War work at University of Texas expands training
Austin reports University of Texas leads U S in war training with plans for 1.5 million dollars in military school buildings and equipment funded by the government. Radio and aviation facilities grow at Camp Mabry and new dormitory and classroom blocks rise as the army mobilizes.
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Radio School
Camp Mabry
Austin
School of Automobile Mechanics
School of
Automobile Mechanics
University
Washington
Theological Seminary
Army Training Corps
France
Feeding the Fighter Over There and Over Here in War Films
A government film program explains wartime logistics in a forthcoming Pathé reel. It shows flour usage by camp cooks, beef from Chicago yards to refrigerator ships, and a record stevedore team loading a meat ship in forty hours. It highlights the 300 million pounds beef first year and Indian volunteers joining the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathe
Chicago
Arme
Sam
Universal
Mothers of Texas Prepay Health Tonic Promoted
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a life stages tonic for women from girlhood to motherhood seeking health during organic disturbances and nervous troubles. Testimonials from Mrs Julia Sixsey of Fort Worth and Mrs Lig Emerson cite improved weight and vitality after use, with pills or liquid forms and a trial offer from Buffalo New York.
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Texas
Houston
Hereurs
Pierce
Julia Siixsey
Fort Worth
Lig Emerson
Gould Avenue
Dr.w
American Official War Photographs Now Distributed by Division of Films
The Committee on Public Information through the Division of Films now distributes American war photographs taken by U S Signal Corps and Navy photographers. Large daily arrivals from the front, with a New York office at Times Building 2006 and 15 000 files in New York and Washington, facilitate immediate release to newspapers and magazines at a low cost. Editors are urged to use these files for feature stories and special subjects may be wired or mailed for same day fulfillment.
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Inniuittee
Treasury Department
Committee On Public Information
America
Committee On
Division
Unit States Signal Corps
Nav
Bureau of Pictures
Times
New York
Washington
No War Filmmaking Becomes Priceless Historic Heritage
The U S government already pictures European war scenes and behind the lines activities this film record will be a priceless historic heritage to millions of Americans in the future.
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U. S
Europe
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Fredericksburg
Lewis K. Smith
Chas. Hotopp’s
Ciias
Guerensky
United States Food Administration
the Price Interpreting Committee of
The
United States Food
Cash & Credit
Crisco
Texas Bankers’ Association
American Bankers’ Association
Citizens Bank
Fredericksburg, Texas
Capitol
Alfred Vander Stucken
Oscar Krauskopf
WM. Bierschwale
University OF Texas
D. Hornaday
United States
R. E. Vinson
War Department
Vinson
Board of Regents
Red Cross
Paramount Bray Phctograph
U.S
Uncle Sam
Pathe Exchange
Universal Company
Paramount Bray
Liberty
Food Commission, American Indians
Department of Labor
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Rufus Steele
Mothers of Texas
Division of Films
Us.s
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