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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
3
British pilots report German planes painted in bright, fantastical schemes with scarlet bodies and colored wings. Despite gaudy designs, daily air battles continue over the front with heavy losses on both sides. In one night, British raids dropped 56 bombs on a German encampment and caused major destruction.
In St Louis on May 11 three hundred fifty men applied for admission to the Second Reserve Engineers regiment being recruited in the city. Applicants include many railroad and telegraph workers from Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma. Colonel Townsend asks the War Department to open a recruiting station in Dallas or Fort Worth to speed enlistment.
Paris reports H W Defend ing a Dutchman has forwarded one million francs to Premier Ribot for relief of victims in the invaded regions of France.
J H Thomas describes England war labor gains to the Council of National Defense in Washington. He notes strong cooperation among unions supplying war materials and cites early missteps that sacrificed worker health and output for speed.
Captain Joseph C. Morrow announces that the government school for flyers now in Memphis will be moved to Chicago within ten days. It will be located at the Aero Club of Illinois field in Ashburn. The Memphis unit comprises 69 students, six officers, and 49 soldier mechanics, with Capt. Arthur K. Christie and his group transferring to Chicago.
BERNE May 11 1950 Twenty more American teachers and missionaries arrived from Turkey today on their way home. Others are expected soon as the evacuation continues with ships carrying refugees bound for safety in Europe and the United States.
Adolph von Batocki, head of Germany’s food regulation board, told the Reichstag that Roumania's contribution looks promising. He noted war weariness hit Turkey, Bulgaria, and Hungary, urged close Allied cooperation to weather next year, and dismissed enemy claims of Germany’s collapse as propaganda.
Four new summer blouse styles illustrated highlight dainty materials and exceptional construction. In keeping with our standards, blouses at 1 are offered. Limited lingerie blouses reduced to 79 cents due to slight handling massing on third floor.
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