CLOCKS TO BE SET AREAD AN HOUR TONIGHT
San Antonio residents are urged to set clocks forward one hour Saturday night to join the daylight saving plan aiding the war effort. Official clocks will advance at 2 am Sunday. many jewelers will adjust major pieces Saturday while letting minor ones wind down Sunday. Army posts will follow suit, with all clocks showing new time by Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Aml
Wilson
Naval Observatory
Whicn
San Antonio
City Hall
Fort Sam Houston
Max Goodman
Hertzberg Jewelry Company
New York
Traction Company
Teeveille
Morris Placed in Class A-1 For Federal Job
Nelson Morris, chairman of Morris & Co. packers, was placed in draft class 1-A after claiming exemption for essential industry. He had announced he would join the War Department as a $1 a year man, and left for Washington. The board said his departure showed he was not essential to Morris & Co. Also, Joseph Sexton, "The Castor Oil King," ordered to report for service at a southern field. In Rawlins, a suspected draft evader, Victor Ward of Grimes Oklahoma, was shot during a cabin raid by officers and wounded fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W Nelson
Morris
Morris & Co
Packers
Washington
War Department
Capital
Castor Oil King
Joseph Sexton
The
Sexton Oil Company
War Garden Drive Spurs School Children to Plant 6624 Gardens
In San Antonio, 6624 war gardens have been planted by schoolchildren who report to teachers and then to the school board. Five schools failed to report, but overall activity reflects wartime gardening efforts by public schools. Gardens in schoolyards inspire home plots as the best plan moving forward. Good results are expected. Taft Named for Commission in France. Sergt Maj Charles P Taft, son of ex President Taft, has been recommended for promotion to commissioned officer, after serving at the front with the American army in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardsen
San Antonio
United States
Taft
France
Opriday
Charles P. Taft
President Taft
Weather summary for San Antonio region and major cities
San Antonio fair tonight and Sunday with cooler air. The Light forecast shows St Louis at 64 and clear with east wind. Chicago 42 and clear with west wind and possible rain. Kansas City 40 with northeast wind and likely rain. New York 40 and partly cloudy with possible rain. Washington 42 clear with southwest wind and rain likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Lasater Assails Hoover Policy Before Senate Panel
E C Lasater a leading cattleman and former head of the marketing division of the American National Live Stock Association criticizes the food administration. He accuses the Hoover policy of ignorance duplicity and misrepresentation and says it harms meat and dairy interests. He questions beet shortage claims and cites rising cold storage beef and higher costs to producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Gld
Hoover
Lasater
Lexus
American National Live Stock Association
The
Food Administration
Senate Agriculture Committee
Air. Lasater
Laster
Mr. 1Ter
Chicago
Order Your Coal Now Urged by War Fuel Chief
Washington March 30 Public utilities and industrial users in essential war work are urged by Fuel Administrator Garfield to order enough coal for the coming coal year starting April 1. Garfield says there are enough cars and locomotives if every unit runs at maximum capacity daily. idle equipment means lost production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garfield
Capper Proclaims Holiday in Kansas for WWI Entry
TOPICA Kan March 30 Governor Capper proclaimed April 6 as a state holiday marking the day the United States entered the world war. He urged citizens to join patriotic demonstrations and participate in the observance across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper
Kan
United States
Woman Admits Spies Engaged at Curtiss Plant
Newark March 30 A woman arrested with airplane blueprints admits German spies were employed at the Curtiss Engineering Corporation plant in Hempstead Long Island She is held on $10 000 bail with Frederick Arnolds and turned over to federal authorities The room search yielded blueprints Washington March 30 Death penalty for espionage minutes to be proposed in legislation before Congress Senator Overman says after testimony from government antiespy agents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Curtiss Engineering Corporation
Stempstead
N. Ya Long Island
United States
Frederick Arnolds
Hempstead
Washington
2. C
Overman of Northarolina
Senate
French and British Aviators Striking German Air Losses
Official dispatch from France praises French aviators for dominance on the western front. Bombardment and counter air actions disrupt German lines, destroy munitions depots, halt trains, and reach key railway centers. Sixteen German planes were claimed down, with heavy bomber and ground-fire actions reported. Also note a Chicago report on enemy aliens arrested near Lincoln Park Zoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Manele
France
Freach Aviation
Enem
Mulwitys
Germany
Prriday v. Marted
Ulith
Somme
Monkey House
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
General Bell Passes Tests for Active Duty Return
Maj. Gen. Franklin Bell has passed his physical examination for active duty, announced by the War Department. He commanded the 7th National Army Division at Camp Upton and recently returned from France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Bell
Washington, D.C
Franklin Bell
War Department
7Th National Army Division
Camp Upton
France
Paris Church Shell Disaster Claims Dozens of Victims
All Paris reports 64 women killed and about 26 men with around 90 injured when a German shell wrecked a church during Good Friday services. The interior was ruined, stained glass shattered, and notable mourners named include Swiss envoy Dr Stroehlin and Countess Morand. The American Red Cross aided in rescues as French leaders voiced outrage and calls for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stroehlin
Legation
Vietlin
Countess Morand
Viscount Molitor
Louis Gauatteron
Hngless
Heavsen
American Red Cross
MA Groeseau
Chamber of Deputies
American woman killed at French Sailors’ Fireside front
Miss Marion Crandall of Alameda California, a canteen worker for the Young Men’s Christian Association, was killed by a German shell at the French Sailors’ Fireside on the front. She arrived in France February 1 and was 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mariona Crandall
Alameda
Cal
Young Men's Christian Association
Avan- Gall
France
Marion G. Crandall
George P. Crandall
San Joaquin Sugar Company
N Kanesen
Crandall
She Brohe
St. Catherine’s
Davenport
British Long Range German Gun Details From 1917
Special cable reports Lieutenant Colonel Perry Robinson of the London Times detailing information on a long range German siege gun shelling Paris. Data from prisoners in December indicates four to ten guns with calibers from 16 to 14 inches, about 79 feet long, firing shells near 350 pounds, and claiming ranges up to 74 kilometers in trials. The shell design features a two-part composition with copper driving bands and stabilizing bands, and a claimed muzzle velocity around 4500 to 5000 feet per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Informa
Paris
Ne Ik
Hun Reserves Affected by Huge Piles of German Dead
London dispatch from March reports grim battlefield conditions as prisoners describe fields littered with German dead, ruined villages unusable as billets, and a British detachment that marched 18 hours, fought through a night and part of the next day, repelling attacks and recapturing a village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morning Post
Srance
Enemny
German Force Meeting Desperate Resistance Near Counter Blow
Canadian Army dispatch reports heavy artillery and trench mortar bombardment along the front from the south to Hill 70 with sustained fire for over ten hours. French troops backed by reserves resist powerful assaults on a 40 kilometer front from Moreuil to beyond Lassigny as the battle resumes with renewed violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Army
Oppy
Paris
War Office
Moreuil
Lassigny
British Front Quiet as Lines Strengthened in France
Associated Press reports a calmer entente vantage with a quieter British sector overnight. British lines were rapidly reinforced along the front and a hopeful, determined mood prevailed despite German digging near Albert along the Thiepval to Lahierselle axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jleadquarters
France
Albert
Thiepval
Lahberselle
Allied Forces Readied for Counter Blow Under Foch Command
Allied forces prepare a counter offensive against Germany as General Ferdinand Foch is named to command British French and American armies in a unified effort. The move centers on exploiting weak German wings near Arras and the Oise while reserves and mobile divisions bolster the front. The situation signals a pivotal moment for a decisive counter attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foch
Paris
Channel
Also Mentioned on This Page
von Tirpitz
Sassari
Admiral von Tirpitz
Gardina
Wehatiler
Esa
M. Fe
Senate Committee
Curtiss Plane Plant
HMNS
Long Range Gun Wrecks
Poincare
Thel
Clemenceau
Annette
M. C
Moreuill
Cénie Tos Ltd
Associated Press
Arras
Oise
Montdindier
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!