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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
1
In Berlin the shortage of clothing drives daily attacks as ruffians strip residents in the streets. An insurance office reports more than three hundred thefts daily, and even thread for mending garments is nearly unobtainable as Germany faces severe material shortages reported by German newspapers.
More than 600 soldiers are detailed to Texas A and M for rapid training before deployment. 277 join the service company school for radio mechanics, totaling 375, while 340 join the Texas A and M college training detachment for motor and blacksmith trades. A 20,000 square foot horse pavilion houses airplanes and equipment as a new 20,000 square foot building rises to accommodate the influx. Arrival date not announced. about 100 signal corps men already moved elsewhere.
Secretary Baker will propose a broad authority to increase the army and mobilize troops to France. A War Department review indicates shipping and supplies allow moving about three million men this year, with potential to raise more by using resources more intensively.
Associated Press report from Washington dated May 11 states the government ordered the Minnesota governor to disband the second Minnesota infantry. The move signals the War Department will not accept additional National Guard units for overseas service.
The school board will open bids for the new high school building next Tuesday and on the following Friday, the regular May meeting day, they will elect teachers for the coming session. Superintendent Lawson has been reelected for another year.
The site will train 1,200 soldiers with new recruits and existing trainees. Officials anticipate the camp could train many more than the stated total before summer ends.
Washington May 1 General Crowder issued a call for 8,985 additional draft men who will train two months in various mechanical studies and be mobilized May 16 in southwestern districts.
American pilots Captain Norman Hall of Colfax Iowa and Lieutenant Edward Eichenbachner of Columbus Ohio shot down a German aircraft Tuesday night in enemy territory near Toul France They returned unscathed This was the third enemy plane downed by American forces in three weeks with additional reports of others unofficially downed
Lieut Eddie Richenbacher, cited as Pershing's chauffeur, left the General's car unit to seek greater speed. He secured a commission in the aviation service three months after departing America.
Captain J T Maloney will convene a Brazos County Home Guard session in the coming days. The force, formed last month, has signed an oath pledging loyalty to the United States and Texas, agreeing to follow orders and report disloyal acts, with many named members and several officers listed.
Washington May 1 The record for number of subscribers to the Liberty loan was broken with about twelve million purchasers for the third issue. Total subscriptions today reached 2 509 814 600 dollars.
Austin May 1 state Food and Drug Commissioner R H Hoff man Jr announced his department will assist the state food administration in enforcing its rulings affecting hotels cafes and bakeries. Hoffman was notified today that the offer had been accepted.
A Bryan court house mass meeting is planned for Saturday May 7 at 3 pm to organize a Hobby club led by supporters of Governor Hobby. The call cites Treasury Secretary McAdoo praise for Texas war measures and urges unity for the war effort amid wartime crises.
London May 1 an order in council extended the postponement of the national service act for conscription as it affects Ireland beyond May 1, a delay that had already been granted previously.
Washington May 1 The National War Labor Board asked Western Union and Postal Telegraph to refrain from discharging workers for union membership while it considers complaints that some employees were fired for joining unions or attending union meetings.
Master tailors in Liverpool announce a large community workshop to ease labor shortages and improve conditions for workers. A central premises is secured and a small limited liability company will be formed once government approval is obtained.
Amsterdam reports that German cigarettes have grown lighter since before the war. The pre war cigarettes weighed about sixteen to the ounce, but early this year the cigarette has faded to the point that more than 33 are needed to make an ounce.
Work starts next week on the Bryan Country Club bathhouse and swimming pool. The building committee ordered materials and labor, with Portswood Gravel of Waco donating a carload of gravel and local lumber yards supplying lumber and cement at cost. The project includes a concrete walk around the 30 by 100 foot pool, pergola shading, a 12 by 46 foot bathhouse with eight rooms per gender plus a general room, showers, toilets, and planned sewer, with water from a well and electric pump. The keeper's lodge at the gate will be a one-room stucco office. Committee members are J. Doane, J. Saunders, R. W. Howell, and Amar Bethea. Golf links work has funds and is under way for member access soon.
Washington reports that during four months of government operation railroads obtained $90,614,000 in loans and advance payments as compensation from the government.
New York May 1 The federal authorities arrested a German naval lieutenant commander in New York said to be head of enemy propaganda in America. He had been delegated to this work by Count Von Bernstorff, upon his departure from the country. His name was withheld pending arrest.
Washington on May 1 reports the house passed an administration bill granting government control over essential ore production for war materials. The measure removes presidential price powers and cuts the revolving fund from fifty million to ten million dollars, sending the bill to the senate.
The Vatican plans a new peace offer announced for May 19 of Whitsunday with a mediation proposal by Pope Benedict and possible neutrals. Berlin reacts sympathetically as reports reach Paris via Cologne papers. The Inter Allied War Council met at Versailles with France Great Britain Italy and the United States represented.
Hon. E A Decherd of Franklin formally announces his bid for congress challenging incumbent Rufus Hardy. The longtime state leader, senate president pro tem and acting lieutenant governor praises Decherd as a proven reformer and capable lawmaker allied to prohibition and woman suffrage.
At Fort Bliss near El Paso a cache of dynamite sticks thirty feet of copper wire and detonating caps were found buried under the base of a steel wireless tower by an officer training men in entrenchment work.
Dispatches from Berlin report Dr Rudolph Pavenstein president of the Imperial Bank of Germany told a board meeting that subscriptions to the eighth war loan reached 14.776 billion marks, 1.75 billion more than the sixth loan’s record.
London reports Monday's fighting marked the worst day for the Germans since the great offensive began. The Times notes the ten mile German failure offers hope for the Allies and that a defensive victory may aid the campaign's aim of destroying German fighting strength.
London dispatch reports German forces, stunned by Allied bombardment, halting hill assaults around Mont Kemmel for now. Reinforcements are believed to be brought up as they reform to renew the offensive against the Allied line.
London May 1 reports say the German forces, though quiet now, are preparing for another assault within hours. The urgency follows indications of intensified menace with field guns moved to about seven hundred yards of the front line.
London reports the French improved their positions near Locre on the Flanders front. British forces rushed German posts at Meteren and took prisoners.
Paris reports intense artillery duels last night on the Somme front near Villers-Bretonneux and on both sides of the Avre southeast of Amiens. The day's statement notes active fighting by both sides with significant bombardments.
The American sector in France shows gradual stabilization with no infantry actions in the past forty eight hours as of Tuesday April 30. The Associated Press notes progress and calm in the area around the American headquarters.
Washington May 1 casualty list shows seventy two names with eight killed in action one died of wounds one died of accident three died of disease one died of other causes five wounded severely fifty one wounded slightly two missing in action.
The Associated Press reports that a one distance bombardment of the Paris District began again this morning. Paris total war effort intensifies as artillery resumes fire across the sector.
By Associated Press Vienna May 1 reports more fighting on the Italian front, an Austrian statement says.
In the Prussische Jahrbucher Professor Hans Delbrück accuses Admiral Von Tirpitz of poor foresight in submarine construction, claiming he favored dreadnoughts and delayed new subs during the war believing existing ones would suffice to beat England quickly. He urges an official investigation.
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