Governor urges ten mile dry zone around Texas army camps
Governor Hobby urged swift enactment of a ten mile prohibition zone around army camps in Texas. He said the special session, convening Feb 26, would likely pass the law with an emergency clause. The move aims to curb bootlegging and protect soldiers, backed by a War Department telegram from Secretary Baker.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
Beaumont
Tomight
United States
Newton LD
G Buker
Texas
Ruckman
Southern Department
Houston
Wort Worth
War Department
Dover Shelled by German U Boat. Child Killed
Dover came under fire from an enemy submarine early today with about thirty rounds fired. Casualties included one child killed, one injured, three men, one woman, and three more children. minor house damage reported while shore batteries replied. Several patrol vessels were sunk in the Dover Straits during a foggy raid by German destroyers, eight patrol craft lost after a swift torpedo boat destroyer flotilla attacked just after 1 am.
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London
Dover
Straits of Dover
Admiralty
Dover Straits
James Pond
Drifters
Jamie Murray
Clover Bank
W. Elliott
Cosmos
Silver Queen
Veracity
Christina Craig
Funeral for Sir Cecil Spring-Rice in Ottawa
Representatives of France the United States and Britain's Ottawa staff attend a 3 pm funeral at St Bartholomew s Anglican Church. The service is led by Bishop St John Hohr with Commander de Blantere and banker J Pierpont Morgan among attendees including Frank Polk representing the United States.
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Ottawa
United States
Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
St. Bartholomew’s
St. John Hohr
France
de Blantere
J. Pierpont Morgan
Frank Polk
United States State Department
Wilson
Warsaw Aroused Over Central Powers War Affects Polish City
Warsaw reports strong anti central powers sentiment amid planned demonstrations as streets are patrolled by soldiers and police. Polish uproar grows over Ukrainian peace terms that ceded Chelm from Poland to the Ukraine. Dr Isaac Strauss of Alpha Omega Publishing Company is detained at Ellis Island camp pending FBI probe into alleged ties to a chemical company making toluel used in explosives.
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Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Copenhagen
Chelm
Ukraine
Strauss
New York
Isaac Strauss
Alpha Omega Publishing Company
Ellis Ishand
Chemicatl Company
Weather Forecast for San Antonio Area
The forecast warns of a cold wave with temperatures from 22 to 28 degrees. Sunday will be fair and cold with brisk winds likely across San Antonio and surrounding areas.
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San Antonio
Lumperdhure
Weather clear across cities with cooling trend and lows
Forecasts from The Tiight show St Louis reporting 32 degrees with cloud cover and a northwest wind, Chicago at 22 with snow and a northeast wind, Milwaukee at 16 with clouds and light northwest wind, and New York 22 with clouds and a north wind. Washington records 26 with clouds and a north wind as the coldest 24 hour period.
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Tiight
ST. Lois
Chicago
Ninhest
Milwaukee
ASC@Iry
New York
St Washington
Ferguson in City to Meet Friends Before Democratic Primary
Former Texas Governor James Ferguson arrived in San Antonio for a brief visit at the Gunter Hotel. He said he came to see friends and “keep in touch” with voters as the Democratic primary nears, asserting he expects to win in many counties and planning a late March campaign kickoff. He avoided commenting on Governor Hobby’s dry zone proposal, stating he would discuss it later.
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James & A. Fergusson
San Antonio
Bell County
Gunter Hotel
Ferguson
Hobby
Houston
Galveston
Mort Worth
el Paso
Dry
Austin
Texaa
Deas Nvt
Thos Bexar County
Texas
Mr. Ferguson
More Men to Colors London Wel. 16
Notable improvement in the “combing out atmosphere” noted by the Inbor correspondent of the Timer. The combing out of men protected Governorations under the military service bill is now in progress. The past week is the first in many months with no stoppage of work nationwide. Large numbers of young engineers are volunteering at recruiting offices.
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London
Inbor
Br Litovsk
Petrograd
Euts
Brest Litovsk
Holland
General Robertson resigns as British staff chief
General Sir William Robertson, chief of the British imperial staff, has resigned. General Wilson, sub-chief of staff, will take the vacated post. The official statement says Robertson could not accept a position as military representative on the supreme war council at Versailles or continue as chief with limited power.
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Sir William Robertson
Imperial Staff
Wilson
Robertson
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Imperial General Staff
Major Pratt Arrives to Lead Brooks Field Near San Antonio
Major M. Cy Pratt, commander of Brooks field south of San Antonio near Berg's Mill on the South Loop, arrived Saturday morning. He met Captain Lering Pickering, now adjutant to Pratt, for a field inspection as construction lags. Pratt may reside at the St. Anthony Hotel pending field completion, with headquarters at Brooks and a telephone link established. Pickering moved from Kelly Field to Brooks Field Saturday to assume adjutant duties.
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Brooks Field
San Antonio
Berg's Mill
Lering Pickering
Welly Wield
Pratt
Brooksfield
St. Anthony Hotel
Pickering
Kelly Field
Victory Pie Rule Forces Wheat Substitutes in Public Eateries
Washington February 16 1942 Public eating places including hotels restaurants and clubs must serve Victory pies pastries and breads with wheat substitutes under a Food Administration rule effective immediately. Pies pastries and cakes must use one third wheat substitutes while batter cakes griddle cakes and waffles require three quarters wheat substitutes to conserve flour. The rule aims to protect wheat supplies and curb unfair competition among eateries.
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Washington
Che Food Administration
Food Administration
Germans May Flee Amsterdam in Petromgrad Note
Berlin quotes a German Petrograd commission saying contact with Russian leaders is impossible as Lening and Trotsky are preoccupied. The note claims Russia has delayed prisoner exchanges after recent incidents and questions if the German mission can remain in Petrograd.
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Mainz
Berlin
Petrograd
Lening
Trotsky
Petromrad
Marshall in Charge at Cantonment Construction
Washington Feb 16 Lieut Col J J Marshall Jr placed temporarily in charge of cantonment construction replacing Col I W Littell who was promoted to brigadier general in the regular army General Littell denies resigning and reports of friction with Major General Goethals remain unconfirmed
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Washington, D. C
J. J. Marshall Jr
I. W. Littell
Littell
Goethals
Ship Sinks at Pier in Atlantic Port Fire Opens Seacocks
A firemen-operated opening of seacocks caused the Minsk to sink in mud at the pier where she lay moored. The Scandinavian American steamship Minsk suffered about $500,000 in loss. Her cargo included a large quantity of Red Cross stores and cotton.
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Atlantic
Minsk
Red Cross
Cadet Norman Boots Injured in Field Training Crash
Cadet Norman J. Boots of Springfield JIL sustained a broken nose and other severe head injuries when his plane crashed during a landing attempt Friday evening near Wichita Falls Texas due to engine trouble. The aircraft was wrecked.
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Vier
Wichita Falls
Tex
Norman J. Boots
Springfield
Jil
Conspiracy charge against sheriff in Lyon case
Kil, Quasq Tex Feb 16 complaint charging conspiracy to murder was filed this morn against Sheriff Theadore Combest and County Attorney John Mirelin of Cottle County Texas. The case centers on alleged plot to kidnap W G Clark to prevent his testimony in the Felix J Jones trial over Lyons murder. Clark faces a murder charge in Cottle County for a 14 year old killing. Sheriff Orendorff and deputies guarded Clark as authorities sought state guards to guard the train near El Paso.
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Quasq
Tex
Theadore Combest
John Mirelin
Cottle County
Texas
Conbest
Martin
W. G. Clark
Felix J. Jones
Thomas Lyons
New Mexico
el Paso
Clark
Combest
Wot Fryer
N Paso
Jones
Orendorff
Hobby
Ork
Joel
Lyons
Chirk
Gusitker
Paducah
Cark
Forger stamp charged in defective steel case
United States commissioner charged Prosper J. Meister, son of Edwin Forrest Foundry owner, with using a forged government stamp to certify billets as suitable for government work and selling defective steel to the United States. Karas is jailed in San Francisco police custody as officials say the fraud endangered thousands of soldiers.
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AN Francisco
United States
Prosper J. Meister
Edwin Forrest Foundry Company
Karas
San Francisco
Death of Lt. Commander Bausch in Utah accident
Lieutenant Commander Robert Bausch, 33, died at the Norfolk Naval Hospital from a fractured skull after a fall through an operating hatch on the battleship Utah. Navy officials denied any explosion on Utah. He leaves a widow in Dallas, Texas. Separately, Missouri farmers were urged to contribute bacon to the government if Liberty Bonds are unavailable, per Speaker Clark.
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Bebo
Robert ©. Bausch
Marual
Norfolk
Utah
Navy
Bausch
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Missouri
Clark
Gas Shell Attack By Germans Fails to Break US Line
February 16 in France reports a German bombardment using gas shells and numerous aircraft, met by American anti air defenses and artillery. Gas masks were worn in trenches for over three hours, one American wounded by shrapnel, yet no gas poisoning occurred. Both sides suffered nosey aerial activity as American gunners pressed rear lines and communications under heavy shelling.
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France
Gas fumes three huts amid quiet western front fighting
The front lines west of St Mihiel saw limited action with heavy gas shell bombardments over American trenches. Allied aircraft and German forces engaged in patrols and artillery duels, but no German attacks occurred. On other fronts activity diminished while Russia drifted from the war and Brest-Litovsk talks continued. Emperor William convened a naval conference as navy heads gathered for a possible submarine policy announcement.
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Brest-Litovsk
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Austria
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Quendary
Washington, D.C
Washington
Trotsky
Ruyshin Front
Berlin
Rustam
Red
British make raid near Ypres Staden railway
War office reports Lancashire troops conducted a successful raid last night near the Ypres Staden railway. Eleven prisoners were taken with light casualties on our side while enemy artillery remained active north of Lens near La Bassee and Wytschade.
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London
Ypres-Staden
War Office
Lens
la Bassee and
Wytschade
Can Not Transport Troops To Cities For Parade
Railway freight congestion on Eastern Lines and the need to move the last contingent of the national army will prevent large scale soldier transport to cities for Washingtons Birthday parades. Director General McAdoo told Maj. Gen. John Bollie in a letter that it would be impossible to move the 15th infantry and 312th artillery Pennsylvania troops from Camp Meade to Philadelphia for the Washingtons Birthday parade.
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Washington
D. C
National Army
McAdoo
John Biddle
312Th Artillery
Camp Meade
Philadelphia
Prices Up 75 Percent Since War Began
In Washington, February 16, wholesale prices have risen about 75 percent since the war began, with most increases in the last two years. From 1917’s January to December, farm product prices rose 39 percent, food 48 percent, clothing 28 percent, lumber 27 percent, and house furnishings 27 percent. Only fuel and lighting eased 10 percent. metals fell. Retail prices stayed relatively lower than wholesale. Dressed poultry and sugar rose, but average increases were less than wholesale.
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Wasitington
D. C
Burgau of Labor Statistics
Wage increase agreed for Delaware yards ship workers
Washington February 16 The shipping board's wage adjustment board approves higher wages and overtime for about 60 percent of Atlantic coast ship workers in Delaware yards. Carpenters strike may see a broader impact as President Wilson weighs immediate action. Union leaders warn the strike could spread if wage demands are not met and a minimum wage is considered.
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Shipping Board
Wilson
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
New York
South Atlantic
Gulf
William N. Hutcgheson
Carpenters
America
Tluhor
Ttutceheson
Adjustment Board
Federation
Guerin
Iaulding Corporation
Edgewater
N. J
William Udehesen
Brotherhood
Hurtex
United States Shipping Board
Wilson Joshiy
Trutcheson
Sturley
Hurley
Labor Adjustment Board
Mr. Guerin
Appeal to President Wilson on shipyard strike
New York February 6 The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners presented an appeal direct to President Wilson asking intercession in the shipyard strike on government contracts. Officials say about 40 percent of New York district shipyard workers are on strike according to union leaders led by T. M. Guerrin.
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Wilson
Lnterstone
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Jvivers
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T. M. Guerrin
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