Campaign to gain government control of Medina dam urged
A Texas conference of bankers, farmers, and merchants launched a Food and Feed Campaign urging the federal government to lease or commandeer Medina dam and 60 000 acres for irrigation to boost wartime food production. The plan creates five departments including seed supply schools and canning, with a joint committee to drive outreach across southwest Texas and to organize back yard cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Ar Department
Medina
John B. Carrington
Chamber of Commierce
Agricultural Committee
Bankers’ Committee
Clearing House
Alamo Bank
San Antonio
General Joint Committee
Medina Dam
Washington
Medina Valley Irrigation Company
J. N. Brown
Edwin Chamberlain
J. K. Beretta
Frederick Terrell
F. M. McCaleb
Pleasanton
W. G. Hand
Glad to Learn of It April Weather Affects Health
A letter from C. Smith of Augusta Georgia praises Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds saying the 25c bottle helped. The note cautions against imitations and notes the product is sold at Fischer's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Smith
12Th St. Augusta
Foley
Fischer
British War News Sees Delayed Lille Relief Expectation
Report from Britain notes no flags or celebrations yet as Allied push continues. Analysts believe major operations may soon unfold and anticipate Lille relief after Leng falls, signaling a turning point in the Hindenburg Line campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Lile
Leng
Lille
Vimy Ridge Decapitated by British Artillery at Dawn
Staff Correspondent reports from Vimy Ridge on April 14 as British siege guns blasted the ridge forcing a German retreat. Canadian patrols push beyond Wendy outskirts while the topography becomes a shell crater maze. The ridge protected coal iron and mineral lands Germany seized early in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
London
Vimy Ridge
Wendy
Vimy
Germany
British Forces Break Through At Lens Vimy Ridge Front
In 1914 Lens lies near British lines and eyes the front lines as German mines threaten. A Canadian officer tells the AP that the attackers now dominate, while shells thunder and German guns are silenced by British fire. The Germans endure a torrent of shells and machine gun fire from advancing Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lens
Vimy Ridge
Douai
France
Associated Press
Artillery Fire Intensifies on Front in Champagne
Paris reports heavy artillery fighting in Champagne with marked intensity. French patrols were active and returned prisoners. South of St Quent in area there were significant artillery actions.
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Paris
Champagne
War Office
St. Quentin
German Army Says Attacks Fail. British Losses Claimed
Berlin reports a pause near Arras on April 14 and says British assaults against the St Quentin position failed with heavy British losses. It notes enemy attacks near Croiselles and Bulecourt were repulsed after violent artillery fire, with equal German losses claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Arras
Scarpe
Somme
St. Quentin
Croiselles
Bulecourt
Clarence L Jones obituary notes Alabama native dies at 39
Clarence L Jones, 39, died at 7 55 Saturday morning at his home 109 Wyoming Street. He leaves a widow and three children Cecil Cleo and Clarence Jr a brother Ernest Jones of Walnut Springs Texas another brother Cecil Jones of Carrizo Springs and two sisters Mrs Emily Bonner of Palacios and J T Bramlett of Alton Texas his mother Mrs William Jones of Palacios He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Lodge 369 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles The funeral is set for 3 PM Sunday at his residence Rev A Wolff of St John s Lutheran Church will officiate and interment will be in the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen plot cemetery No 4
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Clarence L. Jones
Wyoming Street
Alabama
Cecil
Cleo
Clarence Jones Jr
Ernest Jones
Walnut Springs
Texas
Cecil Jones
Carrizo Springs
Emily Bonner
Palacios
J. T. Bramlett
Alton
Lil
William Jones
Obituary of D B Jeffers in San Antonio
D B Jeffers, 69, died Friday at 7 30 am at 1423 East Houston Street. A native of Ohio and retired US government commissary sergeant, he lived in San Antonio over the last decade and had visited the city for 20 years. Survived by his widow, he belonged to Beacon Light Lodge No 60, Order of Masons. Funeral at 3 pm Saturday from the residence with burial in National Cemetery and full military honors.
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D. B. Jeffers
East
Houston Street
Ohio
United States
San Antonio
Beacon Light Lodge No. 60
Order of Masons
National Cemetery
Death of Rita Mendez in San Antonio
Rita Mendez 35, a native of San Luis Potosi Mexico and resident of San Antonio five years, died Friday night in a local hospital. She is survived by her husband Juan Mendez of 112 Bowie Street. The funeral is set for 2 30 PM Saturday at Guerra Undertaking Company chapel with services to follow at San Fernando Cathedral and burial in San Fernando Cemetery.
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Rita Mendez
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
San Antonio
Juan Mendez
Bowie Street
Guerra Undertaking Company
San Fernando Cathedral
San Fernando Cemetery
Local Man Daniel Gorman Dies in Texas Rail Depot Incident
Daniel Gorman aged 72 died at 5 a m Saturday at Robert B Green Memorial Hospital. A Douglas Arizona resident, he became ill in the waiting room of the Southern Pacific passenger depot en route home after visiting his brother W C Gorman at Oakville Texas Thursday night. The body is held by Shelley Loring Undertaking Company pending advice from relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Gorman
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Mr. Gorman
Douglas
Ariz
W. C. Gorman
Oakville
Texas
Southern Pacific
Shelley- Loring Undertaking Company
Brady 29 Dies After Hospital Stay in San Antonio
James T. Brady, 29, died Friday night in a local hospital. A Michigan native, he had lived in San Antonio for three months. A sister resides in Michigan. The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 PM from Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company with interment at Cemetery No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Brady
Michigan
San Antonio
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Mrs Annie McCarty Dies at 86 in Laredo
The body of Mrs. Annie McCarty, 86, who died Thursday night at Laredo, arrived in San Antonio Friday night and is held at Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McCarty
Laredo
San Antonio
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Roosevelt’s Son Joins Canadian Aviation Corps
Quentin Roosevelt son of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has joined the Canadian aviation corps to train for service with the American army if needed for a front expedition. Federal officers released Japanese cotton buyer K Takada after detention in St Louis for Eads Bridge photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin Roosevelt
Montreal
Theodore Roosevelt
Canadian Aviation Corps
ST. Louis
K. Takada
Austin
Texas
Eads Bridge
United States
Brazil Mobilizes for National Defense Amid Regional Tensions
Reports from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo describe broad military activity and defense planning in Brazil. The army staff studies defense, munition production, and port protection while rumors speak of potential breach with Austria. Police intervened to protect a German newspaper plant as patriotic demonstrations spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Austria
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Jornal Do Commercio
Bolivia breaks off ties with Germany over submarine attacks
Bolivia announces severance of diplomatic relations with the German Empire citing German submarine attacks on neutral ships as violations of international law and The Hague convention. The Bolivian note recalls the sinking of the Tubantia in neutral waters and issues passports for the German legation. German subjects and property will have protection as long as they refrain from delinquent acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Germany
Berlin
Spain warns Germany over sinking of San Alcencio
Madrid reports Foreign Minister Gimeno sent a protest to Berlin via dispatch pouch not Madrid. papers call the hour grave, urging cabinet unity as Spain faces reverberations from the incident and insists on a firm national course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
London
Gimeno
Germany
Berlin
Diario Universale
Spain
Correspondencia de Espana
Torpedoing of Argentine Ship Sparks Public Outcry
News of the sinking of the Argentine sailing ship Monte Protegido, likely by a German submarine, deeply unsettles Buenos Aires. The Nacion calls for calm while condemning the act as criminal and urging the government to take an energetic stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Nacion
Two Germans Held After Weekend Arrests in San Antonio
Two men, a German naval reservist and a San Antonian, were detained by police after early Saturday arrests. No charges were filed yet, per Robert L. Barnes, head of the bureau of investigation, with detentions aligning to President Wilsons war proclamation. The San Antonian was seized at 12:25 a.m. and the German naval reservist at 8:30 a.m. Investigators believe the German has been in San Antonio about two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonian
Robert L. Barnes
Bureau of Investigation
Wilson
Needham
Barnes
San Antonio
Nelms Offers Bay Ridge Home as Naval Hospital
A. H. Nelms former Houston cotton exchange president offers his summer home at Bay Ridge near Houston as a naval hospital and also offers his yacht to the government under conditional acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
A. H. Nelms
The
Houston Cotton Exchange
Bay Ridge
Nelms
Negroes to Show Loyalty Meeting Called at Benevolent Hall
A loyalty meeting for negroes to offer services to the government is set for Monday night at Benevolent Hall 115 North Center Street. Signers include Dr J G Selby A Parrish Jr Douglas Parrish Ed Cook Dr G J Starnes D W Tuck EE Thompson W E Hane and William Logwood Jr. Labels by Dulling Printing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent Hall
North Center Street
J. G. Selby
A. Parrish Jr
Douglas Parrish
Ed Cook
G. J. Starnes
D. W. Tuck
Ee, Thompson
W. E. Hane
William Logwood Jr
Horse Killed, Riderless Car Crash Sinks to Piercing Night
A horse hit by an automobile at East Houston and Elm Streets was shot by police after it became uncontrollable. The horse, attached to a light buggy, died on the scene. the car’s occupants were uninjured. Police could not identify the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Hein
East Houston
Elm Streets
New Casino Directors Elected at Meeting
The annual Casino directors election held Friday night selected Adolph Wagner Thomas G Leighton Erhard R Guenther Henry Kohler Harry Hertzberg Max A Kreuger Ernest Groos Leon Goodman Rudolph Groos Adolph G Beckmann and W M Berman. They plan to meet April 23 to choose officers for the year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casino
Adolph Wagner
Thomasg. Leighton
Erhard R. Guenther
Henry Kohler
Harry Hertzberg
Max A. Kreuger
Rnest Groos
Leon Goodman
Rudolph Groos
Adolph G. Beckmann
W. M. Berman
Navy Department Seeks Applicants for Examinations
Examinations to be given as applications arrive to fill vacancies in navy yards stations and offices of super intending constructors of the Navy Department. Many vacancies are said to exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Loyalty meeting called for San Antonio volunteers
A loyalty meeting of Black residents to offer services to the government is scheduled for Sunday April 15 at 3 p m at Beacon Light Masonic Hall Chestnut and Bills Alley. W J West Max Mills R A Bee W Burney and W M Walker are listed as organizers. Every man who loves his country is urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Beacon Light Masonic Hall
Cor
Chestnut and
Bills Alley
W. J. West
Max Mills
R. A. Bee
W. Burney
W. M. Walker
Local notices mix car ads and farm talk in city paper
A collage of classified items includes Lone Star Auto Livery and Jeffery cars ad rates, a garden instruction session for about 100 pupils, a Beer Bottlers Local 71 dance at Turner Hall, tire and jewelry offers, a fire department compliment with a $50 donation, and a “clean-up week” city initiative. References to Obenheimer building fire, local lawyers, dentists, and shooting club events appear amid multiple small ads.
Fiesta decision looms as city to haul away refuse
City Commissioner Ray Lambert told the City Federation of Women's Clubs that all available city wagons will be placed with the committee next Monday to haul away refuse and trash collected by property owners. Junior Home Guard officers are forming, organizing young men to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Lambert
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Local youth recruits chosen at Travis Park church
Fifteen and eighteen year olds were picked Friday at a recruiting meeting held at Travis Park Methodist Church. Names include Company A officers H H Phillips captain Charles Chowning first lieutenant Manor Puckett second lieutenant and Company B captain Ford Presnall and second lieutenant Walter Franks. General Pershing will supply a military instructor, per organizer F W Huntress. Recruitment continues at 412 State Bank building.
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Travis Park Methodist Church
H. H. Phillips
Charles Chowning
Manor Puckett
Ford Presnall
Walter Franks
F. W. Huntress
General Pershing
State Bank Building
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Bexar County
Southwest
State College
Frank Clark
Extension Department
Agricultural College
Temple
P. F. Stewart
Carrington
Mr. Carrington
J. M. Vance
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
George J. Roark
Agricultural and Mechanical College
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Agricultural & Mechanical College
Clark
Nea
Worl A
Z. D. Bonner
W. W. Collier
W. R. King
J. K K. Beretta
T. N. Smith
Ferdinand Herff
Agricultural Committee of the
Charles Graebner
Emil Praeger
W. C. Silliman
Arthur H. Muir
R. O. McCormack
Tom G. Leighton
Clearing House Association
Riddle von Hindenburg
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Automobile Cetguens
Canada
BAR
Army
Navy
Federal
Dulling Printing Co
Brotherhood of American Yeomen Lodge
Willett
Bogg
la Barre
Ave. E
Raleigh Club
K. of C. Hall
Homen Bros. Union Orch
Ady
Merca Rosas
Monterey Street
Commerce Street
Kohleffel and Southall
O'Connell Loan Co
Turner Hall
Willett’s Orch
Jeffrey
A.dance
Gents
Willett's Orch
Dan Lewis
Kampmann
Travis
Ella Brown
Matamoras Street
Macdona Shooting Club
Women Union Orchestra
United States Civil Service Commission
Lone Star Auto
Hertzberg & Kercheville
Attorneys At Law
Brady Bidg
Jeffery
Hermann Sons
L. E. Wolfe
T. P. Huff
Willetts Orch
Reliable Tire Co
Main Ave
Fire Department
Oppenheimer
West Commerce Street
Wright
D. and
A. Oppenheimer
A-Bar Plumber Co
Ee Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
A. Frank Totten
Horace E. Wilson
State Bank
Gunter Bldg
Arthur Mathews
Riegler Ice Cream I Company
Proudfoot
Tom Carver
Beef Rottlers Local
J. B. Manning
Moore
Avee Jewelry Store
Raemond D. Jacobs
Hicks Bldg
Call Crockett
Labarge Auto
Helotes Shooting Club
Heron Smith
Orch
Junior Home Guard
Uhr
Lowther
Weaver
8Th and
Austin Streets
Bell Telephone
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Maryland Place
Prospect Hill
Zarzamora Street
H. E. Dickinson & CO
Losota St
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