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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
4
The article argues German naval deceit about ship sinks and details Western Front activity. It notes American manpower in France, the Kaiser's peace gambits, and Allied resilience, with emphasis on the St Mihiel sector and anticipated German setbacks. It cites politicians and public sentiment on suffrage and bond campaigns.
The editorial attacks Edmond Normal for advertising vocational training linked to the Students Army Training Corps and for overstepping district boundaries. It argues state universities are better equipped and warns Edmond jeopardizes fairness by luring students from other normals. The piece contrasts Edmond with East Central normal and references war rhetoric and historic battles to underscore mobilization themes.
The article notes President Wilson rejects Austria's call for a peace parley, insisting on terms of a just peace and stating no halt to combat until Germany is defeated and willing to accept terms. It compares Austria’s move to a blind gesture and recalls Russia’s acceptance of a peace conference.
The piece calls on Pontotoc county residents to buy Liberty Loan bonds as a patriotic duty and business necessity, linking bond purchases to national victory and property values, with McAdoo quoted and officials urging coordination with coal conservation in schools.
The message from White House dated July 31 1918 emphasizes keeping schools running during war urging universal attendance across elementary high school and college levels. It notes wartime needs for educated leaders and calls for ongoing support of education through a Bureau of Education campaign with cooperation from the American Council of Education.
The Ada precinct conventions elected delegates to the county convention on Saturday. Ward one chose J W Bolen as chairman and Byron Norrell secretary with delegates J W Dean and J O Cowart. Ward two listed Luther Harrison Dr J A Deen Blaine Galbreath with delegates and alternates. Ward three named Robert Ellis E N Jones C O Barton Tom Rye George West as attendees and delegates. Ward four had two meetings with D W Swaffar George Harrison B C King A R Sugg C C Hargis and R M Roddie George Thompson chosen for county duties amid a meeting mixup.
A Piedmont West Virginia mother remembers her son in a wartime poem. The speaker reflects on his brown eyes and smiles from childhood to enlistment in khaki. She hopes the same boy will return as night falls.
In Vladivostok on August 15 the Provisional Government of Autonomous Siberia states its loyalty to the Allies and its obligation to uphold wartime and pre October 25 1917 treaties. It calls for a renewed front against a common enemy while protecting Russia's sovereign rights and international law.
Washington reports 122 soldiers held as prisoners of war in Germany. Oklahoma names include Eddie Chandler Levesque Ark Ernest King Woden Tex John L Dozier Indianapolis Okla Sergt Roland Hess Bartlesville Okla Walter Adams Earlsboro Okla George W Castleberry Williston Okla at Camp Cassel plus Henry Zemp Morrison Okla at unknown camps. Women’s Auxiliary forms chiefs elected for Pontotoc County Missionary Baptist Association with Ada leaders.
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Oklahoma City reports a telegram from P A Norris head of the bankers committee says the War Finance Corporation will provide 3 000 000 for one year to all state and national banks in the drouth region. Funds available for bills payable with security approved by the Federal Reserve Bank at Kansas City. A meeting of bank representatives will outline details.
The United States unconditionally rejects Germany and Austro-Hungarian calls for an unofficial belligerent conference. Secretary Lansing issues a formal reply stating the U S position on terms for peace and clear refusal to consider any conference.
American patrol in Haumont region captures five noncommissioned officers and kills seven in a Lorraine raid. Senate military committee favors report on a bill to establish the department of aeronautics with a cabinet head. Five Texas guardsmen from the 24th Infantry executed at Fort Sam Houston for Houston riots. civilians barred from viewing. Eighty-three American prisoners in German camps include three Oklahomans. Paris air raid kills six, wounds fifteen. one Gotha downed in Compiègne forest. Lancashire firms post hefty half year profits despite raw material shortages. share values rise. Wilson warns Bridgeport machinists to return to work or face penalties. Oklahoma man Ira E. Williams sentenced to 99 years for assault. longest white-man sentence in state history. Belgian government rejects Germany’s peace offer. House passes war revenue bill yielding about 3.2 billion.
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