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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1937
Page
4
Report from Westminster notes a proposed peace plan with a large economic program. Estimates show defense borrowing near 6.25 billion dollars, shaping debate in parliament as opposition critiques rise.
Schedule of diverse radio programs across stations and times including musical acts, news blurbs, children's programming, orchestral features, dramatic tales, and public affairs segments. Notable items include Philharmonie Shue, The Singing Warters, Dictators, The Citizen In the World, Breakfast Club, and Southernaires with CBS and NBC network ties.
Fragmented radio listings intermix Midnight voting in Rome and London with station IDs and program notes. Treasury data for February 30 shows receipts of 63.01 million and expenditures of 66.69 million, leaving a balance of 147.5 million. The report also cites customs receipts and fiscal year totals, noting emergency outlays and a large deficit increase from the prior day.
Radin delivered a sprawling late night show at Radio City with Nora Coward Beatrice Lillie and Beatrice Lillie performing lively numbers. The broadcast included Deems Taylor and Fred Waring with Pennsylvanians, Graham McNamee hosting, and orchestras led by Lombardo and Galloway. A Lincoln Day address by Dr. Glenn Frank was scheduled, along with CBS forum interviews and a slate of radio and stage attractions across KTSA WOAL and CBS networks.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN Feb 1 194? Captain Herbert M Knowles a famed life saver in the Rhode Island coast guard service died at his Wakefield home. He witnessed shipwrecks and saved hundreds of lives during his long career.
Springfield reports the Illinois Sales Tax Act was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court today. The decision deprives the state government of unemployment relief revenue, estimated at about $500,000 per month.
Quick-action want ads advise dialing F 1231 before pean Saturday for all editions. The fragmented note urges readers to place timely ads via a single dialing path and notes imminent Saturday deadline across editions.
Exiled Bolshevik leader Leon Trotzky reportedly instructed the Swiss Marxist group to file libel actions in Basel against Georg Dimitrov and Swiss Communist leaders Homberg Droz and Bodenmann. The move cites Moscow trials and references Stalin and the OG, S.A. R. as defense.
Muskogee's city government confronts a turbulent week as two city managers and two city attorneys are proposed amid talks of the council's resignation. A $40,009 damage suit alleges both listed as city attorney. Mayor and council member positions face pressure while talent shifts unfold.
Thousands gathered at Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield to honor the emancipator's legacy and ideals. Across the nation, many paused on the ninth anniversary of his death, while a privileged crowd listened to speeches at his final resting place.
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