Exclusive Ladies Liberty Loan League Plot Unveiled
In a furnished drawing room Mrs Stryver leads a discussion to keep the Ladies Liberty Loan League exclusive. Plans include coal pooling and gas discounts, while tensions over who profits from new card index systems and wartime logistics surface.
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Opyright
the Press Publishing Co
New York Evening
Mrs. Kangle
Mrs. Jarre
Mrs. Dusenberry
Mrs. Jarr
Flint
Chicago
Europe
Local Social Notes and Upcoming Events in San Antonio
Mrs W Bertrand and family return from New Canaan while others arrive home. Glee Club plans winter concerts at the YWCA auditorium with Mamie Dennison re-elected to direct. Travis Park Society hosts soldiers Friday evening. Miriam Rebekah Lodge marks 67th anniversary with a reception at Odd Fellows Hall. Wedding invitations arrive for Maxine Elliott Wells and Captain Harold Coder Wilson with reception details. Mrs T T Jackson departs for Fort Benjamin Harrison to join Captain Jackson on duty at Base Hospital No 109.
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Glee Club
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Mamie Dennison
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Odd Fellows
John I
Dgar Wells
Maxine Elliott
Harold Coder Wilson
First Baptist Church
San Antonio
Texas
West Woodlawn Avenue
T.T. Jackson
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Captain Jackson
Base Hospital No. 109
Community House entertainment by soldiers at AlaMo
Sundays program features Lieutenant Martins white unit from Camp Travis and the 165th Depot Brigade band led by Luther Armstrong. From 6 to 8 pm music. 8 to 10 pm vaudeville with Skating McCloskey Comedy Quartette Rosenberg Nemo and more. Civilians barred unless with a soldier. adults over 18 admitted.
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The
Alamo
Martain
Camp Travis
165Th Depot Brigade
Luther Armstrong
Oelock
McCloskey
Rosenberg
Nemo
Toyland
Steynolds and Clark
Willie Doss Fraser
Corporal Smoke
M. J. Jennings
Martin
Alamo Plaza
Main Plazae
Band Concert at Post by Repair Union No. 304 Band
A band concert will be given by Repair Union No. 304 Band under bandmaster H Le Maire at the staff post Friday evening from 8:30 to 9:40. The program includes March Belford Carnival, waltz Boston, Chilean Dance, Nana, vocal solo by Pvt. M A Jennings When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France, Remick Medley Overture Remick’s Hits, On the Way to Waikiki, and the national anthem.
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Post
Motor ‘Transportation Corps
Unio No. 304
H. le Maire
Staff Post
Belford
Alexander
Boston
Deliebs
Pvt. M. A. Jennings
France
Lealie
Remick
Lampe
Maarch
Waiwiki
Whiting
How much coal fits a ton in cubic feet
A past snippet explains a ton of egg coal occupies about 35 cubic feet, with a range from 32 to 38. It suggests calculating bunkers by measuring bin dimensions and multiplying length by breadth by depth to estimate coal order.
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Old Barre
Popular Science Monthly
Dallas Police In Pistol Battle With Man Who Beat Officer
A man identified as Nash Davis of Killeen Texas barricaded in a room in Dallas core business district and was killed after a battle with more than a dozen police officers. He struck a patrolman, grabbed a revolver, and defied crowds before officers surrounded a nearby rooming house and ordered surrender. He died after receiving over a hundred shots. no officers were injured.
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Dallas
Nash Davis
Killeen
Texas
Daniels
Pty
Community meetings spark patriotic programs across city
A sequence of public gatherings is scheduled from Saturday evening through Friday night. Talks by four minute speakers, minstrel acts, and patriotic songs are planned at Smith School, Highland Park, and Brackenridge Grammar School. Guests include Mrs. Van Teel and Mrs. Worave Wilson, with hospitality for soldiers and local residents from Denver Heights Knob Hill East End and nearby areas.
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Milam
Government Hill
Carlos Bee
A. M. Lochwitzky
Marty
Jold Delery
Sergeant Wahl
Camp Travis
Council of Defense
Henry Vodine
Mra. J. O. Sullivan
Smith and
Buena Vista
van Teel
Liberty Titan
Kelly Field
Highland Bark School
Worave Wilson
Seth Seavey
Willie Toya
Kelly
Denver Heights
Knob Hill
East End
Smith School
Corner Levers
Virginia Boulevard
Kelly Vield
Thomas Carver
Motiers’ Club
Brackenridge Grammar School
South Alamo Street
Kelly Wield
Cars Toonist
Vaudeville at Camp Travis and nearby camps Friday night
Kelly Field the real artists present a vaudeville program at building 40 Camp Travis. Alamo Rebekah Lodge presents The Lag of Many Nations at building 73 Camp Travis. Other Friday events include Miss Mildred Gates and others singing at building 204 Kelly Field and Mrs T F Munnie with readings. Camp Normoyle near Kelly Field hosts a show in the building near Camp Stanley, building No 28 featuring Mrs Rouse and others in songs readings and instrumentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Field
Camp Travis
Alamo Rebekah Lodge
Munnie
Camp Normoyle
Camp Stanley
Rouse
Betsy Ross Legend Debunked by Yale Review Note
Rear Admiral Chester disputes Betsy Ross legends. He argues no circular star arrangement was authorized by Congress and no Betsy Ross flag was officially recognized by foreign governments. Washington urged regimental color selection in 1776, countering later mythic tales.
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Ments
Tess
Congress
Robert Morris
Secret War Committee
John Panl Jones
Admiral Chester
Yale Review
Betsy Ross
Genewl Washington
Robert Morriy
Colonel Ross
Congressional
Washington
William
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