Germany Poised for Final Drive on Western Front
Allied lines brace as German high command readies a decisive assault with tanks gas and mass infantry near Arras and St Quentin. Prussian leadership promises breakthrough while Allied morale remains high and numerically superior forces prepare for a brutal, potentially decisive clash.
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France
Associated Ss
Western Front
Arras
St. Quentin
Aries
von Hindenberg
von Ludendorff
Galacia
Riga
Isonzo
von Hutier
Gen Kaledines kills self amid Don Cossacks council
In Novo Tcherkask, Gen Kaledines, Hetman of the Don Cossacks, fatally shot himself after the government agreed to resign and transfer power to a workers and soldiers council. General Nazaroff took leadership and ordered mobilization of Cosacks against Bolshevik advances.
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Tetrograd
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
Novo Tcherkask
Nazaroff
British win aerial battle over Germany raid targets
London reports Sunday air actions with ten German planes down and six disabled by British airmen. Bombs dropped on several targets as British aviators raided Trevs and Thionville on Monday.
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London
Trevs
Thionville
Live Wire Boss of Loan Publicity
Frank R. Wilson a newspaper man becomes the main publicist for the Third and Fourth Liberty Loans. Former assistant secretary of the Federal Farm Loan Board he has long served as McAdoo’s advance agent and traveled nationwide. He earned a reputation as a "live wire" among future campaign leaders.
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Frank R. Wilson
Wilson
Federal Farm Loan Board
McAdoo
Milk used to tint plaster at old North College site
William Brown of Lawrence says milk delivered to the builder was mixed with cement to give plaster a whiter tint. He recalls the finisher demanding non watered milk and notes a couple of gallons were supplied daily. Brown previously owned a dairy near the University campus.
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Old North College
William Brown
Lawrence
Mr. Brown
Brown
Grocers and Butchers Elect Officers at Chamber Meeting
The Retail Grocers and Butchers Organization completed its formation at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. Officers elected: President Robert Wagstaff, Vice President S R Holloway, Secretary Frank Strong, and Treasurer William Lacoff. The price interpretation committee cut four prices and lowered potatoes to 1.25 and 1.50 per bushel.
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Grocers and Butchers
Retail Grocers and Butchers Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Wagstaff
S. R. Holloway
Frank Strong
William Lacoff
Schools Return After Five Week Meningitis Closure
McLouth schools resumed work yesterday after five weeks of suspension due to meningitis. Jeff Barnes, visiting his father Uriah Barnes with Mrs. Barnes, said doctors have the illness effectively checked and normal operations should continue.
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Mc Louth
Jeff Barnes
Chantie Man for New War Job
Stanton H. King of Boston is assigned to revive chantie singing among the U S Merchant Marine’s new cargo ship crew. An old salt who began at Barbadoes and sailed Yankee ships, he is noted as the best known sailor songs performer in the comics.
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American Merchant Marine
Stanton H. King
Boston
King
Uncle Sam
Barbadoes
Russia Yields To German Peace Demands At Brest Litovsk
London reports Russia is ready to sign peace on German terms with retention of Poland Lithuania Riga and Moon Island and an indemnity of 800000000. Premier Lenine and Leon Trotzky signed the official statement declaring readiness to accept the Brest Litovsk conditions amid resumed German offensives and Russian demobilization. The key dispute was German evacuation of western Russian border territories.
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London
Russia
Germany
the Times
Petrograd
Leon Trotzky
Bolsheviks
Brest-Litovsk
Poland
Lithuania
Riga
Moon Island
Lenine
Council of People’s Commissioners
Dvinskad Lutsk
Basketball games at YMCA schedule three matches
Tomorrow night at the YMCA three commercial league games are on the card. Lawrence Business College first team meets second team at 7:15, All-stars face Bowersock Mill at 8, and Lecompton clashes with Fraternal Aid Union at 8:43. Standings show Lecompton 20 100, All Stars 500, L B C 1st 500, L B C 2d 500, Mill 000.
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Lawrence Business College
All-stars
Bowersock Mill
Lecompton and
Fraternal Aid Union
Lecompton
L. B.C
Professor Williams to Lead Explosive Plant Project
Prof C C Williams of the University of West Virginia School of Engineering will supervise the erection of a Charleston explosive plant valued at 45 million dollars. The War Department has ordered his service as supervising engineer in the federal project. He will leave the university this week with a leave of absence through the semester.
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C. Williams
K. A
C. C. Williams
Charleston
West Virginia
War Department
Federal Service
Williams
War Department Representative to Visit K U This Week
War Department plans a Kansas University visit this week to inspect the School of Engineering as a potential technical school for drafted men. Chancellor Frank Strong received a Washington telegram stating a War Department representative and a military officer would tour the university facilities to assess suitability.
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War Department
K. U
School of Engineering
Washington, D. C
Frank Strong
Federal Board of the War Department
University of Kansas
Mid-Week Service To Feature Rev Arthur C Ryan
The union mid week service will be held at the Congregational Parish house tomorrow evening at 7 45 o'clock. Rev Arthur C Ryan of Constantinople will address the meeting. He recently left Constantinople on four days notice and is described as a live wire earnest and attractive speaker with knowledge of Turkish politics promising a highly interesting and instructive address.
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Union
Arthur C. Ryan
Constantinople
Kansas Weather Report Forecast Yesterday to Thursday
Weather summary notes cloudy conditions this afternoon with a chance of snow and colder temperatures tonight. A cold wave affects the southeast and extreme northeast portions, with continued cold through Wednesday and Thursday.
Our President in Wartime
An article challenges the myth of a secluded president planning policy in a silent room. It recounts an occasion when President Wilson visited the Federal Trade Commission about coal prices, finding the commission moving and the building short of chairs, forcing them to camp on barrels while discussing a major executive proclamation.
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Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Gas problem to Carey in Lawrence spurs civic action
Emerson Carey seeks relief for Lawrence gas shortage after sending clipping to Dr. Garfield and Senator Curtis. Mayor Francisco cites Public Utilities Commission rules from Oklahoma on gas pressure, urging Kansas to study similar actions. Also notes KU Folies chorus selections for March 14 and other campus entertainment, Trotzky named food dictator in Petrograd, a marriage license issued in Lawrence, and F A U leaders traveling to Chicago for the National Fraternal Congress.
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Emerson Carey
Lawrence
Garfield
National Fuel
Curtis
Carey
Francisco
Public Utilities Commission of Oklahoma
Kansas State Public Utilities Commission
United States Supreme Court
Franklin School Program at District No. 14
A February 22 program at Franklin schoolhouse features Welcome by Hughey Craker Recitations by Harold White John Whitelaw Emma Schutz Henry Welsh Eleanor Whitelaw and Evelyn White A Colonial Tea Party Four girls A one act play Courtship Under Difficulties with Cleora Kluse Floyd White Neill Whitelaw and dramatization by Evelyn White Waldor Kluss Duet Miss Sanders and Miss Allis Solo performances by Miss Mary Jane Sanders and Miss Eda Allis and a school song Salvate reading and introductions to Martha and George
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Franklin
District No. 14
Hughey Craker
Harold White
Mary Jane Sanders
John Whitelaw
Martha and George
Emma Schutz
Cleora Kluse
Floyd White
Neill Whitelaw
Eda Allis
Henry Welsh
Evelyn White
Waldor Kluss
Miss Sanders
Miss Allis
Eleanor Whitelaw
Second Draft Soldiers Gather at Camp Funston Detention Camp
Soldiers joining the second draft are sent to Detention Camp No 2 near Camp Funston for two to three weeks. The camp has about 620 tents with a five man capacity each, totaling roughly 3,000. Over 60 troops were housed last week with guards and more expected in two weeks. It is noted reading material will be in demand.
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Camp Funston
New Favorite in Washington Welcomes Mrs Pruett
One of the newest arrivals in the military social circle at Washington is Mrs William Pruett wife of Lieutenant Pruett of the Medical Reserves Corps. Mrs Pruett is from Tennessee and has entertained extensively since her arrival. She has proven a great favorite.
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Washington
William Pruett
Pruett
Medical Reserves Corps
City approves switch track plan for Bowersock Mill line
Ordinance grants Bowersock Mill and Power Co. consent to build a switch from Union Pacific to connect with Interurban, with routes along Rhode Island Levee and Massachusetts streets and a 120 foot radius curve. Grantees must file detailed construction plans. Hugh Keller seeks $50 monthly band support. city takes the matter under advisement. Petition for electric light at Missouri and Eleventh street granted.
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Bowersock Mill and Power Company
Union Pacific
Rhode Island Street
Levee Street
Massachusetts Street
Levee and
New Hampshire Streets
Leeve Street
Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway Co
New Hampshire Street
Hugh Keller
New Lawrence
Holyfield
City Hall
Keller
Missouri
Eleventh Street
Meatless Tuesday Posum Caught at Epley’s Restaurant
A liberty posum wandered down Massachusetts Street on a meatless Tuesday seeking friends. Ed Burk, Ep ley’s cook, captured the animal in front of the restaurant and handed it to a man named Frenchy who pledged to treat it well.
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Massachusetts Street
Epley’s
Ed Burk
Frenchy
Friends of Lawrence plan free lecture on war reconstruction
The Friends of Lawrence arrange a Sunday lecture at 3 o'clock by J Henry Scattergood, a Red Cross member who led reconstruction work in France with the Friends church. He spent five months studying war zones, and will present words and pictures to convey the war’s reality to listeners.
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Friends of
Lawrence
J. Henry Scattergood
France
Friends Church of
United States
Scattergood
American Red Cross Commission
Society of Friends
Red Cross
Dr Mark Beach Dies After Illness at Fort Sill
Lieut Mark Beach known as Dr Beach and longtime county physician for fifteen years died at Fort Sill Oklahoma from an abscess in his head. His wife and two sons with her brother traveled to Camp Doniphan last week as he neared death. He received a military funeral before the body was brought to Clinton for a 2 30 p m Methodist church service. Dr Beach was a respected Christian figure in the community.
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Mark Beach
Dr. Beach
Fort Sill
Okla
Peas Beach
Ston
Déemiphart
Ian
120Th Field Artillery
Junior Red Cross Drive Under Way
The April drive mobilizes county schoolchildren for Junior Red Cross work. It outlines pledges for 25 cents per pupil or approved Red Cross activities, seed surveys, salvage drives, and spring garden campaigns aimed at aiding communities and wounded or homeless groups.
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Red Crees
United States
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Aga
Cher
Auris Red Roaa
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Wilson
America
Cnt
Douglas County
Gan
Beck
Weakington
Lincoln
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers for Workrooms
The Red Cross calls for daily help at 2 30 PM in the workrooms to double capacity per National Division. Weekly schedule lists knitting sewing surgical dressings on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. muslin dressings on Wednesday and Saturday. wrapping gauze dressings and other surgical tasks on Friday. volunteers urged to assist.
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Red Cross
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Live Wire
Frank R Wilson
Chantie Man
Stanton
Brest- Litovsk
Lithunia
St. Y. M. Ca
Adowph Cwed
Kansas Weather Report
Simons
Blanche Simons
Eloise McNutt
Harold Stanley
Genevieve Searles
Mildred Payne
Elaine Wharton
Edna Chain
Agatha Kinney
Charlotte Carnie
Billa Hammer
Eleanor Clarke
Trene Cutter
Irene Imus
Myrtle Steen
Edna Rising
Trotzky
Ira L. Goheen
Clay Center
Myrtle V. Gregg
V. A. Young
S. S. Bury
Chicago
National Fraternal Congress
Franklin School
Bowersock Company
U. P
Electric Light
Friends Church
Clinton
Gegenby
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