Christmas Day Celebration At Camp Funston Sees Wagon Train Rescue
Camp Funston marked its first Christmas with a full day of events for about 40 000 soldiers. A daring rescue of an army wagon train loaded with gifts from Indians and bandits was highlighted, followed by a gift distribution, football and games, turkey dinner, and a fireworks display from the hills around the cantonment.
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Camp Funston
National Army
Middle West
W. T. Windle
Camp Quartermaster’s Department
Rim Rock
Funston
Destruction Estimate Plugs Halifax Disaster Losses
Halifax officials estimate 1500 killed 4000 injured and 20,000 homeless from the Mont Blanc explosion. Total property loss pegged at 50 million with 40 million in direct damage and up to 10 million in relief, shelter, and future compensation costs. Names Warren tied to a Kansas trip noted briefly.
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Halifas
Mont. Blanc
Halifax
General Relief Committee
J. H. Wingfield
Wingfield
Christmas Carol Singers Routes Announced by Miss Wiedemann
Miss Loise Wiedemann announced the Christmas carol singers and districts they will cover. Committees list many groups including United Brethren Evangelical Baptist Church of the Brethren Lutheran and Catholic singers with sections spanning Mass Street to city limits. groups include Senior High, Minnehaha Campfire, Quivera Campfire, and Mu Phi with numerous named performers.
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Loise Wiedemann
United Brethren
Minnie Testerman
Lillian Mayer
Mable Richardson
Hermina Richardson
Messrs
Huffman
Longanecker
17Th
Tenn. St
Sellards
Evangelical Singers
Lena Wulfkuhle
Clara. McGinnis
O. J. Nuffer
Louis Wulfkuhle
Ray Young
J. K. Young
Penn
Belmont
Jennings
Ruth Buchanan
Benson
Church of the Brethren
Eberhart
Lena Eberhart
Elsie Forney
Winey
Clyde Forney
F. E. McCune
Harold Eberhart
T. E. Mills
15Th
Mass. St
Penn St
Rev. Stauffer
Norman Endacott
Frank Lescher
John Lohman
Leo Piper
Donald Bowers
Eddie Martin
Harold Pettibone
Mass
St. the Jail
Mae Watson
Pearl Lacey
Brockwell
Mrs. Stauffer
C. O. Foster
Rev. Shepherd
O'Brien
Gertrude LaCoss
Ruby Whitcroft
8Th
Nver
Penn. St
Helen ,Clark
Margaret Thompson
Jessie Hopkins
Adan Salisbury
Wiley
Thompson
Mass. Street
Ohio St
9Th Street
Rev. Hughes
Billie Hughes
19Th
New York Street
Isabelle Gibb
Marcella Chalkly
Alice Griesa
Dorothy Clark
Lucinda Griffith
Mildred Reinisch
Josephine Farrell
Helen Skilton
Katie Strong
Dorothy Blackmar
Helen Friend
Katherine Jack
Arah Weidemann
Vera Casits
Sophia Uterman
Jessamine Fugate
Leone Hilkey
Gladys Dunakin
Emma Houghton
Kathleen Doering
Helen White
Roberta Gorsuch
Lela Brown
Dorothy Christine
Jennie Glendinning
Blanche Holloway
St. Ta. Minnehaha
Mrs. Geo. Ware
Mary Underwood
Marcella Mornett
Mildred Maxwell
Ethel Smith
Catherine Sutton
Mildred Cutter
Charlotte Cutter
Maria Brown
Ruth Cady
Loraine Nelson
Aanakiya
Loren Hobbs
Laura Glidden
Catherine Kline
Frances Moore
Helen Myers
Alice Perkins
Lela Pyle
Jessie Roper
Mary Engle
Fedalma Bunker
Frances Hopper
Loraine Mack
Elenore Brown
Erna Seidel
Ira Deidman
Mildred Gilmore
Lora Keeler
Ruth Spotts
Winifred Ward
Gladys Jones
Ethel Pierson
Maud Eniett
Miss St. West
Presbyterian
Mary Carpenter
Opal Holmes
Veneera Miller
Harriet Brush
Cecil Hough
Karl Brown
Selden Butcher
Harold Lytle
St. West
Methodist
Corinne Constant
Cecil Hale
Ora Nicholson
Nellie Lynn
Wilma Miller
Kenneth Constant
Carl Walker
Leo Applegate
Mu Phi
Harriet Greissinger
Frances Allen
Ruth Anderson
Dorothy Bell
Edna Hopkins
Gladys
Henry
Mable Galloway
Olwie Galloway
Lorna Marie Raub
Helen Weed
Helen Bell
la. St
Indiana Street
Jones Hospital
Simmons
Douglas County Praises Red Cross Christmas Drive Leaders
Douglas County in Kansas responds with patriotic pride to the Red Cross Christmas membership drive. Respect is extended to committees in Lawrence Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton with leaders W H Garrett C E Cory and J W Kreider. Gratitude is given to local papers Rob Rotarians Boy Scouts and others for support and to Roy E Burt Nell Schneider Hattie Rinehart and Lawrence School staffs for office assistance. J N Van Der Vries, Manager, Douglas County Christmas Membership Committee.
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Lawrence
Baldwin
W. H. Garrett
Eudora
C. E. Cory
Lecompton
J. W. Kreider
A. A. Hicks
W. J. Cummings, Jr
A. P. Rudiger
van Roy Miller
W. D. Pontius
Geo. Hildebrandt
E. G. Steele
C. R. Hawley
W. G Powell
Roy E. Burt
Nell Schneider
Hattie Rinehart
Lawrence Business College
Lawrence Public Schools
Boy Scouts
R. C. Manley
J. M. Sanderson
Burnham Munger Root Dry Goods Company
J. N. van der Vries
Douglas County
Wakarusa
Marion
Willow Springs
Waka
Clinton
Grant
Red Cross
van der Vries
Roy Burt
Red Cross Honor Roll Country Club
Progressive Reading Club
Lawrence Paper Mill Mfg. Co
Carter Book Store
Estabrook
Kansas Jayhawker basketball back for camp early
Coach Omar Hamilton orders varsity candidates to report before Christmas to prepare for the season. Kansas opens Valley play January 10 at Funston against the Camp Funston five, followed by January 17 18 at Ames. Scrimmages with strong competition shape the team for the Missouri Valley Conference title.
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Missouri
Omar” Hamilton
Kansas
Hamilton
Jayhawker
Laslett
Red Cross Campaign Nears Finish in Douglas County
The Douglas County Red Cross Christmas drive closes with 8600 members in Lawrence and surrounding districts. Lawrence city alone surpassed its county quota. Baldwin Grant and Lecompton doubled their targets. J L Johnston of Red Cross Headquarters notes the effort is the county’s most successful, reflecting strong wartime duty among residents as many claim service members abroad.
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J. L. Johnston
Red Cross
St. Louis
Missouri
Douglas County
Kansas
Lawrence
Baldwin
J. XN. van der Vries
Grant Township
Lecompton
Hicks
Lawrence and county drive seals Red Cross drive total
Quotas and memberships for multiple districts are listed with Lawrence reaching 8 494 members and projected 8 600. a Christmas tone notes Red Cross support for 600 Douglas County men in service. Lawton gift card thanks Battery B via T J Sweeney. Schools face coal shortages. delivery limited, jan 2 reopening promised but not guaranteed.
L. H. S Begins Practice Despite Material Shortage
Lawrence High School basketball forces will practice nightly through the holidays aiming for a strong showing when they meet Kansas City Kansas high school on January 4. The squad is weakened by war with only Scoop Olson returning as letterman, while Stauffer Endacott Houk Westemyer Pipes and Weede vie for several guard and forward spots. Coach Bill Weaver may be called to army duty around January 1. The team remains hopeful in the Northeastern Kansas League with Lawrence alongside Kansas City Kansas Leavenworth Atchison and Rosedale.
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Jayhawker
Jayhawker Five
Crimson and Blue
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas High School
Olson
Pigellons
Stauffer
Paul Endacott
Houk
Armin Westemyer
Jelly” Pipes
Jimmie Weede
Bill Weaver
Kans
Leavenworth
Atchison
Rosedale
Trotsky Denies Red Cross Aid To Bolsheviks
Washington says Trotsky’s claim that the American Red Cross Mission aids Bolshevik opponents stems from ignorance. A relief train incident involving Red Cross attache Kolpashinneoff is unresolved. Ambulances and supplies were sent to aid Russian districts via Romania with Red Cross approval. The money transfer was for relief, not bribe, officials say. Miss Bernice Rankin left for Topeka to spend Christmas with her mother.
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Washington
State Department
Leon Trotsky
Red Cross
Russia
Francis
Kolpashinneoff
Trotzky
Bernice Rankin
Topeka
Reeves Praises Kansas Soldiers Commanding Officer Extends Greetings
Colonel James H Reeves commander of the 353d Infantry issues Christmas greetings to Kansas troops praising their progress in military service. He notes a Kansas fund and recreation hall project to improve soldier welfare and environment, urging continued effort and expressing pride in the regiment.
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James H. Reeves
All- 53Rd Infantry
Sas
Kansas Pe
Reeves
Kansas
343Rd Infantry
Snutlee
Ie Forminy
Negro farmer missing from Bloomington on horseback
William Clayborne, forty eight, a Black farmer from Bloomington, disappeared Tuesday after riding away from his home one and a half miles south of town. His horse and hat were found near the barn the next morning, and he is described as brown complexioned five six, 185 to 140 pounds with two fingers missing on one hand and a numb finger on the other. He is well known locally and had several friends here. No reason for his disappearance is known.
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Woodward
Bloomington
William Clayborne
Clayborne
Kaiser thanks his people amid Verdun rising praise
Amsterdam reports German Emperor praises troops north of Verdun for bravery in 1917. He credits the nation with steadfast support and vows hopes for an enduring ally as he expresses confidence that the Allied cause will prevail. Also notes Mr and Mrs John C Root of Atchison Kansas celebrate Christmas with daughter in de Werkenthin family line.
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Amsterdam
Verdun
John C. Root
Atchison, Kansas
de Werkenthin
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