Allied Armies Parade Through London in Peace Celebration
Thousands of demobilized soldiers from 12 nations parade six miles through London led by General John J. Pershing. King George and the royal family salute while Allied colors brighten Buckingham Palace. Grand stands host widows and children of the fallen as crowds camped overnight to witness the showing of peace.
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London
George
Navy
Victoria Memorial
Buckineham Palace
John J. Pershine
Douglas County Races Ahead in License Tag Compliance
State reports show about 106000 applications statewide with roughly half still due. Douglas County reports 2103 tag fees collected, about three quarters of its car total, indicating faster response than the rest of the state despite delays in filing.
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Douglas County
Dairy potential in Douglas County seen as infancy
Kansas City man H. T. Carson from Myers Milk Co. says Douglas County dairying is in its infancy with great prospects for production and marketing. A dairying meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms will feature talks by J. B. Fitch and H. E. Dodge, with Robert Terrill, city milk inspector of Kansas City, Kan., in attendance.
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Douglas County
Kansas City
H. T. Carson
Myers Milk Company
Chamber of Commerce
J. B. Fitch
H. E. Dodge
Robert Terrill
Kans
Unsettled Kansas Weather With Showers Through Weekend
Kansas forecast shows unsettled conditions with likely thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. Temperatures near yesterday's highs around mid 80s and overnight lows in the 60s. Local forecasts indicate little temperature change and periodic showers through the period.
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Kansas
Sharon
Tam
Pacific Fleet Sails for West Coast via Panama Canal
Vanguard of the Pacific fleet sails from Old Point Comfort Virginia bound for the western coast via the Panama canal. Six super dreadnoughts, 30 destroyers and tenders lead 200 naval craft assigned to Pacific waters.
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Hampton Roads
West Coast
Panama Canal
Old Point Comfort
Pacific Waters
Car That Started World War I Returns to Prague Ride
Lieutenant Charles Griesa of Lawrence now with the American mission to the Czecho-Slovak government at Prague recalls riding in the railway coach once used by the Austrian grand duke on his fatal Sarajevo trip in 1914. The car is called the “car that started the war” by American officers who use it on official business.
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Lawrence Boy
Sarajevo
Charles Griesa
Lawrence
Prague
Bohemia
Serbia
Griesa
Czecho-Slovakia
Class of 1940 Mobilizes for Baby Week in Lawrence
Lawrence to host Baby Week led by Miss Elizabeth Bullock supervising nurse with well babies drive. Mothers gain guidance on feeding and development as babies are measured weighed examined. A Baby Killer Show highlights dangers from pacifiers while Kansas Tuberculosis cartoons decorate the hall.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Public Health Nursing Association
Elizabeth Bullock
Miss Bullock
Reiew
Efficiency
Dr. Florence Sherhoads University
Lare
Kansas
Kansas State Tuberculosis Association
James O'Bryan
le Roy Henry
Lawrence team defeats Indians 4 to 2 in twilight game
A Lawrence based team of former baseball stars beat the Haskell Indians 4 to 2 on their field last night in the first twilight game of a summer series. Hugo Wedek and H B Baltz played for the Lawrence battery while Anderson and Bushy featured for the Indians. The Indians hit two home runs and had two errors in the nine innings. Next game is scheduled for Tuesday. M N Wilson of Lawrence, a local businessman, arrived with his twin sons and is visiting relatives.
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Lawrence
Haskell Indians
Hugo Wedék
University ¥. M. C. A
H. B. Baltz
Indians
Anderson
Bushy
Baltz
Tuesays
Wild Rabbit Dinner Debate At Biceps Bunch Meeting
Members of the Biceps Bunch discuss rabbit meat as a dietary option for red blond men. The group plans a jack rabbit dinner with tame versus wild meat, entertainment, and a possible Dempsey game of Tildywinks, noted by a reporter on patrol.
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South Chusetts Street
Jess
Sid
Broadway
Dempsey
Villa's Troops Forced To Enlist In His Army
Jaurez July 19 The trial of men captured in Villa's June 14 incursion will take about eight months due to demoralized communications and formalities delaying testimony. Forty three captured, one released. all charged with banditry, punishment but no executions per judge Cuén. Many were impressed into Villa's following, with threats against families cited. Prisoners show hardship, ragged clothes, emaciation, yet aid from Jagrez residents and government supplies improve conditions.
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Mexico
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Jugen Jesus M. Cuen
Sonora
Coahuila
Sinaloa
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Chihuahua
Youngeur
Jagrez
Curtailed Orders Won't Hurt K U Head of University Unit
Captain Brown, acting commandant, says army cuts to 356000 will largely spare the university ROTC, with only two or three officers possibly stationed next year. He notes many officers are in demobilized classes and that engineer officers are especially scarce. The junior ROTC units may be abandoned while senior units remain vital.
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War Department
J.D. Brown
Lt. O. T.C
Captain Brown
Ificers
Brown
West Point
Capain Brown
Harold Burdick
KR. O. T. CL
Regnar Army
Coast Artillery
ROO. T. Cis
Tank Corps
Intelligence Service
Air Service
Motor Transport Service
Audentical Warfare Service
Palmyra Leads County Dog Census With Most Hounds
County clerk completes dog census tally showing 2087 dogs counted last spring. Palmyra township reports the highest total, six more than Lawrence. other towns listed include Lawrence 333 Baldwin 27 Eudora ? Lecompton ? Wakarusa 5 Lecompton 14 Clinton 123 Marathon Springs 224 and Palmyra 439.
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Lawrence Douglas County
Palmyra Township
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
Wakarues Township
Clinton
Mar’ Ilow Springs
Dora
Bue
No Cooperation Charge Against Kansas G A R Leader
Theodore Gardner, newly elected Department Commander, issues General Order No 2 alleging former commander W W Smith and aides withheld books records and funds of the Kansas Department. The order urges prompt remittance of the semi annual per capita tax due June 40 1919 and names Crowder Engle Funk and Churchill as aides. Church ill elected Kansas representative at the national encampment at Columbus Ohio.
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Department of Kansas
Theodore Gardner
W. W. Smith
D. L. Sweeney
Department
Lawrence Post No. 12
T. N. Crowder
Solomon Engle
Simeon Funk
S.J. Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Kansas
Columbus
Ohio
Barby Week Proclamation Calls City to Baby Health Day
City officials urge residents to bring infants to a public health rally in Lawrence to promote infant health and welfare. The proclamation emphasizes community effort to improve conditions and educate caregivers for the well being of children.
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Maver
Weels Beyrinandy
Lawrenc
Kreeck
American Business Must Let British Get Cream
American commerce struggles to expand in postwar Europe as the State Department awaits treaty ratification. British and French efforts press into Germany, but U S authority to fund or deploy consular or allied trade agents is blocked until ratification ends the technical state of war.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
United States
Kettering Flies Non Stop Wichita Mission Amid Setback
F Kettering the Dayton Ohio inventor started from Wichita at 8 20 this morning aiming for Mineola on a 1350 mile nonstop hop at about 125 mph with Howard Rhinehardt piloting in a De Havilland Four. A punctured magneto coil forced a Wichita stop earlier. He previously flew 750 miles from Dayton.
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Wichita
New York
Jontoey- Wichita
F. Kettering
Dayton,o
Mineola
Dayton
de Havilams Four
Howard Rhinehardt
Will Try Hard Boiled Two American Officers Before Court Martial
Army officers compiling the court martial that tried Lieutenant Hard Boiled Smith and Lieutenant Mason will be summoned before a special House investigation within days to explain the sentences and alleged brutality to prisoners in France. Representative Ralling er says the trial of these two was biased and the testimony will be examined as part of the inquiry.
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Washington
Smith
Mason
France
Special House Investigation Committee
Ralinger
Rallinger
Jesuf
Sadih
Lawrence to Begin City Garbage Collection Contract
Lawrence announces the start of a new garbage collection system under a contract with Dr J J Renner. The plan mirrors Topeka practices with downtown pickup daily and residential twice weekly as needed, using sealed wagons and metal containers.
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City Commission
Mayer Therve 1
Kreed
Ty Eihieinis
J. J. Wenner
Dr. Rhenne
Topeka
Renner
Lawrence
Mayer
Reatz Wins Elks Sevenback Bowling Championship
Reatz sevenback team clinched the Elks Sevenback Bowling Tournament by sweeping four straight games from the Tail Enders. All games exceeded 300 as Stevenson and Graeber teams tied for second, creating an unsettled playoff. Captain Ralph H. Spotts of the Thirteenth Field Artillery plans return to the U S before August first after serving with the A E F earlier and remaining in occupied territory.
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Huls
Reatz Sevenback
Elks Sevenback
Tuurney
Elks
Stevenson
Reacher
Grae
Ex-Emperor Faces Court Trial Says Council
The council declares the former monarch must stand trial for atrocities, asserting accountability cannot be avoided if perpetrators are to be punished. The statement signals a judiciary push to seek justice for alleged crimes.
Peace Pact Urged With List of Russian War Prisoners
The supreme council at the peace conference discussed 240 000 Russian POWs remaining in Germany fed at Entente expense. They face Bolshevik fears and passage denial from Poland and others, while Britain and America plan troop withdrawals in the Rhineland. A list of officials for punishment of William Hohenzollern remains unsupplied.
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Associated Press
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Germany
Poland
Russia
William Hohenzollern
Rhineland
Foch
Belated Medals for Border Service Awarded by War Department
National Guardsmen serving on the Mexican border are beginning to receive bronze circular medals from the War Department. The awards bear the motto For Service on the Mexican Border and feature the national coat of arms with a name-engraved scroll on the reverse. Distribution has just started with the first recipient in Lawrence numbered 499, a reporter who served with the First Regiment under General Wilder S. Metcalf.
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War Department
National Guard
Lawrence
Nan
Wilder S. Metcalf
Midwest Bank Buys Prime Frontage in Kansas City
Midwest Bank in Kansas City paid 350000 for forty eight foot frontage at the northeast corner of Tenth and Walnut streets. The four story building on the site will be replaced with a modern banking and office structure. T J Sweeney of Lawrence serves as a Midwest director. The site lies opposite the National Bank of Commerce and across from the Federal Reserve bank in the city’s financial center.
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Midwest Bank
Kansas City
Say
Mid- National Bank and
Trust Com
Tenth and
Walnut Streets
Midwest Company
County Pays Tuition For 243 High School Pupils
County Superintendent O J Lane reports 243 Douglas county pupils completed prep for a high school course but reside outside any district. The county will pay tuition at any county high school. This year's total is 243, down from 205 last year.
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Supt. Lane
O. J. Lane
Douglas County
Professor Sherwood undergoes appendectomy at St Luke's
Prof. N P Sherwood of the university department of bacteriology had a successful appendicitis operation at St Luke's hospital in Kansas City on Wednesday. Hospital reports said his condition has been exceptionally good since the surgery.
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N. P. Sherwood
University Department of Bacteriology
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
Professor Sherwood
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