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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1921
Page
2
Department of Agriculture officials say rising transport costs and low returns push thousands of American farmers to revert to self-sufficiency. They urge returning to home-based farming, diversifying crops, and boosting poultry and dairy production to cover costs and supply essential foods locally.
The United States Department of Labor reports eight years of data showing more permits issued for child labor in 1920 than any year since 1913 except 1918 due to wartime needs. In San Antonio child labor is said to be minimal in commerce, yet large mills with many young workers evoke despair and altered childhood.
An editorial argues that child labor robs children of play and a rightful birthright, condemns long hours in mills cotton patches and fields as morally unlawful, and warns that poverty cannot justify the sacrifice of future citizenship and freedom. It asserts the nation loses more than it gains by permitting child toil and calls for tempered, reasoned action to protect youth.
An editorial urges San Antonio to imitate Los Angeles by enforcing vacant lot cleanup. It argues owners should remove tin cans trash and weeds, grub mesquite, and plow to prevent regrowth. Clean lots raise property values attract residents and can be rented to neighbors for garden or chicken keeping.
The message calls for immediate strict enforcement of land upkeep laws to ensure vacant properties are improved and kept sanitary and safe. It notes weeds and brush as fire hazards threatening homes and suggests the fire department assist in cleaning up all neighborhoods.
A Japanese admiral delivering a speech drank heavily and attacked the United States arguing Japan cannot disarm. He warned of U.S. designs on the Pacific, portraying the United States as unscrupulous while urging Japan to remain armed. The piece notes Japan’s internal debate on disarmament and cautions the U.S. to heed antiwest sentiment in Japan.
A nostalgic verse claims Ben Milam led Texans in defiance of Spanish rule, describing steadfast courage and sacrifice at San Antonio. The poem recalls Milam’s death and the enduring call for bravery, urging readers to follow his example in the fight for Texas liberty.
Fan Bryan, a carefree girl in California town, discovers a lengthy joke about a fan named Tight Wad Watson and a one pound box of candy. Years later Archibald Peyton and Fan marry, enjoy social prominence, and face mounting debts after illness and incompetence drain their funds. A generous yet underestimated Watson offers help for Junior’s voyage, foreshadowing a turning point in Fan’s life.
Washington May 28 The American Federation of Labor will launch an intensified organization campaign as Gompers states the message of trade unionism will be carried to every corner of the land to the limit of power He plans to visit several cities after the Denver convention to urge unorganized workers to join the movement He cites the open shop campaign as a failure noted at the May 16 National Association of Manufacturers convention in New York and urges an offensive campaign with industrial representation
Special cable from Edward Price Bell reports that British officials doubt French extremists will press a hard line while maintaining hope for French cooperation with the Allies and the United States. A Downing Street source cautions against Germany driving a wedge between Britain and France by either misdeed or presumed righteousness.
London mourns Lady Bancroft Marie Effie Wilton, married to Sir Squire Bancroft since 1867, a veteran actress and author. Born in Gloucestershire, she pursued the stage early and wrote several books.
Reports from Constantinople cite a mutiny among Nationalist troops in Angora, seat of the Turkish Nationalist government. Fighting is said to have occurred with Nouri Pasha, Enver Pasha’s brother, reported killed, with many arrests noted.
The page lists vaudeville acts at Majesties Maron and Keeler in a farce titled Qh with Big Time Vaudeville. Primrose Minstrels and Loew's vaudeville show additional acts. Also noted are Bebe Daniela in Two Weeks With Pay and Roscoe Arbuckle in The Traveling Salesman at other venues along with baseball results in Dengue Park and San Antonio.
A collage of light comic vignettes from a Harvard undergraduate and guests, including a pair of revealingly witty exchanges about domestic life and the social whirl. A driverless golf bag episode, a British American shipboard daredevil, and a temple fire in Temple Building, Lexington, tied by brisk, anecdotal humor.
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