Texas Heroes Texas Heroes The Honor Roll of Army Casualties
A long list of Army personnel from Texas and nearby areas killed in action, died of wounds, or missing in action. It names ranks, names, and hometowns such as Lieutenant Robert J. Hutchinson El Paso Private George Smart Beaumont Corporal John Laughon Odessa Private Arthur Grant Corpus Christi and many more, with statuses including Died in action Died of wounds and Missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Hutchinson
el Pano
George ©. Smart
Beaumont
John Laughon
Odessa
Arthur Grant
Corpus Christi
Frank W Staton
Dallas
Ollie Pike
Fruitvale
Mount Graham
Vase
John A. Heintz
Leander
Walter Pierce
Orance
Walter F. Kinesid
Sulphur Springs
Jewell Daniel
Stephenville
Prosx Rogers
Ottrien
James A. Cooper
Hale Center
John Murphy
Paul Wo Schroeder
Germantown
Marine Casualties List Names Many Fallen Soldiers
Private Jesse A. Palmer Huntsville. Private Dewey L. Pittman San Antonio. Sergeant Harry N. Lacey Lancaster. Died From Wounds. Private Sam M. Buchanan Morris. Private Arthur D. Lowrie Burkett. Private Leslie B. Scott League City. Private John Hale Thrall. Corporal Clarence D. Bradford Ashland. Corporal John W. Hufsmith Houston. Private Thomas J. Barrentine McKinney. Private Dewey Schmidt Whitney. Private Thomas B. Hoffman Yoakum. Sergeant Holland C. Cogdell Abilene. Private Dixie G. Epperson Whitewright. Private Jesse C. Eubanks Paris. Private Roy B. Graham Rogers. Private Della B. Harris San Antonio. Private Grover C. Noonan Houston. Private Norval J. Rich Handley. Lieutenant Walter S. Tout Jr Weatherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse A. Palmer
Huntsville
Dewey L. Pittman
San Antonio
Harry N. Lacey
Lancaster
Sam M. Buchanan
Morris
Arthur D. Lowrie
Burkett
Leslie B. Scott
League City
John Hale
Thrall
Clarence D. Bradford
Ashland
Thomas J. Barrentine
McKinney
Dewey Schmidt
Whitney
Thomas B. Hoffman
Yoakum
Holland C. Cogdell
Abilene
Dixie G. Epperson
Whitewright
Jesse C. Eubanks
Paris
Roy B. Graham
Rogers
Della B. Harris
Grover C. Noonan
Mouston
Norval J. Rich
Handley
Walter S. Tout, Jr
Weatherford
Dallas Police Seize Whisky Cache in North Dallas Raid
Dallas police raided a North Dallas house and seized a truckload of whisky valued around 4000 dollars. No arrests were reported.
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Dallas
Tex
Allied Drive Net German Prisoners and Captures
British and French forces launch a new push as thousands of German troops are taken prisoner. Allied units report large quantities of captured materials and equipment.
Germans Surprised on Vesle Front in World War I Clash
Allied forces pressed German lines from Montdidier to Vesle with crossings at the Vesle river and gains north of Rheims and Soissons. British and American troops extended control on the north bank while German counterattacks failed to retake routes, signaling shifts near Soissons and Flanders.
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Vesle
Soissons
Braisne
Fismes
Rheims
Marne
St. Brize
Aisne
Aisne-Vesle
Flanders Salient
Clarence and
Law Rivers
Local Precinct Totals Released in Primary Election
In Texas precincts Hobby leads with 420 924 votes in the primary. Pairings include Cat Littherott as governor and Mayfield as second district candidate. Final congress results: Parrish 16969 Spencer 16613 Haney 5177 in the Thirteenth district.
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Dalian
Tex.i
TOON
Texas
Hobby
Oxerin
Fer
HSA
Littherott Poverner
Tore Hy Cowell
Bailey Vieiendersan
Davidson
Spoomts
Eae Woods
Staner
Pierson
Martin
Lattimore
Ward Teats
Thirteenth
Spencer
Parrish
Haney
Harrowing torpedoing of British ship Warilda shocks wartime port
The British liner Warilda was torpedoed on Saturday in what is described as one of submarine warfare history’s darkest disasters. Estimates place dead at 105 to 130 or more, including several women nurses. The vessel carried 600 sick and wounded, seven Americans among them—two officers and five enlisted men—of whom all but one private were accounted for. Eighty nine nurses and voluntary aid members were aboard, with about 200 crew.
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Warilda
Voluntary Aid Department
British Hold Airplane Supremacy
A weekly air review claims continued British dominance with 11 enemy planes shot down and 7 British planes missing on the western front. On other fronts 18 enemy aircraft were destroyed at the cost of two British planes.
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London
Draft ages 18 to 45 under war department plan
Congress considers a bill from the war department outlining a manpower program with draft ages from 18 to 45. The measure, introduced in both houses, aims for prompt consideration when regular sessions resume later this month.
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Waethington
Congress
War Department
Mouday
Senate
House
Call for 4000 White Men to Camp Travis in August
Texas selective service received a call from Provost Marshal General Crow der for 4000 white men to be sent to Camp Travis San Antonio from August 26 to 30 and 1750 Negro men to be sent from August 22 to 24, inclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas Selective Service Department
Crowder
Camp Travis
San Antonio
Ensign Barnes Sets World Airship Flight Record
Ensign P. J. Barnes of the American naval air forces in European waters stayed aloft for 30 hours and 30 minutes in a Blimp type airship, establishing a new world record for sustained flight, the navy department announced Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P. J. Barnes
Naval Air Forces
Navy Department
Lightship Sunk by Submarine Off Cape Hatteras
The Diamond Shoal lightship off Cape Hatteras was shelled and sunk by an enemy submarine Wednesday. The crew abandoned ship and reached shore safely.
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Washington
Diamond Shoal
Cape Hatteras
Nay
Navy Department
Women Demonstrators Arrested Near White House
About 50 women attempted a protest at Lafayette Square opposite the White House to urge quicker action on the woman suffrage amendment. Police arrested the demonstrators on Tuesday.
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Washington
Woman’s Party
Senate
Lafayette Square
White House
Louisiana Senate Ratifies Federal Prohibition Amendment
The Louisiana Senate on Tuesday approved the federal prohibition amendment by a 21 to 20 vote in Baton Rouge. The closely watched decision reflects tight party lines and stakes for state enactment of nationwide reform.
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Louisiana
Senate
Baton Rouge
Price debate on cotton seed at Houston meeting
State Agricultural Department notes from a Houston gathering chaired by US Food Administrator Peden. Representatives from multiple agricultural and marketing groups discussed fixing cotton seed and meal values. A proposal to raise cotton seed price to 56 per ton was defeated after D C Dove argued meal and seed values were close, with farmers potentially due more.
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Houston
United States Food
Peden
Cable Growers’ Association
Cotton Seed Crushers Age Soletion
State Percenniial Department
Federal Reserve Bank
Parvnera’ Union
State Warehome and Marketing Department
State Ginners’ Association
Texas Farmers’ Congress
Texas Pure Loan Bank
D.C. Dove
State Agricultural Department
Reasons for Draft Extension and Army Expansion
Senate military committee heard General Peyton C. March explain war department aims to extend the draft age to include women 18 to 46. The decision to build a 5,000,000-strong American army was reached around July 20 and aligns with a Paris agreement reached earlier.
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Washington
Foch
France
Great Britain
United States
Senate Military Committee
Peyton C. March
War Department
Paris
Rice Crop Damaged by Storm Near Lake Charles
Beaumont Tex Rice crop around Lake Charles suffered about 50 percent damage from Tuesday’s storm. Much of the standing grain was near harvest when the damage occurred.
Louisiana Mob Hangs Negro in Bastrop Lynching
A young Black man named Rubber Hall was seized from Sheriff B. H. Spear and hanged by a mob in Bastrop La. on Wednesday after being accused of criminal assault against the wife of attorney Rubber Hall of Bastrop.
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Shreveport
Bastrop
Rubber Hall
B. H. Spear
U Boat Sinks Japanese Ship Off Nova Scotia Coast
An American schooner rescued eighty five crew members from a Japanese freighter torpedoed off the Nova Scotia coast. The ship was sunk by a U boat near a Canadian Atlantic port.
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Nova Scotia
Niece of President Weds at the White House
Miss Alice Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph R Wilson of Baltimore and niece of President Wilson married Rev I S McElroy Jr of Columbus Ga at the White House on Wednesday.
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Washington
Alice Wilson
Joseph R. Wilson
Baltimore
President Wilson
I. S. McElroy, Jr
Columbus, Ga
White House
Dentist who planted teeth found dead in bed
La Crosse Wisconsin, Dr George F Hauser 45, discoverer of a jaw tooth planting method used in European war hospitals, was found dead in his bed Friday.
Cholera Strikes Petrograd Amid Citywide Outbreak
Fremdenblatt of Hamburg cites Petrograd cholera cases exceeding 20 000 with 1 100 deaths reported up to last Saturday as the outbreak worsens in the city.
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Petrograd
Amsterdam
Fremdenblatt of
Louisiana Storm Devastates Lake Charles Toll Rises
Tornado and storm left Lake Charles and surrounding areas in ruins with at least nineteen killed and twenty seriously injured. At Gerstner Field two men died. 1,200 soldiers faced care needs as communicationscollapsed. Widespread property loss exceeds 1 million dollars amid debris filling streets.
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Lake Charles
Gerstner Aviation Field
Longnecker
Jack Bayou
Joe Miller
Big Lake
Texas Insurance Companies Operating in State List
Austin Texas The department of insurance and banking has completed a list of authorized insurers for the current year with counts by class. Texas stock fire 3 Texas mutual fire hail storm and lightning 10 mutual fire hail storm and lightning other states 18 fire and marine stock other states 2 foreign fire and marine 50 county mutual fire 19 Texas miscellaneous stock 3 outside miscellaneous stock 64 Texas life health and accident 12 outside life health and accident 29 Texas assessment life or accident 10 outside assessment 9 Texas fraternals 12 outside fraternals 44 reciprocal exchanges 30 and focal mutual aid associations confined to one county or territory within twenty five miles of the home office 66.
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Austin
Tex
Department of Insurance and Banking
Texas
Texas Stock Fire
Texas Mutual Fire
Mutual
Foreign
County Mutual
Texas Miscellaneous
Texas Life, Health and
Outside Life
Texas Companies
Texas Fraternals
Focal Mutual Aid
Fifteenth Division to Be Organized at Camp Logan
Camp Logan will organize and train the Fifteenth Division, regular army, with Colonel D J Baker reporting the designation. The exact commanding general remains unknown and expected promotions may follow to fill senior posts. The Forty third Infantry and Fifty seventh Infantry regiments will form the core of the infantry brigades at the camp.
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Houston
Tex
Camp Logan
D. J. Baker
Americans Take Part in Archangel Landing
American troops joined the allied landing at Archangel last week. The first detachment included members of the Russian Officers' League. Northern Russia welcomed the Americans and saw them as a sign of genuine allied friendship with Russia.
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Russia
Kandalaska
Archangel
Private Sentenced for Disrespect at Camp Travis
Private John A. MacMahon of the quartermaster corps at Camp Travis received six months confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of two thirds of his pay for disrespect toward a superior officer.
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San Antonio
Tex
John A. MacMahon
Quartermaster Corps
Camp Travis
Cavalry Unit Renamed Seventh Regiment in Texas
In San Antonio Texas the First Texas cavalry will be redesignated as the Seventh regiment marking a change in designation for the unit local officials announced the decision ahead of future assignments and duties.
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San Antonio
Tex
Regiment of
Texas Cavalry
First Texas Cavalry
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise for Expectant Mothers
Mrs Pearl Monyhan of Mitchell Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing neuralgia during pregnancy and reports she gained strength after three bottles. The letter notes good health for mother and baby seven months into gestation and urges other expectant mothers to consider the remedy.
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Mitchell
Ind
Lydia R. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pearl Monyhan
Lydia Ww. Pinkham
No Worms in a Healthy Child Ad for Tonic
An advertisement claims Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic prevents and expels worms in children. It asserts poor color and stomach trouble signal worm presence and promises blood enrichment digestion aid and general strengthening after two to three weeks of regular use. Bottle price six cents.
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Grove
Sacred Trust and Unflinching Loyalty in Friendship
A reflection on loyalty as a sacred trust. The text contrasts sealed lips and inkless pens with the invisible, enduring integrity of character. It extols guarded trust as armor that sustains worth in friendship and resists tattling or betrayal.
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W. Stewart Royston
Man Kills Police Barriers With Daredevil Drive
A man speeds at fifty miles per hour, taunting police as he goes. He asks if the companion is brave, and she drinks dust while replying with grit.
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Texas Heroes
William Wf. Merguson
Ore City
Steve CG Danyech
Wethoff
John Wo Fondren
Coleman
Leon Gilber
Meaumont
Lennel Maar
Mast
Jeymes Wo Breeran
Wreatherford
Fédtiy T Geosh
Bgvse Witeneek
Phothe Hasay
Moarsten
Meriiitte
Vibe Fe
Owited
Mort Worth Hirivale Aeyae
Saab Mrivite
Serer Lia
Areyle
Orparaki Waihi
Charles Phildin
Gap
Jose Neweerts
Fort Worth
Robert Bo Phillips
Tanglewood
Hennett Burnham
Marble Falls
John Bo Deal
Edna
Lee No Higgins
MckKinney
John Ho Hopkins
Ernest Morey
Beeville
Charles Hoff
Denison
Archie FE. Brown
el Paso
William Coston
Tracey R. Staines
Henry A. Welsch, Jr
Corporal Bert D. Coleman
Henrietta
Corporal Morgan Smith
Wichita Falls
Walter S. Callier
Brownwood
Samuel R. Dennis
Seajnant
Matthew Cipra
Lreredo
Wilburgh Edwards
Mueneter
Leonard Gore
Robert Santana
San An
Tonio
Reginald Spears
Pbport Worth
Wiklhim
Della
Jom Thornton
Thomas
Lester M. ‘Tilley
Birmereville
Ralph Ro Martin
Alvin
Ging A. Weise
North Zuleh
Ephraim CL Young
Hitler William Garrett Darland
Meliss
Ollie T. Dunker
Lockhart
John M. McGowan
Caldwell
Paul Strone
Louston
Guy Pickett
Katrnes City
Ernest Schneider
Giddings
Marvin Dotson
Amarillo
Berdest Fancher
Garrison
Rowan Hl. Tucker
Port Worth
Corporal John W. Hufsmith
Montdidier
Amiens
Vesle River
Montedidier
Min
Pac Pede Borhoad
Ieee
Villers Bretonneux
Framerville
Mortdidier
Rezion
Morlancourt
Albert
Channel
Rupprecht
Soissons-Rheims
Gooditt
Terre
Mayfield
Mit
I Kiner
Tox
Coding
Kine
Ricks
Ask
Air
President Weds
C. C. Therrel
Hackbury Heinze
Louis John
Ralph Moss
A. Harmon
C.D. Barbie
Emil Canmon
Hi-Mount
Myrtle Jones
Watkings
Carbon
Alice Waddell
Hi- Mount
Lating Boudreau
M. James
Behrens Drug Co
Waco
McCane’s Detective Agency
Peden Iron & Steel CO
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