Penrose and Warren Win Chairmanship Posts
Republican progressives failed to block the selection of Penrose of Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming as chairmen of the finance and appropriations committees. The split vote 35 to 5 favored both assignments as the party conference approved the plan. Senator Johnson of California indicated no Senate floor fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Warren
Wryomig
Johnson
California
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Kenyon
Iowa
Noris
Nebraska
Retaining Disabled Soldiers and Sailors
Washington May 26 More than 1200 discharged soldiers are being trained in business courses at schools and colleges. Vocational Education favors using existing schools for training in bookkeep ing clerical work stenography and telegraphy with paths to advanced roles after evening classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Hawker and Grieve Rescued At Sea
British aviators Harry Hawker and Lieut Commander Grieve, missing six days after a trans Atlantic flight, were rescued by the Danish steamer Mary and later taken to a British warship off the Orkneys. Their recovery follows a risky water landing when their engine failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harry Hawker
Grieve
Atlantic Ocean
Orkneys
Newfoundland
Mary
New Orleans
Norfolk
Aarhuus
Denmark
Lewis
Hawker
Admiralty
Revenge
Kalut Volcanic Eruption Devastates Java Villages
The Kalut volcano on Java erupts wiping out twenty villages in Prengat and eleven in Chax with an estimated 15 000 deaths. Java, a Dutch East Indies dependency, has suffered historic violent eruptions including the 1884 catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Kalut
Java
Prengat
Cliax
Netherlands
East Indies
Training for Returned Soldiers Amidst Vocational Courses
The Federal Board for Vocational Education urges intensive, near continuous training for returning soldiers to secure early wage earning. Vacations are discouraged for those in re education, but allowances are made for two limited groups. Those unable to arrange courses during vacations may receive the same payments, while other men are urged to work in related occupations during school closures. On the job trainees get paid vacation only if medical advice supports it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Democrats Prepare For Next Campaign
In Chicago on May 27 the Democratic National Committee begins a two day meeting to map a broad campaign for the next presidential election. Chairman Homer S. Cummings will speak at the opening session as committee women join the conference led by Mrs. George Bass. The event ends with a banquet May 29 with Charles Boeschenstein presiding and speeches by Carter Glass and Attorney General Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VN Chicaco
Democratic National Committee
Homer S. Cummings
National Committee
George Bass
Charles Boeschenstein
Illinois
Liver Symptoms and Herbal Stimulation Ad
Advertisement detailing torpid liver symptoms such as dizziness vertigo and sallow complexion. Claims HERBINE is a powerful liver stimulant with relief after one or two doses. Mentions price 60c and seller Bart Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Smith
Oklahoma road bond issue voted against by wide margin
Final tally from the state election board shows 69 917 for and 171 327 against the 50 million road bond. Greer County's return arrived yesterday morning, producing a majority against of 101 410.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
State Election Board
Greer County
Mrs Ollie Stanfield Returns From Okinawa Visit
Mrs Ollie Stanfield and her mother Mrs 8S R Clement of Okinawa returned home Friday after visiting their brother and son Claude Clement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Stanfield
8S. R. Clement
Okinawa
Claude Clement
Woodmen of the World Hold Memorial Services
Sunday marked a notable day for Woodmen of the World Ada Camp 568 with a memorial sermon at First Christian church by Rev. C. V. Dunn a fellow member. The service read the names of deceased members listed since January 1 last year and an unveiling ceremony at city cemeteries followed led by W C Williams and honored by Head Counselor A N Leecraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
C. V. Dunn
H. M. Goad
H. H. Pritchett
P. O. Barton
August Fishbeck
H. W W. Ato
Brews
BB. Gotcher
J. W. Shelton
R. H. Mussrove
A. N. Leecraft
Woodmen
Oklahoma
Woodcraft
Leecraft
Dunn
Knox
Scholarships Offered For Pontotoc County Youth
Four hundred dollars will be given to two Pontotoc County boys who win state scholarships to the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater. Each scholarship is worth 100 annually for two years with exams covering English, arithmetic, history, penmanship, and practical agriculture. Examinations are held the second Friday and Saturday in June. local coordinators are A Floyd, Joe B Hill, Mrs. Duvall, and B A Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Blaine
Jess Glover
Lula
Lloyd Wadell
Roff
Virgil Hunt
Stratford
Claude Carter
Oakman
Ben Hatcher
Stonewall
William Riddle
Union Valley
Eustace McMinn
Lovelady
Alvis Ross
Dorsey Meyers
Tyrola
Wesley McGuyre
Ada
A. Floyd
Joe B. Hill
Duvall
B. A. Pratt
Ballard's Sno Liniment Advertises Quick Healing
Barbed wire cuts ragreed wounds collar and harness galls heal quickly with Ballard's Sno Liniment. It is marketed as healing and antiseptic. Prices listed 21e 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Bart Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Bart Smith
Final Effort 10 Beat Penrose Fails
Republican senators meeting in open conference reaffirmed standing committee selections by the committee on committees. A motion by Senator Borah to replace Senator Penrose as Finance Committee chairman was voted down 34 to 8. Progressives signaled no further test and would not press the fight on the senate floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Committees
Borah
Penrose
Senate
Capt Hargis Named State Highway Enforcement Officer
Captain Sam H Hargis returned from Oklahoma City reporting his appointment as enforcement officer for the state highway commission. He is one of four officers chosen to oversee convict labor on highways and tax collection duties with travel, earning fifteen hundred dollars annually. Ada citizens praise the selection as highly suitable for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargis
Sam H. Hargis
Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Department of the Commission
Harigs
Ada
ROROZONE Antiseptic Adv Promotes Immediate Wound Healing
Surgeons stress first treatment for cuts burns and bruises with prompt antiseptic application to prevent infection. ROROZONE is marketed as an ideal antiseptic and heating agent for use on living or dead tissue. Sold by Bart Smith with prices listed as 25 10e 1.00 and 1.40 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Smith
Treasury reports total Victory Loan subscriptions reach record
Washington May 26 total Victory Loan subscriptions announced by the treasury department amount to 65 249 998 290 an oversubscription of 750 000 099. The figure reflects broad public participation and marks a strong fundraising result for the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treacury Department
Press Meeting at Medicine Park praised as highly successful
State Press Association gathering at Medicine Park drew strong segment of the press and elected officers led by J W Kayser as president. Key actions included passage supporting legal publication rate hikes, personal tax publication, and a central advertising bureau. Fort Sill events and Lawton fishing drew wide interest.
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Press Association
Medicine Park
John Anderson
Snyder
Anderson
Bronson
Board of Affairs
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma City
McAlester
J. W. Kayser
Chickasha
R. M. Elam
Ponca City
J. L
Lawton
Western Newspaper Union
Hinds
Ft. Sill
Favorable report on repeal of tax bill advances
Washington May 27. The House Ways and Means committee voted unanimously for a favorable report on a revenue bill that would repeal the severance taxes. The motion to repeal other taxes in the bill was referred to a later stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hleanse Wavs and Means Committee
Recognition for Kolchak by the Big Four
The Council of Four conditionally agrees to recognize anti Bolshevik regimes of Admiral Kolchak in Siberia and General Denekine in the Black Sea area. Recognition hinges on Russia convoking and accepting a genuine constituent assembly and adherence to the League covenant and border changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Peace Conference
Admiral Kolchak
Siberia
Denekine
Black Sea
Reuter
Russia
League of Nations
Kolchak
Lenine
Trotsky
Jail Escape From City Prison Cited By Sawed Bars
Whitson Lee confined on petty theft charges bent and sawed iron window bars to escape last night accompanied by two other prisoners Cecil Morton and Barton Wright who slipped away while guards were briefly away. Authorities note Lee had five days left on his sentence and fear the escape may prompt extra fines. A small saw was reportedly hidden in a shoe and the men reportedly caught the run-away fever from the prior night’s breaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitson Lee
Lee
Cecil Morton
Barton Wright
Indian Bill Carries 200 Per Capita Payment
The House passed the Indian Appropriation bill totaling about 13 million dollars after an amendment by Representative Carter raising Choctaw and Chickasaw per capita to 200 dollars. The measure distributes about 5.4 million dollars to Eastern Oklahoma and allows the Osage Indian Council to hire an attorney at up to 10 thousand dollars annually without interior department approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Carter
Oklahoma
Osage Indian Council
Interior Department
MecGee's Baby Elixir for Stomach and Bowel Disorders
The text advertises MecGee's Baby Elixir as a grand corrective remedy for infant stomach and bowel disorders including indigestion sourness vomiting colic pains and diarrhoea. It claims the preparation is pure wholesome and pleasant to take with prices 25c and 50c per bottle and lists Bart Smith as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecgee
Bart Smith
Rainbow Division veterans meet Ada men after service
Beys Petters and Clarence Wallace of the Rainbow Division return to Ada after eighteen months in uniform. Eight months were spent in France with five front assignments, four of which saw heavy fighting. Wallace served with the Tulsa ambulance unit while Ayres had been a Ada high school football standout and Wallace worked at R. E. Haynes hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Division
Beys Petters
Ada J. F. Ayres
Clarence Wallace
France
Ada
Tulsa Ambulance Company
Wallace
Ada Normal
Ayres
R. E. Haynes
Gas Explosion Victims Recovering After May Incident
D. A. Gross and R. F. Shandy, burned in the Allen gas explosion on May 14, are out of danger and recovering rapidly. Walter Milburn, who suffered serious injuries, remains in a critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Gross
RB. F. Shandy
Allen
Walter Milburn
Walter Milburn Dies From Burns In Oil Explosion
Walter Milburn of the Home Okla Oil Company died Sunday morning at 3 30 after severe burns from a gas explosion near Allen on May 14. He leaves a wife and three children from Allen and extended family in Milburn and Oklahoma City. Remains were sent to Madill for funeral at 5 PM with burial in Woodbury Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Milburn
Homaokla Oil Company
Allen
Oklahoma City
Milburn
Okla
Madill
J. G. Milburn
Britton
W. J. Milburn
Abilene
Tex
Lee Milburn
Inman
Eayre
Dillingham
H. T. Blunt
Mode Milburn
Christian Church
Woodbury
Return of 20 000 troops to New York harbor May 26 1919
More than 20 000 troops arrived in New York harbor aboard transports including the America Agamemnon San Teresa and Radnor with 12 676 1 400 and 1 909 men respectively. Units aboard the America included the Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade under Brig Gen Henry D Todd Jr and the 122nd 123rd and 124th Field Artillery Regiments under Col Milton Foreman Col Charles G Davis and Lt Col Joseph A Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Harbor
America
Agamenon
San Teresa
Radnor
Fifty-eighth Field Artillery Brigade
Henry D. Todd Jr
122Nd Field Artillery
Milton Foreman
Chicago
123Rd Field Artillery
Charles G. Davis
Geneseo
124Th Field Artillery
Joseph A. Rogers
108Th
Charles E. Kilburne
France
Leonard A. Wood
Wood
Kilburne
General Headquarters
Agamemon
Eighty Ninth
Sunflower Division
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Middle Western States
General Wood
Maj
Alfred Emanuel
Indianapolis
Robert Leon
165Th Infantry
Ellis Island
Congress bills to repeal luxury tax sections
Congressman McKeown introduces a bill to repeal Sections 904 905 and 907 of the revenue law taxing luxury purchases. The repeal would remove taxes on dry goods clothing jewelry and medicinal articles. Ada Chamber of Commerce endorses the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeown
Chamber of Commerce of
Ada
State aids hog production with Poland China gifts
Oklahoma City May 27 Farmers across the state will receive financial aid to boost hog production as hog shortages run about 75 percent in the west and near that in central and eastern areas. The plan deploys Poland China gifts through bankers state and county agents and A M College representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
E. P. Gunn
State Bankers’ Association
A. & M. College
Oklahoma City Guest Hosts At Hig Wine Event
Mrs Sam Hooker of Oklahoma City is the guest of Mrs J T Hig wine and Mrs WWWN Mawe at a social gathering likely to feature local hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hooker
Oklahoma City
J. T. Higwine
Mawe
Aviation recruiting officers in Ada seek enlistments
Lieuts Stewart and Fancher arrived from Taliaferro Field Fort Worth to recruit men aged 18 to 45 with no dependents for the U S army air service. Recruits may ride back to Taliaferro Field 160 miles in the officers’ plane. They will be at the Harris hotel and promise another exhibition flight at 7 15 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart and Fancher
Taliaferro Field
Fort Worth
U. S. Army Air Service
Air Service
Oklahoma Memorial Day Proclaimed for May 30 1919
Governor J B A Robertson proclaims Friday May 30 1919 a holiday in Oklahoma and urges suspension of public business for proper Decoration Day observance to honor those who died defending the flag and liberty. Secretary Joe S Morris attests with state seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Oklahoma
I. J. B. A. Robertson
State of
J. B. A. Robertson
Joe S. Morris
Norman and Nell Robinson Tie The Knot In Ada
Saturday evening E Norman of Francis and Nell J Robinson of Chickasha united in marriage at 105 E. 14th street Ada with C V Dunn of the First Christian church officiating. The couple, a small circle of friends, will reside in Francis and begin married life with good wishes from many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Norman
Francis
Nell J. Robinson
Chickasha
C. V. Dunn
First Christian Church
Ada
T. E. Brents
E. 14Th Street
Mrs. Norman
Tishemingo
Mr. Norman
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Wick Adair
McKinley Blanton
Blanton
Ophelia Watson
Ophelia
Dee Noel
Noel
Byron Norrell
Council
Norman-Robinson
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