against a 220641 target after the November 14 report showing 313681. Danny Dreeben was named chairman as a council of completionists organized to extend the drive.
Bexar county draft headquarters reported 14 selectees still lacking as revisions to questionnaires and medical rejections reduced eligible men by 24. Replacements for rejections must wait until December 14 before induction. Board No 7 owes four men, No 8 two, No 9 three, No 14 three, No 2 one, and No 5 one.
Seven members of the Ber Ane police department cooperate with the Texas National Guard in training for military police duties at Camp Bowie Brownwood. Chief Ray Ashworth announced the first 28 hour course began at 7 30 p m Wednesday for Headquarters Company of the Thirty sixth division. Instructors include Ashworth and several lieutenants covering narcotics traffic problems accident investigation detective work and crime scene procedures.
Latin American air officers including Capt Carlos F Maurino and Lt Jose Amar Robles from Argentina and Capt Fernando G de la Lave from Peru join a six week refresher flying course at Kelly Field. Others listed are Lt E Colomim Espinoza and Lt Ghirines from Honduras and Lt Oswald Diaz from Peru as part of hemispheric defense policy. Additional officers are set to begin soon at Kelly.
From S A in T U Honor Fraternity Ben Ralph Larscamb Jy and Wil dam Stovall Jr of San Antonio are among students initiated into the University for Texas Epsilon, a Ninn) Hancrage fraternity. Dr WJ Battle, professor of classical languages, Was principal speaker at the Driskill Hotel event.
Cleveland gossip column notes Spencer Tracy will star in MGM's Mr Jekyll and Mr Hyde under Victor Fleming to direct. Industry chatter recalls Barrymore and March prior film versions, with Tracy finishing Men at Boys Town before shooting. Also mentions May Allison, Jack Dempsey, and a Hollywood-Cleveland social scene snapshot.
Mayor Maury Maverick departs with Mrs. Maverick and a trainload of dignitaries headed for Mexico City for the inauguration of President-elect Manuel Avila. Officials planned a reception at Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey arrangements, with C. Ray Davis, Louis W. Lipscomb, and Sgt. Ernes Gonzales among those organizing the trip.
New York authorities indicted Hymie Caplin once a fight manager for Lew Jenkins and 15 others for conspiracy and grand larceny in a widespread card-sharping operation. The scheme allegedly took in victims over ten years totaling more than 4.1 million dollars. Four indicted are women. Some co defendants already convicted, two in Sing Sing, others awaiting sentence. All pleaded innocent and were jailed pending bail.
The Bexar Facts item lists assorted social happenings and brief notices. It mentions a medical school senior Williams returning home for holidays, an Iowa internship, district attorney Jay Lavery lunching with colleagues, Dr. F A Laird on a Wichita business trip, Foy shots at a Thanksgiving turkey, and new Optimist Club members. It also notes city expenditures for replacing lights after vandalism, a Patton family dinner table related expense, a hunting accident brief with Ernest Raba, a fundraising dance, Variety magazine reviews of Ted Lewis, manifestants, and notable residents returning from Chicago. It cites civic, social, and cultural snippets from the area.
Arthur F. Corey, public relations director for the California Teachers association, spoke to Lions club and San Antonio Teachers' council stressing that despite defense and Social Security needs, education must not be neglected. He called the teacher the most important part of the system and urged informing the public of school work.
BUVA Fiji Islands November 27 UP A gravely ill woman was hospitalized and the only survivor of a California to the South Seas pearl diving voyage. Fern Thompson, 23, of Los Angeles, was found in wreckage aboard the Wing On after a two reef misadventure near Vanuslevully Island. Bodies of two tentatively identified meal and woman victims were recovered. a second man is believed buried at sea. Mrs Condley of Oakland said her son Delton and his wife left San Pedro last August after boarding another couple, Robert Thompson and Fern, for a pearl diving expedition. Relatives described Thompson as a professional pearl diver. investigators struggle to explain starvation as a possible cause.
San Antonio offices will close Thursday except the sheriff's department, as County Auditor Ed Garvey posts a partial closure. The commissioners' court and district courts suspend actions in deference to President Roosevelt, delaying traditional Thanksgiving observances.
Radio and screen star Kenny Baker, famed for the Fred Allen show, headlines a busy Western and Southern tour Friday through Monday then returns to New York Tuesday for Texaco rehearsals. He appears in San Antonio Saturday under Edith M. Resch, and Sunday in Houston drew a packed crowd with standing room only, pleasing audiences with a mix of classical and popular works.
Portales New Mexico Eastern New Mexico College students answered a survey on social acceptance. Sixty five percent of co eds reportedly support the idea while 60 percent of men and 80 percent of women oppose excluding divorced women from best society. Professor Alfred F Crofts announced the study results.
News item reports the Marx Brothers ending their current partnership with Chico, Jill, Rosemary Lane, and related figures. It notes one brother may continue solo projects while others pursue individual careers in film, with Rosemary Lane departing Hollywood and a band organizer arriving.
Bexar county grand jury in Criminal District Court returned ten indictments Wednesday. Charges include theft from person, robbery by assault, burglary, forgery and passing a forged instrument, theft over 50 dollars, possession of heroin, and possession of marijuana.
Movie listings show showtimes 12 30 into Market Zaeray 708 7356 9 50 and branded by Art in Sy Br.
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