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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1939
Page
7
A dense OCR fragment lists radio programs and performers such as Suttle, Taher, Armatorne, Lombarun Orch, and Jonnie Dorses's Deeb. It mentions networks like Celanels Broadcasting System and Mutual Broadcasting System, with time slots including MONDAY through early morning hours. Multiple artists, programs, and stations appear with minimal context.
A dense listing of radio programs and hosts across stations WOAI, WARM, and related networks. Includes schedules for morning to late evening segments, music, news, religious programming, and special features with numerous named show hosts and times.
Fragmentary OCR text references Janet Gaynor in a CHS production. Mentions roles and historical figures such as Archduke and Emperor in a mixed English passage. Details are unclear and names partially garbled.
Fragmentary shortwave, shopping, and city notes mix with messy codes. Mentions Boston, World news, schedules, prices, and various product terms, but readable specifics are scarce. Local items reference merchants, times, and venues with unclear context and numerous abbreviations.
A fragmented New Era export summary lists vegetables and fruits by state, with Texas figures dominating totals. The document notes wholesale prices, shipping points, and market steadiness for items like cabbage, spinach, Savoy, lettuce, onions, and turnips, alongside scattered city mentions and price ranges.
Searchers in a heavy snowstorm combed rugged terrain ten miles south of a northern New Mexico mesa for the wreckage of an army plane in which Lieut. Wallace E Ney, 23, reportedly died. The crash occurred after takeoff from Lowry Field Denver bound for Amarillo. The body lay in the cockpit amid mangled wreckage. The plane is described as a light attack model possibly AWW type. Ney, a March Field graduate born in Cavalier North Dakota, recently attended the Denver wing school and held a reserve commission. His mother Mrs Esther M Alden resides in Pasadena California.
Secretary of State praised the Lima Peru meeting as a charter for international conduct based on equality justice and freedom. He said the declaration for continental solidarity marks progress beyond earlier accords and emphasized reducing trade barriers amid global economic chaos.
Cotton futures in New Orleans edge lower on light demand and end of week liquidation. January contracts open around 40 bid with mixed bids for May and March while Liverpool market reports modest declines and scattered demand. In New York, prices soften as traders weigh local reports and overseas cues amid thin trading.
A garbled report notes the U S court action involving a Ford case withdrawal. Details are unclear due to transcription errors but references a U S court in Washington and mentions a motion or ruling affecting Ford. Further clarification is needed to identify parties, dates, and precise proceedings.
Chicago January reports show selling in winter wheat futures with declines to near 69 cents for May and July while buying interest emerges just below that level. Weather across Texas to Argentina affects grains with rains in the Argentinian corn belt and softer North American exports. Prices for oats rye and corn parts ease. feed grains show modest drops as the market absorbs new orders and regional harvests.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt celebrated her eightieth birthday with a luncheon hosted by suffrage colleagues. The lifelong activist expressed somber views on future world events, saying she remains an optimist but feels discouraged about peace efforts in Europe and Asia and about the prospects for international cooperation.
New York stocks opened with cautious gains then retreated as declines in foreign and industrial shares weighed on overall sentiment. Trading showed uneven activity with limited gains and notable weakness in key names like United Broadway, Copper, and steel firms amid inflation talk and deflation fears.
Financial notes show money rates steady while London metal prices edge higher for copper tin and zinc. Foreign exchange rates list numerous global currencies with mixed gains and losses. Chicago meat prices and poultry details appear amid a broad agricultural and commodity market snapshot.
Livestock market news from Fort Worth and Chicago shows mixed receipts and bids. Hogs and cattle move with steady late rounds, with hogs around 7.20 per hundredweight for certain weights, calves and yearlings showing strength, and cattle prices varying by weight and class across multiple markets including Fort Worth, St Louis, and Chicago.
Dr. George W. Frasier president of Colorado State Teachers College at Grevley spoke at an open forum in Thomas Jefferson High School auditorium, endorsing three C’s of progressive education and criticizing fraternities and sororities as breeding discrimination. He contrasted abstract and practical intelligence with Einstein and Roosevelt praised, and critiqued communism while urging character and citizenship as core fundamentals. He plans to address alumni at Creole Cuisine later Monday.
Charleston West Virginia reports a statewide foreclosure of delinquent properties. The estate seeks cash to settle four years of unpaid taxes and fees. Officials indicate no funds are available to redeem, as notices were served and the process proceeds with the sheriff and state authorities pursuing disposition of the property.
Obituary notices list Joh Alexander Tilman Jr age 117 San Pedro Avenue with funeral services at 4 p.m. Monday from Hapy-McCollum-Murray chapel officiated by Rev Neal Ellis. Survivors include widow Nellie Hill Tillman, sons Lese We and Crum Tillman of San Antonio, brother Edgar Tillman of Temple, J F Tilman of Adamsville, sister Mrs J C Merton of Temple. Also included are notices for Crews 77 Sabinal rancher with six daughters and multiple relatives, Gertrude Bennett Worrell at 100 Dashiel Street, James W Cross 80, and other survivors across Brownwood Wichita Falls Pearsall and San Antonio regions. Interments at Mission Burial Park and Sandoar Burial Park.
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