Community House Day Shown by San Antonio Rotary and Women
The Rotary Club and City Federation of Women's Clubs in San Antonio staged Community House Day at the soldiers' club house. Mrs. J. T. Smith praised the canteen service run by local women, noting it as the largest and most successful in the state. Soldiers described the Community House as a home away from home, and the event highlighted wartime service and mutual gratitude.
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Rotary Club
Soldiers’ Club
Neads
Federated Women’s Club
Rotary
Harry ‘T. Miller
Wart Service Board
San Antonio
War Service Board
Jia Derla
Eli Women
Alaid Giwnkeatt
Judge Fly
Lotarinis
War Camp Community Service
OH. L. Multiken
Community House
Jinks
Mr. Chandler
Airplane convoy carries senior officers between San Antonio and Austin
Five planes transport Major General Holbrook commander of the Southern Department Colonel G V Quackenbush of Kelly Field and Captains Hill and Compton from Kelly Field to Austin for a morning visit. They met Governor Hobby and planned an inspection of military schools then aimed to return to San Antonio by evening.
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Austin
Tex
Holbrook
Southern Department
G. V
Quackenbush
Kelly Field
A. M. Hill
B. M. Compton
W. P. Hobby
San Antonio
Folbrook
Gerrit van S. Quackenbush
Welly Wield
Kelly
Frank M. Bartlett
Loans for Cattlemen Under War Finance Loans
Washington Aug 16. Live stock raisers needing loans not available from banks were told by the War Finance Corporation to apply to the Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City and Dallas, designated agencies for government loans. Richmond and Atlanta districts use Dallas. Southwest, San Francisco, Minneapolis and St. Louis use Kansas City.
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Washington
D. C
War Finance Corporation
Kansas City
Dallas
Corporation
Richmond
Atlanta
Federal Reserve
Southwest
San Francisco
Minneapolis
St. Louis
New Class to Enroll Washington Registration Missing
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces that all males who turned twenty one since June 6 must appear before local boards to register for military service on August 24. Exemption claims possible later through questionnaires. mail registration available for absentees with strict timing to ensure cards reach home boards by August 24.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Flier Dies in Combat in August Aerial Battle
Lieut. Walter Th riller of New York City formerly with the Lafayette Escadrille was killed on August 3 in an eight plane American patrol attacked by a German squadron of 30 fighters. The remaining eight escaped after a fierce battle. Lieut. David Putnam, an American ace, has been awarded the Military Medal.
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Paris
Walter Thriller
New York City
Lafayette Excadrisle
Putnam
Official Journale
Lieut
David Putnam
Weather Snapshot For Major Cities
San Antonio tonight and Saturday fair with highs near 96 to 100 and light southerly winds. East Texas and St Louis show fair to partly cloudy conditions with mild temperatures. Chicago and New York report clear to partly cloudy skies with light to moderate winds and low highs around 66 to 74 degrees. Washington DC remains clear with northerly winds and mild temperatures.
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San Antonio
Viciilty
Texas
St. Louis
Chicagoz
City
New York
Wighoat
Washington
I. C
Allied Forces Press Back Bolsheviks on Eastern Front
Allied troops push toward Vologda from Archangel while Czecho-Slovaks resist along the Volga as Western Siberia holds vast food stores and mines. British force moves into Baku and a broader allied effort grows across Vladivostok and Caucasus fronts.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Vladivostok
Caspian
Germany
Archangel
Vologda
Baku
Persia
Bagdad
Caucasus
Volga
Iberia
Zaragin
Brest-Litovgk
Presior Vologoski
Cuusk
Siberia
Gral Mountains
Russia
Pabereshskaia
Vologds
Strest-Litovsk
State Department
Usxim
Brazilian ship Madrugada sunk by U-boat off Virginia coast
New York August 16 Brazilian ship Madrugada of 1618 gross tons was sunk by shell fire from a German submarine near Winter Quarter Shoal off the Northern Virginia coast. Captain Frederick Rouse and 21 crew escaped in lifeboats after four hours adrift. The Madrugada left New York two days earlier bound for Suntoxs Brazil.
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New York
Madrugada
Winter Quarter Shoal
Virginia
Frederick Rouse
Suntoxs
Brazil
Rouse
TO A. N
Tle
Spain protests Germany over torpedoing Spanish ships
Madrid reports Spain’s note to Germany accuses Berlin of harming Spanish interests despite Spain’s neutral policy and aid to refugees from Kamerun and handling German interests in several belligerent states. The note references Germany’s insufficient reciprocity for Spanish efforts.
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Madrid
Spain
Germany
Dato
Mi Sol
Othe Kamerun
Railway links opened after 100 days of work
A 180 mile rail line behind the French front was completed in under 100 days and opened for traffic to connect northern and southern sections. Premier Clemenceau and Public Works Minister Albert Caillavale attended the ceremony as guards hailed France as marching toward victory.
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Paris
Premiere Clemenceau
Albert Claveille
France
American Flier Killed in Italy Flight Crash
James Lions Goggins of New Haven was killed in a flying accident in Italy. A Navy Department message received by his mother Mrs John J Goggins stated he died in August 71. Goggins was a Georgetown University graduate and a former college football star.
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Italy
New Haven
Conn
James Lions Goggins
Navy Department
Mra
John J. Goggins
Goggins
Georgetown University
British Press Reports Germans Near Panic In Big Front
A London dispatch quotes the Pall Mall Gazette noting German lines in retreat and confusion amid push toward the Meuse. Reports describe abandoned guns and ammunition, converging fires, and stalled commands as Allied advances threaten a broader offensive.
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London
Pimew Servier
San Antonio
Puiladaipia Public Ledger
Bublle Ledger Co
Bayghid
Mall
Nutt
Abert
Meuse
MD Ge
Lassigny
Oise
Foch
Marne
Amiens
Foeh
Sinc
Germany
Finland
Western Front
Finger Print May Decide Fate of Man Accused of a Crime
A white male, 27, arrested on suspicion for burglary after detectives compare a single finger print on a broken window pane to his prints. Police say the match, made at headquarters, leads to a formal burglary charge and imminent trial in the Thirty-seventh District Court. The case highlights fingerprint evidence as decisive in this county.
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Gigén
Waris
Distriet Court
Caruthers
Berton
United States
Old Country
Bertilien
Mhursday
Albert Metin Dies After Stroke On U S Arrival
Albert Metin head of the French Economic Mission and former Labor Minister died in Port Aug 16 after a stroke of apoplexy. He was 50 and had just arrived with General Paul Gerald Jan. The mission heads to Australia in inquiry talks. He left a widow and two children in France.
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A. Pavisie
Albert Metin
Lrench
United States
France
M. Metin
Paul Gerald Jan
Trench
General Pau
Australia
Washington
Pacific
Bomb Attacks Reported Over Paris Region
German planes dropped several bombs on the Tarie region late last night according to an official statement issued early today. There were only a few victims and limited damage reported.
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Paris
Tarie
Fin
London
Albert
Morlancourt
Unig
Ancre
Thiepval Wood
Thiepval
Yys Salient
Vieux Borgnain
Merris
Oise
Groun
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Allied Gains Doom Apex of German Salient Near Roye
Allied pressure renews along the Roye front in Picardy as French and British forces press toward the town. Paris reports German resistance crumbling with French advances west and southwest of Roye, threatening a rectification of lines and possible German retreat toward Nesle Neyon. German losses through July total about six million, with 120,000 killed March 27 to June 17.
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Roye
Picardy
Amiens
London
Damery and
Parvillers
Paris
Royce
Woye
Villers-les-lue
Nesle-Neyon
Allies Reach Old Trenches East of Armancourt In France
Allied forces in France report occupation of Villers-les-Roye and St. Aurin and push toward the Chaulnes-Roye line. British advance northeast of Morlancourt and near Thiepval wood, with German withdrawals and telegraph rail lines disrupted in the Peronne region.
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Ribecourt
Lassigny- Nayon
Rove
War Office
Villers-les-Roye
Roye
St. Aurin
Armincourt
France
Armancourt
Chaulnes-Roye
Damery Wood
Oise
Noyon
Peronne
British Front Sees Active German Artillery Operations
Allied dispatch notes German artillery active along the British front from Somme to northern sectors. No infantry advances reported as Danery and Purvillers fell to British control. North of the Ancre, German intentions unclear while Allied use of American forces grows and high command voices concern.
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Associated Press
France
Somme
Essarts
la Basse
Iit
Ancre
Germany
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Dart Ynte
Meese
Timidnigat
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