Texas War Council Names Committees For Defense Effort
The State Council of Defense in Austin named committees to manage war effort phases. Finance led by Royal A. Ferris with Paul Foscue and others. Publicity chaired by Joseph Hirsh. State Protection chaired by R. J. Kleberg. Transportation led by F. S. Pettibone. Labor chaired by H. W. Lewis. Military Affairs chaired by Robert L. Ball. Legal chaired by Thomas H. Ball. Co ordination of Societies led by T. L. Knight. Sanitation and Medicine chaired by J. M. Wagstaff. Food Supply and Conservation chaired by Frank Kell with several members named.
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Austin
Tex
State Council of Defense
Royal A. Ferris
Dallas
Paul Foscue
Sulphur Springs
W. W. Seley
Waco
Henry Fox
Houston
Frank West
Cleburne
Joseph Hirsh
Corpus Christi
William Capps
Fort Worth
W. H. Fuqua
Amarillo
D. J. Neill
Gorman
R. J. Kle
E. W. Kirkpatrick
McKinney
B.A. Riesner
Louis Adone
Galveston
N. A. Shaw
Texarkana
Robert L. Ball
San Antonio
George H. Carter
Marlin
Alvin C. Owsley
Denton
Silas Hare
Sherman
J. R. Austin
Bryan
Thomas H. Ball
S. H. Breasher
Cam J. Hunter
James
Forest fires menace Minnesota towns as winds fan flames
New fires flare across the North Country with strong winds renewing old blazes. Grand Rapids reports several schools in danger and a call goes out for firefighters. At Mesaba the Perkins mine complex including office buildings blacksmith shop power house and about a dozen smaller structures burned.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
North Country
Grand Rapids
Mesaba
Perkins Mine
Amendments 10 urged in letters to civic groups
Mayor Brown promotes charter amendments ahead of a special election. He cites civil service improvements and financial safeguards, noting no organized opposition so far. He says compulsory voting and Coliseum power proposals do not enact those measures, and park funding will not raise taxes.
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Srnday
Brown
Civil Service
Eastern crushers praise Bexar farms in Texas visit
A party of eighteen North Carolina cotton seed crushers visited San Antonio after touring Texas. Led by H. A. White, the group praised agricultural conditions and business prospects in the San Antonio area, touring nearby towns and expressing strong favorable impressions of Southwest Texas. The delegation included 48 mills and listed members such as W. Hi. Strickland and J. J. Morgan.
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Armoursx
Company J. FE
Hoban
San Antonio
Texas
Crockett
St. Anthony
H. A. White
Greenville
S. C
Dallas
Houston
Galveston
Mr. White
South
North Carolina
W. Hi. Strickland
T.S. Whitt
KC. Dunn
W. E. Proctor
J. L. Scott
L. L. Braswell
W. N. Gregory
W. H. Jassoon
W. A. Wall
F. XN. Bridges
J. J. Morgan
C. Rosenthal
E. Bh. Border
John Westbrook
Voters Reassign Precinct 42 Polling Place in San Antonio
San Antonio voters learn the charter amendment election on May 25 moves polling from Otto Schmidt’s store at Hackberry Indiana to Sharp’s store at Mesquite Victoria. City Clerk Fred Fries issues notice on April 9 1917. Also announces 1916 city taxes due with a six percent annual interest and two percent monthly penalty if unpaid before May 1 1917.
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San Antonio
Tex
Sharp
Mesquite
Victoria
Otto Schmidt
Hackberry
Indiana Streets
Fred Fries
Materials Delivered for Gift House Construction in San Fernando
A caravan of motor trucks and wagons delivered brick, mortar, lumber and other materials Saturday to build the gift home in the San Fernando addition. Work to begin Monday with crews organized into squads under John Sanders of Wright & Sanders. The Own Your Own Home campaign prize, with about four thousand entries, will be awarded next Saturday afternoon.
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San Fernando
Travis Club
John Sanders
Wright & Sanders
France Seeks American Workmen for Front Relief
Paris May 19 dispatches report Gaston Treignier deputy from Creuse proposes sending large numbers of American workmen to the French front to relieve elderly reservists. He writes to Premier Ribot outlining the plan and its expected impact on the war effort.
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France
Paris
Gaston ‘Treignier
Creuse
Ribot
Treignier
Economic Intervention Forms in Postwar American Policy
The article outlines the spectrum of intervention options the United States can employ to influence economic and agricultural sectors as it returns to peacetime priorities. It discusses monetary policy tools, price supports, subsidies, credit programs, and regulatory measures aimed at stabilizing markets and aiding farmers until market adjustments take hold.
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Agricul
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Office of Painless
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Perfervn Tom
RED
the Menger
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Grant
Lee
Sheridan
Ord
Miles
Roosevelt
the Military
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
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Leon Springs
Mammy Hannah Plantation
Elizabeth Walde
Ethel Lee Buxton
Virginia
Edwin H. Lee
Telephone Crockett
Eastern Crushers
Bexar Farms
Anheuser-Busch
Bevo
ST. Louis
Collins CO
Houston St
U.S
Frost National Bank
Tural
Wm. L. Herff
West Commerce Street
Alamo Plaza
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