Wheat flour restrictions lifted by Food Administration
Washington dispatch reports the Food Administration has removed all wheat use restrictions and allows bread made entirely from wheat flour on San Antonio tables for the first time since 1917. Reports will be abridged as bakers classify shortening and sugar usage while monthly reports remain. The move, described as helping win the war, ends the prior requirement to mix substitutes with flour.
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The
Food Administration
Texas Food Administration
San Antonio
Mrs Sallie E Chitwood Confirms Black-Draught Benefits
Rockymount Virginia notes a letter from Mrs Sallie E Chitwood praising Thedford s Black-Draught as a liver and stomach remedy for both adults and children. She uses it as a tea for colds and various disorders and says it provides relief for colic teething troubles sour stomach indigestion biliousness and constipation. The letter urges others to try Black-Draught which has been in wide use for over 70 years and is sold everywhere.
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Rockymount
Sallie E. Chitwood
W. T. Chitwood
Thedford
Wheat Conservation Drive Aids Allies In War Effort
The United States Wheat Conservation program and food administration measures cut wheat use to support allies. Wheatless days and six pounds per person monthly flour limits were set during 1917 18 with bakeries trained in new duties. A Texas conference in Houston on November 25 will organize county food administrators for the program.
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United States
America
England
Italy
France
Belgium
United States Grain Corporation
Herbert ‘Hoover
Food Administration
Texas
Hoover
Peden
Associated Press
Washington
John B. Carrington
Bexar County
G. I. Taylor
James M. Vance
Agricultural Committee
People of America
Prodiom Process Tires Debts in Magistrate Court
In a magistrates court a wife accuses her brutal husband of assault and threats. The dialogue shows misheard words as the judge and clerk prompt for clearer language while the complainant describes blows and an attempted injury with a tobacco box amid slang and dialect.
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Nanault
Boy Scouts Leader to Speak in San Antonio Schedule
Stanley A. Harris national field commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America will visit San Antonio Friday and Saturday. He tours the South from Laredo, speaking at Peacock Military College Brackenridge High School Rotary Club Math Avenue High School West Texas Military Academy and the Gunter Hotel dinner with Scout officials. He speaks to scouts and friends and to the Women’s Federated Clubs at the St Anthony Hotel Saturday at 3 PM.
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Stanley A. Harris
Boy Scouts of ‘America
San Antonio
Mr. Harris
Laredo
Harris
Gunter
Scout
Peacock Military College
Brackenridge High School
Rotary Club
Math Avenue High School
West Texas Military Academy
Gunter Hotel
St. Anthony
Tourism rebounds as San Antonio gears for reconstruction
Postwar letters show Northern tourists renewing plans to visit San Antonio with warmer winters ahead. Hotels expect crowded guest lists. advance reservations urged to ensure housing. A Chamber of Commerce board meeting Friday will map a broad advertising drive for San Antonio and Southwest Texas as the city rebuilds and resumes peacetime growth.
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Chamber of Commitee
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Man's Association
Texas
Evolution of the bungalow in climate and design
The bungalow, from Hindustani roots, epitomizes climate responsive architecture with thick masonry walls, large doors and windows opening to verandas, and thatched roofs. It links tropical heat protection to the home builder and real estate trends, illustrating how style adapts to environment.
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Indi
Drattia Mada
Jenkins
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Washington Dispatch
Prodium Process Tires
Republic Tire Co
Ave. O
Adv
United War Work Fund
Frost National Bank
Football League Park
Camp Travis
Camp Mabry
Kelly Field
Ft. Sam. Houston
Geo. Potchernick
BOY Scouts
Stanley A, Harris
Washer Bros. CO. and
Commerce Sts
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