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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1938
Page
7
Fragmented OCR lists radio and TV programs with times and station names, including showcases like ROGUE 3 and Turner tunes, plus station brands like Broadcasting System and Texas Quality Network. The readable items show a dense grid of broadcasts, readings, and ads with no coherent event.
Daily broadcast guide lists a dense slate of morning to late afternoon programs including Sunrise Jamboree, Eye Openers, Our Children, Big Sister, Aunt Jenny, Town Revue, and Hotel Report. Also noted are local news by Al Man, market page items, and health and weather segments with numerous show titles and host names.
A new Cavalcade of America series debuts on CBS tonight featuring a dramatization about Knute Rockne and his impact on youth. Guest appearances include Dr Alan Revfoe and Heidie Cantor, with Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray starring in The Princess Comet Across at the CBS Redic Theater.
A compact listing of radio programs across London and international stations. Highlights include British composers and musical segments, American House program, World of Science, Toxic TS, Central European reviews, and various music and language shows with times and channel references.
Two people were killed and eight injured in weekend traffic accidents around San Antonio. Among the dead were Pvt. Glyn Boyd, 19, of Brooks Field, and Mrs. Lacy, 80, of Panama Avenue. A driver was held for an inquest by Justice of the Peace O. L. Wiley. Several other minor injuries were reported from collisions near Brooks Field, Castroville, and downtown streets. Funeral services for Mrs. Lacy were planned at Porter Spring Chapel.
Readable fragments describe Chicago wheat demand with slight advances, world shipments heavy, and larger estimated US winter wheat area. Buenos Aires corn rotations affect values. limited Chicago corn arrivals noted. San Antonio grain prices listed. Boston wool sale activity mixed. Liverpool wool and wool auction details. foreign exchange rates and sugar futures briefly cited.
A noisy retail listing from Chicago markets details poultry and produce items including Plymouth Rock and White Rock chickens, Leghorn hens, turkeys and ducks with weights and prices. It notes several brands and grades, plus bakery and dairy items, with quantities and shelf terms. The fragment hints at receipts and deliveries for a spring season market.
Market reports show weaker cattle and hog activity across Fort Worth and Chicago exchanges with receipts around 40 to 3400 head. Hogs traded lower on late demand while cattle terms ranged from steady to lower, with feeders and stock calves easing and many prices quoted among mid range figures for common grades.
Funeral services were set across multiple cases in San Antonio and nearby towns. Chiodes Hogan Sr. and August Martin Herberich are listed with parlor times, church masses, and interment details. Other obituaries include Mrs. Maude Hildebrand and J B Darele with survivors named. services at Hagy-McCollum-Murray and Zikk-Kearns parlors, Mission Burial Park, and Roselawn.
chaotic market scene in New York with mixed performance across major sectors. investors react to uncertain data and quarterly signals as some stocks stumble while others hold value amid volatility driving cautious optimism.
Reported theft at ~1:00 pm Saturday near Frederickspurg road and Hawksheet. Youth about 20 snatched purses from Mrs. Mabel Eylar and Mrs. Archer. Only small cash recovered. items reduced to personal articles.
Cotton futures opened lower in New Orleans with declines of 5 to 12 points as December and January contracts showed mixed bids. European and Liverpool reports reflected price weakness amid general liquidation and hedge selling, with domestic futures slipping through the first half hour and continuing pressure into early trading.
Washington December 4 Mrs Ellen Woodward militant administrator denied today statements that Communist or mented some of the federal theater conjects in New York City She told the house committee investigating un American activities by the history of the theater projects and their executives reduces to absurdity She committed that some of the projects dollars were communist Miss Hazel Helton described as principal critic never employed on the Rochester Bla projects and had little theater experience precluding employment
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