Clothing stockpiles for American forces in France show vast monthly needs
In Central France, Army supply chiefs report enormous monthly orders for clothing and footwear. About three million items a month including coats trousers socks and field shoes are kept ready for three months plus ongoing renewals for hospitals and frontline units.
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Tours
France
Quartermaster’s Department
Bani
England
Irench
Arem
Spain
Switzerland
Nse
Hind
America
Writer wounded near Verdun as battle rages
Joseph Cisinons, Los Angeles correspondent, wounded in the right cheek by shell fragment while observing near Epsonville. Other reporters at risk assisted to a dressing station. Surgeons call the wound not serious. Private Thomas Welfel, 42nd Company, dies of pneumonia at Camp Travis Base Hospital. Chaplain Bateman to preach at Fort Bam Houston MCA with 14th Cavalry band. outdoor service set for Sunday night.
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Verdun
Joseph ‘Cisinons
Los Angeles
Cal
Epsonville
Bateman
Fort Bam Houston ¥. M. C. A
4Th Cavalry
14Th Cavalry
Coalition cabinet talks stir Hungary and Europe
Telegrams from Budapest report rising pressure for a Hungarian coalition cabinet under Premier Wekerle. Count Stephen Tisza and Count Julius Andrassy, along with Count Albert Apponyi, are discussed as potential members while Count Michael Karolyi seeks talks with Wekerle and the emperor.
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Viennes
Slavic-Latin Austria-Hungary States Demand Self Rule
Paris dispatches report that on Thursday the Socialist deputies in the Reichsrat adopted resolutions recognizing the right of the Slavic-Latin nations in Austria to determine their fate and demanding self determination for the German people in Austria. They call for a German Austrian state uniting German regions and autonomy for other groups, and warn of energetic resistance if this is rejected.
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Paris
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Reichsrath
Austsia
Our Men Mop Up Towns Near Verdun in Push
American forces advance along a broad front east of the Argonne forest amid heavy shelling. They drive Germans from Gesnes and clea n Evermont Chelery and Fleville, seizing Hill 230 and other strongpoints. German fires destroy ammo dumps as patrols press the line. Chinese arrests follow in a separate city case.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Wevertheless
Gcierges
Gesnes
Uemans
Nomagnes
Evermont
Chelery
Fleville
Jan Viergette
le Meni Farm
Grange Farm
Chevery
Romagnes
Cornayy Bantheville
Cheviernes
Fort Juvin
Marcin
Explosion at Gillespie plant devastates New Jersey towns
A massive blast at a Gillespie Company magazine near Perth Amboy and South Amboy caused widespread destruction. Officials report uncertain fatalities, with rumors of 137 dead but later notes suggesting fewer. Evacuations spread as shells and debris damaged buildings, injuring many and prompting military guards and rescue efforts.
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Perth Amboy
Yates
Gillespie Company
TNT
South Amboy
Gillespie
Elizabeth
Rahway
New Jersey State Guard
Life
Gillespie Plant
Ccumuilesel
Bescame
Oliver
California
Morgan
Joy
Three Officers Die in Aviator Collision at Taliaferro Field
Fort Worth Texas reports two planes collided near Kellar at noon killing three aviation officers. The dead are Theodore Marks Washington DC Roy J. McNaught Oneida Seventh and Frank H. Smush Busley DC. Lieutenant A L Seely of Brockway Montana is injured.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Aviation Fienteunity
Kellar
Theodore Marks
Washington
Roy J. McNaught
Oneida
Frank H. Smush
Busley
D. C
A. L. Seely
Brockway
Mont
Taliaferro Field
Obituaries and funeral notices from San Antonio area
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list Mrs John E Elgin and others in San Antonio and nearby cities. Details include ages birthplaces prior residences and burial plans with undertakers and service times. Names include Bernice Jenzen Jesus Guerra Nona Francis Lina Casey Marie Cardwell and several relatives and undertakers.
Porter Loring Funeral Director Ad
Nagy and McCollum advertise as undertaker ambulance and funeral service with Porter Loring, Guthan or Kaneral Director at 206 Jefferson Street. services include Cr. 104 and related offerings.
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Porter Loring
Kaneral
Jefferson St
Adv
Nagy & McCollum
Glung Motor Service
Fechet Named Supervisor of New Southern Aviation District
Col James Fechet appointed supervisor over the Southern Aviation District, extending over Louisiana and Texas with bases including Kelly Field, Brooks Field, and Lake Charles. Headquarters will be in Houston as Fechet travels by air to inspect fields and coordinate operations amid possible War Department reorganizations. Colonel Gillmore succeeds at Kelly Field, arriving to assume command.
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James 3. Fechet
Kelly Kield
San Antonio
War Department
Kelly Hield
Southern Department
Air Service
Army
Herbert C. Williams
William D. Chitty
Kelly Field
Charleston
Southeastern Department
Fechering
Keily Field
William B. Gilmore
Gillmore
Notable visitors register at San Antonio hotels and a soldier dies
Charles Searle of San Francisco and others from Kerrville Boston Chicago Los Angeles Fort Worth and Edinburg are listed as staying at the Menger Gunter St Anthony and Lanier hotels in San Antonio. Private Charles C. Rayie 3th Mechanical Repair Unit Camp Travis died of pneumonia at Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital. J Border of Rosenberg Oregon informed of the death. The body will be held at the Base Hospital awaiting burial instructions. Automobile plants shift to war work with government contracts totaling about 500 million dollars and some factories operating with 20 percent or fully redirected to national needs.
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Shiner
Thomas Welfel
Sth
165Th Depot Brigade
Camp Travis
Annie Welfel
Texas
W. K. Ellis
Marathon
St. Anthony
Charles W. Fork
Boston
Menger
M. M. Greenham
Dallas
Gunter
Pan Scraggas
Waelder
Lanier
L. F. Miller
Chicago
John W. Harrison
Fort Worthing
Challenger
J. TL. Foley
San Francisco
C. W. Sellers
Center
Center Tointes
Lanter
A. 3. Clark
Anna Clark
Los Angeles
Cal
St Anthony
William Grossman
New York
J. I. Clasner
Charles C. Rayie
Transportation Corps
Fort Sam. Houston
Hig
Rosenburg
Oregon
J. 8
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Army Plane Flies From Ellington to Denver for Liberty Loan
Army airplane piloted by Lieut. Cameron Nutt arrived in Denver after a 40 minute 45 mile leg from Pueblo on its way from Ellington Field Houston for the Fourth Liberty Loan drive. Nutt and Mechanician R Tl. Granit will continue to Denver today. Destroy our German Airplanes. Maivne Oct 3 Belgian front report says May British aviators downed four German aircraft and Lt Coppens of Belgium set a German balloon on fire, drawing his tally to thirty one.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Colo
Army
Cameron Nutt
Ellington Field
Houston
Tex
Pueblo
Lieutnant Nutt
Mechanicien
R. Tl. Granit
Mavne
Flanders
Coppens
Receivers Appointed for Delmonico’s Restaurant
Federal Court appoints receivers to take over Delmonico’s in New York after wartime economy pressures. The famed restaurant, run by the same family for about a century, will continue operating under receiver direction while a contemplated reorganization is planned. Maurice P. Davidson is named as one of the receivers.
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Delmonico's
New York
Federal Court
Delmonico’s
Famous Restaurant
T He Restaurant
Nti
Maurice P. Davidson
Cross Canal Crossing by British Division in War Tale
Special cable from the British Army recounts the Forty sixth Mainland Division storming the Scheldt Canal at Bellenglise and Le Haucourt. Soldiers from Nottingham and Arnold lace makers, bootmakers, and factory workers led the assault, using life belts and ladders to swim and cross under heavy fire. They captured guns and thousands of prisoners while fighting in a tunnel near the canal, with sappers breaking mines and saving many lives.
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Philip Gibis
New York Times Co
San Antonio
Scheldt
Bellenglise
Sherwood Foresters
Death
Hindenburg Line
Scheldt Canal
Mnglish Midlands
Somme
Cross Canal
Gellen- Slise
Uo Inline
le Haucourt
Magny la Fosme
Qurlads
Twilight flying adopted by American aviators near Verdun
American air crews, asserting air superiority, began twilight operations north of Verdun. Pursuit planes depart before sunrise and return for refueling, resuming attacks as darkness falls. Aerial night maneuvers utilize flares, searchlights, and rocket signals to coordinate, with limited casualties and several German balloons shot down.
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Verdun
Battie
American Pursuit Crew Down Five German Planes at Verdun
On Friday evening near Verdun eight American pursuit planes engaged more than twenty five enemy aircraft during a balloon escort mission. A 15 minute battle followed with five German planes shot down while all but one American aircraft safely returned.
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Verdun
Meet the Austrians in Serbia Clash Near Vranje
Allied forces in Serbia contact Austro-Hungarians near Vranje as Serbs report taking Prenys on Thursday. A Serbian official statement notes Austro-German troops were defeated by Serbians pursuing toward the old Serbo Turkish frontier.
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Paris
Serbia
Vranje
Prenys
London
Americans Break through German Lines North of Rheims
Allied forces report rapid gains as Fifth Army closes pocketing German troops north of Rheims and forces push toward Bohain. French units under Generalin Debeney advance near St Quentin while center action drives Germans back toward Lille and suggests evacuation of the northern coast.
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Fifth
Rheims
Germain Glins
Rawlinson
Debeney
Bohain
Paris-St. Quentin Manbege-Liége
Ludendorff
Lille
Bagdad
Ostend
Eebrugge
Germany
St. Quentin
Chardon-Vert
Forces Take 10 500 Prisoners in Flanders Operations
In Flanders operations since September 28 Belgian British and French forces report 10 500 prisoners 350 guns and 600 machine guns captured. Official Belgian war office statement issued tonight.
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Wavre
Flanders
Setonber
War Office
Germans Using Up Reserves In Final Phase Of Great Battle
Paris reports German forces are throwing general reserves into the St Quentin front as the last phase of the great battle begins. Allied gains persist despite counterattacks, with British generals Pressing near Te Catelot and the Germans retreating along the Armentieres to Lens area. Gouraud advances with American reinforcements toward Vouziers, while the Belgian coast and gaps near Ostend loom as potential German setbacks.
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Paris
Germany
St Quentin
Yng
Rawlinson
Te Catelet
Debenes
St. Quentin
Qisc
Berthetot
Rheims
Aisne
Vailly
Berryau-Bne
Gouraud
Champagne
Vouziers Junction
Challerange
Argonne Forest
Armentieres
Wis
Arméntieres
Lens
Breat
Fethune
Ostend
Lille
Wiven
Allied Drives Shift German Lines Across Champagne and Lorraine Fronts
French and American troops push into German positions near Suippe and Moronvilliers while advancing north of Rheims and Mont Blanc. Berthelot’s unit crosses the Aisne Canal and nears Germaincourt as 2500 prisoners and several guns fall to Allied forces. British and French press toward Lille and Ypres salient with 1200 prisoners taken, as Germans withdraw northwest of the Argonne.
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Associated Press
Champagnee
Suippe River
Argonne
Rheims
Mont Blanc
Moronvilliers
Arnes
Suippe
Iheims
Dso
Berthelot
Aisne Canal
Germaincourt
Rhelms
Gouraud
Mouthoisy
Kreimhild
St. Quentin
Beaurevoires
la Catelet
Chardon- Vert
Lille
Wanders
Ypres
Hlanders
Aviators Killed in Separate Crashes Across States
In Houston and Pensacola two air accidents claim lives and injuries. Second Lieutenant King Belser of Vine Bluff was fatally injured after a crash at Ellington Field. Cadet T J Leader was badly hurt. Ensign Carl Velerson and Ensign D O McKinney died in a Pensacola hydroplane crash. Carl Reichel was seriously hurt.
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Houston
Tex
King Belser
T. J. Leader
Elington Field
Belser
Tyelser
Arkansas City
Ark
Elkins
W. Va
Pine Bluff
Vine Bluff
Dasha County
Arkadelphia College
Pensacola
Fla
Carl Oliver Velerson
Carnegie
D. O. McKinney
St. Louis
Moe
Carl Reichel
Cut Fuel Costs by Weather Stripping and Repairs
Reduce coal and wood bills by one fourth with weather stripping for windows and doors and by fixing broken or cracked panes. For more information contact Steves & Sons Leber Con or Steves Sash & Door Co.
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Steves & Sons’ Leber Con
Steves Sash & Door Co
German Retreat Foreseen on Western Front Berlin Propaganda
Paris reports a wide retreat of German forces on the western front as Germany acknowledges Allied assaults. The propaganda bureau says portions of defensive lines must be held in Belgium and France to shield the Fatherland from decisive battles. It notes British gains in the Cambrai area and claims Allied offensives are waning between the Meuse and Argonne and Champagne tangles. A separate item mentions a bicycle accident at Houston Street and Avenue C sending Car Hits to hospital with injuries, while a boy struck by an auto near Zipp Alley suffers a broken leg and internal injuries requiring hospital care.
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Paris
Berlin
Department of Propaganda
Germany
Belgium
France
Meuse
Argonne
Champagne
Sysem
Propaj Sanda
Cambrai
Leo Trevine
Durango Street
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Waat
Houston Street
Avenue C
Ed F. Wembly
Osist Aero Squadron
Kelly Field
Joe Taylor
No. 5
Zipp Alley
Robert 3
Green Memorial Hospital
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