Lane Proposes Traveling Farm Labor Corps for War Food Drive
Secretary Lane urges creation of an equipped mobile corps of farm labor to work irrigation lands nationwide. He calls for prompt action on a bill to mobilize private and public lands, organize project by project maintenance units, and harvest with public support to avoid labor shortages.
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Washington, D. C
Lane
Taylor
Louse Irrigation Committee
United States
U. S. Maintenance Corps
Powell Considers Run For State Railroad Commissioner
Austin city commissioner P W Powell disclosed to friends he is seriously weighing a bid for state railroad commissioner in two years to succeed Earle B Mayfield who has announced for governor. Powell has long experience in railroad work with the International and Great Northern and has served on the railway brotherhood legislative committee.
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Powell
Austin
Tex
Aril
P. W. Powell
Earle B. Mayfield
International & Great Northern
Legislative Committee of Railway Brotherhoods
Rotarians to Cultivate Garden in Austin
Austin Rotary Club approves the creation of a large food producing garden to be cultivated by Rotarians themselves. The plan was decided at a meeting in Austin, Texas, on April 18.
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Austin
Tex
Austin Rotary Club
Sale on voile blouses and lingerie tops mispriced at $1.59
The ad describes voile blouses and lingerie blouses trimmed with laces or embroideries finished with hemstitching and frills. The illustration shows two styles from a sale where most items are $1.59, with none below $2.00 and many at $2.50 value.
25 Styles in Blouses at 98c Blouses for Spring and Summer
Blouses of lingerie materials in voile and organ die in 25 new styles. Blouses come in white maize blue flesh rose and sport stripes with snap style and good looks. Tailored effects include dressy styles and round collars with front point and some with tie.
Rotary Club to Plant Garden and Distribute Seeds
Regular weekly luncheon outlines a plan by W T Mayne and J W Ezelle to finish ground for a garden. The club will also continue seed distribution to gardeners unable to produce their own. Edgar Hall oversees the work. Senator Sorg Hum remarks on pacing and local debates.
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Rotary Club
W. T. Mayne
J. W. Ezelle
Edgar Hall
Orphans' Home seeks state funds for 4000-foot well
Dr. W F Barnett supervised the State Orphans Home at Corsicana asks the Texas Senate finance and House appropriation committees for 25000 to cover half of a 50000 project to bore a 4000-foot artesian well supplying Trinity sand water. Odd Fellows of Texas pledge matching funds and may proceed if state aid is denied.
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Austin
Tex
W. F. Barnett
Corsicana
Senate Finance Committee
House
Odd Fellows of
Texas
Orphans Home
Odd Fellows Widows’ and
Orphans’ Home
Bradfield of
Marshal
The
Odd Fellows
Barnett
Trinity
Corrects Flag Error On Loyalty Day For Dr Adolph Herff
A letter to the Ulaville Courier-Journal admits a flag-misidentification error on Loyalty Day. The writer explains mistaking the Texas flag for the German flag and apologizes for rumors about Dr Adolph Herff while noting the display of the American flag.
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Adolph Herff
Texas
Dr. Herff
Herff
Ulaville Courier-Journal
Texas University to Train Soldiers
Captain J. C. Boswell arrived in Austin under General Pershing to organize military courses at the University of Texas. He will oversee all military activities and inaugurated an officers' school with large attendance. The university plans multiple organizations including a faculty company. Separately, the federal order to remove wireless stations during the war has begun at UT with the new high wireless station being dismantled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Army Needs Engineers in Galveston District
Major E N Johnston, U S engineer in charge of the Galveston district, is named recruiting officer for the Engineers Reserve Corps. Enlistment lasts for the war period and the corps seeks draftsmen blueprint men quarrymen miners blacksmiths carpenters bridge carpenters and related trades.
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Army
Galveston Tex
E. N. Johnston
United States
Galveston District
Engineers’ Reserve Corps
Engineer of Compressor Killed in Texas Incident
Waco Texas April 18 engineer H K Jackson 30 of the gas compressor plant eight miles west died in a likely industrial accident. Fire and police investigated the scene and workers mourned the loss.
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Waco
Tex
H. K. Jackson
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