Y M C A Boys Schedule Busy Week Of Activities
Young Men's Christian Association boys department outlines a full week of events led by Secretary J Floyd Smith. About three hundred boys are members as Troop No 14 volunteers to help Red Cross outings for convalescent soldiers. The Hoppy Club of hotel bellboys will meet Monday Wednesday and Friday and swim afterward. Scout troop plans to visit Camp Kelly to view aviation maneuvers. A salesmanship class led by J A Stevenson meets at 9 AM Wednesday.
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J. Floyd Smith
Young Men’s Christian Association
No. 14
Red Cross Society
Hoppy Club
Gunter Hotel
Virgil Winters
Marcus Strum
Camp Kelly
J. A. Stevenson
Scouts Organize Sales Drive At Alamo Heights
Seventy boys in a class form a two tier sales system with captains sergeants and a reward structure. Scouts Nelson Jones Townsend and Broadway host Troop 14 at 6 30 PM Friday for a troop assembly merit badge reports to determine watch.
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Nelson Jones
Townsend and
Broadway
Alamo Heights
Catholics Mobilize War Fund Across District
Committees named to canvass city and district raising funds for Catholic men in the army. Funds support chaplains for camps and Europe, with the Knights of Columbus securing Catholic representation in war work. Local women and men coordinate drives in Alpine Boerne Bandera and surrounding towns, emphasizing inclusive support for all faiths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
National Council of the Knights of Columbus
War and Navy Departments
Poth
Order
War and Navy
Alpine, Boerne and
Bandera
P. H. Long
San Antonio Council
Knights of Columbus
E. W. Tynan
J. P. Pfeiffer
Ollie Hanzal
Augustus McCloskey
J. E. Wetherell
Mesdames J. D. Ashley
A. J. LaBlanc
James F. Garlyand
H. L. Jaster
Knight McCloskey
San Antonio
Army orders First Lieutenant Isador Kahn and surgeons to Camp Wilson
The notice lists First Lieutenant Isador Kahn and Medical Reserve and contract surgeons R. C. McCorke and C. H. Carter bound for Leon Springs and Camp Wilson to examine soldiers for tuberculosis. Captain Clark P Chandler of the Sixth Cavalry receives ten days’ leave as Major Morton J. Henry of the Quartermaster Corps is relieved in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isador 8. Kahn
R. C. M'Corke
C. H. Carter
Leon Springs
Camp Wilson
Clark P Chandler
Sixth Cavalry
Morton J. Henry
Quartermaster Corps
Hawaiian Department
Port O Connor Methodist Assembly Trip Ad Highlight
A brief travel ad notes a $6.95 round trip via Southern Pacific for attendees heading to the Port O Connor Methodist Assembly. The snippet emphasizes affordable rail travel and a specific destination.
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Port O’connor
Methodist Assembly
Southern Pacific
Ady
Railroads urged to speed cars and reduce delays in Texas
Texas railroad commission calls on carriers to improve terminal and train performance to conserve the car supply. It urges prompt interchange, swift switching, careful yard checks, and coordinated loading, aiming to boost daily car mileage and avert fall bottlenecks amid national defense efforts.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Railroad Commission
National Council of Defense
Council of National Defense
Railroads of
Special Committee On National Defense
United States
Deense
In the Same Boat Irish Banter Touches Class Boss
Father O'Hanlon of Dubuque greets parishioner Pat digging in a trench. The Italian boss is mocked with a quip about class and leadership, Pat retorts with a rebuttal about the priest’s own role. The moment captures neighborhood humor and social tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father O'Hanlon
Dubuque
Pat
Name the Soldiers Club Prize Contest Opens in San Antonio
Soldiers across San Antonio and nearby camps are invited to submit a proposed name for the new soldiers club. The winner receives a wrist watch donated by Mrs. Eli Hertzberg, with a special committee selecting the final name from soldier submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers’ Club
San Antonio
Eli Hertzberg
War Recreation Board
Army Post
Kelly, Travis and
Funston
Calcasieu Building
Travis Street
Avenue C
USA
War Recreation Board met to plan amusements in Texas camps
A conference of War Recreation Board secretaries from Texas met Saturday in the local board office to discuss plans for recreation and amusement activities for military camps. The meeting addressed organizing leisure programs and coordinating with army units to provide entertainment and games for service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Smith Wallace
Southern Department
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arizona
Arkansas
Elbert M. Vail
San Antoonio
A. Macpherson
San Antonio
W. B. Kelsey
Burton O. Greening
William &. Hopkins
War Department
Commission
Macpherson
Brownsville
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Corpus Christi
Hopkins
Houston
Messrs. Kelsey and Greening
Fort Worth
Waco
C. C
el Paso
A.C. Fisk
Douglas
Nogales
Deming
Columbus
N. M
Fort Sill
Wallace
Greening
Eveleth
Minn
War Recreation Board
Instruments of Precision in Business Life Quotation
A Manchester Guardian overheard conversation in a park mocks a business girl's insistence on precision. A caller asks for Mr. X then corrects, noting humor that the phone is not a telescope. The remark satirizes everyday office technology.
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Manchester Guardian
War Recreation Board plans San Antonio soldiers fund pool
The War Recreation Board proposes a war chest to aid soldiers in San Antonio funded by local donations. A noon Monday meeting at the Travis Club will gather representatives from American Red Cross, YMCAs, Knights of Columbus, Rotary, Catholic Woman's Association, Girl Scouts, Masons, Odd Fellows and others to form a cooperative plan. The board insists the effort is nonexecutive and aims to reduce overlapping appeals while sustaining welfare programs for soldiers and spinoff enlistments. A committee of attendees may be named to draft and present the cooperative plan for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
War Recreation Board
Travis Club
American Red Cross
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Knights of Columbus
Rotary Club
Catholic Woman's Association
National League For Woman Service
Masonic and Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Lodges
Recreation Board
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State Commission
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King Furniture CO
Commerce Street
G. O
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Charles Rees
Grnter Hote
AMUSE
Wien
Industrial Workers of the World
Hugh R. Robertson
United States District Attorney
T. W. Gregory
Robertson
Bureau of Investigation
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