Army to resurf ace Camp Wilson roads and move remounts
Three regiments depart for Leon Springs for two weeks of target practice as Camp Wilson plans dust free gravel roads under the direction of Ray M. Mackey using city machinery. About 1000 horses and mules will be pastured on the reservation with an auxiliary remount depot and expanded warehouses and barracks to support operations.
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Army
Ray M. Mackey
Camp Wilson
Erickson
Mackey
San Antonio
Frank L. Chase
Episcopal laymen to meet December 14 in West Texas
A mass meeting of the Episcopal laymen of the West Texas diocese is set for 8 p m December 14 at St Mark's parish house. Bishop William T Capers will explain how lay members can aid in the diocese work and fill roles such as lay readers organists choiresters Sunday school officers and teachers and social service workers including doctors and nurses. Col W S Hendrick will preside. letters show interest from nearby towns seeking to attend.
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Diocese of
West Texas
St. Mark’s
William T. Capers
San Antonio
Houston Street
St. Luke's Church
C. C. Leel
Paris Laundries May Close December 20
Paris and surrounding districts may close laundries on December 20 if the government does not guarantee an adequate coal supply. The notice cites coal shortages as the trigger for shutting operations.
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Paris
San Antonio designated civilian training camp center
San Antonio was designated as a military training center for civilians in the Southern Department with an office to open and a salaried secretary. Charles R. Tips and other delegates reported strong support for universal military training and plans for juvenile camps, likely at Corpus Christi, with a Fort Sam Houston camp in March and broader expansion depending on enrollment.
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San Antonio
Army
Southern Department
Military Training Camps Association of the
United States
New York
Training Camps Association
Charles R. Tips
Three Rivers
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Mayor Lindsley
Dallas
Frank Clemens
W. B. Tuttle
Tuttle
Lindsley
Mr. Tips
Leonard Wood
Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
J. Franklin Bell
Western Department
Coast
Texas
Corpus Christi
General Funston
Tips
Training Camp Association
Hop Lee Defends Chinese Restaurant in Shootout
A Harlem era robbery attempt at a Chinese eatery on Austin and Depot streets ended when Hop Lee fired, wounding the would be robber who fled toward the SP east yards. Police Subfra and Bader arrived after shots were reported, but the suspect disappeared.
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Hop Lee
Austin
Depot Streets
Subfra
Bader
Central Police
Southern Pacific East Yards
A Wolf in Chicago Attacks Man After Escape
A timber wolf believed to have escaped from a car in a West Side railway yard attacked Frank Fennell on a Chicago street. The wolf severely lacerated his shoulder before a policeman shot the animal.
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Chicago
West Side
Frank Fennell
United America Hupmobile Tour Arrives to Promote Good Roads
Detroit, December 4 716 S W Smith president Standard Motor Sales Co San Antonio Texas announces the United America Hupmobile will arrive Tuesday December 5. The tour aims to foster closer union among the forty eight states and improve cooperation between state and national governments for better roads. J Walter Drake president Hupp Motor Car Corporation endorses the drive.
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Detroit
Mich
S. W. Smith
Standard Motor Sales Co
San Antonio
Tex
United America
J. Walter Drake
Hupp Motor Car Corporation
A Four Cylinder Challenge to Sixes Eights and Twelves
A bold pitch for the Hupmobile Perfected Four, claiming superior year round performance. It cites demonstrations from Washington to multiple city hills, arguing multi cylinder rivals cannot match its on road climbs and top speeds across several cities.
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Leon Springs
Greene
Chas. Zoller
Simak Ae
Horlick
Episcopal
Bishop Capers
Godiva
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio Loans Trust Company
KODAK
Alamo Plaza
TAG City
Military Training Camps Association
Hupmobile
Washington
National Capital
Fortyeight
Boston
Corey Hill
Philadelphia
Fairemount Park
Ceaial
Jacksonville
Fla
Hospital Hill
Kansas City
Des Moines
Coon Hollow Hill
Seattle
Pasadena-Altadena
Los Angeles
Lookout Mountain
Colorado
Motor. Sales CO
Winerich Building
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