Senate votes 68 to 14 to table Gore war warning on armed ships
In a decisive Senate decision 68 senators to 14 blocked Senator Gore and substitute McCumber resolutions aimed at warning Americans away from armed belligerent ships. Administration allies backed the move as a victory for Wilson era submarine negotiations and shifted focus to the House where McCumber re introduced a similar measure.
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Prizes Announced for San Antonio Light Cookery Contest
The San Antonio Light announces a free Food Fair and Cooking School with a Friday session of housewives preparing loaves cakes pies and doughnuts for a Saturday contest at West Houston and North Flores. Prizes include gas range kitchen cabinet electric percolator and more with proceeds benefiting the San Antonio Playgrounds Association.
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North Flores
San Antonio Playgrounds Association
St. Clair
Alamo Furniture Company
Universal Round
Martin Wright
Everwear Aluminum
Tips Hardware Company
Red Star Milling Company
Simon
Hoosier
Household Furniture Company
G. A. Stowers Furniture Company
Graham & Collins
Leonard Cleanable Refrigerator
L. P. Peck
Hot Point Electric Iron
Universal Bread Maker
California Raisin Growers’ Association
Jean Prescott Adams
All March Cold Records Broken Across Plains
Record cold snaps hit Dallas and Fort Worth Texas with March lows. Salina Kansas plunged to nine degrees below zero as Kansas City posted seven above. Oklahoma City rose to 12 above while Abilene Texas reached 22.
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Kansas
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Salina
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Texas
Oklahoma City
Abilene
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Cold Wave Grants Frost Warning Across North Texas
A belated cold wave swept from the Panhandle into North Texas after yesterday's passage. Temperatures dropped to 25 to 30 degrees above zero with frost forecast tonight and early tomorrow. Orchardists welcome the chill as it prevents premature fruit tree budding.
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Dallas
Tex
North Texas
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
German raider sighting reported near Cape Henry
The Grayson liner from Porto Rico reports a German commerce raider or prize lurking off Cape Henry Virginia awaiting a dash toward Newport News or Norfolk. The captain cites mysterious lights seen early yesterday as the basis for the belief.
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Cape Henry
Newport News
Norfolk
Grayson
Porto Rico
Frost Friday Night Hits Tender Buds After Warm Spell
A cold front from the north snaps a warm spell in San Antonio. After record highs around 86 and 88 degrees, frost is forecast for Friday night. Major Allen Buell downplays risk, calling it regular spring weather as Texas remains under high pressure and cool conditions through Saturday.
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San Antonio
Allen Buell
Texas
Weather: Fair to Night, Cold, Frost Likely on Saturday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair to night with continued cold temperatures and frost risk. Saturday should be fair with the cold pattern easing as daytime highs rise.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Home Weather For Tourists Light Forecasts
The Light provides city by city forecasts with temperatures and wind. St Louis 26 snowing NW 22 to 34. Chicago 20 snowing NW 20 to 1. Milwaukee 4 cloudy SW 4 to 18. St Paul 4 below clear W 4 below to 0. Kansas City 8 clear NW 8 to 30. New York 22 clear N 20 to 36. Washington 0 cloudy W 30 to 46.
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Zerro
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New York
Washington
German Verdun Offense Reported Renewed Near Douaumont
Berlin claims the crown prince’s troops broke into Douaumont and advanced west and south of Fort Douaumont while Paris says only the Douaumont attack reached the village. Vaux village fighting and 1000+ prisoners noted as bombardment and terrain hinder heavy guns. Observers watch La Mort Homme and Champagne for potential German breakthroughs.
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Burned at dress rehearsal of amateur play in St Louis
Mrs W Arthur Stickney, a noted society figure, was seriously burned during a dress rehearsal of Love in a Toy Shop by the Junior League. Her gown caught fire from a spark at an electric light switchboard and was practically burned off.
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ST. Louis, Mo
W. Arthur Stickney
Junior League
January Births in Texas Hit 5130 for The Year Started
January births total 5130 in Texas per the state registrar. Deaths for January reached 53306 with 1854 males and 1452 females. Pneumonia led deaths with 362. tuberculosis 319. influenza 295. Children under one year totaled 502 deaths. ages 20 to 30 had 369 deaths. Five centenarians from Bexar County aged 56-61 years noted.
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Austin
Tex
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Bexar
Jewelry Theft at Dreicer & Company in Chicago
Detectives probe a jewel theft from Dreicer & Company in Chicago valued between 25000 and 50000 dollars. Manager Edward I. Smith says a young man in a flowing coat looked at large diamonds, left after saying he would not buy, and a tray of stones disappeared. A detective bureau photo matches a noted New York thief reported to be in the city.
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Chicago
Dreicer & Company
Edward IL. Smith
Smith
Torras Fears a Flood as Levees Weak in Louisiana
In New Orleans on March 3 authorities reported levees weakening near Torras and Bayou Sara due to high water in Northern Louisiana. Torras faces a potential crevasse risk because of its location near the Red River and Lower Old River. Bayou Sara appears less threatened, though a private Mississippi levee protecting the town was noted as weakening.
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Torras
Bayou Sara
Louisiana
Red River
Old River
Little Old River
Mississippi
Crime Reduction in Chicago Figures February Decline
Chicago reports 1544 crimes in February, down seven percent from a year earlier. Chief Charles C Healey told Mayor Thompson the drop is largely due to removing political influence, saying no collections were allowed under the new policy, the first such move in his thirty years.
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Chicago
Charles C. Healey
William Fale Thompson
San Antonio Merchants Hold Style Show and Spring Opening
The San Antonio Light announces a fashion feature with an elaborate display by local stores. The fashion number appears Sunday March 6 and advertisements are now being taken at Rockett 1742.
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San Antonio Light
Brandeis Papers Shown In Warren Estate Management
Washington March 3 A Brandeis law firm member says papers from the Warren estate show management details. The documents were laid before the Senate committee examining Brandeis Supreme Court confirmation and McClennen stated their contents.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel D. Warren
New England
Louis M. Brandeis
Senate
Brandeis
Supreme Court
Warren
Edward F. McClennen
Diaz Diaz Bound Oh Daraga Says Message
A telegraph to Mexican Consul Beltran reports Felix Diaz left San Francisco February 26 bound for Puerto Angel Oaxaca aboard the Pacific, with captured Feli cistas claiming Diaz plans to land and be captured. Beltran doubts New Orleans sightings and expects Diaz to be taken to Querétaro if he lands in Mexico.
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Oaxaca
T. R. Beltran
Jesus Augustin Castro
Salina Cruz
Castro
Felicistas
Beltran
Diaz
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Salinas Cruz
San Antonio
Texas
California
Elix Diaz
Department
Havana
Mexico
General Castro
Querertaro
Three Americans to be armed on Italian liner Canopic
The White Star liner Canopic sailing to Italian ports will carry three Americans in first cabin and be armed upon reaching Gibraltar, with armament to be removed on return. The Cretic, Boston to Mediterranean route, will also be armed for Gibraltar passage. Passengers include W W Nicholls and Mr and Mrs Charles Bellows of Brooklyn amid fourteen thousand tons of cargo and seven rejected immigrants who signed waivers.
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White Star
Canopiec
Gibraltar
White Star Line
Admiralty
Boston
Mediterranean
W.W. W. Nicholls
Charles Bellows
Brooklyn
United States
Lyon Seeks Dallas Meeting On Amalgamation Plan
General Cecil A. Lyon announces a March 15 forenoon meeting in Dallas of Republican and Progressive leaders. He says attendees’ party labels do not matter, signaling a lead role in the proposed amalgamation plan as Houston Roosevelt followers interpret.
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Houston
Tex
Friends
Cecil A. Lyon
Texas
Dallas
Roosevelt
Lyon
Wife Burns Husband's Hidden Cash in Catalogue Fire
Noah Lundy a farmer near Arcola Illinois loses 2650 dollars hidden in a mail order catalogue. His wife burned the book and other waste papers while he was away from home.
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Decatur
Noah Lundy
Arcola
Lu Lindy
German pilot Immelman tallies ninth air victory
Berlin reports Lieutenant Immelman of the German air forces shot down a British biplane yesterday in aerial combat. The German flyer now has nine confirmed victories. German airmen dropped bombs near Verdun fort entrance.
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Immelman
Berlin
Verdun Fortress
Court to Decide Election Controversy in Fort Worth
Fort Worth will face a court ruling this afternoon on whether Sunday amusements may be voted on. Judge Mike Smith will hear arguments for an injunction preventing the March 8 vote, following a temporary injunction granted last Saturday. City officials seek to dissolve the injunction as Fort Worth shows remain closed on Sundays.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Mike Smith
My Adventures in the Air Series Opens in The Sunday Light
The Sunday Light on March 5 launches the aviator front in France series by a world famed flyer. A Texas figure leads a new tale unmasking a life phase shrouded in mystery. The issue also covers politics, science, art, fashion, and travel features.
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Arthur Carroll
Thomas Shevlin
Arthur Halmi
Thomas F. Reilly
Fordham University
Signorina Lucrezia Bori
Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Lucile
Lady Duff-Gorden
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