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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1917
Page
9
Mitchell design presents a year round car concept hailed as a masterpiece with nineteen glass styled styles forming the largest line of like glass in motor dom.
The Times reports Britain should quickly send heavy guns and men to support Italy as Austro German forces push on Italian fronts. Articles emphasize unity with allies, warn of gravity of the situation, and call for decisive action to speed relief and prevent a collapse on the western front.
On the Cerso front in the CONUATy no decisive Teuton gains yet. Italian soldiers and commanders sustain an optimistic view amid relentless enemy pressure. The text then lists November examinations across varied clerical and technical posts, including sanitation, biology, stenography, and messenger roles, with dates in November and December. Weather bureau and Arsenal in San Antonio to conduct exams in November.
Local Civil Service officials report Mafmeyer leaving the Civil Service and entering the quartermaster’s department of the U S Army with expected transfer to Fort Sam Houston. A large slate of civil service examinations for November and December is announced to meet urgent staffing needs, including clerks, engineers, inspectors, draftsmen, and other positions across multiple agencies.
A Washington report from an independent Socialist claims Germany lost six million men in three years of war. The statement cites 100,000 dead, 3,000,000 wounded, 500,000 crippled, and 2,000,000 jailed or captured, all totaling six million casualties. Officials reportedly hold the figures. The scene shifts to U S assembly politics with a reform battle over prohibition and control of the Reich assembly.
Readers see a patriotic military spectacle titled War of Nations arriving in San Antonio with a 500 foot production featuring 100 actors. The show includes modern warfare displays and bomb drops, plus interludes and a firework finale, opening at Nor-De-Voo Park near Travis.
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