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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
4
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Many men out of draft age will soon gain a chance to prove their fighting blood. Casualty lists show few Americans captured despite thousands of German soldiers taken prisoner. Foch’s campaign could push the Huns back next year, while Lenin’s death could alter Russia’s fate and aid restoring order. Stanley Clark faces prison terms for disloyalty, and the attorney general’s ruling voids Oklahoma’s 27 percent primary law, signaling potential legal chaos if executive power remains unchecked.
A county newspaper mourns Charles W. Cottingham a Esest Central Normal alumnus and local resident killed in action. It honors his noble sacrifice and urges continued effort against the German threat while expressing enduring sympathy to his family and community.
The article reflects on gratitude in public service, praises Ellison leading the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, and notes wartime conditions. It compares political figures and mentions Hindenburg line worries, with a list of names and places tied to licenses and local figures.
Oklahoma City September 4 J T Cumbie socialist candidate for Oklahoma governor in 1916 was brought from Muskogee and held in the county jail on a conspiracy to violate the draft law. Federal officials would not disclose where or when alleged violations occurred. Cumbie, residing near Lindsay Garvin county, has long been an Oklahoma agitator and was under surveillance for weeks before arrest. He ran in 1919 against Lee Cruce and Joseph McNeal and received 24 707 votes in the general election.
Lieut Longley Fentem of Ada, son of Prof and Mrs A L Fentem, enlisted in the medical corps last autumn and rose from buck private to second lieutenant in eight months without a training camp. He is registrar at the bus hospital at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., and expects to sail for France in a few days.
Oklahoma City Sept 4 In order to expedite classification of men who will register under the new draft law the Oklahoma State Council of Defense has instructed all county councils to consult with the draft boards on enlarging the legal advisory boards of local boards. From five to twenty five men will be added to the boards to handle questionnaires and provide advice. Appointees need not be lawyers.
Ada public schools start the fall term on Monday September 8 with record enrollment expected and citizens moving to Ada for the schools. Ada High School offers Classic Science Commercial and manual arts. four wards will be taught by a strong faculty. enrollment and classification for high school pupils will be held Friday and Saturday. J E Hickman superintendent invites consultation with parents.
Oklahoma City Sept 3 The fifty fifty rule covering sale and use of wheat and substitutes is rescinded effective Sept 1 and the 80 20 regulation is ordered by the U S Food administration An official Hoover telegram to C B Ames federal food administrator for Oklahoma explains the need for conserving wheat flour and requiring a twenty percent blend of other grains in bread to support the war effort The message urges voluntary home action and notes that corn bread remains in use alongside the wheat bread mixture The plan aims to maintain supplies for 220 000 000 fighting abroad and preserve reserves for possible disruption
The Army casualty list from the American Expeditionary Forces reports Private Iran A. Bonnell and Private Luther Browning killed in action, plus several wounded severely and missing in action across Oklahoma towns. Local notes describe heavy rain at Summers Chapel, crop hopes, visits, and community updates from Earl Summer, Morris, and others.
Pontotoc County Missionary Baptist Association to meet at Center this week with an introductory sermon Wednesday night. Regular session begins Thursday and runs two days. First Baptist of the city elects messengers including Rev. Bonhit Grimes and wife, W C Duncan and wife, Rev. R E L Ford and wife, Jd W Jackson, Junius Ridling, D W Swaffar, J E Harris, J M Brundidge. All Baptist interests of the county and state will be reported and discussed by pastors and visiting brethren. Attendance hoped to be large.
War news briefs report Entente and Czecho Slovak forces pushing back Bolshevik Red Guards along the Ussuri River front, with many prisoners and booty. Allied forces claim 128 308 prisoners on the western front since July 25, plus thousands of guns and machine guns.
Washington reports a roster of second lieutenants commissioned in infantry at the fourth training camps. Tulsa’s Paul Ruedemann is assigned to the Eighty Fourth Division at Camp Sherman Ohio. Other graduates from Camp Lee Virginia include Sergeants Ralph Downing Marshall Oklahoma Guy L Gee Apache James B Reaves Shawnee Corporal C Claude Johnson Tonkawa and Hugh E Rogers Pryor.
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