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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1939
Page
12
A garbled note warns against moving near Douglas Cater son of Mr and Mrs Bari Carey at 3402 Wea Bonewood Avenue. The message claims Cater has run a weekly paper for three years and types on a typewriter on his day.
Douglas, a Woodlawn School student who skipped two grades, edits News Around the Block with original poems and weather verses. He is joined by sister Margaret and other local figures, including brigadier generals and YWCA members, who contribute to a budding neighborhood paper and its expanding news network.
A party of academy cadets led by Melvin G Nydegger from New Orleans will depart July 22 for Bogota Colombia as exchange students at Colegio de Ramirez. The Colegio is a leading South American military academy and prep school for boys. Participants include Charles W Andreis Kileaye Joe Bill Burnumen Newton Texas and Neal TL Nierman Houston.
Digest of radio listings shows a dense timetable from morning to midnight across stations WMAC WOAT KABC RABC etc. Programs include news features musical clocks gospel lines and orchestras with various hosts and guest artists.
German American Festival to be held Sunday evening at 5 in the Hermann Sons garden on South St. Marys Street for the benefit of German summer school. Alfred Schaefer directs a concert with German folk songs by the Liederkranz Beethoven choruses and German summer classes from Bonnhein and Travis schools. Peter Peltakis solo baritone and dances by Minnt and Porm are listed. Public invited. children under 12 admitted free.
A new CBS program lineup titled Let’s Go to the Fair will debut with weekly highlights from the New York World’s Fair. Tonight’s show features Morton Downey songs Bill Robinson tap dancing and The Tritons as the fair’s official symphonic act with NBC’s His Majesty Mr Jones adaptation and Charlies McCarthy guest Andrea Leeds. Washington interview with John R Breelman and Albert Warner to CBS listeners.
A dense broadcast schedule lists programs from Guatemila Clive to “Songs of the British Isles” and “Fidellita” Opera. It notes performances, broadcasts, and notable times across cities like New York and Moscow, with rental property ads near the end.
The Fifteenth Field Artillery will observe Organization Day at Fort Sam Houston with all duties suspended. The regiment will form at 8:00 a.m. in Square 8 and be addressed by Col. Ralph Mery Pennell. A morning program, special dinners at noon, and a league baseball game with the Twelfth Field Artillery cap the celebration. Members not on summer training will attend.
Arthur Stening of Glileaple county was elected president of the Fredericksburg chamber of commerce at the recent board meeting. Paul Weber, Rarazeman, named vice president, and Miss Edythe Krauskop re elected secretary treasurer for the term.
Dallas July 15 The FBI moved to pursue looting of active bank accounts after two men were arrested. Floyd Tilman a Dallas bank tester pleaded guilty to forging and cashing a 2000 dollar check on another account. Additional forged withdrawals were revealed as the case developed before U S Commissioner Jony Davis. Clinard was to be brought back from California with a 5000 dollar bond sought.
Representatives from 32 or more major junior chambers of commerce from the Fourth District will meet in San Marcos on July 23. Clubs in the district include Austin Hillsboro Lockhart Mason Ban Saba Waco Waxahachie and San Marcos with other area clubs expected to attend. State President Bill Cooner of Dallas will be a keynote speaker.
A dense radio program list outlines morning through evening broadcasts across stations including KA NC, WOAI, and KTIA. It features a mix of live shows, music segments, news briefs, church concerts, and entertainment slots with many named performers, hosts, and event titles, reflecting a bustling day of programming.
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