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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
4
The 27th Infantry has been assigned to Camp Grant and will assume command of the depot brigade immediately, strengthening garrison responsibilities and supply operations at the installation.
Major William Thaw dean of American aviators receives the Distinguished Service Cross with two citations from General Pershing. The Aero Club of America announces the honor. Thaw, formerly with the Traquett Escadrille, downed his fifth enemy plane after transfer to American service. His brother Lieutenant Alexander Blair Thaw, killed last August, was chosen to command the first all American unit of American pilots.
Captain J. Tubreeit Captain G C Feltz Captain A C Raine and First Lieutenant W P Dorris join the 36th Infantry Cactus Division at Camp Travis for duty. Eighty seven new lieutenants arrive at Camp Travis from Camp Pike Arkansas to fill depot brigade units replacing recently promoted officers. Captain G Woom transferred to the Eleventh Infantry. Lieutenant Nelson A Miller from Washington DC, long at Camp Travis and San Antonio, formerly with Company 1 90th Division, attended Cleve officers training at Toon Springs and reports from El Pan to the camp.
The Kelly Field Glee Club directed by David Griffin will perform at the Aviation Club Kelly Field No 2 at 8 oclock Sunday evening. Mrs Frederick S Jones soprano will assist with a varied program including Soldiers chorus Neapolitan Street Song La Donna Mobile and Star Spangled Banner among others. The group plans to join Handel Messiah performances in a Christmas song festival with hundreds of singers from army camps and the city choral groups.
Society notes report dances at Camp Travis hosted by the 35th and 36th Infantry Regiments with regimental halls and music from the 36th Infantry Band and Camp Crayis Jazz Band. Also mentions Mrs Frank Paschal’s return from El Paso due to son’s pneumonia and couples from Camp Bowie and Park Wild Tennessee. Card party by St Gerard’s Parish postponed and local grocer advertises fixed price groceries.
The American University Union lists UT alumni in Paris London and Rome from July 25 to October 1. A letter to President Vinson praises over 50 UT names in war service abroad, reflecting active national service by UT students. An additional note mentions the Sailors Band of 300 led by Sousa aiding in the Canadian Victory Loan celebrations in Toronto on November 10 and 11.
An old advertisement touts Dake's Pape's Cold Compound as the remedy for cold symptoms. It claims a regimen of five hourly doses to reach three, then relief from congestion, headache, fever, sore throat, sneezing, and stiffness. The copy urges avoiding substitutes and notes the product costs only a few cents at drug stores.
An old catalog-style ad lists toiletries and remedies including Octovan anti perspiration product, Pond’s Extract for colds, Sylvan Brilliantine hair polish, Sozodont toothpaste, Herpicide tonic, Arcadia depilatory, Long’s Bleaching Cream, Lazell’s toilet waters, Imperial Peroxide soap, William talcs, hot water bottles, Crystal White Soap Flakes, and tooth brushes with assorted prices from 6c to 79c.
Local shop highlights a full Halloween stock ahead of Thursday October 31. Items include lurch sets with table cloths napkins plates and doilies, plates and napkins bundles, table covers, crepe decorations, cutouts seals and place cards, lanterns hats streamers and candy boxes with prices from 5c to 60c.
Catalog style ad lists men's silk shirts at 5.39 and 5.39, pongee silk shirts with collars, silk four in hands, heavy ribbed undergarments, flannel overshirts for outdoor use, hoseproof hose in silk faced yarn, and cotton union suits in white, ecru and natural, with prices ranging from 40c to 7.60 for outdoor wear and fall colors.
The styles are correct and built on the best lasts. Materials used are dependable ensuring comfort and lasting quality for children’s footwear.
A dispatch from Stockholm cites neutral observers describing executions as the most merciful part of the Red Terror in Moscow and Petrograd. They report brutal treatment of political prisoners, denial of trials, and indifference by Bolshevik officials, with women prison officials deemed especially ruthless. Madam Jakoveleva heads the counter revolution commission in Petrograd, and the terror is said to have abated somewhat under her administration.
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