Bank Opens To Big Gugino On First Day In San Antonio
The Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company opened Thursday with deposits rising while withdrawals stayed modest. Depositors moved funds from savings to checking for state guaranty protection, and the lobby buzzed with confidence as officials pledged stability and local bankers sent flowers and congratulations. T. N. Smith, longtime banker and new cashier, spoke of the bank as a strong regional institution.
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Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company
West Texas Bank
Harry Landa
Landa
T. N. Smith
Commercial Department
Savings Department
Smith
State Guaranty Fund
San Antonio Clearing House Association
San Antonio
Southwest
Texas
New Bank
Nicholson, Furnish & Smith
Beacon Hill Addition
Mr. Smith
Missouri
Independence
Kansas City
Senate panel backs Taylor post office funding bill
The Senate public building committee favorably reported Senator Culberson's bill to appropriate 60,000 for a Taylor D C post office. A site is provided. A parallel House bill by Representative Buchanan has been introduced and similar action expected.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Public Building Committee
Culberson
Taylor
House
Buchanan
Kitchen on Wheels Tested by U S Army at Fort Sam
A Canadian made two section mobile kitchen resembling an artillery piece is trialed by the U S Army at Fort Sam Houston with the Thirteenth Infantry. It serves about 400 men and is praised as more sanitary and economical. Capt. John Bond prepares a report for Washington.
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United States Army
Thirteenth Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
John Bond
Washington
San Antonio Launches Semiannual Clean Up Campaign
San Antonio begins a three day city cleanup under Commissioner Lambert. Extra garbage wagons are deployed and households notified the department will cart off all refuse while back yards vacant lots and drains are targeted to curb mosquitoes and disease. Health officials urge business cooperation and oil spray teams will treat sites to reduce infectious diseases.
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San Antonio
Lambert
Health Department
W. W. Herring
W. A. King
Citizens discuss preliminary steps for $1 million bond issue
A Bi Centennial Exposition delegation met Mayor Brown to outline plans for a proposed $1,000,000 bond issue. William Cassin led the group with Selig Deutschman and L J Hart, noting a petition near 4000 signatures and urging council action without using the initiative process to avoid delay.
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Brown
William Cassin
Association
Selig Deutschman
B. Weller
L. J. Hart
Mr. Cassin
Social Notes. Travelers Arrive at Gunter Menger St Anthony
A stream of guests check in across San Antonio hotels. C Jefferies from Laredo visits the Gunter while Cecil H. Smith from Sherman stays at the St Anthony. Miss Louise Carmen and Miss Kathryn Jameson of New York are guests at the Menger. W W Cameron of Waco is among new arrivals at the St Anthony.
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C. Jefferies
Laredo
Gunter
Cecil H. Smith
Sherman
St. Anthony
W. M. Hall
New York
Menger
Earl Waller
Oakville
Tex
W. G. Jackson
Kathryn Jameson
G. KE. Giles
Houston
J. F. Faulker
Georgetown
Louise Carmen
S. B. Beard
Fort Worth
G. P. Coyo
Beeville
St.hnthony
S. M. Hargrove
Mission
Ierew
W. P. Gains
Austin
San Angelo Trials Unit Tax Plan Adaptation
William Young, a unit system expert, arrives in San Angelo to implement a Somers style tax plan in the business district. If successful, the city commission will extend the system citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
William Young
Irish school inspection test exposes child’s logic
A report notes a school inspector in Ireland questioning pupils about an apple’s pips and counting feathers on a hen. The scene shows the inspector’s harsh method and a teacher observing the mock exam, highlighting stubborn limits of rote schooling.
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Ireland
Christian Science Monitor
Texas art memorial drive backs Ney statue fund
Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson leads Texas women in funding an art school memorial to Elizabeth Ney. Funds come from selling the Lady Macbeth statue, loaned from the National Museum, with proceeds to UT and a university trustees’ memorial art school. The statue’s display is tied to Formosa estate and the Texas Fine Arts Association oversees related collections and governance.
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Washington, D. C
Albert Sidney Burleson
Austin
Texas
Elizabeth Ney
Lady Macbeth
National Museum
Miss Ney
Serravezza
Italy
America
Europe
Edmund Montgomery
Emma Burleson
University of Texas
Formosa
Hyde Park
University
Montgomery
Texas Fine Arts Association
James W. McClendon
Joseph D. Sayers
J. B. Dibrell
8. C. Gideon
School of Architecture of Texas
Julia Pease
Julian Onderdonk
San Antonio
Percy V. Pennybacker
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
E. M. House
New York
Lorado Taft
Chicago
Jane Sharwod
Clyde Chandler
Paul Carrus
LaSalle
Rotary Club to Elect New Officers at Friday Luncheon
The Rotary Club annual meeting will be at St Anthony Hotel Friday noon to elect new officers and finalize year end matters. Subscriptions for a burro fund to buy donkeys for Brackenridge park close at the meeting for saddles and bridles and to place the animals in the park for kiddies’ scenic trail use. Sutherland Springs Park and Hotel opens for the summer on Sunday June 4.
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Rotary Club
St. Anthony
Brackenridge Park
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Guaranty Fund
Post Office
Senate Committee
Sheppard
Fatima
Fatimas
Liggett Myers
ART School
Mrs. Burleson
Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific
Rotarians
Sutherland Springs Park
Wolfson
Panama
Saul Wolson
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