Aerial Exhibition for Red Cross At Kelly Field
San Antonio hosts a major aerial show at Kelly Field to aid the American Red Cross. A 40-plane battle formation, daring parachute jumps by Rodman Law, a 6000 foot nose dive by Theophile Jean Mathieu, and upside down flying by Joseph Lievery headline a program with infantry drills and band performances. Major Gen George Goethals may attend, with special train service and ample parking arranged for large crowds.
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United States
Kelly Field
American Red Cross
San Antonio
Red Cross Fund
Europe
Rodman Law
Theophile Jean Mathieu
Welly Field
Joseph B. Lievery
Goethals
Camp Travis
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
McAdoo
San. Antonio
Frodman Law
Trench
Mathieu
Frio City Road
Cantonment
Southern Pacific
International &Great Northern
Ten Cross
Majority Ruling Upholds Dry Zone Law In Texas
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the dry zone law as constitutional in a majority opinion with Judge Davidson dissenting. The ruling dismisses the ex parte Hollingsworth case from Tarrant County and declares the statute within the state police power.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Davidson
Ex Parte Hollingsworth
Tarrant County
President Wilson Wins Senate Compromise on War Probe
In Washington on May 22 the Senate adopted a compromise substitute to the Chamberlain resolution. The plan allows the military committee and subcommittees to investigate army operations and aircraft matters, with expenses paid from the Senate contingent fund. It rejects a recess subcommittee and avoids a vote on the original proposal, seen as a test of confidence in President Wilson.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Chamberlain
Military Affairs Committee
A ‘Aft
Rely
Congress
Fail to Raid Paris
German air raid on Paris failed to strike the city proper. Three people were killed and several wounded in the outskirts, while a German plane was shot down north of the city. Bombs fell in suburbs, with material damage reported and defenses deemed highly efficient. The raid lasted about two hours before the attackers withdrew.
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Paris
Pari
Weather forecast for Tor San Antonio and cities
Cloudy tonight and Thursday across Tor San Antonio area with cooler conditions. Regional reports show varied temperatures from 6 to 72 degrees, with winds generally from the northeast northwest east and southeast and chances of rain in some locations.
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Tor San Antonio and Vicinity
St. Luis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
American Artillery Attacks German Positions in Gerechamp Wood
American shells drenched Gerechamp wood in three waves in a local gas attack on German positions near Toul. Patrols east of Lunéville defeated German parties, capturing two prisoners. An American corporal scouted near the wire, exchanging fire and returning safely. Pershing notes larger American front and plans for tobacco rations. two German prisoners taken in a patrol raid with no American casualties.
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Associated Press
France
Toul
Gerechamp Wood
Luneville
Ancervillers
Apremont-Varneville
Apremont
Knie
New Maeland State
No Man's Land
Pershing
Washington, D.C
War Department
Girl's Father Free Oklahoma City
Myrtle Hamrick, 16, will graduate at Pittsburg Kaw High School tonight and receive a telegram from Governor Williams notifying the pardon of her father L A Hamrick, convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses. She also sent an invitation and a letter asking for a full pardon as a graduation gift.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Myrtle Hamrick
Pittsburg
Kaw
I. L. Williams
Oklahoma
L. A. Hamrick
Myrtle
Williams
Pape
Airplane Collision Kills Two Lieutenants in Gerstner Field
Two planes collided at about 3000 feet over Air Lake Charles killing Lieutenants Latham Polk of New York City and Spencer Charles Williams of Buffalo. The crash occurred at Gerstner Field late yesterday with announcment made today.
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Lake Charles
Latham Polk
Spencer Charles Williams
Gerstner Field
Polk
New York City
William
Buffalo
Martial law declared in Bohemia amid outbreaks and unrest
London dispatch reports Bohemia placed under martial law after popular excesses. Protests spread to Pilsen and Nachod with plundering at Prince Furstenberg estates. Austrian premier Von Seydler summons Czech deputy Stanek, who declines and warns against violent reprisals seen in Galicia.
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London
Bohemia
Berne
Slovenski Parad
Pilsen
Nachod
Prince Furstenberg
von Seydler
Stanek
Galicia
Tornadoes Leave Central Iowa Devastation and Loss
Tornadoes sweep central Iowa causing extensive property damage over 1 million dollars and several fatalities in Lone Rock and surrounds. In Kansas ten dead and many injured as Codell and Ellis county towns are heavily damaged with farms and structures destroyed.
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Central
Iowa
Kansas
Hays
Kkan
Ellis
Rooks Counties
Codell
Rookts County
Denver Man Wears Blue Jeans Suit Until War Ends
Edwin A. Brown, Denver sociologist and author, vows to wear only denim suits for the war duration. He has appeared in his “war suit” at two First Presbyterian Church services, saying the switch is to show conscience and to fund Liberty Bonds. Brown explains one suit for society, one for work in his war garden, praising affordable home-manufactured denim and khaki options.
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Denver
Col
Edwin A. Brown
First Presbyterian Church
Brown
American Fliers Down German Planes Over France
American air squadrons, in cooperation with the French, conducted large scale bombing behind German lines on May 22. Lieut. William H. Taylor of New York chased and defeated a German biplane near Pagny sur Moselle, while other American aviators, including Cant. David Peterson of Honesdale, pursued and damaged enemy craft along the front, with several dogfights reported in clear skies.
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Hig Ths Associated Press
France
Associated Press
William H. Taylor
New York
Pagny- Sur-Moselle
Pont-A-Mousson
Bovhe
Taylor
Peterson
David Peterson
Honesdale
Chateau Saling
Death of Ensign Stephen Potter In North Sea Air Battle
Ensign Stephen Potter of the naval reserves was killed in action while engaging seven German planes over the North Sea on April 25. Potter had previously shot down a German seaplane. the London official notice recounts the dramatic dogfight as Potter and his companion pursued the enemy amid flames and smoke until Potter’s aircraft crashed.
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Washington, D. C
Stephen Potter
North Sea
London
Committee On Public Information
Potter
Heligoland Bight
North Hinder Light
Ander
Lady Paget Heads British Hospital Unit Leaves Russia
Associated Press dispatch from TORO reports Lady Muriel Paget leading the Anglo-Russian Field Hospital unit and four British war workers as they arrive in Yokohama and Yohio en route home. The party notes suppliers were cut off after peace with Germany and details the unit's Russia relief work from Archangel to Odessa.
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Associated Press
Toro
Jast
Russia
Murs Fel Paget
Yohio
Yokohama
Muriel Paget
London
Russian Red Cross
Archangel
Intyu
Galicia
Roumania
Odessa
Lady Paget
Germany
Sybil Grey
Edward Grey
Gallela
Carpathians
Nirlibaba
Kamenets Podolsk
Government of
Podolia
Red Cross
England
New War Tax Ruling Impacts Stadium Seats and Roof Viewers
Washington announces a new war tax policy for seating along structures overlooking baseball parks. Owners earning rent or fees from perch seats face tax, while outdoor amusement park admissions remain untaxed except for on-site amusements like side shows and moving picture theaters.
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Washington
B.C
Internal Revenue
Hilding
Houston Man Injured As Army List Shows Wounded Severe
Washington, D. C., May 22 The Army casualty list today contains 48 names with 38 wounded severely and 3 dead in action. Lieut. Robert H. Long of Houston Texas is the only officer named among the wounded.
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Washington
DB. C
Robert H. Long
Houston
Tex
Eeel
Atrocities Reported by German Bulgarian and Turkish Forces
Descriptions from deserters recount brutal deeds in North Macedonia with villages depopulated and captives moved beyond the Serbian border. Leading officers harmed, civilians violated, Bashibozouks accused of massacres including children as the war widens across the region.
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London
San Aarenta
Phildetonia
Public Edger Co
Salonica
Macedonia
Vorech
Bulgaria
Germans Idle While Allies Improve Lines In War
German spring offensive stalls into its third month as Allied lines hold firm in Picardy and Flanders. Britons and French forces regain positions while American reinforcements rush to France. British air power claims 1000 German planes downed as Italians report success against Austrian forces along the Piave and Lake Garda. Turkish resistance weakens north of Baghdad as British mounted troops advance toward Fatha and Tekrit.
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Associated Press
Germany
Americ Tan
France
Picur
Sanders
Mont Kemmel
Merville
Anile
Smalter
Bailleul
Ypres
Amiens
Otto von Belew
Arras
Berlin
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Fatha
Tekrit
Tigris
Kirkuk
British Raids Enter German Trenches In Arras Sector
In the Arras area British raiding parties entered German trenches at two points last night, capturing fourteen prisoners and a machine gun. Other parties returned a few prisoners near Locon and between Nieppe Forest and Meteren. A heavy gas bombardment struck the northeast Bethune sector on the Flanders front.
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London
Arrits
Uyu Points
Flanders
Bethune
Arras
Locon
Nieppe
Meteren
World War I Military Dispatches May 22
British and German air combats yield twelve German planes downed and one by gunfire with bombing of railway hubs. Heavy artillery fights erupt near Amiens while Italians repulse attacks on the Brenta sector. Turkish units show limited activity as British cavalry advances near the Tigris.
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London
Bilets
Amiens
Paris
War Office
Plemont
Noyon
Rume
Brenta
Susso Rosso
Bonte Spinecca
Plage
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Miers
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Polk and
Tell
PES
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Lone Rock
Madison
Boone
Newton
TIVO
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Hall
Fensign Potter
Flying Corps
Ile
Leutenant Long
Winnipeg
Trades and Labor Council
Victor Boret
London Times
Sn Autemio Light
Philadelphia Labie Ledger
Puablic Ledger Co
Walters
Royal Berksase Legement
Norkind
Russian Commission For Loren Affairs
Foreign Office
Caucasus
Brest-Litovsk
Ardahan
Kuid Batum
Turkey
People's Commission For Foreign Affairs
Kers
Batum
Christiania
Norway
Arctic Ocean
Hammerfest
Varloe
Soares Ie An
Westminster Gazette
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Britta Cavalry
Krit
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