Rotary Luncheon Ghosts Liberty Bonds Talk
The Rotary Club heard Douglas Malloch of Chicago speak on The Seven Sinners of Business, mixing poems with humor to urge Liberty Bond support. Lady guests attended as part of a “ladies day” and Mrs Harold Kayton received a fifty dollar bond in a drawing. Mayor Sam Bell urged campaign help and a Saturday morning drive from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Rotary Club
Douglas Malloch
Chicago
Harold Kayton
Sam Bell
Teir
Chamber of Commerce
Elock
America
New Sons
Freda Starr
Marion Kislingpury
Mai
Liberty
Gerang
San Antonio
Turkish German Forces Open Offensive in Palestine
The war office reports Turkish and German forces attacked the British front near the coast in Palestine on Wednesday. A separate Vienna dispatch notes Austro-Hungarian success west of Lake Garda and in the Brenta valley as troops thrust in Italy.
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London
Palestine
War Office
Austria
Vienna
Lake Garda
Brenta
Italy
Luxemberg
Fifteen Vice Arrests Reported in Raid on Montana Street
The police vice squad arrested fifteen people on charges including violating rooming house and liquor laws, disorderly house, and vagrancy after a Montana Street raid. Two army captains and two women were detained then released on bail. a jailed white married woman faced transfer to federal officers.
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Montana Street
Army
Corporation Court
South Loop
Labor Offices Open Across Nation To Match War Needs
The Department of Labor opens free employment offices nationwide including in San Antonio at 105 107 Trevino Street led by C M Phillips. The service aims to fix labor imbalances by connecting workers with farm and civilian jobs, planning for postwar labor solutions and aiding farmers in securing help. The report also notes Allied air activity and regulatory actions in Britain and other antiquated notes from recent papers.
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United States
Department of Labor
San Antonio
Trevino Street
C. M. Phillips
U. S. Employment Service
Bishop Resignation Follows Pacifist Remark Probe
The House of Bishops accepted the resignation of Bishop Paul Jones of Utah after months of inquiry into alleged pacifist utterances and ties to questionable organizations. Elsewhere in brief, prominent Birmingham attorney William A. Denson was arrested for espionage act violations, Texan R G Shearer faced bond over Third Liberty Loan charges, and Peoria’s Commercial German Bank renamed to Commercial National Bank removing the word German.
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New York
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
Paul Jones
Utah
Jones
Birmingham
Ala
William A. Denson
Denson
Wilson
United States
Wichita Falls
Tex
R. G. Shearer
Wichita Hardware Company
Liberty Loan
Lantz
Shearer
Germany
Peoria
Ill
Commersial National Bank
Relatives Barred in County Engineer Selection
Texas officials issue opinions on nepotism and drafting rules. Commissioners cannot name a county engineer who is a brother in law of any commissioner. Other opinions cover the status of public weighers under draft law and child labor permit limits for under twelve year olds.
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Austin
Tex
County Commissioners’ Court
Attorney General's Department
Mike T. Lively
Dulles
Adjutant General
T. C. Jennings
Attorney General
Methers Pool Champion Crowned by USPS Squad Rivalry
Pranccis A. McGee of the 324th acre squadron Kelly Wield wins the pool title at the Knights of Columbus hall Kelly No 1. McGee defeats Sergt Alien C Spencer of the medical department 180 to 111 in Thursday finals.
Hill Approves Move Toward Rio Grande Water Pact
Lucius D. Hill of El Paso, boundary commissioner, will attend an April 16 San Antonio meeting to discuss an agreement with Mexico to allow irrigation water from the Rio Grande below Roma. The gathering, invited by T. J. Wand and about fifteen landholders, aims to boost Southwest agriculture under a 1848 treaty.
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Lucius D. Hill
EL Paso
United States
San Antonio
Tt. J. Wand
Hand
Mr. Hill
Mexico
Rio Grande
Roma
War Savings Stamp Sales Grow at Kelly Field
Since two weeks the Kelly Field sale of War Saving Stamps averages about $1000 daily. Stamps are sold at the field post office and post exchanges. Soldiers exchange purchases for thrift habits and the drive aims to boost War Saving Certificates as notes of progress.
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Kelly Field
Field Post Office
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Leamington Spa
Thomas Adams
Coventry
Llesyd
Robert
Vancouver
John Williams
East
Houston Street
Mey
Patriots
Kline’s
Creamery Dairy Co
Jerry Hoyle
Rarick
Pri
Enn
Houston St
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Wit
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Crockett
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