U Boats Attack Atlantic Coast Vessels Amid War Efforts
Washington reports German U boats attacked ships near the New Jersey coast as part of a last effort to disrupt American troop movements to France. Five sailing craft and the tanker Herbert L Pratt were reported sunk or damaged according to navy officials, with convoy escorts limiting the damage. The piece notes a broader German admission of submarine failure as they targeted undefended coasters. Also contains an unrelated advertisement for a bowel remedy.
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Washington
Atlantic
United States
France
Germany
New Jersey
Navy
Berlin
Caputt
Europe
America
Herbert L. Pratt
Navy Department
Cotton crop condition well above average in May report
The Department of Agriculture reports cotton crop condition at 82.3 percent of normal on May 25, higher than 69.5 percent a year ago. Oklahoma shows 86 percent of normal condition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Princeton Adopts Military Training
Princeton University will become a military college on June 24 with a three year course under strict military discipline. The plan includes infantry drill, field firing, signaling, machine guns, and engineering with a $150 fee. Major J A Pearson leads instruction with Capt Cornelius and Lt Paul de Fourmestraux assisting.
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Princeton
N. J
Priceton University
General Staff of
United States Army
Princeton University
Government School of Aeronautics
Mineola
Pensacola
San Diego
War Department
Officers’ Training Corps
Yale
Amherst
Baker
United States
Princeton Naval Training Unit
S. B. Eisenhart
J. A. Pearson
United States Cavalry
Cornelius
Paul de Fourmestraux
Richard F. Cleveland
Cleveland
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Remarkable Ada Births Six Sets of Twins and More
The Ada area reports an extraordinary birth event with six sets of twins, triplets, and a quartet born to Mr. and Mrs. Rhode Island Red. Local observers describe the family as a blossoming example of the Rooseveltian idea of a large, robust lineage amid Ada’s cultural center.
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Ada
Rhode Island Red
Sentry and Soldier Exchange Code in Guard Line
A skirmish dialogue shows sentry and soldier testing recognized passes. The exchange reveals mock tension as the sentry authorizes passage only after identifying the opposing nation. The scene ends with a defiant American quip challenging the guard.
Went AG Secures Retrieval for You
An Efficient legal action by Went Attorney General’s office arranges retrieval on behalf of a requester. The effort aims to obtain a document or item held by a third party and deliver timely results.
Vermifuge Promises Quick Health From Worms
Pale sickly children affected by worms are promised rapid recovery with WHITE'S CREAM VERMIFUGE. The advertisement claims it expels worms promptly and restores health. Price 30 cents per bottle. Sold by Bart Smith.
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Bart Smith
East Centralite Publishes Senior Class Number
The East Centralite, the official organ of East Central State Normal, has given over the current number to the senior class. The publication is entirely in the class’s hands and is a creditable edition with halftones and cartoons. It reflects a simpler, cheaper approach during national peril.
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East Centralite
East Central State Normal
War Savings Society as Essential as Thrifty War Club
A War Savings Society is likened to a war club, deemed vital for spreading thrift and savings akin to the old war club’s role for the savage.
Greatest Sunday School Convention Ends in Pontotoc County
The Ada Pontotoc county Sunday School convention closed at noon in the East Central State Normal auditorium with record attendance and plans for a countywide expansion. Dr. I Frank Roach Oklahoma City spoke on building the nation through teachers work and “Making Democracy Safe for the World.” Dr. R T Blackburn McAlister assisted, and a luncheon at Harris hotel featured Roach’s serio comic address on the Allies. The body approved a $150 annual budget to launch aggressive county wide organization of Sunday School work.
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Pontotoc County
East Central State Normal
I. Frank Roach
Oklahoma City
R. T. Blackburn
McAlister
Nichols
Roach
Harris Hotel
Ada
Pentotoc County
Railroad Men Organize to Back War Savings Stamps
In Muskogee Oklahoma on June 4 1928 twenty thousand railroad workers across the state will be organized into a unit to support National War Savings Day on June 28. R R Stevens of Muskogee head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers will supervise the county by county drive and appoint craft representatives at each terminal to coordinate the effort. The workers express eagerness and expect strong participation in Oklahoma’s campaign.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Wilson
R. R. Stevens
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
War Savings Executive
Stevens
War Savings Stamps Drive Planned for Ada Chickasaw Township
Haraway appointed chairman of the War Savings Stamps drive for Ada and Chickasaw township. The committee Ed Gwin Jack Moore Luther Harrison Joe Cole J D Lasater will meet daily at 9 am to plan a single day close likely June 28. The chair warns that any slacking buyers should stay out of the township during the effort.
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Fo. S. Haraway
Ada
Chickasaw
Haraway
Ed Gwin
Jack Moore
Luther Harrison
Joe Cole
J. D. Lasater
Chickasaw Township
Bridge bids for Canadian project to be opened Monday
Bids for the construction of the Canadian bridge at the big bend will be opened Monday, June 10, at the court house.
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The
Big Bend
Court House
May Be New Drive Afoot At Amiens Front
German artillery fire intensified early today between Albert and Serre on the front above Amiens, according to the war office.
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London
Albert
Serre
Amiens
War Office
Russian exile letter portrays chaos and hunger in Petrograd
A Russian diplomat's daughter, widow of a Russian officer, writes from Petrograd about revolutionary chaos. She describes abolished laws, courts, police, and property. a violent red guard takeover. mass looting and hunger. She fears famine, loss of private wealth, and urges escape to the United States for her child.
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New York
Washington
Russia
Germany
Army
Navy
Allie
Petrograd
America
Americans Urged to Eat Less Meat in War Time
Oklahoma City June 4 Patrons of hotels and restaurants are urged to save meats and eat more vegetables by Joseph Huckins Jr state hotel chairman for the Oklahoma Food Administration He argues in wartime meals must be varied with less meat and more vegetables fruits and milk to aid health and patriotism.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Joseph Huckins Jr
Oklahoma Food Administration
Europe
Use More Wood This Winter Says Oklahoma Official
Federal Fuel Administrator P A Norris urges Oklahomans to stock wood for next winter as coal transport limits loom. He notes plenty of coal but not enough cars or locomotives and claims wood can be cheaper with rising coal costs. Families near timber should store wood now and let Uncle Sam have the coal.
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Oklahoma
P. A. Norris
Norris
Sam
Itch relief promised by snow liniment ad
If you have the itch, don't scratch. It does not cure the trouble and makes the skin bleed. Apply BAL LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. Rub it in gently on the effected parts. It rel ieves itching instantly and a few applications removes the cause thus performing a permanent cure. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Bart Smith.
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Ballard
Bart Smith
Two Oklahoma Boys Die in France
Washington dispatch lists forty World War II casualties including Sergeant Clyde A. Simpson of Callod Oklahoma and Claude A. Baker of Lawton Oklahoma, both dying of accident. The tally shows three killed in action, two died of wounds, nineteen from other causes, six from disease, eight severely wounded, one wounded, and one taken prisoner.
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Associated Press
Washington
Clyde A. Simpson
Callod
Okla
Claude. A. Baker
Lawton
Oklg
Wedding Story Resists Modern Plain Style in Dixie Note
An old time wedding notice from a Mississippi paper recalls a May romance as Melton Ingram and Izzie Jones elope by car to Decatur to wed in Judge C. R. Hardy’s court, evoking smooth script prose from the era.
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Mississippi
Dixie
Melton Ingram
Izzie Jones
Decatur
C. R. Hardy
Stars and Stripes reaches local contact from front lines
A copy of the Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper of the Expeditionary Forces in France, is received by W. D. Little via W. L. Asbury. Asbury is stationed near the front lines and the paper covers front news and major American stories with a feature on French children watching American troops.
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Stars and Stripes
France
W. D. Little
W. L. Asbury
Mr. Asbury
America
Wool Supply Dwindles As Women Knit for Soldiers
Washington June 4 Ten million American women are knitting for soldiers and draining the wool supply. Representative Olney of Massachusetts told the house the quartermaster general's department asked the Red Cross to urge confinement to the most useful articles due to scarce raw materials. He noted domestic wool sources fell from 55 million to 47 million sheep in five years.
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Washington
Representative Olney
Massachusetts
House
Quartermaster General
Paris Bombarded Again by German Long Range Guns
Paris reports continued bombardment by German long range artillery on June 4. The city endured fresh shelling as Luftwaffe and coastal batteries targeted multiple districts, though casualties and damage details remain unconfirmed.
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Paris
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