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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
6
Dances are planned at Public Schools Nos. 7 and 8 with a week of varied activities after school hours. Glee Club Mothers' Club meet at No 8 to plan fall activities while centers organize clubs and classes as outdoor attendance wanes with cooler weather. Tuesday and Saturday feature dances, Wednesday offers movies and community singing, and Thursday hosts a community party with entertainment.
San Antonio realty leaders and Square Deal Association delegates condemned wartime rent hikes for soldiers and civilians as harming the city’s army town image. They slated a Tuesday meeting to craft procedures, with possible publicity and legislation to curb exploitation and restore fair rental practices.
Real Estate Exchange will convene Wednesday morning at the Brady building offices to receive complaints of exorbitant San Antonio rent charges. All members are urged to attend as the board seeks measures to combat profiteering. Kaufman to aid Redfields in Washington appointment news notes the mother editor Nauman named as a special assistant to the secretary.
J Ira Kercheville longtime associate of Harry Hertzberg in Hertzberg Werche ville Thompson will enter army Y service Wednesday. He will report to the train for a month then attend training at Camp Travis and go overseas. He has served in patriotic movements, Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives and has lived in San Antonio twelve years with his wife and three children remaining here during his overseas service.
City commission approved pavement repairs on East Commerce Street and Houston Street with costs of 9000 and 40000 respectively. Contractors named include Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company and Medill Construction Company. Other bids and authorizations covered sewer work, wooden block paving, and culverts. A Gillespie Street hearing was set for September 25 and funds for merchant bills and weekly payroll were approved.
Mayor Bell reports heavy mail of registration cards from San Antonio residents and others temporarily away. Cards arriving from ten states. Local boards must receive cards by Sept 12 or 13 to register absent residents.
An official bulletin compares disease mortality across wars from Mexican to American Expeditionary Forces. It shows higher disease deaths in Civil and Spanish American wars, with recent Army rates around 25 per 1000 annually and Civil War losses vastly exceeding battle deaths. It also notes hospital outcomes and disability discharge rates among wounded soldiers.
Camp Travis processed 8000 recruits last week with final classification and issue completed Monday. Over 1200 per day could be processed due to clerical limits, surplus recruits attached to depot brigade units for processing. Platinum donations surged to the Baker war office prompting a transfer to the New York United States Assay Office for better reception facilities.
Basel dispatch says Count Michael Karolyi head of the Hungarian Independent party endorses President Wilson’s peace program as the basis for negotiations. He urges early peace and warns against military victory or imperialist schemes, advocating democracy and rejection of a militarized middle Europe.
Charters filed in Austin note Presbyterian Church of Sweetwater and several changes to existing corporations. Amendments include Farmers Gin Company of Orange increasing capital stock to 12500 and Spurrier Development Company name change, while Tumble Oil & Refining Company raises capital to 4090000. Other filings cover Louis K Liggett Company in Texas and various incorporators, with restrictions and limits on thread sizes by the War Industries Board.
Col Len Tear and Col William G. Meade are named colonels in the federalized Lexag Cag ney at Fort Liam Touston. Col Lear has served in Washington’s normal staff, a distinguished horseman who attended the last Olympic games. Meade, a Spanish American War veteran, began as a regular army lieutenant and now holds lieutenant colonel in the National Army and major in the regular army. Training plans for the new pevalty officers are not yet detailed, but it is expected they will attend officers' training schools.
Consumers Supply announces a one week sale starting September 7 with Crystal White soap at 30 per box of 100 bars. Also offered are ATM Chive soap at We and Sparchlight matetes av. fe per box, located at 478 Navarro, Auy.
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