Permission granted for needed houses in San Antonio
Two hundred small houses and apartments will be built in San Antonio under a blanket permit by the United States Housing Corporation to house military families. Owners pledge profits not to exceed 10 to 12 percent and a unified chamber of commerce council will supervise. Construction will start once the permit arrives, with plans for 100 additional houses considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
United States Housing Corporation
Washington
Chamber, of Commerce
John LB. Carrington
Chamber
War Industries Board
Carrington
Agrom
Strince Axel
Denmark
Cy Grous
W. W. Collier
H. T. Miller
Clegg
Morris Stern
Sam Bell
J. Ri. Pavis
de Rossy C. Cabell
George H. Estes
Ww.harmore
J. H. Haile
J.B. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sam Houston
Tuttle
W. B.tuttle
Mecetereng
Camp Travis
Teen Springs
Camp Stanley
America
Salado Creek
KF. G. Chamberlain
B. R. Webb
Texas Infantry
Cavalrymen Who Went Into Mexico Face Prison Terms
Five enlisted men of the Sth cavalry were tried by court martial for entering Mexico on August 11 and 12 and clashing with Mexican guards. Sentences ranged from one to five years. a sixth man accompanying them was killed. The trial found they crossed armed, visited a pool hall, and sparked the fight that left a Mexican guard wounded and an American dead. Colonel Johnston announced the results, highlighting strict punishment for border violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sth Cavalry
Mexico
War Department
Johnston
Department
Paaaernes
New Store For Men Opens In San Antonio
H H Osborne Co opens a new four times larger men s clothing store at 517 East Houston Street after moving stock from 14 East Houston. The remodeled building features bright show windows, mahogany display cases, and a focus on better service and higher standards in buying to satisfy customers. Friends wish the firm success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
H. H. Osborne Co
East Houston Street
East Houston
Osborne
Injunction Filed Over San Antonio Auto Filling Station
The Oriental Oi Company and others seek a writ of injunction in the Forty fifth District Court to stop the City of San Antonio from interfering with or hindering an automobile oil filling station at East Travis and St. Marys Streets. A hearing is set for next Thursday morning after claims that city police instructed a halt to construction and warned of arrest. The suit notes sidewalk and curb work concerns and alleges a city permit was granted September 4, with the city engineer guiding sidewalk cuts at Travis and St. Marys for the project. Sam Speir Hdwe. Co. ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental Oi! Company Et al
Forty Fifth District
San Antonio
Jast Travis
St. Mary's
Bell
Uley
The
Oriental OF Company
Travis
Live Oak Farm
Forty-fifth District
Vier Squad Polies
Mahaver’s Team Wins Junior A Game At Y M C A Priday
Mahaver’s team won their second straight Junior A league game at the Y M C A Priday, defeating Warre’s combination 22 to 1. Blumenthal’s quintet then overwhelmed Hillie’s squad 82 to 0. Ernest Fellbaum and Brooks Stephens led scoring. Aaron Blumenthal added three field goals in the second game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaver
Warre
Blumenthal
Hillie
Ernest Fellbaum
Ernest Mellbaum
Brooks Stephens
Frank Wyatt
Homer Mitchell
Warred
Eibang
Aaron Blumenthal
Joe Smythe
Bernard Weber
Lucas
Smythe
Dibrell
Jacksom
Weber
Krause
Thomas
M. Jackson
Howerton
Stephens
Parker
Hornby
Wyatt
Warren
Yellbaum
Mitchell
Bennett
Molin
Texas Railroad Commission objects to express rate rise
The Railroad Commission of Texas sent a protest to the United States Railroad Administrator against an increase in express rates by Texas. It cites that when tariffs and classifications of the Interstate Commerce Commission plus 10 percent were combined, intrastate rates rose from 25 to 100 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Oet
Railroad Comission of Texas
United States Railroad Administrator
Texas
Commission
Interstate Cen Commission
Influenza Deaths Rise in Southern Army Posts and Camp Travis
Influenza spread in the Southern Department shows signs of improvement at some camps while pneumonia mortality remains high. Camp Travis reports 398 new influenza cases and 180 open pneumonia cases in the 24 hours to 8 a.m. Saturday, with total department deaths at 37. Fort Sam Houston tallies 180 new influenza and 16 pneumonia cases, bringing influenza patients to 1007 and pneumonia to 104 in the hospital. Fort Bliss records 98 influenza and 18 pneumonia deaths in the 2 hours to 5 a.m. Saturday. Major Kellam notes pneumonia ward isolation and expert staff, with doctors and nurses working long shifts and hospital sections under his command. Private Ernest Bullock and Private Dulite W. Thilbert die in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Camp Travis
Fort Sais Houston
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Ravis
Post
San Antonio
Fort. Bliss
Big Bend
Camp Stanley
Brownsville
College Station
Baylor University
Norman
Oklo
Rive Institute
Kellam
Bucks
Sy'elock
Ernest Bullock
Fairmount
N.C
J. 2. Bullock
Decrease in City Influenza Cases Reported
A drop in daily influenza cases in San Antonio was noted by the Health Department on Friday with a total of 13 deaths attributed to influenza since October. Pneumonia caused eleven of those deaths and five were due to influenza. Health Officer Dr. Wea A. King did not call a board meeting beyond prior actions. Mexico City Goes Over the Top for Liberty Bond Drive. San Francisco reports Mexico City has reached its $1,000,000 quota for the fourth Liberty Loan. Embargo on U S newsprint hits eighty one Mexican papers, with only one plant remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
San Antonio
Health Office
Health Board
Wea A. King
Mexico City
San Francisco
Aresies
Joan
American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico
United States
Mexico
250 Hostages Shot in Reprisal at Penza, Russia
Amsterdam reports Petrograd papers say 250 hostages were executed at Penza, 130 miles northwest of Saratov, in reprisal for the assassination of M. Jogcroff, a member of the extraordinary commission, and for an assault on prison wardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Petrograd
Penza
Saratov
M. Jogcroff
Clarence Weis Dies in New York Funeral Attendance
Clarence Weis died of influenza, prompting his brother Sidney 4H Weis and the Grand Opera House manager to travel to New York for the funeral. He had managed his father Albert Weis’s estate since the father’s death months earlier. The notes also list local notices including naval leave curbs, school funding, and community ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Weis
Sidney
Weis
Grand Opera House
New York
Albert Weis
Free Lecture on Christian Science at Beethoven Hall
A Free Lecture on Christian Science is announced by the First Church of Christ Scientist of San Antonio Texas. The event features George Shaw presenting on Christian Science at Beethoven Hall on Monday evening October 44th. Doors open at 7 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ
San Antonio
Texas
Beethoven Hall
S&s I. M
George Shaw
iCook
First Church of Christ Scientist
Braston
Massachusetts
TD. M
Obituary notices from a San Antonio area paper
A stream of death notices lists Mrs. J C McHaney and several others, detailing ages, residences from Pearsall to San Antonio, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Interments occur at Mission Thurial Park and Hermann Sons Cemetery among various churches, with multiple families named across Texas and beyond.
Two Women Hurt In Jitney Crash On Austin Street
Two women were injured when a jitney auto collided head on in the 400 block of Austin Street at 9:15 Saturday morning. Mrs T My Simpson of OE Var Ness Street and Mrs Riddle, a passenger in the other car, were treated and released. The drivers, W M Ramsey and E R Pfeil, were arrested on careless operation charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. My Simpson
Ness Street
Ghrliss
Mars
Mt. Vernon Court
Welock
Austin Street
Kiter
Simpson
Riddle
W. M. Ramsey
E.R. Pfeil
Army officers and cadets commissioned and reassigned
An inexact wartime notice lists multiple officers and cadets receiving commissions or transfers. Names include Alfred luwenger Clyde Westhrud Frank W. Mariia Frans Merlintuck Louis Worneth and Charles Estes. Assignments move from Camp Gordon to Camp Travis Garden City to Welly Field Mineola to Kelly Field and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ntule
Pisk Meute Vyhointy EH
Dugsey
Crosby Street
Alfred
Luwenger
Hunslovk Avenue
Bar
Clyde B. Westhrud
Sir Calaveras
Quartermaster Corps
Frank W. Mariia
Fifth Street
Kelly Helt
Frans A. Merlintuck
Louis 5
Worneth
Kelly Field
Chester
Repman
John N.S
John H. G. Perkins
Mark
Bowen
Riehard
Edward 1
Hatloway
Camp Travia
Sanitary Corps
Ample Bomb Production Reported by U.S. Makers
Washington officials announced that five months after first deliveries, American manufacturers have produced and delivered more than 3,000,000 aerial bombs. An Aberdeen proving grounds exhibit showcased demolition and fragmentation bombs adopted for use in operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Aberdeen
Gurkhas swift and deadly in battle feared by Turks
In Palestine, Gurkhas and Sikh Indian troops harass Ottoman lines with stealth and speed. Reports describe raids that surprised Turkish posts, rapid close-quarters assaults, and swift, lethal actions including a bayonet incident and a Gurkha decapitating a foe with his hook knife, leaving Turkish troops rattled and on alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Palestine
Nught
Tie
Turk
Also Mentioned on This Page
Osborne Company
Oriental Oi Commat
Sam Speir
Asthma
ASIC
San Antonio Association of Retail Druggists
ARRY
Curvenews
Houstonian Cafe
Houston
the Ridge
Bexar County
Superine Tendent Stewart
A Boe Pintabing Co
Cadvay
Ss. Nelson
Highth District
Kietslewetes
Main Ave
Adv
A. H. Shafer
Thumber
Commerce
J. 8
Monkhouse
Studebaker
Stephenson Road
Culebra
Household Furniture Co
South Flores St
Sam
San Antonians
Triday
Sunset Cleaning Co
N. Lores
Crockett
Alamo Jewelry Co
Alamo Vlaza
Wlett’s Orchestra
William Denman
Georges
Ala
Lancaster
Mr. Denman
Welly Field
Dulling Printing Co
Losoya St
Idlewild Pavillion
River Ave
Alamo Heights Var
Robserts Printing Company
I W. Roberts
Printing Conpany
Sabuday
Nile Pri
Ae Perfection
Sam Sneir Hdw. Co
Losoyn St
Manufacturers Association of
Ray Mackey
Manufacturers Association
Railroad Administration
Cuticura
Mocieorsn
Sarac
Mves
J.C. McHaney
Ae Loen
Lexas
J. C. Meaney
Paschal
Kemper Co
Doe
Pearsall
Pex
Bushy
Charles E. Lee
A. H. Tierney
M. Busby
Learsatl
Prospect Hill
Baptist
Potts
Mission Thurial Park
Willa Flauster
William Hiauster
Aeloek
Avenue A
Germany
Robert
Alexander Fergerson
MK Hausser
Harmonny Lodge
Hermann Sons
Avelock
Seon A. TL. Wolff
Wehall
Mari Bells
Arthur Gilliam
Fairland
Oklahoma
Adams
Helen Dather Smith Adams
el Paso
Albert ‘Ft. Smith
South Mores Street
City Cemetery
W.C. Sullivan
G. Newton Jr
Erhard Chienthor
Ike Kampmann
Letsoslings Standley Cassin
Franz Groos
T. McNeal
Karl Kanak
Earl Bannack
Mas. J. Sanchez
Lachappelle Street
Jerslay
Sfavduck
Tne Tive
Louisiana
Sfe
St. Henry's
Sannando Cemetery
Marie Swenson
Sim Antonia
Morgan City
Br Uothes
M A
M. Sivenson
Swenson
Bcvenson
Mary
Perkins
Jennie Vickers
Missouri
Whitsboro
Gus Solomon
Shreveport
Hagy-McCullom
Leroy de Wolff
Aguyuita
Ague Qita
Annie de Wolff
Seattle
Porter Loting
Isaac King
Jasae Knight
Aecal Hospital
Lindenburg
Vermont
Lake Valley
Gertrude Gardner
Mr Knight
New Mexico
Porter Loring Moctuary
Fuaertt
Ralph A. Warden
Ralph Warden
Crimp Travis
J.a. Smithy
Henton
North Carolina
Porter Looking
Jeffersott St
Wary & McCollum
Ambulance and Lung Motor Service
Corner Avenue
Pesan
Adtna
Johnston & Barnett
Crocklett
Calomel
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