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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1918
Page
5
A wartime appeal declares Bull Durham tobacco and its makings integral to support troops. It notes government requisition of tobacco output alongside men, money, munitions, wheat, and ships, urging smokers to sacrifice for morale and victory.
Engineers Js i Parker and W Hubbard of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and United States Shipping Board will survey Gulf ports. They may travel to Port Aransas with a San Antonio Manufacturers' Association committee led by Al N. Aluix to inspect facilities.
A list of visitors staying at the St Anthony, Lanier, Gunter, and Menger hotels includes Mrs OX of Brownsville, John Thanse of Mercedes, Mrs Philip Raves of New York, Charles A Witlsh of El Paso, Alfred J Moss of Providence, and several others from Texas cities. Guests include A Malone, Migs Randle, Wilcox, Hoke family, and W S Rogers of Houston, with registrations at the Menzer and Ginter among others.
Four more student officers from the foe Division Training School are designated as officer candidates. Names include Ordnance INoegmint Joebert RB and Cannon, Sergeant Frank Geeta A Privates Waugh Cup and Thomas Lindt Liew We M Harton. Ak assigned to the 315th Agamun tion in Shuw RoR tender. CK Dean placed on duty in the adjutant's office. Cay Wood Swain TR returned from New Orleans after establishing a tent repay shop for the government. Spitain Swat established the tent shop here and was in charge before being sent to New Orleans on special duty. Kreedvyhaw OL GC.
Report from Houston headquarters lists duty changes for engineering officers including Major Kridell tasked to organize a regiment for overseas service. Colonel Stolkey assumes command of the second district for an interim period as personnel movements and quarters arrangements proceed. Breeding cattle and horses from South Africa will be sent to Chile for experiments crossing with American stock.
Weakness blamed on overwork and poor habits. Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules marketed as a health tonic. Three capsules daily promised to restore strength from uric acid issues, kidney troubles, bladder stones, and stomach disorders. Drugstore refund offered if no help. Look for Gold Medal on each box.
In Turtle Creek near Pittsburgh and other towns, Home Folks editor shares letters from khaki clad soldiers seeking long lost friends. Civilians from former towns respond, linking camps to hometowns across the country with requests posted for soldiers from McKeesport Johnstown Philadelphia Seattle Chicago and many more.
Liberty Loan committees declare an open season on financial slackers and plan to present names at a workers’ luncheon Tuesday at the Gunter Hotel. Subscriptions urged, with committees to canvass country precincts. reports show strong local support, despite weather. A Polish settlement group disciplined a German-descended man who refused to subscribe, using a paddle to enforce “pro-ally” sentiment. Leslie M. Shaw will lecture on Liberty Loan Tuesday night in the Ft Anthony Water ballroom.
Mrs Wdnund Fr Brown of St Louis, director of woman's work for the Southwestern division of the American Red Cross, will speak at a Mass meeting of men and women Tuesday at 4 30 in the Gunter Hotel ballroom. She will confer with the local chapter’s executive board at the Menger Hotel luncheon and deliver a message for San Antonio. Public invited by the San Antonio Red Cross chapter.
Lieutenants Garros and Marchal, famed French aviators, retake a German prison break by disguising as officers. They escaped on foot, skirted sentries, and travelled to the frontier in three days. The report also notes Italy uses windmill irrigation with five blades for salt tolerance and irrigation in Africa.
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