16 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
1
A local Army Book Store promotes itself as the recognized state store for army books. It highlights daily mail orders and same day filling upon receipt, inviting readers to send their orders.
A catalog lists numerous army manuals and drill regulations with prices for items covering Army regulations cavalry drill machine gun troops field service interior guard duty and various manuals. Prices range from 0.30 to 4.40 per item with many texts on infantry cavalry and staff procedures.
The report notes allied actions pressing Bolshevik forces while Soviet troops withdraw to Kronstadt amid peasant unrest around Petrograd. British, French, Japanese units reportedly move into Vladivostok and Baku, with Czech and loyal Russian forces holding the Siberian railway from Lake Baikal to Vladivostok as fighting continues between Bolsheviks and anti-Bolshevik factions.
Washington August 16. The weekly health report shows a noticeable rise in pneumonia cases among U S troops in the seven days ending August 9. Admission and non-ergative rates edged up in all camps with malaria from disease control remaining low at 0.48 per thousand.
British and Allied troops press toward Baku amid a 700 mile march from Baghdad, aiming to secure oil wealth while Turkish forces push from Urstum. Western front reports say Humbert seized Lissinguym Belval and rail lines. Allies claim 34,000 prisoners and dozens of guns as German divisions dwindle. A Westminster critic calls German arms increasingly desperate while Russia faces intervention calls and famine driven turmoil.
The Wiel Kelly Field will place about twenty girls in charge of the boards when the new S87,000 exchange on the Erie City Road is finished. The change from men to women operators was announced earlier and the exchange is expected to be completed by the first of September.
Admiral von Hintze says Lloyd George remarks vague and uncertain and that Germany sees no proof of ready peace. He accuses Entente of imperial aims and deterring talks, urging continued war and self defense as America’s influence grows.
An imperial order issued by General Ladendorff commands a vigorous comb-out of German army manpower to refill trenches. Priority targets are men over 43 with front-line service, with commissions appointed to review all ranks and redeploy infantry to depots in Belgium to build reserves. Instructions also sent to Field Marshal Von Mackensen and General Von Schlotz.
The dispatch notes changes in German command with General Von Carlowitz as a probable successor to Von Miden and General Von Droehn heading a newly formed army group. Droehn led the Ninth corps in the Louvain sack and faces blame for setbacks from Memgin’s July actions through Malmaison and the spring retreat.
ICLUB WOMEN AS HOST ESSES TO ROTARIANS features a community program with flowers sent to a hospital, a soprano solo by Mrs GE Gwinn, and piano by Miss Mildred Gates. Maj A M Shaw discusses the government project on the two shop buildings and their permanent significance.
Rotarians will start a labor census next week per government guidance. Each member will visit every other establishment of the same type, record blanks for employers to fill, and report back at the next meeting. Frank James was named chairman by President Sprague with Carruth and Schmerhof on the committee.
An advertisement claims children with worm infestations show unhealthy color and stomach issues caused by poor blood. It promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, taken for two to three weeks, as a blood enricher and general tonic to expel worms and restore health. The tonic is described as pleasant to take and available per bottle.
Police report serious injuries among policemen and soldiers amid a Nagoya riot triggered by rice shortages. Arrests totaled Kitty persons and about 300 others at Ohaka as industrial disturbances spread. Police also barred meetings in Tokyo as rice prices doubled again in the past year due to market cornering.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson joined by Rear Admiral Grayson played a round of golf at Manchester on a brief outing. The party later lunch at Col. FH M Youse’s summer home with friends, continuing their summer recreation.
Lieut Donald Hudson formerly of this city and now with the Army aviators in France reportedly brought down three German airplanes in five minutes. News came via Mrs Marie Woot assistant state librarian and Hudson's aunt who also noted the agiator's father Paul Hudson is in Washington.
Fragmented account notes British anticipation of Marshal Foch mounting a fresh offensive in France. It contrasts Allied patient strategy with German expectations, referencing manpower losses and the buildup of American troops joining the battlefields.
In Paris dispatches dated August 16, Vyenen critics say the German offensive nears a new stage. They argue Germany may hold its 1917 positions at Chaulnes Stoye Lassigny and Nayou with fortified posts aiding defense. Colonel Pabry stresses the need for a large, versatile army and more tanks mobile artillery and air power to overwhelm German defenses and win through overwhelming force.
Colonel George W. Brackenridge is seriously ill at his country home beyond Camp Travis. A Houston physician was summoned for consultation and spent the night in attendance, chiefly with Miss Miennor Brackenridge who had become exhausted by caring for her brother.
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