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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1918
Page
4
Mrs H W Dysart field secretary for the National Travelers Aid Society arrives in San Antonio to survey travelers aid work in cantonment cities. The YWCA pool will stay open to 10 pm Tuesdays for nurses at Sam Houston and Camp Travis Base Hospitals.
The extension department clubs set this week’s lineup with a military band from a nearby camp and meetings by The Just Girls and Kill Kare on Monday, W. Diamond on Tuesday, Friendship Joske and Army clubs on Thursday, and Rainbow Club on Sunday.
Four San Antonio inventors are named with recent patents. Richard M. Craig earned two patents for a moving picture machine and a phono graphic attachment. Robert S. Hedges patented a ventilator co developed with J P Andrews. John W Warren received a patent for a device to atomize and vaporize gasoline boosting mileage. Dr Carroll patented wire spring mosquito net supporters and seeks a telephone receiver holder.
A battalion of United States guards has begun duties guarding government warehouses, relieving regular troops. The adjutant general defines treason and aid to the enemy, cites acts constituting treason, and outlines guards authority to arrest without warrants while preserving civil police roles except for war-related protections.
Waney potatoes priced at 1.75 per 100, 12.1 pounds. Waney Wax Bermuda onions offered six for the same deal at 404 Main Ave and 6148 Medina. Adv.
Camp Travis orders warn soldiers against marriages with women of doubtful character aiming to gain allotments and life insurance. Commanders must investigate good faith, report suspicions, and guide marriage filings to protect government and dependents. Dow Chemical Works to be taken over by government with $2 million for expansion and equipment at Mount Pleasant and Midland.
Cash M. Gay once again serves in the army after being discharged two months ago. The Sequoyah County sheriff, drafted from Texas Oklahoma, reported to Camp Travis and reenlisted as a private. His discharge was overturned after intervention by state officials and the draft board.
The old Fort Sam Houston hospital will be refurbished to serve as a modern emergency office for officers enlisted men and their families. It will include an attending surgeon office and a fully equipped dental depot. Funding is available and work starts immediately. The receiving ward at the base hospital nears completion and Maj. John W. Aydelotte expects turnover this week.
A Del Rio business leader reports Texas merchants are deeply aware of war-time trade challenges. A. B. Hillan cites strengthened cooperation, prep for the 18th Retail Merchants' Association of Texas convention in Waco June 10 to 12, with broad regional turnout and discussion of wartime conditions. He notes heavy rains and flooding across northern Texas during his travels.
The Two Brothers Bay saloon in the Travelers Hotel on Avenue near Tragig Street will close on Monday night at 10 30 and reopen Wednesday April 17 as a nonalcoholic beverage bar. Gus and Ernest Gimbel express gratitude to patrons and pledge continued high standards with cigars cigarettes and tobaccos and a hot roast beef service.
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