Theater Row season promises a busy week with star players
Optimism runs through San Antonio as W27 opens with Colleen Moore in Winkletoes at the Palace. Kenneth Harlan and a notable cast support Moore in a London tale of crime and glamour. Rialto features The Garner Vaunt with Ruth Mix in a Western and a frontier crew. Majestic books Yaletide Joy Jubilee led by McKey Ardine with Anser and Pair. Other vaudeville acts and film features fill the bill.
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San Antonio
Anil
I, Vaviety
Colleen Moore
Palace Theater
Winkletoes
Homnas Burke
iMe Svene
Tan House
London
Miss Moore
Kenneth Harlan
Dolly
Marshall
Warner Glan
Gladys Brockwell
Jue Tutie Johnzon
Lucien ~ Litthefield
Ben Turnin
von ¥Elive
Valace Symphony Orchestra
Oki
Majestic Theater
Somg
McKey Ad Ardine
Anser
Anger
Nelsang
Wardell
Tin Coste
Musicat Comers
Nick Truford
Trene Thich
Olive Brooks
Gene Tuney
News Red
Seven Day Week Controversy In Labor Fight
A reader letter and commentary discuss Forbes seven day week rules on roads, questioning whether unions or employers drove progress for American workers. The piece cites labor papers, notes hours and wages disputes, and mentions railway workers, company unions, and AFL battles. The debate questions managerial benevolence versus organized labor pressure shaping wage and condition gains.
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American Federation of Labor
Juyal
Porbes
Minster Ut
Rone Frar Poultey Association
YS Syd Executives
Crossing Watchmen Recall Long Hours and Struggles
Read by ailing workers, an account details 80 year crossers working 17 hours daily, seven days a week. A worker recalls 12 to 15 hour days earning 120 dollars, supporting a seven member family while his wife toiled daily. He notes lack of church attendance for decades and distant Sundays off. The passage cites a United States railroad labor board report from December 1 1925 showing regional pay disparities and long shifts among class 1 carriers.
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L Firet
Hely
Willon
United States Railroad Labor Board
Clien
Ron
Children Curious About San Antonio and the Rio Grande
Fred Werndow of the chamber of commerce noted a Detroit News clipping showing a fox hunt on the Rio Grande. He welcomed students who had begun sending questions about San Antonio, saying the city interests children historically and geographically and that it is “on the map” since early history.
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Fred Werndow
Chamber of Commerce Mae
Detroit News
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Lex
Herndon
United States
MA Students Return to Bern Course at Brooks and Kelly Fields
With resumed activities at Brooks and Kelly fields, advanced flying school students begin Monday specialized training in bombing, attacking, and observation. Pursuit training was dropped due to shortage of pursuit ships. Officers in charge are Lieut W S Grilvy for observation, Lieut EB Dimecan for attack, and Capt FLT Ygtin for bombing.
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Brooks
Kelly Fields
Advanced
White
Gri Lvy
Lient
Dime
Flt
Ygtin
Pickpocket Steals Wallet at Scrankenridge Park
A man reported a pickpocket stole a wallet with twelve travelers’ checks Monday near Scrankenridge Park, according to a police report.
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Scrankenridge Park
Market Prices Reel From Opening Week In 2027
The report notes vegetable market openings and agricultural belt activity. Changes in produce prices show lettuces, turnips, and peppers slipping. potatoes and onions rise amid new year events. Local traders, including Pruit Cony and Gugenbertt-dolt company, are cited with price quotes and forecasts.
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Deniers
Local Produce Prices At Wholesale Market Report
Farmers received varied wholesale prices for vegetables and poultry on market Monday. Items include celery five cents per dozen, radishes ten cents per dozen, parsley forty cents per dozen, green beans three dollars per bushel, okra three fifty per bushel, tomatoes one fifty per crate, peppers and onions priced per dozen or bushel, and poultry: eggs candied by crate, turkeys at thirty one cents per pound, fryers eighteen to twenty two cents, hens thirteen cents.
Woman Returns From Everglades Expedition
Florence Mosier of the prohibition enforcement office returned to San Antonio after a year and weeks absence. She joined a New York Botanical Gardens expedition into Florida’s Everglades and was the second woman to enter the Deep waters. She traveled with her father Charles A. Masier, a noted botanist, and W. Small of the New York Botanical Gardens who led the expedition.
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Everglades
Weather forecast for San Antonio and West Texas
Fragmented weather notes describe southerly to westerly winds and temperature trends. Mentions Tuesday and tonight near 0024, uncertain phrases about light to scattered activity, with general expectations for west Texas conditions and possible coastal influence.
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San Antonio Anc
Weather Summary From Various Cities
Weather data shows Kansas City cloudy with a high near 90 and a low around 40. New York reports 90 with cooler lows and southerly winds. Washington records yesterday’s temperature around 82 with southwest winds.
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Kansas
C of C Pep Meeting Marks Start of 1927 in San Antonio
The Chamber of Commerce of San Antonio held a Monday pep gathering to begin 1927. Porter Whaley, the general manager, called the event a true pep meeting as staff pledged to work harder and bigger in the next year. Officials praised the staff and stressed cooperation to make San Antonio an increasingly greater city.
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Chamber of Commerce
Porter Whaley
Pep” Dugeting
San Antonio
Whaley
Next McAnnis Organ Recital on Jan 12
The municipal organ recitals resume Wednesday January 12 with a popular concert program to be announced by Sligh McAnnis municipal organist.
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McAnnis
Sligh McAnvis
San Antonio Seen In Film For National Highway Committee
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will forward 100 feet of film to the national highway committee at San Diego to be used in a project led by Ey Plitcher. Porter Whaley announces local cooperation to complete the film. It will depict the Spanish Trail from St Augustine to San Diego and be shown before Rotary clubs.
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San Antonio
O National Highway Committee
San Diego
Cal
Ey Pletcher
Porter Whaley
Chamber of Commerce
Whaley
Rotary
Atl Sg
Krail
St. Augustine
Fin
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