San Antonio Manufacturers Urge War Time Labor and Fuel Action
Hundreds of women may join San Antonio factories as war demand shifts labor away from men. The Manufacturers Association endorsed city and county steps to employ unemployed on streets, aid convicts on farms, and secure fuel for coal mines. They discussed freight rate increases, Gulf coast ship building, and securing sugar licenses before May 15. War savings participation reached 60 percent with plans to reach 100 percent.
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San Antonio
Manufacturers’ Association of
Albert Steves Jri
Mark F. Mastlewaite
James R. Baldwin
Manufacturers’ Association
Bexar County
Texas
Fuel Users’ Committee
C. C. Leel
U. S. Pawkett
D. Bracht
Rockport
Hockport
Port Aransas
Corpus Christi
T. Prassel
War Savings Committee
Treasury
Lax Fos With Pepsin Ad and Humorous Toast Tale
An ad touts LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN as a liquid laxative for indigestion and biliousness. A New York dinner anecdote follows about an English guest who misquotes a toast, then ridicules the idea of a wife, ending with an apology and a joke about not recalling the lady's home.
Editors to Host Yexas Dress Association Convention in San Antonio
San Antonio secures the next annual Yexas Dress Association meeting. Percy Tyrrell of the Gunter Hotel conveyed the invitation to the Chamber of Commerce after presenting in Fort Worth. Officers elected include Uk Woeh as president Sam Foresr as vice president Sam P Harben as secretary and C27 Lehmann as treasurer.
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San Antonio
Yexas
Chamber of Commerce
Percy Tyrrell
Gunter Hotel
Fort Worth
UK Woeh
Quanah Tribune-Chi
Sam Foresr
Mooresville Chronicle-Journals
Sam P. Harben
Richardson Eeho
Lehmann
Clarence
Gilmore
Wills Point
Mise
Irene M. Davidson
Denton Record-Chronicle
George Waverly Riggs
St. Louis
Marfie Neni
Carthage Register
Lee J. Rountree
Tom B. Jansk
Direct Octacion
Conmvei Vy
Army Y M C A to lead Friday Rotary program
A party of Army Y M C A workers will run Friday's Rotary Club noon luncheon with talks by James A. Whitmore on A Message from Y A Work in Europe Franklin Bridge and A G Dinebul of the War Personnel Board. George Wheeler will preside.
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James A. Whitmore
Europe
Army Y. M. C. A
National War Work Council
Wriday
Rotary Club
Army “Y
Y. A
Franklin Bridge
New York City
War Work Council
A. G. dXnebul
War Personnel Board
George Wheeler
Ferguson confident as campaign opens in Bexar County
Former Texas governor James B. Ferguson, candidate for reelection, launches his campaign at Beethoven Hall in San Antonio with an informal levee at the Gunter Hotel. He claims widespread enthusiasm and predicts victory, contrasting his strength with opponent Will Hobby and noting rival support weaknesses. Accompanying him are Dee Moore of Palestine and W O Bishop of the Waco Tribune as events plan for a large turnout.
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James B. Ferguson
Bexar County
Beethoven Hall
el Paso
Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Southern Pacific
del Rio
Gunter Hotel
Texas
Thomas H. Ball
Ball
Will Hobbby
Will Hobby
Menison
Campbell
Ramses
Tobby
Dehn Th Moore
Palestine
WW. O. Bishop
Waco Tribune
Dudee Peagarden
W. LB. Teagarden
Merguson
John H. Bickett Jr
Jarre
San Antonio
Tobacco House
Travelers’ Cizar Shop
C.tady
Beauty specialist reveals home gray hair remedy
Mrs. M. Dr. Gillespie of Nansis City shares a simple at home mixture to darken gray hair. Mix bay rum with Barho Compound and glycerine in water, apply twice weekly, and the shade will look natural and wash resistant while making the wearer appear twenty years younger.
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M. Dr. Gillespie
Nansis City
Notable Aviators Triumph in Air War
Lieutenant Nungesser, famed French ace, raises his victory total to thirty four after shooting down two German planes in five minutes. Lieutenant Hobey Baker, famed athlete and member of the American Aerial Squadron, downed his fifth official aircraft, earning ace status, with unofficial reports crediting two more.
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Nungesser
Hobey’ Baker
Baker
Soldiers seek home towns to befriend Camp Travis unit
A Camp Travis man calls for friends from many towns as he lists locations across Missouri Iowa and beyond. The Home Folks editor offers to match soldiers with residents in places including Gallatin Moberly Malvern Centerville and Centerville Iowa with Creole French speaking contacts in Lafayette Indiana and Lafayette Louisiana.
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Camp Travis
the Light
Mwe
Gallatin
Moberly
Tesas County
Kasay City
Winfield
Gilman CY
Missouri
Centerville
Mavern
Kennedale
Armand
Tex
Beds Water
Iowa
Caimp Travis
Thelizabeth
New Jersey
Eurnad
Howard Jig
Kelly Wield
Carthace
Golconda
Williamstown
Mast
St. Paul
Minn
Poston
Mass
Bloomington
Chisworth
Manketa
Grand Junction
Colo
Charlotte
N.C
Cleveland
Lafayette
Houston
Joan
Exas
Gratis
Gilman City
Moberley
Malvern
N. C
Carthage
Cloud Thunder
Mapleton
Eagle Like
Garden
Amboy
Knoxville
Hillsdale
Mich
Fort Dodge
Low Burnside
Lehigh
Mitchell
8. D
Winfield, Mo
Bronsville
N. Y
Monticello
Westchester County
New Rochelle
Sacramento
Cal
Stockton
McKeesport
Pas
Johnstown
Milton
Ore
Malden
Wash
Baltimore, Md
Manton, R. C
Marienne Islands
Lewiston, Pa
Registering in the South Brings Threats at Local Draft
A man described being pressured by two police officers to register with the draft hoard in a southern town. He recounted threats and a demand to sign up or face beating, as reported by the Columbus Dispatch.
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Columbus Dispatch
Protests Over Texas Short Lines Plan Move to Congress
A San Antonio Real Estate Board action drafted resolutions urging U S congressional intervention on the proposed setting adrift of Texas short lines after July 1 1918. The effort, coordinated by J W Warren Lane Taylor and JJ Ulart, was telegraphed to Washington and will be presented to Mr McAdoo with Texas delegates in a bid to preserve rail service for farmers and communities reliant on these lines.
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Washington
San Antonio
Texas
J. W. Warren
Lane Taylor
JJ. Ulart
McAdoo
Mornday
Texas Congressional
Raylurn
Haredy
Garner
Blanton
Slayden
Real Estate Board
Texas New
Eye Glass Law explodes curbstone rule in common law
Joseph I. Meaper argues in Case and Comment that curbstone law rests on tradition and popular belief, lacking formal sanction yet functioning as a legal system. The piece frames it as a pervasive but informal rule governing conduct in the states.
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Joseph I. Meaper
Soldier Private Edward H. Pankew dies from pool diving injuries
Private Edward H. Pankew of the 304th Mechanical Repair Shops died at Fort Sam Houston base hospital from head injuries suffered when he dived into a local swimming pool Sunday. His body will be sent to Buffalo, New York, where his father lives. Private Eugene Warren of the 70th Company will be buried in his former home town. Private Henry White assigned as attendant.
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Edward H. Pankew
Mechanical Repair Shops
Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital
Buffalo
John HH. Pankew
Hiley Street
Medger
Eugene Warren
Eighteenth Battalion
Depot Brigade
Henry White
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Texas Short Lines
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