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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1917
Page
4
The government and Navy Department request secrecy on military movements and defenses. Local and national stories related to troop moves and preparations may be withheld to prevent aiding enemies and to aid preparedness during wartime. News ordinarily published by news bureaus may not appear.
A new million dollar venture forms in the east to tour a three ring show by motor vehicles. The circus will move all equipment and animals in large capacity cars and trucks rather than trains, marking a shift in American showbusiness history. The backers promise a full big top experience with sideshows and a large menagerie, along with the usual street vendors. The plan highlights progress in motor travel and road building as cities adapt to this mobile form of entertainment.
The article describes German high altitude aircraft reaching 30,000 feet, with the Allies scrambling to match. It notes the rarity of air breathability, the need for special engines and planes, and the involvement of skilled pilots from around the world, including Americans trained in San Antonio.
The article argues that American farmers can serve patriotically by expanding food production if the U S goes to war with Germany. Secretary Houston appeals to increase acreage and effort, promising profit both material and spiritual. It notes rising demand for food if war occurs and restored trade if peace returns, with no personal sacrifice required beyond farming.
The feature laments the shift from horse drawn parade units to motor shows. It recalls early dawn set ups, elephants moving wagons, and drivers as circus heroes, while predicting clowns may ride in motorized mules and chauffeurs replace handlers as the last link to tradition ends.
The piece notes a rare mutual respect between combatants in the air war. It highlights courage shown by pilots fighting at altitudes of 80,000 feet and suggests bravery defines these flying warriors beyond ordinary ground forces.
The report states British forces captured Savy, attributing it as the closest German effort to provoke Mexico against the United States. The note frames the event as a strategic German attempt and highlights British successes in denying it.
Report from the western front notes daily warfare resembles checkers with German forces nearing confinement to the king row as battles continue around entrenched positions.
The query asks what Mrs Bryan regards as all honorable means before Congress declares war. The text states only that Congress should not declare war until all honorable means have been exhausted, but it does not specify what those means are. No further details are provided in the source.
The Utica Observer notes the president will be guided by first hand reports from Mr Gerard who has just returned from Germany. Details are not expected to reach the public until after the war ends.
The Beaumont Journal argues that the U S must stand behind the administration for an uncompromising defeat of German designs. It condemns pacifists who seek compromise or a referendum as enemies of peace and urges unity and action.
The Majestic Theater opens a comedy heavy program led by Harry Tate's Fishing featuring Jack Tate and five colorful characters in a Thames River backwater. Added acts include Freshy’s Initiation and Prosperity by Hugh Herbert, plus singing and dance entertainments from Lottie Groper and Terpsichorean Evolution, with The Demacos offering The Garden of Recreation.
New York critics hail Otis Skinner in Booth Tarkingtons Mister Antonio at the Grand Opera House Thursday. The play is a cheerful comedy on urban and rural contrasts teaching tolerance with Skinner praised for voice diction and stage mastery. Cast includes Eleanor Woodruff Joseph Brennan Robert Harrison Frances Landy Walter F Scott and Patterson McNutt.
William Fox presents A Daughter of the Gods a $1,000,000 film spectacle at the Grand Opera House for five days starting Sunday April 9 with a matinee daily. Critics praise its lavish scenes and beautiful lead actress Annette as a goddess in form and presence.
The text extols a motion picture's instinctive grace and dreamlike beauty. It notes how the film's scenes feel like gold en poetry that lingers in memory and how the story can seem fantastically believable yet deeply real to spectators.
Clara Kimball Young stars in The Price She Paid, a Phil lips adaptation showing today through Saturday. The plot follows Mildred Gower, a luxury heir who becomes penniless, seeks independence, and endures a stern path to success before discovering her marriage was not legal and finally choosing her own fate. Director Charles Giblyn guides the production.
Engineering students at the University of Texas organize an engineering corps for potential war service. The unit, led by Jerry Matsika, will include 104 men with officers who are graduates or have two years of engineering experience.
The Hague reports Holland has spent 235.48 million dollars on mobilized army and navy upkeep, cheap food, and refugee care. Expenditure rose to 57.08 million in the last six months from 46.4 million in the prior six months, and costs are expected to climb further in the year ahead.
A young man pursues a debutante with dull chatter about his family. He claims his brother is the opposite, and the debutante replies she would like to know his brother, signaling guarded curiosity amid his monologue.
Evelyn Gregg a rising writer on Maine's Kennebec Inn veranda shares a moonlit confrontation with Paul Neilson the Dane in love and doubt. After a night of jealousy and sleepwalking she discovers his plans to leave Denmark and proposes marriage to guard their future. He agrees on one condition and the couple face a decisive vow.
A dialogue from a Boston Tran script features Martha correcting her husband’s excitable ailment. He complains of pain labeled as inflammatory rheumatism and guards himself when others approach. The humorous exchange plays on medical terms and dialect.
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