Women Offer Service in Registration for Draft
San Antonio women volunteer to help register all persons aged 18 to 45 for military service. The plan, tied to a draft bill before Congress, aims to expand U S manpower. Volunteers will bring typewriters to registration sites as precincts host the process citywide. Local boards report dull activity and earlier calls for 130000 men set August 26 reporting, with further developments likely later in the month.
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San Antonio
United States
Congress
Central Draft Committee of
Companionship and health in marriage advised
The piece argues men seek companionship and women must be well to fulfill it. It touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy for ailments tied to female health and urges readers to try the old-fashioned tonic to restore health and influence.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Driveway Proposal Along Scenic San Antonio River Route
Commissioner Lambert advances plans for a new scenic driveway along the San Antonio River and Olmus Creek from Carey Avenue near Brackenridge Park to the old Nacogdoches Road. Land to be donated by east bank property owners with parkland offered in Alahe Heights. The city will not buy land, funding rights through donated parcels and enhanced riverbank parks.
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San Antonio
Olmus Creek
Carey Avenue
Brackenridge Park
Alamo Heights
Nacogdoches Road
Olmus
Lambert
West Texas Military Academy
Alahae Heights
Cavey Avenue
School of the Incarnate Word
Salvation Army
Sisters of the Incarnate Word
Lambert Sale
Balloon School
Jeading
Trackenridge Park
Motors
Camp John Wise
Tambert
Josephine Street
Enlisted Mechanics Training School At Kelly Field Gains Fame
The Enlisted Mechanics Training School at Kelly Field attracts international attention from French and Italian ambassadors in Washington seeking study schedules and methods. Under Col Gerrit Van 8 Quackenbush the school has expanded fourfold and is now the largest of its kind in the United States.
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Kelly Field
Gerrit van 8. Quackenbush
Washington
Signal Corps
America
Acker files habeas corpus challenge to Loyalty Act
Willian Acker of Washington County seeks a writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Criminal Appeals arguing the Loyalty Act is unconstitutional due to a federal law on the same subject. Presiding Judge W J Davidson granted the writ with bond set at 2000 dollars, returnable October 1. attorney John E Mathis of Brenham filed the writ.
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Austin
Tex
Willian Acker
Washington County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Acker
Texas
W. J. Davidson
John E. Mathis
Brenham
Rozelle Served as Duncan's Aide at Fort Sam Houston
Maj George F Rozelle an aide to General Duncan and cited for gallantry is listed among 25 officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces. He was stationed at Fort Sam Houston when Duncan commanded the Department of Texas before it became the Southern Department. Rozelle was a lieutenant at that time.
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Rozelle
Duncan
George F. Rozelle
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Southern Department
Duncad
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