Military Fourth of July race meet to be filmed nationwide
Motion pictures will capture the military Fourth of July race meet and tournament at the Fair Grounds in San Antonio. General Parker grants permission for filming by two concerns to document maneuvers and racing, with screenings planned in 10,000 theaters nationwide. The event draws large local attendance and expected wide regional travel.
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Southern Department
San Antonio
E. M. Vail
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War Recreation Board
Two Large Gifts Omitted From War Relief List
The published list of war relief campaign contributions failed to include two gifts over $100. Judge Winchester Kelso contributed $500 and the Travis Park Methodist Church gave $202.30. The omissions occurred while copying names from campaign headquarters cards.
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War Relief Campaign Fund
Judge Winchester Kelso
Travis Park
War Strength Hulen Calls San Antonio Volunteers
Civilian Committee and guardsmen push to fill war strength for Texas National Guard units heading to state service August 5. Captains Ira C. Ogden Oscar Dewees Hal L. Howard and three batteries seek 300 extra men, with daily recruiting at 211 St. Marys and planned parades and mass meetings to spur enlistments. Local navy army and marine stations report steady eligible- man enlistments.
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Citizens’ Committee
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John A. Hulen
National Guard
Hulen
The
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San Antonio
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Raymond Phelps
Davis McGown
Ira C
Ogden
Oscar Dewees
Hal L. Howard
St. Mary’s Street
Alamo Plaza
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Navy
C. O. Evans
Post Office
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E. M. Giles
Conroy
Going up to Cloudcroft New Mexico July 8 Adv
Advertisement notes a cool trip to Cloudcroft New Mexico on July 8 with a $21.00 round trip via Southern Pacific offered by Steves Sash & Door Co. The ad repeats the prompt Going up to Cloudcroft.
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Morgan Doors Steves Sash & Door Co.—Adv
Cloudcroft
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Southern Pacific
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Slackers Checking Lists In San Antonio Probe
Fred Fries, city clerk, volunteered to compare the poll tax and June 6 registration lists. Robert L. Barnes and Special Agent E. T. Needham pursue names of men of registration age on the poll tax list but not on registration rolls, to file complaints for military duty noncompliance. County Clerk Newton arranged posting lists. Mayor Bell cited 300 to 500 unregistered men.
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Fred Fries
Robert L. Barnes
Bureau of Investigation
E. T. Needham
Barnes
Fries
San Antonio
Frank R. Newton
Newton
Sam C. Bell
Rotary Club
Ten New Employes Work at Postoffice
Ten new employes started at the San Antonio postoffice on authorization from Washington. The office adds three clerks and seven carriers to meet growing business, reassigning routes and printing a new delivery system to improve downtown and city deliveries. Postmaster Armistead urges public cooperation to minimize delays during the transition.
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San Antonio
George D. Armistead
Built-In Furniture Prompts Public Street Plans
A fragmentary reflection argues for public funding to create streets where common residents live and to let locals maintain them. The text echoes a critique of virtue signaling and suggests reformist urban ideas amid garbled quotation and policy hints.
Court of Civil Appeals Adjourns for Summer Session
Supreme Court of Civil Appeals Monday passed on several motions and adjourned for the vacation term. District Judge W SS Anderson opened the July vacation term as a civil jury case began. Motions denied for rehearing include Kleiber v McAllan and others. another to certify to the supreme court was denied. a dismissal of appeal was granted in Wright v ex rel. C E Wright. An amusing quip from Washington Star and a baby name exchange from Brooklyn Eagle follow.
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W. 8S. Anderson
Thirty-seventh District Court
John I. Kleiber
John McAllan
Cameron
M. Schulz
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