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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
4
On the fourth Sunday July 28 Rocky Chapel eight miles south of Ada hosts an all day singing with a magnificent dinner and eloquent music. Everyone is invited to attend.
A US prisoner describes crossing Belgium during war, dodging ditches and mud, foraging scarce cabbage and celery, and relying on a kind Belgian peasant who shelters him and suggests a passport route to Holland. He recalls patrols, hunger, and the daily fear of capture while seeking liberty.
Citizens of Lightning Ridge prepare for a big picnic this Friday promising a great time for any crowd. The only request is that attendees bring their own baskets. The piece ends with a historical note on WWI refugee suffering and a description of Foch's maneuver in the Marne.
Paris reports official French figures on Mediterranean traffic showing 2000 vessels totaling 3.5 million tons crossed under escort between February 24 and April 1. The average ships at sea were 240 daily. Submarine attacks fell in effectiveness with only one in four causing damage, indicating a notable decline in impact.
Allied forces press the Rheims-Soissons salient with French American units pushing east of Bouilly and near the Vesle river. In Chateau Thierry sector French and American troops advance five miles east of Balleau and three miles north of the Marne, with gains also claimed in Hebuterne and along the Aisne Marne fronts.
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