Army Plans Cut Provisional Division to 16000 Men
The Southern Department will split the provisional division beginning June 1 under a new army plan. Each army division will have two brigades and about 16 000 men trained at Camp Wilson. New regiments will form from Third and Seventh Field Artillery and the Nineteenth Infantry and be stationed at separate camps as recruits arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Department
Border Patrol
War Department
Camp Wilson
Parker
Washington
Border Traps
Edward A. Miller
Third Field Artillery
Seventh Field Artillery
57Th Infantry
Texas Cavalry
Third
Nineteenth Infantry
Leon Springs
Charles G. Morton
Brownsville
John W. Buckman
Laredo
Eagle Pass
del Rio
el Paso
Big Bend
New Mexico
George Bell Jr
Henry Greene
Arizona
Quartermaster General’s Department
San Antonio
National Guard
National Army
Army assigns former Southern staff to general staff
Washington receives a list of promotions and new assignments for former Southern Department staff officers. Captain Hugh A. Drum and Captain Nelson E. Margetts rise to major while Captain L D Gasser joins the general staff. The roster spans Cavalry Field Artillery Coast Artillery Infantry and Engineers with numerous majors captains named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Department
Washington
General Staff
Army
Hugh A. Drum
Malvern Hill Barnum
Nelson E. Margetts
Pershing
L. D. Gasser
Department
C. L. Fenton
F. Q. C. Gardner
C. E. T. Lull
C. A. Wilderick
A. A. Maybach
Infantry
George H. Shelton
Dana T. Merrill
George 8. Goodale
William M. Fassett
Ezekiel J. Williams
Arthur I. Conger
A. J
W. W. Hammond
Cresswell Garlington
Centralized Close Money Markets to Hold Foreign Bond Issues
Washington officials laid out a plan to shut American money markets to foreign government bond issues during the war. The program envisions an international purchasing board, broader Federal reserve inclusion of banks, and a stabilized economy to fund the war and postwar prosperity. A June outline mentions loans to Serbia and Cuba, plus a purchasing commission to aid Allied needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
International Purchasing Board
Federal Reserve System
Liberty Loan
America
Great Britain
Canadian Pacific
Cuba
Treasury
Serbia
Texas Railroads Prepare Preliminary Intangible Tax Valuations
In Austin on May 30 the State Intangible Tax Board and Tax Commissioner Bagby are compiling preliminary valuations of intangible assets for more than 100 Texas railroads. Expected total intangibles below 150 million dollars. The International & Great Northern Railway case, contesting the tax, is before the First Court of Civil Appeals in Galveston after earlier federal and civil court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
State Intangible ‘Tax Board
Bagby
W. J. Werner
W. L. Holder
International & Great Northern Railway
Tax Board
Civil District Court
First Court of Civil Appeals
Galveston
Railroad Corporation
F D C Club to Meet for Annual Election
The F D C Club will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Lawrence Ahr 320 Riddle Street. All members are urged to attend as the annual election of officers will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Ahr
Riddle Street
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Stenography Course at W C A School
Day classes offered at one dollar per week. Register before June 1. Contact Crockett 1442 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. _C. A. School of Stenography
Crockett
Society Notes Highlight Local Gatherings This Week
In Society Frsday Miss Vera Timpson hosts at 500 in honor of Miss Storrow Devine Smith. Highland Park Friendship Club meets at 3 p m with Mrs A J Brown 701 Drexel Ave. Alamo Methodist Church teachers host lawn party 4 to 6 p m at Mrs O W Wilson 109. Red Cross workers meet at 3 30 p m in Smith School to sew. Gibbons Club attends mass at Academy of the Incarnate Word then breakfast at Mrs Elois Polk McGill. W C T U meets at 3 30 p m in Gunter. Mrs A S Gage and Miss Dorothy Gage entertain at luncheon in Wolff Marx tea room honoring Miss Josephine Woodhull and Miss Mary Pauline Ford tran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Timpson
Storrow Devine Smith
Alamo Methodist Church
O. W. Wilson
Crofton Avenue
Red Cross Workers of
Smith
Gibbons Club
Academy of Incarnate Word
Elois Polk McGill
A.S. Gage
Dorothy Gage
Wolff & Marx Tea Room
Josephine Woodhull
Mary Pauline Fordtran
Margaret Coleman
Wolff & Marx
Miss Smith
Albert T. Smith
Claiborne Adams
el Paso
Sarah Bridgers
B. F. Stout
Pearl Coleman
Howard Pardue
Lucille Wright
Sadie Gaines
Fort Worth
Helen Gunther
Dorothy Dibrell
Marguerite Deutsch
Rowena Nye
Dorothy Swearingen
Willis Keller
Burnett Mothers’ Club
Brackenridge Park
John Covington
Carrie Brockman
Adolph Zucht
Phyllis English
Corinne Hehn
Loraine Hislop
Rosalyn Zucht
Bernice Jones
Gertrude Rilling
Magda Schmidt
Almina Schuetze
Lucille Stapper
Lottie Berger
Ralph Aniol
Edwin Bull
Floyd Covington
Guinn Cross
Arthur Dulling
Joel Fisher
Albert Krueger
Glenn Malone
William Nagel
Frank Newton
Alfred Oeffinger
Rufus Owen
Meyer Reich
Surprise stunt party honors Mrs. Hertzberg at Guinn home
Tuesday Musical Auxiliary Chorus staged an informal party in Mrs. J. D. Guinn's home honoring Mrs. Eli Hertzberg president of the Tuesday Musical Club. The evening featured a humorous "opera hall" setup with a faux movie, a Bouquet presentation, and a varied program including songs, a moving picture parody, and a Virginia reel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D.guinn
Eli Hertzberg
Tuesday Musical Club
Helen Teagarden Sanders
Gussie Rowley
Rowley
Stanley Winters
Alice Simpson
Martha Matthieu
Edna Schelb
Katherine Miller
Mamie Guinn
Bessie Guinn
Edward Sachs
Hertzberg
Community notices and graduates mark San Antonio event season
Spangled Banner sung by Mrs Roy Lowe and a patriotic reading by Miss Mildred Taylor opened a bustling day of calls and fund raising. Mrs J W Holt returns from Austin as Do rothea graduates, while graduates from Grace English Lutheran Church and Our Lady of the Lake College prepare for ceremonies and festivities across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace English Lutheran Church
Lula Damkin
Velma Linnartz
Wiliam Soderlund
Harold Cory
Edith Cory
Ira Mae Oglesby
EB. W. Veffinger
Edgar Hirsch
Leona Woneck Celebrates Ninth Birthday Party
Leona Woneck entertained with a Tuesday afternoon party for her ninth birthday. Prizes after a contest were awarded to Bernice Morgan Madeline Todd and Alton Camp. Refreshments were served on the lawn with many guests listed by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Woneck
Bernice Morgan
Madeline Todd
Alton Camp
May
Daniel Rembling
Mary
Rowena Holiday
Illa
Clara
Henry Schmidt
Evan
Earl Manson
Ora Ernest
Lois Terry
Clarence
Lovie Ruth Woodward
H. Schmidt
Dan Rembling
Lon Camp
Carter White Lead Special Sale Notice
Carter White Lead announces a special sale price of 12.00 per 100 pounds with smaller sizes at usual advances from Ed Steves & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter White
Steves & Sons
Steves& Sons
Brown Murder Trial Change of Venue Set for July
Corpus Christi Tex May 30 R B Brown indicted for murder in Beeville in the death of Jim Hermes was granted a change of venue by Judge Walter T Burns and the case set for trial in Federal Court at Beeville on the first Monday in July
Mollie R. MacGill Rosenberg Dies in Galveston
Mrs Mollie R MacGill Rosenberg widow of Henry Rosenberg financier and philanthropist died in Galveston Texas after a long illness. She was noted for her own philanthropic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGill Rosenberg
Galveston
Tex
Mollie R. MacGill Rosenberg
Henry Rosenberg
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Empire
Dorothy Dalton
Louise Glaum
Charles Ray
Thos. H. Ince
Pathe Weekly
Princess
Mae Murray
Pantages
Royal Today
Robert Harron
the Bad Boy
Wigwam
WM. S. Hart
Lionel Barrymore
Irene Howley
The
Triangle
Lenore Ulrich
Paramount
Mary Pickford
Hulda
Holland
Wolf Lowry
Marie Doro
Houston Street Park
Captain Drum
Strand Theater
Country Store
Ueen Theate Alamo Plaza
Navy
Louise Lovely
Universal Animated Weekly
Mutual
WM. Russell
Vernon Castle
Patria
Grand Seuse
Geraldine Farrar
Highland Park Friendship Club
A. J. Brown
Drexel Avenue
Gunter
Lillian Burk
Texarkana
A. W. Hartman
Marcia Place
Alamo Heights
Beta Tau Zetas
Evelyn Newton
Polly Jiggitts
Beatrice Stribling
Ethel Martindals
Ruth West
Martha Shook
Bessie Bell Andrews
Viola Briam
Hilda Briam
Ella Mackensep
John Ernest Jarratt
F. L. Hillyer
Jarratt
Frank Paschal
G. Bedell Moore
Winchester Kelso
J. B. McCampbell
J. W. Holt
Dorothea
Miss Holt
F. W. Kiddle
Helen Bates
de Zavala
Mothers’ Club
Automobile Club
Kenneth Huber
Keith Huber
Fred Pena
Benjamin Howard
Gilbert Wendland
Katherine Quinn
Edna Yoes
Fay Davis
Nora Garteiser
Margaret Noakes
Carmen Chamberlain
Eula Dyal
Leola Willman
Helena Kott
Bellecourt Seminary
Peggy Bliss
Eunice Gray
B. Hunter
Memphis, Tenn
J. D. Guinn
Our Lady of the Lake College
Beethoven Hall
St. Anthony’s Pavilion
St. Ann's Auditorium
Marion W. Buttrill
Thelma Ray de Freese
Mary Elizabeth Fox
Lucille M. French
Christina C. Garcia
Boerne Dancing Club
Kronkosky Hill
Knights of Columbus
Glendale
Armour IR
Company
F. Hoban
Pany
Ane
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