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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
1
Registrants are examined to determine deferred classifications. The board may ask for proof and, upon satisfactory submission, assign the registrant a deferment. Currently no immediate call to active service is indicated, with new registrants added to existing files and organized by order numbers.
The article details the drawn order of registrants in San Antonio by division, noting division 2 had the most resistants at 257 and tabulating numbers for divisions 1, 3, 4, and 6. It lists the first selected San Antonio registrants by name and address and provides an extensive sequence of draw numbers affecting various boards.
Lieut Cyrus Chamberlain son of local banker A Chamberlain and last member of the Lafay ette Excandrive was killed in a French air plane accident. A cablegram to Mr Chamberlain says he died in a trench machine on the Byench front while serving with electrical expert duties.
On the first day of statewide prohibition in San Antonio three arrests for drunkenness were made by police. Negroes and Mexicans were taken into custody as jugs were said to have been obtained from a supply stored by prisoners to tide them over the dry spell. Five persons were booked for violations of the rooming house ordinance and fines from 15 to 25 dollars were imposed in corporation court. A woman was arrested by the view squad for violating section 2 of the rooming house ordinance and another woman for vagrancy was booked late Wednesday night.
Southern department head ruled Thursday that no leggins will be issued to troops going overseas. Spiral put tees will be used instead, applying to cavalry and all branches. The woolen olive drab spiral loggia is worn around the fleas, not for neat or attractive leggings.
Berlin reports show conservative and Pan German papers call his Reichstag speech weak on peace and imply a shift in stance. London papers note a second address retracting earlier lines and accuse Hertling of defending him amid a political scandal.
Berlin reports show the German foreign minister blamed for repeating war origins while Paris papers note Kaiser's uneasy tone. Anzeiger departs from wartime rhetoric, urging nations to exchange ideas with England as Kaiser's actions provoke weariness.
Mrs Paulito Ocon of 212 South San Marcos Street suffered fractures in both arms when a buggy runaway at 626 o clock toppled her from the vehicle. Two children escaped unharmed. The horse ran away on River Avenue near 600 Clock. Mrs Ocon and the children were taken to Hobert R Green Memorial Hospital, then home. A Negro boy, Charles Williams, was struck by a lightless truck at 9 pm on North Laredo Street, breaking his right ankle. He was treated at Robert B Green Memorial Hospital. Adva Johnston & Burnett Crockett 58.
A Bexar County man, I. Meyers, filed a habeas corpus petition in the Court of Criminal Appeals challenging the state wide prohibition law entered by the Thirty fifth Legislature. The sheriff of Bexar County allegedly holds Meyers for violating the new law. Judge W. R. Davidson set bail at 2500 dollars and scheduled a July 189 hearing.
Kansas City June 27 Rotary Clubs adopt a resolution pledging hearty support for universal obligatory military training for all young men before voting age. Frank L. Mulholland recalls American troops in France praising soldier conduct and YMCA aid, noting German prisoners who did not want to return home until after the war.
Registration under government rules for German alien women will close Thursday night. San Antonio halted again as local officers exhausted blank affidavits Wednesday afternoon. An extension to the registration date seems likely as authorities seek more affidavits from Texas and other cities.
The article states a forthcoming directive will tell aliens who have failed to register exactly what steps they must take to satisfy federal registration requirements. It emphasizes government-imposed deadlines and procedures without detailing specific dates or locations.
I G Thomas of San Antonio used a reporting system via a postal card to evaluate routes for a trip to Corpus Christi. The return report lists San Antonio to Moreville as read, Floresville to Beeville and Beeville to Taft as fair, Taft to Gregory rough but improving, and Gregory to Corpus Christi as fine.
An ad promises easy fat loss with a small box of oil of kerein from the druggist with Foold-7 directions. It claims safe pleasant sliming without starvation or hard exercise and asserts benefits of better health happiness clearer mind and buoyant step.
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