Soldier Aid Drives Red Cheer In Knitting Contests
Society notes describe gloves drives and brigade box collections in cities, urging red trim on socks for soldiers. New York hosts a block party to boost morale with lawn decor, music, and street gatherings for soldiers and sweethearts. Engagements, clubnews, and social events fill the San Antonio scene with weddings, teas, and dances at country clubs and the Hot Wells French court amid wartime volunteer efforts.
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Soldier Boys
New York
Bastile
Hot Wells
San
Madam Rivera
Cuba
Madam Florida Shaw
Madamoiselle Virginia Beraud
G. W. Helms
J. J. Miller
Simon Rooney
C. M. Newman
el Paso
D. M. Pryor
Stafford
Percy Tyrrell
General de la Fuente
Nat M. Washer
Bruce
W. Durflinger
Priscilla Wilson
New York and Co
Howard
A. Graham
Florida Shaw
Mr. Bailey
Capps
Col Cassel
Harry Miller
Willard Berman
I. N. Zermeno
Mexico City
Mr. Moore
Rivero
C. N. Cavanaugh
Houston
O’shea
Everetts
Walter McComb
Cohen
F. A. Chapa
Willis Ranney
George Ranney
Hall Street
H. Ochs
Fuller
Evans
F. M. Wetherly
J. C. Jones
Camp Funston
I. J. C. Holland
Mr. Cheesman
Mr. Douglass
Local Women Organizations Plan Meetings and Charitable Work
The Business Woman's Club of the YWCA will meet Thursday at 6 30 p m on the roof. San Antonio de Bexar Chapter D A R votes to support a French orphan for a year and knit for naval recruits. Various groups including Fern Leaf Bowling Club and Camp Kelly WW activities list programs and Hoover pledge card drives.
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Thomas J. Nye
The
War Recreation Board
San Antonio
Business Woman’s Club
Young Woman's Christian Association
Association
FISS
San Antonio de Bexar
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fern Leaf Bowling Club
Lambert's Beach
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Camp Kelly
Sim Spell
Sis Mirandy
Harriett Stille
Violet Schaefer
Maryellen Bass
Tipperary
Aviation Corps
BR. Marshall
Frank Priestly
Council of Jewish Women
Hoover
National League For Women
Pershing Described by British Reporter in London
A British correspondent portrays General John J. Pershing as frank and friendly with deliberate speech, tall and muscular, with a commanding eye and a charming smile. The writer notes his readiness to act and a staff remark that he is always on the job when trouble arises.
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London
General Pershing
Learners and recruits in old reports at marae
A damaged OCR fragment depicts a new recruit and an officer in a marine setting. The recruit asks for tasks while the officer corrects him on proper reporting manners. The scene ends with a brisk exchange and a blunt command about duties.
Church Circle Meetings Schedule This Week
The Woman's Missionary Society of Government Hill Methodist and the Woman's Auxiliary of First Presbyterian plan Monday gatherings at 4 pm with devotions, programs, and Bible class. Red Cross Circle forms at Laurel Heights Methodist at 6 30 pm with Mrs Dascomb in attendance. The Travis Park Methodist Missionary Society meets at 4 pm in the Philathea room and Daughters of Israel visit Miss Tillie and Bessie Miller at 2501 West Travis Street.
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P. L. McIntosh
Carolina Tea Rooms
C. W. Ramsay
Hazelhurst
Wis
Mamie Willing
Fort Worth
P. J. Luke
Luke
F. M. Clayton
F. B. Gartner
J. L. Cowan
W. G. Bardwell
Alice Dickson
R. H. Ward
Mary Bridge
Mary Louise Steele
Mary Venable
Miriam Milburn
Eleanor Warren
Ada Maverick
Holland Stewart
Ethel Tobin
Kerrville
Cmp
Young Woman's Christian Association
Alice Jackson
Alta Irving
Willie
Mary Thomas
Louise Lawrence
May Barpee
Westbrook
J. Johnson
Gertrude Knox
Douglas Dick
Ella Graef
Lois Cook
Anna Graef
J. R. Gibson
Frank Snyder
Woman’s Missionary Society
Government Hill Methodist Church
Burleson Street
Woman's Auxiliary
First Presbyterian Church
Inez McCallum
D. F. Roberts
American Home Missions
W. C. Linden
J. W. Culver
Red Cross
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
A. 8. Dascomb
San Antonio
The
Missionary Society of
Travis Park Methodist Church
Philathea
the Daughters of Israel
Misses Tillie
Bessie Miller
West Travis Street
Famine Follows War in Ovambo Land
The Southwest African mission paper notes war ending in South West Africa but famine hitting Ovambo land. Heat and drought destroy harvests causing severe hunger. Appeals to Cape Town were slow and distribution poorly organized. Thousands of blacks have died, with more to perish before the next harvest.
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Berlin
Berlinger Tageblatt
Holland
Southwest Africa
Ovambo
Cape Town
Expert Demonstrates Tomato Canning And Preserving Methods
The local League for Woman's Service promotes tomato conservation as harvests surge. Miss Willetta Duncan provides home friendly recipes, terms for canning, cold pack method, and various preserves including sauce, mince meat, piccalilli, catsup, preserves, dried tomatoes, juice, marmalade, and pies.
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League For Woman's Service
Young Woman's Christian Association
Willetta Duncan
New Orleans
San Antonio
Panama Canal Zone
Bexar County
Miss Duncan
Conservation Department
National League For Woman's Service
Chamber of Commerce
Conservation of Foods
Secretary of Agriculture
Aviators Observe Birds Habits Across Front Lines
French military aviators in World War I gather data on bird behavior while directing artillery and photographing trenches. They report swallows fly at about 700 yards, wild ducks around 1800 yards, and lapwings higher still. Ducks move in unison, as if all wings follow a single wire. Speeds average 65.5 mph upward and 69 mph horizontally.
Berlin Regrets US Note to Russia Not Inspired by Britain
The New York Sun notes Berlin does not claim Britain inspired the United States note to Russia and states Germany did not inspire it. The piece suggests Berlin regrets any impression of British influence on the US initiative.
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Berlin
Britain
United States
Russia
Germany
New York Sun
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EB. C. Tarrant
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Country Club
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Mary Howard
Rowena Walker
Ruby Dan Murphy
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S&s
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Irma Munson
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J. D. Smith
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Ray Smith
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Mayme Dew
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Asheville
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Montreal
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W. W. Dautsmeier
O. T. Cowan
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C. A. Goeth
Hiram Partee
J. C. Fair
J. B. Nelson
J. D. Crenshaw
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Edward McMonigal
Nat B. Jackson
Agricultural and Mechanical College
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Elizabeth Hays Gibson
Horace Lansbury Ogden
St. Paul
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L. W. Lounsberry
Chicago
J. S. Ballard
Esse
Ferdinand Druich
Violet of
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John L. Browne
Green Lodge
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J. O. Bell
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Homer T. Wilson
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Sterling Price Adams
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Vera Stuckes
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James Routledge
Lewis Krams-Beck
H. P. Drought Jr
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Elizabeth Houston
W. Bertrand Stevens
Thad Shaw
Douglass Edwards
I. L. Carson
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J. G. Griswold
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Harry Walker
Ed Strauss
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Cc. A. Townsend
Clara May
Bernie A. Herring
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George H. Badger
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Mothers’ Club
Hugh B. Rice
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J. P. Benkendorfer
Council of Mothers
Comfort
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Losoya St
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Travelers Hotel
Avenue C
Houston St
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Pershing
Vege 8
Africa
San Antonio League For Woman’s Service
Collander
Hotel Lanier
San Antonio’s
St. Mary’s and
Travis Sts
Joe J. Nix
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