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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1918
Page
9
W G Hand, local USDA agent, urges truck farmers to spray cabbage plants with a tobacco solution using one gallon Black Leaf Forty to 40 gallons water. A large field saved by spraying cost about 71 dollars versus a potential 2000 dollar loss, with plans to spray again.
An advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy to replace calomel. It promises a quick bowel cleanse, improved energy, and no salivation, urging readers to buy for themselves and their families.
City council announced plan to send City Engineer Rolfe to Columbus to inspect garbage hauling and handling machinery. They appropriated 185 for trip expenses and deferred use of San Antonio's garbage reduction plant until ordered trucks arrive. Payroll of 1717.15 passed plus 25 for stamps and 911.81 for firefighting equipment. G A Duerler Manufacturing granted permission to build a sanitary sewer line on Gregg Street. Bids on adding machines referred to city purchasing agent for tabulation.
Elections held in Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania choose candidates for congressional and executive seats. Voters select party nominees for statewide offices as May schedules proceed, shaping the forthcoming general election.
A dialogue unfolds as Kiltis recalls being pulled from a shell hole under fire and asks about his pipe, with a modest ambulance corps member replying it is all right. The scene highlights war’s rough humor and camaraderie amid danger.
The Secretary of War formally approved buying the Dr J H Terrill tract near San Antonio for a $1.5 million motor repair complex to employ 2500 civilians in peacetime and military personnel in war. The San Antonio Chamber must raise $16,000 for special costs. the site is 86 acres with three rail lines, a large water supply, and expansion potential.
Secretary Carterington reports Baker approval for erection of army mechanical repair shows in the city. Chamber of Commerce releases option to buy the land at the southwest corner after raising about $10,000. Government agents review title as work on the exhibits is set to begin in a few weeks. Also London notes the death of Second Lieutenant Mortimer Crane of the British Flying Corps.
Sergeant Frank L. Baylies of New Bedford Mass. has downed his ninth enemy plane in battle becoming one of France's noted aces. He first tried to enlist in the American air service but was rejected for defective vision, then joined France's hospital service before entering the famed Stork squadron led by the late Captain Guynemer and quickly proving himself.
General Pershing reports casualties from the War Department. The list includes Private Leslie Allen of Saugatuck Connecticut who died in action, John Kelso of Emad Louisiana, and Roland Digelow of Asbury New Jersey who perished from wounds. Several officers and privates names appear from Hartford to Memphis, with numerous hometowns in Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and beyond.
Chairman Jinkey of the Shipping Board receives a telegram from Tom I. Coyle treasurer of Southern Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Orange Texas praising workers for donating one Sunday of each month during the war to the Red Cross The company reports ninety percent on duty with others donating four percent of last week's wages to raise Orange's quota to two hundred percent Mr Hurley Shipping Board replies congratulating the workers and forwarding the telegram to the National Red Cross in Washington
Washington reports a government built plant at Midland Michigan costing over half a million dollars now producing a new tear gas form. Army experts call it the most destructive chlorine based agent yet. Shells and bombs using it have been tested at the front and will soon be deployed in large quantities. Dow Chemical's Midland facility is the largest chlorine producer in the United States. Government brine wells feed salt water to the plant.
Washington May 21 More than 1 800 000 soldiers and sailors have taken life insurance through the Bureau of War Risk Insurance totaling over 16 billion dollars written since mid October. The bureau reports vast payouts in allowances and dependents' checks, a daily surge in applications, and a 4300 person clerical force. A pending bill would broaden automatic coverage to include mothers and fathers.
BERNE May 21 Ferdinand Hodler a leading Swiss painter is dead in Berne at the age of 63. The report notes Hodler's prominence in Swiss art and his impact on movements of his era. The brief obit mentions his death and his stature in the art world.
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