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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1918
Page
12
The Shipping Board authorized a reduction in ship timber sizes used in wooden construction to speed output. John Kirby ef of Houston Texas, former president of the Pine Association, was noted in the report from Washington DC dated March 12.
Listings for rental and sale across San Antonio area include seven room houses, three room houses, and a ranch. Properties feature heating, barns, wells, proximity to depots and streets, with prices ranging from modest to $8000. Agents Whitaker and Giese handle multiple parcels on East Commerce Street and nearby corridors.
The article notes efforts to adapt shipbuilding in the South with smaller pine flitches cut from large trees to speed production and reduce transport. It mentions Southern lumbermen cooperating with the board, the Aviation Corps officer Louis Schlesinger’s France arrival, and local civic events including meetings at the railroad Y.M.C.A. to discuss bowling and public lectures on wheat substitutes. It also covers various community notices such as dances, sales ads, and police activity in a period setting.
Southern Pine Association members prepared to testify before a Senate committee but the hearing was canceled at the last minute. A prepared statement blamed Shipping Board specification changes for delays in wooden shipbuilding. Mr. Kirby's conference with Mrs. Piez is reported to have smoothed disputes and established a working understanding.
Three lectures on the clinical bacteriological and pathological aspects of pneumonia were given by Cole, De chez, and Macullion before the Hexar Uchinty Medieval Association Tuesday evening. A special meeting schedule caused rescheduling and a postponed Friday lecture. the notice mentions lent services, charity drives, and local events including a St Patrick's Ball and other community notices.
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