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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
2
A columnist notes a congressman urged curtailing speech making due to paper shortages. He argues the Congressional Record is overlong and governments flood offices with wasteful papers. If lawmakers and officials reduce output, intelligent effort could curb unnecessary printing and waste.
The article proclaims a historic labor moment with rising wages and broad occupation choices. It notes government job bureaus expanding nationwide and high demand for workers due to wartime needs, especially in the South where many black workers stand to gain opportunities, urging organized leadership to guide this potential.
The speaker argues that even full employment for every able worker would not meet demand and that rapid labor during wartime can seed economic independence. Investment in government war securities offers safety, with potential future gains for farm and city workers as they convert earnings into bonds, stamps, or home purchases, shaping postwar livelihoods.
The article analyzes Field Marshal Foch’s inventive approach in the latest German defeats, centering on surprise as the core tactic. He avoided prolonged bombardment, used a brief shell rain with gas, and deployed light artillery and trench mortars moved by infantry to weaken machine gun nests, while varying assault points to keep the enemy uncertain and concentrate reserves where needed.
The report traces a series of Allied offensives led by Mangin Rawlinson Debeny Byng between August 8 and August 28, advancing between the Marne Ancre Avre Matz Oise and Scarpe while German retreat accelerates. Field Marshal Foch’s new strategic arrangement is hailed as a historic turning point in the war.
A periodical piece debates trust, promises, and borders in wartime. It argues Germany seeks conquest, Britain and France trusted too much, and only retribution or resistance can end the conflict. Also features a poem about England and a wartime outlook.
Theodore Roosevelt on Lafayette Day declares America must bear full burden of war in France next year, outpost a plan to surpass Allied forces. He calls for breaking up Austrian and Turkish empires, liberating subject peoples, restoring Belgium and Alsace Lorraine, and creating independent Poland and Czecho-Slovakia with guaranteed frontiers. He warns against German oppression, supports vast territorial restorations, and questions any League of Nations without the assent of major powers.
A historical excerpt decries Russia under Bolshevik control as betraying allies and violating every treaty and rule of civilized warfare. It argues that any future pact with Russia, Britain, France, or the United States would be worthless unless Western strength safeguards it.
At the Theaters Virtation at the Royal Chester has carried two headlining acts through the week with hearty receptions. Flirtation is a satirical college life comedy with songs and dances. The Notorious Delphine is a dramatic piece in capable hands. Aerial Parts present a speedy trapeze act and Bob Zeno and Eva Mandell add mirth. The Mil will close its week Sunday night. A Successful Adventure features May Allison in the feature photoplay.
Sandy McPherson known as The Sunny Scot headlines the Princess Theater bill with five vaudeville acts and a strong screen program running through Sunday. Cora Hall offers new songs, The Posing Girls present The Silverountain from Paris, Skating Macks perform tricks on roller skates, The Bellboy and the Maid is a comedy sketch, and Madame Olga Petrova stars in Daughter of Destiny.
The Grand presents Theda Bara in A Fool There Was a vampiric lead praised for her performance and a strong supporting cast. A new bill starts tomorrow featuring notable films. Mary Pickford headlines at the Jewel with Stella Maris and Unity Blake in a debut role, joined by Chaplin and Kerrigan in others.
England enforces curfew for the first time since 1100 to close public places at 10 30 pm. The rule aims to prevent civilians from roaming at night and reduce attacks amid military concerns. The move echoes medieval times when William the Conqueror used curfew to restrict nighttime activity.
Teodoro Frezieres, former consul in Eagle Pass, hands over duties to Guillermo Seguin as consul general in San Antonio in a formal transfer of post reflecting diplomatic reshuffle within Texas offices.
A judge advocate at Camp Travis examines whether a man of Austro Polish Czecho Slavic descent who escaped Russian captivity and served in the US Army is eligible for citizenship and continued service. The case hinges on his national origin, wartime allegiances, and status as a Russian prisoner when Russia was an ally.
August filings in Bexar County courts show divorces making up about half of all suits. A total of 200 suit actions were filed, with 172 for legal separation. There was one annulment suit, while July saw 120 divorce filings amid wider civil matters and aging news about local residents.
A jumble of spoof quotes and mixed humor from a wartime column. It parodies news items, social sayings, and puns mentioning Germany, sugar shortages, the Hindenburg, and various light topics. It reads like a collage of tongue in cheek text with names and phrases woven through.
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