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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1918

Page

10

Diverse used furniture and loans ads dominate local market

A busy page lists numerous ads from Alamo Furniture Co and Household Furniture Co plus many buyers for used goods, furniture, and sewing machines. It includes offers for easy payments, rent plans, high cash prices, and settlements for old items. Also shown are loan notices, seeds, building materials, and auction notices.

Alamo Furniture Co Main Ave Phanas Yravis Eagle Furniture Co Household Furniture Co S. Flores St Crockett & Wanted CASS Furnitura Co Commerce Phone Crockett Tyr Max Karoteis West Cemimercy Street Alsino Auction Co Crockett Alamo Furnitul Max Aerarotkin Vhce RAG W. Commerce St. Crockett Ena Oale Library Novakhold Roads Tex

Aviation unit reshuffle hinted at as officers moved

Major shifts at Kelly Field and Fort Sam Houston surface in a report from Southern Department. Colonel Herbert C. Williams, reassigned to command aviation at the Southern Department, may report to Camp Greene near Charlotte N. C. to relieve Brigadier General Edwin B. Bobbitt. Ambiguity remains whether Williams will hold infantry rank of colonel or be elevated to brigadier. Transfers at Kelly Field affected several officers, amid rumors of broader aviation reorganization.

Herbert C. Williams San Antonio Southern Department Camp Greene Charlotte N. Y Edwin B. Bobbitt Fort Sam Houston Kelly Field Williams Signal Corps Welly Field

Kelly Field officer reshuffle as brigades gain new leaders

Lieutenant Colonel George IX Goodrich is relieved from the Signal Corps and ordered to Washington. Maj. Roycroft Walsh will command Second Training Brigade. Lieutenant Colonel George W England leaves Kelly Field to be replaced by Lieutenant Colonel C. K. Danforth as First Training Brigade commander. Major S B Buckner takes Third Training Brigade command with Major H L Jordan moving to the Southern Department. Captain Dana Palmer is honorably discharged from the Signal Corps and assigned to the Fifty-sixth Infantry at Fort Worth.

Signal Corps George IX, Goodrich George W. England Dana Palmer Goodrich Washington, D. C Kelly Field Gerret van & Quackenbush Virst W. D. Chitty England Washington C. K. Danforth Danforth Third Training Brigade Maj S. B. Buckner Trades Division H.L. Jordan Third Southern Department Fort San Houston Thirty-third Infantry Camp Dodge Fifty-sixth Infantry Ort Worth Texas

State Council meets tiny delegates at San Antonio trades hall

The Tenis Council of Carpenters annual convention opened in San Antonio with Mayor Bell Chamber of Commerce leader J H Waite and Mrs Rena Maverick Green welcoming delegates. State and auxiliary officials spoke on wartime unity of labor and capital as sessions continued and a motorcade mobile tour was planned with an Alamo photo.

Tenis Council of Carpenters Trades Council Hall Bell J. H. Waite Chamber of Commerce Carlos Boe Rena Maverick Green San Antonio W.W. J. McNeels H. R. Douglas Ladies’ Auxiliary J J. Jennings Austin T. C. Jennings Karl Perguson State Federation of Labor Theodore Thompson Rilwiy Carmen Tis At & O'Clock Cty Alamo

Meeting Called On Tuesday For Port Aransas Ship Plans

A special meeting of the Manufacturers' Association of San Antonio is set for Tuesday night at the Gunter hotel. They will decide the best way to aid Port Aransas in shipbuilding preparations as France and Danish Steamship Company negotiates with Aransas Warbot Terminal Railway for leasing sites and starts ten cement barges. Otto P. Krueger has secured a shipyard site at the port and will begin operations. Mayor Brice of Rockport reports strong local bids for a government shipyard, seeking SAN Antonio manufacturers' cooperation.

Gunter Fotel Manufacturers’ Association of Anitable Otto P. Krueger FE Paso San Antonio C. C. Leel Manufacturers’ Association Alta

Obituary notices from San Antonio list multiple deaths

A San Antonio newspaper obituary roundup reports John N. Richmond 41, John Webb 58, Marian Penola 19, Mrs J J Salazar 32, Mrs Georgia Meacham 33, Mrs Mary Jane Prewitt 60, and Joseph Lutteringer 61 with funeral details, residences, survivors, church services, and interment plans across several local cemeteries and churches.

John .F. Richmond John N. Richmond Guera San Antonio Mission Tex J. J. Richmond S. W. Fitch James Hughes C. L Charles Petri Barclay England John Needham Jess Mullins Taylor Morgin John Fitch St. Mary's Cemetery J. J. Salazar Yoakuin fHillforest Baptist Church B. A. Owen Mission Burial Park Mary Jane Prewitt Cortez Street HD. Wallin Roselawn Cemetery

Undertaking Firms Advertise Private Ambulance Service

A Porter Batu funeral director advertises contact details at Cr 5 38, noting no longer with Shelly Loring Undertaking Co. A Vearce Robinson Undertaking Co. lists a private ambulance and motor equipment at 453 Soldind Street with phone Cr 2323.

Porter Batu Shelly-Loring Undertaking Co

Maj Gen Lyon Visits San Antonio Before Camp Move

Maj Gen Lelay 8 Lyon recently promoted to major general in the national army stops in San Antonio on personal business en route from Camp Nearney California to Camp Wheeler Georgia to command the first division. He travels with his wife and aide Lieutenant Armsby and is a close friend of Col Jere B Clayton. Major General Holbrook remains away from the city. In other news Private First Chief Edward W Pankew suffers a serious diving accident at a Hot Wells pool injuring his leg.

Lelay Lyon Nasional Army San Antonio Camp Nearney Cal Camp Wheeler Mavon Armsby National Army 65Th Field Artillery Camp Kearney Willard A. Holbrook Col Jere B. Clayton Henry T. Allen Holbrook Ralph Harrison

Soldier Dies After Tank Jump at Camp Travis

Army officers report a man leaped from a height into a tank, hitting his head and shoulders on the bottom. The deceased is from 209 Riley Street, Buffalo, N Y, son of John H Pankew. Also, two Camp Travis soldiers ordered home for burial Private Kirby Bell Texarkana Ark and Private Willard Barnes DNA Tex accompanied by Priv Frank Faytes.

Riley Street Buffalo N. Y John H. Pankew Camp Travis Kirby Bell Depot Bride Texarkana Ark Corp John Jackson Willard Barnes Company 69 Dna Tex Frank Faytes

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