Soda Fountain Owners Fail in Pleas for Ice
Food administrators firm in order to aid housewives utilities board acts investigation started on report that he was diverted.
23 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Oklahoma City Times
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
1
Food administrators firm in order to aid housewives utilities board acts investigation started on report that he was diverted.
Food officials resist ice for soda fountains while Carl Glitch denies supporting ice car removals. The corporate commission seeks a tracer to establish if cars were prepared for discontinuation of supply.
H C Morse says there is a real ice shortage as daily output runs around 300 tons while потреб consumption hits 328 tons. He orders that households must receive reference and no dock sales will be permitted after today. The Commission examines claims Morse diverted from this cue and Carl Glinek has no comment on the ice situation.
Italian war department reports repulse of Austrian assaults along the Lower Semeni river line near Mali Temperces. The Central Powers attack was checked as Italian forces held the line and halted the offensive.
Jack Lingwood, one of thirteen survivors of the Princess Pat regiment, will be the principal speaker at a patriotic mass meeting at noon Saturday at the Liberty theater. Lingwood says he has seen Prussian guards driven back three times when he went over the top with his unit. Mayor Overholser will introduce him and a patriotic musical program is planned. the public is invited.
Washington Aug 23 The House agreed to vote at 6 o clock on the McKenzie amendment added by the military committee. It would place registrants between 16 and 25 into a separate class to be called last, as the bill stands.
Herbert C. Hoover arrives in New York ending his overseas trip as head of the United States Food Administration. He is expected to address food supply policy and speak with city officials about national relief efforts during the postwar period.
Youths reaching their twenty-first birthday since June 5, 191M must register tomorrow. Registration hours run 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at multiple city districts and precincts, including courthouse and city hall offices in Districts 2 and 3. County registration covers Deer, Edmond, Britton, Spring Creek, Council Grove areas and surrounding townships. specific precincts and rooms are listed, with Edmon and surrounding locales noted.
Londres Aug 21 Five important towns in Germany and five hostile air schemes were heavily bombarded by British aerial squadrons on August 21 22 an official Air Ministry statement said. Franklott and Cologne were heavily attacked with good results observed.
Oklahoma utilities commission presses for an immediate hearing with Director General McAdoo to challenge discriminatory freight rates. Representative Ferris urged to arrange the session in Washington, citing over 1 million dollars paid by Oklahoma shippers since the 25 percent rate increase and the Youmans decision.
British under secretary Lord Robert Cecil reports Czech Slovak forces in Trans Manchuria and Russian Bolshevik actions on the Ussuri front with Allied troops, red guards and Monitors involved. The dispatch notes withdrawals, battles, and prisoner updates amid Far East hostilities.
Allied forces push along a fifty mile front north of Soissons driving deep into German positions. The British third and fourth armies advance over miles, capturing hundreds of prisoners, with Gomiecourt and surrounding areas falling. French troops cross the Oise near Manicamp and reach Morlancourt, as Mangin's drive seizes prisoners across the Ailette and Oise valleys.
British troops report capture of Chaignolles and Herleville south of the Somme, with over a thousand prisoners. Haig's men also seize Boyelles Boiry-Becquerelle and reach Gommecourt, pushing along the Bray Albert road and taking Meaulte. Three German headquarters fall in Happy Valley as fresh divisions flee.
Unofficial war department advices indicate more than 20,000 Germans captured by British and French armies since August 20. French estimates credit Mangin's army with 10,000 captured in four periods, Humbert's forces with about 6,000, and British forces with nearly 7,000, including 6,000 captured by the Albert fighting on Thursday.
Reports describe a rapid British offensive along the Albert-Bapaume line with gains extending beyond five miles as German defenses are broken near Tara Hill and Albert. French lanes remain active and German reserves are harried by mounted squadrons probing forward.
British and German armies clash along a twenty five mile front from Lahons to the Somme region in Picardy. Haig’s forces reportedly press forward while German counterattacks east of Beaucourt are repulsed. French troops secure the Oise and Ailette banks south of Noyon as Allied pressure widens. the push threatens the German rear near the Chemin des Dames as both sides seek advantage in a major engagement.
British troops press the line against German forces as reports describe a fierce engagement extending across the front east and west of Noyon and around Roye. The battle is seen as one of the war’s greatest, with heavy casualties and persistent resistance as both sides fight to gain the upper hand.
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