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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1938
Page
9
A fragmented listing shows WOAL broadcast timetables with night programs, artists, and segments including studio music, matinees, current events, and orchestral features. The schedule references numerous performers such as Louise Massey, Will Osborne, Horace Heldt, Artie Shaw, and George Hall, with multiple time blocks throughout the day and into midnight.
A garbled schedule lists Muzical Clock programming and various shows from morning to night. Mentions Pappy Chesky’s Nestional Hillbilly Champions, Morning Moods, Lady Courageous, March of Games, and other program titles. Contains numerous misread items and extraneous text.
Radio listings show varied programming across cities including Berlin London Rome and Paris with music talks and dramatic episodes. Highlights include Walter Courvoisier readings, a Tuesday Symphonies broadcast, and a special U S broadcaster lineup. Money for vacation trips offered via classified notes.
A loaded radio schedule lists The Attorney-at-Law series starring Henry Hunter with Betty Winkler in The Case of the Asia Express. Also tonight Alan Hale guest stars and Martha Raye with Parkyakarkus perform. Another note, Horace Helt moves from Tuesday to Sunday broadcasts while Benny Goodman conducts a swing jam session. A baseball all-star game is set for Cincinnati Wednesday at 12 15 p.m. plus piano prodigies Byron Yanks and Arthur Marcus appear on Keyboard Concerts.
Lita Gray Chaplin, former wife of Charlie Chaplin, will wed Arthur Day, theatrical agent, today at the Church of American Martyrs in Manhattan Beach. She notes previous marriages to Chaplin and Henry Aguirre were civil. this ceremony is permitted by a Catholic priest. Her divorce from Aguirre was finalized last Friday.
Oil field updates across Texas describe Edwards limestone activity near Pearsall and San Antonio assets under Frig and Humble Oil. New depths record set at Tomaconnor field while Brown well targets 12,000 feet. production figures and casing details accompany multiple county drills and test results.
A 1916 feature notes Dr. Urrutia’s Quinta Urrutia residence in Utique, his Moorish French style, and his claim of permanent safety in the city. It details his family medical lineage, a court award, and his remarks about staying in the city, plus a chaotic local snapshot contest with rules for submitting photos to The Light.
A San Antonio man was injured during a seaside trip when he dove from rocks into the bay at Rockport Texas. He struck his neck and shoulder, was hospitalized with neck injuries, and returned home by ambulance after a weekend visit with family.
A series of fire alarms reported grass fires across numerous streets including West Avenue, North Sabinage Street, Kentucky Avenue, Canton Street, South Flora Street, San Antonio Avenue, Woodlawn Avenue, Exel Mulberr Avenue, Hildeband Avenue, Shook Avenue, Laurel Street, Corewell Avenue, West Gulaverax Street, North Browsie Lembrano Street, Nath Chater, South Flores Street, Basin and Com Nour Drive, and others with alarms from 11:20 a.m. to 9:44 p.m. No injuries noted and several alarms listed as extinguished with varying damages noted.
INDIANAPOLIS July 5. Senator Frederick Van Nuys facing renomination at the Democratic state convention July 12 received a telegram from Governor M Clifford Townsend inviting him to run. Townsend said the convention would be wide open and denied claims he aimed to control Hoosier Democratic politics. Van Nuys had warned he might run as an independent if he did not receive renomination amid opposition to forests plus Supreme Court expansion and government reorganization bills.
By B C Forbes. The stock market again proves its unpredictableness. Wall Street ended the week buoyant with a pre holiday mood as traders rush to ride the rally wagon. Major industrial reports show upside momentum. steel and motor outputs improve while rail service remains precarious. Washington is clearing uncertainties and optimism grows that Roosevelt may push broad reforms. The market rebound is seen as a reaction to overdone pessimism and inventories dropping, with hope that prosperity will be pursued by new deal supporters.
Dayton Ohio on Patterson Field six Army autogiros were flown today by nine officers and enlisted men of the army air corps. The massive training unit nears graduation with 32 officer pilots and 32 mechanics.
Simms promotes a city dance event titled AIR CONDITIONED at LAZA HOTEL BALLROOM with admittance 160 minus charges. The notice highlights venue details and price, reflecting a local social calendar item from the era.
A World War II era satire outlines a fictional plan labeling cotton farmers as white sheep or red goats under a federally run crop reduction program. The piece lampoons an imagined system where cards track farmers, quotas, and penalties, and where buyers must report purchases to enforce compliance.
Jefferson County reports Marie Gray, 15, died while attempting to save six year old Frankie Louise Scott at a riverside outing near Texarkana. Frankie Louise was rescued after she fell into deep water and Marie Gray’s body was recovered later with unsuccessful revival attempts.
Devine reports broomcorn harvest starting this week with several farmers in the field. Early price at the opening sale was 75 dollars per ton. Acreage hired this year was cut by at least fifty percent due to reduced hiring.
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