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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1931
Page
15
By J. H. McLean the article reports Uncle Bob changing high school hours again with a new daily schedule. mentions cathedral events, choir performances, and a radio broadcast lineup from local churches and schools, detailing times from 1 to 3 o'clock and referencing speakers and musical numbers.
A list of Radio programs and guests including First Lady on air, Dr Hoover, and Walter F. Brown with many others. The feature outlines a ceremony over Washington and the first air route between countries, plus a full Sunday evening schedule across KTSA and the Columbia network with musical offerings and orchestras.
An old advertisement promises weight gain of two to four pounds weekly without overeating or rich foods. It promotes Peruna Tonic as a digestive aid and tonic, claims better energy and complexion, and offers a money back guarantee. Consumers are urged to drink triple their usual water and mail for a free sample and order form.
An NBC announcer was trapped in a Turkish bath after a mishap with the bath’s rooms leaving him without money. Attendants locked his clothes, and a telephone call prompted rescue with enough effort to free him.
Count Felis Von Luckner, famed German rex writer, ranks among robust public figures in energ circles. He speaks into the mike as if narrating a salty sea tale to engineers, ad libbing frequently. One gesture includes kissing the mike goodbye with a loud sharp smack.
The Crosbys named him Harry Ly but he lived as Ning for twenty seven years. He earned the nickname from his love of Indian and cowboy adventures shouting Bing bing hog from dawn to night as he rode through dust and crowds.
A scrambled report notes Bucket Doubles for Jungle King with a Britian broadcasting corpora ton sending lines to South Africa for a tour. Taymor Kelly of NBC is credited as the sound jacksteer producing a camel effect by Crawink vielin boinctose 6 cord.
Grobe profiles Pan American jazz leader Paul Whiteman and his prominent arranger Ferle. The piece describes Ferle as one of the country’s foremost arcangete and composers responsible for many arrangements in Whiteman’s orchestra, portraying Whiteman as conductor and businessman.
Dara Abrams writes on a chaotic scene where a famed conductor faces a unique challenge amid a muting miscue on stage. The piece weaves surreal details of musical misdirection with a tense performance atmosphere and hints at a larger struggle within the orchestra.
A joint U S chamber of commerce broadcast program aims to educate homemakers about the national retail sector. Secretary Jones says the series will engage consumers as partners, improving merchandise and shopping satisfaction. The tentative start is 10 o clock Thursday morning October 22.
Two NBC announcers with similar wine like tones feature in a weekly theater of the air broadcast. Chaney is noted for lewd on ya tions B Is O, with remarks heard toward Br.
NBC organist Tra Glen and Crenzo NBC organist are taking up astronomy as a new hobby. Glen plans to use the knowledge in a forthcoming series of children’s programs about stars and space.
Seth Parker and the Jonnsport neighbors plan a December 1 appearance in San Antonio as part of a long touring schedule. The act, a radio entertainer group, will undertake more than fifty appearances with a coast to coast road journey and daily broadcasts at 6 45 p m CST.
An obscure clipping details the 11 Royal Caraatians of Lombarda with mixed facts about ages hair color and home bases. It notes ten from Ontario including Larry Owen from Cleveland and mentions their varied play locations in Manhattan Long Island and other places with unclear phrases suggesting team roles and personalities.
Colonel George W. Gas served as official greeter, escorting Bernie to a civic event. A formal reception followed as ambassadors arrived, with a white limousine and police escort clearing the streets for the arrival.
The radio has revolutionized communication and musical taste, enabling many innovations in instruments. Notably the instrument tied to broadcasting, enterable by microphone, whispers soft tones. Ross Gorman, versatile musician, performed 37 instrumental introductions on air with Rolfe's orchestra.
The American School of the Air resumes broadcasting on November 2 at 2 p.m. Central Standard Time. Inaugurated in February 1930, the program spans 45 stations with a wide listening audience from the Atlantic to the Pacific, featuring correlated lessons and schedules for the central school network.
A plan for 19,500 NC tyusie appreciation books has been filed for every Dallas ISD student from Grove and junior high schools, the largest single request yet. Ernest La Drade, asstorch ty Waiter Damrosch, notes the series began Friday October 2 and signals growing interest in music education via coast to coast networks. Last year online public schools sought 12,000 copies.
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