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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
9
The ad urges careful tire buying tied to national economy and driver responsibility. It touts United States Tires as scientifically planned for every motoring need and notes rising sales as proof of reliability and economy with guidance to consult nearby Sales and Service Depot dealers.
Survivors report the Aneri tan steamship Florence HN carrying smokeless powder went down in under 15 minutes after an April 17 explosion near a French port. Capt. F J Butterfield and all deck officers perished. only two engine room officers survived. Navy gun crew members trapped below deck perished or drowned. Survivors include J B Watson chief engineer and Newland Strickland first assistant engineer from Brooklyn.
German newspapers reaching London report a severe clothing shortage in Berlin with ruffians attacking pedestrians and stripping garments. An insurance office reportedly records over 300 thefts daily and threads for mending are nearly unobtainable. The food situation shows hopes for Ukraine relief fading.
Washington reports orders transfer thousands of signal corps troops from Texas camps to Camp Greene near Charlotte to convert Greene into an aviation hospital and concentration camp. Waco and Kelly Field face reduced roles as San Antonio plans are shelved to save funds.
The article discusses consolidating training at a single center to cut transport time. It notes the shift from dispersal to a centralized plan under Camm Greene, with Kelly Field as the main hub for enterprising aviation schools and medical and sanitary facilities.
The first joint convention of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association and the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers opens in New York. Leaders address labor scarcity caused by the draft and higher wages in war industries. Group discussions cover America's role in wartime trade and expected talks on price fixing and machinery shortages.
Alfred Warwell Bemis of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers told 1500 industry representatives in New York that a cotton shortage is likely next year and the labor supply is tightening due to many workers entering military service. He criticized the eight hour day as unproven in efficiency and stressed mill service as essential. Frank E. Callaway, president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association, echoed concerns.
In session here an association argued it is necessary to call in older men and women to take the places of men who have gone to the front. Under proper management many mill departments might be operated by Negro help supervised by whites.
A Missouri man named TJ earns first honors in a fight against a German, expressed as a gutting moment that prevents showing Mis-Solurian anything.
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