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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
7
In Lorraine, American forces describe a “quiet sector” as a front area with patrols and minor bombing where new soldiers learn war’s small frightfulnesses. Indian troops aid reconnaissance, wire-cutting and gathering information, with patrols sometimes fighting and retrieving items across No Man’s Land.
In Dublin on August 22 the Ca van Aazsites recounted Sergeant O'Reilly of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fought at Mons and was captured by Germans. After three years as a POW he returned home and testified that Irish prisoners refused German terms faced ration cuts and torture. Local hostility followed, a dwelling was burnt as punishment, and Judge Gibson awarded sixty pounds for malicious injury.
The Hague August 22 The Associated Press reports Holland moves toward standardized goods due to shortages. Meat is rationed via government controlled sausage at 22c per pound. Leather scarcity spurs standardized shoes and sock suits. Cigar prices soar and a government Java tobacco cigar with a wooden mouthpiece may cut waste by 15 percent, retailing at 5 Dutch cents.
Washington August 22 the senate military committee filed a long omitted report criticizing early war delays in aircraft production. It reviews improved conditions and recommends a new separate department of aviation under one man control. It condemns failure to adopt foreign airplanes and motors and the waste of millions in aircraft appropriations.
Between thirty and thirty five people were killed and over a hundred injured when a tornado struck Tyler Minnesota? August 22. Twenty seven bodies identified this morning. Also reports of the British steamer Diomel torpedoed off the Atlantic coast with over one hundred crew saved. British troops reported to have captured Chaignolles and Herleville near the Somme with over a thousand prisoners. Germany protests Spain’s plan to replace sunken tonnage. Three American marines killed and one injured in Santo Domingo. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge named in Washington dispatch.
A clipped notice invites readers to pick up an acting machine paper at the News office. The item is presented as a low cost or promotional paper available for local readers. The brief notice emphasizes convenience and location.
Paris dispatch reports an American Marine credited with surviving a shrapnel and machine gun volley thanks to the tin helmet. Indentation on the helmet during impact saved the skull and prompted preservation for Washington injury experts. A second case describes a Marine wounded in the neck, ball entering the gullet and traveling to the stomach, later digested without surgery.
The local board reports a Washington telegram calling class one registrants who are physically disqualified for general service but eligible for limited service to fill clerical and administrative roles at State Headquarters local district and medical advisory boards. Induction in grades may occur with duties at JAG and Provost Marshal general departments involving court martial and military law matters.
In England the war has relegated the automobile to the garage and brought the horse back into its own. Gasoline restrictions make taxicabs scarce in London. Hansom cabs return to popularity as dealers profit from horse drawn conveyances. Royal family members use horse drawn transport while munition millionaires invest in carriage and pair.
Paris dispatch notes French writers advise women to consider American suitors while warning about potential loss of wives after the war. Some urge practical marriage terms, others welcome the trend as beneficial for both nations, with calls for French citizenship for children.
Sergeant S. O. Henshaw, once Creek county superintendent and a visitor at the Normal in 1916, was in Ada Wednesday evening en route to Camp Bowie. He enlisted last year and is now a First Sergeant among six brothers answering the call to colors. friends learn he is in line for a commission after earning it by hard work.
Ada boy Paul H Payne now at Camp Cody New Mexico sends a hand grenade and a steel bullet to friends in this city. They are on exhibition in the Surprise Store display window with a shrapnel shell also shown. The photos display grows as locals with relatives in service add items drawing attention.
Public appeal encourages citizens to invest savings in War Savings Stamps to support national efforts and bolster the economy during wartime. The message emphasizes civic duty and collective impact of individual financial choices.
An old health ad promotes HERBINE as a remedy to cleanse the bowels and keep them regular. It claims to remove accumulations and put the system in prime condition, priced at 60 cents and sold by Bart Smith.
The Executive Committee of the County Council of Defense held an all day session to address Dick Morris’s trial for failing to bear wartime duties. The panel denounced his unpatriotic remarks, ordered his Red Cross and Y M C A donations, and urged new wartime fund commitments. J M Wintersmith will chair until Rev. Clifford B James returns.
A call has been issued in San Juan for several thousand women in Porto Rico to form a Police Woman's Reserve Corps. The aim is to aid in correcting the decided immoral conditions said to exist not only in San Juan but elsewhere.
Professional cards list doctors Dentists and veterinarians with addresses and phone numbers. Entries include C L Orr MD and L M Overton physicians C A Thomas veterinary surgeon Mike West Faust Lewis doctors with Faust Hospital Ada Oklahoma and Will Abrams Chaney Wyser Waier Wy er Lollow Bidge Ada Okla.
The slate includes Luther Harrison for State Senator J W Bolen for District Judge Wayne Wadlington for County Attorney D W Swaffar for County Treasurer Rob Puncal for Sheriff Nick Heard for Tax Assessor A R Sugg for Court Clerk Milton Garner for County Clerk H N Ward for County Weigher Orel Busby for County Judge Date Crawford for Representative R J Ebey for County Superintendent A Floyd for County Commissioner 1st District W H Brumley for 1st District Re election J I Laughlin for 2nd District Henry F Bibb for 3rd District
British Headquarters in France reports Germany's military leaders grow worried over a possible revolution at home. General Ludendorff has issued a secret order seeking aid from commanding officers and government agencies to stamp out the spark seen within Germany. A dated dispatch notes the order as more illuminating than recent German communications. A separate classified ad offers cash for improved farm tracts of 40 to 200 acres in Ada Oklahoma, phone 73.
Word arrives that Mitchell Merryman age 21 son of D N Merryman and Mrs D N Merryman of 120 East 10th was severely wounded in France on July 21. The War Department has no details beyond the severity. His father is also in France and friends hope for good news.
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