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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1918
Page
1
Mrs. W. A. Hutchinson of the Woman's Land Army executive committee spoke on the future role of women in rural aid. She addressed the Twentieth Century club urging women to lead the effort with the refrain Let’s go to the farm.
Mrs Hutcheson reports success of the Bedford unit experiment and urges county adoption where farm labor shortages exist. Twenty states are organized with others pending. An inspection feature ensures units fit farmer needs and district potential. Dr Ida H Ogilvie leads statewide inspections.
In Toskio March 23 report notes that German threats in Asia push Japan and China toward cooperation and internal unity. Tokyo aims at reconciling China’s leaders Chiang Kai-shek and Tuan Chi-fui, with military commissions to be exchanged, to defend the Far East.
Corpus Christi April 27 H D C Gussett former Nueces county treasurer is commissioned to raise a Texas cavalry troop organized by Gen Jacob Wolters He returned from Houston after conferring with Wolters and will open a recruiting station Monday aiming for 105 men in two weeks at most four weeks.
Ident. Vincent de Wierzbicki of the French high commission will speak at the Lyric Theater in Corpus Christi Monday night in behalf of the Liberty Loan. Subscriptions to date total $368,000 with the county quota at $326,000. The county flag flies on the courthouse square.
The Texas Osteopathic Association convenes May 3–4 in San Antonio at the St Anthony Hotel with a keynote on a pending federal bill to admit osteopathic physicians to War Department examinations. Speakers include Dr. D. S. Harris and Dr. G. Cobb, amid talks on auto intoxications and pelvic displacements. The event features clinical demonstrations by Dr. George Laughlin and a visit to nearby military camps plus a Medina Lake house party with fishing and a barbecue.
Right Rev John W Shaw bishop of San Antonio and newly appointed archbishop of New Orleans will leave San Antonio on Wednesday May 22 Announcement from New Orleans says installation is set for June 2 Local plans for Shaw departure are not yet completed
Bee County placed the county honor flag beneath Old Glory at the courthouse in Beeville as Liberty Day passed with a quiet bond buyers hunt. County and city committees, already well over minimum sales, continue selling bonds daily amid ongoing drives.
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