British Attack On Wide Front Advances In France
Field Marshal Haig launched a morning offensive on a front of about 40 miles from Arras to Albert. British Byng’s troops captured Ablainezevelle Beaucourt and Moyenville within the first hour and advanced two to three miles, taking some German guns and about 200 prisoners. The line north of the Ancre saw limited action with no heavy fighting recently though raiding continued.
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France
Haig
Adinser
Moyenville
Puiseix-Au-Mont
Ord ‘Army
Genel Byng
Ablainezevelle
Beaucourt
Arras
Albert
Anco River
Courcelles
Aciet-le-Petit
Beaucourt- Sur-Ancre
Ancre
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre
London
Beaumont-Hamel
Bucquoy
Lens
Ypres
Rheims
Foch
Oise
British French Break Through Front North of Lys and Oise
British and French forces push three miles along the Oise reaching Sempigny near Noyon while capturing Achiet-Le-Petit and Beaucourt Sur Ancre. Locre and Dranoutre Ridge entry mark gains as tanks support dawn offensive. Allied troops press north of the Somme with new advances threatening German positions east of Soissons and near Noyon.
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Associated Press
London
Oise
Sempigny
Noyon
Mangin
Sampigny
Pontois
la Pommeraye
Montchoisy
Cuts
Camelin
Brelancourt
St. Aubin
la Tour Farm
Mont
Arras
Meager
Moyeanville
Courcelles
Achiet-Le-Petit
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre
Achiet Le-Goyend
Aisne
Mondidier
Bapaume
Picard
Flanders
Festermurt
Lens
Lawe
Lat‘ouret
Lys
Locre
Dranoutre
Theer Duing
Soissons
Paris
Carlepont
Cats
War Office
Lassigny
Pontoise
Kemelin
Lys Salient
Achiet-le-Patit
They Get Their Guns Second Session of the School Is On
Two hundred 1917 model Enfield rifles arrived at the National Army Training School at the University to equip the detachment. An additional 160 rifles are en route from the St Louis ordnance depot. Classes are forming but not fixed. transfers will occur this week to align workers with tasks, with no transfers after Saturday. Band practice continues at the barracks under J E Blane. the second school band is expected to match or exceed the first. About half the instruments are personal and the rest are loaned.
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National Army Training School
University
Ordnance
St. Louis
J. E. Blane
Youths 18 to 20 to be separate class for military call
Washington Aug 21 Congress youth policy move favors an administration manpower bill amendment creating a separate 18 to 20 year old class for call to service after those aged 20 to 45. A further Dent amendment states a soldier under 21 shall not be barred from commissioning.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
House
Military Committee
Administration
Dent
Guard Enlistment Bar Stuns Dinsmoor This Morning
Lieutenant Dinsmoor announces a firm refusal to enlist in the National Guard this morning. The decision stands despite ongoing discussions. Local officials await further guidance as military service options remain unsettled.
University Rules Tie Cadets to Regular Army
A university letter explains that student cadets must join the Regular Army via the Students Army Training Corps or Reserve Officers Training Corps and cannot belong to the National Guard. The Hill campus will host compulsory six hours weekly military instruction, making guard membership impractical and jurisdiction limited to the hill.
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Regular Army
National Guard
Paul Dinsmoor
Bruno T. Scher
Dinsmoor
Scher
Army
Army Training School Corps
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
University
War Department
Navy
Muster of Lawrence Machine Gun Company Aiming for Tuesday
The Lawrence Machine Gun Company of sixty one men is likely to be mustered into state and U S service next Tuesday night. Eight vacancies will be filled by the extra men as others are drafted or depart. Uniforms and equipment await federal inspection, now undated, with recognition of the new regiment expected September 1.
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Lawrence Machine Gun Company
Pe State
United States
Paul Dinsmoor
Joseph H. Dunkel
State Military Board
Topeka
Indians Triumph In Exhibition Over All Stars On Errors
Demeritt allowed only two hits over six innings as the Indians beat the All-Stars 2 to 1 on Haskell Field. The visitors had six hits but committed crucial errors that cost runs. Batteries were Demeritt Boltz for the All-Stars and Haskell McDonald Turz. Next Twilight League game pits Guards against Lawrence Friday.
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Haskell
Demerritt
Indians
Haskell Field
All- Stars
Demeritt
Boltz
McDonald
Turz
In Memoriam Lawrence's Legacy of Liberty and War Effort
Fifty five years after the Lawrence massacre during the Civil War era, citizens reflect on Quantrill's raid, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Douglas County's response. The piece honors Lawrence as a cradle of liberty and notes its high rate of young men in military service relative to population.
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Lawrence
Quantrell
South
Liberty
Five Thousand Men Needed in State Draft Process Shift
Kansas authorities plan to call 5007 men from September 1 with a reversed draft procedure. Registrants entering the clerk's office will receive questionnaires and likely undergo examinations before classification. Douglas county expects a manageable quota, with 4400 Class One whites and 107 Class One blacks bound for Camp Funston, plus 400 whites to Fort Riley.
Limited Service Men to Be Inducted as Draft Clerks
A tentative list of Class One limited servicemen is being prepared by George C. Brune, clerk of the local draft board, for adjutant general Charles S. Huffman. About 25 men will be chosen as clerks to fill vacancies in local and district draft boards, with roughly 200 stenographers among 2,000 limited service classifications. Deferred classifyes seeking exemption may apply for induction, though no official word has been received from Washington. The war serves to provide women’s clubs meaningful activity, a change from prior efforts viewed as foolish or meddlesome.
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George C. Brune
Charles S. Huffman
Army
Washington
Weather Notes Reflect Local Concerns In Kansas
A brief weather item reflects yesterday afternoon and today's forecast in Kansas. Data appears incomplete but indicates a focus on temperature readings and daily conditions as part of the region’s weather report.
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Kansas
Americans Hold Fight Front Despite Big Advances
Washington reports Allied successes shrink the French front from Rheims to the North Sea by over fifty miles. General March lists thirty two American divisions in France and notes the need for more shipping as the war effort expands. Rainbow Division relieved on the Marne front and awaits recuperation as 36th and 90th National Guard/Army divisions reach France.
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Washington
France
Rheims
North Sea
War Department
March Said
Emergency Fleet Corporation
36Th National Guard
90Th National Army
90Th
March
77Th
New York City
Italy
Vosges
Rainbow
National Guard
New England
Chateau Thierry
Tovey
Belleau
Marne
Associated Press
Iluns
Flanders
Aled
Sleteren
Merville
Oise
Frapelle
Sth U.S
U-Boat Captures Triumph Off Nova Scotia Coast
A German submarine seized the steam trawler Triumph off the Nova Scotia coast. The crew reached shore safely and reported the Germans planned to use the vessel as a raider. The Triumph, armed with two guns and wireless, belongs to North Atlantic Fisheries Co. and is among the fleet’s best ships. Three other trawlers, Una F. Saunders, A. Pratt Andrew, and Francis J. O’Hara, have been sunk by the raider.
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Canadian Atlantic
Triumph
Nova Scotia
Una F. Saunders
Lunenburg
A. Pratt Andrew
Gloucester
Mass
Francis J. O'Hara
Boston
Atlantic
Grand Banks
Triump
The
North Atlantic Fisheries Co
Draft board lists cause confusion over waivers
A local draft board list yesterday contained a name, Frank A. Patty, as claiming agricultural deferment. He waived exemption claims by signing a waiver on his questionnaire, and the name should not have been published in connection with the deferment claim.
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Frank A. Patty
Unclear Fragment on Form and Etiquette
A fragmented quote discusses formality and courtesy, noting a half and an air of ladies speaking in unison. The text reads as an informal aside without a clear event, date, or named participants.
Race to Form Regiment Before September First
Topeka Kan Aug 21 The Kansas National Guard reorganization race focuses on forming two more companies to complete the first regiment, the Fourth, with twelve line companies and three auxiliaries. Cities contending include Peabody Clay Center Stockton Atchison Kansas City Topeka Wichita and others already musterered.
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Topeka
Kan
National Guard
Kansas
Peabody
Clay Center
Stockton
Atchison, Kansas City
Wichita
U. S. War Department
State National Guards
Atchison
Lawrence
Council Grove
Emporia
Liberal
Newton
Kansas City
Dodge City
Kingman
Augusta
el Dorado
Chanute
Pittsburg
Holton
Concordia
Lawpnce
Omaha youth released on bond in mail tampering case
Joe Scully of Omaha, age about 18, held on a United States mail tampering charge, was released on bond yesterday. He was brought from Topeka jail with another youth said to be his accomplice to remove them from bad influence. They will be tried in November term of the district court.
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Joe Scully
Omaha
United States Mail
Scully
Topeka
Joy Rider Pays Heavily In Motor Car Theft Charge
Jesse Simpson was fined $20 and costs by Judge John Clark for taking a motor car owned by George A. Rush without permission. He could not pay the fine and remains in the county jail. Vernon Wilburn, present with Simpson, was found not guilty.
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Joy Rider
Jesse Simpson
John Clark
George A. Rush
Simpson
Vernon Wilburn
Traveling pain cannot be induced to knock on towns
A cryptic phrase notes that a real and successful traveling pain cannot be summoned to visit any town, implying limits on metaphorical or experiential discomfort traveling across places. The remark emphasizes the elusive nature of such pain and its resistance to external provocation.
Douglas County Treasurer Pushes Repeal Of Rebate Law
Douglas county treasurer I C Stevenson seeks repeal of the 2.5 percent tax rebate law to save taxpayers about 10,000 dollars yearly. He gathers state questionnaire responses, noting the program shifts costs to the general fund and benefits large taxpayers, while urging quicker debt payment.
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Douglas County
I. C. Stevenson
Stevenson
Senate
Ful
Wyandotte
Lawrence
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