Tests Gauge Soldier Mental Abilities At Camp Travis
Army psychologists begin agilit y of mind testing at Camp Travis aiming to weed out unfit personnel and rank officers for promotion or special service. Capt. Pittenger leads with Lieut. Stokes assisting. Illiterates tested first to set baseline comparing educated men.
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Camp Travis
Army
Ninetieth Division
Camp Stanley
B. I. Pittenger
Sanitary Corps
National Army
Xiuning Aliterates Wrst
Stokes
Camp Trav
Gorgas
Camp Lee
Camp Devens
Yerke
Medical Corps
Yerkes
New Onions at 1.50 a crate from Consumer Supply Co
Bermuda onions go on sale tomorrow at 1.50 per crate from Consumer Supply Co located at 122 Garden Street. Ady Tender.
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Bermuda
the Consumer Supply Co
Garden St
Ady
Keppel to Head Nonmilitary Army Life at War Dept
Frederick P. Keppel, dean of Columbia, named Third Assistant Secretary of War to oversee non military life of the army. Edward R. Stettinius, Surveyor of Army Purchases, selected Second Assistant Secretary in charge of industrial and commercial work. Reorganization by Baker, approved by the President, to be fully enacted.
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Frederick P. Keppel
Columbia University
Edward RK. Stettinius
War Department
Baker
Ether fumes trigger Paris subway panic and deaths
Associated Press describes a panic at the Metropolitan Subway station where ether fumes mistaken for gas after a bomb raid led to a crush. A crowd fled downward as doors opened outward and many women and children perished or smothered. False bomb reports and enemy rumors spread fear among spectators and residents. Paris endured a chaotic response as the raid and ensuing panic turned streets and theatres into front lines.
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Associated Press
Metropolitan
Mvore
Germain
Paris
Sylvain
Novos Corinthiennes
Comedie Francaise
Bam
Obituary Notices for Joseph Paris and Others in San Antonio
Funeral services are set for Joseph Iraris 62 a real estate and loan broker found dead in his Kempmann building office. Rev J Torter to officiate at 4 pm Tuesday with interment in Mission Burial Park. Also noted are single-line notices for Miss Mary Bush 240 died in a lock hospital after coming from Lytle for care. Robert Neill 63 a mechanical engineer died at a local sanitarium, to be buried in Toronto. M J Mulligan 65 a Virginia native and railroad man died at home on Austin Street, survived by wife and five daughters.
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Joseph Paris
Joseph Iraris
Kempmann
Hagy Undertaking Companys
J. Torter
Sesv
Faris
Virginia
San Antonio
Paris
Jonnie Duncan
Pleasnton
MD Waris
Maouri
Julia Lone
Mary Kithel
Mary Bush
Oelock
Miss Bush
Lytle
Texas
Hasy Undertaking Company
Robert Neill
Mme
Voronto
Canada
Shelley Loring Undertaking Company
M. d. Mulligan
M. J. Mulligan
Austin Street
Nis
Tive Daugh
San Antonio Woman Dies. Funeral Set After Arrangements
Mrs Mary Mueller 46 a San Antonio resident for twelve years dies at home 1029 Hast Commerce. Survived by husband Alfred Mueller Sr and son Alfred Mueller Jr and daughter Margaret Mueller all of San Antonio and brother George Schwicker of Portland Oregon. Funeral Wednesday at residence with interment in City Cemetery No 4. Services by Mort Sain Trouston Camp No 55 Woodmen of the World. Relatives expected from the north.
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Battimore
Kansas City
City Cemetery
Mort Sain Trouston
Woodmen of the World
San Antonio
Mudler
Mary W
Elizabeth Uelter
Ated
Mondwight
Velock
Commerce Street
Philadelphia
Alfred Mueller
Alfred Mueller, Jr
MV Margaret Mueller
George Sehwicker
Portland
Oregon
Local Undertaking Firms Advertise Services and Cemeteries
Shelly-Loring and Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co advertise automobile equipment and ambulance services with phones. Roselawn Cemetery and Benantul Burial Park in San Antonio offer affordable burial options. Roberts Cement Burial Vaults promote waterproof vaults at Travis 1520 with office in State Bank Building and Crochet 612.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
paDahiaa Se
Roselawn
San Antonio
Benantul
State Bank
Ee Roberts
Ight
Everlustitus
Travis
New York Women Criticized for Fur Display
Mrs August Belmont railed at New York women in a recent Council ofWorld dizations address quoted by the New York Times She urged discarding servants and private cars and denounced costly spring millinery noting she wore the same hat last winter The speech sparked debate over wartime austerity and social expectations
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New York
Fifth Avenue
August Belmont
Council of Worldizations
New York Times
Belmont
Automobile Dealers Expand Board and Elect Leaders at San Antonio Meeting
The San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association held a noon luncheon at the Gunter Hotel where directors increased from six to nine and a third vice president was elected. President W. A. Williamson named committees and appointed X. Callahan to assist with the presidency. New members included Standard Motor Sales Company and Cicero Auto Company. The group discussed the Liberty Loan drive and scheduled a follow up meeting for next Monday at the Gunter Hotel.
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San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
W. A. Williamson
Tiscal Ue
Sap
S. Per Post
Weary Bryant
George Widen
G.A. Marsh
Kunsymmond
Miller
Bo J. Webb
Willian Steinsmardt
Roy Robinson
Ben
Chirles
Genge
J . Jasmison
Co Simmons
Fudo Shrine Crowds Night Run in Midwinter Rite
The Fudo Shrine in Fukagawa is described as a Japanese mecca where a large crowd gathers on the midwinter night. Believers of all ages run in white robes to worship the deity, muttering prayers and tapping bells as lanterns swing. About thirteen hundred people attended despite the bitter cold, with crowds expected to continue through the night.
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Fukagawa
Manny
Stork Story Fumbles Through Winter Gaffe
Bizarre overheard chatter at a zoo visit leads to a comical miscue as a father returns home and his teenage daughter bursts into uncontrollable laughter over a mistaken hippo tale. The fragmented report notes cold season chatter and odd exchanges among locals.
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Jones
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Pearl
Geo. Walsh
Fox
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Burns
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Outhwest. Co
Oss de Antonio, Tex
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co
Soledad St. Phone Co
Automobile Dealers
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Foley
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