Texas Martial Law Declared In Houston Harris County
Governor Ferguson declared martial law in Houston and Harris county after civil authorities said they could not control violence. General Parker ordered troops from Fort Sam Houston to Houston while legislators debated actions against negro soldiers amid unrest.
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Austin
Tex
James E. Ferguson
Houston
Harris County
Parker
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
House
Senate
Hudspeth
Texas
Congress
United States
Secretary of War
W. M. Fly
Bryan
Woods
Bledsoe
Thomason
McMillin
Haidusek
Murrell
Spencer
Wise
Cope
Fly
Hobby
Dunnam and Veatch
State Normals
West Texas A. & M. College
Terrell
United States Congress
W. P. Hobby
Federal Land Bank
Ferguson
Verdun Front See Major French Gains As Prisoners Rise
Paris reports the Verdun front sees a French breakthrough at Hill 304 and surrounding forts with gains along the Haucourt Bethincourt line. Rome says over 20,000 prisoners and about sixty guns taken, while Allied fronts at Lens and Ypres endure heavy fighting and Italian advances against Austrians.
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Verdun
Avecourt Wood
Dead Man Hill
Paris
Haucourt
Bethincourt
Greman
Lens
Green Grassiere
France
la Basse
Ypres
Rome
Anaconda Mines Closed by Strike in Montana
Due to a smelter workers strike at Washoe works Anaconda Copper Mining Company orders a further Montana shutdown. All mines and smelters at Anaconda and Great Falls close. other dependent mines halt. About 15,000 workers affected.
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Anaconda
Washoe Works
Riots End After 24th Infantry Disturbance In Houston
After a nighttime riot by more than 100 troops from the Twenty fourth Infantry left 17 dead and many wounded, regulars and Illinois Guardsmen under General John A. Hulen scour the city for absentees. Coast Artillery regiments reinforce guards as martial law tightens, with 125 men reported absent and several surrendering.
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Houston
Tex
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Illinois National
Coast Artillery
Fort Crockett
Illinois
Snow
Americans Object to Entrenchments in France
In France on Aug 24 American officers cite digging in as essential for survival. They say U S troops dislike trenching, preferring to fight, while German forces excel at rapid entrenchment and endure daily artillery bombardment. The piece contrasts American reluctance with German defensive tactics.
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Associated Press
France
Belgium
United States Advances New Russian Credit
Washington August 24 1920 the American government extended another loan of 100 million dollars to Russia to support its wartime economy and funding needs.
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Washington, D. C
Russia
German Casualty Lists Held Up
Copenhagen reports Germany will not permit casualty lists to leave the country any longer. The measure blocks dispatch of war losses and hews to censorship during the war period.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Local Weather Outlook for San Antonio Area
For San Antonio and vicinity, the forecast calls for tonight and Saturday to be fair with clear to partly cloudy skies and light winds. Temperatures will remain mild with comfortable overnight lows and daytime highs around normal for the season.
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San Antonio and Vicinity
Home Weather for Tourists Forecasts to The Light
St Louis and major cities report clear or partly cloudy conditions with gentle to moderate west or southwest winds. Temperatures range from 62 to 74 with highs up to 82 and lows near 50 to 72 across St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Berlin Reichstag Quiet After Chancellor Joins Peace Decree
Berlin reports a political flare at the Reichstag building as Chancellor Michaelis clarifies his stance on the coalition peace proposal. The majority coalition had prepared a declaration to affirm his support, prompting a definite rebuttal from the chancellor to avoid misinterpretation.
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Berlin
London
Reichstag
Michaelis
Wolff calls for change as German crisis unfolds
Theodore Wolff of the Berlin Tageblatt denounces a lack of consultation with the Reichstag and urges ending the absolute bureaucratic system. The Cologne Gazette protests Michaelis's entente war aims, accusing the Allies of a vast anti German conspiracy and robber schemes compromising peace.
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Amsterdam
Theodore Wolff
Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Ship Building Plans For 1270 Vessels
Government program outlines 1270 ships totaling 7,968,000 tons. Shipping Board sends estimates to Secretary McAdoo to justify a new billion dollar appropriation.
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Board
McAdoo
Washington, D. C
Shipping Board
Woman Lillian Myers Hidden as Man for Ten Years
The Cleveland registration on June 5 revealed Harry Hoffman age 38 who admitted to living as a man for a decade. She worked in various jobs including soda fountain attendant ice wagon driver grocery clerk and mover while presenting male identity.
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Cleveland
Harry Hoffman
Lillian Myers
Proposals to Ban Home Bathing in Germany
The Vossische Zeitung reports proposed prohibition of home bathing to save fuel and soap as public baths close due to coal shortages. It attributes rises in skin diseases and dysentery to enforced uncleanliness, while Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung notes Berlin’s dysentery rise and typhoid concerns spreading nationwide.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Light Want Ads in San Antonio Expand Trade Avenues
The advertisement notes rising demand in San Antonio and urges using Light Want Ads to find new supply sources outside usual channels. It promotes daily reach into homes and businesses and offers phone placement by calling Crockett 1742.
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San Antonio
The
Light Daily
German forces abandon Verdun hill as Riga drive advances
Berlin reports the evacuation of Hill 304 on the Verdun front with a small garrison remaining. German troops under Prince Leopold of Bavaria claim progress toward Riga, reaching the River Aa at several points along the Gulf of Riga coast.
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Riga
Berlin
London
Verdun Front
War Office
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Gulf of Riga
British Hold Trenches North of Green Gasriere
British troops maintained heavy fighting through the night north of Lens as war offices report. The British now hold German trenches immediately northwest of the Green Gas siere amid ongoing conflict.
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Green Gassiere
London
Lens
War Offices
Verdun Battle Reports Large French Prisoner Capture
Grand Headquarters reports nearly eight thousand prisoners taken at Verdun as the battle continues dominated by French artillery. Major General Pershing viewed the operations near Le Mort Homme as Allied forces and German commanders connected through prior wars. French losses are small while German losses appear heavy across the battlefield.
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Associated Press
Verdun
John Pershing
le Mort Homme
Corvisart
Genera Pershing
Hetzel
Pershing
Meuse
Regneville
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