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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
5
A fragmented OCR item notes a seasonal musician associated with Wl Ever distribution stations and a company tied to sea sonal performances. The readable text suggests a local note on a performer in a distribution setting, with emphasis on timing and organization.
A brief note stresses the need for wheat supplies half wheat substitutes and oats to ensure sufficient bread for the war effort in the coming harvest period.
U S Food Administration urges all Americans to cut wheat use to feed allies. Aims include distributing about 1½ pounds of wheat products per person weekly and limiting bread to three quarters of a loaf, while retailers and bakers adjust to conserve wheat for wartime needs.
London dispatches describe a ninth day of heavy fighting along the Lys front near Ypres with gains by British forces around Meteven Wytehaete and potential German claims at Poelcapelle and Langemarck. British retirement appears orderly and may be more sentimental than strategic with uncertain front withdrawals near St Eloi Mount Kemmel and Kemmel ridge.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, back from France, told President Wilson of the urgent need for a larger American army and maximum speed in preparations to meet the growing emergency on the western front.
London April 15 The British Cabinet drafts an Irish home rule bill creating an Irish Parliament with 200 Commons seats eighty unionist seats in the south and Ulster direct election. An Irish Senate of 64 and an Imperial Parliament delegation of 42 Irish members are planned with reserved imperial powers and wartime police and post office control.
Miss Clara O Bryant and Mr Walter Haas of Blanco were recently married at Fredericksburg. The ceremony united the couple in a private service attended by family and friends.
The United States Food Administration introduces a 50 40 wheat program amid Allied shortages. Grocers describe pledges and consumer duties to substitute for every pound of wheat flour with alternatives like cornmeal, rice, oatmeal, and more.
Brownsville Texas April 17 500 Mexican troops arrived at Matamoros opposite Brownsville amid fears of unrest in Tamaulipas after the assassination of Acting Governor Emilio Nafarrate at Tampico last Tuesday night. General Manuel Dieguez, active against state bandits, will soon command in Matamoros. It has been eighteen months since a sizable troop presence there.
NEW DRAFT ORDERED. Un der a call from Washington a total of 7,517 Texas men are to be drafted and must report at Camp Travis during five days by April 26. Of that number 4,330 are white and 3,487 are Negro. White men constitute 9 percent of the first Texas quota and Negroes 3.2 percent. Of the Negroes 1,980 are included under the first quota.
Secretary Baker announced that the fourth officers training camps will open May 15 at various divisional camps and cantonments. The program aims to prepare officers for service with standardized curricula and regional facilities.
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the President sang before 2 000 student officers at Camp Stanley on Wednesday night beginning at 7 15. The cheers for encores prolonged the performance delaying her return to sing for the regular army men at 8 15.
A Northeastern Arkansas storm early today killed one person and severely injured several, with extensive property damage. Kensett reports three injuries possibly fatal, twenty minor injuries, and a dozen homes demolished. Tupe Lo sees a fatality likely, Newport victim George Dodson dies after contact with a live wire. Auvergne loses four churches two stores and several homes. Duvall's Bluff courthouse partly wrecked. Hail accompanies rain in some areas, causing crop damage.
International News Service reports Charles M. Schwab, newly named director general of shipbuilding, will confer all day tomorrow with Charles Pier, VP of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, whose duties Schwab will assume as fleet general manager. 606- WANTED Feeder all stock hogs. B. R. MAIER & SON.
The sheriff sale proceeds under an order from the Gillespie County District Court on the first Wednesday in May 1918. The property of Eleonora Becker, including Town Lot No 22B and parts of three additional lots on Schubert Street, is described and levied to satisfy a $525.55 judgment in favor of Hugo Wiedenfeld plus costs. Sheriff Herman Ochs signs the notice with deputy F J Morgan.
By order of the District Court of Gillespie County Texas a sheriff sale is set for the first Tuesday in May 1918 at Fredericksburg. Lands described include parts of lot 15 Millville survey and survey 10 near the Pedernales River plus improvements in Stonewall Texas a four room concrete house a storehouse and a well. Judgments awarded February 28 1918 against Peter Novian in favor of Alfred Jung and against Peter Novian in favor of Waldemar Klier and J P Burg totaling $711.98 with costs and interests. Sale dated Fredericksburg March 23 1918.
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