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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1930
Page
16
The city audit by Rodne and Co and Care chro Chomnes and Co will cover water department, court, and other agencies. Mayor M Chambers announced the audit, begun in July, aims to be completed in days, with total city costs in the thousands.
Los Angeles October 24 Charley Farrell and Janet Garner part ways as she signs for George Gershwin musical comedy while he leads in Squadrons. News notes Elivsa Tandiv joins projects with Greta Garbo tie ins. industry chatter on cast changes and studio plans.
Florenz Ziegfeld presents the film Whoopee starring Eddie Cantor at the Aztec theater for a week starting Saturday. The picture, Ziegfeld’s first produced talkie, showcases a full stage show on screen with rapid wit, musical numbers, and a large cast. Also featured are Kaute Wok football classics Backfields Aves, plus The Grand Uproar and The Data went Round news reels as part of the program.
Kerrville residents attend funeral services for Olin Durrens who died from a basal skull fracture after a highway crash. The accident occurred on a Kerrville Fredericke bare highway between Orion and Frebridge, injuring several others including Young Burges and the driver Fermin Gijeres.
Aztec theater invites former Ziegfeld Follies performers to appear as escorts for a screening and a party on Monday night linked to the film Whoopee. The production, supervised by Florenz Ziegfeld, features Eddie Cantor and a cast from the New York company, with discussions of San Antonio Follies alumni.
The fall wool clip for Hays County closes with gains as growers receive advances of 40 cents per pound and 4 cents per bale. Confidence in quality cited, shipments arranged by Kreuz Grain and MMig campaigns to Genter and Rostsen.
The Empire Theatre presents Under Montana Skies as the current attraction starting Friday with a light comedy, short features, Mickey Mouse cartoon, Vitaphone Technicolor novelty, and Emmanice-Metrotona news. A backstage scene shows actor Kenneth Herlan and Slim Summerville improvising with an irascible pony named Pete, whose antics delay filming.
Listings show nightly dances at White Hore Tavern Booth Loop Selma hall on Austin road and CastrovilleSan Gee 26 with Cris and his Ualumt at Midway every Saturday. Ads mention old-time and modern dance events, music by local bands, and social gatherings at Arbor Inn and other venues with varied dates and times.
A grand jury investigates the murder of Daniel Henry Uhr a 60 year old paraplegic found dead in his bed at 501 East Josepline Street Police Lieutenant A D McDonald and Police Chief Owen Kilday led the inquiry They displayed photos from the scene and statements were taken from Uhrs widow Teresa Jones a Fort Sam Houston soldier and Donald D Walker all charged in the plot to kill Uhr for insurance money and currently jailed without bond on murder charges
Two women in the film Extravagance desire recognition and status, shaping the plot. The midnight Empire theater screening features June Culver and Dorothy Christie with I Trughey and Owen Moore portraying their husbands in a period drama style.
In Leavenworth Kansas two German prisoners Branley Brown and Harry Sullivan have been missing since the 6 o'clock count last Wednesday evening. Warden Thomas B. White said the men are believed to be hiding somewhere inside the penitentiary.
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