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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1918
Page
10
WANTED TO BUY old clothes and rags for cash. Highest prices paid for sun shirts and dadlew items. Also buying sacks, old metals, tools, and secondhand furniture. Contact Mrs Daween, HL Sheridan, for prompt offers.
Sealed bids are invited by the county judge to purchase wood cords and re treatment of road segments with stated deadlines in 1915. The county reserves the right to reject any bids. Also listed are miscellaneous ads for bicycle trade in and detective services among other classified items in this fragment.
A committee is to meet at the St. Anthony Hotel Thursday at 5 PM to formulate the reception for Charles Boynton of Waco, the Republican nominee for governor. The group is mainly Republican but includes Democrats to ensure proper honors. Members listed include J.O. Terrell, John Stevens, Theodore Phamber, and others. Also noted are Republican conventions in San Antonio Saturday, with sessions in the Thirty-seventh District Court to select delegates and oppose the Democratic nominee.
Two young Black youths aged LT and 18 robbed H. W. Rohif’s Grocery at 2102 East Houston Street Tuesday afternoon. One threw a stone at the rear. the other grabbed the cash register, taking $40. They fled and were jailed by 4 a.m. Wednesday. Detectives recovered part of the stolen trolley.
San Antonio voters faced low registration ahead of the August 24 runoff with little local interest. Four offices are on the ballot including lieutenant governor, associate justice Court of Criminal Appeals, attorney general, and comptroller. Davidson withdrew but remains on the ticket by legal ruling. Lattimore faces no opposition for the Court of Appeals seat, though he lacks a majority from the first primary and must run again.
Col Daniel V M McCarthy, department quartermaster, approved hiring 100 more Negro women to mend data and venerate soldier clothing in the reclamation department. The first group was placed two weeks ago at a new station on East Commerce Street. Hiring is aided by the San Antonio Branch of the NAACP. The additional workers will be placed at the same location.
San Antonio will send a quota of 100 volunteer workers to Lee Hall Saturday night. The United States Employment Bureau reported a surge of applicants eager to join the war industry. Employers expect a larger quota. wages are 50 a day with permanent wartime work and good housing and transportation arrangements.
The Vans American Federation of Labor opens a bureau in San Antonio to unite laborers of the United States and Mexico. Santiago Yikes and John Murray arrive to lead local efforts, with James Lord arriving later to organize Arizona. A November conference at Jaredo will involve prominent labor leaders from both nations and executive council members. Governors from border states may attend alongside invitations to Wilson and Carranza.
Community defense councils are forming rapidly in Mexar county with several already created. Friday night three meetings will be held at Los Angeles Heights School Hot Wells and Alene phislite with speakers Marshall Eskridge Franz C. Groos and J m Carl AN. The councils aim to be fully organized before the Liberty Bond drive and to manage each war campaign to avoid new personnel for each drive. Short Lines Ask Rate Increases. Washington, Aug 21 Forty three short line railroads in Texas Louisiana and Arkansas seek ICC approval to raise freight rates on petroleum products to 12 percent per 100 weight to match tariffs on Federal controlled lines.
The San Antonio and Bexar County boards outline Saturday registration for all men who have reached 21 since June 5. Registrants must appear at their district board office by August 24 to be registered subject to military call. District locations include City Hall, Hedell Building, Gunter Building, and City National Bank building.
Colonel T. E. Merrill arrives at Camp Travis to assume command of the 58rd Field Artillery and temporary command of the 1Sth Artillery Brigade. He served five months in France commanding the 15th Field Artillery, went to France in December, and later returned to the United States as an instructor. He is a West Point graduate with a long Army record and staff service.
Army personnel from Camp Travis on detached duty with troops to Camp Wheeler Ga. Several lieutenants captains and majors listed with duty moves and leave of absence. Key transfers include First Lieut W H L Smith Second Lieut J V Gardner Capt H Spiller Maj C A Kofold and others to Fort Sam Houston Newport News Camp Humphreys and Camp Wheeler.
Buenos Aires reports after cabinet meetings on the high cost of living president Rigoyen signed two decrees prohibiting export of fuel and certain fuel articles. The measures bar wood fuel oil vegetables beans and peas and mineral oil while a finance minister investigation considers adding other foods to embargo.
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