City Subscribes $4 258 000 to Third Liberty Loan
San Antonio reports a noon Monday total subscription of 4 258 000 to the third Liberty Loan, surpassing the 3 925 000 quota by 333 000 despite incomplete bank returns and some duplicated reports from banks and the Boy Scouts. A morning hiccup occurred when three banks declined some subscriptions from Saturday.
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San Antonio
Boy Scouts
W. W. Collier
Bexar County
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Gunter
Kelly Field
Gunter Hotel
Hugh McLelan
W. W. Cullier
Harry Sertzberg
Tewse Muster
J. KK. Beretta
Franz C. Groos
Floyd McGown
Smithie Graves
Herbert Barnard
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Surpass County Quotas
Harris County reports a Third Liberty Loan subscription of 9 730 050 dollars, 968 350 over the 8 761 700 limit, reaching 111 percent. Travis County also exceeds its quota with 1 579 100 dollars, 140 800 above the 1 438 000 maximum.
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Harris County
Houston
Tex
May
Travis
Austin
Travis County
Mothers Told Sons in France Are “As Hard As Nails”
San Antonio mothers hear from Lieut. Martin Steevers of the Field Artillery returning from France that sons there are strong and “as hard as nails.” Steevers, visiting San Antonio on his way to a new station, praised American Red Cross efforts with French Red Cross and described frontline experiences and pride in American divisions.
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San Antonio
France
Martin
Steevers
Vield Arllery
Wrenee
United States
Field Artillery
American Red Cross
French Red Cross
Whey
Ivex
AnthCros
Alamo
Tion
Asiastle
South Yl Tre
War Department to Expand United States Guard Nationwide
Plans call for 25 000 guardsmen to replace regular troops in guarding industries and war facilities. Four battalions will form in the Southern Department at Fort Sam Houston or Leon Springs for training, raising total guards in the region to 3 000. Officials say the move speeds overseas readiness and places more men in active guard duty across departments.
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War Department
United States Guard
Southern Department
Fort Sam Houston
Leon Springs
Western Department
Eastern Department
Bth Infantry
19Th Infantry
57Th
East Texas
19Th
Galveston
Plains of West Texas
U.S
San Antonio
France
United States
Guard
Paulist Choristers Charm San Antonio in Last Sunday Concert
Enthusiastic crowd at Beethoven Hall filled the last Bitten in San Antonio by the Paulist Choristers. The program featured fifteen requ est numbers including Allelifa by Father Finn and Old Black Joe arranged for the choir. Soloists Frank Dunford Parnell Egan and boy soloists Hallet Dolan Richard Finn William Probst highlighted the performance. The audience requested encores with the singers repeating selections Sunday afternoon. Notice, Pan-American Motors Corp. manufactured cars in Decatur Illinois not Pan Motor Co. in St Cloud Minnesota. D A Castleberry representative 803 Inst Laurel, San Antonio, Texas.
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Beethoven Hall
San Antonio
Allelifa
William J. Inn
Old Black Joe
Father Finn
Richard Finn
Frank M. Dunford
Parnell Egan
Pan-American Motors Corporation
Decatur
Mitnois
Pan Motor Company
St. Cloud
Minn
Red Cross War Fund Drives Ready For May Start
San Antonio chapter builds a working corps led by Judge A W Seeligson to recruit volunteers across Bexar County. Mrs J J Stevens seeks women to join the Woman’s Division, with headquarters at the Chandler Building. Manufacturing work tightens gauze supply. surgical dressings close early. Knitting drives collect khaki and grey wool scraps for socks. Bonn-Avan School contributes a knitted ambulance cover of 120 small pieces.
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Red Cross
San Antonio
The
A. W. Seeligson
Bexar County
J. J. Stevens
Wolff & Marx
Bonn- Avan School
The Making of a Famous Medicine
A lab tour shows the making of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women's health. 350000 pounds of herbs are harvested seasonally, solvents extract medicinal properties, and sterilization plus pasteurization ensure cleanliness before bottling. Letters from readers attest to its healing reputation.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
School pupils knit squares and sell during mornings
Knitted squares made by pupils of the school are on sale. The department will close at 1 o'clock after May 15. Snitters may procure wool or turn in finished articles during the morning hours.
Hundreds Apply for Next Officers Training Camp
About 600 enlisted men from Southern Department regular army units submitted applications for admittance to the forthcoming officers training camp. A board led by Lieut. Col. John J. Miller and Captains J C Minus and Robert Co. Macon reviews the prints as five training schools are set across Camp Travis Camp Bowie Camp McArthur Fort Bliss and Camp Wody. The 15th cavalry division is confirmed to have a school while Camp Logan Houston has no training school. Camp MacArthur hosts the 7th division headquarters. The disposition of officers at Leon Springs remains unclear.
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Southern Department
John J. Miller
57Th Infantry
J. C. Minus
Robert Co. Macon
19Th Infantry
90Th
Camp Travis
U6th
Camp Bowie
Camp McArthur
Fort Bugs
Camp Wody
N. M
Camp MacArthur
14Th Brigade
Tth
15Th Cavalry Division
Cammy Logan
Houston
Leon Springs
War Service Board seeks Kodak pictures of soldiers entertainments
The War Service Board through Charles McLean calls young women of San Antonio to submit photographs of Sunday soldier entertainments. Pictures may be sent to Kansas City for a Rotary Club convention exhibit or kept by the board. Submit by leaving images at the board office on the Chandler building lower floor at College and Losoya.
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War Service Board
Charles McLean
San Antonio
Kodak
Kansas City
Rotary Club
War Service
Board
Chandler Building
College and
Losoy Streets
Ferguson Here Soon for Re Election Campaign Visit
Former Governor James B Ferguson will campaign for re election and deliver an address in San Antonio on Wednesday May 15. He tours western Texas with stops at Lampasas Sweetwater Midland Pecos and El Paso and will pass through Del Rio en route to San Antonio. He will then speak in Waco and Dallas.
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James &. Ferguson
San Antonio
Ferguson
Lampasas
Sweetwater
Midland
Pecos
el Paso
del Rio
Waco
Dallas
Graham New Adjutant at Kelly Field
Captain Harry Graham named adjutant at Kelly Field succeeding Major Percy Van Nostrand who is relieved. Van Nostrand to Omaha for Balloon School duties. Graham, an infantry officer turned signal corps, previously served in Washington and at Kelly No. 2. Born Ohio February 16, 1874.
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Harry Graham
Kelly Field
Washington
Percy
van Nostrand
Omaha
Nebraska
Graham
Signal Corps
Kelly Wield
Kelly No. 2
Ohio
Military career timeline of Ohio infantry officer
The record traces service in the Fourth Ohio Infantry with promotion to second lieutenant on September 1, 1909 and first lieutenant on March 29, 1904. He was honorably mustered out January 20, 1899 and later entered the regular army as a corporal.
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Heutenant
Fourth Ohio Infantry
Regular Army
Leutenant
Salt treatment urged against cut worms on castor beans
Reports from the Chamber of Commerce say cut worms are attacking castor bean crops in some areas. Charles Mayer Jr. of the Signal Corps advises a small amount of salt around each plant to drive worms away, warning against overuse. An alternative is scratching into the hills to kill the worms.
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Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carrington
Charles Mayer Jr
Signal Corps
Home Destroyed by Fire at Bucking ham Avenue
Policeman Ww. M. Myers lost his frame cottage at 327 Buckingham Avenue and all contents, valued about 2000, due to a Sunday night fire that started while the family was away. Origin undetermined though suspected to stem from the stove. Insurance partially covered the loss.
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M. Myers
Buckingham Avenue
John Reese
Austin St
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