The Funny Mr Creel Criticized By The Public
The article reports on George Creel head of the national publicity bureau delivering an address to Americans. It notes Creel’s sharp critique of war criticism focusing on broomstick drills and the Liberty motor while arguing the public blamed the War Department for lack of rifles rather than drill equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Creel
National Publicity Bureau
United States Senate
War Department
Creel
Mr. Creel
Liberty motor faith and Creel clash in town debate
The essay condemns officials who cast doubt on the Liberty motor after public trust in its capabilities. It accuses Mr Creel of pressuring the public to believe what he wishes and failing to admit misinformation such as the false Fourth of July U boat attack claim. People remain eager for the motor to perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Kilkenny
Mason
Illinois
Treflin
Alabama
Heffin
Heflin
Mr. Mason
Mr. Heflin
Germany
von Hindenburg
America
War Department
Aviation Department
Liberty
United States
Mr. Creel
Maps Fail to Predict War Movements Says French Authority
A French military expert warns civilians and soldiers alike that territorial gains or losses do not reliably indicate the tide of war. He argues American readers cannot judge strategy by maps, noting manpower and broader objective factors dominate outcomes and cautioning against overemphasizing local gains or losses.
War Notes Emphasize Allied Strategy and German Losses
The article argues German forces suffer heavy losses in their drive, offsetting territorial gains. It urges Americans to view enemy progress with caution, noting that the war’s outcome hinges on vital facilities. It states Allies aim to exhaust German strength until their own offense can prevail.
Lynch Law and German Spies Stir Washington Debates
The piece criticizes Congress and the President for blaming others over the Collinsville lynching of a man accused as a German agent. It argues lynching stems from slow judicial action and warns against fining counties for lynchings. It notes wartime spy activity but questions government effectiveness in punishing them.
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Washington
Prager
Collinsville
Illinois
Congress
Dyer
United States
Germany
Woodland Fancies and Elfin Figures Amid Green Realms
A poetic wanderer roams a woodland of grassy banks and peat pools that mirror the sky. Golden bracken hides tiny figures pretending to be ferns as the speaker wanders, meeting whispers and unsure delights in a mossy, dreamlike landscape.
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Puneh
Reckless Eve headlining at Majestic with wide vaudeville bill
The Majestic Theater features The Reckless Eve as headline act with Cooper and Ricardos in Ah Gimme the Ring. The show includes bright scenery, lavish costumes, music and a large cast. Princess Theatre offers Halley and Noble, Alice Nelson, the Steiners Trio and films with Alice Joyce and Marc MacDermott.
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Majestic
Majestic Theater
Cooper
Ricardo
Princess
Princess Theater
Halley and Noble
Alice Nelson and Company
Steiner Trio
Steiner
Charles K Klass
Mmusical Encyclopedia
Klass
Alice Joyce
Marc MacDermott
Robert W. Champers
The Rose of Blood at Grand Ends Tonight
The four day Fox feature The Rose of Blood starring Theda Bara closes with tonight’s Grand showing. The plot uses the Russian revolution as backdrop with fictitious figures. Bara plays a young revolutionary ally asked to kill her husband, the empire’s premier. Mrs Vernon Castle appears at the Grand in The WiltereSt Anne Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Theda Bara
Grand
Fox
Theda
Bara
the Grand
Russia
Miss Bura
Julian Eitinge Stars in The Widow's Might at Empire
Entertainer Julian Eitinge headlines at the Empire in The Widow's Might a new comedy drama by Marion Wairfax directed by William de Mille. Also showing Dustin Farnam in Durand of the Bad Lands at Pearl today with rugged frontier action and a pardon twist. Tomorrow Gadey Brockwell debuts in The Devil's Wheel.
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Julian Eitinge
Empire
Julian Witinge
the Empire
Marion Wairfax
Wiliam
de Mille
Dick Tavish
Avorld
Paramount
Dustin Furnam
Peark
Rom An Outhaw
Dustin Marnin
Durand
Badlands
Mr. Sar- Num
Dick Warandy
Indias
lHull
Ghady Brockwell
The 149th Plan Keeps in Touch With France Men
Residents with kin in the 148th Field Artillery form The 149th organization and publish a sixteen page magazine monthly. It shares letters from soldiers, regimental history, and aids welfare by supplying artificial limbs and helping veterans find jobs after return. Col Daniel B McCarty received a copy in Chicago.
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Chicago
Illinois
148Th Field Artillery
France
149Th
Daniel 1B. McCarty
Move to new wards at Camp Travis measles unit
Camp Travis prepares to move its measles patients from barracks to the newly completed convalescent hospital wards. Colonel I W Rand says patients will be removed immediately and a weather shelter portico will be added at the hospital receiving station. Work on a six bed nurses ward has begun.
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Camp Travis
I. W. Rand
Rand
Falling German birth rate sparks special committee
The Prussian government tells a committee that wartime birth declines exceed battlefield deaths and that postwar births will not return to prewar levels. Remedies cited include allowances, better housing, and premiums on births for young couples.
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Pri Diet
London Times
Berliner Tagebladt
Germans Begin Peace Gains Reflected in Russia
In Petrograd April 10 German peace gains appear. A German delegate is expected, a Russian origin edited German paper has appeared, German merchants arrive in annexed areas trading for corn sugar and provisions, a German bank opens in Minsk and other towns offering credits. German loans to Russia cited, fleet moving prisoners to Libau, Black Sea mines cleared, Red Cross appeals for Romanov conditions.
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London ‘Lines
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
the Public Ledger Co
Petrograd
Germany
Russia
Ukraine
Minsk
Siberian
Libau
Odessa
Constantinople
Black Sea
The
Red Cross
Grounds and balloon school move to Camp John Wise
Durango Street grounds once used by the Missouri Aeronautical Reserve Society for free ballooning are now an auxiliary base for Camp John Wise. Maj. A. B. Lambert becomes commandant. the first large sausage balloon rose using a new gas. Free ballooning is halted as the site is repurposed for captive balloon instruction. Major Taumbert replaces Prentice as commander while Prentice is hospitalized with illness.
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Durango Street
Missouri Aeronautical Reserve Society
Camp
John Wise
Government
Maj
A. B. Lambert
Aeronautical School
Camp John Wise
Aeronautical Society
Edward I. Feinsten
Taumbert
Treut
James Prentice
John Wiss
Prentice
Medical Officers Tour Nearby Camp Hospitals
Maj. F. E. Bunts head of the surgical section at Camp Travis base hospital leads a tour to Camp Logan Camp Beauregard Camp Shelby and Camp Pike. The War Department backs cross camp visits to share best practices and observe facilities.
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F. E. Bunts
Camp Traviss Base Hospital
Camp Logan
Camp Beaureguard
Camp Shelby
Camp Pike
War Department
Camp Travis
Major McDih
Camp Kearney
Major Hill
Camp Te Fan
Major Rodman
Camp MacArthur
Fort Sam Houston Posts Speed Limit Warnings
Warnings posted at Fort Sam Houston entrances alert that violations of the 15 mile per hour military reservation limit will lead to prosecution. Post guards will arrest speeders beyond 10 mph and may file in federal court or deny post entry. Includes roads from Wilson and New Braunfels Avenue to Camp Travis and the hospital ramp with a six mile per hour limit inside Camp Travis.
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Wis
Fort Sam Mouston
Post
Wilson
New Braunfels Avenue
Camp, Travis
Camip Travis Use Hospital
War era clippings and editorials from scattered Texas papers
A collage of wartime headlines and opinions from multiple Texas papers. The items critique policies, praise thrift stamps, discuss prohibition, and note local events such as a pie social raising funds for the Red Cross. Minor anecdotes reference labor, depots, and home front sentiments amid the war tension.
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Paris
Calais
Fock
Amiens
Carrie Onn
149Th Regiment
Durango
Real Sport
By Briggs
Mrs Brown
the Tribune Assoc
New York Tribune
Lufkin Daily News
Orange Leader
Star-Telegram of
Fort Worth
Beaumont Journal
Dallas Times-Herald
Looney
Wy Ie
Locust Grove
Glazier Review
Cleburne Review
Youkun Times
Eagle Pass
Southern Pacific
Corpus Christi Times
Hk Se Se
Yorktown News
Cyclone Davis
Teuton
Roafer
Austin Statesman Am
Stevie
Gunter Star
Wu Slacker
Sir Sihale
Tne
Clarksville Times
Times
St Mme
Say Ike Dhe
Berlin
London
Lorena
Lorena Register
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