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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
2
Seventy five professionals were chosen after the first screening for the Kelly Field Amusement Company as it forms an amusement unit. Lieutenant Jacobson led the acid tests at the YMCA where several hundred applicants auditioned, with a second tryout set for Friday to select more eligible artists for the project.
A Spanish language circular distributed in Spain and obtained by the U.S. State Department details Teutonic frightfulness in France and Belgium. It claims loot, church destruction, and mistreatment of prisoners to deter neutrals from aiding the Allies, with pedigreed figures and a warning to those considering siding with the Allies.
The ad touts Calotabs, a purified calomel medicine, claiming a single tab at night yields no taste no griping and a clean system by morning. It emphasizes easy use no diet restrictions and pharmacist approval with a 35 cent price and refund if not delighted.
The article notes that English prisoners are treated with kindness by their captors in some areas, while German camps enforce extreme rigor. It cites 2264 officers and 81,825 other ranks, plus several thousand English prisoners who fled due to disease, scanty food, or other accidents, with figures reflecting totals before the Picardy and Pskinders drives.
Men of the 244th Machine Gun Battalion at Camp Travis request flowers from San Antonio gardens to fill window boxes in four barracks before they go to the field. They seek violets, flowering shrubs, wandering Jew, phlox or any green plants that transplant easily and are in bloom. Call battalion headquarters Caino Travis 190 to arrange donations.
The Burea of Markets branch in Southwest Texas relocates from Laredo to San Antonio. EB. kb. Gassman heads the office with W. H. Seidel as assistant. The state onion crop is moving to market with ample cars, though the crop has suffered from several onion diseases.
A reader advises using refined coconut oil as a shampoo to avoid alkali in soaps. Moisten hair with water and rub in a teaspoon or two to generate rich lather that cleanses scalp, removes dust and oil, and leaves hair soft, bright, and easy to manage. Coconut oil is inexpensive and widely available.
The article notes reduced car estimates from 18 000 to 12 000 and describes growers funding a bureau through an association that sent a Washington committee for government cooperation. It reports non endangered government posts at Brownsville, with Col William F P Stokey inspecting the situation as Brownsville riverfront work continues. A church meeting agenda and an anti theft device clamp for autos are also described.
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