Women Register in San Antonio War Service Drive
About 500 San Antonio women registered Saturday for the National League for Women's Service. Four registration booths will stay open daily at Wolff & Marx, Joske Bros., the YWCA, and the Catholic Women's Club. Volunteers will operate 8 am to 6 pm all week to join food economy, home efficiency, and recreation efforts for the War Department.
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San Antonio
National League For Women’s Service
Wolff & Marx
Joske Bros
Young Women’s Christian Association
Catholic Women’s Club
Gunter Hotel
War Department
League
National League
Washington
League of Women
France
WCTU Leader Offers Help for Soldiers Work in San Antonio
Mrs J Allen Newton state superintendent of Soldiers and Sailors Relief of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union offered her services for the union’s work in San Antonio. She spoke at a recent San Antonio meeting and outlined the department’s efforts. The group decided to make handy bags for soldiers using patterns like the comfort bag shown by Mrs Griswold, believed to be valued by any service member.
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Minerva Lewis
W. L. Rockwell
Lee Joseph
E. Richardson
H L. Kokernot
Maria Porter
William Brice
Overstreet
L. L. Dorsey
H. L. Lathrop
Duval West
George Kiwan
Elizabeth Camp
Ina Dell Hicks
Cornelia Horner
Ballie Terrell
Vera Timpson
Estelle B. Sharp
John H. Vaughan
Young Women’s Christian Association
Sharp
Vaughan
League
Mexico
Agricultural Department
J. Allen Newton
Galveston
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
San Antonio
Union
J. C Griswold
Library report flags need for more funds and new branches
Library director Miss Elizabeth West cites a 23.37 percent rise in yearly circulation to 155,097 for 1916 17 and highlights plans for better salaries, a reading room auditorium, branch libraries for black and white patrons, and expanded extension work including books for the blind funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The report urges $73,000 annual support for the San Antonio library to serve a growing, wartime community with more staff and services.
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Carnegie Library
Elizabeth West
Board of the Library
Army Young Men’s Christian Association
Camp Wilson
Rockefeller Foundation
Fort Sam. Houston
Ian
San Antonio
Children’s Department
Beacon Hill
Library of Congress
Idlewilde Girls Camp Opens Tuesday Near Comfort
Idlewilde the YWCA summer camp for girls two miles from Comfort will open Tuesday led by Miss Elizabeth Brown with a housekeeper and cooks. The extension committee named Idlewilde from girls' suggestions, with Miss India Delery winning a free week at camp. The conference fund will be boosted as the pool opens to the public Wednesday, and the YWCA board holds a meeting with a luncheon and planned activities for the day.
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Idlewilde
Young Women’s Christian Association
Elizabeth Brown
India Delery
Extension Club
Miss Delery
A. B. Weakley
Brackenridge Park
Hussache High School Annual to Be Distributed This Week
The June 1916 graduating class of Main Avenue High School will distribute the Hui sache annual at the school from 9 to 12 each day next week. It is 136 pages, green and white, with over 100 illustrations and features like the humorous Book Page. Staff includes Henry Herndon as editor-in-chief and Francese Evans assistant editor-in-chief.
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Avenueigh
Francese Evans
Henry Herndon
Margaret Taylor
Star McDaniel
Marion Johnson
Jone, Williams
Jack Allensworth
Jerome Harris
Lomax Injunction Case Set For Monday Hearing
Preparations are under way for the Lomax injunction suit before Judge Ireland Graves in the Twenty Sixth district court scheduled for Monday morning. The case pits Lomax a University faculty member against certain Regents over removal actions. Subpoenas were issued for telegrams and messages between May 20 1917 and June 8 1917 involving Governor Ferguson and state officials.
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Austin
Tex
Lomax
Ireland Graves
Twenty-sixth District Court
Board of Regents
University
O. D. Parker
Western Union
H. E. Ott
Postal
G. T. Murray
Mackay
James E. Ferguson
C. Bartlett
T. H. McGregor
A. W. Fly
Secretary of State
T.H. McGregor
Regent Fly
Red Cross War Campaign Planned in San Antonio Week
Local Red Cross delegates from Wichita return home Sunday to kick off a week long drive June 18 to 25 to raise San Antonio's share of 100 million. A committee luncheon is set for Monday at the Gunter Hotel to map plans. Campaign headquarters will open at 718 Gunter Building under W. W. Collier's supervision.
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Red Cross War Council
Wichita
Kansas
San Antonio
Red Cross
Gunter Hotel
Gunter Building
W. W. Collier
Antonio
Jonal
Army Aid Discussed by San Antonio Manufacturers' Association
The Army Supplies Committee of the Manufacturers' Association will meet Monday at 11 a m in the Gunter Hotel office to discuss further aid from San Antonio factories for the Southern Department. Members include J A Patterson G G Geyer Eugene A Holmgreen and others with C C Leel secretary. A later general meeting Tuesday at 8 p m will confirm changing the group name to Manufacturers' Association.
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Army Supplies Committee
The
Manufacturers’ Association
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Southern Department
J. A. Patterson
G. G. Geyer
Eugene A. Holmgreen
T. G. Hay
D. J. Strauss
John Randolph Martin
H. W. Finck
Manufacturers’ Club
Quota Filled for Negro Officers Training Camp in Des Moines
The Southern Department's quota of 75 Negroes for the Negro Officers Training Camp at Des Moines Iowa has been filled and Washington notified. The camp opens this week with 75 recruits from Fort Sam Houston who were accepted for the training course. About 1200 Negroes will be in the camp.
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Southern Department
Des Moines
Washington
Fort Sam Houston
New Child Labor Law Takes Effect June Nineteen
San Antonio manufacturers were notified that a new child labor law goes into effect June 19. The act bans employment of children under 15 in factories except in limited cases with guardian permission, and allows nonhazardous farm or private home work for younger children during summer.
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San Antonio
C.C. Leel
Manufacturers’ Association
German Arrested for Treason in Hays County Case
A well known German resident at Maxwell near Kyle in Hays County was arrested by Department of Justice officers on treason charges. He was taken to Austin for a hearing as the Federal grand jury, convening June 11, reviews the case. Robert L Barnes reported the arrest and alleged the man cursed President Wilson and the United States.
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Maxwell
Kyle
Hays County
Department of Justice
Austin
Federal Grand Jury
Robert L. Barnes
Barnes
Wilson
United States
Federal District Attorney
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