New Mexico eyes conscription to fill guard units
State leaders discuss drastic measures as shortages hinder mobilization. Colonel Abbott states conscription may be used to raise the First New Mexico Infantry and auxiliary units. Abbott, Stern, and Wilson met General Pershing in San Antonio to plan full state troop mobilization amid low recruit turnout.
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New Mexico National Guard
New Mexico
E. C. Abbott
New Mexico Infantry
Abbott
M. L. Stern
First New Mexico Infantry
Pershing
New Mexico Guard
General Pershing
St. Anthony
First District Court
Santa Fe
N. M
Major Stern
Albuquerque
Wilson
Silver City
Light Want Ads Boost Local Commerce in San Antonio
The Light reports strong direct to home circulation, urging business to use want ads. Ads promise buyers, renters, and help, with telephone delivery and Crockett 1742 for placements. Various 15 word ad packages priced at 15c to $1.05.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
The
Light
Crockett 1742
Governor urges strict quarantine and citrus eradication funds
Governor Ferguson urged the Legislature to pass a rigid quarantine law for contagious diseases and to provide $24,000 annually for two years to eradicate citrus canker. He noted army-related population influx, and called for higher salaries for the industrial accident board and expanded department staffing to enforce the employers' liability act.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
National Army
Fred W. Davis
Texas
Industrial Accident Board
New Law Spurs Weedy Lots Cleared For Food Gardens
San Antonio commissioner Lambert enforces a June start to weed removal on vacant city lots. Owners will be taxed if they fail to cut weeds or remove trash after notices, with opportunities to plant vegetables to cut living costs and boost productivity.
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San Antonio
Lambert
Gillette
Board of Wealth
Free water for vacant lots aids city gardens
San Antonio Water Supply Company offers free water for vacant lot gardens from 9 PM to 5 AM. Fire department personnel will draw water from street hydrants and weekly rounds will irrigate trenches. The Real Estate Board earlier proposed 152 vacant lots for school children and others to plant gardens. The plan will be discussed with the mayor and city commissioners at their Tuesday meeting.
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San Antonio Water Supply Company
Real Estate Board
Silence Ruins Edinburgh Upholsterer in Tale of Truth
Old John Bates an Edinburgh upholsterer famed for silence lives through a tale of repetition and irony. A customer recalls asking about mattresses and Bates quietly mistakes hair for cotton, then repeats the same line decades later. Talking, apparently, proved his ruin.
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John Bates
Edinburgh
Peorple
John
Citizens May Retain Arms Policy For German Aliens
Robert L. Barnes of the FBI announced that only fully naturalized US citizens may keep arms. Germans with first papers but incomplete citizenship are classed as alien enemies and must surrender arms under the president's proclamation. Alien enemies within a army post radius face removal or special permits. June 1 is the eviction deadline.
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Robert L. Barnes
Bureau of Investigation
United States
Warnes
Department
T. W. Gregory
Dibrell
Marshal's Office
Secret Service
United States District Attorney's Office
Marshal’s Office
Barnes
Washington
Boys Run From Homes To Enlist For War
Three youths aged 14 to 19 fled homes near San Antonio seeking to join Uncle Sam’s soldiers. Police report the boys aimed for Europe to be with those on the firing line. two Sexton brothers, 14 and 17, left rural route No. 7 Monday and have not been found. Carroll Billings, 19, also left Smiley for San Antonio to enlist, with parents to follow.
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San Antonio
Uncle Sam
Europe
J. L. Sexton
Andy
Mack Sexton
J. Smith
Smiley
Carroll Billings
Police seek heir to California mining claim
Chief of Police Lancaster and city detectives search for Loura Tierlander's sister, sole heir to a valuable San Fernando mining claim. A Los Angeles sender says the sister, unnamed and possibly married, lives in Texas. The claim remains in litigation since Loura Tierlander died near San Fernando almost two years ago. District efforts failed to locate the sister on Tuesday.
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Lancaster
Loura Tierlander
Dan Morres
Los Angeles
Cal
San Fernando
Morres
Therlander
Mr. Morres
Texas
Department
Robber Caught In Convent Break-In at St. Joseph’s
Police trapped a reported ex convict burglar at 116 Bonham Street’s St. Joseph’s school and convent. The suspect fled a window but was restrained by officers after a nearby pursuit beginning Monday night.
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St. Joseph's School and Convent
Bonham Street
Burglar Foiled as Suspect Leaps from Window
Central police headquarters reports a burglar seen in a building. Detectives Yantis Flores and Lowell and Motorcycle Officers Subira and Feindler surrounded the site within two minutes. The intruder fled from a window, leaving a kit of burglary tools and a jimmy. Letters on him suggest recent release from El Paso penitentiary. he arrived in the city days ago.
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Yantis
Flores
Lowell
Subira
Feindler
Jimmy
el Paso
Credit Man Jones of Pigville Center
The dialogue questions Jones of Pigville Center about honesty as he always pays cash in a brief exchange cited by the Boston Globe.
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Jones of
Pigville Center
Boston Globe
Mexican Steals Beans In Grocery Warehouse Heist
A 19 year old Mexican employee stole two 100 pound sacks of beans from the J. K. Lamm grocery warehouse after delivering a barrel of lard. Detectives Jones and Flores arrested him on Alamo Plaza. beans were recovered at a grocery store and the man admitted disposing of them. A groceryman, also Mexican, was later arrested for bartering stolen property after allegedly buying the beans for 316.
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Jones
Flores
J. K. Lamm
Alamo Plaza
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