Germans Now Lie Dead Where Allied Graves of 1918 Mark Road
War correspondent Roger D. Greene describes driving along the Amiens to Arras road on the Western Front past Somme and Picardy battlefields. He notes the old graves and fields, contrasts past trench horror with present mobility, and observes German dead along the road, reflecting on Germany’s past campaigns and “lebensraum” ambitions.
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Mark Road
Roger D. Greene
Battlefelds
Amiens-Arras
Amiens
Somme
von Richtofen
Picardy
France
Arras
Janevneanant
Normandy
Belgium
Pleardy
Police hunt two sex criminals in San Antonio parks
Police search Friday for two sex criminals who confronted 11 year old girls in city parks. One Latin American girl said she was forced into a stable near Brackenridge Park concession stands and hurt with a knife. The other girl, a Black woman, said a tall Black person threatened her companion with a public safety item and took her to a dark corner of West End park on Menchacn street.
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San Antonio
Bracken
Ridge Park
Wests End Park
Diez y Seis Observance Set in S A
The 134th anniversary of Mexico’s independence will be celebrated in San Antonio Friday through Sunday under the Mexican consulate’s sponsorship. Events open Friday at 8:30 p.m. at the Municipal Auditorium with a Hidalgo program, plus songs, dances, and master of ceremonies in San Pedro and Cassiano parks. The Mexican Patriotic Committee hosts a reception and dance Saturday night, directed by Eduardo Martinez, with speeches by various dignitaries.
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Mexico
Spain
San Antonio
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
Alberto Lozana
San Pedro Park
Cassiano Park
Celso Lopez Bravo
Mexican Patriotic Committee
Eduardo Martinez
Mexican and U S officials plan anniversary observance
Carlos A Calderon acting consul general assisted at the state capitol in planning a states wide observance of the anniversary celebration by Governor Stevenson Fernando de la Garza and Ramon Galindo president and vice president of the patriotic committee.
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United States
Carlos A. Calderon
Stevenson
Fernando de la Garza
Ramon Galindo
Army chief urges better training for squad and platoon leaders
Fort Henning Ga Sept 15 Lieutenant General Ben Leavy army ground forces commander told Infantry School graduates that American losses overseas have often been too high due to faulty leadership. He cited need for greater focus on squad and platoon training as reports from overseas commanders urged. The school commissioned its 50,000th officer today.
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Fort Henning
Ben Leavy
Army
Infantry School
Lear
Anderson Calls For S A Water Blueprint
Commissioner P L Anderson ordered from Building Inshed ly Carl Wideman a comprehensive blueprint of all water companies serving San Antonio with mains sizes into homes. Wideman to assess sewage and water facilities in the factory area south of Commerce street to Kelly Field and along UW 8 Highway 281 near city limits. Anderson asserted the council cannot regulate well drillers inside the city while the water board has permit and supervision powers. First Sunday school in the United States opened at Roxbury Massachusetts in 1674.
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P. L. Anderson
Carl Wideman
San Antonio
Wideman
Commerce Street
Kelly Field
Nogathtos Street
UW. 8
Anderson
Water Board
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