Cotton Manufacturers Back War Time Price Control Plan
New York May 4 The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers endorsed government control and price fixing for war needs and urged rationing of cotton for military and civilian use. The group pledged no exports to neutrals or to nations at war with the United States, while stressing equal regulations across industries. Officers were elected: W Frank Shore president. Russell B Lowe and James Thomson vice presidents.
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New York
Naonal Association of Cotton Manufacturers
United States
America
Association
Rome
Germany
Ice
National Association of Manufacturers
W. Frank Shore
Fall River
Mass
Russell B Lowe
Fitchburg
James Thomson
New Bedford
American Association
Arthur J. Draper
Charlotte
James D. Mammette
Anderson
W. D. Adams
N.C
Stuart W. Cramer
National Council
Tedwin Farnum Green
Mr. Adams
Germans intensify effort to repair Zeebrugge raid damage
London reports indicate strong German activity to re air the damage from the Zeebrugge raid on the Belgian coast. The Channel remains blocked, likely for some time. Admiral Jellicoe congratulates Admiral Keyes on the raid success and had approved the enterprise plans when first sea lord.
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London
Zeebrugge
Jellicoe
Keyes
Calotabs Promoted as Harmless Calomel Reform
Advert shows Caiotabs as a new liver cleanser and system purifier. One tablet at bedtime is claimed to cause no nausea or interference with work and a next morning appetite returns. Sold only in original sealed packages for thirty five cents with money back guarantee.
AP Correspondent Wins French Legion of Honor Cross
Paris May 4 Robert Berry AP correspondent at the French army headquarters for two years received the Cross of the Legion of Honor on the battlefield. General Anthoine awarded it on behalf of General Pettin who was unable to attend. Two other American and four British correspondents were honored as soldiers honor soldiers.
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Paris
Robert Berry
Associated Press
Anthoine
Pettin
British Lose 250000 in German Offensive
Lorraine reports from an Alsatian chemist newly arrived from Muihausen describe heavy German use of last reserves, especially Alsace Lorraine troops. He notes many Alsatians killed in Flanders and predicts a postwar referendum would leave few Alsatian electors.
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Lorraine
Muihausen
Loore
Flanders
Alsace- Lorraine
German Offensives Seal 186 Divisional Engagements
Allied lines hold firm as Germans throw 140 divisions into battle over five weeks. About 2,400,000 men allegedly fought in 186 engagements with heavy losses. Canadian draft age lowered to 14 with registration for 19 year olds to begin soon, though calls defer to July.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Canada
Casualty List Names Several D.C. Wounded and Missing
The casualty list names Lieut Wilesat Marshall Jr. of Bridgeport Conn who died in an accident and Lieut Albert I Johnson of Collinsville Conn who was severely wounded. Private Raymond A Allen of Inez Kentucky is reported as died of disease. Sergt Thomas Mason of 314 Quitman Street is listed as slightly wounded. Lieut Maurice of Redmond is missing in action. Several officers and lieutenants are named as slightly wounded including Captains Blair Welsted Grischald Desmond Healey and others. May 4. Mason received no telegram from the War Department notifying that her husband was slightly wounded.
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Washington
D.C
Wilesat Marshall Jr
Bridgeport
Conn
Albert I. Johnson
Collins Ville
Con
Raymond A. Allen
Inez
Thomas Mason
Quittin Street
Saar Hontonio
Pex
Maurice of. Redmond
Vittsburg
Frederick I. Blair
Providence
Joseph FE. Welsted
Newthiven
Oun
Alfred Tt. Grischald
New Era
Uconn
Hur W. Desmond
Dorchester
Patrick FP. Healey
Charleston
Durant
Ladd
Worcester
J. J. Jestie
Vlushing
N.Y
Pierce Oil Association consolidates into single unit
Dallas report says the Pierce Fordyce and Pierce Oil organizations unite as the Pierce Oil Association effective April 1 1918. The merger follows Texas court rulings allowing basin operations in the state and aims at economies and expanded oil production across Texas Oklahoma and surrounding regions.
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Dallas
Tex
Pierce-Fordyce Oil Association
Pierce Oil Association
N. G. Colley
New York
Texas
Pierce Oil Company
Pierce-Vordyce
Pierce Association
Pieri Association
Simi Corporation
Missouri
Oklahom
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mexico
Coley
Oklahoma
Wis
United States to buy Camp Bullis land near Leon Springs
The Senate Military Affairs Committee approved a 340000 dollar purchase of 17000 acres south of the Leon Springs reservation used by Camp Bullis for artillery practice. The War Department reportedly supports the acquisition, with possible passage by the House committee. Lease history, goethals influence, and the land’s strategic range near San Antonio are noted.
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United States
Leon Springs Reservation
Camp Bullis
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Chamber of Commerce
Morris Sheppard
House Committee On Military Affairs
Gethals
War Department
Sheppard
Senate Committee On
Camp Travis
Camp Bultis
la Bewis
Board of National Defense
Washington
France
Pershing
Sharpe
Putton
Tl. B. Clepe
C. Fowler
General Goethals
Senate
Goethals
Leon Springs
Blanco
Fredericksbarge
San Antonio
Rain Reappears Across drought-Hit San Angelo Region
After twelve hours of intermittent showers, slow steady rain began again at daybreak across the drought-stricken area. By noon today the total rainfall reached two inches with the heaviest rain Friday east and southeast of San Angelo. Reports of more than an inch came from Alpine Pecos City Del Rio Rock Springs and surrounding towns as far as Oklahoma. This marks the first heavy general rain in four years.
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San Angulo
Tex
Here
Alpine
Pecos City
del Rio
Rock Springs
Werrville
Redericksburg
Liano
San Saba
Brownwood
Oklahoma
British chivalry row prompts German press clash
Count Re ventiow denounces Deutsche Tages Zeitung coverage claiming British praise of enemies is merely advertising. He condemns German papers for praising how Captain Baron von Richthofen was buried by the British, calling those who buried him war profiteers and accusing both sides of insincere honors.
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Amsterdam
Count Reventiow
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Baron von Richthofen
Holbrook Leads Department Family Military Tradition
Major General Holbrook assumes command amid a veteran military lineage. His sons Willard Jr. and David Stanley, both at West Point, earned their academy spots on merit after competitive exams. Brother Col. L. H. Holbrook commands Seventh Field Artillery under Pershing in France, with Lt. Hill and Lt. Compton arriving as aides as promotions loom.
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Jiolbrook
Willard A. Jr
David Stanley
West Point
Wisconsin
Holbrook
Yoo
Col
L. H. Holbrook
Seventh Field Artillery
General Pershing
Irance
Port Sam Houston
Quartermaster Department
France
Hill
Boyd M. Compton
Sing Again Sunday Concert by Paulist Choristers
Due to high demand the Paulist Choristers return for a second concert Friday and a third Sunday matinee at Beethoven Hall. Tickets go on sale at the Gun er Hotel booth. The Sunday show emphasizes popular melodies suitable for Catholic school children, with some classical pieces and many Southern and patriotic tunes.
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Beethoven Hall
Guner Hotel
Launch 236 New Ships Progress Report
May 4 report from Wastengton reveals under the Shipping Board 245 steel and wooden vessels launched this year with total tonnage around 1,392,127 tons. There are 147 shipyards operating with 783 ways in use and 398 steelways plus 832 wooden ways. Government contract ships total 186,350 tons and requisitioned ships 959,531 tons, with 138 steel vessels delivered and wooden launches around 108,500 tons.
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Wastengton
S. C
Ixnet
Shipping Board
Iss
New Basis Monday Sets Voluntary Wheatless Program
On Monday the voluntary wheatless program takes effect for first class restaurants and exclusive hotels. Proprietors require these venues to bake with substitutes for wheat flour in bread pies and cakes while popular priced eateries limit wheat to viewry bread. Other restaurants must follow flour limits as prescribed by the Food Administration.
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Pnauturacion
Wheaties
Ald
Food Administration
Air Combat Deaths Over American Lines in France
Desperate air battle over American lines northwest of onl ends with Charles W. Chapman Jr. of Waterloo Iowa and a German pilot plunging to earth inside German lines both machines aflame. Flying Cadet Nicholas Healy dies in La Jolla crash and Cadet O Hanley suffers a broken ankle after a forced landing. In Babylon a naval hydroplane crashes into Great South Bay killing Alden of Fort Wayne Indiana and seriously injuring another crewman.
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France
Onl
Charles W. Chapman Jr
Waterloo
Iowa
San Diego
Cal
Nicholas Healy
O'Hanley
la Jolla
Here
O'Manley
Garden City
Naval Plaine
Babylon
N. Y
Alden
Fort Wayne
Ind
Naval
Great South Bay
Germany's next peace offensive eyed by Lord Cecil
London May 4 In Lord Robert Cecil view the failed knock out on the western front prompts a German peace offensive aimed at Britain. An emissary, a Dutch financier, is in England with others reportedly en route. British papers note neutral emissaries and the role of Albert Ballin and shipping magnates in shaping any peace bid. The move is seen as for German consumption, likely not offering allies terms they can accept.
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London
Robert Cecil
Germany
Great Britain
England
Central News
Viermoront
Biade
Robert
Mobert
Mussia
Austria
Saussia
Alan
Inghind
von Skuchtmann
Great
Ukrainia
Dailyexpress
von Kuchlmann
von Kuehlmann
Ballin
Express
Ditchiman
Lirsely
Albert Ballin
Jiumburg-American Line
Heavy Fighting on Italian Front and Kemmel Hill Clash
The article recounts sustained bombardment and gas attacks at Kemmel with French relief at Kemmel on April 22. It notes French casualties, German losses, and French artillery gains, highlighting gas mask use, runner work, rationing feats, stretcher-bearer losses, and the constant German air assault.
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Kemmel
Fleury
Verdun
Manders
Geran
Frrench
Kas
Police Buy Bonds In One Weekend Liberty Issue Drive
San Antonio police bought 5850 in Liberty Loan third issue, with 108 subscriptions, run from Friday morning to noon Saturday. Total issue bonds purchased by officials, excluding banks, reached 8600 under Chief Lancaster. individual buys ranged 60 to 200. Fire department activity followed, with 3200 subscribed by firefighters and over 4900 in previous issues acquired by Lighters. A church on the South Side purchased a 100 bond through Seaweed Troop No.
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San Antonio
Weelovk
Use Cocoanuts in War Aids Gas Masks
The Associates Press reports from San Juan Mayo that German poison gas spurred coconut shell use. Thousands of coconuts are shipped from Puerto Rico to manufacture gas milks for American troops in Minnesota. The shell yields a high grade charcoal seen as a valuable antidote to poison gases.
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Associates Press
San Juan
Cocoanut & Humane
Porto Rico
Mrnnece
Wilson pardons four soldiers in France
President Wilson disapproved the sentence of four American soldiers ordered shot in France. Private names Ledoyen and Wishhick receive three years confinement, while Privates Sebastian and Cook are pardoned. All three year terms to be served at Leavenworth.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Fack
France
Ofon Ledovenary
Stanley G. Wishhick
Forest Dr
Sebastian
Jess Cook
Cook
Ledoyen
Pishhank
Leavenworth
Rain drifts across droughted Texas as storms linger
Rain spread across west and south Texas with amounts from a trace to over two inches. San Antonio recorded .04 inch Friday and Saturday, while Del Rio saw .76 inch and Brownwood .2 inch. May 4, 1918 reports note continued unsettled weather. Chipperfield declines Senate bid, citing duty to the U.S. Army.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Iero
del Rio
Allee
Dilley
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Taylor
Alfurlas
Hondo
Baeville
Brownwood
Paschal
Kerrville
Lampasas
Tauling
Quanah
Ballinger
Clarendon
Stung
Snylder
Weatherford
International guest list and Paris labor visit notes
A scattered list of hotel guests includes H. Brown from St. Louis at the Menger and W. Powers of Topeka at the Gunter, with several others registered at St. Anthony and the Lanter. The Paris labor delegation arrived in Paris and was greeted by Labor Minister Colliard at the Metropolitain station, signaling a notable exchange with the French government.
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A. H. Brown
St. Louis
Menger, W
Powers
Topeka
Kans
Gunter
W.T. Layer
Laredo
St Anthony
W. U. Tetuon
McKinney
Abe Lanter
Pedro Montevunion
San Luis Potestry
Menger
A. K. Whitteside
Albudquerque
X. M
Gunter 1
A. Tiore
Dallas
St. Anthony
W. W. Walfe
W. A. Everett
Toagie
M. McGriver
Fort Worth
Mengershorough
Marshall
SH. Adler
Detroit
Joseply C. Quirk
New York
Emoawin Barley
Houston
A. Asbalin
Tay Ginyter
Ik. Ve
Paris
England
Colliard
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Lord Cecil
Teuton
Department
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Chicago
BR. M. Chipperfield
Camp Logan
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Lorelei
Tyrone Powers
Fox Sunshine
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Kaiser the Beast
Grand Ciiienin
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Charles Ray
Paramount “Sennett Comedy
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Viola Donna
Douglas Fairbanks
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Travelers Cigar Shop
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Maggie le Claire & Co
Watts
Hawley
Cliff Baily
Tom Moore
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Pearl
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