Texas Governor Ferguson Affidavit Case Ex-Cashier Speaks
C A Hughes former Temple State Bank cashier testifies he did not embezzle 5600 dollars from Governor Ferguson account. He states the charge was a fabrication and backs the governor’s honor, urging truth before July 27 voting.
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Ferguson
C. A. Hughes
Temple State Bank
Crane
Senate
Texas
State of Texas
County of
Bell
A. Hughes
Jas. B. Ferguson
Jas. E. Ferguson
Jas, B. Ferguson
Jas
B. Ferguson
J. H. Davis Jr
Austin
First National Bank of
Temple
First National Bank
Egmor
Men of Many Creeds Enrolled in Army Chaplains School
The third session of the Training School for Chaplains begins led by Maj. Alfred A. Proden. The program mirrors ROTC style training focusing on military affairs with religious instruction deemed adequate by denominational chaplain committees. The faculty includes Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, and Roman Catholic representatives, with candidates from Roman Catholic orders and multiple Protestant denominations. The five week course pays salaries and uniforms for private soldiers, and the school now accommodates up to 250 candidates to meet rising chaplain demand following the new policy for one chaplain per 1200 officers.
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Chaplians
Alfred A. Proden
Coast Artillery Corps
Reserve Officers’ Training School
General Committee On Army
Catholic Chaplains’ ‘Bureau
Counci of Churches
Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal
United States Army
Schoor
Lucent
French Military Band From France Plays U.S. Debut in Carnegie Hall
The Le Garde Republicaine, a 61 member French military band with many war veterans, performed in Carnegie Hall New York. Conductor Gabriel Pares leads accomplished musicians who fought at Verdun and other fronts and now tour under military discipline for France. They send a message to American soldiers through concerts across camps and cantonments nationwide.
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le Garde Republicaine
United States
Carnegie Hall
New York
Eivery
Pierces
France
Conservatory of Paris
Henri Leon Te Roy
Huns
Charles Luquin
Regiment of Devils
Georges Muger
America
Alexandre Decruille
Gabriel Pares
le Gards Republicaine
St Louis
San Francisco
Roger Villate
Charlerey
Guice
Marne
Rheims
Worry-on-Bae
Lares
Ingh
Charles Hauvenaghel
Verdun
Robert Caron
Champagne
Minarrice Magsarde
WW. ML CL A
Lift Off Corns Free Zone Discovery
A Cincinnati inventor introduces Freezone as a painless remedy for corns and calluses. Tiny bottles sold in drug stores for a few cents promise instant soreness relief and easy removal without skin irritation. Ends with bold claim that hard and soft corns, or between toes, vanish with few drops.
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Cincinnati
San Antonio Man Accepted for Y M C A Overseas Work
J F Larry Stauffer local manager of Underwood Typewriter Company has been accepted for overseas service with the Y M C A He will leave for New York in mid July for final instructions before sailing Stauffer a Rotary Club member is a prominent San Antonio and Southwest Texas figure and is the third local Rotarian to enter Y M C A overseas service following J H Dilley and C C Leel Dilley has served in France for months while Leel plans to depart in July.
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J. F
Larry) Stauffer
Underwood Typewriter Company
Young Men's Christian Association
New York
Stauffer
San Antonio
Texas
Rotary Club
Y. M. C. A. Overseas Service
J. H. Dilley
C. C. Leel
Mr. Dilley
France
Mr. Leel
Versatile Youths in Modern Military Air Scout Role
A French aviator details the duties of scout planes on the Western Front. From reconnaissance to directing artillery and signaling progress, observers and pilots coordinate attacks, control depots, and aid rapid decision making under fire.
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Ald
Germans urged to bury dead nude as patriotic duty
Amsterdam June 29 report quotes the Elberfeld Freie Presse urging Germans to save the clothing of the deceased as a duty to the fatherland. It praises burying the dead with clothes and undergarments while suggesting shrouds could be confiscated and the practice may not be continued in war time.
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Amsterdam
Elberfeld “Freie Presse
Notable Quotes Sparked by Wedding Breakfast Gaffe
A stray quip attributed to George Ade at a wedding breakfast proclaims the single man worse off than the married man as women applaud. Ade adds that the married man fears one woman while the single man fears them all, reflecting light gossip on bachelor life.
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George Ade
Mr. Ade
London
Frugal Lemon Lotion Claims Clearer Skin
A historical note promotes a cheap homemade lemon juice lotion by mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to produce a quarter pint of complexion beautifier. It urges daily massage on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn tan and wind burn and whiten skin.
San Antonio Woman Demonstrates Superior War Garden Tomatoes
Mrs. Rosemary Morris of 315 McKinley Avenue grows a 30 by 30 foot tomato patch rivaling Texas commercial produce. Her trellised plants reach five feet with heavy yields, including a stem with eighteen tomatoes. She cans a bushel weekly and teaches home and school gardeners, emphasizing wartime food production for victory.
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Rosemary Morris
McKinley Avenue
Texas
Morris
Council of Mothers
Mrs. Morris
Untitled fragment reports on tense exchange in Jumpua Ruige
A neighbor praises Towdy’s resemblance to Mr. Gan Johnson of Jumpua Ruige Arkansas. Johnson modestly replies that Towdy lacks manners while noting some say he is beginning to show cuss words. The fragment from the Canenn City Star captures a tense social moment.
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Gan Johnson
Jumpua Ruige
Ark
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Tex
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