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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
1
The W. S. Club of No. 16 school reported on activities to raise money for War Savings Stamps. Ninety methods were proposed by the children, with frapping wolves and coyotes deemed the only unprofitable idea.
An open letter from the Our America club lists tasks children could do after school or on weekends to earn money. The long roster includes delivering letters, helping with chores, selling goods, tending gardens, sewing, babysitting, paper routes, farm tasks, and many small trades aimed at supporting families and neighbors. It notes about 36,004 trees planted since 1900 by tree-planting societies.
Col. George K. Hunter, commandant at Jefferson Barracks, rejected the Commission on Public Service findings that vice is rampant and that immoral women are allowed in the barracks grounds. The report, from a six-member committee, alleges widespread immorality at the Missouri installation.
In Sherman Texas the Court of Criminal Appeals ruled an ordinance restricting relatives of the deceased from graveside duties is invalid. The ruling, part of Ex parte Ella Adolf from Grayson County, discharge of the relator via habeas corpus, states the city cannot bar relatives or their representatives from attending graves.
Ferdinand Huth was acquitted by a Thirty seventh District Court jury of murder in the March killing of Albert Jernigan at Huths San Antonio home. Huth testified self defense after Jernigan attacked with a pitcher. police and wife corroborated the scene. Jernigan, Fort Worth resident, had worked for a local hotel and died from a chest wound.
Allied lines along the Aisne and Vesle give way as German forces press forward. French and British flanks resist with marked bravery despite overwhelming odds, yielding ground to allow reserves to maneuver. The German advance places the Aisne behind the foe, potentially bracing for a counterstroke once allied reserves arrive.
A London Times report from BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE describes fresh German attacks along the Aisne between Soissons and Rheims and near Mont Kemmel. British and French counterattacks rebalance lines as air support and artillery maintain heavy bombardment and shelling. Prisoners reach over a hundred as fighting continues with dense waves and grim casualties.
American forces repulsed two German assaults west of Montdidier and captured Cantigny with a 2000 yard wide salient. The regiment left trenches at 6:43 and advanced 600 yards in ten minutes, taking village houses and cellars with French tanks aiding. The action drew praise from French troops as Americans pressed on to the second German positions. Lieutenant Wood of Oakland and Lieutenant Billings of Brooklyn were among wounded, but the unit pressed forward with high morale.
Washington May 24 German prisoner counts appear routine amid a new thrust on the Aisne front. British lines say trench overrun, with rear guards causing many captures. Observers doubt the main German attack location has been struck yet.
A British press summary reports American forces on the Montdidier front capturing Cantigny and other objectives in about three quarters of an hour. The article notes American success against a German assault in the same region and cites strong performance by U S troops on the French front.
Reports of successful operations by American soldiers are coming to the War Department. Secretary Baker said today that details of the actions are expected in the regular official communique.
General Pershing reports continued valor and successful operations by American forces in Picardy. Two German patrols on May 26 and 27 were repulsed, Lieutenants Rickenbacher and Campbell downed one enemy plane, and a wounded sergeant drove off a four-man patrol. The rapid Cantigny breakthrough is cited as proof of American modernization and potential for a larger counteroffensive with a felt-out thrust before a major attack.
In San Antonio Texas on May 23 1918 the city clerk records changes of voting precincts for the June 4 1918 special election Precinct 6 moves from A Vogels Store to Roy North Momental Street Precinct 72 moves from Houston Street to Pannin School No 39 moves from Starkes Store to ATL Reuss Price 936 FH Commerce Street.
A San Antonio post office rescued a letter addressed to Emperor Wilhelm II from Terlingua Texas. The missive titled Der Gott contained humorous wartime advice and was stamped six cents for foreign passage but stopped at the local mail center. In Oneida Wisconsin a Native American mother Cassie Denny has given three of her sons to the service and plans a fourth.
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