San Antonio Wins Brotherhood Convention Bid
San Antonio secured the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen national convention for 1918 or 1919 after a Detroit session with 28 days and 1000 delegates. A San Antonio committee led by J A Appleby earned support with Mexican hats and souvenirs, beating bids from Chicago Toronto Springfield Louisville and others.
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Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Chamber of Commerc
San Antoni
San Antonio
Detroit
Brotherhood of Railway Trainiew
Ladies’ Auxiliary
J. A. Appleby
H. J. Bart
G. A. Davis
J. J. Cain
Lula Appleby
Vernon
Goldie
Arline
Orville Appleby
FP. C. Pink
Peter Riedel
H. P. Mishier
Kl. P. Maynard
Mark J. DuCharme
Alpena
Mich
Arthur G. Sherman
Stevens Point
Wis
Albert Spiller
Carbondale
H. J. Walsh
Elizabeth
N. J
F. N. Griffin
Houston
Maine
Chamber of Commerce
Appleby
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Louisville
Toronto
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Llie
Brotherhood convention to be held in San Antonio
The Brotherhood of Mailway Trainmen plans an entertaining convention in San Antonio. They aim to make the gathering historic and to deter outside delegates and visitors from lingering for advertisements of the city.
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Brotherhood of Mailway
San Antonio
Army Blue Is Doomed New Cloth Proposed
The Sharpe army board recommends abandoning the blue dress uniform as a step toward adopting a new brown gray cloth for regular army and national guardsmen. The War Department notes foreign armies, notably Germany and France, consider dress uniform changes. The quartermaster's department tests a black and white wool blend produced with American dyes for durability and independence from dye shortages.
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ARMY
Washington, D. C
Sharpe Army Board
War Department
Quartermaster’s Department
America
Germany
France
Desperate Father Plans Self-Drugging After Sleepless Nights
Newpop paces the floor with the infant for three nights. On the fourth night he buys soothing syrup in desperation. His wife warns against it as dangerous for a child, but he admits intentions to use it himself.
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Newpop
James
Songs the rookies sing in camp at Camp Cecil A Lyon
Readable excerpts show Camp Cecil A Lyon rookies creating a camp song culture. They parody classics, plagiarize freely and craft marching tunes. Plattsburg serves as the model for a growing tradition of soldier ballads across camps.
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Cecil A. Lyon
Plattsburg
Camp
Company H
United States
Lyon
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Lyon
New Military Bill Recalls Old Feud
Washington June 24. A provision of the new military bill requires the general staff to handle policy while the adjutant general deals with administration. The change ends much of the earlier clash between General Leonard Wood and General Frederick Ainsworth over control of the army. Ainsworth’s influence lingers in legislation, though the current move seeks a peaceful division of authority. Two through sleepers to Memphis and Chicago daily. Southern Partys(Adv.)
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Army
Adjutant General's Department
Leonard Wood
Frederick Ainsworth
Ainsworth
General Staff
General Wood
Wood
Memphis
Chicago Daily
Victory Bread in Paris Promises National Flour Savings
Paris adopts government urged bread as Victory Bread to cut flour imports and save France hundreds of millions of francs yearly. French prefer white bread, eat at every meal, and waste in flour production drops from thirty five to forty percent to feed the new loaf. A separate court case ends with the blanket given to the rightful owner and the accused discharged.
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Paris
London
Brussels
France
Blanket ownership dispute judged in Westminster court
In Westminster police court Magistrate Francis heard two women claim ownership of a blanket. He proposed a Solomon like remedy to cut the blanket in half and award half to each, but the account ends with the woman accused of...
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London
Solomon
Francis
Westminster
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