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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
3
The piece argues German leaders exaggerate American defeats and mock the U S Marines to mislead their people. It predicts Germans will face harsher truth as American forces carry heavy blows and the day of reckoning approaches.
A Beaumont Enterprise error misquoted an editorial from the San Antonin Laon criticizing Ferguson coverage. The Lians published opposing views, highlighting a newspaper duty to report on events of public interest. The piece notes the misattribution stems from a lapse in accuracy.
The piece discusses a Beatmont Enterprise error crediting a San Antonio editorial, noting readers deserve accurate news. It argues editors should report Ferguson's speech as a public issue and stresses Texans' right to see coverage of his campaign, amid wartime economic cautions.
The piece criticizes hysterical thrift during war, arguing saving alone harms production. It notes wartime folly, urges prioritizing greatly increased production over personal economy, and warns that perpetual saving would stall both saving and manufacturing, leading to crisis.
San Antonio graduates show 10 percent enrollment for war service. Authorities urge immediate action as 25 000 Red Cross nurses are needed. Delayed enlistment risks future shortages. nursing is a direct national service equal to combat. Also notes Rose Pastor Stokes sentenced to ten years for espionage and states that Louisiana is the fifth state to refuse ratification of the federal prohibition amendment.
The Fourteenth Congressional district has repeatedly supported Liberty Loans Red Cross War Savings Stamps and similar drives. The article questions whether the district will keep a loyal and patriotic official spokesman when in Washington or choose someone more dedicated to its people.
Wilfred Clarke stars in a fast moving farce "His Reel Trou ches" about a couple pursuing film careers, with Stan Stanley providing laughs. Royal Theater offers Zig Zag Revue headlined by Le land Marsh and Hazel Kirk, plus ventriloquist Johnson and more. Princess showcases "Blue Jeans" with Viola Dana, Silver and Duval, and Bert Lytell in The Trail to Yesterday.
Alice Brady headlines at the Empire in At the Mercy of Men a drama set around a Petrograd street assault amid pre revolutionary tension Theda Bara closes her Grand engagement with Du Barry and Dodging a Million with Mabel Normand in three upcoming days at the Grand
Readers are urged to sign letters to The Light as unsigned pieces are not published. Names may be withheld in rare cases. Publication does not imply publisher endorsement of the letter’s policy.
A reader urges government to ban morning papers except Sundays to save labor and sugar for the war effort. He argues afternoon papers can cover news, extra editions when needed, and redirect staff to support wartime needs.
The roundup cites varied editorials from Dallas, Waco, Galveston and Austin reflecting on eclipse viewing, labor wages for cotton pickers, street openings, selling ethics, skirts for men, fly control, land sales, agricultural gifts, and a constitutional ruling on the national child labor law.
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