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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1936
Page
8
The page lists grain prices, real estate and lumber notices, piano listings, and local business advertisements from San Antonio. It includes bids for city projects, coalitions for road right of way, and notices about public works funding. Names of firms, auction bids, and street references appear throughout the fragment.
A fragmented radio listings page notes schedule blocks and artist mentions across stations WOAI WOAI-Tean Dickinaan and XABC Hewn Fission. Entries reference concerts records songs and theater listings including radiocasts at Radis Theater and Uptown venues with various performers and showtimes.
A busy page of classified notices shows buyers paying cash for old gold and diamonds and for used furniture. Alamo Auction Co and Parks Furniture advertise furniture selling and purchasing, with listings for wearing apparel, jewelry repair, and household goods. It mentions stores at 321 Alamo Place, 316 W Commerce, and 309 W Ave, along with various contact details and price points, including jewelry, watches, and vacuum cleaners.
Live cattle and calves faced uneven demand in Fort Worth with liberal calf supplies. Prices: good fat calves $9.50 to $10.60, medium $4.25 to $4.60, stocker calves $4.00 to $3.50, vealers steady to higher, cows and bulls steady to weak. Receipts around 200 head noted. buyers active with packers paying top quotes for light weight cattle.
London metals prices and market notes show little change in key metals including gold silver and tin with quotes for copper lead and zinc listed. The report covers London trading activity with figures for futures and daily settlement along with some commentary on market movements and notable bid offers.
Radio programs for tomorrow list a long, varied schedule with hosts, musicians, and orchestras. Featured acts include Nell Read, the Blue Flames, the Rhythmizies, and the Tune Wranglers among many others with times ranging from early morning to late night. The lineup also mentions tennis, news updates, and special programs throughout the day.
A fragmented program listing includes dance acts and performances with times and locations such as Nat Gonalla and his Georgians, Parke, and Trevay. Entries mention dance programs, orchestras, and various performers with brief timings, venues, and order hints.
A chaotic supply line reports three trucks of unsorted produce from New Mexico and Colorado arriving to market. Prices for beans, grapes, peppers, cucumbers, and melons vary sharply by origin, with specialists noting a general decline in some sectors and firm bids for certain staples despite weather and transport concerns.
Washington dispatch from early September reports Julius Derpmueller of Germany, acting president of the conference, stating a European war is unlikely with veiled suggestions of dangers. He cautioned that any war would do the worst possible harm to the world and downplayed imminent conflict amid preparatory talks.
Cotton market notes show spot values around 5.85 with barley and variation in futures. The document mentions trading dates May 24 and July 24 with Liverpool connection and a closing tone noting price actions and unsettled market sentiment.
Veteran actors Janes Cagney and Robert Armstrong headline Radio theater’s Is It Sir, a Jack Tier old pricefight play revived for broadcast. Cagney portrays the manager of a lightweight boxer as Armstrong assumes the ring role, plus a cast including Margaret Speaks and Florence Wickland. The program airs on KTSA and WOAT with music and guest performances from Chicago Opera alumni and NBC radio regulars.
In Los Angeles Fepe 74M Irs Bill F Gate estranged wife of Clark Gable filed an answer today denying any intent to break a long standing property settlement from their 1995 separation. Gable asked the Superior Court months ago to declare the agreement valid and to enjoin Mrs Gable from breaking it. The husband’s answer says the sole dispute concerns the amount of money and its computation.
Thirteen people were taken into custody in Wichita Kansas after a raid by police. Officers seized approximately 700 pounds of marijuana seven guns several convertible machines and cash totaling 488 dollars. The action occurred during a meeting attended by hundreds of American Legion members for a state convention.
United States and Canada stock exchanges closed for Labor Day with all major markets shut. Some market activity continued in overseas and commodity sectors while domestic trading halted in observance of the holiday.
The article notes fluctuating rates for the United States dollar against the pound and franc with references to continental selling and official price tagging. Mentions September dates and market tone amid unclear fragments pointing to a pallet or palm apotist context.
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