Uhr and Mayor clash over West Texas police chief pick
In a heated city council session Commissioner Uhr again seeks to push J. R. Baldwin as chief of police despite Mayor Brown and two administration commissioners voting to block the nomination. Kearny supports Uhr, while the vote ends with Baldwin still pending confirmation and Uhr promising to reintroduce the nomination next week.
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Uhr
Kearny
J. R. Baldwin
Brown
Baldwin
Police and Fire Departments
Lancaster
Clerk
Garland
Lambert
San Antonio Traction Company
St. Mary's Street
Navarro Street
St. Mary’s Church
Camden Street
Aransas
Hackberry Streets
San Pedro Park
Finley Method Company
R. W. Colgiazier Construction Company
Gillette
Any Woman Can Save Five Dollars An Hour
Advertisement urges women to dry clean at home using two ounces of Solvite dissolved in two gallons of gasoline. Rub fabrics such as ribbons silks satins laces and dresses to renew brightness with no shrinking fading or pressing. Do this outdoors away from flames due to gasoline use.
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San Antonio
Flag Presented to Barnard E. Bee Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy
The Barnard E. Bee chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy received the old battle flag of the Thirty-second Texas cavalry at a Monday meeting. Captain E. B. Millet spoke for Captain Millet who lives in Kanapolis Kansas. Captain Millet donated the flag and a portrait of Leonidas Millet, a Fourth Texas regiment member in Hood's brigade. The silk flag with a blue field white cross and red border was made by Mrs. Mary Adams Maverick and other San Antonio women for the regiment recruited locally. Mrs. Eleanor Spencer, state president, answered the presentation.
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Barnard E. Bee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Thirty-second Texas Cavalry
Carlos Bee
E. B. Millet
Kanapolis
Kaw
Leonidas Millet
Fourth Texas Regiment
Hood
Captain Millet
Mary Adams Maverick
San Antonio
Texas
Eleanor ©. Spencer
The
No Insurance Decision Delayed by Texas Fire Commission
The Texas Fire Insurance Commission is not expected to act on Charles Dickson's petition until secretary A R Andrews returns from Chicago. The commission will consult with Assistant Attorney General C M Cureton who is tied up with the West Texas Bank case. Petitioners oppose the current policy form and proposed rate increases by insurers.
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Austin
Tex
State Fire Insurance Commission
Charles Dickson
San Antonio
Texas Policy Holders’ Protective Agency
A. R. Andrews
Chicago
C. M. Cureton
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
Texas
Schulenburg Post Office Opens in New Centralquarters
Schulenburg Texas May 9 The post office moved to its new quarters on May 1 in a central location fitted with modern equipment by owner Emil H Baumgarten. The government has accepted a ten year lease, signaling suitability for Uncle Sam's business in Schulenburg.
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Schulenburg
Tex
Emil H. Baumgarten
Uncle Sam
Bond Issues Are Approved In Texas Hard Hit By School Bonds
Bond issues approved by the attorney general include Walnut Hill district No. 79 Dallas County for 8000 dollars Cherokee county district 87 for 1000 Full Bright Independent district Red River County for 10000 Van Zandt County common district 66 for 1200 plus multiple Van Zandt district bonds totaling 8400 dollars across numbers 27 120 20 15 and 112 all bearing 65 percent terms.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Walnut Hill Common
Dallas County
Cherokee County
Full Bright
Red River County
van Zandt County
van Zandt
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West Texas
West Texas Bank and Trust Company
Mayor Brown
Pancoast
32Nd
Texas Cavalry
D. of C
Rose
Copenhagen
Hague
Palm Beach
Pongee
Wolff & Marx Company
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