Building Dedicated for Y M C A Training at Travis
A new Y M C A building at Travis was dedicated Sunday to train men for service with the war effort. Maj Gen Hearse T Allen spoke as honorary guest. Paul Super and W Adams also addressed attendees. The school, unique in the nation, will expand dormitories to host more students from San Antonio and Matagorda.
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Atune ‘Travis
Y. M
Trining Hien
T. Allen
Hey
Panl Super
Nation War Work Council
W. Adams
A. B. Nicholl
Na Viva All of
San Antonio
Mat Pe Wain
Chaplin Bo
Perry
Pilgrimage to Liberty Shrine Inspires San Antonio Parade
A Red Cross pilgrimage through San Antonio honored the Alamo on San Jacinto anniversary, linking Texas heroes with volunteers in France. Gov. Hobby and others spoke before the Alamo as banners, floats, and divisions highlighted Red Cross work and wartime service.
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San Antonio
Red Cross
Alamo
Texas Independence
France
Texas
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of Fingers Association
Winchester Isilso
Govrnor W. P Hobby
Rebecca Fisher
The
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
John W. Buckman
Lloyd McGown
T. A. Coleman
Hal Sevier
W. F H. Johnson
Texas Brigade
Kelso
L. BR. Clear
Stella Cook
Army
San Jacinto
Mothers of Soldiers
Main Avenue High School
Brackenridge Hligh School
Bexar County
Belgium
Grand Army of the Repub
United States
Shriners
Tey
the Red Cross
Avery Automobile
Red Cross Float Parade Honors Service Members and Volunteers
The Sehertz Howe Guard led the unit in a parade with visiting Red Cross auxiliaries from New Braunfels and Negro Red Cross Chapter members. Military bands and vocal numbers accompanied the march as planes dropped flowers over the Plaza. Donations totaling 802 dollars were collected in flag sacks weighing five pounds.
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Alamo
Red Cross
Society Notes Show Tuesday Meetings In San Antonio
The San Antonio Musical Club hosts a musicale reception in the St. Anthony ball room. Tuesday events include meetings of the Tuesday Musical Club and Red Cross Circle of Alamo Chapter with sessions at Wolff and Marx Auditorium and nearby venues. Various circles of Methodist and Jewish women plan studies and patriotic work, with gatherings at Gunter Hotel, St. Anthony Hotel, and Chamber of Commerce.
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San Antonio
Red Cross Circle of
Alamo
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wolff & Marx Auditorium
Red Cross Circle
Council of Jewish Women
Wolff & Marx
National Council of Defense
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Hetke
William P. Tobby
Tobby
John W. Buckman
Joseph P.Y Neil
A. Millar
Henry T. Allen
W. If. Johnston
Wal Sevier
Genevieve Johnston
Willoughby W. Lipscomb
James JB. Davis
Brittain
Webb
Carlos Bee
Bell
Thomas
At Coleman
Tet «. Lucas
W. Stanfield
San Marcos
George Howard
James Harley
T.L. Hillyer
Austin Mitchell
Calotabs Calomel Purified Of All Objections
A newspaper ad touts Calotabs as a modern calomel free of old side effects. It claims one nightly tablet purifies the liver, cleanses the system, and leaves a hearty morning appetite with no dietary limits. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents, guaranteed by the druggist.
Army personnel assignments and leaves at Camp Travis
A list of duty changes at Camp Travis includes Lieut. Col. Mark Wheeler relieved as chief mustering officer and reassigned to the depot brigade. Several lieutenants report to Camp Travis or Fort Sill for courses or attachments, with others granted ten days’ leave. The notes also mention signal corps visits to border points and a Paris ward program to adopt an American child whose father died in battle, plus a large Washington mushroom recently grown.
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Mark Wheeler
Camp Travis
Paris
Fifty Five jailed in city vice squad arrests
The Buffalo Newt reports 29 arrests by the vice squad on Saturday and Sunday raids. Additional arrests included disturbing the peace affrays and assaults. Ten couples were charged under the rooming house ordinance and several soldiers were handed to military police. Three women faced vagrancy charges, two of them Black, with further arrests for affrays and women struck during raids.
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Negrous
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