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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
5
Radio schedules reveal a ventriloquist spotlight and varied programs for tomorrow across stations. Highlights include musical acts, dramatic readings, and a lineup featuring orchestras, choirs, and notable entertainers.
Renwicke Cary notes the Bergen McCarthy duo become a lasting asset to Rudy Vallee’s Variety Hour. Bergen, a skilled ventriloquist at 33, and Charlie the pine dummy shine as a standout act, with Annette King and Swanson also spotlighted in the broadcast lineup.
Florida Dont Look reports Los Angeles buys of outfits for outdoor laborers as Old Man Winter finally arriving. City council allocates 2000 dollars for red flannel underwear woolen garments to withstand southern California winter conditions. Souvenirs are eschewed in Hollywood with Madge Evans noted for her personal souvenirs during film progress and spionage context.
A dated listing outlines radio programming and live performances across KTSA WOAI WCNT and related outlets. It lists orchestras, recordings, and various music and entertainment segments including a Northwest University event and a Missionaries feature, with multiple names and show times referenced in a dense program schedule.
A fragmented schedule lists radio and performance items from Berlla and a German winter resort area in the Black Forest. Entries reference burlesque acts, a Josef Marlin Bauer series, orchestra performances, singing, and science topics with times and frequencies interspersed throughout.
Berlin reports the Nazi publication Schwargekorps condemns depictions of Jesus with Jewish features. It rails against Otto Punck’s new passion paintings for portraying a Jewish Christ and for making Jesus resemble Lenin, urging action against such portrayals.
New York wire reports announce a new Sunday broadcast series by Rev. Charles E. B. Coughlin, described as the Master of the Shrine, with detailed plans for his fireside talks to be delivered from a shrine in Oak Park, Michigan, marking the start of the program.
In Winfield Kansas on January 21 a car stalled on Santa Fe tracks. Dean Robinson jumped to safety, leaving behind his dog which was trapped in the wreck. The car was demolished but the dog apparently escaped unharmed.
A Sioux City Iowa report says a hangar valued at 40,000 dollars and eight planes valued at 26,400 dollars were destroyed in under an hour. Firemen faced snowy delays reaching the blaze and had to improvise with limited water supplies.
Matinda Mansfield French marked her hundredth birthday in Louis last January. Friends reported she felt fine despite growing older and quipped that photos make her look a hundred.
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