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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
16
War Savings Stamps are urged as the democratic way to support the war effort with every man woman and child participating. The program offers stamps in denominations of five dollars to help unite the country in wartime savings and thrift.
The notice explains War Savings Stamps pricing for 1918 with a 4 percent quarterly compounded rate. A stamp price rises from four to five dollars as costs change, noting a one cent monthly premium and the impact on the investment over the year.
An advisory note explains that certificates are nontransferable and tied to wealth and tax power. It promises money-back access on 10 days' notice, anytime needed, highlighting simplicity and security of the instrument.
Government urges citizens to buy War Savings Stamps before the deadline to support the war effort. The appeal highlights trusted series of stamps and notes small denominations allow broad participation. Local post offices provide purchase details.
Boston Massachusetts June 17 The cornerstone of Reconstruction Base Hospital No 1 the first of its kind in the United States and a gift to the government by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was laid on Parker Hill in the presence of a distinguished assembly. Delegations from national state and city officials medical leaders and thousands of Elks attended the ceremony. The hospital will serve maimed and disabled soldiers sailors providing expert care and occupational training to rebuild them into capable citizens. The gift was accepted by the Surgeon General and construction funded from the Elks relief fund totaling 250000.
Granite Works of the Elks gave the principal address praising benevolent and patriotic aims behind a gift to the country and to soldiers in need. E Mark Sullivan represented New England lodges, including the Boston Lodge of Elks, at the event.
Premier Radoslavoff has tendered the cabinet's resignation and King Ferdinand accepted it. Ministers are asked to retain portfolios until a new cabinet is formed. The report cites June 17 from Sofia.
A set of wartime letters from soldiers and friends describing moves hundreds of miles from the front, travel by box cars, visits to old churches and towns, and distant camps in 1918. They recount training, hospital care, and hopes for letters from home, plus notes on weather, storms, and life in camp as the Kaiser looms.
Chief Gunner Waite of the British navy told a packed normal auditorium crowd that only two races exist the human race and the Germans. He described German cruelties in Belgium and elsewhere, praised Red Cross Salvation Army and Y M C A, urged War Savings and War Stamp support, and expressed pride in American soldiers and potential naturalization.
Washington reports Bulletin 242 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics examining food conditions in Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey in 1917. It notes widespread hardship Germany and Austria struggle to feed themselves while Hungary fares better and Bulgaria suffers least, with rising tuberculosis death rates and undernourished workers.
Eugene V. Debs addressed the closing session of the Ohio Socialist convention in Canton denying he repudiated the St. Louis platform and urging firm adherence to socialist principles. Federal agents meanwhile detained fifty five young socialists over draft papers as Debs compared allies to central powers and warned of a Bolshevik era. Cleveland's U S Attorney warned he may bring Debs before a grand jury for espionage act violations if quotes about the allies being plunderers are confirmed.
St Louis reports Alexander Baptiste, nearly 100, resuming active direction of his tent and manufacturing business after a self described retirement. He had planned a California retirement last November. now he begins another day at 6 a.m. with physical culture, a hearty breakfast, and an 8 a.m. work start, asserting his capacity exceeds much younger men.
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