Goethals Resigns as Panama Canal Governor
President Wilson accepts Major General Goethals resignation as Panama Canal governor and retiring from active duty after overseeing canal construction. The administration plans to appoint Colonel Chester Harding as governor. Goethals had secured retirement under a Congressional act.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Goethals
Panama Canal
White House
Chester Harding
Canal
Engineer Withdraws Slope Danger Claim After Canal Slides
An engineer who had pressed for a warning or relocation has withdrawn the request after renewed slides in the canal. He now believes the danger of serious slides has been eliminated.
Books Are Forwarded to Border Hospitals by Local Charity
Ten boxes of books and magazines were shipped to border hospitals by Mrs. Charles Wu Starr, committee chair, for soldiers. A Saturday shipment is planned and books games and magazines should be sent to Mrs Starr at the Menger Hotel. Mrs George Bscchlitz will pick up packages by car if contributors contact Starr. Contributors include numerous names such as Mrs George W Beil Jr R W Lay and others plus the San Antonio Club which sent many late magazines.
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Charles Wu. Starr
Duval West
Harry Hyman
Turrand
W. ©. Rigsby
W. G. Goldring
James E. Gallagher
M. B. Jersig
G. Surkey
P. Sculley
B. E. Hilken
Tommy Irvin
Roy W. Quillen
E. C. Bennett
Brisco West
C. C. Jannin
Harvey Page
Mary Maude Halcombe
C. G. Starr
Edwin Lee
the Red Cross
D. W. Jackson
Gladys Morgan
L. M. Russell
San Antonio Club
Light Showers Continue Across San Antonio
Showers were reported across San Antonio with unsettled weather extending from northern Mexico to the Great Lakes. Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau said the unsettled conditions would persist for about 24 to 30 hours.
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San Antonio
Allen Buell
The
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Great Lakes
Daisy Bunco Club Hosts Afternoon Entertainment
Miss Jaehnig entertained the Daisy Bunco Club with games and piano selections by Hazel Muckenfuss and Dora Knaupp. Refreshments were served. Present were Hazel Muckenfuss Hulda Steffler Clara Schumann Emma Kolb Dora Knaup Emma Kirchner Nora Wagenfuhr Celeste McSorley Estelle Wesnig. Mrs Hokus and Pokue provide humorous banter on bridge and conversation.
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Frieda Jaehnig
Daisy Bunco Club
Hazel Muckenfuss
Dora Knaupp
Hulda Steffler
Clara Schumann
Emma Kolb
Dora Knaup
Emma _ Kirchner
Nora Wagenfuhr
Celeste McSorley
Estelle Wesnig
German Baron Claims Germany Superior Race Dictates World Power
A German baron argues in a publication under government auspices that Germans are the purest race and destined to rule civilization. He attacks enemies of Germany as impure and says only pure races create Kultur. He targets France Russia England and the United States, assigning blame to mixed blood and claiming German influence underpins future progress. The piece frames race theory as natural law and calls for German leadership in world affairs.
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Berlin
Germany
Professor von Lichtenberg
France
Russian Empire
Baltic
Social notes from St Anne’s Circle event and gatherings
In Society Wednesday Night St Anne’s Circle of Daughters of Isabella is at home from 8 to 10 at the Catholic Woman’s Club. Captain and Mrs Sterling Price Adams host a dinner party Thursday. Missionary Society of Alamo Heights Methodist Church holds a 10 a.m. business meeting at Mrs C E Stephens’s Argyle Avenue home.
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Catholic Woman's Club
Mrs. Sterling Price Adams
Missionary Society of
Alamo Heights
Cheir Married Life Bristles Over Domestic Tastes
Helen defends Frances amid Carrie’s harsh judgment of a friend’s affair with Avery Atwood. Carrie challenges Frances’s judgment while Warren’s sister pressures Helen about social norms and marriage roles, as Helen skirts family interference and guards her independence.
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Helen
Carrie
Warren
Atwood
Frances
Avery Atwood
Senate Drops Predatory Animal Experiments from Farm Bill
The Senate voted 36 to 27 to strike from the agricultural appropriation bill authorization for experiments to eradicate predatory animals on private land. Senator Sheppard led for adoption. Senator Wadsworth urged only public-land testing. Public-land funding of 420000 remains available.
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Washington, PD. C
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Sheen
Sheppard
Texas
Wadsworth
New York
New York Faces Heat Wave as Thermometer Climbs
Sweltering New Yorkers heard a consoling forecast from Weatherman Searr at noon promising the hottest day of the year. By midday the temperature reached 87 and rose rapidly with multiple exposures reported for the day.
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New York
Searr
Cary
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