War Department denies plan for labor draft
Secretary Baker stated the War Department has no intention to conscript labor under the work or fight rule. He said the order aims to guide exemption boards and not to control the labor market or punish strikes, with unemployment from strikes not affecting deferred classification.
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Washington, D.C
War Department
Baker
American Federation of Labor
War Industry Board
Labor Department
First to Wear New Wounding Badge Maj Winter Receives Honor
Maj J G Winter of the Ninetieth Division ordnance officer becomes the first Camp Travis veteran to wear the new gold V shaped badge for soldiers wounded in prior and current wars. Winter, a Rough Rider who sustained three wounds at San Juan Hill, enlisted in San Antonio with Troop F under Capt Max Luna. Also to wear the badge are Col R Abernathy and other Camp Travis personnel wounded in action.
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J. G. Winter
Camp Travis
Congress
Major Winter
Rough Riders
San Juan
Kettle Hill
San Antonio
Max Luna
845Th Artillery Regiment
Abernathy
Comfort Boys Shown in Leslie's Weekly Battle Picture
A Comfort Texas lad Otto Brinkman appears in Leslie's Weekly amid a combat frontline scene near a listening post about 60 yards from German trenches. Brinkman, a Fort Bliss sharpshooter alumnus, is joined by fellow Comfort youth Walter Willke featured with sailors on the U S Navy Nebraska page.
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Leslie
Texas
Furance
Otto Brinkman
Brinkman
Alex. Brinkman
Comfort
Fort Bliss
Walter Willke
Nebraska
Session of girl clears up number of burglaries here
A 17 year old white girl admitted to committing eight burglaries and possibly more in the last four weeks in San Antonio. Detectives recovered jewelry and clothing valued over 1600 dollars, with seven diamonds misused in rings. Several homes listed by victims were cleared by the confession.
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Louthian, Knight, Proudfoot
Barneburg
San Antonio
H. Kennedy
Aganier Avenue
H. Scarborough
West Woodlawn Avenue
S. W. Pease
Lewis A
L. B. Clegg
West Park Avenue
Ferguson attracts 3000 in Lockhart for Ferguson Moore rally
Thousands of Caldwell County residents fill the courthouse lawn in Lockhart as former Governor Ferguson and candidate John R. Moore speak for two hours. Farmers from the region applaud Ferguson, predicting a large county majority and noting improvements under Ferguson rural school law. Harvey King introduces Ferguson and touts school progress.
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Lockhart
Tex
Court House
Ferguson
John R. Moore
Caldwell County
Harvey King
King
Proclamation Seen as Threat to All Foreign Languages in Iowa
In Des Moines on May 26 Governor Harding’s language order is viewed as targeting non English languages. German already banned from schools churches and by county defense groups. Dutch Bohemian Polish face agitation. The proclamation states English is the official language of the United States and Iowa, hinting at discouraging other tongues.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harding
United States
Texas Fire Insurance Losses in 1917 Show Decrease
Texas premium income from fire insurance in 1917 totaled about 12.26 million dollars with net losses near 6.6 million. The loss ratio reached roughly 56 percent, a drop from 92.2 percent the previous year, according to annual statements filed with the Department of Insurance and Banking in Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Department of Insurance and Banking
Hindenburg Strategy and German Weakening War Debates
In New York May 25, reports show German unease over Hindenburg’s west front strategy as pressure builds against his infallibility. The Kaiser urges patience while Lloyd George warns of a new Teutonic offensive, and America’s growing force in France shifts the balance toward a major allied push.
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J. W.J. Mason
New York
Hindenburg
West Front
Picardy
Flanders
Lloyd George
von Hindenburg
Germany
Kaiser
Berlin
America
France
Chie
von Fallkenhayn
Verdun
Boulogne
Calais
Dimkirk
Lloyd-Georgea
Wilson
General Foch
Thong
Hindenburi l
Channel
Strong San Antonio Delegation Heads to McAllen Meeting
A large San Antonio delegation plus guests from El Paso Del Rio and Eagle Pass left Saturday night by rail to attend a McAllen conference on Rio Grande irrigation and treaty changes with Mexico. Selig Deutschman hosted a luncheon for Mexican delegates Senor Antonio Prieto and Jesus N. Gonzalez. Prieto said Mexico aims to amend the treaty to boost agricultural development and cooperation with the United States.
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S. A
Mexico
Selig Deutschman
Rio Grande Conservation Association
Gunter Hotel
Senor
Antonio Prieto
Mexican Boundary Commission
Jesus N. Gonzalez
Bell
David Woodward
Deutschman
Woodward
Prieto
United States
Shortage of Teachers in Texas Indicates War Era Strain
Texas reports from every region show many teachers leaving for military or higher paying civilian jobs. State Superintendent Doughty urges higher salaries to attract and retain educators and suggests retired teachers rejoin during the war, noting possible board rule relaxations for married women to fill vacancies.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Education
Doughty
National Commissioner of Education
Bheos Tees
Friends of Education
War Garden Initiative At Fort Worth Army Unit
Camp Bowie soldiers plant five acres of vegetables around the 181st Field Artillery Regiment after Colonel Claude V. Birkhead appoints a head gardener. Men work plots after drill, with potatoes lettuce onions radishes tomatoes beans and more, showing the soldier's spirit to ration and defend.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Camp Bowie
Division
131St
Claude V. Birkhead
181St Field Artillery
Birkhead
Daring Fliers Thrill Crowd With Stunts at Kelly Field
Parachute artist Rodman Law completed a 6000 foot jump from an aircraft piloted by Edward Stinson as part of a flying display at Kelly Field. French instructors Theophile Jean Mathieu and Joseph B. Lievery, with Lt. Powell and Lt. Stinson, performed acrobatic flights to thrill the large Southern Department crowd. Suvenirs and Red Cross funds benefited from the event as visiting officers from Camp Travis and the Southern Department attended.
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No. 2
Frank M. Bartlett
Kelly No. 2
Edwin Burge
John W. Powell
Vincent J. Meloy
Edward Stinson
H. EB. Caldwell
B. W. Peabody
P. R. Meyer
R. M. Walker
B. F. Ramseur
P. R. Perry
T. D. Cabot
B. M. Wilson
H. Faurot Jr
R. Skager
Powell
Stinson
Law
Rodman Law
Mr. Law
Kelly Field
Italy
Ts Fom
Emt
Linhta
Fcumeur F
Castor bean hulling plan linked to San Antonio
Washington May 25 Officers in charge of the castor bean section of the aviation branch plan to concentrate beans in San Antonio under a Chamber of Commerce contract. The chamber will buy hulling machines and run a warehouse for regular hulling, with hulls from acres of the contract weighing four to six million pounds. Hulls offer value as fertilizer with 116 pounds of potash per ton. J B Carrington and B J Lange discussed exporting chemicals and soap to Mexico, with full details to follow.
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Washington, D. C
Aviation
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
J. B. Carrington
War Trade Board
B. J. Lange
Mexico
Morals censor ousted in Chicago amid charges
Major M. L. C. Funkhouser, famed Chicago morals censor, was suspended today by Acting Police Chief Alcock. Formal charges will be filed within thirty days. Funkhouser opposed nude art and pioneered restrictions on on film content, including patriotic reels.
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Chicago
M. L. C. Funkhouser
Alcock
Funkhouser
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