Labor Department to Help Soldiers Find Employment
Representatives of the Department of Labor will be sent to camps and cantonments in the Southern Department to aid men mustered out of the army in securing employment. The reps will provide information on local job opportunities, wages, housing, and working conditions, but will not recruit for specific enterprises. Additional federal agencies including the Railway Admin, Fuel Admin, Shipping Board and Post Office Dept may also dispatch representatives.
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Department of Labor
Southern Department
Army
Adjutant General of
de Rosey C. Cabell
United States Railway Administration
United States Fuel Administration
United States Shipping Board
Post Office Department
Driver of Wagon Injured in Collision at Main and Euclid
Tom Mooney of 219 Barnett Street was seriously injured when his delivery wagon owned by Creamery Dairy collided with an automobile owned by Overland Auto Company at Main and Euclid Avenues. J H Brown and Howard Williams, both hurt, were treated at hospital. Brown faces reckless driving charges. Mooney remained in serious condition with possible skull fracture and internal injuries.
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Tom Mooney
Barnett Street
Howard Williams
J. H. Brown
Mooney
Hubert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Ramehissl
L. Stowe
Brown
Conference Set For War Camp Community Service in South
All executive secretaries and community organizers in the War Camp Community Service in the Southern Department will meet in San Antonio next week for a four day conference at the St Anthony Hotel. About twenty men are expected plus two national executives J E Rogers and George Dickey and St BE Souers. The meeting will discuss rebuilding the service to meet postwar conditions and possibly moving department headquarters from Houston to San Antonio.
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Southern Department
San Antonio
St. Anthony
GC. L
7. E. Rogers
George Dickey
St. BE
San Antonio Public Schools Plan Friday and Saturday Sessions
Public schools in San Antonio will hold regular sessions on Friday and Saturday to complete a full five days for the week. Superintendent C. S. Meek notes no regular Saturday day will be added. instead the schedule resumes Friday and Saturday as usual to recover influenza-related lost time.
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San Antonio
C. S. Meek
Army orders assign officers to camps and school
Today’s Army Orders list Captain Parnall McKenna and First Lieutenant Edgar A. Bryan sent to Camp Wise and Camp Travix for artillery and infantry inspections. Captain Robert V. Gallagher and First Lieutenant Daniel N. Brook of the medical corps are ordered to the School of Military Aeronautics in Austin. Then an advertisement notes custom shirts built to fit and last longer at Johnson 210 Navarro Adj.
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Parnall McKenna
Field Artillery
Inspector General's Department
Camp Travix
Edgar A. Bryan
Camp Wise
Robert V. Gallagher
Daniel N. Brook
Medical Corps
School of Military Aeronautics
Austin
Friday Will Be a Great Day in the W éM Store
San Antonio's best store pledges cooperation with the public but cannot extend the sale beyond Monday. Regular stocks are offered in two phases, first 500000 dollars worth then 100000 more, totaling 600000 dollars of standard merchandise released for cooperation at unmatched prices. These Lots for Tomorrow and All Lots Previously Advertised Go on Sale.
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San Antonio
Boys Wardrobe of War Era Outfits on Sale
A large selection of boys military style clothing and suits offered at reduced prices. Khaki outfits with puttees and caps for ages 3 to 14, wool union suits, corduroy and wool suits, plain and fancy wool blends, and all wool cassimere and worsted suits in various sizes. Coats, overcoats, sweaters, hats, and knickerbockers featured with substantial discounts from regular values.
Army coats sale offers detachable lining uniforms
Army coats in a sale list detachable wool lining with belts and olive drab wool uniforms. Mandelburg and Whipcord options feature serge lining and regulars priced from 30 to 45 dollars, sale prices range 20 to 37 dollars, plus 27 and 33 dollar specials for 18-ounce or 14-ounce wool coats.
Men’s sale on woolen undershirts and related wear
Men’s woolen undershirts and drawers in natural color drop from $2.50 to $1.95. Artificial silk hose in white and black lowered from 50c to 48c. Pongee silk shirts, lisle hose, ribbed union suits, and flannelette pajamas discounted. Silk collar and tie, poplin shirts, suspenders, sweaters, negligee shirts, and Lily of France silk hose also reduced to negotiated cooperative prices.
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Lily of France
Women's Handkerchiefs in Cambric and Lawn Styles
Classified listing describes women’s handkerchiefs of soft finish cambric and Shamrock lawn with colored and white embroidered corners, hemstitched borders, and slight damage. Various price points shown: 6c each, 13c, 47c per box, and 69c per box, with cooperation releases noted.
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Labor Department
War Camp
Johnson
Navarro
Adj
The
Wolff & Marx Co
Best Store
W.ém
Norfolk
O. D
Lisle
Poplin
France
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