Red Cross drive gains 274 new members in Lawrence
The second day of the Red Cross campaign in Lawrence adds 274 enrollments to reach 436 total. Kansas Telephone Company with 60 to 70 employees joins the effort, Bishop Wise of Topeka contributes, High School students make wooden ads, and 20 churches plan to mobilize members tomorrow. Christmas Eve carols from 7:30 to 9:00 will honor homes displaying the Red Cross flag.
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Red Cone
Lawrence
Red Cross
Cross
Bishop Wise
Topeka
Glas County
Kansas Telephone Company
W. E. A. Nottorff
Citizen’s Committee
Louise Wiedemann
Wood price regulation limited by lack of authority
County fuel administrator E. H. S. Bailey states there is no government power to fix wood prices. He has set a maximum price for Cherokee lump coal in Douglas County at 6.60 per ton, reducing it by fifteen cents from the dealers’ prior charge of 3.50.
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E. H. S. Bailey
Douglas County
No Presbyterian Services Due to Fuel Shortage
Due to a fuel shortage no services will be held at First Presbyterian Church tomorrow. The university Bible classes and the Senior Christian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 in Westminster Hall for a special service.
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First Presbyterian Church
University
Bible
Westmintser Hall
Death of Former Resident F K Hook In California
Word was received of the death of Mr. F K Hook in California this week. He was a resident here for forty years andthe father of Mrs. Liltie E. Tuttle. Burial was in San Bernardino, California.
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F. K. Hook
California
Liltie E. Tuttle
San Bernardino
Cal
Christmas Social At Mackey School House
A Christmas social will be held at the Mackey school house next Saturday night. Ladies should bring a box of candy or a supper box. Ray Hargett son of Rev and Mrs H W Hargett recently graduated from the University and has enlisted in the National Army Ordinance Department, departing for Washington DC after graduate work at K U this year.
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Mackey
Ray H. Hargett
H. W. Hargett
Ordinance Department
National Army
Washington, D. C
K. U
Army Teams to Play Camp MeArthur Clash
Camp Funston in Kansas sends the 9th National Army division football squad by special train to meet Camp MeArthur, Texas, in the last 1917 game. Led by Captain Paul Withington the team trains after Turkey Day but remains active as gridiron action continues amid injuries and careful preparation.
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Camp Funston
Kans
National Army
Camp Me Ithur
Vico
Texas
Funston
Eulsrent Paul Withington
Rubs Ges
Camp Tiunston
Camp Dodge
McArthur
Lawrence School Spotlight and Wartime Officer Recruitment
Lawrence is proud of the Lawrence Business College its regional impact and its role as a patriot institution aiding civil service recruitment. Kansas officers reserve corps inactivation list may prompt future mobilization while Fort Riley prepares a large army medical training school expected to host about 1500 doctors and surgeons with expanded barracks use.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Business College
Baldwin
Baker University
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Washington
Riley Fort Riley
Kans
Army
Fort Riley Army Post
Fort Riley
America
France
Live Kansas jackrabbits attract Philadelphia request
Want Live Jackrabbits Topeka Kansas Dec 15 The fame of the Kansas jackrabbit is spreading Even the east has recognized its speed J C Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture received a request from Philadelphia for one Kansas male jackrabbit and two females We are selling dead ones every day says the letter but we want some live ones Philadelphia shall have the rabbits Mohler said
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Topeka
Kans
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Rotarians Assist Griffin Coal Car Stranded in KC Yards
Rotary officials stepped in after Griffin Coal Company faced a ten day struggle to move two cars from crowded Kansas City yards. I J Meade of the local club contacted Rotary president in Kansas City, securing immediate aid. One car departed KC last night and reached Lawrence today.
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Griffin Coal Company
K. C
Kansas City
Blandford
I. J. Meade
Rotary
Lawrence
Coal Delivers Split Into Small Lots At Logan Moore Yards
Dealers sold coal in 200 to 500 pound lots today at the Logan Moore yards. A car arrived but the firm refused to deliver to those who already had coal, instead allotting partial loads to everyone who was out. Pepine said they would send a wagon for it. Camp Fire Exhibit The Quivera Camp Fire Girls plan an exhibit of Red Cross bed garments in Ober's window next.
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Logan Moore Yards
Pepine
Quivera Camp Fire
Red Cross
Ober
Coal shipments on the way to Lawrence Kansas
County fuel administrator reports telegram from Emerson Carey stating several coal shipments are en route to Lawrence. Mills and companies expect to deliver cars weekly, easing a fuel shortage. City teams struggle to haul wood from the country, with plans for a wood saw to boost yards. Beginning Monday the situation should improve if teams are secured and the saw is operational.
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Lawrence
E. H. S. Bailey
Douglas County
Emerson Carey
John Mayer
Southwest Coal Bureau Relief Committee
Kansas City
Southwest Coal Bua Relief Committee
Kansas
Jackson-Walker
Western Company
Midland Coal Company
Missouri
Mackie-Clemens
Interstate Coal Company
W. W. Cleland
Cleland
City Schools Closed for Three-Week Christmas Vacation
Due to a coal shortage the Board of Education voted at 2 PM to begin the Christmas vacation today, continuing until January 2. About ten tons of coal daily are needed to run the schools, and bunkers lack fuel until Monday. All city schools reopen January 2 if coal is secured. Superintendent Kent's office closes until January 2 with home visits by request.
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Board of Education
S. R. Holloway
Kent
Czar Nicholas Escapes Tobolsk As Bolsheviks Move
Petrograd reports Nicholas the former czar has escaped from Tobolsk with a special train and pursuers dispatched. In Petrograd prisons civil offenders are moved to provincial jails to free space for counter revolutionary suspects. Countess Panin is arrested. Madame Kerensky’s lodging is searched and she is warned to summon Kerensky or face danger of lynching.
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Petrograd
Nicholas
Tobolsk
Countess Panin
Madame Kerensky
Kerensky
Smolney Institute
Fire in the stove triggers false alarms in Lawrence
In three days Lawrence fire crews were called to three stove incidents. Sneegas Pool Hall reported smoky stove, another at 1016 Alabama caused smoke in a room, and Hosford Investment Company summoned firefighters at 12:25 last night to view a hot stove fire.
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Lawrence
Sneegas Pool Hall
Alabama
Hosford Investment Company
Local draft board mails questionnaires to Douglas County registrants
The Douglas County draft board sent out one hundred questionnaires today as the first installment of the 1963 filing, with plans to mail one hundred daily until all registrants have received forms. Legal advisory board members will provide free assistance to registrants to properly answer questions, while county and district boards handle classification and appeals.
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Douglas County
Kansas slow to conserve food in middle west
A Kansas survey by C. D. Underhill of Denver shows widespread laxity in wheatless and meatless observance across Lawrence and surrounding cities. Bakers partly follow rules but demand for war bread is low. restaurateurs and grocers defer to public sentiment, risking compulsory conservation if voluntary efforts lag.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Food Administration
C. D. Underhill
Denver
Federal Food Administration
Underhill
Middle West
Mr. Underhill
Lawrence Needs Fuel Helpers For Wood Hauling
Lawrence faces fuel shortages as schools delay opening until January 2. Hundreds of cords of wood are ready a few miles away. City wood yard at Massachusetts and Tenth lacks enough teams. Helpers can haul wood at 3.00 per card. contact W. Cleland, City Commissioner, by calling 1099.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts
Tenth Streets
W.,w. Cleland
Certification for non combatant service and fire loss report
Certified Dunkards and Quakers with creeds against war may be certified for non combatant service. Any person in the first classification failing to pass the physical examination will be certified for special duty subject to government call but not part of the quota. All questionnaires must be returned within seven days or face misdemeanor penalties and possible loss of rights and induction. Fire losses in Kansas totaled 1,076,196 for November with ten incendiary fires costing 894,846 and the Kansas City Kansas stockyards fire at 878,226 explains the high figure.
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Topeka
Charles S. Huffman
Adjutant General
Kansas
War Department
Kansas National Guard
National Guard
Adjutant General’s Office
Ceavene
Kans
L .T. Hugsey
Kansas City
Stock Yards
Elections in Russia Boost Bolsheviks in Key Armies
A Petrograd dispatch reports Bolshevik majorities in the 5th and 12th armies and in the Finland theatre, with Revolutionary Socialists as the next strongest faction. Trotsky argues reform cannot reshape Russia's social order in a month while separate peace terms grant Germany trade rights and long concessional access post treaty.
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London
Petrograd
Finland
Leon Trotzky
Germany
Stockholm
Russia
Balkans
Austria
Committee seeks more gift packages for Lawrence soldiers
The entertainment committee chair T J Sweeney reports low response to sending Christmas gifts to Camp Doniphan soldiers. The car departs early next week, and residents intending to mail a package should call 653 before Tuesday noon to have a recipient checked off the list. Calls about the matter will be answered at 653 tomorrow or Monday and Tuesday morning.
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Camp Doniphan
T. J.sweeney
Senate sugar inquiry resumes amid witness limit
The Senate committee resumed the sugar investigation but refused the adminstration counsel access to witnesses. Chairman Reed said inquiries would cover any food administration suggested phases. Spreckles of Federal Sugar Refining testified he protested to the Food Administrator Hoover against refiners on the committee buying raw sugar. He said the price refiners receive was fixed by three American members of the International Committee of the Food Administration and three refiners, with no public representation at the price fixing.
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Senate Committee
Reed
Food Administration
Seneny Spreckles
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Hoover
Spreckles
International Committee of the Food Administration
Sprecktles
Special Services by Dr E E Violette at First Christian
Special services are held at First Christian Church Tenth and Kentucky Streets with sermons Sunday morn ing and evening. The Sunday night talk titled Our Lord's Unanswered Prayer is by Rev E E Violette, noted lecturer who recently spoke at Bowersock for YMCA funds. He will soon begin duties as pastor of Independence Boulevard Christian Church in Kansas City, starting the new year.
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E. E. Violette
First Christian Church
Tenth
Kentucky Streets
E. E. Violett
Violette
Bowersock
Y.M.C.A
Japan
Lawrence
Mr. Violette
Independence Boulevard Christian Church
Kansas City
KU Students Send Christmas Box to Company M
University of Kansas students contribute nearly a thousand books seventy five magazines and two dozen phonograph records plus cash for a Christmas box from the Women's Student Government Association to Company M. The box is to be packed Monday afternoon and donations accepted at Fraser Hall through Monday noon. It will be sent with Lawrence gifts to Fort Sill Oklahoma in the special car leaving Tuesday. No Chamber of Commerce meetings will be held for holidays and stores will close during these days.
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Company M
University of Kansas
Women’s Student Government Association of
K. U
Fraser Hall
Lawrence
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Heavy fighting on Italian Front amid German drive risks
Reports from December 15 describe heavy progress on Italy’s northern front east of the Brenta river as German forces press to breach the Brenta valley. Attacks center on Monte Beretta near Monte Grappa while Italy and its allies reinforce, with Russian-front troop releases widening the strategic threat.
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Hton Hesiligartnes
aren _ taly
Brenta River
Brenta
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Alps
Italy
Monte Beretta
Monte Grappa
Entente
Marshal Haig
Flanders
Poldenhoek Chateau
Patriotism Service at First Baptist Church Tomorrow
Tomorrow at First Baptist there will be a patriotic program with the Red Cross presentation by Hon. Heniersor Martin during morning services. An evening service at 7 45 honors the church’s military members, with 36 boys to be recognized on a service flag and honor roll unveiled by the Brotherhood. Prof E M Briggs will preside and speeches by L E Sisson J C Evans and Arthur Evans will follow.
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First Baptist Church
Red Cross
Heniersor
Martin
Philippines
Liberty Loan
Brotherhood of the Church
E. M. Briggs
L. E. Sisson
J. C. Evans
Arthur Evans
Heal Fae
Rescue stations to aid Kansas miners in latest safety push
In Pittsburg Kansas the state funds a rescue system for 12 000 miners working in hazardous conditions. Central station at Pittsburg in the powerhouse receives a speedy motor truck and first aid gear while substations at Arma and Scammond gain partial equipment. The program follows the December 13 1916 City disaster that claimed twenty miners lives and expands after delayed appropriations for buildings equipment and staff. Mr and Mrs Eli Clark return to Colby after four weeks with relatives.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Kansas
Mentsere
Je 8
Arma
Scammond
Tone City
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Spector
Ings
Duglas
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Arch Euaenowe
Henderson Martin
Eli Clark
Colby
John . Clampith
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