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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
2
The Shipping Board seeks 50 million dollars to fund concrete ship construction amid rising shipping demand. Only the Faith, a Pacific coast example, has launched. Proponents argue reinforced concrete could float as steel and speed production, while critics fear sea damage.
Landscape experts at Kelly Field plan to grow castor beans not for oil but to provide shade and ornament for soldiers at San Antonio's aviation field. Beans will be harvested for government use via the Chamber of Commerce to aid aviators while addressing ground dust from rapid WWI expansion. A grass and shrub program has begun to improve grounds after heavy dust during the war rush.
Thousands of castor bean plants will shade sunlit cantonments around San Antonio as permanent layouts take shape. The effort, part of a shrubbery plan, aims to improve comfort and beauty while supporting wartime needs. Kelly Field will feature shade to endure the coming Texas summer.
A fashion writer argues that ostrich tips and accessories cannot mark youth. The piece asserts youth is innate personality that cannot be faked by hats, dresses, or beaded brims, noting that outward adornments lose meaning once youth is gone.
A column argues that dissolving the German-American Alliance may aid many members though some loyalists resist. It compares the alliance to a Prussian spy network, noting leaders’ disloyal aims and that most members remain loyal despite the organization’s reputation.
Analysis warns that German agents may use patriotic organizations to mask disloyal plots and turn innocent members against the war. It urges dissolving such groups like the German American Alliance to prevent stigma on rank and file and curb espionage networks.
The editorial calls for crushing the submarine menace to secure the British Isles. It contrasts with a Kansas wheat harvest problem in Pawnee County and urges national mobilization, to supply labor from towns and eastern Kansas. A Harbury poem reflects sea dangers and sailor dreams amid war.
Bert Baker presents Brevarication a stage farce at the Majestic with Williams and Waltus in Hark Hark Hark. The bill also features Hal and Grace Ellsworth in A Sming Smattering of Song and Dance Paul Periera and his sextette Robbie Gordon Helen Vincent and the three Bobs Jovial Jugglers Ocean Bound headlines the Royal Theater with a two scene operetta and praise from Pacific coast critics for riotous humor.
The Grand features The Conqueror with William Farnum and dramatic battle sequences including garland Texans versus Mexican troops with real artillery. Also headlining Headin South with Douglas Fairbanks in the final day at the Empire. Hart and Ray appear in The Captive God at the Pearl as studios showcase massive army scenes involving thousands of extras.
A jagged poem and prose fragment laments wartime violence and censorship. It urges a firing squad against profiteers and anarchists, questions for soldiers and leaders, and ends with a Arkansas traveler recalling Civil War talk and German foes.
The Atlantic division of the American Red Cross announced an exclusive authorization to send food letters and money to American and allied soldiers in German prison camps. Two ten pound parcels weekly may go from Berne including two loaves of bread tobacco and soap. Money may be mailed to the bureau of wired prisoners relief for purchase and forwarding.
Orders limit soldier furloughs to those truly required for seeding and harvesting. Applicants must name soldiers, farms, manpower, acreage, crops, and wages, swearing to necessity and sole farming use, with oversight by local boards and the commanding general.
The director general of railroads plans an executive order to compress cotton offered for shipment to a denser size. The move would reduce required rail cars from about 30,000 to roughly 8,000, per estimates by the Southern Commercial Congress.
A collage of quips and local captions mocks shortages and morale during war. Mentions Liberty Bonds, German raids, and civilian tasks while noting heat, rail restrictions, and daylight saving. Includes verses from the Marihuana Gazette with playful gender roles and farm work tasks.
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