Austria Seeks Armistice Terms as Notes Reach Washington
Officials withheld comment on Austria’s armistice note as delivery to the state department awaited. The Austrian plea mirrors Basel cables. German note’s text arrived yesterday. London papers view the move as an unconditional surrender stoking wider reordering of Europe.
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Washington
D. C
Ovk
Austria
Legation
State Department
Associated Press
Basel
Switzerland
White House
Germany
Charles Filly
Aungery
Balkans
Gran
Iit
Vasile Stotea
Austria-Hungary
Conference of Oppressed Nationalities
Philadelphia
London
Wilson
Yapsburg
Pershing Announces Continued Activity By American Fliers
Washington reports ongoing air operations by the First American Army despite bad weather. Three enemy planes and an observation balloon were shot down. American planes returned. Lieutenant Colton and Lieutenant Holden scored multiple victories aiding in aerial combats near Grand Pre and lon taine. Rickenbacker gains second victory. total enemy aircraft disposed 22. Allied bombing targeted railroad sheds and German military buildings near Briquenay. Four of five missing aviators were found alive within American lines.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
Associated Press
Verdun
Samuel Colton
Wortcester
Mass
TL. C. Holden
New York
Colton
Grand
Pre
Holden
Lontaine
Bantheville
Wilbur T. White
Dun-Luc-Meuse
Edward Rickenbacher
Rickenbacher
Al-Lied
Briquenay
Grand Pre
Truck Plant Planned for San Antonio by Pal ton Tenek Co
A large assembling plant of the Pal ton Tenek Company of Texas and Dover Delaware is to be established in San Antonio. The firm has secured a site at South Presa Street near the Southern Pacific tracks and obtained a permit. Austin business circles name San Antonio as state headquarters with Fh. G. Saunders of the Army Bank Fort Sam Houston as Texas agent. The $200 000 capital venture promises a major boost to San Antonio's business life. The details remain undisclosed by the incorporators. The same report notes the Weyland College head's death. The Rev R B Farmer of Weyland College died in Plainview Texas from influenza. He leaves a widow and several children and will be buried Wednesday.
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Palton Tenek Company
Texas
Dover
Delaware
San Antonio
South Presa Street
Southern Pacific
Austin
Fh. G. Saunders
The
Army Bank
Fort Sam Houston
Weyland College
Plainview
Tex
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Tonight fair and colder with maximum near 62. Wednesday sunny and mild with light to moderate northerly winds. Northwest Texas shows similar conditions with fair skies.
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San Antonio
Texas
Weather snapshot for several cities shows mixed conditions
For St Louis and Chicago readings indicate cloudy skies with southwest winds and temperatures around the mid 60s to 60s. Kansas City and New York report clear and cloudy mix with lighter winds and temperatures in the 40s to 60s. Washington shows clear sky and a 4 mile per hour wind with temperatures near 60.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Jast
Kanaan City
Inet
New York
Worth
Washington
French advance Near Guise Poses Risk to German Lines
French forces under General Debeney push toward Guise from the Oise front and threaten to outflank positions by striking between Guise and the Marne. British and American units report heavy German bombardment and stern counterattacks, with fighting intensifying south of Valenciennes.
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Debeney
Guise
Marne
Serre
Vebency
Marle
French War Office
Aisne
Argonne
Verdun
Lie
Valenciennes
Gormans
French Army tightens grip on Guise trench line
General Debency’s First Army advances toward Guise capturing the first line trenches and city outskirts. French forces push south of Guise to Louvray farm and toward the Peronne River with progress northwest of Guise and east of the river near Pagny Wood. British actions near Mont Chuay wood report mutual counterattacks and contested forest positions.
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Paris
Debency
Guise
War Office
Louvray
Perone
Pagny Wood
Germans Bombard Verdun Front and British Gain
The dispatch reports fierce bombardment on the American front with gas shells and high explosives, American patrols active through the night in antheville wood, and intense activity in Delly and Ormont woods. British forces, despite stiff opposition, advance their line south of Valenciennes as other sectors stay quiet. Also, two cadets Howard Burnett and Howell W. Williams die in a Fort Worth aviation collision.
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Associated Press
Verdun
Antheville Wood
Delly
Ormont Woods
Meuse
Verdunani
London
Pier
Marshal Haig
Valenciennes
Fort. Worth
Tex
Get
Howard 1
Burnett
Howell W. Willams
Barron Flying Field
Williama
Nippston
Garnett
Dodge City
Kas
Quarantine in San Antonio Could End This Week
Influenza quarantine in San Antonio may be lifted by week’s end if conditions continue to improve. A Tuesday meeting at City Hall with City Health Department, US Public Health Service, and local officials discussed ongoing decline in cases and pneumonia deaths, with a Friday noon follow up to finalize the decision.
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San Antonio
States Public Health Service
Cri Ws Ac Sing
Sam C. Well
Boggess
United States Public Health Service
Jr. Hull
Robert LB. Green Memorial Hospital
BE. O. Myans
James RK. Day
W. B. Lowry
City Board of Health
W. A. King
D. D. Berrey
Les
Brutisles
Vetty Health Department
Disease on Increase in Army Camps Across Regions
Washington October 29 influenza and pneumonia rose sharply in army camps as new arrivals from the South and Southwest arrived. Sundays influenza reached 2480 from 1602 Saturday, with 2sdl Monday. Pneumonia Sunday 490, Monday 431. Deaths declined: 196 Sunday, 154 Monday. Camp Cody New Mexico led with 617 new influenza cases, Camp Bowie Texas 4825, Camp Shelby Mississippi oi.
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Army
Ipen Af
Camp Cody
N. M
Camp Bowie
Texas
Camp Shelby
Miss. Oi
Probe of German plots to reestablish trade in America
Government officials will begin an exhaustive inquiry this week into alleged plots by German industrial representatives to revive German trade in America after the war. The probe will focus on large expenditures recorded by Hamburg Bank and North German Lloyd officials.
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New York
America
Maverick brothers report wounded on front and recoveries
A cablegram from Lieut. George M. Maverick says his brother Lieut. Maury Maverick was wounded October 4 by a shell fragment to the shoulder and back. Maury, with the 28th Infantry of the First Division, went overseas in August and is recovering at a front rest era.
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Albert Maverick
George M. Maverick
Lient
Maury Maverick
Maverick
28Th Infantry
Independence for Hungary In Aarl Orders Move Fails
Archduke Joseph proclaims Emperor Charles orders complete Hungarian independence and unity. Karolyi’s bid for an antidynastic state with Czechs and South Slavs is rejected by Charles, who appoints Lammasel to a liquidation ministry. Andrassy and Zita travel to Schoenbrunn as changes shake Vienna.
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Copenhagen
Archduke Joseph
Charles
Hungary
Budapest
League of Nations
Michel Karolyi
Lsdid
Paice
Andrassy
Emperor Charles
Zita
Austria
Schoenbriunn Palace
Goedoellee
Vienna
Kannever
Count Andrassy
Tammasch
Michael Karolyi
Diplomatic turmoil in Hungary widens crisis
Budapest reports the Karolyi government lacks Slav and Roumanian support as a growing Magyarl national movement proclaims dictatorship. In Washington the German press bureau is dissolved amid claims of disinformation and the Eagles patrol submarine is commissioned in Detroit ready for Atlantic service.
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Washington, D. C
Budapest
Karolyi
Hungary
Vienna
Copenhagen
Austria
Magar National Council
Karolyias
Charles
Germany
Turkey Makes Offer on Peace Proposals from Constantinople
Turkey has independently presented peace proposals to the entente powers, according to a Constantinople dispatch via the Esthonian Telegraph Company. Negotiations are expected to end soon, the report adds.
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Lenton
Turkey
Constantinople
Rt Copenhagen
Esthange Telegraph Company
Red Cross Nursing Course Opens For Hospital Training
The Bexar County Red Cross Nursing Services orders girls who completed Elementary Hygiene and Home Care to enroll in a 240 hour hospital program at PL Hospital. Only Red Cross qualified applicants will be admitted, with group training and admission by the nursing service. Interested candidates should contact Mrs. J. J. Stevens at Red Cross headquarters in the Chandler Building.
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France
Bexar County
The
Red Cross
J. J. Stevens
Allied Forces Smash Through Piave Front in Fifth Day Battle
Allied troops led by British French and Italian forces break Austro-Hungarian lines along the Piave River. Twenty thousand prisoners taken as Italians advance to Vagella amid heavy Austrian resistance. American units in reserve. civilians celebrate as cross-river operations continue and armistice talks figure in foreign news.
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Wey
Piave
Vagella
Victor Hammungel
The
Viave
Uoet HH
Canoretto
Montello
Pinve
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
General Borocevic
Americans to Aid In Italian Great Offensive
Washington reports American troops poised to join the third major front in Italy as part of a unified Allied drive. Officials note a small American contingent supports but does not alter the force structure, signaling unity of command across fronts and potential Austrian morale strain as 15,000 prisoners have been taken.
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Washington, D. C
Diaveae
Italy
Austria
France
Pershing
Romwe
Allied Forces Drive Ahead Near Piave Front
Allied troops push east of the Piave, taking 15 000 prisoners as they threaten Conegliano and Oderzo. Italian, British and French forces drive wedges in Austrian lines, with heavy fighting along a seven mile stretch and near two miles from Conegliano and Udine.
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Associated Press
Piave
Coneglianz
Qderzo
Thres
Viave
Conegliano
Oder
Udterza
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