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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1918
Page
5
The 1918 onion shipping season in Southwest Texas is over with mixed results. Laredo shipped 1,322 carloads as some growers profited while many faced heavy losses due to thrips and field inundation, likening onion farming to roulette where luck governs outcomes.
Public notice outlines required registration for all men born between June 6, 1896 and June 5, 1897 with exemptions, timing, and locations. It specifies registration on June 5, 1918 between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., at the local board of jurisdiction, and directs in person attendance or proxy filing by a designated representative. It warns of a misdemeanor and potential immediate induction for noncompliance, and provides guidance on mail return of certificates and seeking local board advice.
Washington June 5 marks Service Day as Amer ican history notes the second draft registration to occur tomorrow for men of military age since the first one a year ago. The new rules drop the master list and assign each registrant an order number by the local board, extending registration nationwide except Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico where separate calls will be set.
A brisk reminder to monitor THE TIMES daily for arising chances across months. It urges steady per month tracking to catch all notices, ads, and opportunities as they appear.
Tuesday events include hospital supply room staffed by Mrs. G Woodman and Mrs. W N Young, Red Cross Surgical Room with Miss Zara Mowry, Red Cross knitting with Mrs. J M Rodriguez, Alpha Club knitting for Red Cross at Mrs Dario Sanchez's home, Missionary Society story at 4 PM, Junior Auxiliary at Rectory, Ladies Aid at Red Cross Hospital, and community singing led by Mrs Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald. Wednesday notes cover Red Cross Hospital Room staffing, Parish Guild gathering, Christian Indeavor Training at 7 PM, with details in church listings.
A successful May 28 examination in Houston qualified a man to enter the naval aviation branch as a pilot. He is visiting his parents Judge and Mrs. Hal Greer while awaiting orders for training. The article also notes infant baptisms, church activities, a splash party at Bella Vista, and a forthcoming noted singer Millo Picco performing for Red Cross at the Royal Theater.
The Suffrage Department of the Woman's Club held a well attended meeting at the Club Rooms. Delegates reported on the recent State Suffrage Association convention in Austin. Senator Sheppard sent a letter read by Mrs. Greer. News included appointive honors, preparations for Laredo visit, and next meeting arrangements.
Entries recount events from 1776 English fleet at Charleston to 1917 Brusiloff’s appointment in Russia. Notable items include 1812 territorial name change to Missouri, 1825 Lafayette in Buffalo, 1859 Italian French victory at Magenta, 1867 New York State constitution revision, 1876 Abdul Aziz’s death by action, 1881 Wheeler’s death, 1892 Itata surrender, 1915 Kut el Amara capture, 1916 Asiago counterattacks, and 1917 Russia’s leadership change.
Three hundred passengers and crew of the steamship Carolina were rescued by the schooner Etta B. Douglass near Atlantic Port. Survivors were rushed to food and clothing while authorities report negligible German submarine toll with 350 casualties at most. Additional ships and crews associated with the Carolina remain unaccounted for, though overall shipping losses are limited to coastwise vessels. The City of Columba, feared sunk, is reported safe at a Arctic port with all aboard believed safe.
Allied forces on the western front halt German advance near Neuilly wood and in the Marne sector. An American patrol in the Lunéville area fought a large enemy group, with American losses light. Frontline reports note no further German gains between the Oise and Aisne as French and American counterattacks stabilize positions. The French stop the drive toward Paris, while German artillery activity increases around Albert and Serre. The casualty list lists 40 names today, and an allied Cologne raid resulted in 146 dead and about 150 wounded.
Worcester, June 4. The spring meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers opened today here to discuss how the engineering profession can aid the nation in the war effort. Topics include fuel supply, vocational training for war work, transportation, manufacturing economies, and the impact on textile and other industries related to the war.
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. Duluth has women street car conductors. Miss Anna Hiolland is filling a railroad crossing flag man position. Women railroad postal clerks are a near future possibility. Sioux Indian women at Standing Rock formed a Red Cross auxiliary. Directors General McAdoo ensure equal pay for women in railroad work for equal work.
Hundreds of old veterans who wore the Blue in the 1860s gather in Peoria for the fifty third annual Grand Army of the Republic Department of Illinois encampment. The event includes meetings with the Woman's Relief Corps Ladies of the G A R and other auxiliaries and an elaborate three day entertainment program.
Washington reports Navy officials believe the submarine that sank the American vessels is heading back to base, with planes, submarine chasers, and warships sweeping the seas. One survivor account from Atlantic City says the submarine captain claimed orders to sink or depart, while other sightings near the Atlantic coast describe a submarine being chased away between Charleston and the Cape Hatteras area.
Citizens report June 4 in New York City as police ban all display lights. Authorities cite safety concerns and public order, enforcing a citywide blackout for night illumination.
Washington June 4 Louis Lipsitz has been named as director at Dallas of the Southwest industrial zone by the war industries board.
Indianapolis June 4. A large attendance marked the opening of a war convention of the Co operative Millers of America. The sessions will continue until Saturday and focus on ways to satisfy Government requirements in operating mills.
Norman Oklahoma June 4 graduates receive diplomas at the University of Oklahoma’s twenty sixth annual commencement exercises. Dr W O Thompson president of Ohio State University delivered the commencement oration and did the honors of presenting degrees with President Stratton D Brooks of the university presiding.
Representatives from Massachusetts civic organizations met in the State House in Boston on June 4 to discuss plans for patriotic assimilation work. The gathering, invited by the State Committee on Public Safety, aims to coordinate efforts with the Council of National Defense and the Interior Department.
President Wilson declared opposition to further prohibition legislation unless the food administration asks for it in a letter to Senator Sheppard of Texas. Telegraphers May Strike report notes the strike decision will be made in Chicago tomorrow, per S J Konenkamp, president.
Nantucket Mass June 4 Two aviators Insign Roleau and Mechanic Harrington were rescued from their disabled hydroplane adrift ten miles southeast of Sankaty Head. An engine trouble forced a descent and the craft sank soon after the rescue.
A company commander reports to battalion HQ with a casualty figure of 2 601 he claims to have counted in his head while waiting in No Man's Land. He chose the number rather than risk counting bodies on the battlefield, saying it was safer to estimate than to walk the dangerous ground.
Two political candidates discussed the upcoming local election. A snide exchange about paying for votes drew mixed reactions from the audience, with a few cheers but most showing little interest, as reported by Harper's.
A humorous historical musing notes Frederick II’s motto Austria’s destiny to rule the world and how later rulers kept the initials A E I O U. The author playfully suggests if Frederick I were an English scholar he would read A E O U as Austria Ends in Overwhelming Upset, dismissing imperial pretensions.
Fragmentary lines echo wartime inflation with dialogue about price hikes. A speaker notes a thirty cent change while a respondent recalls how things have risen since the war, set against a cultural aside about a purple cow.
The annual convention of the Federation of Missouri Commercial Clubs began in St. Louis and will run through tomorrow. Proceedings focus entirely on war work, effectively making it a statewide wartime conference.
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