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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1918
Page
9
The San Antonio barbers union votes a 40 cent price rise for haircuts effective December 1, raising from 35 cents. A prior shave price increase from 15 to 20 cents already occurred. Union cites higher material costs and notes San Antonio among last large cities to increase rates.
United War Work Campaign subscribers urged to pay first installment one half due December 2. Mail check or visit 10 Chandler Building Crockett and Josoya Streets. Do not wait for notice. 25,000 names on the committee’s list to meet the enormous labor effort.
American army officers plan withdrawing most units from England and France returning troops home from France. Only a few medical service staffs remain in England as ships like the Mauretania sail daily to bring 5000 to 6000 air corps personnel home. Admiral Mayo returns after three months with allies and pays tribute to sea power.
Washington November 26 The first units of the American Expeditionary Forces are expected to reach New York by week end as 382 officers and 614 men depart England aboard British liners Minic Kahda Lawland and Orca. Shipping limits will drive the timetable, with Britain needed for other imperial forces. plans consider using German and Dutch vessels idle in German ports to speed homeward movement.
An old advertisement claims Panes Diapepair tablets coat lightly and cure upset stomachs fast. It touts relief from sourness gases and dyspepsia, noting immediate comfort after taking the tablet. It mentions availability at drug stores.
Secretary Baker described using cargo vessels to repatriate many soldiers. The Shipping Board will commission more ships for the fleet, with sick and wounded onboard and those not yet fit for service to be organized into provisional companies of 100 to 150 men. Men from the same localities would be grouped together for smoother demobilization and will be sent to designated camps to be mustered out. Baker noted a joint principle with Britain that neither country will seek profit for transporting or supplying American forces.
The Red Cross Motor Corps led by Mrs. Mulliken seeks magazines, jams, jellies, preserves, cigarettes and plain candies for distribution in Port Sam Houston and Camp Travis base hospitals on Thanksgiving morning. Donations drop at Joske's Wolff & Marx’s or town firms. volunteers will collect by Thursday to relay items to hospital committees.
Wholesale firms along the M K & T line near South Alamo Street request 2000 feet of six inch mains to serve a growing industrial center. City officials plan a site visit to assess the area and approach M K & T for water right of way. The commission also authorizes uniforms for police and approves a major city loan package. A separate inquest is opened into the sudden death of a 35 year old woman, Dosie Morris, on Speed Street.
Brer Rabbit Country Made Ribbon Cane Syrup has quickly become a staple in breakfasts and dinners. Marketed by Penick & Ford as a pure, high grade syrup made from sugar cane, it is sold in small to large cans and praised for sweetening and flavor in cooking.
Viscount Louis Ha commissioned speaker recounts how rebel forces seized arms in 1901 prompting a prompt shipload of weapons from a friendly nation. Lord Harcourt recalls the British ultimatum expiry and swift responses that stabilized the Union of South Africa as General Botha called for replacements.
Noted sociologist Dr Edward Devine will address San Antonio on Thursday and speak at 10 o clock Thanksgiving morning at St Mark's. He heads the School of Philanthropy at Columbia University and is known for work on social welfare problems. He has appeared with Red Cross chapters and spoke in Fort Worth during a state welfare workers meeting.
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