London Air Raid Chaos Leaves Dozens Dead
London officials report thirty seven killed and 141 injured as German bombers struck the heart of the city. The raid involved about twenty aircraft, met with anti aircraft fire and British air support, with casualties and damage rising as the attack unfolded across the metropolis.
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London
Royal Flying Corps
Admiralty
New York
Black Tom Island
War Office
Thanet
Parrallel
The
Thames
Raiders Approach Over London Patrol Sparks Urgency
London on July 7 reported a raiding squadron approaching from the northern suburbs. The twenty plus planes swept in low from high altitude, diving toward central targets while antiaircraft batteries fired frantically. Citizens sought safety in basements as warning alarms sounded across the city.
Pickard Hopes To Be Among Chosen Aviators
Lawrence youth Sam Pickard, after attending officers training, is sent to Fort Urbana Illinois for weeks of aviation ground school. In a letter to his parents he says he expects to be sent from Urbana to San Diego California for the first aviator contingent to the front and has passed the corps physical.
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Pickard
Sam Pickard
Lawrence
Ft. Urbana
Ill
Lloyds Force Cut Down in Wartime Losses and Premiums
London July 7 Lloyds Marine Insurance reports the Committee has lost the services of 2,600 men during the war. Business now runs with the help of old men and boys. Last year premiums paid totalled 35,000,000 pounds sterling.
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Lloyds
London
Lloyds Marine Insurance
Food Bill Debates Over Liquor Phase Sparks Senate Clash
The Senate reversed a prior vote and rejected the Cummins amendment prohibiting withdrawal of distilled beverages from bond. Debate centers on whether liquor manufacture and consumption should be restricted during the war, with politicians arguing banks would suffer and authorities weighing presidential power to control bonded stocks. The Smoot amendment to place government purchase of bonded liquor and pay costs was added, while Reed’s public interest withdrawal provision failed.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Smoot
Smith
Georgia
Ithbeer
Reed
James
Kentucky
Penrose
Russians Renew Fighting Near Pinsk Front
Petrograd reports open battle west of Tinsk with Pinsk in flames. Russians shell obstacles and advance in Galicia. They seize Sianka forest, Hill 388, and Godov village while Eleventh Army troops take first line trenches. Population of Pinsk before the war was about 30,000.
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Petrograd
Tinsk
Pinsk
Galicia
Finsk
Poland
Baltic
Riga
Gu Hcia
White Russia
Warsaw
Sianka
Godov
Eleventh Army
Schools Pay For Water Service Battle Over City Meters
The city seeks to install meters on all school water services to charge users and curb waste. The Board of Education, urged by City Engineer E H Dunmire, weighs whether to bill the water department from school properties, potentially raising local taxes. Cronemeyer argues this shifts costs to taxpayers and favors the water fund. A special meeting Monday will decide whether to contest water department actions.
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E. H. Dunmire
Board of Education
E Cronemeyer
Cronemeyr
Dunimire
Water Department
Dunwire
Dunmire
Sedalia aviation school eyed for State Fair grounds
Missouri officials discuss turning Sedalia grounds into a federal aviation school with hangars workshops living quarters and study rooms. J Bunlap of Kansas City inspected the $1.8 million plant and said conversion could be rapid. a mass meeting formed a lease committee but board action remains pending.
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Sedalia
Missouri State
Missouri Council of Defense
State Fair Board
J. Bunlap
Kansas City i
Missouri Council
Dunlap
Beld
Fair Board
George Arnold
Coulter Lectures At University Summer Session
Noted botanist J M Coulter head of University of Chicago botany will lecture at Fraser chapel daily at 4 30 next week. Topics include The National Research Council Organic Evolution Heredity Plant Breeding and Plant Diseases. British Attack In Belgium reports British forces advancing east of Wytschaete last night.
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J. M. Coulter
University of Chicago
Fraser Chapel
United States
Frederick J. Kelly
Mondag
National Research Council
Belgium
London
Wytschaete
War Office
Coroners Jury Reform Questioned in London
London report notes coroners juries sit with fewer than twelve members for the first time in about a thousand years. Westminster coroners official statement last week details the change and its implications for inquests and traditional procedure.
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London
Westminster
American Lost When Ship Sank
One American citizen was among four crew members drowned when the steamer Orleans was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The drowned man was E Nogot a messman from the Philippine Islands. Cable advices received here today by Oriental Navigation Co.
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New York
Orleans
The
Oriental Navigation Co
E. Nogot, Messman
Philippine Islands
Kaw Valley potato crop seen well below average this year
Lawrence wholesale firm Howard and Burnett estimates Kaw Valley potato yield at about three fourths of last year’s public yield. About 5,000 acres planted with 2,500 on each side of the river from Topeka to Kansas City. Digging to start next week. demand strong in middle west. few shipments east of the Mississippi.
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Kaw Valley
Howard
Howard and Burnett
Topeka
Kansas City
Middle
Sloward
Mississippi River
Denver
Texas
Douglas County
Locating Seed Wheat In Kansas Seeks Pure Hard Wheat
Hard wheat inspected in twenty Kansas counties over three weeks, listing more than 4,000,000 bushels suitable for seed. Project by Kansas State Agricultural College divisions and county agents under Kans council of defense aims to identify farmers with good wheat and areas selling carload lots. Farmers show cooperation. note soft wheat incurs more failure in hard wheat belt, urging continued hard wheat cultivation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Division of Extension
Agronomy Department
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kans Council of Defense
Yokohama Traders Petition to Use Private Codes
The Yokohama Foreign Trade Association has sent a petition to Washington requesting the right to use private codes in cable messages. The move aims to aid silk and tea exporters trading with the United States, who have used coded quotations for cost efficiency despite war regulations permitting only well known codes.
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Yokohama
Japan
Yokohama Foreign Trade Association
Washington
United States
START IS MADE TO OUST SPY SYSTEM
Federal Government moves to dismantle German espionage network with strict censorship of outgoing cables. Officials say steps target the German system, with former embassy officials displaced as measures tighten after the war declaration. Havens like Turkey and Bulgaria still host German representatives as authorities continue cleansing the network.
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State Department
Germany
Turkey
Bulgaria
Legation Amd
United States
Lawrence Women Learn First Aid Classes
Twenty four women in Lawrence attend a First Aid course taught by Dr A W Clark at Mrs T H Chalkley home. The exam will grant Red Cross certification. Students practice bandaging as they prepare for the written oral and practical test. Members include Mrs St A Kent Mrs Peter Appleboom Mrs T A Chalkley Miss Sadie Dorsey Miss Annabelle Crawford Miss Naomi Light Miss Gail Hall Miss Evelyn Cox Miss Ruth Anderson Miss Ruth Peairs Miss Edith Mattoon Miss Maude Maffet Miss Grace Poff Miss Ruth Bachansin Miss Lena Miller Miss Opal Holmes Ness Stella Simmons Miss Helen Metcalf Miss Lola Brown Miss Mildred Newman Miss Yazel Green Miss Wilma Arnett Miss Maud Arnott Miss Myrtle Doibee.
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Lawrence
T. H. Chalkley
A. W. Clark
St. A. Kent
Peter Appleboom
T. AL. Chalkley
Sadie Dorsey
Annabelle Crawford
Naomi Light
Gail Hall
Evelyn Cox
Ruth Anderson
Ruth Peairs
Edith Mattoon
Maude - Maffet
Grace Poff
Ruth Bachansin
Lena Miller
Opal Holmes
Ness Stella Simmons
Helen Metcalf
Lola Brown
Mildred Newman
Yazel Green
Wilma Arnett
Maud Arnott
Myrtle Doibee
Red Cross Delayed List Of Contributors For Publication
A notice says the Red Cross drive contributor list is delayed as local committee clerical help is unavailable. Publication will occur once the list is prepared. Washington reports that all Germans connected to the embassy or consulates in America are being asked to leave.
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Red Cross
Iisks
Committee
Washington
America
United States
State Department
Draft To Be Delayed as Draft Draws Near
Washington reports the draft for the new national army may be postponed to mid week due to incomplete organization in several states. The plan centers on serial card numbering with one draft per district as numbers are drawn, affecting about 30,000 men per draw. C J Eriksen of Lawrence plans July vacation in New York for Edison dealers convention July 12 13 at Waldorf Astoria.
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Washington
Crowder
Baker
C. J. Eriksen
New York
Eriksen
Edison Phonograph
Lawrence
New York City
Edison Dealers
Waldorf-Astoria
Double Brides Wed In Kansas City Marriage
In Judge C. E. Lindley's office this morning two brides tied with a bridegroom who was a bride. The couple united in marriage were John Bride and Helen Mosier, both of Kansas City Kansas.
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C. E. Lindley
John Bride
Helen Mosier
Kansas City
Kan
Water Plant Bonds Registered for Lawrence City
City officials W. W. Holyfield and PLC Brooks traveled to Topeka to register 250000 dollars in water improvement bonds. Funds expected soon will finance new mains and service pipes across Lawrence this summer. Material delays persist as iron pipe arrives. large mains will boost water pressure citywide. Mains run from the new plant to North and South Lawrence with 14 inch, 12 inch, and 10 inch segments, and branches to Sixth Street, Ninth Street, and Kentucky to Thirteenth Street.
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W. W. Holyfield
Brooks
Topeka
Lawrence
BR. H. Dunaire
South
Indiana
Fifth Street
Fifth
Tennessee
Tenth Street
Ninth Street
Kentucky
Thirteenth
Sixth Street
North Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Y M C A Film Displays Army Camp Work In Lawrence
A YMCA careeel film showing the organization’s work in army training camps arrived in Lawrence for exhibition at local theaters. Sent from New York to various cities, it was late for the Woodland Park July 4 celebration. It will be shown at Pattee theater and Varsity theater this afternoon, tonight, and Monday, with extra showings in addition to regular programs. The film aims to inform those unfamiliar with YMCA camp work.
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Lawrence
International Committee of
New York
Woodland Park
Pattee
Varsity Theater
Ym,c. A
More Water in the Lake at Potter Lake
Potter Lake gained two feet of fresh water this week improving conditions for swimmers. Bathers enjoy the cooler water and better wading on the sandy slope. Lawrence residents frequent the lake with fifty to two hundred swimmers daily. Three guards Clifford Wilchur Gordon Saunders and Howard Laslett monitor rules, ensuring continued summer use.
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Potter Lake
Lawrence
Clifford Wilchur
Gordon Saunders
Howard Laslett
La Coss Promoted to Chicago AP Office
Louis laCoss son of Wm M La Coss of Lawrence has earned a promotion in the Associated Press service. Recently stationed in Fargo North Dakota he was ordered to report to the Chicago office for duty and will start there Monday. Also note Zeppelin motor buses in London and Eastbourne use coal gas due to petrol shortage.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Louis laCoss
Wm. M. LaCoss
Lawrence
LaCoss
Fargo
North Dakota
Zeppelin
London
Eastbourne
Why the Kindergarten Should Be a Public School Part
Educators wake to the needs of children ages three to six. Louise M. Alder of the State Normal school at Emporia argues this period molds future habits and moral training. She urges scientists-teachers in kindergartens, closer parent teacher cooperation, and kindergarten’s full integration into public schools.
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Akeiler
Alder
Mias al~ der
Miss Alder
Lawrence
Mrs
J. W. Alder
Sociability Run Through Lawrence by Kansas City Group
Lawrence hosted a Kansas City Chamber of Commerce sociability run with over twenty cars traveling from Ottawa to Topeka, advertising KC firms as they passed through. The route featured displays and noise makers while the pathfinder car led the way, marking a repeat visit from a month earlier when Lawrence was the destination and dinner was held at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Lawrence
Ility
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Topeka
Kansas City
Woters
Chamber of Commerce
Inspect manual equipment visit by student teachers
City Schools two candidates for teaching positions in the manual training department survey equipment and field today at the request of the board of education. W. B. Miller to review the intermediate school while William R. Pease focuses on the higher school. They are summer students at the Normal School in Pittsburg with prior teaching experience.
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Board of Education
W. B. Miller
William R. Pease
Pittsburg
Japan Creates Assist Naval Attach Posts in Four Capitals
Tokio July 7 Japanese government establishes assistant naval attaché roles at Washington London Paris and Petrograd to advise regular attaches and study naval affairs of those nations. The first officer named is Commander Viscount Masamichi Hotta son of the late Viscount Hotta former Minister of Communication in 1908. There are mentions of spring fever cases at hand including some at birth.
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Japan
Tokio
Ta ‘Okio
Washington
London
Paris
Petrograd
Viscount Masamichi Hotta
Viscount Hotta
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Corman
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Department of Justice
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