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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
1
San Antonio dollar total nears the third Liberty Loan quota of 3 933000 with women raising 157000 and men 6150 in two weeks. Campaign leaders urge continued ingenuity to find hidden subscriptions and award a prize of a tan pair of shoes to the top individual collector.
Western Union messengers and local crowds gathered Thursday at Navarre and Mouston to purchase Liberty Bonds. Subscriptions ranged from small denominations to $1,100 bonds, with women contributing heavily and visitors from New York and Montana joining the effort. Lovett promoted the drive with two appearances, raising over $12,000 that day, part of a broader campaign aimed at overcoming wartime shortages. A separate note reports Wichita County voting by a large margin to ratify prohibition, signaling strong local support for the anti drinking measure.
The narrative recounts a covert trip to Germany by a journalist who consults with a German military leader, learns German war aims and propaganda usage, and witnesses Allied naval actions while traveling through Germany and the Kiel Canal.
British and German forces clash along the northern front in the Dranoutre Kemmel sector. British counterattacks reclaim ground toward Villers Bretonneaux as tanks enter action on both sides and heavy fighting continues near Kemmel Hill.
London reports three German attacks east of Amiens were repulsed. British counter attacks regained ground around Villers Bretonneux with prisoners taken as heavy fighting and artillery bombardments continued along a wide front from Bailleul to Bucquoy.
Vice squad arrested a 2euro service car driver on felony charges for allegedly selling liquor to soldiers from his car after dark in Maverick Park. A police statement accuses the defendant of selling whisky for two dollars to two soldiers while the vehicle was in operation. Two couples, including a American man and a Mexican woman, were detained at the same time and held for investigation after giving West Houston Street lodging-house addresses.
Armw g timps and stations say San Antonio will observe the holiday following War Department guidance that all but necessities be set aside for Liber Day. At Camp Travis and Fort Sam Houston morning recreation, afternoon band concerts, and Camp Travis hosts a ball.
War Department telegram directs commanders to read the president's Liberty Day message this Friday. Soldiers urged to purchase Liberty Bonds as they can afford, with Liberty Lu planned to renew national loyalty and boost the bond campaign nationwide.
The War Department and Judge Advocate General rulings deny War Risk Insurance benefits to civilian clerks in the sigma corps and broader civilian employes. Civilian clerks in the War Department or in the field have no military status and thus no such benefits.
The state central kibor council voted to call a 24 hour general strike for May 1 as a demonstration for Thomas J Mooney. Finglish experimenters report submarine telephony with no insulators over distances up to eleven miles.
New guard units and three battalions in Oklahoma could be sent to the Texas Mexico border to relieve regular troops. Governor Williams requests formal inspection and acceptance of the guard, with timing yet undecided. A separate note mentions a patent white dry diverter reel to prevent hose cracking.
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