President Wilson in London Sees Precedents Broken for Peace
The London visit by President Wilson features a civic ceremony at Mansion House with VIPs from Britain and America, a mix of solemn and hopeful mood, and his remarks on breaking precedents as a sensible step toward international unity. Attendees include Sir Arthur Balfour, Lord Curzon, and Premier Lloyd George, with tributes to wartime sacrifices and calls to honor dead heroes by renaming streets.
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H. J. Learoyd
London
Gable
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Ndon
Priloner
Wilson
Guild Hall
Peene
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Eng
France
Belgium
Dick Illington
Visht Bryce
Johan W. Davis
Svican
Habbi Wise
New York
Lloydge
Mar- Unig
Pray
Tryptow
Serbian Red Cross
Bert H. Asquith
Admiral Sims
Naturalnough
Arthur J. Balfour
Karl Curzon
Winston Nvehill
Austen Chamberlain
Lord Ner
Premier Hughes
Australia
Manin House
Washington
England
Charles Lamb
Lamo
Charles
San Antonio Chamber Backs Free Nations League Move
Members of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce adopt a resolution urging the formation of a League of Free Nations to enforce peace and justice and prevent war. The session also backs a civic center memorial with an auditorium, pledging support to city officials and civic groups.
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J. H. Cunningham
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Hertzberg
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and Business Men's Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce and Business Men’s Club
HH. OS. Miller
William Furlong
Miller
Carlos Bee
Washington
San Antonio
Chamber of Comwnerre
War Work Report of San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carington reported at the annual meeting that the chamber's war activities over the past two years boosted public recognition and aided national efforts. The group financed Liberty loans, housed the War Savings Stamps Board, aided the Hood Administration, and supported military land leasing. Total war expenditures reached 33,572 dollars, over half the chamber’s revenues, with significant edge in castor beans and defense contracts.
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San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carington
Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
United States
General Pershing
Federal Reserve Bank
War Saving Stamps Board
Hood
Treaides
Army
Miia
San Antonio
United States Army
Council of National Defense
War Iusdustries Board
Washington
United States Housing Corporation
Cor
Wal Food Administration
Council of Defense
Brooks Field
Robert B. Green Memorial “Hospital
Baltic Provinces on brink without allied help soon
London Times dispatch from Stockholm reports Baltic states facing grave danger as Bolshevik forces advance toward Reval. Estonia and Latvia suffer rail disruption, undefended fronts, and urgent calls for aid from Sweden and Finland amid scarce Polish and Finnish military support despite large volunteer efforts.
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San Antonio
Public Leger Co
Stockholm
Esthenia
Reval
Russia
Wesssemberg
Wessemberg
Hibhonian
Sweden
Warsaw Reds Plotters Stir Warshaw Bedeviled by Bolshivik Agents
A 1918 Warsaw dispatch reports waves of Bolshevik agents arriving in the city. Arrests uncover money, passports, and a lavish hotel presence at the Hotel Europe. A delegation calling itself the Bolshevik Red Cross arrives with funds and aims to influence Russian prisoners, while authorities prepare for operations near Kovno and Vilna.
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San Antonis
Philadelphia, Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Warsaw
Warshw
Abel Kapota
Trotsky
Joulekousty
Wollnoff
Dombrowski
Kessler
Gromjanski
Bolshoyski
Hedi
Holland
Kovno
Vilna
Lithuania
Poland
Vitovsk
Drexa
Mackey Dies in Waco Noted Fire Insurance Leader
J J Mackey 67 a leading Texas fire insurance man and former Waco finance commissioner and mayor died after a brief illness in Waco He came to the city 60 years ago and was survived by his wife a daughter his mother Mrs Elizabeth Mackey and sisters Mrs A S Tewis of Dallas and Mrs Pearl Lowe of Weatherford
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Waco
Tex
J. J. Mackey
Mackey
James Mackey
Texas
Elizabeth Mackey
A. $. Tewis
Dal Ink
Pearl MM Lowe
Weatherford
Money Back Quickly after Robbery on North Concho Street
Willy Marver reported a robbery of 106 from his room on North Concho Street. Two intoxicated youths were detained, money recovered, and later returned to Marver after officers intercepted a train at the Southern Pacific station and recovered the funds.
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Willy Marver
North Concho Street
San Antonio
Tarver
Jtel
Yarver
Cheythe
New Oreleans
Southern Pacific
Kirk, Norton
Philips
Blanton Names New Texas Education Appointees
Miss Annie Webb Blanton, the new Texas state superintendent, announced her staff for 1939 with E. J. Doheney Jr of Paris as first assistant, Emma Mitchell of Denton as second, Katherine Uray of Dallas as third, plus supervisors for high and rural schools and a state board of examiners. Three more appointees await final arrangements.
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Lucia Douglas
Tyler
A. P. Nichols
FL Paso
Bonner Frizzell
Palestine
W. EB
Abilene
Mra
J. B. Gay
Austin
Brntant Statistician
American correspondents learn British ideals in London visit
Raymond G. Carroll reports that American reporters with President Wilson in London are gaining accurate insights into British manners and ideals through direct contact with leaders. They note a shift from imperial terms to commonwealth language and emphasize shared aims of peace, trade bonds, and the league of nations, observed during luncheons and hotel dinners.
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Raymond G. Carroll
San Antonio
Philadelpha Pable Ledger
Touvrent
Mia
Mabie Ledger Co
Wilson
London
Great Britain
Preva
Robert Ceeil
Lord Salisbury
Northcliffe
League of Nations
Lord Northcliffe
The
Times
Tard Burkam
Admiral Sims
Rabbi Wise
Proprietors Association
Savoy Hotel
Manchester
Stubbish
Overseas Amtrjegu Moklers Gain Informed Progress
The passage notes that overseas operators of opinion are not merely tracking the President but actively informing themselves. Their progress reflects a sincere effort to understand and influence events, indicating a broader engagement than passive observation.
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Jegu
Wilson Seeks Moral Unity as Britain and America Align
President Wilson hosts diverse international delegations at the Mansion House and Downing Street as Britain and America press for a united approach. Viscount Grey and other leaders praise the call for world freedom while Wilson and Lloyd George deepen personal ties amid ongoing conferences with imperial war cabinet members.
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Viscount Grey
League of Nations Union
Royal Institute of Public Health
Zionists
Lord Rothschild
National Council of ‘Evangelical Free Churches
Wilson
Ambassador Davis
Mansion House
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Imperial War Cabinet
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