East Central Normal to Host Students Army Training Corps
President Gordon reports War Department talks at Fort Sheridan with 300 colleges. About 150000 new officers needed by June 30 1919 and 18 to 21 year olds may enter college with expenses paid and $30 monthly. S A T C to open October 1 with 13 hours weekly training and academic studies.
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Gordon
East Central State Normal
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
War Department
Army Training CO
Army Training Corps
Washingtn
D. C
East Central Normal School
Ada
Oklahoma
United Sta Army
Red Cross Seeks 1000 Nurses for War Effort
The Southwestern Division covering Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas has been asked by the U S Government to supply 1000 trained nurses in eight weeks for military hospitals at home and abroad. Miss Lyda Anderson head of the Red Cross Nursing Bureau urges nurses and trainees to join the effort and serve the country. The division’s War Fund total reached 17662000 by August 15 and the Red Cross has donated 25000 to London hospitals.
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St. Louis
American Red Cross
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
United States
Southwest
Lyda Anderson
Red Cross
American Red Cross War Fund
August disaster hits cotton crop with record loss
The Associated Press reports Washington August proved the most disastrous month for cotton with losses topping two million bales in prospective production. The Agricultural Department forecast the national crop at 11,137,000 bales of 500 pounds each and notes Oklahoma crop condition at 33 percent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agricultural Department
Oklahoma
Appraisement of Indian Mineral Lands Approved
The Interior Department approved the recent appraisement of segregated coal and asphalt lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. A committee of Tidwell Mitchell and McCormick will appraise leased coal lands and oil firms hold preference to buy surface lands at appraised values. Total values exceed 14.5 million dollars with six months for sale from August 8.
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Muskogee, Okla
Spt
Department of the Interior
Indian Agency
John E. Tidwell
McAlester
E. E. Mitchell
Boston
J. C. McCormick
Muskogee
Secretary of the Interior
Thirty Seven Pontotoc Men Embark for Camp Logan
Thirty seven young men from Pontotoc county boarded trains at Ada for Camp Logan in Houston Texas to be inducted into military service. Leonard Fox and Louis Earthman also transferred from other places to complete the quota.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
Leonard Fox
Louis Earthman
Clarence Weaver
Virgil A. Monahan
Charles Henderson Auten
Arthur Lynch
Mart Smith
Ira Pinley
John T. Tucker
Worley Buckelew
Simmon Hammond
Frank Colbert
William B. Coffman
Ernest Chapman
Nicholas O. Wolfe
George Sellers
Eddie Johnson
Smoker Davis
William Floyd Davidson
Allied Drive Deepens Across Northern Front As German Line Breaches
Allied forces push along the front from Soissons to Flanders seizing key positions. British and Canadian troops advance on Lens and Queant switch line while Mangin’s Franco American units hold the Vesle front. Russians and Allies report gains north of Archangel near Obozerskaya.
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Associated Press
Soissons
Flanders
Brocourt-Queant
Brebieres
Moeuvres
Arras
Mangin
Vesle Front
Ailette River
Hindenburg Line
London
Lens
Haig
Noyon
Somme
Humbert
Roye
Chaulnes
Morlangourt
Oise
Oppy
Canal du Nord
Nesle
Fresnoy Wood
Queant
Cambrai
Douai
Drocourt-Queant
France
Droycourt
Eperigny
Uar
Lys
Eastaires
Manginndon
European
Russia
Obozerskaya
Archangel
British War Office
Death of East Central Normal student in France
Normal MT learns Chas W Cottingham a former student, 19, was killed in action in France July 31 while serving in ambulance corps and Co. 104. He had been in Tulsa, 1915 football squad, Forum society member, and remained a diligent student and athlete. The community mourns and vows to fight on against Berlin.
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Chas. W. Cottingham
East Central Normal
France
Cottingham
Tulsa
Normal
J. D. Cottingham
Stonewall
Forum Society
Berlin
Normal school to field football this fall with new coach
The Normal school plans a football season this fall despite potential army call ups. Professor R S Newcomb, new head of mathematics and athletic coach, will lead the team with prior coaching success in Missouri. His background includes youth program leadership and high school championships in South Missouri.
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Army
Army Training Corps
R. S. Newcomb
Glen Clark
Newcombe
Springfield
State Normal School
Marshfield
South Missouri
Carthage
Aurora
Ada boy wins distinguished service cross for Cantigny bravery
David O. Clapp of Ada Oklahoma is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery during the Cantigny defense on May 28. Despite multiple wounds he kept his automatic rifle in action and returned to his post after first aid until evacuation.
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David O. Clapp
Ada
Cantigny
France
Associated Press
Okla
Mr. Clapp
David Clapp
Byrd’s Mill Road
David
Melton
Olson Plumbing Co
General Pershing
Fort Sam Houston
New Jersey
Co. B
28Th Infantry
Davis High School
Methodist Church
Davis
Mabry Dies Suddenly In Oklahoma City At 42
Karl K Mabry died suddenly in Oklahoma City Saturday morning at age 42. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at St Luke s Methodist Church with Rev Frank Barrett officiating. He was described as healthy and of good reputation and his death shocked his wife and relatives. He was cousin to Byron Norrell and Mrs Lara Skinner of Ada. The first named and his wife attended the funeral.
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Oklahoma City
Karl K. Mabry
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Frank Barrett
Byron Norrell
Lara Skinner
Ada
Banks in Oklahoma Called to Report Conditions
State Banking Commissioner J. D. Lankford ordered all state banks to file a statement of financial condition for the close of business Saturday August 31. The call issued from Oklahoma City stresses timely reporting.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. D. Lankford
Austrian Premier Hussarek-Heinlein Faces Tough Early Tasks
Amsterdam dispatch describes Baron Dr. Max von Hussarek-Heinlein as an adaptable Austrian premier chosen July 25. He faces a difficult economy with 3.5 billion in war debts and a reformed food distribution system. Clerical support and Catholic backing are noted as likely strengths. Tax revenue plans remain undisclosed.
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Amsterdam
Max von Hussarek-Heinlein
Vossische Zeitung
Vienna
Hertling
von Hussarek
Germany
Francis Ferdinan
Charles
Hussarek
Iceland to Become Independent Nation on December First
Stockholm reports Iceland will gain independence from Denmark on December 1 and become a sovereign state though the two nations will remain linked by a royal kinship. King Christian X may continue as Iceland’s monarch under the agreement which also funds intellectual ties and scientific work in Iceland.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Iceland
Denmark
Christian X
Copenhagen
Reykjavik
Storming the Kaiser in Song and Verse
A historic wartime lyric celebrates American troops marching against the Kaiser. The verses boast Yankee bravado and Pershing’s regimental symbols as signals of imminent Allied advance and victory.
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Adjutazs
Lord Mayor of
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Queant Falls
Chas W. Cotting
Stonewall Y
Action
Kaiser
Pershing
Bill Winder
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