Hundreds of Teachers Attend Texas Joint Institute
About 1500 teachers from Atascosa Bee Bexar Comal Frio Guadalupe Gillespie Karnes Kendall Kerr Uvalde Val Verde will join a Texas San Antonio conference September 3 to 7 at Brackenridge High School. Lecturers include Dr Richard Burton Dr Charles Judd and Dr Lotus Coffman with sessions on rural education high school subjects and elementary topics.
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Atascosa
Bee
Bexar
Comal
I‘rio
Guadalue
Gillespie
Karnes
Kendall
Kerr
Uvalde
Val Verde
San Antonio
George W.brackenridge High School
Charles 8. Meek
Richard Burton
University of Minnesota, Jr
Charles H. Judd
University of Chicago
Lotus B. Coffman
Teachers’ College
Columbia
University of Illinois
Minnesota
Texas
South
Association
Atascosa County
H. D. Rhode
Bee County
Pattie L. Reagan
Bexar County
P. F. Stewart
N. E. Scudder
Frio
A. J. Cook
Guadalupe
Joe F. Saegert
AS Kneese
L. P. Lightsey
J. W. Lawdon
G. C. Jones
J. E. Mathews
Josephine Jones
Ibsen
New School
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Browning
Burton
Dr. Judd
Chas. H. Judd
Department of Education
America
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
Denver
Chicago
Judd
National Superintendents’ Association
L. B. Coffman
Maverick leads drive to recruit cavalry volunteers
Captain Lewis Maverick of the Texas National Guard launches a week long enlistment campaign. Headquarters open at Alamo National Bank with a life sized wooden horse in the window. A recruiting detail will visit Jourdanton Leming and the San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf territory to recruit Southwest Texas men. He aims to close enlistments and muster the company into Federal service with horses and equipment provided.
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Lewis Maverick
Texas National Guard
Alamo National Bank
Maverick
Jourdanton, Leming
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
Captain Maverick
Texas
San Antonio
Austin Students Help Harvest In Midwest Wheat Fields
Four Austin high school boys Earl Turner Webb Connellee Alvarro Mc Callum and Robert Blackwell have gone to wheat fields in Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Missouri and the Dakota to work harvest season. They aim to build fitness for the football season ahead and gain conditioning.
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Austin
Tex
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Dakota
Earl Turner
Webb Connellee
Alvarro McCallum
Robert Blackwell
Women Rally for Liberty Bonds Five-Day Push in San Antonio
San Antonio and Bexar County face a five day window to subscribe to one million dollars of Liberty bonds. About 500 women from the Women’s League for National Service pledged aid at the Gunter Hotel and will campaign with precinct chairmen and J. W. Hucker to urge purchases. Bannered reminders will target busy corners while bankers and employers offer installment plans to help workers invest.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
J. W. Hoopés
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
Women’s’ League For National Service
Gunter Hotel
James R. Davis
J. W. Hucker
Hoopes
Chamber of Commerce
Hucker
Eleventh District
George J. Roark
Hooper
Colors for Battery B to be Presented
San Antonio marks the 140th anniversary of the flag with a ceremony at Crockett Street Army Depot. The American Flag Association urged special observance as troops prepare for Europe. Battery B receives the colors from General Davis Stanley Circle of the Grand Army.
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San Antonio
American Flag Association
Europe
Battery B
Crockett Street
Dorothy Dacompta
Henry L. Brook
Nat Washer
Ladies of the Circle
Texas counties split on wet and dry status
The attorney general's department provided the Federal Postal Department with data on Texas counties showing 180 dry counties, 22 wet, 49 partial dry, and 2002 dry post offices versus 528 wet. The new law to take effect July 1 will curb distribution of newspapers carrying liquor ads in dry areas.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
W. B. Lamar
Federal Postal Department
Washington
Federal Department
Texas
Kelleing
Will Entertain Rookies by Art Guild San Antonio
The Art Guild of San Antonio plans wholesome entertainment for Camp Funston student officers. A meeting to arrange details is set for Monday at 8 PM at Miss Smith 824 Carson Street. At Thursday’s business meeting Miss Nannie Applewhite was elected secretary pro-tem.
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Art Guild of
San Antonio
Camp Funston
Faldine Tauch
Chicago
Anna M. Smith
Guild
St Mary's College Alumni Plan Large Get-Together
St Marys College Alumni Association schedules its annual meeting for next Saturday night June 16 at the Gunter Hotel. Indications point to one of the largest gatherings in the association's history with many out-of-town members expected to attend. The group is among Texas' strongest and includes prominent members from across the state and elsewhere.
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St. Mary’s College
St. Mary’s College Alumni Association
Five to Graduate at St Louis College Commencement
Diplomas will be conferred upon five graduates by the faculty of St Louis College Tuesday afternoon at the twenty third annual commencement in the college auditorium. The program includes patriotic features. The graduates are Ernest and George Stecker George Lack James Sweeney and Elmo Schulz.
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St. Louis College
Ernest
George Stecker
George Lack
James Sweeney
Elmo Schulz
Police Commissioner Bans Fast Driving By Units
Fire and Police Commissioner Lowther orders police chauffeurs to limit speed to twenty miles per hour except in emergencies and to keep cut outs closed except when speed is essential. The directive marks his first posted order and aligns with efforts to curb reckless vehicle operation in San Antonio. Two Mexicans were sent to Huntsville penitentiary following an incident.
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Lowther
San Antonio
Governor Commutes Death Sentences in Texas Case
Governor Ferguson commuted the death sentences of Juan Marta and Rocindo Bonado to life imprisonment for the murder of Eugene Smith, a Travis County farmer. He granted a 30 day respite on May 25 to review the petition for clemency and cited substantial grounds in his proclamation.
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Juan Marta
Rocindo Bonado
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Eugene Smith
Travis County
Austin Women Sell Over $25,000 in Liberty Bonds
A committee of leading Austin women led by Miss Emma K Burleson has sold upward of $25,000 in Liberty bonds. The drive began days ago and used a citywide campaign selling bonds in small lots.
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Austin
Tex
Emma K. Burleson
Burleson
Vinson Preaches at Texas University Commencement
In Austin Texas Dr R E Vinson president of the University of Texas will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on the campus Sunday night Class day exercises follow Monday with the ex Students Association meeting Action on the current University crisis is expected Degrees will be conferred on about 250 graduates Tuesday A large crowd is anticipated for the commencement
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
R. E. Vinson
Institutiin
ex-Students' Association
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Plant Described as Vivid and Potent
The jack in the pulpit or Indian turnip grows across many eastern states and is noted for its beauty. The corn like root is filled with a fiercely acrid fluid that leaves a lasting memory of heat. It is capable of thriving where ferns grow.
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General Association
Merrick
Remiss
Eemployers
San Angelo
Ross & Cason
Waco
Willeke Bros
Fraser Brick Company
H. M. Abernethy
Gibbs
Travis
Austin Nalle & CO
East Sixth Street
Corpus Christi Nueces Builders Supply CO
Thos. C. Born
Art Guild
Camp Wilson
Goodyear
NOOD
Wik
Olas Wwivdau
Bez
Goodyear Service Station
The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron, Ohio
Standard Tire Service
Hearn-Stuart Bros. Tire Co
Ave. C
Crockett
H. K. Stuart
Franklin
Birdsong & Potchernick
Smith
Huntsville
Vinson
Phone Crockett
Gunter Building
Geo. B. Taliaferro
L. J. Hart
John B. Herff
Fred W. Cook
Ben A. Stribling
A. P. Ford
C. V. Birdhead
Gus Zalmanzig
Jake Wolff
S. P. Skinner
H. C. Feldman
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