Texas Textbook Fight Echoes War Time Labor Split
Amid Texas special session talk of a federal war impact Senator E I Clark plans a rider barring pay to non citizens, risking state jobs. Debates over textbook laws, contracts and a proposed 35 cent school tax amendment color the session as lawmakers discuss postponing action pending November referendum.
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San Antonio
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Dallas
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West Texas A. and M. College
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Navy Takes Over Patrol on American Coast
Washington April 19 official word says the American navy is rapidly taking over the patrol established by British and French vessels on the U S coast. The move follows conferences last week between Vice Admiral Browning of Britain Rear Admiral De Grasset of France and senior Navy Department officers.
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Floral Parade and Army to Appear at Coronation Night
The ceremony week features a floral parade and an army presence as part of the coronation events. Society highlights add pageantry to Thursday night proceedings.
Marriage does not excuse army service
The War Department announced that men married since the outbreak of war will be treated the same as unmarried men for military obligations. The policy aims to prevent slackers and ensure public understanding as the army is organized to fight Germany.
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French Offense Breaks German Line From Soissons to Rheims
Paris April 19 Associated Press reports French forces under General Nivelle shattered German positions from Soissons to Rheims. New French formations entered the battle as the second phase began with renewed vigor. Germans launched counterattacks near Juvincourt Berry-au-Bac and along the Soissons Auberive front, but French artillery and machine guns repelled advances and captured multiple batteries and high ground near Moronvilliers and Vailly Ostel.
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Kahn to Lead Opposition on Army Bill in House
Representative Kahn ranking Republican on the Military Committee confers with Secretary Baker and plans to present Baker’s letter opposing the volunteers plan. He will argue England’s costly failures with the volunteer system and urge support for the administration army bill. Dent introduced the bill and a conference on a 7 billion war financing measure proceeded.
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Committee Door Forcibly Opened in Capitol Naval Affairs Room
Capitol police found the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs door splintered after a night break in. Clerks reported no papers missing and acting chairman Senator Swanson said no confidential information was in the room. Guards have been increased as access has grown tougher.
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No Submarine in Western Atlantic Officially Stated
Berlin report quoted a formal announcement declaring no submarine exists in the western Atlantic. The Reuter telegram alleging a German attack on the American destroyer Smith was dismissed as a frivolous fabrication, with no submarine present in the western Atlantic at that time.
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Floral parade and Battle of Flowers pageant
A 4:30 p.m. floral parade and Battle of Flowers commemorates the San Jacinto battle and Alamo heroism with the Queen Royal Court of Butterflies and the King and Retinue. The event will be reviewed by the Texas governor and Generals Pershing and staff. At 8:30 p.m. Fiesta Fete at Grand Opera House features plazas, street frolics, Mexican village, Fort Sam Houston exercises, a dog show and band concerts.
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Rain Prospects Drift Eastward Across Southwest Texas
A large storm area expected to bring rain to Southwest Texas on Friday affected Thursday weather as Major Allen Buell anticipated rain in San Antonio. The storm would lower temperatures by ten or more degrees after moving east, with reports of heavy rain in Oklahoma and various Texas locales including Del Rio and Taylor leading six month records.
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San Antonio
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Brenham
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Kerrville
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Paris
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Hearne
Weatherford
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Amarillo
Mrs Lucie Castleman Offers Ranch for Army Sanitarian Use
Mrs Lucie Castleman has offered her ranch west of San Antonio for use as a wartime soldiers sanitarium. General Pershing ordered an inspection by the surgeon general's department and indicated use if needed. He praised the offer as generous and patriotic and a sign of public sacrifice.
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San Antonio Area Weather: Cloudy Tonight and Cold Friday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for a cloudy night with a drop in temperatures. Friday should be fair and colder with low wind and no precipitation expected.
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Vicinity
Weather Summary For Major Cities
City by city forecasts show St Louis and Chicago with rain and mild to warm highs, Milwaukee and Kansas City cloudy with rain, New York cooler with rain, Washington partly cloudy with rain. Winds range from northeast to south with varying speeds.
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Fiesta week parade and Battle of Flowers detailed plan
San Antonio gears up for Fiesta week with civic displays and a coronation at the Majestic theater. The Battle of Flowers will feature 16 floats from Texas towns, Gen. John J. Pershing and Gov. James E. Ferguson, and a parade route along Medina Street ending at Alamo plaza.
Republican Baker Names Keppel as Assistant Secretary
Secretary Baker announced Frederick P. Keppel dean of Columbia University as assistant secretary of war with indefinite duties and a nomina l salary of 1 a month. Keppel, 42, a Republican lawyer from New York, will aid Baker amid heavy war correspondence and travel demands. He serves as secretary treasurer of the American Association for International Conciliation and is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France.
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Baker
Frederick P. Keppel
Columbia University
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American Association For International Conciliation
Legion of Honor of
France
New York
German Strike Ends as Metal Workers Win Demands
Berlin strike settlement reached after near unanimous metal workers vote to resume work. Gov promises standing labor commission for food distribution in greater Berlin and protection from front duty, with assured rations and action against evading food rules. Reports differ on total strikers, from 125000 to 210000.
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London
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Vorwaerts
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Corporal Meyers Convicted of Murder in Fort Worth Trial
Cor poral Frank Meyers of the Seventh United States Infantry was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a federal jury in El Paso. The indictment followed a January shooting that killed Sergeant Robert Mount, while both served under General Pershing in Mexico.
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Tex
Frank Meyers
Seventh
United States Infantry
United States District Court
Meyers
Robert Mount
General Pershing
Mexico
Russians Exiles Bound for Russia From Switzerland
The German government allows a second delegation of Russian exiles to return to Russia from Switzerland. Fifteen radicals of extreme revolutionary type will be repatriated. Led by Nathanson, prominent after Kropotkin, Nathanson was a leader in the original People’s Will party.
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Training Camps Named for Civilian War Applicants
Secretary Baker designated fourteen teen locations for civilian training camps for applicants to the new war army. The sites include Fort Ethan Allen Vermont Plattsburg Madison Barracks Plattsburg Fort Niagara Fort Myer Fort Oglethorpe Fort McPherson Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Sheridan Fort Logan H Roots Fort Snelling Fort Riley Leon Springs Presidio San Francisco.
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Spanish Cabinet Quits After Resignation of Entire Ministry
Madrid April 19 reports the Spanish cabinet resigned as the entire ministry stepped down, triggering a political shakeup and paving the way for possible new leadership reforms. The move follows prolonged domestic tensions and calls for cabinet overhaul.
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London
Speculators Spark Panic as Food Prices Spike in Chicago
Housewives rush to stockpile staples as flour climbs from 11 to 15 a barrel and canned goods jump 50 to 80 percent. Potatoes hit 4 a bushel and beans 20 cents a pound amid broader price surges and new limits on sales across grocery stores.
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Wheat Futures Surge in Early Trading as Prices Rise
Wheat futures climbed in Chicago with May up 7 3 4 cents to 2.40 and July 8 1 4 cents to 2.05 1 2. July closed yesterday at 1.97 3 4 and topped last week’s high by 21 4 cents. Minneapolis flour mills were swamped by shipping orders and last week flour output fell 28 055 barrels versus the prior year.
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Guardsman Shot While Guarding Bridge in New Jersey
An ambush near Yardville New Jersey mortally wounds 18 year old Robert Price a private in Company B second regiment New Jersey National Guard He and fellow guards were on duty guarding a Pennsylvania railroad bridge when struck by a bullet from nearby bushes He died shortly after at a Trenton hospital.
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N. J
Robert Price
New Jersey National Guard
Yardville
Price
First American Killed in France Under US Flag
Edmond C. Genet of Ossining New York the American aviator died in France and was the first American to die while serving under the American flag. He was killed near Ham while escorting Sergeant Raoul Lufbery and was a grandson of Citizen Genet the French minister.
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Edmond C. Genet
Ossining
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Archbishop Blenk in grave condition in New Orleans
In New Orleans on April 19 physicians reported Archbishop Blenk, who had fallen unconscious and was believed dying the previous day, had rallied but little hope remained for his recovery.
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Blenk
German divisions at war strength reach 226000
Report notes twelve German divisions maintain wartime strength totaling about 226000 soldiers. The figure highlights scale of German expeditionary forces and indicates sustained manpower in frontline units.
French Forces Break Through German Lines In Aisne Front
Paris reports say French infantry outmaneuvered German forces from Soissons to Craonne. Units advanced to seize the Nanteuil la Fosse and Chivy Draye en Laonnois objectives, captured the Vailly bridgehead and key positions, with 1800 enemies and many guns taken amid difficult weather and terrain. The right wing from Prunay to Auberive also drove Germans from heights near Moronvilliers.
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Germans Rely on Flexible Trenches and Guns in Defense
British dispatch describes German defense as built on flexible trench networks and strong machine-gun use. The system is said to use pivoting hinges and switching trenches connected to the Hindenburg line, creating a mobile, layered defensive setup amid ongoing fighting.
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