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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1940
Page
20
Narrative describes Judas the lead sheep at Brifl packing plant guiding others from Union stock yards to slaughter. Under Judas guidance the flock climbs an incline and is killed at the top where Judas takes no corn. The piece notes the tale has no intended moral.
Frank Largo reviews last night shows with Willie and Eugene benching strong straight man acts. John L. Lewis blackout and Rigolello quartet headline with Broadway stars Ben Blue Ann Miller Ella Logan in supporting turns. Miller's tapping and Lorien's Scottish flair draw laughs and praise.
Business leaders in downtown San Antonio invited employees to attend church services on Good Friday, said T G Turin assistant manager of the local chamber. The move aims to ease work schedules for workers wanting religious observance.
The San Antonio Public Library prepares an exhibit on the 500th anniversary of movable type. Miss Julia Grothaus, librarian, notes the display will trace printing history and its influence locally and generally. The exhibit will be staged in the library auditorium.
March 16 Brady report: Texas Rangers Memorial organization formed with Maj George B Black presiding. Officers named include Major Black president Doc White San Antonio vice president Ruby Green Smith Onessa secretary treasurer P B Hill Antonia chaplain Mrs W F Russell Brady assistant and treasurer.
Former Congressman Thomas L. Blanton ends a $40,000 libel suit against Representative Glyde L. Garrett of Texas and secretary J. W. Cockrill with a non-suit in Eastland. Blanton, defeated by Garrett four years earlier, says he wanted to bring sworn testimony from Congress members to prove his integrity. Garrett offers no comment.
The Witte Museum School of Art will hold its debut exhibit this Sunday in its galleries. The school formed a year ago from proceeds of an Artists’ Hall event at the Municipal Auditorium. Lucile Covert, 18, is the youngest student represented, with a long list of peers and instructors including Henry Lee McPhee.
A garbled health promo claims Mrs Helpa Blaugh shed 26 pounds in 40 days with inch losses from hips waist and abdomen and increased energy. The text is unreadable in spots but presents a weight loss testimonial style pitch promising rapid, dramatic results through a “hot water” or supplement regimen.
Ohio WPA workers will construct a road linking the 42 village of 60 residents on the Ohio river to act as an overflow escape route during floods. The feature appears in a mock utopia piece noting practical infrastructure amid imagined perfection.
Sunday radio and TV listings include Pursuit of Happiness on CBS with Walter Huston narrating Johnny Appleseed and Danny Kaye as a 2-cent writer. Also: Rosalyn and Simeon Bellison featured with the New York Philharmonic. St Patrick’s Day celebration hour. Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward in a Silver Theatre broadcast. Orson Welles and Jackie Cooper in Buckleberry Finn at Playhouse. and Carole Lombard and others in radio adaptations.
Radio listings span morning to midnight with network, church and local shows across stations WOAI KABC KTSA and more. A market blurb notes 1939 citrus cash income at 7.48 million, peak 1937 at 10.65 million. 1938 and 1936 figures given. Brady fair postponed to fall.
A dense list of early morning to evening radio programs across stations RTSA WOAL KABC ATSA and more. Entries include music hours with named acts such as Wranglers, Serenade, King Cole Trio, Kal Lilly Speaks, and The Right to Trappinera, plus talk and church programs and a long string of show titles and hosts.
The Dies un American activities committee will open an investigation next week into alleged Prussian spy ring activity in the United States. Chattman Dies says hearings will begin soon and may involve Nicholas Dozenberg, claimed Russian agent, linked to Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins. Committee agents have studied Russian secret police operations here for over a year.
Hollywood dispatch reports actress Bette Davis denying romance rumors with Arthur Parnsworth a Bostonan, noting their friendship dates to New England school days and that they merely share conversation and companionship without a romantic relationship.
Hollywood reports Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons have separated after nine years of marriage. Del Rio left for Palm Springs while Gibbons stays in Hollywood.
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