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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1918
Page
9
London and other cities host large public kitchens to supply cooked meals at low cost. Hammersmith baths now serve as modern kitchens, selling prepared meals by ticket with self supplied containers. The setup attracts all social classes seeking affordable food.
The New York American Museum of Natural History presents Tyrannosaurus Rex in Montana as the era's mighty flesh eater. Scientists now theorize extinction came from insect carried parasites and diseases rather than man or food shortages, with the Mosquito and tsetse fly cited as carriers.
Stars and Stripes in France reports a German night raid on the American Red Cross hospital at Dailly near Paris. Two bombs struck roofs near patients and staff, with several wounded including a nurse, and one patient’s neck wound reopening. The cross marked hospital remained visible from the air, and witnesses described careful bombing to scatter fragments rather than penetrate.
Wrewbert Hichister a full blood Cherokee tells a sensational tale of wartime exploits. He claims to be the first American Indian in the Lafayette Flying Squadron and describes capture, escape from No Man’s Land, injury, and a plan to return to France for a pension and later instruct in the United States. He recounts a life spanning Oklahoma Japan and Europe with dramatic episodes and a proposed U S flying instructor role.
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