Christmas in Camps Plans Big Holidaytree Festival
Camp Travis and nearby posts prepare a grand Christmas with the largest tree, vaudeville acts, carols, and gifts for every soldier and family. Celebrations extend to development battalions and Negro communities with services, furloughs, and hospital gifts organized by Red Cross and unit officers. Brooks Field adds a barbecue and fieldwide festivities while voting contests reward top enlisted performers.
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Camp Travis
Young Men's Christian Association
Robert C. Lowry
M. W. Busey
25Th Infantry
Fiveryone
Negro Development Battalion
Columbus
Travis
Lhe Red Cross Lis
Brooks Field
Vert
Sam Vwousten
Herbert J. Slocum
Kelly Bield
Will Leary
Kelly Field Glee Club
Col IL 1
Clageselt
Kelly Field
Col. Gillmore
Christmag Five
Agricultural course at Camp may join training for soldiers
Camp Travis considers extending the agricultural program after the exhibit. Lectures may continue twice weekly for four months with select exhibitors keeping their displays. Dr N Harrington urged educated farmers and noted wives influence on farm success. other speakers covered poultry profit, crop planning, roads, fruit trees, silos, seed selection and regional adaptation.
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Camp Travis
A. IX. Short
Ed J. Kane
State Department
Agriculture
Landham
Texas
Wloo. Martin
Clr
Federatl
Thrift Stamp Boyworks for Father of Motor Bicycle
A suburb visit yields a curious scene as a girl asks a boy why he sits with a sixer on a veranda. He explains he is watching for a father and will earn a thrift stamp by noting a new motor for a bicycle. The oddly specific gadget has seven moving parts and powers a front mounted drive.
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Philadelphia
Fie Hoy
Fowler son appointed to Naval Academy at Annapolis
Wendell Fowler of San Antonio has been appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis with the recommendation by Senior Charles Culberson. The 15 year old graduate of San Antonio High School attended Philip Exeter Academy last winter and will report in March for examination before entering in September.
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Wendell Fowler
Cr. Fowler
San Antonio
Naval Academy
Annnapolis
Charles Culberson
Joe
Naval Officers Teriaing School
Great Lakes
Annapolis
German nurse interned on New York island after arrest
Gertrude Lustig, former head nurse at Camp Boy Murse Hospital, was arrested as an alleged German agent and moved from Dallas to Huis Island New York for internment until prisoners of war are released. She denies disloyal remarks and cites twelve years of service to refute suspicion.
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Bert Worth
Tex
Gertrude Dashy
Cmap Boy
Change sought in Texas homestead law to aid federal loans
Governor Hobby is urged to consider amending the Texas constitution provision shielding homesteads from foreclosure so farmers can access Federal loans. The secretary notes Texas leads in tenant farmers and cites Louisiana’s reform on widow dowry mortgages, urging Texas to improve access to long term federal financing for home farms.
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Austin
Fox
Hobby
Texas
Louisiana
Christmas Dinners Planned for Army Units in San Antonio Zone
Soldiers in the San Antonio military zone gather for a joint Christmas dinner with special menus prepared for hospitals. Units view the event as a shared celebration amid holiday arrangements.
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United States
Army Si
San Antonio
Abandoned Stolen Cars After Night Delays
Two automobiles deserted after accidents. one a stolen vehicle. A Chalmers roadster crashed into a post at North Presa and Market Streets around 7:15 PM, broke a pole, and was left at the scene. Police could not locate the other owner. the car was taken to the station. A Ford struck a streetcar at South Cherry and Victoria Streets. a Mexican driver fled. The Ford belonged to Victua Kilburn and Brooks Fick, who had reported its theft.
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Chalmers
North Presa
Market Streets
Ford
Dandeline Promise for Dandruff Free Beautiful Hair
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a solution for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims one application doubles hair beauty, dissolves dandruff, prevents itching, and stops hair loss, urging readers to buy a small bottle at drug stores.
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Knowlton
Eight Busy Months Ahead at Travis Is Staff Chief's View
Cole Mexander Mo Wetherill chief of staff of the ISU Division, back from War College, says Washington is silent on army future. He notes the 5th Division continues training with no orders to change, and Camp Travis remains a demobilization center as men are discharged or re-enlist.
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Cole Mexander Mo Wetherill
ISU
The
War College
Washington, D. C
A. FP
Dannemiller
Acing
Hunt Fo
Stat
Wetherill
Grins
165Th
Washington
Wethurill
Utecimy
Sth
Believed Death Near Captain Ogden Leaves Will
Captain Tran Charles Ogden of the 86th Division was killed near St Etienne France while leading his company. His will filed for probate at Camp Bowie states his wish to provide for his wife and child and notes he believed he would not return alive. The estate, valued around 8000, goes to his wife with an independent executrix named.
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Tran Charles Ogden
San Antonio
Hate
St. Etienne
France
United States
Camp Bowie
Ogden
Mra
Onden
Ogden Wasa
Reformers recruit for 36 Division in San Antonio
A former fire department member joins the 36 Division in San Antonio as part of moves tied to a broader peace delegation effort. Vanes McCormick and Bernand M. Darach are named to join President W son in Davis to act as part of the advisory group.
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Tering
Father
San Antonio
Eget
Baruch and McCormick
Davis
Washington, D.C
Vanes McCormick
Warrade’ Board
Bernand M. Darach
W Industries Board
W Son
Return of Influenza Warned as Cold Weather Returns
A trusted expert urges vigilance as influenza cases reappear with cold weather. The article promotes Hyomei as a preventive measure, detailing its inhaler kit and usage to destroy germs in the nose throat and lungs, claiming it can prevent illness and save weeks of work.
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San Antonio
Nearey Ding
Vilay
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