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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1917
Page
5
A Harpers Magazine excerpt recounts a western congressman discussing droughts with a farmer. An old man replies he cares little, but his six year old son would like to see rain, illustrating the human impact of drought on families.
San Antonio will host the 64th annual Grand Commandery of Texas conclave with over 1200 Knights and an expected 3000 visitors. R L Ball to be elected Grand Commander. sessions run Wednesday and Thursday at Scottish Rite Cathedral with parades, ceremonies, and social events at the Gunter and Menger hotels.
R L Ball will be elected right eminent grand commander at the Knights Templars of Texas annual conclave in San Antonio this week. Edward McClannahan of San Antonio Commandery No 7 chairs the entertainment committee. More than 1200 Templars from across the state are expected to attend.
Acting under instructions from Attorney General T. W. Gregory Chief of Police Lancaster ordered alien enemies in San Antonio to surrender all firearms weapons implements of war ammunition and related items to police headquarters. Failure to comply within 24 hours leads to seizure and possible arrest. Public notice issued April 10, 1917. Beginning Monday all forbidden articles will be confiscated and owners taken into custody.
Notice to voters lists April 23 1917 primary candidates for San Antonio offices in ballot order, including Mayor and commissioners for Taxation Sanitation Streets Police and Fire, with names such as Sam C Bell E Bellinger G J Carr Walton D Hood and Ray Lambert. Fred Fries City Clerk signed the notice on April 14 1917.
William H. McIntyre president and W. W. Green general attorney arrived from New York for a complete inspection of the road. They will confer with officers, review the Corpus Christi to Kerrville line, and deny plans to move Sap shops from Yoakum. They predict postwar expansion once wartime limits end.
A War Department telegram to Southern District headquarters states enlistments will end with the war emergency. Regular army and National Guard are included and officers expect the policy to apply to all future enlistments. A second message notes plans to activate remaining increments under the National Defense Act, totaling four units with infantry, artillery, cavalry, and staff troops.
Major Allen Buell cautions irregular air pressure could bring cloudy skies and possible rain Sunday or Monday morning. The weather map depicts a wide storm system spanning from northern Mexico to the Pacific Northwest, a pattern often followed by rain in these regions.
Viola Davidson, 14, disappeared Friday night from 139 Biering Avenue South Heights. Police assisting search. mother Mrs E E Davidson offers reward for information. She wore a white middy blouse with V initial plaid skirt white stockings black shoes and Panama hat with red band. A small scar on her forehead may help identify her.
A London suburban paper editor recalls a precise female-proofreader who quashes a reporter’s misprint about Willie Brown the boy burned by a live wire. The next day the desk receives a cryptic note asking which is the west end of a boy, prompting a sharp reply about where the sun sets.
Miss M Eleanor Brackenridge hosted nearly 200 Bexar County girl farmers at Washington Heights after they attended the first annual Bexar County Home Economics Association convention at the Gunter Hotel. Prizes for needlework were awarded and C C Leel urged using local factory products to keep Texas $250000000 in state.
Dr. W B Collins state health officer issued a call for a meeting of the State Board of Health to be held in Dallas on May 7 where a representative of the American Public Health Association will discuss a plan to consolidate all societies clubs and associations involved in public health and sanitation.
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