Publishers warn zone law harms nation and war effort
Washington May 30 publishers and labor leaders urged suspending the new zone system of increased second class postage rates. They argued the plan would drive many magazines out of business and raise prices, harming advertisers, authors and printers, and burdening national propaganda. A New York delegation backed repeal, citing regional bias against Canadian publications and reduced wartime circulation.
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Washington, D. C
New York State
Congress
John Adams Thayer
Publishers’ ‘Association
Frank Morris
American Federation of Labor
Jesse FH. Neal
New York
Chicago Federal District
Charlies Johnson Post
Publishers’ Advisory Board
Mississippi River
Canada
Mississippi
United States
John A. Sleicher
George McAneny
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
McAneny
Brownatone Hair Tinting Prepared by Kenton Co
An advertisement touts Brownatone hair tinting as quick and undetectable for gray or faded hair. It promises instant coverage from light golden brown to black, with two sizes priced at 3 and 1.18 plus 16 cents for a sample booklet. Orders direct from laboratories are available and shade choice should be noted.
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Kenton Pharmacal. Co
Coppin Blue
Covington, Ky
Men of draft age to be employed by army
Washington May 30 Two hundred thousand men of draft age held for limited service for minor defects will be employed to produce or hand equipment for the army. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced the army staff corps will use these registrants to release fighting men for the front.
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Washington, D. C
General Crowder
Army Staff Corps
Crowder
Northwest
Signal Corps
Consumers' Supply Co Sale Offers Low Prices This Week
Crowds flock to buy Carnation and Pet milk by the dozen at $1.50, potatoes at 125 per 100 pounds, fine Bermuda onions at a crate price of $1.25. The ad also teases Joske's Semi Annual Clearance and White Sales announcement next week.
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Consumers’ Supply Co
Joske
Adv
Aea Ae Joske
Social Calendar Signals Local Patriotic Activities
San Antonio women join Red Cross, United Nations Defense Council and parish groups for Friday events. Meetings include Red Triangle Circle at Wolff & Marx, YWCA anniversary reception, Ursuline Academy officer election, and Council of National Defense unit gathering at the Chamber of Commerce. A patriotic community meeting is planned at Collins Garden School.
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Red Triangle Red Cross Circle
Wolff & Marx Auditorium
Bexar
Women’s Committee
The
Council of National Defense
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross Circle
Central Christian Church
Wolff & Marx
San Antonio
Bexar County
Parent-Teacher Association
Collins Garden School
Iron tic promised to boost strength and vigor for modern soldiers
The notice extols iron supplements Iron tic as a soluble form of iron developed by Dr. Pierce at the Surgical Institute in Buffalo. It claims improved blood color, appetite, and vitality for men and women behind and beyond the front lines. Readers are urged to send 10 cents for a trial package and to ask druggists for Iron-tie.
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Cromwell
France
Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Conte
School program and community notices amid war effort
Pupils present songs and readings including America Over There and Here Comes the Flag. Alvie McDuffie and Nellie Emmond lead four minute talks. later topics include women voters pointers and war savings. Local club studies Guam. notices list event tickets and reserved tables for Red Cross fundraisers and a shops opening forthcoming.
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Ing
America
Alvie McDuffie
William Hil
Nellie Emmond
Brooky
Uncle Sam
Claude J. Carter
War Savings Society
PLAN SPECIAL CAMPS FOR NATIONAL ARMY TRAINING
War Department announces five camps to train replacement units. Camps Gordon Georgia Lee Virginia Fort Pike Arkansas will host infantry training while Camps Jackson South Carolina and Taylor Kentucky will train field artillery. Other centers may open at Camp Doniphan Oklahoma and Camp McClellan Alabama.
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Washington
D. C
National Army
War Department
Gordon
Lee
Land Pike
Ark
Jackson
8. C
Taylor
Department
Doniphan
Okla
McClellan
Ala
U-Boat Returns to Base. Sardinero Sunk Sparks Restitution Debate
The German submarine that sank the steamer Sardinero last February has returned to a German base and its commander ordered to file a full report. Switzerland demands restitution in kind for the cargo of wheat aboard the Sardinero, a Spanish steamer likely chartered by Switzerland for food transport. The report also notes U S state calls to maintain National Guard units amid overseas mobilization.
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Berne
Switzerland
Pigeon Mail Becomes U S War Asset for France
Chicago May 30 A hundred homing pigeons and trials at camps aim to support France war effort. Pigeons bred in the United States must be racing homer type with pedigrees and can deliver messages despite heavy gunfire. Officers claim flights of up to eight hundred miles and speeds beating wireless on short messages.
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Ciucago
Department of Signaling
Department of Justice
Congress
France
England
Germany
United States
Willa J. Butler
Central Department
Signal Corps
United States Army
Butler
Geta-Ter Corn Remedy Promoted By Chicago Firm
An advertisement touts Geta-Ter as a painless, modern corn remover. It claims two drops on the corn stop pain and limping, with a guaranteed money back offer. Sold in San Antonio through local druggists and pharmacies listed.
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Getarty
Costa
B. Lawrence & Co
Chicaro
San Antonio
Fischers Drug Store
Adolph Dreiss
Hughes Madel Pharmacy
W. C. Maltoyer
Laurel Wolshin Pharmacy
Army Captain Dismissed for Misappropriating Camp Funds
Camp Dodge Iowa May 30 Captain Daniel H Sullivan former supply officer 860th Infantry convicted of misappropriating camp funds sentenced to dismissal from the service and two years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth Prison Confirmation of the sentence by President Wilson announced yesterday Also Dutch liner to sail soon from Rotterdam passengers booked but uncertain if Americans will be allowed to embark Alien enemies Ehrig and Appelhagen ordered to Fort Douglas for internment during the war
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Daniel H. Sullivan
860Th Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Wilson
Rottendam
Amsterdam
United States
Charles Ehrig
Fort Sill
Oklo
Otto Appelhagen
Fort Bliss
Baracks
Fort Douglas
Arizona
Frost's hosts first clearance sale on Houston Street
Frost's ladies ready to wear and millinery on Houston Street opened a clearance sale that runs through Thursday. After nine months of rapid growth the event drew larger crowds and required extra sales staff to handle the surge in shoppers. Managers Will C. Frost and L W Lehman oversee the store operations during the sale.
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Frost
Houston Street
Commission Withdraws Vice Report On Jefferson Barracks
The Missouri Episcopal diocese convention heard the state commission on public service withdraw its vice conditions report on Jefferson Barracks. Col. George K. Hunter denied the charge and criticized the report, and a motion struck it from the convention minutes while praising Hunter for discipline at the post.
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ST. Louis
Commission On Public Service
Jefferson Barracks
Episcopal Diocese of
Missouri
George K. Hunter
Hunter
Tre
Navy Medical Director and Wife Indicted for Hoarding Sugar
Francis S. Nash a medical director for the Navy and his wife were indicted by a grand jury on charges related to hoarding sugar. The case centers on alleged storage of large sugar reserves and related financial implications.
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Washington, D. C
iFrancis S. Nash
Navy
Hoarding Charge Ties To Sugar Stockpile At Naat Home
Investigators on a hoarding foodstuffs case found more than a ton and a half of sugar among other stored items at the Naat residence. The discovery prompted further probes into supply hoarding practices and local relief stockpiles.
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Naat
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