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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
10
A cloudburst swept the Byrd's Mill area causing a spring that feeds Ada's water supply to overflow. Commissioner Deal led cleanup and repairs, predicting water return in about three days after reinforcing a damaged pipeline and securing the spring against future floods.
General Pershing reports repulsed heavy enemy assaults near Bouresches with severe losses. Air and artillery actions continue in Chateau Thierry and Picardy as Allied forces defend French positions.
A wartime thrift lesson compares War Savings Stamp purchases to planting crops. Seeds multiply into sixteen and transfer to War Savings Certificates as crops like guns ships and clothing for soldiers are promised. By harvest on January 1 1928 each stamp yields five dollars, supporting home and national needs.
Sunday June 16 1918 public speaking on war issues at 3 PM and 4 30 PM at Lawrence Knox Oakman Cedar Grove Pickett Jones Chapel urged attendance at each schoolhouse. Council of Defense chairs must advertise to draw a large crowd. W C Duncan chairman. Buy W 8 8 S 0 8.
President Wilson telegraphed to the American Federation of Labor and the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy at St Paul urging renewed labor support for the war. He warned that delays or disruptions in essential labor could jeopardize victory, stating the war can be lost in America as on the battlefields of France.
Twenty six Mauban crew members arrived in New York aboard a freighter confirming the May sinking off the Italian coast. Also aboard were twelve City of Pensacola sailors and thirty crew from the City of Wilmington, both lost at sea after perilous incidents.
Lieutenant Cadge spoke at the Christian church sharing his WWI wartime experiences. He urged sacrifice, noted England’s losses, and praised American manpower and money as decisive factors. About 200 listened as he described the balance of power and the need for U.S. force. Two other items: 45 conscientious objectors received life sentences reduced to twenty five years and sent to Fort Leavenworth for confinement.
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