Secret troop movements hidden from public view
The article argues newspapers with government pressure omit wartime troop movements. It cites a German bulletin claiming five American divisions totaling 129000 troops could reach France, noting the difficulty of moving or training such forces and that French and German publics knew more about American troop movements than Americans did. The piece ends with concern that the enemy may know more than the homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Petit Parisien Informa
Mit
Uungs
America
Petit Parisien
Paris
France
United States
Proper Trail Says San Antonio Clean-Up Needs Action
Editorial praises a sober shift in tactics by San Antonio purity crusaders from loud accusations to working through lawful officers. It warns that genuine cleaning requires ongoing effort, not a one time push, and questions whether the city can sustain and build on initial gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tur Taenr
The Clean-Up Organization and Its Political Ambitions
The piece argues that enduring reforms require legal procedure and pure justice, warning that so called clean-up groups inevitably become political as they seek influence through city and county officials via the ballot. It cautions that even if nonpolitical in aim, militant action will draw politics into its methods and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain Heads of Justice
The Dawn of Motor Truck Transport Gains Momentum
The article argues that railroads will cede local transport to motor trucks as congestion, costs, and road improvements favor trucking. It cites army adoption, high horse feed prices, and government rail limits, noting lines from New York to Philadelphia and Akron to Boston as proof of growing speed and cheaper service. The piece envisions trucks supplanting rail for some freight, reshaping national logistics and signaling a future boom in automotive fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
New York
Philadelphia
Akron
Ohio
Boston
Our Friend the General and War Talk
The column mocks General Von Stein’s war prognostications claiming May victory is unlikely on the battlefield and criticizing reliance on air power. It questions Allied defeat, warns against overconfidence, and notes a spy arrest in New York Navy Yard and the enlistment of Roscoe Warren in aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Stein
Germany
Hee
Roscoe Warren
Meadesville
Roscoe
Songs for a Little Our Soldliers Graves
Poem reflecting on dedication to fallen soldiers and the quiet memorials of wooden crosses across battlefields. It honors the valor of those who died, laments the cost of glory, and recalls Loos Nemmes Neuve Chapelle Arras and Passchendaele through reverent memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Taimit
Viny
Isngland
London Daily
Tolograph
Vaudeville and films headline week at local theaters
The Majestic presents America First a lavish patriotic vaudeville spectacle in three scenes featuring a giant battleship gun turret. The Royal Theater runs Oh You Devil a musical comedy with a Satanic lead and a chorus. Torcat’s Rooster Comedians headline the Princess with a boxing gag. Empire screens Arms and the Girl directed by Joseph Kaufman. Grand shows The German Curse in Tunisia a German propaganda reel. Camp Travis Theater offers Mary and Singers a light dainty program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majes Theater
U U. S
Walter Brower
Royal Theater
Dumitrescu-Dunham
Charles Mack and Company
Maxine ‘Parrish
Baxley
Porter
Fearless Egan
William S. Hart
Primal Lure Triangle at Pearl Theater and diverse acts
The Pearl Theater presents Triangle feature Primal Lure adapted from Virgie Roe's novel with William S Hart star in a full program. The bill includes Sassy Littie Gonne and Bert Albert in On the Way to School, Allen Clifford and Barry in chamber music, Princess White Deer and braves in a novelty, and Weston and Young in Tlirtation. Wednesday showings also feature Camille with Hespera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonne
Bert Albert
Allen
Clifford
Barry
Princess White Deer
Braves
Weston
Young
Pearl Theater
J. G. Manks
Triangle
Virgie E. Roe
Miss Roe
William
Hart
Card System Adopted to Curb Cross-Border Food Purchases
In Brownsville Texas customs authorities announced a card system to limit Mexican residents crossing the border to buy American food supplies. Each person may export flour every third day up to five pounds, sugar four pounds, and similar rations, with cards issued only to regular passport holders. Mexican women and children were noted to cross daily with packages, prompting stores on the Mexican side to post signs advertising American goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
United States
Friends in boyhood meet at Camp Travis after thirty years
Col Thomas Q. Donaldson of the inspector general’s office in Washington and Right Rev William T Capers of San Antonio Episcopal diocese reconnected at Camp Travis Sunday night where they once played together in Greenville South Carolina Both men grew into army officer and bishop respectively Capers spoke at the YMCA auditorium to soldiers with Donaldson in attendance and they recalled youth. Donaldson is in San Antonio for an inspection of Camp Travis and its men and equipment and may stay several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Q. Donaldson
Inspector General's Office
Washington
Wiliam T. Capers
San Antonio
Episcopal
Diocese of
West Texas
Camp Travis
Greenville
South Carolina
Colonel Donaldson
Army
Bishop Capers
Young Men's Christian Association
Inspector General's Department
Mp Travis
Distinction for Cooks Awarded to Six Camp Yet Trained
Six Camp trained men received the Distinction for Cooks for attaining proficiency as a book and earning assignment to a base hospital. Recipients include BE Turner of 959th Infantry, Jose Cueller of 318th Signal Battalion, William J Rohde of 60th Infantry Fort, Tomyrpy A Forten ferry of 345th Machine Fun Battalion, R B Yoakley of 47th Company Depot Brigade, and Ray Edwards of 24th Machine Fun Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikimp
Depot Brigade
Ray Edwards
24Th
Machine Fun Battalion
Privates Rube Coffet and Charles W Blnssall Assigned East
Privates Rube Coffet and Charles W Blinssall of the 115th Ordnance Depot Company are designated to attend the machine gun instruction school at the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. After completing the course they will return to Camp Travis for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rube Ob. Coffet
Charles W. Blnssall
115Th Ordnance Depot Company
Springfield
Amss
Springfield Armory
Camp Travis
Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feelin News Curio
A fragmentary notice notes a two year gap and an unexpected public statement by an older figure or doctor addressing an audience. The item hints at a revival or reassessment, with local tone and oblique references to a social moment or performance.
Count von Luxburg goes insane amid wartime talk
A jumble of wartime rumors and editorials reflects concerns on internment and political rights. The text references Count von Luxburg, voting rights for pacifists, shortages, governance of waterways, and social anxieties, all voiced in a press-clipped collage style.
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NEW Transportation
New York Navy Yard
Torcat
Princess
Denny
Peri
Lawrence
Edwards
Spencer Trio
Charles Iichman
Anna Q. Nilsson
Bille Burke
Joseph Kaufman
Billie Burke
Paramount
Arms and
Empire Theater
Belgium
Rin Kaufman
Mae
Grand
Tisia
Batleet Arras
Armis
Pathe Company
Donald Thompson
Seones
Bunbar
The
Baltimore Sun
Amoraher
By Briggs
Aso Gires
Glori
Ale Yas
the Tribune Assoc
Tribunes
Count von Luxburg
Maude
Russia
Nations
San Antonio River
Texas
St. Joseph
Liddie Cherman
Detroit News
Crown Point
Ind
Win. Heide
August Heide
J. H. Letman
Grand Opera
Chicago
York
Chinatown
Tons
Mande Mie Tozey
Marl Hhuant Gazettes
Mr. Whitelouse
Willan Sanday
Bonar Taw
Teva George
Willkim
Mr. Bonar Law
Lloyd’s Weekly News
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