Army Engineers Captain Tells Texas Legislators Value of Good Roads
Captain Jay Turley of the Army Engineers addressed Texas legislators on road value, arguing highways are vital for wartime and peacetime logistics. He cited U S experiences in France and Gallipoli, stressing roads as essential alongside railways, and urged wise, permanent road funding and skilled engineering for postwar reconstruction.
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Army Engineers
Texas
Jay Turley
America
Austin
Pex
Dam
Amelia
Motor Transport
Paris
Hus
Toffre
France
Manus
Brance
Vaviy
Prince
Gallipoli
Pouinsula
Constantinople
Germany
Cligek
Brackenridge English Comedy Chooses Green Stockings for Senior Play
Brackenridge High School selects the English comedy Green Stockings as the senior play for February. The production features Margaret Anglia in a tale set half a century earlier with costumes, stage furnishings, and program designs crafted by the school art and home departments.
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Brackenridge
Brack
Hidge High School
Hix
E.W. Mudd
Margaret Anglia
Portal Sengans
Ling
Eratic
Atl Wolffares
Harp
Colin Faraday
Barrie
Maggie
Grom Starkingy
Phyllis
Colngel Null
India
Linta
Unclear names in crowded social register lead to confusion
Fragmented OCR lists numerous individuals with scattered affiliations from New York to Chicago and Texas. The text mentions Gutherle, Connally, Dolmore Hawkine, Ganong, Steplens, Moreia, Cartingt, Berkeley, Gunter, Lanier, Munger, and others, interwoven with remarks about a gathering and a cryptic dialogue.
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Fanter
B. Cartingt
Rochealer
Apthony
Chiemge
Charles Law Taker
Berkeley
Cal
Sengar
Attu Lhegueria
Gunter le Mra
Eee Tartan
Mcaden
OM. Mrunalig
Chicago
Lanier
Hurley Warns on Hun Efficiency in War Trade
Paris Jan 25 United States Shipping Board chairman Joseph Hurley urged U S aid to France in its mercantile war with Germany. He said France must be rehabilitated and its merchant marine rebuilt with fair shipping rates, warning Germany will remain a strong commerce rival. He proposed a Made in France trade program to protect French industry and accelerate postwar restoration.
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Paris
United States
France
Germany
Boward Hurley
Cairman
Fly
United States Shipping Board
Hurley
Sud Hartey
Wrance
Voter payments lag as county tax office nears deadline
In Bexar County a rush to pay poll taxes is expected in the final week with only 10 400 polls paid by Sunday night. Payments average about 40 per day, peaking at 683 the next day. The county’s voting strength last year hovered near 20 000 while few women have paid poll taxes, as many remain unsure about limits on voting rights.
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Bexar County Register
Chix
Tara
Permamien
EZELL Heads Bar W Ueell Elected Leader at San Antonio Bar
Ezell heads Bar Moyle Buell law firm as Horiton stress Wak elected president of the San Antonio Bar Association at the premeeting. Other officers Solon Stewart Jalal Craninghim Vort Carter and TCP named. board of directors listed with George J. liningern Kampmann Poagardon Nes Walther Nes and others. Douglass Wallace Newton reviewed the association’s work during the past year.
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W. B. Ueell
Moyle, Buell
Horiton Stress, Wak
San Antonio
Dineetona Yen
George J
Nlinferrn
Uve
the Kampmann
Trave Poagardon
Walther Nes LI
Worl
A.W. Mecligson
Douglass
Wallace Newton
Menting
Roe
Insten
Unclear Army Orders Fragment From War Departments
Fragmentary OCR shows an Army orders list with multiple officer names and unit movements toward camps, deferring legible actions. The text references Rakore, Masao, Camp Syrmorie, Houston, Washington, and several captains, implying orders for stationing or transfer within the Southern Department and various posts.
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Houston
Wiliam T. Lite
Gaprara
Samuel A. Nahle
Enneral Supply Nopot
jAnuinin
Wanhington
Ol A. Humbert
Vast
Omaha
Coop
Oil Sands in Utah Prompt Urgent War Production Drive
Government appeals push oil field activity in Grins region and nearby sectors. New deposits in the Han Htofael country are noted as potentially the continent’s largest, with development slowed by desert access and limited prior work. Highway construction and water wells are spurring exploration as interest rises amid wartime needs.
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Utah
Medhans
Tva
Otter
Colorado
Han Htofael
Southseawtein Linh
City Sues to Collect On Street Maintenance Bond
The City of San Antonio files a suit against Rawlmore and Gayds to recover claimed expenses for maintaining streets paved under a contract. The city seeks payment for maintenance costs and alleged damages from the paving company, which allegedly failed to sustain the street. The case aims to reach settlement or proceed to further action to secure payment.
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San Antonio
Rawlmore & Gawds
Pan
Tol
Rudinory & Gayedsiehe -Coutenetorn
Furnilent
Psinibniadin Pavding
Ar Piriad
Lieut Barnell Dies In New York Embarkation Delay
Lieut Joseph G Barnes of San Antonio died in New York on Wednesday aged 29 from pneumonia. His body is being returned to San Antonio for interment, having left New York Saturday afternoon. Funeral arrangements were not completed by Saturday night. He served in the Mth division and had trained at Camp Stanley. He was born in Fayner and moved to San Antonio at 18. Survived by wife, two children, and his mother in Beance.
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Doseph G. Barnes
San Aye
Tonio
New York
George Nichola
Proiaualt Street
Harpell
Tieutenant Burnet
Mienton
Camp Stanley
San Antonio
Howar
Intelligence
Nut
Hoboken
Inginex
France
Litutenant Baraell
Hik
Dbp
Fyaner
Amd
Hohoked
Hin
Beance
Sheen Monde
Haturdey
Government Inspector thwarted in Alaska gold railway theft
Nubia Wattles Siegler of Skagway notes a government inspector named Katharina Skyan tackles a gold theft attempt along the Wille Ray Railway between Skaggs and White Hovwe. The text also references a Spokane Spokesman item on Argentina's maize crop, citing an estimated production figure of around 400,000 tons.
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Nubia Wattles Siegler
Skagway
Alaska
Katharina Skyan
Wille Ray
Skaggs
White Hovwe
Argentina
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Railroad Commission
Yau
Shem
Citizens Auto Co
East Travis Street
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Iin
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E. Travis
Cor
Main & Dewey
Hinself
Alimal
Mina
Alamo Auto Supply Co
East Travis Crockett
Harroun
Phone Crockett 166
Edward L. Staacke
G. A. Marsh
Staacke Bros
Commerce St
Southwest Texas Distributors
Ezell Heads
San Antoniny Association
Rushmore & Gowdy
Lieut
Barnell
Paeimonia
SOI Tiviston
Lainte de Wwiits
Iter Homo Wines
Spokane
Kepler
Swift & Co
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Chase & Sanborn
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Southern Distributors
Southern Welding & Machine Co
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