Qualified Men In Draft Age May Join As Volunteers
Maj. Townes of the adjutant general office in Austin issues a letter to Texas boards explaining how registrants may volunteer for service. Calls open include medical department training for western boards at Fort Wiley, Fort Sioux, and infantry call No 2. Coast Artillery Corps call No 28 19 referenced with Fort Sue.
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Selective Service
Army
Joh Cc. Townes Jr
Adjutant General's Office
Austin
Texas
Medical Department
Fort Wiley
Kansas
Infantry
Hartotta
N.C
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Sue
Wake Up Ritual Promotes Internal Cleansing With Limestone Phosphate
A 19th to 20th century health note urges drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims skin and bowel pores release impurities into blood and urges daily internal bathing to cleanse stomach liver kidneys bowels, touting low cost a quarter pound of limestone phosphate.
Induction Procedures For Individual Registrants In Colorado
Registrants may obtain further information from local boards. Individual inductions follow a set procedure: registrant presents a valid order from the chief of corps or Department of the Army directing induction, waivers are noted, and papers are issued for reporting. Inductions are voluntary and arranged through department officers at the appropriate headquarters including the Signal Corps for telegraphers and linemen.
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Staff Corps
Regular Army
Ert
Sam Dhouston
Signa Corps
Department
Parker family visits San Antonio amid family anniversary
John M Parker food administrator for Louisiana and his wife and daughter spend the week in San Antonio to visit John Medir, a Camys Stanley student officer, as March 14 marks Mark 7 anniversary. A birthday dinner is planned Saturday. They expect to return to New Orleans Monday morning. The trip is described as personal with Parker and wife traveling with daughter.
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John Mr. Parker
Lowisiar
San Antonio
John Medir
Camys Stanley
Mark
New Orienna
Parker
Pursiven
Navy
Hold Red Cross Sale by Vero School Fifth Graders
Fifth grade pupils at Vero School organized a Red Cross sale to raise funds for a full Junior Red Cross membership and to assist lower grades in decorating rooms. The sale, run entirely by students, featured lemonade and snacks.
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Ledtross
Vero School
Miaider
Tinea Miaaadhen
Ledit
Smwall
Candy
Douglis Jemonade
Leona Isbell
Sand Ches
Lillia Wranger
Hoon
Germans Push Anti Tank Tactics For Tanks
Allied reporting details German wartime guidance on countering tanks. The memo emphasizes attacking tanks with forward artillery, placing cannons near the battlefront, rear attacks on armor, and infantry holding positions to shield advancing tanks. It notes grenades and trench mortars with low angles can deter tanks, while intercepting infantry aims to squeeze the machines into vulnerable lines.
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Orien
A Second McCormick Concert At Fort Houston Artillery Post
A concert titled A Second McCormick will be presented by Third Field Artillery at the Artillery Post Fort Houston. Sergeant O Neal will join the band to perform two favorites Mother McCrea and You Dont Wait to Get Well between 7 and 8 o clock Saturday afternoon March 1.
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Third Field Artillery
Sam Shuuston
William J. O'Neal
Jleadaquarters Company
Mounted
Aff Rs Club
Artillery Post
Fort
Houston
O'Neal Wiri Ting
Mother McCrea
Two Deaths at Camp Travis Reported From Friday and Saturday
Two Camp Travis soldiers died within 36 hours, one from pneumonia and the other from empyema. Private James M. Jr. Bosth of Company K, 30th Engineers, died March 13 at 11 a.m., the nearest relative his mother Mrs. Martha J. Farr of Jennylind, Ark. Jick Wren of Roerne, Vex, died March 14 at 2:20 p.m. His father Roberts Wren is listed as next of kin. The report notes the deaths in the Camp Travis area and provides basic kinship details for each deceased.
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Camp Travis
Jick Wren
hoTith Engineers
Roberts Wren
Roerne
Dames MM. Jr. Bosth Infentry
Maren
Martha J. Farr
Jennylind
Ark
Bryan Agreed Wool for German Dyes Controversy
New York March 16. Testimony at the Attorney General inquiry alleges Bryan approved wool shipments to Germany in exchange for dye stuffs needed by American mills. Witness Julius Forstino claims German interests arranged orders via agents in New York while asserting State Department approval. Deputy AG Becker says broader aims included stockpiling wool and textiles in Allied-neutral regions for postwar transfer to Germany.
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New York
Germany
Orly
Forst- Inn
Conant von Bernstorte
JL I. Albert
United States
State Department
Washington
Witnes
William Bryan
Becker
Great Britain
South America
Australia
South Africa
Seiners Fined in Corpus Christi Seining Case
Corpus Christi deputies from the Fish and Game Warden's Department arrested commercial fishermen in Corpus Christi and Port Aransas. They pled guilty to seining in closed waters and were fined 20 each plus costs. Warrants were issued for six more fishermen as businessmen in Corpus Christi and Port Aransas oppose a wartime fishing suspensi plan.
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Inmlinst
Fears a Trade War and Material Blockade Threat
The Pan German Tagliche Rundschau says Germany will wage an economic war after securing control of sea routes. It urges exploiting Persia, Siberia, and nearby lands, noting Bremen and Hamburg must shift focus landward to seize new markets in the Balkans, Black Sea, Caucasus, Transcaspia, Persia, and Siberia. In California, water shipment and energy notes appear amid the article.
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London Times
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Puble Ledger, Co
the Hague
Tagliche Rundschan
Germany
Persia
Siberia
Bremen
Hamburg
Balkans
Black Sea
Caucasus
TranseCaspism
Two Die After Automobile-Train Collision Near MALVIORN
March 1 report from MALVIORN says a passenger train struck a car near the town, killing Miss Goda Long a Rockport schoolteacher and James Z Whitfield of Friendship. Two brothers and a sister of the dead were injured. two youths were hospitalized at Little Rock. Also noted: I J Darragh veteran riverman and longtime Mississippi River master died at 83 in MEMPHIS.
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Malviorn
Atk
Cap Automobil
Here
Memphis
Enn
Maron
I. J. Darragh
Misippi
Darragh
Mississippi
Ohio
Arkansas
The Body as a Precise Machine and Health Fixes
Dr T W Sfort compares the body to a complex machine with organs like the liver and kidneys working for the common good. He warns against overeating meat and alcohol and advocates vegetables, air, exercise, and regular water to prevent disease and improve vitality. He promotes aloe loaves juice and herbal pills plus Anuvic and Anuric to reduce uric acid and brighten health.
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T. W. Sfort
Pershing to Have Plenty of Planes on Front in July
Washington dispatch reports American built battleplanes will reach France by July in quantity to shield sectors held by American troops. The aviation program is behind goals but efforts accelerate, with Kahn urging ongoing weekly Senate and House committee briefings to push cooperation and speed up production and delivery.
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Washington
D. C
France
Senate
Kahn
California
House
War Department
Congress
Uelewistative Committee
United States
Hare
General Perghing
General Pershing
Way Department
Aircraft Production Board
Signal Corps
Noted Banker James Stillman Dies in New York
James Stillman chairman of National City Bank died of heart disease at his New York home. Born in Brownsville Texas in 1880 he grew up in Hartford Connecticut and Ossining New York. He began in cotton trade in 1871 and rose to bank president in 1891 later becoming chairman in 1909 and serving as a director in several railroads and insurers.
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New York
James Stillman
National City Bank
United States
Mr. Stillman
Brownsville
Tex
Hartford
Smith, Woodward & Stillman
Tones and Harvard Education Referenced in Short Exchange
A brief exchange notes Tones' education at Harvard with a dismissive remark about not attending. The snippet highlights a focus on credentials in an athletics context without additional details.
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Tones
Harvard
Nice
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