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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1941
Page
13
A cluttered listing shows station programs across the day from morning to midnight. Notable items include Harlem broadcasts, sports updates, orchestral and dance programs, and late night music blocks with sign offs.
Readable fragments show a dense, era radio guide listing programs by time and station. It includes musical segments, talk shows, religious and public affairs, with various hosts, bands, and guest appearances noted across WOAI, WOAT, and related outlets.
Representatives of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company visit San Antonio on March 12 en route to a regional sales conference in Monterrey, March 13 to 16. Attendees include Hadd Cwmrettys, Mrs. Cummings Allen TD, Harmer, and G. J. O Brien among others from the San Antonio agency. The San Antonio agency ranked high in 1940 production and several guests were noted as top producers.
Al Brin speaks at the Association of Relief Macependent Broce meeting Wednesday at Bolitets bakery. The Animal Defense League plans a Meo event. M Pravar, president, announces Anco Wednesday night. Tom Dicky and Lily Show set for Dh-30e with eyes on the crowd.
Obituaries list several residents with varying details. Mrs. Laut A Noble 79, services Thursday from Akécs funeral home with interment at Mission Burial Park. Mrs. Sheppard Romans infant died, parents named. James Alford Miller 58 naval hospital, services Thursday, interment Roselawn burial park. Margaret Murphy died, native of Indiana, services Thursday at Aight-Kearns funeral home, Roselawn burial. Carl Schmockel 70, Germany native, services Thursday at Lar Rico Funeral Home, interment Marion. Joe M. Rakewitz 122 Panama Avenue, Legion Services Thursday. Zizi Krams Funeral Home with Mass at Cecelia's Church. Ida Marie Ole 79, Germany-born San Antonio resident, services Thursday at Higg-McColl chapel, interment at Roselawn. Survivors include husbands, wives, and multiple children and siblings across several families.
Disjointed text from a poultry and produce page mentions Gibraltar Bomaet and a reference to the Tort rock of Gibraltar being parked today. Includes scattered prices and items with no clear cohesive event or individuals.
Texas cattle circles praise San Antonio and Fort Worth shows with standout cattle. David Strang and partners feed and place calves in competitions across Dallas Jimstown and Chicago circuits. Fort Worth's rivalries, high prices and notable breeders like Grote and Henry drive Texas prestige amid evolving cattle trading and yearling sales.
Receipts totals around 600 hogs and 400 cattle with midweek trade steady to firm. Hog values ranged near 7.40 per cwt for choice butcher stock, with lighter weights and feeder pigs showing varied support. cattle prices held steady with occasional higher loads for yearlings and fat cows. Sheep and goat activity uneven. a broad mix of weights and grades noted across Fort Worth and St. Louis markets.
A distorted report outlines March and May cotton futures with erratic price movement and weak demand signals. It cites nearby declines and shifting market tone across mid-session trading, noting speculative activity and uncertain outlook as traders weigh near term and longer term factors.
Fragmented transmission from New York reports unclear results and names distorted by OCR. Vague references to votes, events, and figures suggest a local political update with scattered party mentions and uncertain outcomes.
In Chicago first Lew Minutes of trading show wheat and corn prices wavering as traders react to profit-taking and government policy uncertainty for the new crop. Reports of government stock levels and overseas lend-lease talks with Britain and Japan influence price moves. Large buying in fats and lard hints at broader commodity activity as prices for rye, oats, and hay fluctuate.
Fragmented Oil News reports testing stages in four counties including Ban Ais lonia and Medina. It notes pipe depths, drilling sites, and survey references with scattered technical terms and locations.
A mixed late edition reports on currency and metal prices in New York and London, listing rates for pounds, dollars, and various metals with market movements. The bulletin notes Canadian dollar evaluations, insurance premiums, and foreign exchange values alongside a local obituary stating the death of Glaley Staley, head of Staley Oil company, found dead at his home in Illinois.
The Cuban senate approved a loan request backed by the U S Export-Import Bank totaling 18,027,700 dollars. The agreement supports a 400,900 ton shipment plan and aims to back mid term commitments, with anticipated action within a short period.
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