The San Antonio Light Circulation Audit Report
The San Antonio Light reports six month daily average circulation of 20 709 copies and Sunday 24 300 copies for the period ending March 31 1917 The net paid daily average is 19 779 and 22 378 for Sunday The Audit Bureau of Circulation certifies the figures and endorses the paper as authoritative for advertisers The paper claims 60 percent higher paid circulation direct to San Antonio homes than any other local newspaper
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
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San Antonio
Doubled the prices drive FTc report on canned goods
The Federal Trade Commission reports canned goods now sell for double wholesale prices far above original costs. It warns of possible extortion this fall and winter and condemns official inaction while urging public guidance. San Antonio area sees booming real estate and commerce due to war and supply demand.
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Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Commission
San Antonio
San Antonio poised for strong times with army and aviation centers
The city will be a mobilization point for 40,000 soldiers of the new national army and host Camp Kelly with aviation school aims, with 5,200 men already at the camp and serving as headquarters for the Southern Department.
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San Antonio
New
National Army
Camp Kelly
Eet
Churchill as a critic of the British navy
The former first lord of the navy, Winston Churchill, seeks to revive his political standing by faulting British naval leadership. He asserts Anglo American naval superiority over Germany and advocates aggressive tactics, while critics say his stance stems from battered political standing and nostalgia for a failed wartime regime.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
Churchill
Admiralty
Dardanelles
Mesopotamia
Churchill and the Lasting Grip of the War Regime
The piece argues Churchill remains tied to a regime blamed for wartime failures. It claims he avoided frontline danger, wore a private uniform, traveled by special train, and gained honors at sea while offering a plea to return to political power. English politics and Churchill’s type are deemed persistent.
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Churchill
England
War Ministry
English Channel
Price River Hikes Highlight Unseen Flood Risk
Residents heed warnings as high water levels in the Price River raise flood risk concerns. Local officials urge preparedness and review barriers while noting recent rainfall and upstream runoff contributing to rising water.
Merging Traction and Gas Firms Won’t Raise Gas Prices
Opinion states that combining the traction company with the gas company would not raise gas prices and would not worsen streetcar service. The author implies potential value from consolidation and questions objections based on price fears.
Soldiers pay shifts from annual to monthly under new army plan
Washington era soldiers earned 60 dollars a year while the new National Army will pay 30 dollars monthly. The change promises better living conditions and relief from hunger and cold at Valley Forge.
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Washington
Continental Army
National Army
Valley Forge
Miners Hold Prices Line After Government Threats
Operators retreat from price hikes after warning of government seizure of mines and coal supplies, signaling continued public service and patriotic restraint.
Kultur Repudiated and American Courage in Russia
The Boston Transcript notes a clear triumph of American straightforwardness and courage in Russia while asserting the failures of Kultur. It argues an intimate cause and effect relation between both outcomes and suggests lessons for observers and allies.
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Kultur
Russia
Boston Transcript
Peary Urges Air Control for Aero Nautical Power
Rear Admiral Peary backs a Senate bill to create a bureau of aero nautical power. He argues American genius and grit should advance aircraft into a permanent, stable branch of future national defense.
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Peary
Fort Worth
Germany to be isolated by script reform
War Minister Stein urges Germans to abandon Latin script and orders will be written in German script. He predicts global isolation as punishment for Germanys warfare methods, reflecting nationalist flattery and warning from the New York World.
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Stein
Germany
New York World
Poles in New York Rally for U S War Aims
Five thousand Poles in Union Square voiced loyalty to American leadership on the Polish liberation anniversary. Speakers said Poland’s liberty rests on Allied victory and noted a Chicago station where seven hundred Poles enlisted in a short period.
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United States
Union Square
Wilson
Chicago
New York Times
Engineers for Merchant Marine Seek 5000 Engineer Officers
The United States Shipping Board calls for the names and addresses of men fit to qualify as engineer officers in the merchant marine. Within 18 months 5000 engineers across all ranks are needed. Training will be provided at established schools, with Stevens Institute in Hoboken designated for this region. Also sought are 5000 captains and mates with free preliminary training at government institutions. The plan aims to support soldiers moving to France and naval support at sea and on land.
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Stevens Institute
Hoboken
France
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Coal Cars Shortage Cited As Cause Of High Winter Prices
The Cincinnati Times-Star argues that high coal prices stem from an inadequate coal car supply. Mines operate at half capacity and miners work only two to three days weekly. Railroads lack the equipment to handle increased demand, despite calls for government takeover.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
U Boats After Merchantmen In Alsace Paper Voicing Anger
The Strassburger Post, a German paper in French Alsace, vents anger that General Pershing reached Europe safely. It questions where German submarines are and notes that Pershing’s death would have spurred German war efforts, while the submarine focus remains on destroying merchant ships.
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Alsace
Kaiser
Fershing
Europe
Hindenburg
Pershing
Boston Transcript
Letters to The Light policy on signed submissions
The Light states all letters must be signed to be published with anonymous signatures not published by default. Publication does not imply endorsement of the letter’s views by the publishers. It warns that typewritten or stamped signatures are considered anonymous and ignored.
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Light
Do You Know How to Get a Case to Trial?
A reader criticizes slow local courts for delaying civil cases beyond a year and asks how to force trials. The letter calls the court system a costly farce and temple of justice, noting a friend's two year old case without trial.
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Temple of Justice
The Light's Daily Story ends with a campus confession
Betty Fielder faces Bert Robins as suspicion of theft spreads through Wentmore University. Bert admits taking books from classmates with cribs, while McNeal reveals he and others did not know of the room search. Professor Fielder orders a lecture, not suspensions, and Bert is cleared as Betty forgives him.
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Winky” Fielder
John Fielder
Bert Robias
Betty
Phi Beta
Fellows
Bert
McNeal
Bert Robins
Merrill
Jimmy
Fielder
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Robins
Johnson marked man linked to Mooney attack claim
Assistant District Attorney Ferrerari testified in the Mrs. Rena Mooney murder trial that the International Workers' Defense League had marked then Governor Hiram W. Johnson for death during the 1910s. He cited Thomas J. Mooney as league secretary who urged killing the governor over pardons for Richard Ford and Suhr tied to the Wheatland hop riot murders.
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United States
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International Workers’ Defense League
California
Ferrerari
Rena Mooney
Thomas J. Mooney
League
Richard Ford
Suhr
Conductor Killed After Being Struck by Train
A. T. Williams, conductor on the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad, was fatally injured when he fell under a train at Phelan north of Smithville Texas. He died en route to Temple hospital. both legs were severed and his other injuries were extensive. Williams, a Smithville native, leaves a wife and two children.
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Tex
A. T. Williams
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Phelan
Here
Temple
Williams
Death by acid burns linked to wife in Brookline case
Medical Examiner files certificate saying William Cole died June 9 from acid burns and homicide is alleged. Cole's wife Cleo is hospitalized with similar injuries. Cole's mother Kathryn Cole will present the case to a grand jury after returning from St. Louis where a death bed statement was obtained. Cole ran an automobile business.
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Cutts
William Cole
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Cole
Cleo Cole
Grand Jury
Katherine Cole
Hog raising urged to boost nation’s meat supply
The Department of Agriculture urges farmers to raise more hogs as the quickest path to increasing the United States meat supply. It calls the hog the most important meat animal, noting it requires less labor and capital, reproduces quickly, and excels in fattening and producing meat and by products.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Wood Visits Memphis for Guard Camp Site Review
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood commander of the Department of the Southeast arrived in Memphis with his aide Lt Osman and will stay until late tonight. He is expected to inspect sites chosen as suitable for a National Guard camp in the area.
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Memphis
Tenn
Leonard Wood
Department of the Southeast
Osman
Hater of Men Heads Empire Program This Week
Bessie Barriscale stars in Hater of Men at the Empire with a role as a newspaper writer who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a reporter and the drawing room philosopher. The program also features His Naughty Thought, a Keystone comedy, creating a double bill today and Saturday.
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Empire
Bessie Barriscale
Miss Barriscale
the Empire
Sennett-Keystone
Butte Electricians Strike Ends With Settlement Expected
Butte Montana June 29 A settlement of the electricians strike against Montana Power Company was expected today after a grievance committee conference involving the Electricians Union and the Montana Power Company. Three unions had declared sympathetic strikes against the mining companies.
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Butte
Mont
Montana Power Company
Electricians’ Union
House Passes Bill to Use North Island as Aviation School Site
The House approved a measure to establish a government aviation school at San Diego’s North Island in the harbor with a budget not exceeding 500000 dollars. The bill moves to the Senate for consideration.
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North Island
San Diego Harbor
House
Senate
Fortuneteller’s Barbs on a Miss and a Count
A brief quip from Puck contrasts romance with fate as the fortune teller jokes about marriage to a count. The exchange hints at luck and social ambition in a whimsical, mythic tone.
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Puck
De Weese Chooses Death by Shooting in Utah
Howard De Weese, sentenced to death for the murder of his wife in Salt Lake City last September, selects a firing squad over hanging for July 6. He asks about bullet calibers to ensure instant death and declines any reprieve. De Weese, who fled with Mrs. Fisher to Reno and the Pacific coast, later confessed to burglaries and diamonds thefts.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Howard de Weese
de Weese
Harry W. Fisher
New York
Reno
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Retail food prices show great advance in June report
Washington June 29 retail food prices in the United States rose 5 percent from April 16 to May 15, with a 39 percent year rise. Flour led the surge at 29 percent, followed by corn meal, beans, bread, and rice. Potatoes jumped 149 percent for the year. onions and butter posted declines. Farmers received about 1.50 dollars per bushel for last year’s wheat, up from 0.98 and 0.97 dollars in prior years.
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D. C
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The
Food Administration
Charles and Zita to Visit Munich in Political and Social Ties
Charles and Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary are expected to arrive in Munich on Saturday. The visit, reported by the Berliner Tageblatt's Munich correspondent, will be political as well as social in nature and will be accompanied by Count Czernin, the foreign minister, and heads of the Austrian cabinet.
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Berliner Tageblatt
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