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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1918
Page
12
A Daily editorial argues a broad movement to ban German in schools churches and associations. It claims English suffices for German born workers, cites wartime insults to English speakers in Germany and predicts German language use will fade as translations supplant German texts.
The tale centers on Lieut Pat O'Brien who fell 2090 feet yet survived with minor injuries after escaping a German prison camp and wandering through Belgium to freedom in Holland over 70 days. The piece weighs war dangers versus civilian risks, noting many perish from trivial accidents and asserting aviation hazards are not vastly deadlier than daily peril. It argues risk tolerance defines soldiers and civilians, citing chatter about luck, fate, and the providence shielding daring individuals.
Mayor Robert McComb designates June 28 1918 as National War Savings Day in Laredo. All wage earners and taxpayers urged to attend 2 PM at district schoolhouses to pledge savings for War Savings Stamps and help meet a Texas statewide target of 91 million dollars. Absentee lists will be sent to state and national authorities. Witnessed by the mayor on June 15 1918.
Webb County Draft Board announces that the work or fight ruling takes effect July 1 placing eligible registrants in Class One and sending them to army cantonments as numbers are reached. The text details non productive occupations and exemptions, plus grounds for idleness and extensions, with emphasis on productive labor and penalties for idle or nonproductive work.
A Teneriffe Canary Islands seed supplier warns that German submarines threaten Bermuda onion seed shipments to the United States. The writer urges Congress and the Agriculture secretary to provide safe transport, possibly via submarine chasers, or seed deliveries may fail this year.
The Laredo Lodge of Elks held a Flag Day program at the Elks Hall last night. Despite a smaller crowd than hoped, the event proceeded smoothly with songs including The Star Spangled Banner and Auld Lang Syne, prayers, tributes, and a patriotic address by Ira O'Meara.
The United States Civil Service Commission will hold an open competitive examination for mounted watchman on July 6, 1918, at listed Texas locations including Brownsville Del Rio Eagle Pass El Paso Hidalgo Laredo Presidio Rio Grande Roma and Terlingua. Appointees will guard the Mexican border to detect and prevent illegal entry. Mounts must be furnished by appointees. salaries start at 100 dollars monthly with 20 dollars for maintenance of mount.
The passage states that occupation may justify removing a registrant from residence and that removal can cause unusual hardship. It also notes that changing employment might require women to be employed under unsuitable conditions, and boards may consider these circumstances as a reasonable excuse for non productive employment.
A lively column records Mr and Mrs N Saldana welcoming a baby girl as the home grows to two boys and two girls. Customs house buzzes with Saturday food card renewals. Reports from Teneriffe warn onion seed shortages unless US seed transport via war zones. The Times highlights the injunction work or fight for laborers andcivilians facing July 1 ejectio n of those not in the working class.
After a two day session the grand jury returned seven indictments for violation of the dry zone law by selling liquor. Indictments were handed up for Juan Canuche Pedro Sepulveda and Agapito Barrera. Judge J F Mullally discharged the grand jury this morning and District Attorney Walls set the criminal docket to begin trials next Monday.
A baseball game at Caliche Park features the Laredos against the Thirty-seventh Infantry tomorrow afternoon. The infantry team is boosted by recruits recently released from quarantine at Fort McIntosh. A roofed grandstand and extra seating have been added, promising a genuine national sport spectacle and a large crowd.
Holy Cross College marks its seventy fifth anniversary with a week of reunions pageants speeches and celebrations. Church dignitaries and alumni from across the country participate honoring founder Right Rev Benedict Fenwick and the college now counts hundreds of graduates including many prominent figures in law letters medicine and business. The item also notes George Sisler as a Browns star nearing the base stealing title.
Saturday and Sunday society items list Red Cross rooms and knitting circles led by Mrs. Gill Mac Gregor Kistetter and the St Ursula Guild. Religious groups meet at churches Sunday evening and Monday chapters of Junior Red Cross and Sunbeam Band hold sessions. Community notices invite society items and weddings while many residents travel or host visitors. Equal Suffrage Society forms and weighs merger with Woman's Club for coordinated effort with temporary leadership.
Major Walter L. Woodul assistant adjutant general arrives from Austin on official business. Woodlief Thomas visiting. F. W. Seabury of Brownsville in the city for district court. R. B. Echols J. Y. Harris Ed. B. Kotula and G. A. Moreland depart by automobile at noon for Corpus Christi.
The United States weather bureau forecast from New Orleans, transmitted daily by The Times, indicates tonight and Sunday will be fair.
Observations for the Fort McIntosh area show a maximum temperature of 98 degrees and a minimum of 74 degrees during the 24 hours ending at 7 a m today. Winds were from the southeast and the sky remained clear.
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