San Antonio Firemen Seek Wage Increase Denied
Firemen’s union petition for higher pay was refused by the city’s mayor and commissioners after counsel from Fire and Police Commissioner Wright. They advised waiting until the next fiscal year when budget figures are set, noting current city wages cannot be boosted without raising taxes and disrupting finances. Firemen say they may take the matter to the War Labor Board.
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Ecoi
Velice
Wright
United States War Labor Board For Adjustment
Com- Teoloh
Pine Ound — Dolice
Cami Wright
Mirenell's Union
War Jia Bor Board
Labor Board
San Antonio
Wage increase pledge to aid city fire service
A fragment notes an agreement to raise wages without harming the city fire service, connected to the War Labor Board. It mentions HLMER J. EDWARDS and Brady Gldg in an advisory context about disability insurance.
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Hlmer J. Edwards
Brady
Arguments on Reed amendment liquor shipments to dry states
Washington November 7 arguments opened in the Supreme Court over the governments use case of the Reed amendment. Assistant Attorney General Mrnerson argued the amendment bars personal transport of liquor for private use into a dry state even if the state law allows it. The test concerns the government's appeal from a West Virginia district court decision.
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Shington
D. C
Supreme Court
Mrnerson
Biw
West Virginia District, Court
St Jacobs Liniment Claims Quick Neuralgia Relief
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment as a magical quick fix for neuralgia and all pain. It promises instant banishment of discomfort on face head limbs and anywhere in the body with a harmless formula that does not burn or discolor skin. The spiel asserts decades of use and lasting relief without recurrence.
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St. Jacobs
Hove
Norther Heads Toward Texas With Record Cold Possible
A strong norther is moving from the Panhandle toward San Antonio and may reach Kerrville by Thursday night. Temperatures could plunge below 42 degrees, potentially setting a season low, as rain spreads from Del Rio to Dallas. Observers note veering winds and a storm system still centered near the Panhandle’s eastern edge, with snow to the north and western states.
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San Antonio
Chere
Texas
Panhandle
Nebraska
del Rio
Dallas
Kerrville
Boerne
Troops Transferred to Kelly Field Transportation School
Cheve Wuindred and sixty men from the Roth Infantry at Camp Travis were moved Wednesday to the transportation branch at Kelly Field. They will take a course in the transportation school and remain at the field pending telegraphic instructions from Washington.
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Cheve Wuindred
Roth Infantry
Camp Travis
Kelly Field
Fied
Washington
Belgian Civilians Gasged by Germans as They Give Up Towns
Washington reports an eye witness account from the Belgian legation detailing German retreat bombardments in Belgium. Civilians fled cellars as gas shells harmed residents, with 27 deaths in Hansbeke, and widespread devastation near Ghent. A Bavarian division order is cited, demanding strict military use of resources and forbidding aid to civilians.
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Washington, D. C
Belgium
Legation
Germany
Wyngheme
Ghent
Hansbeke
On Ture
Society Notes From Camp Travis And Nearby Posts
The sixth Infantry officers hosted a midweek dance at Camp Travis with a jazz band from the Depot Brigade and about twenty five couples present after an elaborate mess hall dinner. Elizabeth Bynum plans a New York winter study trip as quarantine is prepared for Scoville’s School. Several Red Cross and Woman’s Club meetings are scheduled in San Antonio and nearby venues, while weddings and moves involve Mrs Engelking’s daughter Helen Maymine to Sgt Roy G Knightmire of Camp Arthur. Various residents plan winter homes in San Antonio and announce postponed meetings and travel to Camp Sivant for Lt Carter’s training duties.
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S6th Infantry
Camp Travis
Army shirts by Johnson at 210 Navarro
Advertisement for Johnson the shirt maker offering tailored shirts and stock outfits at 210 Navarro with registration note and local location reference.
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Johnson
Navarro
Aguilar Quits Post as Mexican Foreign Minister
General Can dido Aguilar resigns as foreign minister and will resume his role as governor of Vera Cruz province after a year’s leave. Ernesto Garza Perez named interior minister. Cabinet changes fuel talk of pro ally influence and possible policy shifts. Ygnacio Bonillas and Luis Cabrera noted as foreign ministry contenders.
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Mexico City
Candido Aguilar
Vera Cruz
Agar
Aguilar
Carranza
Ernesto Garza Perez
Govermiment
Ygnacio Bonillas
Washington
Luis Cabrera
South America
Foreign Ministry
PLAN COUNTY CANVASS FOR WAR SAVINGS PLEDGES
Rural districts will be canvassed thoroughly by War Savings Committee representatives meeting with Community Councils to collect unpaid pledges. Rural areas had used school districts as units in June. San Antonio HQ tracks district progress with No. 18 reporting 0.3% collected, led by J. Vicil and Adele Prater.
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J. Z. Smith
James R. Davis
War Savings Committee
Sun
San Altonio
In J. Vicil
Missy Adele Prater
Hey
Japs to Aid Chinese Through Hospital Network and Schools
Associated Press dispatch from Tokio reports two Japanese groups, the Dojinkai and the Dobunkai, planning to expand aid to China. Dojinkai, led by Marquis Okuma, aims to raise about 3 million dollars to build 32 hospitals in Chinese towns over a decade. Dobunkai seeks to broaden medical and educational outreach to Chinese youth, while Asahi lauds Japan’s revived China policy and honors American missionaries’ work.
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Associated Press
Tokio
China
Dojinkai
Marquis Okuma
Dobunkai
Asahi
Japan
War's effect on Birmingham University graduates
The war's impact is clear at the University of Birmingham where all BA graduates are women this year. Science degrees split evenly between English and Japanese students. two-thirds of MS graduates are Japanese. four-fifths of MB holders are women. The university, a modern center for science, expects most graduates to become teachers.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Eng
University of Birmingham
University of Birminghm
Dutch Woman Seated Triggers Social Democratic Clash
Amsterdam reports the first woman elected to Parliament faces party discord as she backs national defense. Comrades accuse her of diluting party anti militarist principles, causing internal registrations and tensions within the Social Democratic Labor Party.
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Bble
Amsterdam
Social Democratic Labor
Girl Delivers Castor Beans For War Effort
Agnes Virginia Damion six, climbs grandfathers yard to harvest a quart of castor beans for the government. She and other youths bring beans to the Chamber of Commerce as war aid. Camp Travis decorates with beans. first carload to ship to San Antonio on November 11. Government sets price at 1.00 per bushel. Chamber of Commerce denies any processing fee.
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George W. Saunders
Agnes Virginian
Air Service
Chamber of Commerce
Agnes Virginia
Travis
Crystal City
San Antonio
George Roark
Ger
Hhe
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