Thanksgiving at Brackenridge Park Abandoned Due to Wet Ground
Thanksgiving Day in San Antonio 1918 saw heavy observance with services across churches and army camps. Despite rain clearing, mud at Brackenridge Park halted planned outdoor festivities, while city businesses closed and large crowds gathered for services and a later college rivalry game at Dengue Park between Travis and Kelly Field.
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Brackenridge Park
Bell
General Cabell
Liberty Chorus
San Antonio
Travis Park
Madigan Square Presbyterian Church
St. Mark’s
Christ Church, Episcopal
Westminster
First Presbyterian
Grace Lutheran Church
St. Mary's Catholic
Mexican Methodist Institute
Pentecostal Mission
Kelly
anidn-Campravis
Camp Penels
Isi
Liberty Theater
Kelly Field
Kelly Field Band
Maurine Dyer-Willbanks
Hugh McLellan
Usul
Cammy Travis
Kelly Wield
Dengue Park
Thanksgiving charity warms Camp Travis and Fort Sam Houston soldiers
Convalescent soldiers at Camp Travis and Fort Sam Houston hospitals received a generous array of edibles magazines and home made candy as San Antonio residents under Red Cross Motor Corps and local committees organized a city wide thanks giving effort. Volunteers collected treats from homes and shops despite bad weather. Distributions took place in the hospital wards with care and praise for the soldiers reading material and comforts.
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Camp Travis
Fort Sam’ Houston
H. S. Mulliken
Red Cross Motor Corps
Red Cross Hospital
Frank Vader
J Uey Thornton
Fort Sam Houston Hospital
Smithie Graves
Hirshberg
A. Wilson
San Antonio
Ener Galdier
Thousands of Jews killed by Poles in Lemberg report
The Lemberg correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt says after capture the Poles sacked the Jewish quarter killing several thousand. He reports desperate street fighting, widespread destruction, and charred bodies as Polish troops surrounded burning buildings. Polish authorities blamed bandits, while terrorists were said to be armed and threatening Jews.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Liemberg
Tageblatt
Breslau
Saloon reopenings eyed outside ten mile zone
Several saloons may restart operations outside the ten mile zone around San Antonio army camps following the Court of Criminal Appeals Meyer case which struck down the state prohibition law as unconstitutional. District Attorney McAskill says licensed saloons outside the zone may resume, while New Braunfels officials oppose openings until peace is declared. The fate of the ten mile zone hinges on a test case in Austin assessing the transportation prohibition.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
RF. Meyer
Bexar County
Meyer
San Antonio
Otte Hedwig
Wrst
San Anetonio
New Braunfels
DP. A. McAskill
Austin
U boats Form Avenue at Harwich in surrender line
A Reuters reporter visiting U-boat Avenue off Harwich found a line over a mile long where surrendered submarines lie. Submarines are towed in batches of three or four to the side. Officers refused to reveal flag colors, saying theirs is a red flag. A blood stained cat o nine tails was found aboard a Deutschland type submarine by a British sailor under the captain’s bunk.
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Lonilan
A_ Reuter
Harwich
LIFT ON SUGAR BAN ANNOUNCED AND NEW VESSELS
Washington announces end of sugar distribution under the certificate system effective December 1. Consumers urged to keep to a four pounds per person per month voluntary ration and public eateries to use only four pounds per meal. In another note, sixteen vessels totaling 4825 dead weight tons were completed and delivered to the Shipping Board during the week ending November 22, with all but one being steel.
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Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
Washington, D.C
Baanl
Oie
Stee
St. Louis
Germans Say No Bolshevism In Germany In spite of reports
London Times Service dispatch discusses German politics after hostilities with Ebert as the dominant force and the Berlin Soviet’s reduced influence. It notes the Allies may fear Bolshevism, while the Ebert government seeks to neutralize radical threats and move toward a constitutional assembly. The piece contrasts Berlin's minority and majority socialist leaders and cites support for a constituent convention across Russia and Germany. It also mentions a Catalan flag incident and reports on Major Millard J. Straight’s illness and a Mobile man's death after a fall from a bootblack stand.
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London Times
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Stockholm
Derlin
Ebert
Berlin
Herr Ebert
Germany
Bolsheviki Spartacus
Karl Liebknecht
Spartaeds
Wiel
Hamburg
Joffe
Balivists
Iman Soldiers’ Council
Eastern Front
Reorganization of U S Naval Forces After Peace
Washington reports that after the war German sea power fades the navy may split. Half the fleet could form a reorganized Pacific force while European duties grow. Promotions for Sims Knight and Gleaves signal reshaping, with plans for European presence and possible limited bases.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Daniels
Sims
Knight
Gleaves
Wilson
Department
United States
Europe
Azores
Wilsby
Bat
Mercury Drops to 30 in Thanksgiving Weather
Thanksgiving dawns cold with heavy frost, official readings show 30 degrees at 7 am. The day stays bright and frosty, warming at noon then turning cold again Thursday, with more frost and wintry conditions expected for several days. Frost extended south to Corpus Christi, with Rio Grande Valley warmer.
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Thanksgiving
Loy
Buell
Corans Christi
Tower Rio Grande’ Valley
Women Railroad Workers May Stay On Payroll After War
Washington officials say about 100000 wartime women clerks and stenographers likely will be retained permanently. Specific actions will be left to individual railroads as demand for labor during readjustment remains high and considered necessary by Railroad Administration leadership.
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Washington, D. C
Railroad Administration
Peru Moves to Keep Peace in Chilean Dispute
Lima reports the government showing resolve to prevent untoward incidents amid the Peru Chile dispute. The situation remains calm as port workers in Callao refuse to handle cargo from Chilean steamers, with no demonstrations recorded.
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Peru
Lima
Callag
Labor demands and political platform outlined in UK manifesto
The British Labour party issues an election manifesto calling for withdrawal of allied forces from Russia, free trade, nationalization of land and key industries, heavy taxation on capital, abolition of conscription, and taxation reform. The document warns the coalition government against opposing the new European democracies and outlines radical policy aims. King George and the Prince of Wales arrive in France and are greeted by officials before visiting headquarters.
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London
British Labor Party
Russia
George Vislts
France
Goudogne-Sur-Mer
King George
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
George
Tin
Montreuil-Sirer
Wilson to announce peace conference delegates this week
Washington reports President Wilson to address Congress with likely first announcement of peace conference delegates. Officials expect names in his speech next Monday or Tuesday. The plan includes no censorship, with preferential news transmission and press access during the trip.
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Europe
Wilson
Congress
Walsh
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Snel
John Walsh
Ponca
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
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Creel
Paris
Ge Company
Associated Press
Orizaba
Hoboken
Pennsylvania
Conference to be lengthy at peace talks in Paris
Venus November 28 delegates to the peace conference will appoint committees to study issues and report to the conferees. The conference is expected to last three months with no treaty before April. Lloyd George and Wilson will arrive together. English may be the official language at the congress. Hog Island shipyard to be bought by Emergency Fleet Corp. sole owner of the plant.
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David Lloyd George
Paris
Wilson
U. 8
Hogslant
Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Hog Island&shipyard
Great
Shipbuilding — Establishment
Marines at Quantico Change of Command
Brigadier General John Twiggs I Myers 17 Marine Corps Post Commander Quantico Virginia has succeeded Brigadier General Albertus W Catlin Myers previously commanded Marine Barracks Parris Island and served as Fleet Marine Officer Atlantic Fleet for about two years His record includes leading Marines during the Boxer uprising in Peking China in 1900 where he was wounded and brevetted for gallantry in action
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Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
Quantico
Virginia
Albertus W. Catlin
Myers
Paris Island
S. C
Fleet Marine
Atlantic Fleet
Peking
China
Widow of Magnate Who Founded Port Arthur Dies
Port Arthur Tex Nov 28 Mrs Deora J Gates widow of John W Gates founder of Port Arthur dies in New York after recent marriage Her husband died in Paris 1911 and their son Charles died in Wyoming in 1973 Gates funded landmarks including Maryettes Hospital Fort Arthur College and Gates Memorial Library The library cost 125000 and was dedicated last Gatesday the city continues the birthday tradition for Gates Charles and the Gates estate totals several millions with major holdings in Port Arthur and a large Texas Company investment
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Tex
Deora J. Gates
New York
Gates
John W. Gates
Paris
Charles
Wyoming
Mr. Gates
Arthur Stilwell
Kansas City, Ittsburg and Gulf Railway
Kansas City Southern
Sabine Pass
Port Artie
Charles Gates
Mary |Ites Hospital
Fort Arthur
Paris Welcomes King George as Crowds Line Streets
Paris faced overcast skies and intermittent rain but decor stayed bright as Parisians hung flags and banners along routes for King George VI. The king, arriving Boulogne yesterday, moved via Montreuil to Paris and was due at 2:30 this afternoon, with ceremonies planned at the Principal gate station and arterial routes to Place de la Concorde and the foreign affairs ministry.
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Pugland
George
Boulogne
Montreuil
Boise de Hourogne
Place de Ta’ Concorde
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vienna to try ex emperor and generals for war
Associated Press dispatch from Copenhagen says the Vienna government plans trials for all war responsible figures. Targets include Count Berchtold Austro Hungarian foreign minister and Count Czernin, former Emperor Charles and several high generals. Also mentions expected resignations of Solf and Erzberger and forthcoming documents on Erzberger’s wartime conduct.
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London
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Count Czernin
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Thanksgiving turkey aid for American soldiers in Siberia
In Siberia on November 28, American troops receive Thanksgiving turkeys and coats with fur caps and mittens. The piece notes the expeditionary force is well equipped and fed and suggests railway efficiency could rise 100 percent with permission to act. It argues Allies should back local self-government and the Pan-Russian Constituent Assembly to prevent Bolshevism or dictatorship.
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Siberia
Amerleqn
HUNS SLEW 49 PRIESTS IN BELGIUM WAR CRIME CLAIMS
Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, said German forces tortured and killed 49 priests during occupation and removed 12,000 men from his diocese to Germany for forced labor. He declared Germany's defeat and denounced the barbarian rule as the death blow to might over right.
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Cardinal Mercier
Germany
Juarez Front Reports Rebel Reach Near Interior of Mexico
Juarez remains cut off from the Mexican interior as rebel forces led by Francisco Villa are reported at multiple points within striking distance. Officials in Juarez say they lack details on Villa Abuamada’s attack and note bridges burned near Rancheria as a sign of rebel activity.
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Juaren
Mexico
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Villa Abumada
Rancheria
Juarez
Ojinaga
Marshall Cancels Speaking Tour Through West and Pacific
Vice President Marshall cancels his planned speaking tour through the west and to the Pacific. The announcement states he will remain in Washington until after the holidays to support peace efforts and due to ongoing administrative duties.
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Pacific
Drewnent
Co operation of Hungarians and Czechs Sought to Fix War Blame
Berlin reports that the German Austrian National Council is negotiating with Hungarian and Czech governments for their cooperation in publishing diplomatic prewar documents. The Vienna corresp ondent notes alleged sums drawn from army funds by ex Emperor Charles and investigations into Archduke Frederick and other officers. Count Berchtold and Count Czernin are named in the probe into Austro Hungarian war diplomacy and alleged peace proposals.
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Berlin
Navy
German
Austrian National Council
Crech
Vienna
Yixche Zeitung
Charles
Archduke Frederick
Count Berchtold
Count Czernin
Charles Still Draws Funds as Austria’s Ex-Emperor
Geneva reports widespread discontent in Austria over former Emperor Charles who continues to receive 600000 crowns annually as head of the army. He recently got back pay of 2500000 crowns, according to the socialist Arberger Zeitung, despite surrendering his command on November 2.
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Austria
Vienna
Charles
Arberger Zeitung
Dreperor
Solf Protest Against Annexation of German Provinces
German foreign minister Solf delivered a note to the Allied powers protesting plans to evacuate Belgium France Luxembourg and Lorraine within five days. The note warns of German objections to any attempt to cede or annex western territories near the Rhine and Sarre regions, urging respect for postwar borders and opposing delays in evacuation.
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