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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1917

Page

7

Mechanics Needed More Than Flyers In WWI Air Service

Washington December 19. The air service faces a shortage of skilled mechanics to service engines, guns, and airframes, while thousands of aviators are sought. Firms and unions aid recruitment, as ground crews must be trained and assigned to repair depots, factories, and fields to keep machines ready for combat.

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Christmas Box for Texas Bridge Guards Drawn by Mrs Starr

Mrs Charles G Starr wife of Colonel Starr U S Army appeals for games books and reading material to send to soldiers guarding bridges and railroad lines in Texas The letter from a West Texas detachment describes long isolation the hope of getting home and the need for donations to Mr Starr at the Menger Hotel before Christmas Bridges are guarded but trains do not stop and care packages are sent to lift morale.

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GOODS SPUDS Best Idaho potatoes at sz 10

The Consumers' supply Uo 12a Garden advertises Idaho potatoes in size ten offerings. The notice highlights quality produce and availability for customers nearby.

Idaho

San Antonio Red Cross seal drive seeks 710000 total

The Red Cross seal sale in San Antonio struggles to reach 710000 as volunteers intensify efforts. By Tuesday evening only 1083.36 in postal sales and 2033 in minor sales reported. chairman Morris Stern says progress is good but Christmas target requires renewed push and household purchases. Local government and buyers urged to cooperate. canvassing continues with crews visiting neighborhoods and promising seats to buyers.

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Lentz Made Suit Seen As Long-Term Investment

A fragment notes that buying a Lentz made suit is an investment with prices likely to rise next year and beyond. The text endorses the suit, claiming it will stay stylish and provide continued satisfaction, with a brief address reference at 313 West Contmerve.

West Contmerve

Texas Country Press Faces Daily Ownership Pressure

A fragmentary Texas note criticizes state daily papers for using country editors to push publicity for their profit. The writer from San Saba pledges to ignore such maneuvers and protect country readers from perceived manipulation amid wartime bluster and shifting press dynamics.

Dulles Daly Press Daily Press Country Press of Texas Star

The Terror of Great Depth in Ancestral Fear

A discussion of inherited dread of deep heights and its physiological roots in vision. Personal recollections describe childhood fear at edges and the urge to retreat, with references to Poe and King Lear as literary parallels. The text links vertigo to unconscious experience and the mind’s inability to separate suggestion from reality.

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Campers Gun Incident Near McAlester Oklahoma

In McAlester Oklahoma a traveling man named H Te Holley fired at a vehicle carrying 15 year old Indian girl Mise Yootsie Riley wounding her. The car reportedly passed his wagon after an alleged quarrel. Officers traced tracks to locate the suspect while Riley’s wife, a Baylor College student, was en route to her dying mother in Saanna. Holley is jailed awaiting further action.

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Training for Offic ers Reserve Corps Officers

Applications for admission to the officers reserve training school are being considered by a board chaired by Mol BK B. Haskell. Names of those selected will not be announced until December 20. Unselected applicants may have limited chances after December 1. The board’s recommendations follow about four weeks after applications end.

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