Holbrook to Take Command of Southern Department
Maj. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook arrives in San Antonio to assume command of the Southern Department, relieving Brig. Gen. Buckman who will move to the Northeastern Department in Boston. Holbrook brings border and local affairs experience, aides may change, and troop distribution across oil fronts and border zones will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard A. Holbrook
San Antonio
Southern Department
John W. Buckman
Boston
Mass
Holbrook
Washington
War Department
Buckman
Natonal
National Guard
Army
Douglas
Ariz
Seventeenth Cavalry
Hin
Department
Herbert
Clarkson
Henry S. Sanborn
Mackinnan
Yursee
J. de Futree
Holbrook Asses
Staley
Ile
Ax Ale
Sanborn
Caupip Stanley
Frederick Funston
J. J. Pershing
Mexico
Wilks
Jle
James Parker
Parker
Camp
MacArthur
Ruckman
Selhrack
Lieutenant Aaron Hurt in Fort Worth Airplane Fall
Lieut Leslie Aaron son of Mr and Mrs J D Aaron of San Antonio sustained injuries in an airplane accident near Talkaferry Field No 2 Fort Worth Texas Sunday afternoon. He was taken to the field with a cadet who was uninjured and is reported recovering though the Aarons plan to stay in Fort Worth until danger passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Aaron
Ihe
Talkaferry Wield No 2
Fort Worth
Texas
J. d. Aaron
Hicks Avenue
San Antonio
Paulist Choristers to Give First San Antonio Concert
The Paulist Choristers of Chicago led by Rev William Joseph Finn perform in Beethoven Hall at 8:30 Friday, part one before intermission features sacred works, part two includes Marseillaise and The Star Spangled Banner. Proceeds aid immediate relief for France. Second concert scheduled for Saturday at 8:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Joseph Finn
San Antonio
Clork
Beethoven Hall
France
Hallet Dolan
William Hallissey
Suprano
Joseph Walsh
Parnell Fgan
Frank M. Dunford
Clay Hart
Horace G. Anderson
Father Finn
Mary Anderson
Plan to Secure Rank for Army Nurses Framing Campaign
A New York committee titled the committee to secure rank for army nurses aims to obtain military rank for American nurses. Led by Mrs J C Hiavemeyer and others, the group cites letters from nurses in France and Canada pleading for rank over hospital corps personnel to improve efficiency and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hiavemeyer
Shirmut Stanton Blatch
Urlary Crawford
Mus
Stuart Ther
Asabel Armstrong Tenney
New York
France
Wyatt Aid Navy
Canada
Murses
Bond Sale Rally Planned in South San Antonio
Liberty Bonds sales to be stimulated at a Land State Rally in South San Antonio at 2 PM Friday. An address will be made by a speaker from Welly Wield. Kelly Field's Clicke will deliver the principal ad. Bonds sale to follow the patriotic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Bonds
San Antonio
Welly Wield
Clicke
Kelly Field
Liquor Delivery Dilemma Splits Santa Monica Venice Boundaries
The Santa Monica police chief grapples with whether liquor delivered to back doors across the Venice boundary constitutes a crime. Front doors lie in Santa Monica but back doors are in Venice, creating a legal puzzle over enforcement and city ordinances. The issue centers on cross boundary delivery within houses bisected by the city line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sainta Moni Cal
Solomon
Fr. W. Ferguson
Santa Monica
Psa
Murife Street
Venice
Sante Monica
San Antonio Overraises Liberty Loan Quota by Large Margin
The Third Liberty Loan drive ends soon with San Antonio likely to surpass its $3,933,000 minimum by about $800,000. Total subscriptions exceed $4,100,000 with banks to stay open Saturday afternoon to accept late loans. Women and men’s committees, the Boy Scouts, and local banks drive the effort, with a luncheon planned at the Gunter Hotel to honor the workers. The Woman’s division reports $2,177,100 raised for the campaign, while multiple divisions and local banks list substantial contributions as part of the city’s over‑subscription and regional expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
San Antonio
Boy Scouts
Liberty Bond Organization
Hall
Executive Committee
Enagishman
Peeting
San wWntonie
Federal Reserve District
Dabingie
Gunter Hotel
Origi
Y. Wol Oa
Winchester Kelso
Sion J
Joseph Frost
Ure
Amos Grivesi
Hoy Campbell
Otishoot
H.caneh
Jim
Clarkson
W. A. Adams
Bruce Martindale
Lee Joseph
B.A. Melsman
Téame
Smithie Graves
J. A. Coleman
Marjori¢ McGown
J. Aily
J. OR. Richardson
Kevin Stone
J. I Woodhull
Jesse Oppenheimer
Jank Badger
Robert McGown
Joseph Dibreil
George Martin
K Hertzberg
Alamo National Bank
Biol W. 1
Syers
Commonwealth Bank
Irost Bank
J. A. Saffarans
Groos National Bank
Helene Buss
Guaranty Stite Bank
Potter
Lockwood Bank
Joseph
San Antonio National Bank
George Moody
State Bank
W. W. Coltier
Gunter Jietel
Blandon
Menger
of Lee
Joske
Leroy Bates
Wolff & Marx, Mes
Charles Schreiner
Austrians Hunger and Revolt on Frontier Without Leader
London reports from Annemasse that Austria is seething for revolution but lacks a dauntless leader to organize masses. Starvation drives unrest as Vienna nears famine, with threats of railway strikes and patriotic fear. Entente policy stirs Southern Slavs, while desperation grows amid wartime strain and food scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Crimes Service
San Antena
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger
London
Sefton
Germany
Ukraine
Austria
Vienna
Aod
United States
Italy
Verdun
Huns Deal Telling Blow Before Amiens
Allied leaders gathered for two days of talks as a conference produced unanimous, satisfactory results on key military questions. Participants included General Backville West General Tasker Franklin American representative at the council General Belin of the Versailles committee Major General Henry Wilson British chief of staff Field Marshal Haig General Pershing General Petain Vice Admiral Wemyss and Vice Admiral De Bon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traince
Backville-West
Tasker
FR Iliss
The
Council
Belin
Versailles Committee
Ilenry Ab Wilson
I3rilish
Field Marshall Haig
Pershing
Petain
Wemyss
First Sea Jord
de Bon
Americans Help Hold Line Near Amiens Against German Attack
An American resident on the front south of Grivesnes and west of Mohtdidier with French divisions on the right and left helped repulse a German assault. After a two hour bombardment the enemy, about three battalions, was driven back with several prisoners taken and many casualties. The French praised American bravery as allies in a united Franco British force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London ‘Times Service
Speelad
San Antonio
Mitadelwila Vubile Ledger
Dubie Bedger Co
Prench Army Ilbadqual
Vielont
Grivesnes
Mohtdidier
Amiens Heures
L’rom
Paris
Hailles
Castel
Amiens
Avre
War Office
Lrench
Villers-Brettoneux
Villers- Bretonneux
Haines
Ailette
Wueyre
Lorraine
British forces fight on two fronts with heavy artillery
London Times dispatch notes quiet infantry on May 2 but intense artillery in the St Venant Robecq and Somme sectors. British analyst Col Kobingen cites 136 German divisions used since March 31, with over 100 in the Somme theater and many returning after brief withdraws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times Service
San Antonio
Pallidginila Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Brvitsh Aealy
St. Venant-Robecq
Somme
Villers and
Bretonneaux
Perry Robinson
London Times
Kobingen
Northern Battle
Frontline Recruits Grow as War Push Contemplates Emergency use
The article notes drafts from the 1919 class and young reserves being moved to front lines for training, not to be used unless necessary, as Belgium halts German advances and French gains ground near Amiens. It also reports Sebastopol seized by Fern forces and British bombers destroying 109 enemy planes in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maly
London
Italy
War Office
Obituary notices for Mrs Martha Burns and others in San Antonio
Obituaries list Mrs Martha Burns 85 who died Thursday night at her son in law A J Richardson's home, three daughters and one son survive. Also John M Howard 61 dies at home on Furnish Ave. Cora Treeman Davies dies in Murfreesboro. Mrs Edwin Bamm funeral set in San Antonio with multiple pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Burns
A. J. Jichardson
Augusta Street
W. M. Burns
Leesville
Pearce-Jobingon Company
John M. Howard
Furnish Avenue
San Antonio
Clarksvile
Missile
Warner
John
Allan Hloward
Iva Lucie Grimes
Port Worth
Cooper's Union
New Laitheran Cemetery
Cora Treeman Davies
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Edwin Bamm
Edwin Law
Colorado Springs
Mvergreen Street
Anchor Masonite
J. A. Patterson
Edward McClannahan
Frank Newton
G. W. Gibson
Arthur Storms
Pan Ludlow
Cal
W. A. Carter
Owen Burt
S. Reed
Funeral and Undertaking Ads Run With Local Services
An antique newspaper fragment lists Shelley-Locing Undertaking Co. and Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co. offering ambulance and motor equipment services at local addresses and phone numbers. The item notes a court martial sentencing Private George I. Smith to ten years at Fort Leavenworth for desertion and false statements about going to France, following Maj. O. C. Smith’s case review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co
Mivate Ambulance
Pope St
George I. Smith
Canny Travis
Feueral
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Henry W. Allen
May draft to call 250000 men to training camps
Washington officials announced a May draft quota likely about 250,000 men to be inducted for training around May 25. A separate call for 6027 skilled National Army personnel was issued by Provost General Crowder, excluding New Jersey, with assignments across medical, gas defense, quartermaster, ordnance, Signal, and engineers units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Army
Crowder
New Jersey
Medical Corps
Gas Defense Service
Quartermaster Corps
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Corps of Engineers
Home Rule Plan Not Abandoned, Bill to Soon Be Completed
Irish home rule bill advances with a federal principle for the United Kingdom. The Times and Chronicle report the government shaping a general constitutional revision, with Ulster safeguards and an Ulster veto option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily News
The
Times
Daily Chronicle Today
the Times
United Kingdom
Ireland
Ulster
Great Britain
Caira
Ulster Committee
Uister
Lord Leutenant
Letter From Russia Reaches Son After Three Years
A 1916 letter written in Russia by John Katz to his son Max Katz of Bellesville reached St Louis after three years. The father expresses hope for a Russian victory and mentions Katz’s two brothers in law serving in the Russian army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Russia
John Katz
Max Katz
Bellesville
Tellx
Katz
Rotary Luncheon Delivers Talk on World Crisis by Dr Henry Best
Rev Henry Best of Sioux Falls Baptist Temple spoke at the Rotary Club noon luncheon at the St Anthony Hotel on Americas role in steering the world from tyranny. He linked Nietzchean doctrine to democracy and argued America alone can grasp true democratic principles against German aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
St. Anthony Hotel
Henry Ley Best
Baptist Temple of
Sioux Walls
Army Y. M. c. A
Lest
W. B. Barnes
Europe
Asia Minor
Best
America
Americas
Nietsche
Germany
Dr. Best
Rotary
Jr. Lest
Mach
R. Clarence Jones
I. J. Benham
Will X. Johnson
W. BE. Fitch
Hermann Lichte
George Wheeler
George Howard
Martin Wright
Ales S*raser
J. W. Cones
Rotarlang
Battle of Torpedo Boats and Destroyers Highlight Naval Evolution
The piece explains how torpedo boats lack armor and are countered by torpedo boat destroyers armed with small rapid fire guns. It notes navies shifted to destroyers to protect capital ships from torpedo attacks and details secondary batteries on battleships as deterrents against destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boutle
Kerpeda
Young Girl Recovers After Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Brooklyn mother reports her 11 year old daughter suffered backache and pale health. After three months with poor results and doctor visits, five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound led to weight gain and relief. She urges other mothers and daughters to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn
Lydia
Pinkham
Mrs. M.jpiore
Marcy Ave
N. Y
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