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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
2
The writer notes New York is installing an air raid alarm system while acknowledging low chances of a Hun raid. He reflects on heat and daily newsroom pressures, mentioning the university reports and a recent temperature near the century mark that left him perspiring as he pens the piece.
A fragmented OCR note notes a drop from 178 to under 100 medical cohorts in the United States and warns that the nation nears a crisis as civilian doctors and graduates are absorbed by the army. It highlights student and secret college realizations amid waning numbers and unseen strain.
The passage warns that strict duty and schooling by medical students and instructors is essential to prevent a future physician shortage. It cites France and England currently lacking doctors as armies mobilize and urges the United States to keep students by their studies to sustain the medical supply.
Secretary of War Baker announced that by July 1 there will be three million Americans under arms. The population has grown since the 1910 census to over ninety seven and a half million, now estimated above one hundred million. About three in every hundred Americans will be under arms, and each of those hundred must support one soldier with food, clothes, and transport. Extra aid to allies adds to the burden on the average citizen, making each person’s duty clear.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during our recent sad bereavement. Mrs. W B Piper and family, Mrs. Chas Daniels, Mrs. Geo Wise, Mr. Oscar Piper.
A Salina report from June 17 highlights home front attitudes with thrift stamps, beef rationing, and patriotic appeals. It notes Rev James M Forwell leaving to join army service, another chaplain from Camp Funston, and a summer training school for youths in church and Christian Endeavor led by local committees.
Walter E. Brown, former city attorney, has been appointed as Clausen's successor. The item also notes Wiedemann's ice cream promotion and a police arrest at 618 Bridge Street for violation of the dry law. Multiple odds and ends from Manhattan datelined June 17 are included, with references to wheat loss due to the binder wheel and local endorsements.
The thirtyfourth Liberty Theatre has been dedicated at Camp Funston as part of the War Department plan to place a theatre in every cantonment. Agricultural furloughs for soldier-farmers last about fifteen days with pay forfeited during service but earnings of 450 to 7 a day in harvest fields. The program aims to boost harvest armies in Kansas and neighboring states and keep men ready for farming work.
The Journal-World Classifieds suggest half‑dollar ads spark property deals. Earl Youngmeyer of Camp Funston visited his parents Mr and Mrs J H Youngmeyer, while Fred Williams of Camp Funston spent the weekend in Lawrence. R C Manley was in Kansas City on business today.
PROBABLE DATE UNKNOWN. A collection of brief notices lists residents and visitors. Superintendent O J Lake is away helping in harvest fields. the office will be closed. Lewis visits his Paola daughter Mrs Guy Basel and Mrs Fame Guangigoto in Mexico. Wells relatives from Kansas City visit. Others include Mr Gat Eriksen, Me Kerals, Grace Payne guest of M vend, Bricken in Kansas City, Dever return to Topeka, Beal in Kansas City, Davis family guests of Esz teldes, Edith Steele Smith and sister in Kansas City, J D Williams and Opal to Kansas City, Otto Barteldes to Chicago, Margaret Best home from Lawrence Business College, and P F Simmons of Cottonwood Falls visiting.
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