Cleveland men welcomed to San Antonio trade tour
About 100 businessmen from Cleveland Ohio arrived in San Antonio for a trade extension excursion. They toured the city with automobile club members, praised San Antonio’s roads and hospitality, and planned plant visits and a banquet at the St Anthony hotel before heading to Houston and New Orleans.
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San Antonio
Cleveland
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Gunter Hotel
Cleveland Party
Automobile Club
Cleveland Automobile Club
Richard H. Lee
Club
Bexar County
Mr. Lee
G. Brown
San An
Southern Pacific
Gunter
Mission Loop
Fort Sam Houston
Army Aviation Field
Benjamin D. Foulois
New Orleans
Lrving
First Woman Prosector Named in United States
Miss Liza Belle Hibben of Los Angeles appointed deputy district attorney under Woolwine, reportedly the first woman prosecutor in the nation. At 29, she studied at USC Law School, led a 53 man class, earned top scholarship in 1913, taught there, lectured on medical jurisprudence, and worked as a Tropico schoolteacher before joining a prominent L A firm. She will assist women visiting the DA’s office and is active in local clubs.
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Liza Belle Hibben
Los Angeles
Woolwine
United States
Miss Hibben
University of Southern California Law School
Loma Linda University
Illinois
California
Tropico
Dallas Eyes First Fishing Hole at White Rock Reservoir
Angling enthusiasts circulate petitions to pass an ordinance allowing fishing at the White Rock reservoir east of Dallas under sanitary regulation. Supporters say the reservoir holds abundant fish and would provide a local option for Dallas anglers who now must travel to South Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
White Rock
South Texas
To Revive River Traffic Between St Louis and St Paul
Strenuous efforts are being made to rejuvenate Mississippi steamboat traffic between St Louis and St Paul. Letters from St Louis merchants say visits to merchants in each city will be arranged and shipments encouraged by river packet whenever possible.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Mississippi
St. Louis
St. Paul
French Scientists Warn Tobacco Harms Heart Even Without Nicotine
A trio of French scientists concluded that tobacco poses a harmful effect on the heart despite nicotine being removed. The finding suggests risks persist in smoke or tar fragments independent of nicotine.
Scarcity of Meat Plagues German Workers Amid War Strain
The Bremen longshoremen study by the German Labor Association shows 68 families of 1787 avoided meat, margarine, or lard for over a week. Average weekly meat expense is two tenths of a dollar, milk consumption vanished, and potatoes dominate. Many families live on under six dollars weekly, with rents around one dollar. Eggs and butter are unseen last year, beer appears only at Christmas. The piece notes pork scarcity drives beef demand and price hikes, with cows being sold to meat.
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Berlin
The
German Labor Association
Bremen
Vorwaerts
Cologne
Heinrich Lippler
Taegliche Rundschau
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Germans Use North Sea Pioneers For Ram Danube Crossing
Associated Press report from Orsova Hungary notes German forces relied on pioneers from the North Sea coast to handle Danube crossings at Ram amid kosa va surf. Despite rough conditions, the crossing proved less costly than Belgrade with few casualties and wounded. Serbians misread operations, awaiting a main crossing at Orsova.
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Associated Press
Orsova
Hungary
Danube
Ram
North Sea
Belgrade
Car Hits Jitney In Dallas Intersection Crash
Two men J N Griswold and Wade B Leonard were seriously injured when a Sherman Interurban car struck a jitney at a Dallas street intersection. A front seat woman was unhurt and the jitney was demolished.
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Dallas
Tex
J. N. Griswold
Wade B. Leonard
Sherman Interurban
Farmer Checks On Pig After Sale And Boy Reports
A farmer, after selling a pig to a neighbor, passes his place and sees his boy Johnny at the pig pen. The boy greets him and says the pig is pretty well, asks about all the fobs, and responds in a rural dialect.
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Harper'a
Gas Companies In Italy Lose Money In Coal Crunch
Rome reports American coal scarcity drives prices to 25 to 40 dollars a ton. Italy plans water power use while urging reduced street lighting. Gas firms in Rome lose revenue under long term contracts as coal prices rise. Citizens install gas heaters to cope with warming needs.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Minister of Public Works
London
Paris
Venice
Belgian Refugees Assimilated in England report says most integrate
An Associated Press correspondence notes about 200000 Belgian refugees in England have largely assimilated into English social and industrial life. It mentions 20000 from the well to do class receiving hospitality and a residual group unable to support themselves receiving aid.
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London
England
Belgians in England find work and integrate under war strain
About 60 000 Belgians out of 80 000 refugees in England have jobs. Most are women and children in factories, services, and nursing. Refugees live as guests, with many unemployed professionals and lower-class residents among them. Most Belgians serve under English wartime conditions with few unsuitable individuals identified.
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England
Supreme Court Reverses Norton Case on Contract Suit
The Texas Supreme Court at a special session in Austin handed down an opinion in George P. Bullard et al v E L Norton et al from Taylor County. The court reversed and remanded the district court and second district civil appeals court judgments on a contract and building dispute.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
George P. Bullard
E. L. Norton
Taylor County
District Court
Court of Civil Appeals of
Second District
Norton
Supreme C
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