McCumber Attacks Bolshevik Sentiment And War Graft
Senator McCumber denounces Bolshevik sympathy in America as a danger to democracy and blames profiteering and labor slackers for undermining war effort. He singles out Hog Island shipyard graft and calls for stronger action to prevent theft of government funds and delaying ship construction. He cites 6.5 million idle men while soldiers die overseas.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Today
America
Hog Island
Hanks
Laher
Gompers
Congress
France
Delays in War Efforts Draw Blame Across Ranks
A wartime warning blames slackers and idlers for delaying government speedups in construction. It argues that deaths of soldiers due to these delays are charged not only to the laggards but also to members of Congress. The excerpt reflects tension over productivity and oversight during critical mobilization.
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Congress
Villa's forces split as main command marches to Durango
Juarez Mexico February 25 Villa heads toward the Durango mountains with a column under Generals Eduardo Hernandez and Francisco Gonzales in pursuit from Parras and Escalon. Reportedly Villa’s forces divided after fighting south of Escalon with a northern group near Chihuahua City while the main body retreats toward the Rio Florida headwaters. Murguia returns to Chihuahua City after directing operations. officers and officials involved in horse requisition faced imprisonment. Reports say Villa suffered a severe defeat near Jimines. Federal losses were 278 killed and six shaft drivers, while Villa’s toll was estimated around 300 including a general and a colonel.
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Chihuahua City
Villa
Eigil Offictios
Jimines
Dewit Murguia
Vienion
Vin
Durango
Narrow Escape for Elevator Operator at St. Anthony Hotel
Mrs. C Evans an elevator operator at the St Anthony Hotel narrowly escaped death when caught between the elevator cage and shaft wall shortly after 7 o clock Sunday night. Firemen freed her after chopping away the lift portion. She was taken to Physicians and Surgeons Hospital where her condition Monday was reported improved. Deci de on Trail Route for A and A pathway from San Antonio to Corpus Christi noted by Trail Association secretary Frank A Davis.
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C. Evans
St. Anthony
Uft
Obituary notices from San Antonio residents
A series of obituaries for Emery Levy 49 of San Antonio. Mrs. W. Lowry 32. John Umscheid 63. Mike Murphy 53. James Schneider 31. Thomas Wolfe 20. deaths reported across various streets and residences. Funeral and burial plans noted including Orthodox Jewish cemetery and Mission Burial Park. Surviving relatives listed for several cases. Local undertakers named.
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Famnery Levy
Emery Levy
Fourth Street
Roumania
San Antonio
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Adv Vacation Auto Equip
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co offers automobile equipment and undertaker services with two phones listed 9711. Also Pearce Robinson Undertaking Co provides private ambulance and mater equipment at 45 Soledad St with phone 2820. Includes ads for Crockett bank executives and payments for family lots priced at 50 and 106 dollars monthly.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co
Soledad St. Phone Co
Tosclawn Camptery
Dickinson
Pres
Haines
Sec
State Bank
Crockett
War Savings Honor Roll adds five $1000 stamps buyers
Five local figures purchase $1000 War Savings stamps and are added to the Honor Roll. The rural women’s War Savings committee led by Mrs. J. R. Davis plans Tuesday meetings at Converse and With Schools in Travis County to boost the drive. In Austin an effort begins to endow a Travis County bed in a French hospital for American soldiers at $600 yearly, following similar Texas efforts and San Antonio endowments.
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War Savings
San Antonio
Bexar
Lodge of Perfection
Pilgrim Chapter
Rose Croix
Travis Council of Kadesh
Alaufar Temple
Mystic Shriners
Woman Division
War Savings Campaign
J. R. Davis
Converse
Travis County
Ald Hospital
Austin
Tex
France
Texas
German Soldiers Being Trained For A Great Offensive
London report from British headquarters in France on February 24 notes springlike weather and widespread preparation behind German lines for a potential major offensive. Training includes open warfare drills with tanks and engineers building pontoons. fronts, roads, ammo dumps, and gun positions are expanded while leaves are restricted to ensure front troops are fed. Allies maintain air and initiative superiority amid camouflage.
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London Times Service
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Puble Ledger Co
London
Perry Robinson
France
Ékays
Soldier Aids in Haunted House Mystery At Kelly Field
A would be Dr Watson type arrived at Kelly Field and presented a telegram offering to reveal the truth behind a wealthy Georgia woman’s haunted house. An executive officer’s inquiry exposed the hoax, traced to a hospital encounter with two men from Georgia who heard the tale and spread the lure. A second item notes pistol target practice by officers of the Ninetieth Division at Camp Travis and a new washing carman innovation.
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Watson
Kelly Field
Nan
Sir Conan Doyle
Georgia
Kelly Vield
Paso
Dave Hospital
Ninetieth Division
Camp Travis
Palado
America
French Women Held as Hostages by German Soldiers
Paris reports one thousand educated French women from Northern France were taken as hostages and sent to Holzminden camp. Details describe harsh treatment, food deprivation, and removal of bedding and underwear, with a Spanish delegate delivering the news. Several prominent women, including Madam Reuter and Madam Tabbe, were cited among those held in reprisal for aerial strikes.
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London Limes Service
San Antonio
Paladelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Paris
Ifreb
France
Holeminden
L'homee Livera
Legation
Brussels
Shed No. 13
Madam Reuter
Longwy
Madam Tabbe
Retty
Mile
Thilley
Holzminden
College Philharmonic Club Musicale at College Auditorium
The College Philharmonic Club will present a musicale in the college auditorium at 7:30 Wednesday evening. The event is a major season occasion with many invitations sent to friends of the club and school, featuring Willett's famous orchestra and plans for a grand evening in Turner Hall. Gentlemen 50 cents, ladies free.
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College Philharmonic Club
St. Alive
Carl Buttler
Willett
St. Louis
Turner Hall
Bird OF Paradise
St. Anthony
Francisco Hernandez
Allied envoys ready to leave Russia for Brest Litovsk
The working class delegates select a new delegation led by M. ioveff, M. Alexieff, and M. Sokolkoff to accompany naval and military reps and depart tonight for Brest Litovsk. Reports say Germans advance and execute red guards while restoring officers and forcing salutes. Central executive committee votes 126 to 85 to accept German peace terms.
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M. Karakhan
Workmen's
Petrograd
Bput
He. Pravda
Bolsheviki
all-Russian Council of Workmen’s and
Germans to Try for Peace Before Drive on Western Front
Well informed neutrals in Holland report discussions among civilians and junior officers about a probable western offensive. They say German troops are being told the attack may be preceded by peace negotiations, with emphasis on avoiding large scale fighting and a March offensive mainly on the British front. Civilian rations have improved in mining districts, while food scarcity and clothing shortages persist in Belgium.
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London Times Service
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia
Stopyright
The
Public Ledger
Hague
Holland
West Germany
Hhenish
Enghlund
Belgium
Busshin
Ukraine
Germany
Arrest 18 Women In Vice Campaign Roundup
Twenty nine persons were arrested by the vice squads Saturday and Sunday in a city drive to purge undesirables. Eighteen arrestees were women, mostly Black and Mexican, with one white woman charged under a presidential proclamation. Several arrests involved rooming house violations and a liquor sale to soldiers. A 22 year old chauffeur faced a statutory charge and will go to county authorities for grand jury action.
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Willow Street
Russian Telegram Claims Hesse Duke to Command Riga Front
A Petrograd telegram to the Morning Post says the grand duke of Hesse is named to command in the Riga sector of the German front. It adds that his sister former Empress Alexandra would guard the tsarevich, a favored candidate for the throne, while the former emperor would not accept the throne from Germany. The Bolsheviks are blamed for a despotism-like government paving the way for a monarchy's return.
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Russia
Petrograd
Grand Duke of Hesse
Riga
Alexandra
Tsarevitch
D S O Award Mentioned at Glamorgan Sessions
Major D Watts Morgan, Rhondda miners' leader, was cited at Glamorgan Quarter Sessions as the recipient of the D S O for actions described when German forces broke British lines. The chairman, Major Rhys Williams, recalled a Labor Company armed with picks and shovels holding firm and aiding the guards in repelling the assault.
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London
D. Watts Morgan
Rhondda
Glamorgan
Rhys Williams
Vitalitas promoted as a universal health tonic in Texas
An advertisement touts Vitalitas as a natural remedy used in 106000 Texas homes for rheumatism indigestion nervous disorders stomach kidney and liver ills. It claims to build up invigoration of the system and strengthens blood and tissue using natural mineral salts. Sold by druggists.
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Texas
Ald Arvggists
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