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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1918
Page
2
The piece celebrates eighty nine ships to be launched on Independence Day as a mark of U S progress in shipbuilding. It credits co operation among yards and rivalry between yards for rapid output and notes the potential to exceed eighty nine launches, aiding victory over U boats.
An editorial warns that postwar treatment of POWs in Germany could become a grave stain on the conflict. It urges prompt U S action to secure humane handling for American and German captives and vows to investigate and punish brutal German officers after the war.
The speaker asserts Great Britain seeks to reveal responsibility for the war and to punish those who caused it while protecting American prisoners. He urges indemnity for cities where prisoners were paraded and calls for clear warnings to Germany ahead of peace talks. He notes a few individuals caused the war for loot and vows eventual accountability at the peace treaty.
Two parallel cases challenge a statewide prohibition law in Texas, one in Travis County civil court and one in the Court of Criminal Appeals. The piece warns that conflicting rulings by the state’s two highest courts could arise, recalling the pool hall local option disputes and urging a single court to decide the matter for consistency.
The piece explains President Wilson's broad use of the United States employment service during wartime production. After August 1 employers with over 100 workers in war business must recruit via the federal service, with private recruiting banned for unskilled labor and later extended to skilled labor. The aim is to prevent stealing and poaching of labor by using service cards for all workers.
The Buffalo Commercial notes General Pershing's army has more than doubled since the German advance began last March, illustrating intensified mobilization. The Wall Street Journal cites a shopkeeper sign claiming no treaty can regulate what occurs in Germany.
A wartime camp story round at Camp Travis features humor from recruits and officers. Two negro recruits joke about War Risk Insurance with surprising sums, while a rookie misreads drill commands and another deflects deafness with a color question. A second pair discuss camp meals, noting duck for breakfast and a quirky duck in and out pun.
The great white pine at Spring Grove in Rhode Island, a major summer resort attraction, fell in a southwest gale. It was reported as the largest white pine on earth, owned by Andrew J. Steere of Chepachet, with measurements of 45 inch breast diameter and 1114 feet in height, containing about 3000 board feet.
A reader asks if the wife of a serviceman overseas should be required to pledge to buy Christ Stamps, questioning the duty of a spouse who could become a widow at any moment. The letter emphasizes signed submissions and notes anonymous pieces are not published.
Letter to the editor argues homeowners with meters may draw water for Garten extension if allowed by contract, while flat rate customers lack that right. The writer cites city ordinance limits and says property owners without meters cannot extend water usage to other premises beyond the original contract.
The piece discusses constancy in atomic weights across samples and sources, notes possible dual metallic lead forms, and suggests radioactivity may reveal new atom structure insights. It cites Theodore W. Richards and Harvard research while contrasting common metals with meteorite iron. It ends with a wartime emotional aside from the Boston Transcript.
A collage of light political witticisms and social observations from Texas era papers. Jokes touch on war bonds women voters and prowar attitudes with satirical takes on politicians and daily life amid wartime strains. Frequent references to San Antonio Houston and Kentucky provide regional flavor.
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