San Antonio crowd endorses Wilson wartime draft plan
A packed Grand Opera House backs President Wilsons universal selective conscription. Speakers call Congressmen slackers, name James L Slayden, and urge Texas to align with Wilson. General Pershing praises preparedness and warns against militarism while noting married men must serve.
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Grand Opera House
Wilson
Congress
Texas
Woodrow Wilson
San Antonio
San Jacinto
James L. Slayden
Slayden
R. J. Boyle
S. W
Edwin Chamberlain
Floyd McGown
McGown
Mayor Brown
Washington
Lincoln
Brown
New York
John Pershing
England
War Department
Pershing
Lewis Maverick Runs for San Antonio Police Commissioner
The candidate argues that Maverick brings military discipline and organization to the Police Department, pledging an independent, nonpolitical leadership. He emphasizes competence, civic responsibility, and the need for a modern, well disciplined force allied with city interests.
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Lewis Maverick
San Antonio
Continental Army
First Texas Potatoes Sell For Three Dollars A Bushel
F D Myrick sold the season’s first potatoes in San Benito Texas at 3 dollars a bushel. Local reports say these are the initial potatoes produced in this part of Texas this season.
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San Benito
Tex
F. D. Myrick
Texas
Dover Receives Bodies of German Sailors After Night Battle
Trawlers bring ashore thirty German sailors including several officers killed in last night’s clash with the Teutonic destroyer squadron. Dover townspeople honor the landed British prisoners with heartfelt kisses.
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Dover
England
Teutonic Destroyer Squadron
Bernhardt Condition Shows Continued Improvement
New York April 21 report from Mount Sinai hospital states Mme. Bernhardt remains under care with slight progress in her condition. She is resting comfortably but still not out of danger, according to attending physicians.
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Bernhard
New York
Mme. Bernhardt
Mount Sinai Hospital
The Weather Across Major Cities
Weather forecasts from The Light for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Clear to partly cloudy conditions with varying winds and weekend high temperatures. New York shows rain and cooler weekend with a 6x high.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
British patrols sink German destroyers near Dover
German destroyers attacked near the Straits of Dover in an apparent attempt to hit Lloyd George as he returned from a continental conference. British forces sunk two and possibly three German ships with no major damage to the British, and Lloyd George arrived home safely.
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Lloyd George
Admiralty
Straits of Dover
Dover
Teutonic Sea Lords
Kitchener
Brazilians Attack German Settlers in Southern Brazil War
Reports from Buenos Aires describe a widespread uprising in Southern Brazil where German colonists clash with native civilians backed by some Brazilian troops. Fighting spans from Porto Alegre to Uruguayana with many casualties and mass refugee flows into Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
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Buenos Aires
Brazil
Porto Alegre
Uruguayana
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Chile Plans War on Bolivia If Argentina Declares War
Buenos Aires reports Chile would declare war on Bolivia if Argentina enters the war against Germany. Jaime Molina cites Tarija as the flashpoint and says Chile would act once Argentina is preoccupied, stirring diplomatic circles.
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Chile
Bolivia
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Revista
Senor Jaime Molina
Tarija
Molina
Iice
Red Cross appeal eyed county judges for nationwide drive
Judge George B. Taliaferro of San Antonio urged county judges to convene meetings outside large cities to spur Red Cross contributions. The Wilson conference in Washington adjourned without a formal fundraising plan. Texan attendees were few, with notable participants from J. P. Morgan & Company figures and business leaders such as Henry Morgenthau Cleveland H. Dodge and John Wanamaker.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross
United States
George B. Taliaferro
San Antonio
Wilson
Judge Taliaferro
H. P. Davidson
J. P. Morgan & Company
Henry Morgenthau
Vance CC
McCormick
Cleveland H. Dodge
John Wanamaker
Enlistment Totals Reach 25 842 Men Since April 1
War Department reports 25 842 army enlistments since April 1 with Illinois leading states at 2427 followed by Pennsylvania 2254 New York 2126 and Indiana 2124. Navy recruits yesterday add 1 148 bringing total naval enlistments to 76 505 with Texas at 1 163.
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Washington, D
Army
War Department
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Navy
Texas
Portuguese cabinet resigns after vote on economic council
In Lisbon on April 21 the entire Portuguese cabinet led by Premier Antonio Almeida resigned. The government’s plan to establish a national economic council faced a majority vote opposition in the chamber, which caused the resignation. It is unclear if President Machado will accept the resignation.
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Lisbon
Antonio Almeida
National Economic Council
Machado
United States to Continue Trade With Holland
The United States will not prohibit exports of foodstuffs and metals to Holland. The foreign office announced that the State Department informed the Dutch minister in Washington of the decision.
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Holland
Hague
United States
Foreign Office
American
State Department
Washington
San Antonio Mayoral Primary Faces Machine War On Apathy
San Antonio voters confront a showdown between Walton Hood and Sam C. Bell as machine influence, large bets, and threats to janitors test turnout before the Tuesday primary. Supporters push apathy as the key variable while Hood claims a substantial lead if mobilized.
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San Antonio
Sam C. Bell
San
Peole
Walton D. Hood
Mr. Hood
Hood
Mr. Bell
Walton D Hood for San Antonio Mayor
A prominent editorial endorses Walton D Hood as a capable energetic candidate with a spotless record. It praises his school board leadership, independence from political rings, and commitment to city welfare without political debts or favors.
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Walton D. Hood
San “Antonio
Bell
San Antonio
Spanell Case Opens Monday in Colem an
Advices from Coleman indicate strong interest in the Spanell murder trial set to begin Monday in Waco. Harry J. Spanell, freed on a $5000 bond by Judge Dubois at San Angelo after acquittal for killing his wife, faces trial for the killing of Colonel M C Butler in Alpine on July 20, 1916, while riding in the Spanell car driven by Spanell.
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Waco
Tex
Coleman
Harry J. Spanell
M. C. Butler
United States Army
Spanell
Lud Williams
Dubois
San Angelo
Crystal Holland Spanell
Colonel Butler
Alpine
Navy recruits begin jitney station in Dallas streets
In Dallas on April 21 a jitney recruiting station opened led by Lieutenant Kemp. Navy recruiters rode on an auto truck parading through streets, distributing literature and urging young men to sign applications, aiming to catch them on the run.
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Dallas
Tex
Kemp
Navy
Farmers Seek Seed Under State Campaign
Austin April 21 farmers urged to share seed for planting under the food and feed campaign. E W Cole director of markets asks farmers with seed to spare to contact him and list seed type amount and prices.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Agriculture
Food and Feed Campaign
E. W. Cole
Department
Davis
German Socialists Demand Parliament for Germany
Berlin April 21 A general committee of the Socialistic party adopted resolutions demanding replacement of the bureaucratic regime by parliamentary control. The party affirmed the workers of Germany will emerge from the war as a free state and called for removal of all inequalities. Austrian Socialists approved the resolutions.
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Berlin
London
General Committee
The
Socialistic Party
Workers of
Germany
Entente
Federated Clubs Elect Officers At Temple Convention
The sixteenth annual convention of the fourth district Womens Federated clubs adjourned with Mrs. O. L. Clark of Galveston elected president Miss Margaret O Connell of West and Miss Virginia Bell of Bartlett chosen as first and second vice presidents. The second district convention is set for Cleburne Monday.
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Temple
Tex
Womens Federated Clubs
O. L. Clark
Galveston
Margaret O'Connell
West
Virginia Bell
Bartlett
Cleburne
Leave University to Enlist
Lexington Kentucky April 21 More than 500 male students left the University of Kentucky for military service or farm work and about 200 left Transylvania College. Athletic events were abandoned at both schools.
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Lexington
University of Kentucky
Transylvania College
Transylvania
British Sweep Teutons in renewed WWI push along front
British forces press the German line as Haig aims a fresh advance along the sector. Reports say troops advance in multiple sectors with gains and heavy action continuing across the front.
French British Drive Net 33300 Prisoners and 330 Guns
Paris April 21 official bulletin reports from April 9 to 20 the Franco British offensive captured 33 000 prisoners and 330 guns. It notes enemy trench defenses near Bray En Laonnais and multiple failed counter attacks while artillery roars around St Quentin and between the Somme and Oise as Nivelle’s drive appears focused on the Hindenburg line.
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Paris
Bray- En-Laonnais
Somme
Oise
St. Quentin
War Office
Sancy
Nivelle
Hindenburg Line
Haig advances toward Cambrai in renewed offensive drive
British forces under Field Marshal Haig press toward Cambrai with gains east of Fampoux and near Lens as German counterattacks at Gonnelieu fail. London expects continued, allied blows along the line next week amid consolidations of recently won positions.
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London
Haig
Cambrai
Fampoux
Lens
Scarpe
Gonnelieu
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Washingson
Ilinois
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