Crown Princes Checkmated as Allies Repel German Offense
Allied forces report heavy German losses with 1050 guns captured since May 27 and 15,000 prisoners taken as German troops gained 180 square miles before being halted. American aviators bombed Verdun front rail hubs while Italian troops thwart assaults near the To nale Pass northwest of Trent, signaling renewed western front contention.
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Berlin
Toul Front
Dommary-Baroncourt
Verdun
Conflans
Metz
Tonale
Trent
First Yank Bomb Raid Behind German Lines
American bombing squadron penetrated German lines near Dommary Baroncourt to strike a railway junction. Despite heavy anti aircraft fire on two lead planes the group released a perfect smoke cloud and withdrew toward Allied lines. The attackers endured intense shrapnel fire while two planes led the mission and others protected trailing craft.
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France
Associated Press
Dommary-Baroncourt
Ameri
Dommary
Carpenters Union Passes Harvest Support Resolution
Lawrence carpenters and joiners union adopts resolutions pledging to suspend work and assist with harvest duties if called, promising to lay down saws and hammers to support agricultural service in the county.
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Lawrence
Resolu Wi
Illingness
Carpenters’Union
Gree Carpenters and Joiners
Deas
Ani
Plas County
Eight Cent Cable Rates For American Forces Messages
Lawrence residents learn of a new eight cent per word cable rate for social messages to American forces in Europe. Cables go to London then France with E F M or AmExforce designations. Navy messages use Asna force. Rate varies by zone. Lawrence qualifies for 8 cents while other districts see six to nine cents. Messages filed anytime, sender bears risk and censorship.
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London
France
Amexforce
Navy
Asnaforce
Lawrence
Sugar rationing guidance to Wichita city and rural customers
Federal Food Administrator Walter Innes issues immediate sugar sale limits for Wichita and county offices. City customers may buy two pounds at a time, rural customers five pounds, and certificates for canning restricted to twenty five pounds. Retailers urged to verify and monitor deliveries.
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Wichita
Kans
Walter Innes
Anxious Harvester Pledges Clothes for Rail Ticket
A Colorado Springs man eager to work in Lawrence area harvests offers to pledge a $40 suit of clothes in exchange for a railway ticket, via H B Sparks at the Chamber of Commerce labor bureau. He has worked for farmers near Midland, is out of money, and will ship the suit by express if needed.
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Colorado Springs
Lawrence
H. B. Sparks
Chamber of Commerce Labor Bureau
Midland
Express
Mr. Sparks
World War Era Unity Emphasized at Flag Day Elk Program
Judge C A Smart used the flag as a symbol of national unity, declaring the world is better because of the war and that social strata are welded together in democracy. The Ells and Haskell Indian Band performed at Fraternal Aid Hall with a flag drill by Cordley school children, as Elk Lodge members and Red Cross donors supported Liberty Loans.
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Haskell
Fraternal Aid Hall
C. A. Smart
F.A. U. Hall
Judge Smart
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Elk Lodge
The
Elks
Arlo
Hults
Cordley School
Maude Garratt
T _he
Liberty Loans
Red Cross
Bechtel to Confer in Lawrence on Threshing
Mr Delano Bechtel special representative of the threshing division of the food administration will be in Lawrence on Monday to confer with Clarence S Hall Douglas county food administrator on the threshing situation in the county.
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Delano Bechtel
The
Food Administration
Lawrence
Clarence S. Hall
Douglas
KU students to face first wartime draft training
Lawrence and University of Kansas prepare for the first draft training cohort at the National Army school. 256 draftees arrive, receive orders, undergo medical checks, and start early drills with 5:45 a.m. reveille. Overalls issued, uniforms to follow. typhoid and smallpox vaccines given. Canteen sells tobacco despite no license.
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Lawrence
University
Court House
Geo. C. Brune
Levin E. Sims
Red B. Holloway
Oran A., Pringle
William G
Army
School of Engineering
Wireles
B. Wagstaff
Wagstaff
Captain Rice Opposes Cigarette Sales Under War Law
A Kansas law blocks sales due to soldiers falling under Federal authority, while Captain Rice opposes cigarette sales. The dispute centers on jurisdiction and wartime rules affecting local commerce and military personnel.
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Kansas
Captain Rice
Beef Ration Rules Set for Four Meals Weekly
Federal Food Administration in Wichita announces new beef rules for meals per week. Roast beef allowed at one meal on Friday, boiled beef on Tuesday and Thursday, and sirloin on Saturday. Pork poultry and other meats free to serve any day. Limits of beef per person: up to one and a half pounds with bone or one and a quarter pounds clear meat weekly.
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Wichita
Kans
Walter In Ines
Flag Day Social Held by Evangelical Church Youths
The Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical church hosted a flag day social last night at the church. Patriotic songs and games matched the occasion and several members shared sons’ service experiences. Letters were written to eleven boys named on the honor list. Marriage licenses were issued in the probate court to Porter and Van of Bonner Springs, Carlson of Topeka and Taylor of Golconda, Malone of Tosa and Simbzis of Lawrence.
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Evangelical Church
Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Church
Probate
Robert Lee Porter
Wever van
Bonner Springs
Arthur Edwin B. Carlson
Topeka
Pearl Taylor
Golconda
Ill
Owen Maloney
Tosa
Okla
Blanche Louise Simbzis
Lawrence
Weather forecast notes sugar shortage impact on drinks
The Kansas forecast predicts generally fair weather tonight and Sunday with continued warmth. The clipping mentions a sugar famine affecting soft drink availability and lists inconsistent time stamps, suggesting a disrupted or partial weather summary from an old page.
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Kansas
Americans In France News of Mass Troop Dispatch
General March and General Payton C. March disclosed over 800000 American troops are in France. They said troop movements depend on ship capacity and aim to reinforce the front from Rheims to the sea. The German drives are part of a single offensive plan targeting channel ports and Paris.
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France
Payton C. Miffch
Senate Military Committee
March
AM Department
Rheims
Toshold
Marc
Channel
England
Paris
Oise
Soissons
Senate
War Department
No Shortage in Harvest Labor in Douglas County
Douglas County wheat harvest to begin Monday with thirty squads of laborers organized by local agencies. An average of 40 cents an hour for 12 to 13 hour days, with transportation solved by volunteer car owners. Expect rapid ripening due to warm rain, soft wheat, and a bumper crop promising good earnings at about $2 a bushel.
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Douglas County
Sparks
Labor Bureau
Transportation Board
Ing
Sabegal
War Savings Stamps in Douglas County Fall Behind Quota
Douglas County reports War Savings Stamps totaling 19361 sold in the past month, leaving the year’s 502020 quota far short with less than a quarter raised. Per capita subscriptions rise to 5.48 from 3.78, and a special council of defense meeting on June 17 will outline further campaign steps.
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War Savings
Douglas Co
Bui
T. Stevenson
Douglas County Council of Defense
P. W. Goebel
Kansas
Marshall
Douglas County
Stevenson
Council of Defense
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