Adjournment Ends War Session of Sixty Fifth Congress
The Sixty fifth Congress adjourned after a Republican filibuster stopped most major bills. Only the Victory Loan and wheat guarantee measures survived while others including the three year naval program and sundry civil bill were killed. The president pledged no extra session before departing for France. Adjournment signals end of Democratic control at the Capitol.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Capitol
France
Bohemia in Need of Help Sparks Council Action
Paris March 5 The Bohemia crisis prompts urgent council discussion as no meeting today. Herbert Hoover director general of the relief will testify tomorrow on relief measures to restore food supplies amid the inter allied relief effort.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bohemia
Herbert Hoover
Inter-Allied Relief
Good Roads Mer Elect Officers
Pontotoc County Good Roads Association convened in cold weather and elected officers Dr L M Overton president, W M Pegg Allen vice president, R W Allen treasurer, H B Roach secretary. Col Sidney Suggs spoke on roads and plans to push national funding for the Oil Cities Highway. Next meeting set for Ada on the first Monday in April.
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Pontotoc
Sidney Suggs
Ada
Spartacus League and Berlin Communists Call General Strike
The National Spartacus League and Greater Berlin Communist groups urge an immediate general strike to overthrow the national assembly and present republic. They instruct followers to assemble at factories to halt work and avoid street marches to prevent suppression by force. Vorwaerts notes metal trades and rail workers largely back the strike.
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Associated Press
Berlin
National Spartacus League
Greater Berlin
National Assembly
Vorwaerts
Government vows to keep railroads under control
Director General Hines said Congress has not funded the railroads administration and the government has no plan to relinquish control. He noted railroads did not intend to raise rates and will continue operation as usual, seeking private loans or War Finance Corporation advances to finance road use and avoid layoffs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Railroads Administration
Hines
War Finance Corporation
Koenigsberg Threatened as Sparta Cans Move On
March 5. Sparta can movement aims to seize Koenigsberg in East Russia to open a route to Moscow for bolshevik aid. The government bulletin says forces have entered Koenigsberg to suppress the movement.
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Berlin
Koenigsberg
Russia
Moscow
Lodge Ends League Fight with Senate Resolution
Sena tor Lodge introduced a resolution calling the Senate record against the league's constitution, signaling the end of the dispute. He read a list of thirty seven senators expected to vote on the peace treaty and said they had signed or approved the measure. A filibuster over a 750 million dollar railroad administration deficiency bill continued through the night led by LaFollette, France of Maryland, and Sherman of Illinois.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
League of Nations
Senate
League
LaFollette
France
Mrayland
Sherman
Illinois
Farm exhibit shipped to France for returning soldiers
A 60000 dollar farming exhibit assembled by the U S Department of Agriculture and the War Department is being shipped to France this week by the Y M C A War Work Council. Four government experts will supervise four months of instruction for American Expeditionary Force soldiers to learn scientific farm management and soil utilization.
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New York
France
War Work Council
Young Men’s Christian Association
United States Department of Agriculture
War Department
United States
A. A. Ormsby
Department of Agriculture
University control reform proposed in Oklahoma house
A bill moves to transfer state university control at Norman from the state board of education to a seven member non partisan board of regents. Governors appoint with senate confirmation. at least two members to be university alumni. Regents receive three dollars per day for actual session time not to exceed five days.
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State University
Norman
State Board of Education
Board of Regents
Anglin
Dabney
Senate
Wanted to buy farm stock and seeds on Main Street
Advertises purchasing garden and field seeds, seed potatoes, flour and feed. Will buy hens and call for them. Contact R. L. Holcomb at 200 East Main by phone 173.
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R. L. Holcomb
East Main
Government troops fire on Berlin rioters in police district
Berlin reports casualties as government troops at police headquarters fired on rioters yesterday morning. The city was orderly today as War Minister Gustav Noske imposed measures believed effective. Indications show the strike may be deadlocked due to the majority Socialists.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Gustav Noske
German Troops Seize Halle as Berlin and Weimar Fight
An aviator arriving from Halle reports troops occupied the cit y of Halle and Berlin and Weimar saw street fighting. Thirty civilians were killed and government troops suffered casualties in the clashes.
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Berlin
Halle
Weimar
Local Farming Prep as Snow Clears in Community
Farmers bustle to prepare crops ahead of seasonal planting. Social visits fill the week with Misses Lee and Ledford hosting and others visiting relatives across Yeager Oakman Summers Chapel and Parish Chapel. A wedding ends the week as Emory Douglas and Lillian Saunders wed last Thursday. church services and prayer meetings frame the weekend with a plentiful attendance.
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Misses Lee
Yeager
Vivian
Daisy Ledford
Claude Pennington
Virgil Farmer
Alva Isaac
Gertrude Pennington
Myrtle Horton
Mrs. Walker
Oakman
Gertrude Hammonds
Colbert
Estelle Lamb
R. Lamb
Velma
Captain Dryden
Jewel Isaac
J. W. Isaac
Mrs. Holland
Summers Chapel
Augusta Thompson
Virgie Maddox
Emory Douglas
Lillian Saunders
Parish Chapel
Ruth Horton
Ada
Myrtle
Flora Tabors
Labor leader urges daylight law to stay in effect
Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor says a national daylight saving law reduces industrial accidents and should not be repealed. The Senate agricultural committee has attached repeal provisions as a rider to the agricultural appropriation bill.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Senate Agricultural Committee
Normal Boys Drop Narrow Loss to Okmulgee Balks
The Normal Boys traveled to Okmulgee Monday evening and lost 33 to 28. Ada’s team praised the Okmulgee players for clean play and fair treatment, saying they had no complaints about the contest.
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Okmulgee
Ada
Germans in Defiant Mood In Paris Cabinet Meeting
The German cabinet, with party leaders and ship owners delegates, agrees Germany will not submit to Entente coercion in armistice talks or peace parlers. Berlin says it will not assume responsibility for consequences if Entente tests German patience. Requisition of shipping demands are deemed unacceptable as they would paralyze Germany’s economic future.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Entente
Zurich
le Journal
Pleasant rural gathering and church services noted
Weather is fine and farmers enjoy it with good church attendance. Rev Coggins from Stratford preached fine sermons and singing was enjoyed all weekend. Local residents such as Bray, Barnes, Estes and Walton participated, with hospital nursing from Winnie Willis and appeals for help to neighbors. School attendance remains strong as Walnut Grove progresses.
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Coggins
Stratford
Cook
McGee
Chism
Summers Chapel
Gailey
J. F. Bray
Purcell
Ruth Barnes
Aline Hutto
Will Barnes
Rosedale
Barnes
Barney Estes
Essie Deathridge
Bertha Bray
Ada
E. C
Gailey Springs
Bud Blevens
Roxie Sloan
Willie Boen
Winnie Willis
Houston
Tex
Maudie Ward
A. Walls
Marvin Bray
Cecil Light
Walnut Grove
Priv
Peat
Social and family notices from West Byng and Ada area
A Friday to Sunday roundup lists social events visits and family updates. Attendees include Mrs T S Fry with Rue and family, Bonnie Fry visiting grandparents the Grays, and Mrs Minnie Palmer's baby illness. Ada trips by Dell Sam Whitely and Mr McBroom with Argo Dodson referenced. A Katy railroad accident killed a Summers cow. Community members invite submissions for West Byng and New Bethel notices.
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Ida Butcher
Cleo
Ada
Mildred Dodson
Latta
Susie
Dora Palmer
Dell
Sam Whitely
Effie Lane
Egypt
Mrs. Jones
Minnie Palmer
Emma Graham
Tom Jones
36th Division Arrives Newport News Ready for Return
The 131st artillery of the Thirty sixth division which includes Oklahoma and Texas National Guard units reached Newport News today. The 132nd and 133rd artillery are en route. Officials announced the division may return to America in August.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Texas National Guard
Newport News
133Rd
America
Let a Want Ad Get It for You
Classified notice urges readers to use want ads to locate goods services and job openings. It promotes fast results and broad reach through local listings and regional circulation.
Wilson sails for France on second voyage
President Wilson departed from Hoboken on the transport George Washington for France, saying he will not return until the war there ends. The departure at 8:15 A.M. occurred during a marine strike with the cruiser Amphitrite saluting at 9:10 A.M.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilson
France
Metropolitan Opera House
George Washington
Hoboken Pier
Amphitrite
Resignation of United States Assistant Attorney General
Carroll Todd resigned from the role overseeing Sherman anti trust prosecutions. He had been mentioned as a possible successor to Attorney General Gregory whose resignation took effect yesterday. The president signed A Mitchell Palmer’s appointment as attorney general last night.
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New York
Carroll Todd
United States
Europe
Todd
Gregory
A. Mitchell Palmer
More Correspondents Wanted for Ada News
The Ada News invites new and old correspondents to submit weekly community updates. Submit letters by Wednesday noon with names for contact, including local improvements and vital events like births deaths and marriages, plus school news. Free subscription and stamps offered.
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ADA News
German government faces possible collapse reports say
March 3. Berlin dispatches indicate the German government’s position is precarious as ministers meet with the workers council and a manifesto is issued. All correspondents describe the situation as grave and unsettled in the capital.
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London
Berlin
Doctor’s witty prescription saves nerves and dime
A Healdton physician recounts a joke about a patient needing a prescription. After predicting a 60 cent fill, the doctor lends 60 cents but scratches out part of the order and returns 10 cents, saying you can get it filled for a dime. He notes what he scratched out was for nerves.
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Healdton
Healdton Herald
Untimely Death of Sgt Ben Samuels in WWI Service
A heartfelt tribute from Rena Vaughn to Sgt Ben D Samuels of Coalgate Oklahoma who died in service at Camp Tahyham Pennsylvania on November 8 from influenza. The letter laments his loss, recalls his bright smile, and mourns the vacant place in the family circle.
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Ben D. Samuels
Coalgate
Okla
Camp Tahyhama
Pennsylvania
Oxford University Reopens as War Quiet Ends
Oxford England February 1 Oxford University resumes activity after four years of war quietude. Twelve hundred undergraduates are in residence many in khaki some on crutches or missing limbs Rhodes scholars expected in record numbers. Overcrowding changes in education and chemistry and science draw interest while history interest grows.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Eng
Oxford University
Rhodes
Japan Departs Eight Hundred Chinese Coolies
Tokyo March 6. Japan deported eight hundred Chinese coolies sent back to Antung under police escort by the home ministry. Editor M Zumoto of the Herald of Asia notes the policy restricting Japanese labor abroad allows workers to earn a living at home. The coolies were imported from Antung by an Hiroshima iron manufacturer who lost 25000 dollars.
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Tokio
Japan
Antung
M. Zumoto
The
Herald of Asia
America
Australia
Hiroshima
French Women Change Styles in Headgear
Paris reports peasant girls in rural France abandoning close fitting native head wear. A move toward the tawny hairstyle preserves women’s hair while Chinese hair supplies vanish, making false hair costly with blond plaits valued at about $20 an ounce.
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Paris
France
George Harrison Aboard Morning Tupelo Passenger Trip
The report notes George Harrison traveled as a passenger to Tupelo this morning while T. J. Chambless visited Coalgate on business.
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George Harrison
Tupelo
Kerr Oklahoma City merchant dies in Jersey City
George G. Kerr, a well known Oklahoma City merchant, died at 9 p m last night in Jersey City New Jersey. The telegram received here today gave no cause of death.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
George G. Kerr
Jersey City
N. J
Kerr
Bulgaria in bad way financially crisis looms after war
Sofia reports Bulgaria facing a financial crisis with war costs over 1.5 billion dollars and wealth אך only about 2.2 billion. The national debt to Germany reached 660 million, plus plans for heavy taxation and wealth confiscation to cover deficits.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Associated Press
Germany
United States
England
Blacksmith Services by Joe S Jared at East Main
Joe S. Jared offers general blacksmithing and repair work with a specialty in horseshoeing at 210 East Main. Quality work at right prices advertised with local address and date.
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Joe S. Jared
East Main
NEW BETHEL COMMUNITY NOTES HIGHLIGHT VISITS AND SINGING
In New Bethel the area enjoys pleasant weather as residents report activity. Mrs Addie Maxbury visits her mother Mrs Ray, Sam Ray travels to Ada on business, Rev C W Stringer goes to Sasakwa for services, and singing at the local church draws a good crowd with another session planned.
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J. L. Carmichel
Lindsay
W. W. Norton
Carmichel
Pickett
Ada
Union Hill
Mr. Norton
Louise Jorden
Herman Stilwell
Tulsa
J. B. Hill
Mr. Callerman
Addie Maxbury
Mrs. Ray
Sam Ray
C. W. Stringer
Sasakwa
Minnie Hart
Virgil Lindsey
Ada Saturday. Mrs. Short
Stringer
P. G. Ray
Bras
Louis
Henry Chandler
Dave Chandler
Mrs. Short
Irene
Grady Chandler
Walter Sparkman
Walter Frazier
Francis
Bertha Sparkman
Cra Patterson
George
Denny Mitchell
Tishomingo Schools 100 Percent East Central Educ Association
Supt. T D D Quaid sent to President Gordon the enrollment fees for fifteen teachers, making their Tishomingo faculty full members of the East Central Educational Association.
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Tishomingo Live Wire
T. D. D. Quaid
Tishomingo Schools
Gordon
East Central Educational Association
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Lodge
BY NG
Newport News, Va
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T. J. Chambless
G. G. Kerr
CY Merchant
Jones Chapel
Pendagraff
Pendagraf
Dora da
New Bethel
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