McKeown aids aviator for Ada Woodmen Red Cross fair
Telegram dated June 18 1918 reports Congressman McKeown’s steps to secure an aviator for exhibition flights at the Woodmen Red Cross picnic in Ada Oklahoma July 4 and 5. War department permission via general order allows aircraft use with training needs. contact Major Dorgue Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Woodmen-Red Cross
Ada
McKeown
Washington, D. C
J. M. Wintersmith
Oklahoma
War Department
Red Cross
Dorgue
Fort Sill
Tom D. McKeown
M. C
Oil Queen of Oklahoma targets Red Cross in stock promotion
Oklahoma City authorities announce prosecutions under a new sedition law for abusing Red Cross imagery to solicit oil stock investments. Mrs Lillian Gilstrap, longtime oil promoter, is named as the first case, accused of using the Red Cross emblem and photograph in a solicitous appeal for five hundred volunteers to fund an oil lease. The council warns agents to report abuses and pursue federal action.
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Oklahoma City
Red Cross
Oklahoma State Council of Defense
State Council
Lillian Gilstrap
Oklahoma
Herskowitz
Gilstrap
Uncle Sam
Liberty
Argentina Africa trade grows on rail ties and shoes
Buenos Aires reports rapid expansion of commerce with South Africa after a Japan to Buenos Aires steamship line connected Cape Town. South Africa imported steel rails, shoes, by products, linseed oil, canned meats, wheat, and Argentine hardwood ties while Argentina acquired hessians, ostrich feathers, tea, lucerne seed, wines, brandy, gin, and coal.
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Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Argentine Republic
South Africa
Yokohama
Cape Town
Chambers for Representative in Pontotoc County Race
M L Chambers announces candidacy for Representative in the next Legislature subject to the Democratic Primary August 6 1918. He pledges to support wartime laws, education funding, and labor measures while stressing patriotism and a commitment to public service. He cites decades of printing work and missionary involvement and identifies as a progressive Democrat allied with Woodrow Wilson.
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Pontotoc County
Atlanta
Georgia
Oklahoma
Texas
Oklahoma City
Ada News
Methodist Church, South
Woodmen of World
Woodmen Circle
Knights & Ladies of Security
The
International Typographical Union
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Roosevelt
Ada Gains New Baptist Pastor from Honey Grove
The Ada Oklahoma church calls Rev Bonni Grimes to lead their First Baptist after nine years in Honey Grove Texas. The Honey Grove Signal praises his tenure with growth of the church and a new brick chapel. Grimes may stay in Honey Grove through July unless Ada’s congregation secures a pastor earlier. Capt. C. L. Orr and Lieut. Robert Kerr have been transferred to a New Jersey post.
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Honey Grove
Texas
Bonnie Grimes
First Baptist Church of
Ada
Baptist Church
Oklahoma
Grimes
C. L. Orr
Robert Kerr
New Jersey
Oklahoma Farmers Union Leaders Resign Over War Talk
Wm John Simpson faced ouster amid disloyalty charges as Oklahoma Farmers Union leaders resigned from the executive committee after a daylong meeting. J N Freeman supported a pro Simpson resolution. Edmondson and Taylor opposed it, citing criticism of the president's wartime remarks.
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Oklahoma City
Ed Reger
Hydro
Simpson
Reger
Freeman
Edmondson
Taylor
Government Seizes Busch Properties Nationwide
The Alien Property Custodian Palmer ordered seizure of all Mrs. Adolphus Busch of St. Louis assets in the United States valued in the millions. The holdings include breweries in St. Louis and other cities as Mrs. Busch travels from Germany to Cuba en route home.
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Associated Press
Washington
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Palmer
Busch
Germany
Cuba
United States
White men urged to join 400 new UT Austin course
Dipcon Gipson received a Washington telegram directing 400 additional men be sent to the University of Texas at Austin for a special training course. The call is limited to registered white men fit for general duty and may draw one from classes 1 or 4. Oklahoma ranks fourth in soldiers furnished to the national army. Gipson calls it an exceptional opportunity and a high compliment from the War Department.
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Dipcon
Campson
Washington
University of Texas At Austin
War Department
Gipson
Oklahoma
Funeral for Corrie Whartons year old daughter
The funeral was held for Corrie Wharton's year old daughter at 7 PM Sunday at Y N Finley's home with Rev. Clifford B. James officiating. The child died Sunday morning after a long illness, following the recent death of her husband. The community shares in the bereavement and prayers for comfort are noted. Mrs L Pope and daughter Juliette visited in Fort Worth, while R M Roddie returned from Ardmore.
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Corrie Wharton
West 18Th St
Y. N. Finley
Johnson
Clifford B. James
Christian Church
Stamps
L. Pope
Juliette
Lela Hurst
Fort Worth
R. M. Roddie
Ardmore
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Palm Beach
Crash
East Central
Selec
Tion
Keown
Africa
London
Hebuterne
Albert
War Office
Lys Salient
M. L. Chambers
Home Paper
John Simpson
Busch Properties
Warner
Warners
Stentor
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