Life of a film actor beyond the screen at Paramount
A behind the scenes portrait recalls actors starting prep at 3 am and spending hours in wardrobe makeup and rehearsals. It notes long workdays, repeated takes, and the grind behind Hollywood glamour, urging readers to consider the toil before enjoying films on air conditioned theater seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Moore
Veronica Lake
Wayne Morris
Bill Holden
Paramount
T&m
Boldom
Nex
Gace & Company
Jeff Davis
Hedda Hopper
Hopper
Wings
Kelly
Texas
Tyalyession
Galveston
Omaha
Neb
Miss. Hopper
Ray Milland
Ight
Hollywood
Hedda Mopper
América
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sun-Klot
State Liquor Head to Glacier Park Meeting
Bert Ford, state liquor board administrator, left Austin today for Glacier Park Montana for a meeting of the national alcoholic beverage control association. He will not return until the middle of September, his office reported.
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Austin
Bert Ford
State Liquor Board
Glacier Part Mont
National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Ford
Hedda Hopper Brims With Storms and Spotlight in LA
Hedda Hopper, 50, arrives in Los Angeles amid storms and rumors, predicting trouble for filming and recalling a 1916 Galveston hurricane. The actress, famed columnist and Broadway veteran, discusses her career, family name, and passion for Bristol glass while juggling multiple projects and social duties.
Drive-Ins Urged to Cut Noise
Police Chief Ray Ashworth circulated letters Saturday urging drive-in managers and other operators near residences to cooperate with a city anti-noise drive. He cited many complaints and asked that patrons flash lights instead of honking for service and that music, dishes, and similar sounds be kept quieter. Radio patrolmen distributed the letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crverns
Ray Ashworth
Culet Ashworth
Investment in Texas Studied by Wall Street Investor
Hal Lee of Muckty and Company, New York stock and bond house, touring Texas to promote Texas investment. He cites state law forcing out-of-state operators to reinvest locally and distributes Texas booklets with a patent plywood map showing Texas size relative to New England. Lee, a former San Antonio businessman, markets his map and a Texas contract treatise while on a six month tour. The federal housing authority announced a contract for San Antonio white re housing projects worth 1,843,01.
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Hal Lee
Muckty and Company
Wall Street
New York City
Lee
San Antonio
St. Anthony
Texas
United States
New England
Robert E. McKee
el Faso
Victorie Courts
Federal Housing Authority
Washington, D. C
Thumbprint Keepsake Brings Comfort to Bereaved Parents
A five year old girl who died five years ago inspired a San Antonio couple to seek a fingerprint memento. Frank Baker, a pale fingerprint expert, located a latent thumbprint on the back of the watch she wore and produced a high quality negative. An enlarged print will be made for the grieving parents.
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San Antonio
Frank Baker
Baker
Italy rail history: a line opened between Naples and Port
The railway story recalls a 1939 opening of a five mile line linking Naples to Port Tick. The brief note marks the start of Italy's rail history and the early expansion of regional lines.
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Italy
Jy Llaty
Naples
Portick
L A Boys Club to Open Third Unit in Worth Hackberry
The Los Angeles Boys Club plans a 7:30 p m open house next Friday for Unit No 2 to be located at Worth Hackberry and Centre streets. The new unit will offer a game room library and outdoor equipment for basketball softball and horseshoe pitching for negro boys. Officials from city county and schools are invited to the ceremony with a program arranged by local professional and business leaders.
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James B. Roark
Worth Hackberry
Centre Streets
Tegra
SHIPS COLLIDE IN JERSEY FOG NEAR CAPE MAY
Seatrain Texas out of New York collided with the freighter Rolf Jarl off the New Jersey coast 36 miles from Cape May. The Texas signaled distress then stood by as the Jarl planned to proceed to Five Fathom Bank to assess damage. The Texas, launched May 8, is a 14900-ton steamship that can carry a long freight train and is part of a New York based fleet.
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Gape May
N. J
INS
Seatrain
Texas
New York
Rolf Jarl
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Cape May
Sensteam Lines, Int
James Hennessy Funeral Rites Set
Services for James T. Hennessy 70 of 414 East Quincy street are scheduled at 9:15 a.m. Monday from Porter Loring chapel and 9:30 a.m. at St Marys Catholic Church. He died Friday afternoon after living most of his life in San Antonio. Survived by widow Lena Kraft Hennessy daughter Leona Decker sister Mrs Harry Dulin brothers John Joe W I E Hennessy of San Antonio and Toca Hennessy of Houston. Active pallbearers include Robert Kurtz Norman Duila Edwin Dylin Harold Churgh John Toudoum and Emi Allerkamp. Burial at Mission Burial Park.
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James T. Hennessy
Quincy Street
Porter Loring
St. Marys Catholic Church
Hennessy
Haslettsville
San Antonio
Bil” Hennessy
Lena. Kraft Hennessy
Leona Decker
Harry Dulin
John Hennessy
Joe Hennessy
Wie Hennessy
Toca Hennessy
Houston
Robert Kurtz
Norman Duila
Edwin Dylin
Harold Churgh
John Toudoum
Emi Allerkamp
Mission Buylal Park
Midwest seeks new industry in defense era
Kansas City Aug 21 INS The Midwest defense conference approved resolutions rejecting agricultural slavery and pushing for a central U S industrial shift. They proposed renaming regions calling the area between the Mississippi and Appalachians the Middle East and between the Mississippi and the Rockies the Middle West. They asked President Roosevelt to clarify his prior remarks on locating government rearmament plants in the interior.
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Kansas City
INS
Midwest
Midwest Defense Conferency
Roosevelt
Advisory Council On Naronal Defense
Army and Navy Board
Mississipp River
Appalachian Mountains
Middle East
Middle West
Mississipp
Rocky Mountains
Robbery by Assault Charged Against Jon Serats
A robbery by assault charge was filed Saturday against Jon Serats of 52132 San Marcos Street before Justice of the Peace Corrigan. The complaint alleges Serats restrained Frank Jenkins at 917 North Flores Street, struck him, and took $1. Also tied to a burglary charge is Felix Maurici of 217 San Fernando Street, accused of stealing $25 in tens from Adolph Garcia at 2115 San Fernando. Both complaints were signed by a city police officer.
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Jon Serats
Addreiteg
San Marcos Street
Pesce Rat Corrigan
Serate
Frank Jenkins
Nort Flores Streek
Vane Court
Felix Maurici
San Fernando Sireet
Adolph Garcia
San Fernanda
Lampasas Shocks: First Cotton Bale Ginned for Season
Lampasas reports the first bale of this season cotton ginned Friday morning at Gilten's Produce and Gin in Lampasas. The bale weighed 635 pounds and sold to Senterby Grocery company for 1 cent per pound. The event marks the start of the season with note of timing and local participants.
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Lampasas
Tush Jones
Bend
Giilen
Senterby Grocery Company
Corton Arnernig
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Pierre
Antonians
Randolph Fields
Joralian
Montana
L. A
Stormy
Hedda
Miss Hopper
Broadway
William Parnum
Elda Furry
Winnie
DeWolfe Hopper
Ishe
Helen Harmon
Kelly Field
Karotkin
Labor
Gat _y
Mlare
Prim Sme
L. A. Boys’ Club
Jersey
James Hennessy
General Electric
Sege AE
TEL
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