Allied Naval Forces Score Major Submarine Losses
Senator Swanson said after a naval committee talk with top Navy leaders that allied and American fleets destroyed about sixty percent of German submarines and cut shipping losses in half. The report cites high officials and outlines wartime naval progress amid ongoing public notices about sugar and honey advocacy from agricultural experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senator Swanson
Naval Committee
O. S
E. Sanborn
Department of Entomology
Oklahoma
A. & M. College
Stillwater
Ss. O. S
W. 8.S
Shin Salve Promises Relief For Milk Leg Sufferer
Mrs. R. P. Chrisman of Paducah Texas reports an ulcer caused by milk leg is relieved by shin salve. The ad claims shin salve cures sores ulcers burns and eczema and invites Judge James E. Webb of Ada Oklahoma for his opinion. 25 cents a box guaranteed by Gwin and Mays Drug Co Ada Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Chrisman
Paducah
Texas
James E. Webb
Ada
Oklahoma
Gwin & Mays Drug Co
Oklahoma city reports near fifty thousand enlisting for war
Exclusive figures from the Adjutant General show that almost 50,000 Oklahomans entered U S military service from June 5 1917 to June 5 1918. Local draft boards inducted 46 235. 6 754 joined the regular army and 2 515 the navy. Tulsa county led with 1 733 inductees. Cimarron County sent 38. Also ads note White's Cream Vermifuge and War Savings stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
National Guard
Regular Army
Navy
Naval
National Army
Tulsa County
Oklahoma County
Cimmarron County
General revision of draft classification begun by Crowder
Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered governors to investigate why local draft boards show few men in Class One. Some boards report as little as ten percent in Class One, while thousands currently in Class Four should be in Class One. Reclassification could bring about 500 000 men into Class One. News briefs note two traveling library systems for U S troops on the Mexican border and German complaints over fashion displays amid fabric shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
General Crowder
Library War Service
American Library Association
Wheat production forecast tops nine hundred million bushels
The Agriculture Department projects 931 million bushels of wheat this year with winter wheat 83.8 percent normal and spring wheat 95.2 percent. Austrian operations near Trent concentrate traffic to Brenta valley as Italy expands military zones. BAL LARD'S Snow Liniment ad urges relief for itching skin with Ballard's Snow Liniment sold by Bart Smith.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
U. S
Ballard
Bart Smith
Hearing in estate of Almina Denny set for June
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma the estate of Almina Denny is granted a final report and petition for distribution by administrator S S Newton. A hearing is scheduled for June 20 1918 in Ada with notice by newspaper publication and personal service to heirs, with three public postings.
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Almina Denny
S. S. Newton
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Ada
Orel Busby
Jesse Edgar Allen
Edward I. Harrison
Harrison Bros
State of Oklahoma
Britain tightens liquor controls as war limits demand
Britain has slashed materials for alcoholic beverage production from 1,856,000 tons to 512,000 tons since the war began. All remaining materials go to brewing beer and no spirits for human use were produced last year. Unmalted grain stocks were requisitioned for bread, with rationing on meat, butter, sugar, and other foods continuing.
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New York
United Kingdom of Great Britain
British Pictorial Service
United Kingdom
O. S
Bart Smith
War Department seeks 16 seaplane stations two coasts
Washington June 6. The War Department asks Congress for a 16 million dollar appropriation to establish sixteen seaplane and balloon stations to guard the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Sixteen stations are planned, thirteen on the Atlantic coast and three on the Gulf coast.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Congress
War Department
Department
German General Von Eichhorn Leads Eastern Push
General Von Eichhorn commands one of Germanys armies sweeping eastward into Russia. An adv or ad style note promotes Chamberlains Liniment for a lame back instructing twice daily applications and thorough muscle massage at the site of pain.
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von Eichhorn
Russia
S. C
W. S&s
Chamberlain
Clergymen in British peerage and German military changes
London reports Lord De Mauley adds to active clergymen in the peerage as vicar of Wantage, joining Lord Montmorres. two peers remain qualified clergymen but inactive. Amsterdam notes a lecture tour on linen care using substitutes for soap. the Munich press says Turks prompted Falkenhayn’s recall from Palestine, with von Sanders taking over in Constantinople.
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London
Lord de Mauley
Wantage
Lord Montmorres
Swinton
Earl of Mar
Marquis of
Normanton
Amsterdam
Munich
Falkenhayn
Palestine
Liman von Sanders
Constantinople
British inventor gets six months army exemption
London report notes a manager at a British textile engineering firm was granted six months' exemption from army service for inventing a paper sack for potatoes. The hearing said Germany had produced paper sacks for years.
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London
Germany
London Book Stores Sell War Cabinet Report 1917 Fast
London retailers report the War Cabinet Report of 1917 issued as an official Blue Book sells at 25 cents to the public. The edition sold rapidly with six printings exhausted within a month, making it the best selling book on the market.
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London
German Prisoners Try Escape From England By Rowboat
Two German prisoners escaped from a camp near Salisbury Plain and attempted to cross the English Channel in an ordinary rowboat. They were captured by a coast patrol near the coast toward Zebrugge after traveling about sixty miles. One spoke English, they carried about five dollars in silver, and hid biscuits bread fruit a razor and water under a boat nearby.
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Associated Press
London
England
English Channel
Zebrugge
Salisbury Plain
Rectal disease clinic offers noninvasive cure in Oklahoma
Our firm provides a refund if cure is not perfect and cites hundreds of Oklahoma clients. They advertise painless piles treatment without bed rest or injections, claiming success with Ada and Chickasha residents. Free examination, consult offered by Drs Gordon and Gerard at Oklahoma office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ce Ee
Oklahoma
Southwest
Ada
Chickasha
Paul Alderson Receives Lieutenant Commission
Mrs Paul E Alderson announces her husband has been commissioned as lieutenant in Company F 158th Infantry He enlisted as a private months ago and his record earned him a spot at the officers training camp from which he graduated recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Alderson
Co. F
158Th Infantry
Alderson
Army
Professional cards and veterinary surgeon contact notices
Professional Cards listing L. Orr, M. D. Res., 122 North Mississippi Avenue with phone numbers, plus an office over First National Bank. Also a veterinary surgeon at West 12th Street with office on West 12th Street and contact details.
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M. J. Beets
First National Bank
Ada county surveyor and dentist notices
Dr F R Laird dentist and B F Bates county surveyor listed with offices in Ada Oklahoma. Bates is shown at the county clerk’s office and both indicate open on Mondays.
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B. F. Bates
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America
Sumatra
Breil
United States
Hin
City Garage
S. O
Smith
General
U. S. Post Office
A. L. Scott Lumber Company
German Board For Clothing Supplies
Association of Textile Retailers
WAT Coop
Trent
Brenta
Lagariver
Italy
Pretoria Palace
Cathedral of
Council of Trent
Dante
Botte
Britain
Gen. von Eichhorn
Imperial Clothing Office
Chickash
Paul Alderson
L. M. Overton
Fitzhugh, Oklahoma
Pe. c. A &Fuomas
Des. Granger
Grang&s
Norris-Haney Bidg
W. D. Faust
M. L. Lewis
DRS
Faust & Lewis Physicians and Surgeons
Faust Hospital
F. R. Laird
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