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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1918

Page

5

Present Conditions Demand Super-Six Performance

To You Men Whose Cars Are a Daily Necessity Today you want dependability in your automobile. You must have it. Present conditions demand Super-Six performance because of power and endurance your Hudson will stand hard service. If curtailment of production is necessary you can drive your Super-Six for years with the knowledge that quality adds to life and high service. Hudson engineers built three years ago as if foresaw present conditions. The curtailment of production means many thousands must go without the cars they want.

Hudson Joske Bros. Co

Defense councils organize seven districts for community support

The County Council of Defense plans a7 district organization inviting all citizens over 16 to enroll in community councils across 37 areas. About 200 volunteers attended Sunday meetings at the Chamber of Commerce, with leaders named for each locality and committees formed to drive the program.

Ommunity Councils Bexar Chamber of Commerce Alno Heights Tos Angeles Heights J. N. Carl Joes Angeles Heights Marshall Hskridge Los Angeles Heights County Council of Defense Leon Springs Scobey Bulverde Hillie Helotes B. Rice Lock Will Smithie Graves Coker Olmos Charles Tuens Wetmaore IL G. Sound Selina TH. Vaile Lookout Mo Smith Iirby Serna W. J. Knox Converse W. A. Binck McKay Hoffman W. CG. Burns W. W. White School House Mimer Abbey Pruitt Bermuga A.W. Muir Goebel Ben’ Webber Sebert Ralph Hugo Calaveras FP. Parks China Grove John Meusebach Sayers William Marvin Lone Star Medina H. H. Ryan McDonna Labriella Marshall Jiskridge George I. Robbins Oak Iskind Deniger Mitchel Lake Judge Belso Cheima Rod Burns Southion Martin Satriba J. Wigton Oakley G. Woodlitt Utaville Don Yates Carmen J. A. Cook Clifton Wallace Rogers Tinsley Tinsley, Mrs. I, al, Millyer Hot Wells Beverly Young Tos Chamber Oof Commerce Council of Defense

Red Cross Helps Soldiers Wed at Camp Travis Convalescent Home

Red Cross workers coordinate marriages for soldiers at Camp Travis Convalescent Home. A man eager to marry received help from Ted Cross representative Lawrence Boogher after a visiting sweetheart arrived. Mothers write for son updates and hospital staff provide reports. Regular entertainments by Liberty girls and the 165th Depot Brigade Amusement Unit comfort the patients.

Red Cross Camp Travis Lawrence Boogher Ted Cross Liberty 165Th Depot Brigade

Vice zones extended near training camps and stations

Washington Aug 24 Now regulations by the War and Navy Departments extend vice repression zones from five to ten miles around training camps and stations. The change affects larger camps located more than five but less than ten miles from big cities and signals determined federal enforcement.

Washington,d. C War and Navy Departments

Chaplain’s Wry Tales From Front Line Banter

Paris August 24 A wartime anecdote shows a favorite army chaplain praised for guidance under fire and sharp wit in casual dugout humor. A shell drops near a gambling scene, felling a table and a joke about counting sheep, money, and insomnia yields a grim punchline amid danger.

A Well Balanced Blood and Nerve Tonic

An advertisement touts Sensaporean as a balanced tonic claiming 49.53 percent blood and 60.42 percent nerves. It argues the tonic is suited for under par blood and nerves and promotes its use for that condition.

Sensapersa Over the Top Tre Size Drug Sale

Sensapersa promises effective results with over the top action. Available in two sizes, 50 cents and one dollar. Sold at all druggists and at Wischer's Drug Store and Wagner's Drug Story.

Wischer’s Wagner's Drug

Greeks in U S Are Called to Colors by the King

A royal decree from Athens calls up Greek reserve officers and men born 1905 to 1918 and all Greek citizens abroad. Greeks must report to the nearest Greek consul, with New Orleans as the nearest for San Antonio residents. Several local Greeks have already been summoned.

Greece United States San Antonio Athens New Orleans Econsul

Greece plans large army and allied help on front

Readers report Greece aiming to field a half million troops by November and, with Assyrian aid, to occupy the Macedonian front while relieving others for the Western front. Also noted is a local anecdote about Liberty bonds and a light exchange. Baboon drives in Cape Province mirror wartime events as farmers shoot invaders.

Ers United States Greece Greece von Duis Assigian

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