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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1916
Page
22
Berlin dispatch from German front headquarters describes Picardy as a desert after shell bombardment, with ground dug to depths of fifteen feet and craters across hundreds of square miles. Verdun area also severely damaged as other front regions suffer.
Johnny Aitken won the Harkness Gold Trophy at Sheepshead Bay covering 100 miles in 56 minutes 87 seconds at an average 105.86 mph to claim $4000 plus lap prizes. Goodyear tires powered eight of the top twenty one finishers, with multiple drivers securing first to fifth places. The run marks a string of racing records for Goodyear with earlier wins at Tacoma Cincinnati and Chicago and a world speed record at Sheepshead Bay.
D B Gish of Washington driving a stock six Haynes touring car broke the Richmond to Washington record with a four hours and four minutes run. He earlier set the New York to Washington mark in seven hours and 26 minutes. The trip included rough roads and a tire blowout near Occoquan but averaged better than 35 mph overall with 55 mph on the final leg.
C. C. Devore of Goodyear, returning from Bombay, declares vast prospects for American industry in India. He cites 15,000 cars in use, strong road networks, and growing automobile demand, with Goodyear tires achieving high mileages despite underuse by owners. He notes about 500 trucks in the country and many equipped with Goodyear I V tires, promising for trade.
Percy Owen announces Robert W. Mickam as advertising manager for the Liberty car from Walthall Motor Car Company led by Leon N. Walthall. The Liberty model is praised as modern and strong with a veteran leadership team.
A German prisoner of 1914 reveals he hid inside a piano loaded for Zurich, using cords to seal the case. He traveled via Linau and Lake Constance, reached Zurich, avoided German guards, and was later released by police before joining his depot.
I J Ollier vice president of sales announces price increases for Studebaker cars from 76 to 100 dollars above current levels on or about December 1. He cites rising costs for steel pig iron castings and leather while stating long contracts and stocks allow the firm to absorb some rises, and that the final rise will range from 75 to 100 dollars.
Konrad Von Zeppelin, first cousin of Count Zeppelin, lived many years in England as a clergyman. Born in Heidelberg in 1859, he came to England at 25, studied at Chichester Theological College, and was ordained at Bexhill. He married Miss Mary Wilkins of Detroit in the city on August 5, 1891, then returned to Germany.
The Russian minister of education issues a decree banning teaching of the German language in all public and private schools across the empire including colleges and universities.
Norwegian writer and statesman Bjoern Bjorernsen spent weeks in Warsaw to study Poland under German administration. He admires Poland’s culture and resilience against Russian tyranny, predicts liberation from Russia, and asserts German promises in the Reichstag will be kept.
The speech envisions Poland fulfilled through German efforts to reconstruct a free independent empire and places Poles in their rightful national standing after the war. It contrasts Britain and France’s promises of liberty under Russia with a confident forecast of Poland’s return to greatness and national unity.
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