Eight Hundred Girls Missing In New York Ensuing Inquiry
New York June 20 More than 800 girls aged 10 to 20 have disappeared since January 1. Police Commissioner Woods orders a searching inquiry into police conditions as investigators probe the Ruth Cruger case and alleged white slave traffic. District Attorney Swann weighs murder rumors and a possible killer may be a woman. Authorities report charred bone and clothing from Cocchi shop while a Ruth Cruger fund is created to aid missing girls.
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New York
Woods
Ruth Cruger
Trai
Swann
Miss Cruger
Alfredo Cocchi
Cruger
Commisoner Woods
Cocchi
Hamiston
Rotary Plans to Aid War Program
Rotary committees outline help for the war effort as the nation faces German atrocities news of poison candies gas raids and brutal occupation of Roumanian towns described in stark detail. The report highlights submarine sinkings and civilian sufferings to illustrate the war’s human cost.
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Rotary
Land tax shift urged to fit land not labor in Texas
Dallas reports J. W. Black of San Antonio telling the fifth annual League of Texas Municipalities convention that adjusting land taxes to fit land will lower food and feed prices. He warns against land speculation as a cause of shortages. Mayor Marmion of Houston Heights calls for county and federal cooperation to support government efforts.
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Dallas
Tex
J. W. Black
San Antonio
League of Texas Municipalities
Black
Marmion
Houston Heights
Texas
Goethals backs single head for aviation program
General Goethals urged the Senate Military Affairs Committee to create a Department of Aeronautics with a cabinet officer at the head to avoid divided authority. He said concentrating power would speed aircraft development and operations and endorsed Senator Sheppard's bill despite potential changes in structure.
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Washington, D. C
Goethals
Panama Canal
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Sheppard
Department of Aeronautics
Barefoot boy to wealthy Texas landowner recalls 1860s cotton caravan
Fifty four years after guiding six ox drawn wagons of cotton into San Antonio on July 4 1860 12 year old J J Stubbs now visits the Menger Hotel at the wheel of a six cylinder car. He is among Freestone County’s wealthiest landholders and leads Wortham Cotton Oil Co and the First National Bank with 5500 acres 2000 under cultivation. He recalls delivering cotton to J H Moody and shares news of Vicksburgs fall. He is joined by Miss Anna McLeod and Messrs F D Wright and Wrights from Wortham.
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Alamo Plaza
J. J. Stubbs
Menger Hotel
Wortham Cotton Oil Company
First National Bank
San Antonio
Mr. Stubbs
J. H. Moody
Col
WW. L. Moody
Galveston
Vicksburg
Anna McLeod
Mamie
Belle Wright
F. D. Wright
Wortham
Murray Reappointed by Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
The Fourth Court of Civil Appeals reappointed Joseph Murray as clerk and Lula Evans as stenographer for two years. Hugo Wagner was kept as librarian and Frank H. Wash, Henry P. Burney, and Wallace H. Newton named as board of examiners. One case, San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railway Co. vs L G Hales, was acted on. a re hearing was granted, former judgment set aside, and the cause reversed and rendered. The court likely stays in session until July 2 before summer holidays.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Joseph Murray
Lula Evans
Hugo Wagner
Frank H. Wash
Henry P. Burney
Wallace H. Newton
Board of Legal Examiners
San Antonio, Uvaldez& Gulf Railway Company
L. G. Hales
Live Oak County
Rain Prospects Hinted By San Antonio Weather Chief
Major Allen Buell of the San Antonio weather bureau says rain seems more likely than in years past. He notes irregular air pressure patterns and a broad low mood spanning from the Pacific southwest to Manitoba with storm centers over Manitoba and Arizona.
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Major Allen Buell
San Antonio Weather Bureau
Major Buell
United States
Pacific
Manitoba
Arizona
Deport More Belgians
Information from occupied Belgium confirms Germans have begun forcing Belgian civilians to work for the enemy. Men 18–40, 15–17, 41–60. women 15–35 and 36–60 are grouped by category. Each person’s identity, profession, and workplace must be reported.
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Havre
Occupied
Men test mortar by dropping on hodcarrier head
A group on a building drops mortar to test its hardness and then drops a brick on a hodcarrier. The man is unshaken and tells them to be careful where they drop it, muttering in a growl about the mortar.
Women get vote principle adopted in House of Commons
London June 20 the House of Commons adopted the principle of woman suffrage by 330 votes. A proposal to grant franchise on the same basis as men is expected, with a decisive division anticipated Wednesday on enfranchisement for women of 30 years and upward as part of the electoral reform bill.
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London
House of Commons
Jeannette Rankin
American Congress
United States
Frederick Banbury
Miss Rankin
Reconsider Press Tax Proposals In War Revenue Bill
Senate finance committee reopened taxation of publishers as it revisited the war revenue bill. It debated a 5 percent levy on profits and considered substitutes including higher second class postage, graduated net profit taxes, and exemptions for the first 4000 dollars. Substitutes from Smoot Simmons and La Follette were discussed.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Smoot, Simmons and LaFollette
Senator Smoot
Senator LaFollette
Simmons
Committee Postpones Decision on Age Rates and Profit Tax Plans
After lengthy discussion, the committee deferred a decision on age rates to be added to the profit tax plans. The pause suggests further review is needed before action.
Camp Kelley Aviation Field Expands with New Squadrons
Work at Camp Kelley south of the city advances rapidly as cantonments hangars and shops rise. General Parker and Colonel Barnum tour the camp and approve progress. Three aero squadrons exist, five more in formation, troops split into provisional school squadrons for training toward full organized units.
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Camp Kelly
Parker
Malvern-Hill Barnum
Camp Kelley
Reserve Corps
Paul Ferron
City Woman Encounters Butcher's Unexpected Origin
A city woman visiting a rural town asks a butcher why he chose his trade. He hesitates and admits, I always was fond of animals. The remark adds a curious glimpse into his lifelong vocation.
Entertainment program at Camp Funston by San Antonio Red Cross
The San Antonio Red Cross presents a 7:30 pm Friday outdoor show for Camp Funston student officers directed by Mrs. A. Sachs. About two thousand attendees will hear Florida Shaw, Nat Goldsmith, Irving Rotan Stone, Ferdinand Groos, a Adele scene by Hansel and Kunkel, plus dramatic features by the San Antonio Dramatic Club. Virginia Beraud performs Italian dialect pieces and a modern Romeo and Juliet, with a one act sketch by D. H. and M. McAllister, readings by Frederick Abbott, and a military band. Transportation requests aid from Mrs. Sachs.
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San Antonio
the Red Cross
Camp Funston
A. Sachs
Florida Shaw
Nat Goldsmith
Irving Rotan Stone
Ferdinand Groos
Edna Polhemus
Milton McAllister
Frederick Abbott
Sachs
Marker Honors Alamo Pyre Site in San Antonio
A tablet marking the apot where funeral pyres burned Alamo heroes after the March 6 1836 battle was placed on the M Halff Brothers building at Rusk and East Commerce by the Texas Historic Landmark Association. The inscription notes bodies were burned nearby and lauds the association’s effort to mark historic events in San Antonio.
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Alamo
the Alamo
M. Halff & Brothers
Rusk and
East Commerce Streets
Texas Historic Landmark Association
Alimo
San Antonio
A Fine Thirst Quencher Ad For Horsford Acid Phosphate
A teaspoonful in a glass of water with a dash of sugar relieves excessive thirst. The ad claims Horsford's acid phosphate is superior to lemons as a remedy.
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Horsford
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