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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1938
Page
5
Radio trade program covers movie favorites on air with Alice Faye Jo Stafford and others including George McCall preview and Lillie. Notable guests Basil Rathbone and Al Jolson mentor segments plus Dorsey and Red Norvo orchestras featured on KTSA and CBS networks.
A long OCR rich page lists radio program lineups for many stations with show titles and times, plus a note on Tuesday meetings of San Antonio architects and monument dealers who viewed a documentary on marble quarrying titled Monitaing of Marble presented by J G Brackeen of Dallas for Vermont Marble in Texas. The block ends with a local station KTLA 4 o'clock daily light lost and found column notice and a message line.
Fragmented OCR style report lists multiple items with times and places across broadcasting, theatre, and events. Mentions include radio segments in English, university programs, Berlin Carnival, Melbourne and Paris notes, and various international references with scattered timings and venues. The readability is limited but preserves numerous named entities and times.
Tomorrow’s radio schedule lists numerous programs across stations with varied formats. Notable items include musical performances, news segments, talk shows, and children's programs, featuring hosts and recurring segments such as Weather, Market Page, and family entertainment slots.
Misleading vintage advertisement for Musterole chest and throat relief touts a milder formula for children. It claims to penetrate warm and stimulate drainage of bronchial tubes, promising vapor relief and calm sensory irritation. Promoted as doctor and nurse recommended with Regular, Children’s, and Extra Strength variants.
Imprecise notes place PRANK Hyp Marts engagement rumor beside civic schedules. Mentioned are Director D R Thomas of the chamber of commerce, Greyhound coach, Mary’s and Houston sites, Edith Black secretary to Gunter Manager Artie Campton, Andren Gersdorf publicity manager, Gus Amundsen from Galveston chamber promoting Mardi Gras, H B Creager Republican committeeman from Brownsville, and Dixie Tucker discussing a Sunday arrival of a nine page Dixie Jo at Corporation Court.
A 40 year old Floresville man, Butler, a refrigerator repairman, was reported improved Tuesday at Robert B Green hospital after his car Wrnerd overturned on the Gonzales road and plunged over a 14 foot embankment Monday afternoon. He suffered a back injury.
Pasadena headline notes Dr. Francis G. Pease, longtime Caltech astronomer at Mount Wilson, died yesterday at age 87. The obituary highlights his work as a leading astronomer and his association with the California Institute of Technology and the Mount Wilson Observatory.
O. R. Smith, president of American Airlines, announced last night that Q. M. Red Moster, a former World War I pilot and noted Dallas figure, has been appointed vice president of the airline.
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