War department funds urged to expand Fort Sam Houston facilities
Chamber of Commerce backs two Senate bills totaling 1 050 000 for Fort Sam Houston. One bill seeks 750 000 to build warehouses and terminal facilities to make the post a key Southern Department headquarters. The other proposes 300 000 to buy extra land to handle potential crises in Mexico. Army reps reportedly inspected tracts near Salado Creek linking to the current post.
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War Department
Fort Sam Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Washington
San Antonio
Southern Department
Mexico
Salado Creek
Detectives name Houston officer in Bradford check case
Detectives Green and Goodwin report a Wednesday afternoon check payment to the Dixie Oil Company drawn on the First National Bank of Bradford Pa. The Houston officer is identified among investigators in the case.
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Green
Goodwin
Houston
Dixie Oil Company
First National Bank
Bradford
Court suspends portion of fine for damager of public street
Judge Lowther heard a case Thursday morning for damaging a public street by driving nails into the block pavement on Military plaza. Officer Bond made the Wednesday arrest. The defendant claimed the nails were to prevent a tent from blowing down. The court suspended eight dollars of the fine.
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Lowther
Military Plaza
Bond
Terrell Visits San Antonio to Curb One Man Clubs
State Comptroller H B Terrell arrived in San Antonio to investigate charges that one man clubs are selling liquor in violation of state laws. He met with Sheriff Tobin, noted injunctions used in Waco, and said action may be taken if needed. He noted some clubs evade liquor licenses while others claim legitimate purpose and questioned the reading club in Waco with a bar and drinks.
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H. B. Terrell
San Antonio
Terrell
Gunter Hotel
Sheriff Tobin
Waco
Attorney General's Department
Port Arthur
Students graduate from Stinson aviation school
Three students earned pilot licenses this week at the Stinson aviation school and departed for home. Named graduates are J. M. Graham of Cuero Texas F H Prime of Oakville Ontario and J E Potvin of Midland Ontario. A new improved biplane is finished and in use for instruction at the school.
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Aviation
Stinson Aviation School
J. M. Graham
Cuero
Tex
F. H. Prime
Oakville
Ontario
Canada
J. E. Potvin
Midland
Stinson School
Southern Baptist Convention in Asheville Adlisting
Advertisement notes Southern Pacific sleeper offer for the Southern Baptist Convention in Asheville with a $39.90 rate and travel dates May 13 to May 16, with May 15 as a through sleeper. The snippet cites an advance notice for travel details.
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Reunion
Birmingham
Southern Baptist Convention
Asheville
Sleeper
Southern Pacific
Mission style Katy Depot to rise south of city hall
The San Antonio Belt and Terminal Company plans a mission design Katy station just south of the city hall. Surveys done, ground plots chosen, and mission pictures taken for reference. Austin railroad meeting approves three year notes for 1 201 000 removing final project hurdles. The firm will build near South Flores street along San Pedro creek with right of way from near the city limit. The depots may serve Katy and possibly the San Antonio and Aransas Pass and the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf lines.
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Katy
San Antonio Belt & Terminal Company
City Hall
Naty
South Loop
St. Louis
State Railroad Commission
Austin
San Antonio
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
City Hall Area To Host Noted Texas Facility
A proposed site just south of City Hall is described as one of the finest facilities in Texas, indicating high standards and regional significance for the project.
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Texas
Army Orders Grant Leaves and Transfers
Leave of absence of ten days is granted upon arrival in United States to CHAP LAIN OSCAR J. W. SCOTT, Twenty-fifth infantry FIRST LIEUTENANT FRANK K ROSS, Tenth Cavalry, transferred to Fif teenth Cavalry, August 5. He will leave San Francisco upon that date. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM T. M'MILLAN, infantry, is relieved at the United States Military Academy, July 13. CAPTAIN SAMUEL A. SMOKE, retired, will assume charge of construction work at Port D. A. Russell, Wyoming.
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United States
Oscar J. W. Scott
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Frank K Ross
Tenth Cavalry
Fifteenth Cavalry
San Francisco
William T. M’millan
Infantry
United States Military Academy
Samuel A. Smoke
Port D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Viewpoints and war talk echo at Washington dinner
Robert Skinner, ex consul general to London, notes neutrals and belligerents see events differently. An English inebriate freed from jail comments on news and law against treating, remarking on the world at war and the impact of non-treating laws.
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Robert Skinner
London
Washington
Wes
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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