Government controls and price equalization in wartime wheat
A narrative on the Grain Corporation's wartime management of wheat through licenses, car shortages, and price schedules. It covers elevator operations, milling quotas, distribution to mills, Canadian imports, and the impact on farmers, millers, jobbers, and consumers, with figures on purchases and price shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grain Corporation
Rec
United States Treasury
Uncle Sam
Maryville
St. Joseph
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Canada
United States
War Trade Board
Brance
U. S. Food Administration
Seaboard
France
Georgia
Co-Operative
Atlanta
U.S. Food
New York City
Food Administration
Distribution Divison
Pontotot's Bond Issue Share Set at 344 409
Pontotoc county faces a Third Liberty Loan quota of 344 400 with most bonds to be bought by citizens from all classes. Banks previously dominated purchases but will offer terms to allow broad participation without harming customers. Campaign starts next Saturday to place at least one bond in every home in Pontotoc county.
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Simpson
Pontotoc County
Specialists Wanted for Army Service in Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc county exemption board received instructions from headquarters listing needs in the Science and Research Division of the Aviation Section Signal Corps for meteorologists physicists engineers. Inductees would go to the Aviation Mobilization Camp Waco Texas for training. only white men physically qualified for general or limited service are sought. The office lacks draft status details and asks to identify volunteers among men within draft age not already in service who meet physical requirements and are not in Class 5. On April 6 wire totals of physically qualified volunteers. upon receipt further induction procedures will be advised.
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Pontotoc County
Science and Research Division
Aviation Section
Signal Corps
Aviation Mobilization
Waco
Texas
Panhandle people answer Hoover's call for wheat
Norman Oklahoma April 2 The Panhandle is 100 percent loyal County Food Administrator Hill Beaver reports 1500 sacks of flour returned to stores as soon as rations for French soldiers were cut Flour from all parts of the county arrived at stores Hill says people across Panhandle are loyally responding to the call and will likely market all wheat above seed needs By Pittsburg county Fred Struble says McAlester stores are flooded with flour from buyers due to redistribution request Eastern Oklahoma has little wheat but residents are patriotically returning flour beyond immediate needs
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Panhandle
Hoover
Norman
Okla
Hill
Beaver County
State Food Administration
Pittsburg
Fred Struble
McAlester
Oklahoma
Agricultural school heads are re elected in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma state board of agriculture re elected four presidents for the 1918 19 school year R M Mc Cool Murray school of agriculture Tishomingo J F Sharp Panhandle school of agriculture Goodwell George A Coffey Connor school of agriculture Warner A C Farley Cameron school of agriculture Lawton Plans were announced to erect two buildings at Oklahoma A M college funded by the sixth legislature An armory and gymnasium with equipment will cost 100 000 and 100 000 was provided for a science hall
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture
R. M. McCool
Murray School of Agriculture
Tishomingo
J. F. Sharp
Panhandle
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Pleas of Guilty in Go to Work Campaign
Frightened by jury verdicts in the Go to Work or Go to Jail effort, several defendants pleaded guilty and were fined fifty dollars. They pledged to go to work, with warnings that failure to comply would trigger further charges and continued county burdens until they contribute or leave.
War industries board forms supreme coordinating board
Bernard Baruch chairs a new Supreme Coordinating Board to reduce rivalry among government departments over priorities. The War Industries Board division unites all war branches to streamline decisions and cut red tape, aiming to curtail delays in wartime provisioning.
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United Press
Washington
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Supreme Coordinating Board
Let a Want Ad Get It For You
A concise want ad urging readers to use classified notices to find goods services or employment. The item highlights the practical value of placing or responding to ads in the local paper, emphasizing quick results and broad reach for buyers sellers and job seekers.
Ada News Notes and Local Updates
Gaston Dismukes returns from Mannsville while Ada Greenhouse advertises cash vegetable plants. Wadlington returns from Tulsa and J F Jackson alongside J A Criswell plan business trips. Cait for cabbage plants shown at Ade Seed & Feed Co. W S Clark notes ample rain and good crop outlook. Minnie Criswell visits Clovis NM. Henry Carr travels to Missouri with Frisco. Dancing classes resume. space for beginners via phone 470. Knight visits with Kate and Violet Knight. Ada Steam Laundry extends building. J W Gilpin moves to Lovelady to aid food production. W D Witcher warns license holders of fines. Annie Kate Gilbert visits as YWCA field secretary.
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Gwin & Mays
Warren
Weat’s
Gaston Dismukes
Mannsville
Ada Greenhouse
B. C. Wadlington
Tulsa
Texas Wagon Yard
Helen Harris
Durant
Ada Title and Trust Co
J. F. Jackson
J. A. Criswell
Ft. Smith
Ade Seed & Feed Co
W. S. Clark
Steedman
Minnie Criswell
Clovis
N. M
Henry Carr
Hugo
Missouri
Rosser
J. R.knight
McCurtain County
Kate
Violet Knight
Ada Steam Laundry
J. W. Gilpin
Lovelady
W. D. Witcher
State Highway Department
Fherig
Annie Kate Gilbert
Light vote polled at city election record quiet
The city election was the quietest on record with only a moderate vote by 3 pm totaling 498 ballots. First ward 166, second 101, third 105, fourth 126. polls close at 7 pm.
Oklahoma City Declares April 6 Holiday for Liberty Loan Drive
Governor Williams issued a proclamation declaring Saturday April 6 a holiday to mark the opening day of the liberty loan drive in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Williams
Oil Companies Report Drilling Progress and Tests
Allen Oil and Gas News notes K. C. Oil Co. expects 50 barrels daily from Case No. 4 in 26-5-8 and rigs up Whiteley No. 3 in 22-5-8. Chicago Oil Co. completes rig for Bell farm 28-5-9. Homa Okla Oil Co. hits an eight to ten million cubic feet gas find at 270 feet in Archer farm 33-5-8. J. O. Galloway prepares Mattie Harjo farm 17-5-8 for a test. contract calls for a 1500 foot hole.
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K. C. Oil Co
Whiteley No
Chicago Oil Co
Bell Farm
Homa Okla Oil Co
Archer Farm
J. O. Galloway
Mattie Harjo
Allen Hustler
England firm builds cannon factory in record time
One of the swiftest construction feats on record is reported as a large English company raises a cannon factory housing over 1,000 machines. From the arrival of the first spade at the site to the inaugural gun shipment took less than two months.
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England
Asphalt Discovery and Indigenous Dye Uses Unearthed
An ancient natural rock asphalt was found in Switzerland many years ago and mined for its bitumen for over a century. Separately, dogwood root is cited as the source of the Indian red dye used by original Americans for feather and plume coloration.
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Switzerland
Old Papers for Sale at News Office
Local news office offers old paper bundles for sale at five cents each. Limited lot availability, first come, first served. Items include back issues and miscellaneous sheets suitable for crafts or research.
The Lost Express Leads Theaters with New Serial Episode
Helen Holmes stars in another hair raising Lost Express episode. Sweet Charity is billed as a Pretty drama. The Mutual Weekly and One Man Bride are among other features in the program.
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Helen Holmes
Lost Express
Sweet Charity
Mutual Weekly
Ruby Darby 1918 Musical Revue Again Delights Audiences
Ruby Darby and her 1918 Musical Revue present another entertaining program this evening. They never fail to amuse.
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Erty. Lir
Ruby Darby
British Forces Storm German Positions in France
Allied dispatch reports from British Army Headquarters in France describe a strong April assault along the Luce river. British troops stormed German trenches, forcing a withdrawal as German casualties mounted and the ground filled with their dead.
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Associated Press
France
Luce
Hemy
Carlisle Castle Torpedoed Off Boston Date Uncertain
The British steamship Carlisle Castle of the Cunard line was torpedoed and sunk. The sinking date became known today and the vessel carried a crew of fifty. details on survivors or fate were not available.
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Boston
Mass
Carlisle Castle
Cunard Line
Richthofen Reappears with a Strong German Air Squadron
German ace Richthofen has reappeared commanding a powerful squadron as aerial activity increases around London on April 2. The report notes heightened air operations and continued German air presence over the area.
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London
Germany
Richthofen
Cahn Prevails on One Sector in France Action
Paris April 2 report says Franco British forces advanced between the Somme and Demuin during the night. Some prisoners were taken in the Calonne area, with progress noted between the Oise and Somme fronts.
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Cahn
Paris
Oise
Somme
French War Office
Demuin
Calonne
Brant Kirk Urged to Enter Oklahoma Governorship Race
Grant Kirk of Oklahoma City is urged to run for governor. Eight years ago he ran but withdrew before the primary yet received more than 6 000 votes. He passed Ada today but would not commit to entering the race.
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Brant Kirk
Oie Toe
Grant Kirk
Oklahoma Ciy
Ada
Anti-Conscription Riots in Canada claim three lives
In Quebec on April 2 three civilians were killed during anti conscription riots and over 100 people were arrested. Soldiers used machine guns to disperse the rioters.
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Canada
United Press Quebec
For Sale Poultry and Farm Items Advertised
Want ads list Poland China sow weighing about 100 pounds with contact numbers 406 and 530 R. Fine Ponderosa tomato plants by E. Wright at 323 N. Stonewall. Buff Orpington eggs for setting at $1.50 per setting and incubator eggs at $5 per hundred from H. A. Sprague. Three incubators and two brooders also from H. A. Sprague. One hundred Buff Orpington hens and pullets with ten cockerels offered by H. A. Sprague at 510 West 15th, phone 545.
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Poland
China
E. Wright
N. Stonewall
H. A. Sprague
Orpington
West 15Th
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