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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
5
Washington July 9 The Treasury Department extended a further 10 million dollars to Italy bringing total aid to Italy to 660 million and allied loans to 6 09659 billion to date.
The fire department committee of captains condemns the mayor and commissioners for failing to honor a 10 percent pay increase agreed on June 1. They cite four captains off duty, note lieutenants covering duties, and demand the promised vacation due by law. The letter urges city leaders to balance justice and keep firefighters at their posts.
The Rio Grande Conservation Congress met in the Chamber of Commerce sessions and discussed highways irrigation and a possible railroad into the valley. A resolution to submit a sense of the group to the board was planned and a special railroad committee was proposed.
Martin Wright receives trophies from the battlefields of France sent by his son Phil Wright now serving as a gun setter in the navy. The highlights include an automatic pistol taken from a dead German officer by a French captain who gave it to the son. The weapon, unique and finely made, fires a bullet slightly larger than 38 caliber and sits in an ornate leather sheath. Accompanied is a used shell from a French gun. Phil witnessed Paris air raids on June 2 and described the surge of resident courage when warnings sounded.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Thomas Lynch 85 in a San Antonio hospital funeral at St. Louis College chapel burial at St. Louis College grounds. Fredrica Wahnschaffe 70 dies at daughter’s home native of Germany longtime San Antonio resident funeral from Mrs Charles Greene home. Oliver Brown 88 Confederate Hood Brigade veteran died in Travichart funeral at St Marys Catholic cemetery. Mathilda Inch 50 dies at local sanitarium arrangements led by Porter Loring. Local funeral notices list undertakers Pearce Robinson and Hagg Metollum. Political ad notes a Slayden record exposal and a Pray and Fight appeal by Cardinals Gibbons Varley and Connell for peace.
A newspaper blurb advises using plain purified coconut oil as a greaseless shampoo instead of soaps or commercial shampoos. It claims coconut oil cleanses the hair and scalp, removes dust and dandruff, dries quickly, leaves hair silky, and is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.
A health supplement ad claims a rapid weekly weight gain of a pound or more with Woods V Tabulex. Satisfied customers are promised money back if not effective, with doctors reportedly recommending the product.
Tuesday tests evaluated several garbage department trucks hauling trailers loaded with refuse up a steep hill to the rock quarry dump. Many trucks failed to clear the incline, described as the department's hardest test. A follow up test is planned for Wednesday morning.
Concluding its first year, the War Service Board of San Antonio will meet at Community House for officer elections at 12:15 P.M. A report shows daily patronage at the barber shop and baths, meals served to soldiers and guests, and weekday musical programs free to all.
Private Max Petretle of the Nineteenth Infantry drowned Monday at the Salado army swimming pool. Budd Goodwin, a fellow swimmer, dived repeatedly to locate the body in eighteen feet of water and brought it to the surface before exhaustion forced him to release it. Goodwin previously saved another man from drowning this summer.
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