New Budget Preparations Underway for City Expenditures
Officials say budget estimates are being prepared to adjust last year’s level over 1.7 million dollars. Mayor Bell seeks tax fair share by revising property values and lowering taxes if valuations rise. paving plans include Avenue D and Castro Street, plus two concrete bridges and Main Avenue linkage project with local funding possible.
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Bell
San Antonio
Unifiklues
Heuermann
Department of Streets and Pubiic Works
Pecan
Tenth
Fort Sam Houston
Avenue C
Castro
Laredy
Zarramora Street
Culebra
Bandera
Martinez Track
Fredericksburg Road
Simpson Street
Brackenridge Rigs School
Battle in the skies as German flights clash and misfire
A chaotic air engagement over France on June 5 pits German Halberstadt two seater and six scouts against British patrols. Friendly fire and miscommunication leave many German planes shot down or damaged as comrades turn on each other. The British intervene, shooting down Halberstadt and two German scouts while others crash out of control.
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Associated Press
France
Halberstadt
Plotters Warned as Slavic Agitation Rises in Austria
A Swiss-dispatched report notes heavy German and Austro Hungarian press coverage of Slavic agitation in Austria. It cites placards in major cities warning that Vienna will crush nationalist plots with force and without pity. The London dispatch adds troops moved into Austria’s interior to quell disorder.
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London Times
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
the Public Ledger Co
London
Milan
Austria
Washington
DB. C
Austro-Hungary
Switzerland
Vienna
Army and Marine Casualties and Hungarian War Loan Opens
The daily casualty list shows 127 army deaths and 31 wounded or missing across actions and causes, with Captain John Blanchfield of Brooklyn among the dead. A Marine list reports 11 killed, 2 died of wounds, and 4 severely wounded. Also, Amsterdam opens subscriptions for the eighth Hungarian War Loan at 91.5 with 5.5 percent interest through June 27.
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Washington, D. C
Jane
Marine Corps
Cate and Nanes
John Blanchfield
Brooklyn
Amsterdam
Budapest
War order policy shifts to ease East congestion
Washington June 12. The War Industrial Board and railroad administrations announce a new contract allotment policy to move war orders inland. The aim is to relieve railroad congestion and labor shortage by expanding industries in the Middle West and South while limiting growth in the East. A Red Cross move occupies a separate note in Geneva.
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Washington, D. C
Middle West
New England
Astern
New York
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Altoona
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Baltimore Roads
War Industrial Board
Fuel and Railroad Administrations
South
Seaboard
Shipping Board and
Railroad Administration
South Atlantic
Gulf
Camp Story Department Opens at The Light
The Light announces a Camp Story department offering $1 per accepted camp life tale. Submissions from civilians or soldiers must be original, factual accounts not previously published, up to 200 words, on one side of paper. Send to the Camp Story Editor.
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The
Light
Commanding Marines on the Marne Harbord’s Rise
Brigadier General James G. Harbord directs American Marine forces on the Marne as chief of staff to General Pershing. He succeeds Brig. Gen. Charles A. Doyen, recently relieved for physical unfitness, with another senior Marine to take command. Harbord’s background spans Kansas, Illinois origins, Spanish American War service, and wartime roles in Cuba, the Philippines, and Europe.
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Marnes
James G. Harbord
General Pershing
General Harbourd
Charles A. Doyen
Marine Corps
Doyen
France
General Harbord
Illinois
Kansas State Agricultural College
Dth Infantry
5Th Cavalry
10Th
11Th
1St Cavalry
Europe
Cuba
Philippines
High School Students Join Camp Travis Laundry Crew
Over one hundred Brackenridge and Main Avenue High School students join Camp Travis reclamation and camp laundry. They fill shortages left by wives of soldiers, work shortened hours, and receive training, lectures, and sport equipment as rewards. Minimum pay starts at $9 per week, with daily army routines and supervision.
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Brackenridge
Main Avenue
Camp Travis
Camp Laundry
Wilson
James J. Hoy
San Antonio
Captain Toy
Army
Weather roundup for multiple cities with varying conditions
San Antonio and vicinity expect fair weather tonight and Thursday. St Louis reports 72 degrees and a NW wind 18 mph with a cool low. Chicago at 48 degrees with clear skies and NW wind, cool lows and highs around 64 to 66. Kansas City 70 degrees clear with a north wind and cool temps. New York 64 degrees with rain and a south wind, Thursday fair with a low around 8. Washington DC 74 degrees cloudy with a SW wind and fair conditions returning, lows near 76 and highs near 82.
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Igh
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Ilghest
Washington
D. C
Alghest
Improved surgical methods speed WWI wounded to front
Washington June 12. Surgeons report France developed methods that allow 80 percent of wounded soldiers to be sent back to fighting within three or four weeks, a dramatic improvement over previous months long cures. The surgeon general's office says this information will guide American surgeons as new treatments are developed.
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Washington, D. C
France
United States
Great Battle Forces Fights Near Courcelles
French resistance holds at Mery and Leplovelin as German offensives press along the Ville Courcelles line. Paris prepares for defense while Clemenceau’s committee reviews measures. center advances reach Margueilge near Compiègne, with heavy French counterattacks and significant prisoner losses.
Doomed Message From Cavalry Detachment At Le Primont
The Anncornated Press reports a heroic stand by a dismounted cavalry detachment in France. Surrounded since 4 am Sunday, they repelled repeated attacks and sent two hourly wireless updates reading we are holding until a final message at noon Monday declared we are doomed.
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France
le Primont
New German Offensive Fails In Montdidier Front
The Associated Press reports German attacks to outflank French lines between Montdidier and the Oise held firm as counterattacks regained ground on the western end. A new blow was launched south of the Aisne near Soissons and Donmniers, with fear of a broader advance as British and French forces report pockets and stiff resistance. American Marines report progress near Chateau Thierry driving Germans from Bella Wood and capturing prisoners as fighting continues along multiple sectors.
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Montdidier
The
Oise
Aisne
Marne
Montdidier-Oise
Soissons
Donmniers
Curry
Ambleny
Reimit DE LA
Malz
Mont- Midier
Picardy
Flanders
Amiens
British War Office
Chaim
Berlin
Neyon
Pueschy
Bellan
American Artillery Supports French in Picardy Breakthrough
American artillery aided French counterattacks southwest and south of Montdidier directing harassing fire as Germans raided Cantigny Monday night and were repulsed. An enemy plane in French insignia attacked the march, causing no casualties as troops took cover. Reports of Germans using French signs on planes circulated.
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Picardy
Montdidier
Montlidier
Cantigny
Battle in Picardy and Flanders Rages On Front Line
The exchange of heavy fighting continues as French and German forces clash from Picardy through Flanders to the Aisne and Marne. Both sides anticipated this notable move as the conflict widens on the front with major divisions deployed.
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Grheald Campbell
London
Pigeryten
Sregal
Antonio
Phthdeliphia Public Ledger
Leager Toe Wnch
Picardy
Flanders
Aisne
Marne
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Farhord. Ay
Uncle Sam
Weather Forecast
Vicinity
Thoreday, Fair
Gerald Campbell
Paris
San Antonin Light
Philadelphia Dubie Ledger
Putte Ledger Co
Mery
Courcelles
Leploven
Bellow-Vaudelingourt
Ville
Ribecourt
Compelgné
Villers Cotter
Chateau-Therry
Clemenceau
Seine
Margueglise
Compeigne
Ville Courcelles
Ailette
Band of Heroic Fighters
Petain
Compiegne Forest
Mont- Widliae
Somme
Feo
Mourhincourt
Eaeny
Momuthier
Mary
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