Red Cross Nursing Course Expands War Service Roles
Lyda M. Anderson announces a comprehensive Red Cross home nursing course with 30 hours of lectures and 240 hours in hospital wards. The program trains American women in hygiene and home care to support war relief and assist professional nurses, with chapters organizing local classes and securing instructors.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Lyda M. Anderson
Railway Exchange
St. Louis
Nurses in War Service Highlighted at Cleveland Convention
The American Nurses Association opens in Cleveland with 15000 nurses abroad. about 1200 head a three day meeting. Leaders include Delano Beard Nutting Goodrich and Lathrop. Sessions cover nursing in war with Sophia Kiel and Helen Scott Hay among speakers.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
American Nurses Association
National League of Nursing and Education
Organization For Health Nursing
Mies Grace Allison
Jane A. Delano
National Committee On Red Cross
Mary Beard
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
Adelaide Nutting
Shipbuilders Show Strong Week Launches and Ship Deliveries
The Shipping Board announced a robust week ending May 5 with ten steel ships totaling 55 569 tons and six wooden ships of 21 500 tons launched by American yards. In the same period twelve steel ships totaling 80 180 tons were delivered to the board complete.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Brents Cleaning Up Duncan Raid Smashes 500 Quarts
Special Officer T. E. Brents and Deputies Sellers Skaggs Bivens Champman Collier raided the garage of A C Fowlers at Duncan and smashed 500 quarts of booze on the front lawn. The Walters Democrat notes the owner objected to the lawn party and that Duncan is due for a general cleaning as Brents team prosecutes vice.
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Brents
Duncan
T. E. Brents
Sellers
Skaggs
Bivens
Champman
Collier
A. C. Fowlers
Walters Democrat
Democrat
Supreme Court Upholds 1906 Cumberland Union
The U S Supreme Court today declared valid the 1906 merger of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and consolidation of its property. Federal decrees awarding control of the Missouri Valley college endowment and buildings to the Presbyterian synod of Kansas were also sustained. A second item notes a Belgian Congo street vendor selling shoe polish in Brussels and a May 3 national army call for 6 207 skilled men to assemble May 17.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Washington, M
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court
Missouri Valley College
Cumberland
Marshall, Mo
Presbyterian Synod of Kansas
Congo
Brussels
Paris
Belgian Congo
Libre Belgique
St. Gilles
Washington
National Army
Crowder
New Jersey
Italy tightens rules on sending bank drafts abroad
Rome reports new controls on outward funds requiring proof of necessity for bank drafts, with large sums scrutinized. The measures aim to stabilize exchange and curb speculation while exchange rates are fixed weekly by law. Oscar Crosby, representing the US Treasury, notes European nations need American dollars to stabilize their currencies. Travelers can purchase foreign currency on presentation of passports and related papers.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Oscar T. Crosby
United States Treasury Department
England
France
Buggs Wallace Writes Home From Rainbow Division Front
Private C. E. Wallace of Ambulance Company 167, 117 Sanitary Train, 42 Division A. E. F. sends a cheerful war letter from France. He praises the Rainbow Division for its fighting and says they have earned many War Crosses. He notes weather, training, anecdotes, and plans to return after Kaiser’s surrender.
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France
Paris
Billy” Kaiser
Illinois Socialists Seek Immediate Peace Conference
Illinois socialists in a state convention in Chicago yesterday urged constant opposition to the war and recall of soldiers from France. They demanded a conference of delegates from all warring nations, selected by the peoples, to craft a world peace. They also urged immediate recognition of the Bolshevik government in Russia.
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Illinois
Chicago
France
Wilson
Agreement Between Holland and Germany Clarified
The Hague report states Holland and Germany reached a settlement. Germany will allow limited transport over the Dutch Railway via Roermond but exclude airplanes arms and munitions. No troops transport was ever in question. Germany also limits sand and gravel shipped through Dutch waterways to 1 600 000 tons and will not use it for military purposes.
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Holland
Germany
Hague
Loudon
Roermond
Swamp-Root Heralded as Kidney Remedy by Doctor
An examining physician for a major life insurance company says many insurance applicants are declined due to undetected kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root is praised as an herbal remedy with a strong sales pulse, offered in two bottle sizes with a 10 cent sample on request to Dr Kilmer Co. Birmingham NY.
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Ada Weekly News
Semenoff Drives Bolsheviks From Siberia Into Manchuria
Harbin May 6. General Semenoff, Cossack leader opposed to the Bolsheviki government in Siberia, has driven forces into Manchuria and rules with strict discipline. Reports recount his harsh punishments for traitors and his ability to intimidate Bolshevik agents and officers.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Associated Press
Semenoff
Siberia
Irkutsk
Geveral Semeroff
Petrograd
Vladivostok
British Push in Mesopotamia Threatens Turkish Hold
New York reports May 4 indicates Britain advances north and northwest of Bagdad with a second column along the Euphrates to Aleppo. Capturing Mogulweer would give control of a key Mesopotamian communications hub and threaten Nishien and the Bagdad railway. Sudan troops lead the push toward Mosul and Aleppo, raising the peril to Turkish forces.
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New York
Germany
Turkey
Bagdad
Euphrates
Aleppo
Mogulweer
Nothern
Mesopotamia
Nishien
Iitinople
Pos Aleppo
Sia
Siman
Palestine
Great Britain
Mosul
Sudan
Europe
West Front
Coal Co Soldier Killed in France in Casualty List
Washington. Today's casualty list shows 88 names with categories including killed in action six, died of disease nine, wounded severely four, missing in action fifteen. Corporal Gus Chretien of Phillips Oklahoma is reported killed in action.
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Washington
Gus Chretien
Phillips
Okpoed
Cement Company Moves Offices to New Plant Building
The Oklahoma Portland Cement Co. moves its offices to a new building at the plant. The quarters were specially constructed for the office and staff, with conveniences tailored to the operations.
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Oklahoma Portland Cement Co
Red Cross Receives $15.75 From Hen and Chicks Auction
A Rhode Island Red hen and 15 chicks donated by Mrs. J C Robinson were auctioned by Rev. Stratt on Saturday. The lot sold three times and returned to the Red Cross each round, bringing a total of 15.75. Afterward Mr. Smith donated the hen and chicks to widow Foster. Separately the Gem theatre staged Won by Wireless, raising 45 for Hickory and area Red Cross chapters.
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Rhode Island
Red Cross
J.C. Robinson
Rev. Stratt
Limp King
Rev. A. W. Solo
C. H. Smith
Pickens
Aarge
Hickory
Roff Eagle
Fire destroys Nichols home in east town
A gasolin e iron exploded in the east town residence of I. D. Nichols and family, destroying the four room house and most belongings. Mrs Nichols smothered a hair fire with a towel to avoid injury. Rev Stratton raised 155 for the family and the property owner was Mrs Thacker.
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I. D. Nichols
Lehigh Lacks Ball Nine As Players Go To War
Lehigh reports no ball nine this season for first time in over twenty years as many players leave to help in the war effort against the Kaiser.
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Lehigh
Kaiser
Lehigh News
War Dept Seeks Extra Billion for Aircraft Production
Washington May 6 The War Department asked Congress for a additional one billion dollar appropriation for aircraft production. This would supplement the existing six hundred forty million dollars already appropriated and expended.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
War Department
Alligators Cause Arrest in Plaza Pool Case
El Paso May 4 federal officers arrest Miss Catherine Schmid after a question about alligators at the Plaza pool sparked curiosity. Suspected espionage notes and a coded Spanish message found in her belongings led to indictment by a grand jury. She claims Swiss birth and work as a governess in England and the United States.
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el Paso
Texas
Plaza Pool
Catherine Schmid
New Mexico
Miss Schmid
Fort Bliss
Miss Lehmid
East
Middle West
United States
Federal Court
Grand Jury
Switzerland
England
Raton
México
Denver
Hazel West Wins Second Honors in Inter-Normal Reading
Miss Hazel West from Alva took second honors in the inter-normal reading contest. Belen Turner and Miss Daisy Whipple of Pontotoc County represented Weatherford normal. The Spanish Dance from Longfellow’s Spanish Student was the chosen piece.
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Belen Turner
Hazel
Alva
Dmond
Longfellow
Daisy Whipple
Pontotoc County
Weatherford
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