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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
3
Secretary Baker stated before the House Military Committee that the war department does not plan a general exemption of married men from the draft as part of extending the draft ages. The remark came in a Washington briefing accompanying the administration manpower bill.
Amsterdam reports Tuesday Berlin papers push the main Anglo French thrust as stalled by exhaustion while Rhine press adopts a bleaker tone. Cologne Volks Zeitung warns of another ruthless Anglo French attempt to break through. It decries defeatism in Cologne Essen and Dusseldorf as Germans fear famine and ruin. The paper urges countering enemy propaganda and calls for harsher reporting. Bremen’s Weser Zeitung notes American forces increasing pressure. Frankfurt Gazette pleads for the official press to tell the full truth as much as possible.
An American Balloon Base reports Blimps or S B submarine scouts at about 156 feet long and 30 feet wide, carrying bombs and wireless gear to hunt U boats. Pilots say the Blimp can hover over a target, then drop depth charges, while larger CP ships detect minefields and extend patrols along coasts.
When the baby suffers from hot weather and bowel disorders the remedy is McGees Baby Elixir. It reduces feverish condition corrects the stomach and checks looseness of the bowels. Price 25c and 50c per bottle. Sold by Bart Smith.
French forces attack along a ten mile front near The Hine to strike a vital sector between the Oise and Aisne. Local actions near Roye raise the risk to the enemy base west of the Somme as British forces press in the Merville area following German retirement.
Otis Sullivan was seriously stabbed by Tom Allen at the Katy depot early Thursday. After the attack, Allen boarded a train and was captured by Shawnee police on arrival. Sullivan received over thirty stitches and remains in serious condition. Allen is held on attempted murder charges.
An old advertisement describes billious attacks as liver failure with constipation and fermentation of undigested food. It claims Chamberlain's Tablets will tone the liver cleanse the stomach relieve nausea vomiting and headache at the price of a quarter.
London dispatch from Vladivostok dated Sunday says Germans are conscripting Russians on a small scale. Prisoner stories among Czech Slovaks report German flying columns impressing males 18 to 45 and marching those who disobey to execution. Units include German officers and twenty Germans or Magyars for every sixty Russians.
London dispatch reports Germany demands Austria send ten to fifteen divisions to the western front. Austria agrees if Germany accepts Austria's Polish solution and pushes a strong peace move including evacuation and restoration of Belgium. The dispatch also claims Germany would concede to Austria's Polish plan, including naming an Austrian Archduke as king.
The United States adopted standard time in 1883 under the American Railway Association with a noon November 18 change following telegraphic signals from the Washington Naval Observatory. No further time changes occurred until daylight saving time was implemented this year, advancing clocks by one hour nationwide.
Over five hundred girls have displaced men in St. Louis bank clerical posts. Bankers report women are proving more efficient than their male predecessors. The sole employer objection cited by St. Louis men is a state law limiting women to an eight hour workday.
Paris reports July submarine losses of 270 000 tons by enemies and 634 839 tons in July 1917. Despite the drop, allied and neutral shipping totals rise due to renewed American shipbuilding. Entente nations built more tonnage than was sunk by enemy actions, while entente losses in 1918 stay under half of 1917 levels.
The article traces how the 1770s colonies funded the fight for independence, detailing bills of credit, domestic and foreign loans, and early bonds. It notes depreciation, limited circulation, and the shift to four loans and foreign aid from France, Holland, and Spain, shaping the United States financial system for future wars.
A collection of wartime letters from Pendleton, Brents, and Rogers dated 1918. Pvt Foy W Pendelton describes life in a French sea port and learning French while a French sweetheart hopes for America. Sgt Maxx R Brents praises cavalry training at Camp Stanley Texas and reflects on serving and promotion. Dan C Rogers writes home from Europe, asking for news and assuring family of safety while avoiding war details.
A manufacturing firm reports a breakthrough in needle production using specially tombacained 14 carat gold as a substitute for platinum and platinum iridium. This comes amid wartime demand and shortages of the former metals, with experiments exploring other alloys to find a suitable replacement.
American forces in France describe the June 16 fight at Xivray as the moment they learned front line combat. Quick-firers and machine gunners halted a six hundred-strong German assault, with fifty survivors of 225 taking the offensive as dawn broke. A loyal cook-hero, twice reassigned, aided the wounded under heavy fire.
In Ada Oklahoma Agnew Milling Co offers B A Thomas Poultry Remedy to speed hens moult and shed feathers so they are ready to lay in winter higher egg production. If this remedy fails the company will provide a further guarantee.
Bogota Aug 15 Dr Marco Tiedal Suarez the president elect of Colombia is viewed as anti German and pro German, with the Nationalist party backing him. He belongs to a split conservative movement, the other wing being the Old Historicas composed largely of clericals. The article hints Colombians are unsettled by these divisions.
A flannel pad dampened with Chamberlain s ointment and bound on the painful area often heals a lame back more effectively than plaster and costs far less.
Washington August 15 report on the administration manpower bill shows Senate Military Committee chairmen Chamberlain revealing that General March said the U S must place enough troops in France to win the war. The plan envisions eighty divisions over 3,000,000 men in France by June 30 next year with eighteen divisions in training at home. If ages rise to forty five voluntary enlistment would disappear.
Oklahoma committee canvasses lodge returns from June elections. Grand master M. B. Cope leads. E. B. Cline deputy. G. W. Bruce grand secretary. Logan Hawkins grand representative. George Morgan grand trustee. A. T. Whitworth home board member. 517 lodges, 34,641 members. Grand warden race had no majority, seven candidates ran, no election declared.
London reports that German civilians protest loudly against Allied bombing, while British papers note renewed German resolve. The offensives have damaged railway junctions and factories, contradicting German claims of little impact. Photo evidence and captured documents support fears of real execution.
The Oklahoma War Savings Committee urges the public not to cash War Savings Stamps but to keep them until maturity for full interest. Merchants accepting WSS as payment or discounting them are urged to discontinue. Stamps are nontransferable but cashable at post offices only when necessary.
Paris reports 626000 women employed in all industries up from 487000 in normal times driven mainly by metal and munition work. They inspect parts for automobiles and weapons, test shells, and handle case nailings while supervising factory buildings and maintaining order.
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