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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
4
American troops enter Ehrenbreitstein, once the German Gibraltar, after Germany surrenders nearby. Crews remove looted stores as villagers, youths, and troops gather on barracks and beds, awaiting the arrival of American marines and soldiers across Rhine bridges.
Walter Chuter, a restaurant proprietor, wins 500 damages in the London sheriff's court after being defamed as German. The case, despite slander aim, exposed social shunning and impacts on his business and family.
Berlin dispatches state that Germany must deliver 1700 locomotives to the Allies between December 17 and December 26 and two subsequent batches of 1700 between December 27 and January 6 and from January 7 to January 14. If not regular, 500 more locomotives may be surrendered. Also requested are lists of liberated prisoners and those who died in Germany.
United States Railroad Administration boosts holiday travel for soldiers with added cars and equipment in San Antonio. Stations plan extra clerks and consolidated offices, expecting peak demand December through the holidays along with courteous service at ticket offices.
Special cable reports a serious food crisis in Jamaica with a near flour famine caused by ships from America failing to arrive. Antonio Wight of the Chicago Daily News notes the island's natural moodstuffs are scarce and the situation is urgent.
The Berlin Soviet congress session dissolved into wild disorder as soldiers interrupted proceedings and clashed with delegates. Ebert and Haase fought for the speaker’s pulpit while Ledbour ranted, and a Spartacus deputation sent red flags to demand world revolution. Contenders warned of entente occupation and government crisis amid strikes and violence.
Berlin reports say former German leaders organize the People’s League with members including Prince Maximilian of Baden and Cardinal von Harton. Von Hindenburg plans a new front behind the neutral zone as clashes over the government continue. Copenhagen notes Stresemann’s National Liberal party opposes social democracy and will fight socialist rulers.
Three Savannah tugs sped to aid two United States Shipping Board steamers reported in distress. The Boilstan flying from Galveston to Savannah asked to be met in Tybee Roads, while the Bailston was not yet at Tybee by noon. The Bedminster lay ashore at Sapelo Shoals. A separate note said the Argentine steamer ChaCon overdue three days out of New York for Hanston Roady and Norfolk. Storm warnings extended along the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Georgetown to Cedar Keys.
The transport Henry R. Mallory landed 1461 U S soldiers from Bordeaux with 84 sick or wounded. Detachments included batteries and field artillery units. 32 officers and 854 men required no special care. Paraded to Camp Stewart Hill for a royal reception. Another group from France with 8720 officers and men, including 600 wounded, arrived at Newport News on the Martha Washington and Mercury.
Mrs Ebner E Ball wife of Amalgamated Meat Cutters organizer testified at a wage hearing in Chicago before Federal Judge AY Schulev. She reported family expenses of 2081 dollars 70 cents for a year four children and a husband earning 1512 dollars forcing her to work to cover the shortfall.
An array of 1920s dispatches notes Bolshevik threats in Latvia from the Lettish government via Stockholm and German troops fleeing in disorder. The War Industries Board announces copper price controls will lapse and not be renewed. Shipping relief plans release 7 million tons to aid domestic industry as war shifts to peace.
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