Kaiser's Frogs Tell Wartime Tale on Chemin Des Dames
Amsterdam july 5 IWarl Rosner, a German emperor press agent, recounts a Lob Anzeiger story in which Crown Prince William tells his father a fable of frogs aiding German artillery at the Chemin Des Dames. The tale places the scene on a hill amid General von Francois’s army in June, describing frogs croaking loudly to mask German battery movements as the attack began. The conversation also covers the plan to blow the French castle at Coney le Chatoun near St Quentin, with the emperor noting warnings from military advisers about endangering German soldiers and stressing the protection of soldiers above all else.
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Amsterdam
Iwarl Rosner
Lob Anzeiger
Susperor Will
Chemin Des Dames
Rosner
von Francois
Ailette
Gion
Trosner
Jon
Coney le Chatoun
St. Quentin
Flying Nine Heads to Corpus Christi for July Fourth Game
Kelly Field sent its baseball team to Corpus Christi by air to face the Fifth Engineers on July Fourth. Nine ships carried the players in a Thursday flight, with expectations of a Friday return. critics note aviation fields should avoid transporting men by anything but airplanes.
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Kelly Field
Corpus Christi
Brooks Wield
Rally Field
Signal Corps
Postmasters Warn Flier Cadets of Sudden Winds at Kelly Field
Plan to alert cadets within 200 miles of Kelly Field uses postmasters to telegram warnings of approaching windstorms. The system provides storm time, direction, wind speed, and rain or thunder details to prevent accidents and save aviators.
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Kelly Field
Priar
Linto
Tod
Durem
Tova
Nso
New Aero Insignia Eyed For Signal Corps Units
A new Aer o insignia and cords, designated for the Signal Corps aviation section, may be adopted soon at Kelly Field. No orders issued yet, but advance word says a change is coming, with green and black cords and altered chevrons distinct from other branches.
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Signal Corps
Kelly Field
Nelly Piel
Aviation Section
Obituaries and deaths fill San Antonio page notices
Obituary notices list Otto Uecker age 24 who died Thursday at a local hospital. He lived in San Antonio eleven months after being born in Conway Texas, survived by parents, brothers, and sister. Funeral Friday at 2:00 from Aransas Avenue residence, Rev. John Wolf to conduct service, Lutheran Cemetery burial. Also James A. Brady, 27, former hospital bookkeeper, died at his mother’s home in St. Felix Missouri, survived by widow and children, member of San Antonio Council Knights of Columbus. John T. Shannon, 57, died at his Leming Texas residence. survived by six sons and three daughters in several cities. body sent to Goldthwaite for burial. Funeral notices for Porter Loreng Funeral Director and Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co. funeral services services listed with local undertakers.
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Otto Vecker
Otto Uecker
Ollovk
Conway
Tex
Ladd
San Antonio
Herman Vee
Alvin
Herbert
Millin
Irwin
Eugene
Lida Uecker
Aransas A Avenue
O'Vlock
John Wolf
St. John's Tatherna Church
James A. Brady
James A. Hrady
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Sso Greer Avenue
St Lelix
St. Louis
Brady
Knights of Columbuss
John T. Shannon
Leming
Texas
Missouri
Hettie Naylor
Dallas
W. Autry
Clebourne
Mary Shannon
San Saba
J.C. Shannon
W.oil
Jk. J
Lapse of Memory in Lodge Scene
A business man asks his wife to sew a ripped shirt before a lodge meeting. She refuses saying she is a typerwriter not a sewing machine. The scene highlights marital roles and memory lapses in a humorous vein from Dalton News and Baltimore American clippings.
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Jessie
Hubby
Jane
Dalton News
Foot care facts boost troops mobility at training camps
The Detroit Free Press notes power in shu and guflo, adds foot care to hospital corps gear at Fort Wayne, and cites Plattsburg Camp Manual urging daily foot reshaping. Allen's Foot Baxe and Allen's Foot Rasa praised by relief committees for soothing, healing conditions. soldiers urged to stock multiple boxes for camps and services.
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Fort Wayne
Detroit Free Press
Gimong
Plattsburg
Allen
Army
Navy
Nineteenth Infantry Regrouping at Camp Travis Arrival
Company C of the Nineteenth Infantry, guarding Louston riot prisoners, is relieved and reports to Camp Travis. The Third Battalion arrives from Galveston, bringing the unit back together for the first time in years. Other detachments from Port Arthur and Freeport had reported earlier. more units and the battalion moved under Maj John Wright's command. Colonel Williams welcomes the mobilization for intensive training at Camp Travis.
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Nineteenth Infantry
Louston
Camp Travis
Galveston
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Port Arthurs
Freeport
United States Guard
John Wright
R. C. Willis
John Mem. Prayn
Williams
Lo Rether
Fort Sam Houston
Free telephone use for police and firemen authorized citywide
Police and fire crews may use pay phones at all stations and private dwellings without charge during official duties. The policy, effective Friday, follows a push by Fire and Police Commissioner Wright and approval from JV Hueker of Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph. Officers must call central headquarters hourly to report status.
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JV. Hueker
Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Company
Wright
Wright Briday
Alien Register Ends in San Antonio for German Women
German alien women in San Antonio completed registration on Thursday. Cards will be issued starting Saturday and continue daily until all registrants receive them. Registration began June 17 but was delayed for blank affidavits. Police Chief Lancaster, registrar, prepares affidavits for federal authorities and urges registrants to collect cards to ease future investigations. Also notes first mail delivery of five live chicks from Mt. Carrel to Galena, DL, 100 miles away, arriving in good condition.
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San Antonio
Lancaster
Galena
Mt. Carrel
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