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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
1
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AQUNANA faces a critical shortage of medical supplies in Washington as reports describe severe shortfalls. Officials note urgent needs for essential items to support healthcare facilities and patients amid ongoing strains on the system.
A cable from the American Red Cross in Roumania reports troops clothed with sawdust substitutes and requests immediate supplies. It notes urgent need for medical and surgical instruments hospital equipment bandages bed linens clothing for patella and ambulances with drivers and machinists as the Roumanian rail line near collapse hampers relief. Henry Watkins Anderson heads the relief commission en route to Jassy, aiming to reach by Saturday.
The army finance division at Fort Sain iousian receives remodeled offices in an iron-clad warehouse within the Quedrangie to house fifteen officers and clerks. The new quarters mirror bank facilities and are built to support the finance unit and attachments.
Petrograd dispatch reports rising Bolshevik strength in Soldiers and Workmen’s delegates in Petrograd and Moscow. Resignations from council members followed a September 19 vote endorsing ultra socialist policies including abolishing private property and arming workers. Government cites growing anarchy in Viadovistals Tsaritsyn Samara while Kerensky meets with army leaders to limit the crisis.
Austin Sept 20 Relief of the car shortage in West Texas is announced by Railroad Commissioner Charles Humleston. About 300 stock cars were obtained from state points and distributed to railyards in West Texas including Frisco Texas & Pacific and Orient. Further cars remain needed but the immediate supply is eased.
American prisoners held in Germany will receive a twice monthly food package. Each package will contain nine to ten pounds of nourishment. The food division of the Surgeon General’s office has arranged for repacking in Switzerland before forwarding to Germany. Every prisoner must sign a receipt for the food delivered. About 101 Americans are prisoners in Germany.
Automobile dealer associations in Texas file charters and amend capital structures across multiple cities. Entities include Butler Corsicana and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, with capital increases from 100000 to 400000 and 25000 to 43000 respectively, plus expansions for several others and regulatory notices concerning state operations.
Mrs Charles Alt of 21 Barrera Street says Tanlac transformed her after five years of weakness yellow skin and nervous trouble. She gained weight, sleeps better and can work again after using four bottles, and now advises others to try Tanlac. Her son also improves as they both rely on Wagner Drug Store and Meier's Pharmacy under a Tanlac representative.
The Philadelphia police record a shooting during a primary election as five investigations unfold. A gunman allegedly imported from Jersey City aimed to influence ward leadership, with Isidore Stern signaling possible arrest warrants against the mayor. Prisoners Tacith Marcia and John Costello confess involvement in bringing shooters to vote for rival James A. Cares. Masala faces murder charges while Costello stands as accessory.
Ad offers uniform services by Talon Teasonable privet Hit guarantee. Includes address Rogers Ave opposite Quad rangloo Ady.
Austin Sept 20. Governor Sebby submits several new subjects for the remainder of the current session. Proposals include highway law revisions, state funds for unorganized counties, and registration fee changes for commercial vehicles. Also urged are the creation of school districts in Haskell county and a state juvenile training school at Ferguson Farm Madison county. The plan rows about 410 negro boys from Gatesville to Ferguson and aims to ease congestion. House resistance threatens the measure.
Maj Barney W Moore former director in Spanish at West Point departed El Paso for Nogales Arizona to join Gen Alvaro Obregon and accompany him to New York via San Francisco Obregon is expected to undergo surgery on his right arm badly damaged by battle at Celaya during the civil war era and Villa's defeat
National Army plans to switch from a single aluminum identification tag worn on a string to two duplicate tags. If a soldier dies, one tag is detached and sent to headquarters while the other remains with the body for later identification by relatives.
Wilbur L A Wilson, a 72 year old Confederate veteran at the Confederate Home in Austin Texas, collapsed and died yesterday afternoon while walking and chatting with a comrade on East street. He had been admitted to the home in November of last year and was from Texas. His Watson’s wife and other members of his Navy group report the death.
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