Army to Cut Enlisted Strength in Next Year Plan
The army faces a drop in enlisted ranks by 4908 as budget cuts squeeze next year funding. Maj. Gen. For Conner told the House Military Affairs Committee the present force remains about 8000 below four years ago, with an intended strength near 118,750. Rations and major personnel allowances are set at 5.74 and 50 cents per day respectively.
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Washington
For Conner
House Military Affairs Committee
Conner
Congress
Air Corps
War Department
Budget Bureau
Joseph Neill McCallum Rites Held At San Antonio
Funeral services for Joseph Neill McCallum a 54 year old retired contractor were conducted at Alamo Methodist and First Presbyterian churches with Masonic lodge involvement. He leaves a widow daughter Nancy and two sons James and Jennings D McCallum and two sisters Inez and Ida McCallum of San Antonio.
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Joseph Neill McCallum
Brasch Street
Jennings D. McCallum
Inez
Ida*McCallum
San Anitonio
Lunacy Hearing Set For Margaret Price in Fire Death
Miss Margaret Price 28 daughter of Mrs J H Price, a prominent club woman, will face a lunacy hearing Tuesday, according to Rev Lford F Bloodworth who filed the charge today. The young socialite was in an adjoining room and ignored her mother’s pleas as flames engulfed her attire.
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Sy Universal Services
Ort Worth
Margaret Price
J. HB. Price
Lford F. Bloodworth
Teachers Write For School Journal on Silent Reading
Miss Elma Neal and Miss Inez Foster discuss the impact of silent reading on pupils in the December issue of the Elementary School Journal, a national education magazine. A note directs readers to Light Classified Ads classifications 40 to 60 for housing and rental listings.
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School Journal
Elma Neal
Inez Foster
The
Elementary School Journal
Murder by Poison Rum Protests Flood Treasury
Telegrams protest the government's use of injurious alcohol denaturants, with many demanding continuation or strengthening of denaturants. Secretary Mellon noted mixed sentiment but accepted the outpouring as indication of broad public feeling on the issue.
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Universal Service
Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Byrd To Address San Antonio School Children
Richard E. Byrd, first to fly over the north pole, will talk about his experiences at a special matinee for San Antonio pupils at the municipal auditorium Wednesday afternoon. Miss Elma Neal, supervisor of elementary schools, says programs will be arranged so children reach the lecture on time.
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Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
San Antonio
Municipal Auditorium
Elma Neal
Main High Boys Farm Social Club Forms on Main Avenue
The Ranger club a social and fraternal group formed among the bars of Main Avenue senior school announces its first event a dance at the Gunner hotel on Jan 21. The executive committee includes Bullis Noake Herschel Johnson Lawrence Wimberly John Henry Willis Tate and Theo Turner.
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Ranger Club
Main Avenue Senior School
Gunner Hotel
Bullis Noake
Herschel Johnson
Lawrence Wimberly
John Henry
Willis Tate
Theo Turner
1776 Sword Blade Loaned to Alamo
A tempered steel sword blade bearing a famed maker name and the date 1776 has been loaned to the Alamo collection by George H. McEntire of Sterling City. Airs A F Small, Alamo custodian, said the blade was found recently on the McEntire ranch.
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Alamo
George H. McEntire
Sterling City
Airs
A. F. Small
McEntire
What and Why of a Diuretic Foley Pills
An advertisement explains diuretic Dimetes aid kidneys by removing poisons from the blood. Foley Fil Giuretie is touted as a reliable medicine used for over twenty five years to regulate flow and keep the system free of lurking pollutants. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ask for Foley Pills, diurette. Sold everywhere.
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Backache
An old advertisement claims St Jacobs Oil relieves lumbago backache rheumatism and related pains. It advises rubbing on the painful area for instant relief and promotes a 35 cent bottle as a safe remedy used for 65 years without harming the skin.
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St. Jacobs
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Percoanel
Joseph McCallum
Byrd
Main High Boys Farm Social Club
East Houston
Johnston & Murphys
Watson
Nettleton
Blacks & Tans
Greater San Antonio
Hnston & Murray
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