British Push Front Near Bapaume In Picardy Fight
British and French forces press advance from Croisilles to Beugnatre and Bapaume area in intense fighting. Haig reports 21,000 prisoners taken since last Wednesday as troops reach northern outskirts of Bapaume and extend toward Montauban and Longueval.
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Associated Press
Picardy
Bapaume
London
Croisuilles
Somme River
Beugmarie
Somme
Suzanne
Dompierre
Chaulnes
Roye
Paris
Saint Muard
Ailette
Aisne
Bagneux
Mangins
Juvigny
Arras
Soissons
Crosilles
Coreul
Scarpe
France
Field Marshal
Haig
Elawhere
Longueval
Sedan
Tongueval
Bapaume Cambrai Road
Thil- Joy
Beugnatre
War Office
Croisilles
Montauban
Louzanne
Scarpe River
Plouvain
Pee County
Ludendorf
Peronne
Favreuil
Marie
Douglas County warns of tax sale after unpaid bills
Douglas County treasurer T C Stevenson warns that unpaid property taxes must be settled by Tuesday to avoid sale. Taxes must be paid by Saturday since the treasurer's office will be closed Monday. Large amounts remain unsettled and will be transferred to sale records Tuesday for disposition to the highest bidder.
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Douglas County
T. C. Stevenson
Eudora Gets Convention For Evangelical League Sessions
East Kansas Evangelical League holds joint annual convention with Evangelical Sunday Schools September 1 and 2 at St Pauls Church in Eudora. Delegates including ministers and Sunday School superintendents attend. Rev Frederick Stoerker leads meetings. Rev Theodore Mayer of St Louis speaks. Automobile trip to Lawrence planned with visits to University and Haskell Institute. Lunch at South Park.
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East “Kansas
Pass Manpower Bill Heads Toward Senate Signature
Washington August 27 The manpower bill advancing to the Senate with minor work or fight clause changes. once approved by the Senate it heads to the president for signature and final enactment into law.
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Washington
Senate
Party Councils Meet In Topeka For Fall Campaigns
In Topeka today the three parties Republicans Democrats and Socialists organize for the fall campaigns. State central committees and party councils convene under the primary law to draft platforms. Republicans expect about 460 present. Meetings run in supreme court rooms and house chamber while Democrats meet at a hotel. Each party names a new state chairman and fields numerous candidates.
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Topeks
Kateas
Topeka
W. C. Markham
Republican State Central Committee
State Central Committee
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Enforcers Move to Hold Nonessential Workers in Douglas County
The local draft board began enforcing the work for fight order, subpoenaing twelve men to state their occupations. More men will be examined this week as Sheriff J. R. Woodward says nonessential workers may be reassigned to keep essential production in reserve. The clean-up could extend to additional occupations, with details to follow after further hearings.
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Douglas County
Araft Board
J. R. Woodward
Fishing schooner Rush of Boston sunk by submarine
A Canadian Atlantic port reports that the fishing schooner Rush of Boston was sunk yesterday morning by an enemy submarine while on the fishing grounds off the coast. The crew arrived safely today and can board another vessel. A man warns about talking too much in the biggest class.
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Boston
Austrian and Italian Forces Report Advances in the War
British troops penetrate the Hindenburg line east of Henin and capture over 2,000 prisoners near Mondiple Preux in France. In Albania Austrian forces lose heavily and withdraw to prepared defenses after days of fighting around the Semeni and Ogsum rivers. An official statement notes Berat and Feieri recaptured. Italian troops defend the Semeni region and report Austrian reverses. Capt. Kermit Roosevelt awarded the military cross in the Gazette.
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London
Montiy
Albania
Berat
Feieri
Ther Semeri
Hindenberg Line
France
Hindenberg
Henin
Ecorate
Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Brit Aany
Rone
Semeni
Ogsum
Prisoners Afraid Allies May Offer Weak Reinforcements
From France reports say German soldiers released from Russia are arriving on the western front. About 100 men traveled via the Ukraine in a reserve division. Eighteen deserted before departure, three killed jumping from a train. The rest reached Germany in a restless mood and argue that troops from Russia would be poor reinforcements due to fear and disobedience. Ambassador Page Resigns Due to Ill Health
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Associated Press
France
Sunes
Russia
Western Front
Riesia
Fifty Men to Leave Here Early Next Week for Culp Pointten
About fifty county men will depart within five days starting September 3 to join the Culp Pointten project. The exact departure time is yet to be set as officials confirm Call Numbers 2257 for eligibility. The list includes John Henry Mull, Herman BR, Brooker, McKinley Fishburn, Samuel Thestuy Johnson, Kinier Moryn Davis, Willian, Foot Faved, William Alec Coffman, Charenne Howard Lefmann and many others.
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Tinh Oftleigh
Cantin
Gene Leaves
John Henry Mull
Herman BR
Brooker
McKinley Fishburn
Samuel “Hestuy Johnson
Kinier Moryn Davis
Willian
Foot Faved
William Alec Coffman
Charenne Howard Lefmann
Paul Evans
George Willian
Ovhleat
Josen Badsky
Dams W. Elston
Olives
Wesley Milter
Joseph Carl Munichel
Horace Tompkins Rowley
Alvin
F. Spigle
George Dewey Wilson
Daniél Carl Heckman
Dobe
Donald Kieffer
Theodore F. Wood
Flos Longley Hockenhull
William Te Hoy List
Karl M. Kreidey Lester
Sproull Walterson
William Licker
D. Ernest Hanna
Everett Allen
John Lyman Banks
Ole Wornson
Simon KK. Owens
Frank Arthur Jatty
Aly
Lewis Charles Lisherness
Roland A
A. l. Wattville
Lester Julian Reber
Dainty Drubaker
Clarence C. Wagxener
Early Haney Carder
George Raley Woolf
Henry Loriner Brewers
Yr G. Barteldes
Paul W. Strickamu
American Soldier Wins Record of Wounds At Front
American troops on the Woerve front repulsed a German attack while one wounded soldier kept fighting. He suffered 16 machine gun wounds in the calf, leg, waist, and arm but remained able to return to the front. Another American was badly wounded in the stomach by grenade fragments and had his nose blown off yet continued to fight until forced to a dressing station.
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Monilay
Armerican
Gestan Tuid
Heavil
Kansas Military Board to Organize Fourth Regiment
The Kansas Military Board will meet Tuesday through Thursday to finalize the Fourth Regiment of the Kansas National Guard. Examinations for commissions in the new regiment will be held, with two lines and field officer roles up for appointment as fifteen companies are formed by week’s end. Cities Vying for units include Clay Center Peabody Baxter Springs Stockton and Coffeyville. The machine gun company from Lawrence will be mustered tonight with about thirty five men. Remaining personnel will transfer from infantry units to reach full strength, while draft losses are anticipated.
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Kansas Military Board
Fourth Regiment of
Kansas National Guard
J. W. Dunkel
Nail Army
Sas National Guard
Clay Center
Peabody
Baxter Springs
Stockton
Coffeyville
Lawrence
Sanitary Inspections to Label Businesses in Lawrence
Lawrence Kansas prepares to label restaurants barber shops and other venues with inspection cards. A W Clark Ed Anderson and Lt Allen oversee civilian public health welfare and military detachment inspectors with cards detailing inspection dates to be posted in front windows. Sergeant Bob Herod of Lawrence is noted for rapid rise in Camp Lewis headquarters company after enlisting in June and becoming sergeant by August 15.
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Tovernment
Businessa
Lawrence
A. W. Clark
Ed Anderson
Allen
K. 1
B. A. Rice
Kansas
United States Army
Bob Herod
Camp Lewis
Ike Washington
Robert Herod
Bob
Grant Herod
Vermont Street
Weather Outlook Near Rhine With Cool Inland Fronts
Kansas weather report notes improving air as armies push toward the Rhine yet warns of remaining gaps. Forecasts show cooler conditions in the north with a frame for Wednesday and Wednesday night, and mild temperatures for Tuesday.
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Inonnesday
Kansas
University to Build Barracks for Army School
The National Army School at the University will move from the gymnasium to three new barracks on the old golf links on Mississippi Street near the tennis courts. The complex will house about 400 men with offices detachment moved to a nearby building. Construction starts after October 15 with plans by James A. Kimball and John Shea directing.
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Bu Ithe National Army School
James A. Kimball
Board of Administration
Mississippi Street
Goldwin Gosmith
John Shea
Fowler Shoris Ln
University Iork
Army School
Thill
Lawrence Enacts White Slave and Disorderly House Ordinances
The Lawrence city commission passed two ordinances overnight. One imposes a $100 fine or three months in jail for transporting or aiding in transporting a person for immoral purposes and revokes driving licenses within the city. The other makes it illegal to loiter in a disorderly house from 6 pm to 6 am, with a $100 fine or three months’ imprisonment or both as punishment.
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Lawrence
City Commission
War Lies New Subject Opens Tonight Drive for Facts
A four speaker community drive opened last night led by H Mitchell and W C Simons to combat war rumors and German lies. The schedule spans Aug 27 to Aug 31 with talks at Varsity, Patee, and related venues led by different ministers and educators.
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H. Mitchell
W. C. Simons
Harley
Varsity
Skent
Patee
W. H
Quakers
A. Dykstra
Thurday
Wilson
Rev
E. B
BO Verity
Hes
Wedell
Burt Brown
Dearest
P Atee
J.R. Holmes
They Split Even in Elks Club Bowling
The Gradher and Riling bowling teams split a quartet of games last night at the Elks Club. Grasher led with 229 221 240 for 690 series while Riling posted 263 and 219. Individual scores included Sanborn 148 Billig 215 and Green 168. The Berger and Edmondson teams were set to play tonight.
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Gradher
Riling Bowlin
Elks’ Club
Grasher
Riling
Aleach
Whil Riling
Sanborn
Billig
Jone Apborn
Jones
Ashsing
Green
Mitchak
the Berger
Edmondson
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Mondip-le-Preux
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WREST
Ukraine
Ambassador Page
Walter Hines Page
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Grenade
Military Board
Topera
DEN
Benjamin, A. Rice
U.S. A
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