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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1939
Page
5
Hedy Lameart claims eight barracuda and three small fish caught from her husband’s cruiser Melinda in Catalina waters. The boast highlights her fishing prowess aboard the boat amid Catalina Channel activity.
Publicly visiting dance halls, Norman Taurog gathers ideas for dance sequences in the upcoming Broadway Melody of 1940 starring Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire. The director seeks authentic movement and style to craft the film’s musical numbers.
Oklahoma City dispatches report local Communist groups being refused use of major venues while county commissioners act to strip sheriff of authority over the highway patrol. The court demanded patrols enforce speed laws in school zones and issued official rules to bind the six patrolmen and Chief Deputy Davis to court oversight amid a broader political split.
Obituaries note Ernest J. Toffman 74 of 105 East Courtland and Hermin Eehlerhoff 58 with service details and survivors listed. Julius Pfeiffer 64 native of Boerne and San Antonio veteran with service and burial plans. Included are relations in San Antonio Houston and El Paso and funeral home arrangements with dates and times.
The League of United Latin American Citizens council No. 2 of San Antonio will hold its annual barbecue Sunday at Paso de las Garzas, 19 miles from San Antonio on the Somerse road, at the Meditia river crossing.
Orthodox and reform Jewish rites mark Rosh Hashanah with services at Tempiel Beth Flat on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning led by Rabbi Eparaim Priseh, featuring sermons on child rearing and special music by Berwin Beall. The celebration begins with a century turning Tash Hasbonah, with meditation and preparation observed in Hale County.
Ann Rutherford astonishes readers with aquatic prowess noting she can swim underwater but not on the surface. Franchot Tons seeks his old dressing room in the M G Br building but learns it is assigned to Prank Morgan and a swap is made after a janitor recalls Tone’s request. June Presser reports growing half an inch since moving to Hollywood seven months ago and Gene Teynolds tries aquaplaning for the first time.
Presented picture shows Vere Schwartz visiting Tona Massey on the Balalaska set. They posed in costume with a photo from a three years ago performance at the Vienna Opera house where they sang together in La Toisea.
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