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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1941
Page
14
A dense listing of today’s radio programs with times and show titles across stations. It includes ensembles, orchestras, drama, news briefings, music blocks, and national network notes with various hosts and program blocks. The fragmentary OCR preserves many named programs such as Newscasts, masterworks, and orchestral pieces along with time slots.
Radio schedule for Wednesday lists a full day of programs and acts across WOAI and affiliated stations. Featured items include gospel, classical, and variety segments with artists such as Adolph Hatner, the Foxe ensemble, and the Texas Face and Humble? group, plus morning and afternoon shows, stage performances, and musical interludes spanning 6 AM to 1 AM.
Military dispatch lists officers and units receiving orders to assignments and postings at Fort Benning Fort Leavenworth and other garrisons. The note mentions Brigadier General Wilshe and multiple names associated with troop movements and duties across Washington Carlisle and surrounding posts.
Maria Contreras 39 of Monclova era, with services at Martinez-Ortz chapel and burial at San Fermando Cemetery No 2. Survived by mother Mrs. Manutls Contraries and several children. Interment in a local cemetery scheduled. other lines mention unrelated theft complaints and filings in San Antonio and Austin with various names.
Hollywood figures led by Peggy Moran Roland Young and Mischa Auer travel by Southern Pacific to attend a premiere in New Orleans. The group includes Ardy Devi Mr and Mrs Tigh Herbst and other industry names for a two hour event with noted cameraman Dary Mate present.
Palm Beach reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor seeking rest before resuming duties in Britain. Aides said they will distribute invitations from their apartment as they prepare for the return, following a period of public and social engagements abroad.
Construction of new high pressure distillate plants in South Texas aims to develop fields in Prancita Jackson and Brita im Duval counties. Initial plans call for eight wells with depths between 450 and 8650 feet, large processing capacity, and royalties for operators. San Antonio and Houston firms tied to the venture, with A B Zachry and Cox taking over distillate properties.
Estimated salable receipts near 700 head with cattle activity improving slightly on Tuesday. Feeder and yearling prices showed moderate gains while slaughter cattle remained 25 cents lower in some lots. Sheep and goats saw little change as lighter weights and shorn lambs traded around 7.30 to 7.50 per hundredweight with a few higher calf sales reaching 10.80 to 12.50 in multiple lots.
Report of gas and distillate flow from No 1 Emil Durow in Nieces county. Deepest readings at 7579 feet with sands at multiple levels. Well tested 22 barrels in three hours, later limited to 22 barrels stored. chokes adjusted for production. Mentions contractors, storage, and safety milestones amid broad field activity.
National want ad page fragment mentions Amston wool market delays and a stabbing incident leading to grand jury action. It lists names and ages including Nicolas Gayéale and Fedevud Morales amid chaotic, garbled lines about jail, shipments, and receipts. The readable bits point to a crime-related legal action affecting market reporting.
Mixed cattle and hog pricing dominates notices from Hearst and Chicago area runs. cattle and yearlings show steady to lower trends with bulls and sows varying. hogs trade active after slow start with weights 180 to 270 pounds averaging around 8 to 10 dollars per hundredweight. sheep and lamb offerings include numerous head priced around 12.50 for native spring and lighter clipper stock.
Open ing firmness in wheat driven by cooler weather and stronger stocks. September futures rose up to 3 cents before profit taking. Reports from the war front limit gains, with new tax proposals in Washington added caution. Wheat prices and grain components quoted with mixed movements across Chicago and Fort Worth markets.
The Don notes last minute action ahead of the municipal election as mayoral candidate Jan A. Piper withdraws. Gregory Salasar files for commissioner, creating opposition for Pablo Steffler. City hall chatter questions whether Gregory will stay in or withdraw, with intrigue about last minute tactics and possible rivalries lingering past Fiesta.
Indianapolis April 7. A traffic advisor, Lieut. Edward F. Moore, represented an accident prevention event at accident headquarters. He explained a collision involving John L. Yarung, 70, of Shelbyville, and a car driven by another motorist.
In Austin the Senate opened debate on a general tax bill of 24 063 000 with amendments from Senator Weaver Moore. The House is also weighing a 1 000 000 transfer to highway funds and to avert cuts to old age assistance payments.
Apr 22 in New York and Chicago reports show steady to higher butter cream prices with large receipts, eggs mixed but favoring fancy grades, and wholesale cheese and fats varying by grade. Potatoes in Chicago noted weak demand, Western and Idaho stocks steady, while Kansas City lists mixed produce with limited demand and moderate prices.
Frank and Astania Martinez were named as defendants in a joint complaint charging them with the murder of Rito Saucedo on April 19. Filed in Justice of the Peace Bat Corrigan's court by Deputy Sheriff gimme Revard, the same complaints accuse the Marthice brothers of assaulting Iuiio Balas on the same day, stemming from a disturbance in Casein, Texas, about 14 miles from pan Antonia. Saucedo died from knife wounds.
At Fort Ord on April 12 Sergeant Raymond N. Bach tests a system of Braille like patches on blanket rails to help soldiers identify their blankets. Leather pieces with different shapes mark platoons and edge patches allow each man to locate his own roll in the squad.
In New York on April 22, stock activity started strong with gains and rising prices but cooled in the early afternoon. Bonds improved while several blue chips including U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Westinghouse, and American Telephone showed support in uneven trading. General Motors, Standard Oil of New Jersey, DuPont, and Ansco lagged, while rail and industrial names like New York Central and Chrysler moved with mixed results amid profit concerns and auto demand anxieties.
The AP reports cotton futures in New Orleans opened with limited gains and mixed activity as traders weighed old versus new crop positions. May and October contracts showed modest shifts while trading plans hinted at long-held positions being transferred before first notices.
Market report notes steady copper and tin movements in New York and London markets. Lists various currency exchange rates and commodities such as copper, tin, iron, and antimony with forward and spot quotes, alongside global currency data and regional pricing signals for metals and exchange rates.
San Marcos on April 22 announced an agreement with Beretta Engineering of San Antonio to begin preliminary engineering on two 40 acre airfields near San Marcos. Air Corps officers Major D J Morgan and Captain E Smart inspected the sites weeks earlier, located about 3 1/2 miles from San Marcos along the new paved road to University.
Notice to readers about schedule changes for church events and speakers at the Crockett hotel and KTSA station. Dr Albert Edward Vaughn Stade will speak at 746 pm Tuesday and Wednesday, with a weeklong series listed. Local notices encourage attendance and relay party events and times.
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