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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1918
Page
4
Philadelphia reports that postwar prospects improve for a broad restart of sport. The AAU meeting in New York weighs permits for next season and the status of paid soldiers who trained in camps. Delegates discuss redistribution and amateur standing as world events trend toward resumed competition.
The Menger Hotel will host a Tuesday evening event honoring army officers commanding local camps. A dinner at 6 o clock will feature Maj. Gen. DeRosey Cabell and staff with Mayor Bell as master of ceremonies and music by the McDowell trio and other performers. A reception follows in the ballroom and lobby inviting the public to meet the officers.
Mary Van Kleeck of the Department of Labor warns that women in war industries must be safeguarded from unemployment, wage cuts, and poor conditions during the industrial shift. She urges that women displaced by returning soldiers be given full opportunity to find new employment before income is terminated.
In St Louis Missouri a hospital, strained by wartime blood shortages, advertised for ten people to donate blood for transfusions after two patients suffered from anemia.
London reports the general election campaign opening amid debate over women voting rights and Lloyd George backing a League of Nations policy. Official cost of living rises, coal miners to be released from the army, and Sinn Fein figures contest Mayo. Observer and Times comment on coalition unity and postwar reconstruction.
London reports an election forecast favoring Lloyd George and his liberal unionist coalition as voters push for reconstruction. The electorate seeks better education housing food and health with wages raised well above prewar levels. A labor faction calls for universal nationalization, but most Britons doubt that path.
San Antonio social column lists visitors and guests at the Menger Gunter St. Anthony and Lanier hotels including Mrs. Co, WwW, Mrs. Sharp, Mrs. Pickler, Mr. Moban and H G Hortons from Dallas Houston, Santa Fe and Port Lavaca among others. Paris reports M. Lorgat’s attempt at an altitude record with four passengers reaching 142 meters before rain forced abandonment. flight lasted one hour fifteen minutes.
Brigadier General Samuel Me Roberts head of the U S Army procurement division has returned from a two month visit to France and England. He notes captured German guns show substitutions for brass and copper and finds German artillery no superior to Allied weapons and new types. General Mc Roberts lauds American ordnance and small arms production.
Pedro Torres by 1821 South Lores Street died of injuries from a Saturday afternoon auto crash at Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital. George L. Shaw 18 of 388 Stace Street held on negligent homicide charge after careless driving arrest. Several others injured in separate Garden Pereida and Simpson Street collisions including Will Roberts and J M Bewain with a four month old infant.
An old time remedy promises quick relief from coughs colds and sore throats. The advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a trusted remedy available at druggists for 60 cents and 1 dollar 20 cents with enduring popularity.
Special Cable from The San Antonio Light reports British and French troops with Greek aid moving along the Moritza river near Adrianople. Bulgaria’s army is defeated in the field yet Bulgarian leaders cling to aims while shortages persist. peasants shun the currency, and old cooking pots fetch high prices as veterans cope with armistice expectations.
The London Times summarizes Bolshevik leaders amassing stolen roubles abroad. Couriers moved large sums to neutral banks to influence foreign media and undermine states, with figures like Gukovsky allegedly bringing 50 million roubles to Sweden, and deposits in Switzerland.
Nashville Tennessee November 18 A mass meeting in Ry man Auditorium drew over 2000 workers from the Old Hickory powder plant and related trades who voted to return to work upon a favorable War Labor Board communication.
The ad claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets stimulate the liver and bowels to relieve indigestion and stomach trouble. It markets a vegetable compound with olive oil offered in 10c and 25c boxes and recommends one or two tablets at bedtime for relief.
An observer reports a high pressure system will keep air crisp across the region for a day or two. Thermometers show 44 degrees at the official station and 30 on some porch readings, with frost reported locally though not officially recorded.
A fragrance antiseptic balm promises quick relief from stuffed nostrils and head congestion. Apply a small amount in the nose to soothe swollen mucous membranes and ease breathing during colds or catarrh, with claimed fast penetration through air passages.
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