Just Plain Dumb Intelligent Americans Lead In Europe
Soldiers in France led by American officers claim a foreign army cannot match American training and spirit. Charles Clarkson, Hollander by birth, led the 29th division over the top, praising U S troops as tenfold capable of their European counterparts. Clarkson, on ten day furlough in Lawrence, comments on foreigners becoming skilled when arriving in the United States.
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Europe
Charles Clarkson
France
Clarkson
United States
Lawrence
Paris Secrecy Order Angers Press Over Peace Talks
Paris reports the supreme council of the peace conference bans publishing its proceedings, allowing only official communiques. The move provokes the Paris press with strong condemnations while figures like Reedly of Figaro and editors of Echo de Paris and Le Journal mock the secrecy and call the council’s stance a draped, hidden dignity.
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Paris
Supreme Council of the Peace
Raymond Reedly
the Figaro
Echo de Paris
le Journal
Former Citizen 18 Dead Dr Frank Finney
Dr Frank Finney a renowned Colorado surgeon died in La Junta last Sunday. He grew up in the Rankin family of Lawrence and had practiced medicine in Lawrence earlier with an office near House clothing store. Survived by Grace Houtelin his wife and two children Dr Royal Finney of Pueblo hospital and Gertrude Williams of Pueblo. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery with funeral at home. he was well known and visited Lawrence occasionally.
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Frank Finney
J. K. Rankin
R. C. Rankin
Lawrence
la Junta
Colo
Col
Finney
K. U
Colorado
Martial Law Declared in Spain Amid General Strike
Madrid proclaims martial law at 9 am during a large general strike. Constitutional guarantees may be suspended nationwide. In Barcelona the strike escalates as Premier Romanones, who planned to resign, says he must stay in office to fulfill his duty.
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Madrid
Spain
Barcelona
Romanones
Fice
All Pastors Returned From Kansas Evangelical Conference
The Rev J K Young pastor of the Evangelical church returned to Lawrence from the Kansas conference at Yates Center. Douglas county churches saw few changes. M C Platt of Eudora J W Gray of Stull and A A Hoerman of Worden also returned to their churches after the conference.
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Evangelical Church
Lawrence
Kansas
The
Evangelical Association
Yates Center
Douglas County
M. C. Platt
Eudora
J. W. Gray
Stull
A. A. Hoerman
Worden
Hi Y Club Pep Meeting For Lawrence Basketball
The Hi Y club will hold a large pep meeting tonight at the Y M C A building to drum up support for Lawrence High School's basketball team in the state tournament. David Babb will speak on backing the team as relay games open the program. The meeting begins at 7 o'clock.
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Hi-Y
Lawrence High School
Robinson Gymnasium
David Babb
An Evening in Porto Rico at First M. F. Church
An Evening in Porto Rico will be the subject of a stereopticon lecture and tor ture Wednesday night at 7 45 o clock in the First M F church.
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Porto Rico
Dandruff Remedy Claim Promises Hair Revival
An old newspaper snippet promotes dissolving dandruff with four ounces of ordinary arvon applied at night to the scalp. It claims this method stops itching and reveals shinier, thicker hair after repeated use and notes arvon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
Cattle Receipts Show Mixed Kansas City Market Declines
Kansas City March 25 cattle and hog receipts showed fat cattle down as Chicago prices fell, with beef steers hardest hit. Hog prices opened lower but recovered some, while sheep were irregular. Total cattle 14,500 hogs 15,500 sheep 9,500, with week-to-week changes mixed across regions. Pulp-fed Nebraska steers ranged 14 to 17.25, Colorado 14.25 to 16.95, Nebraska corn fed up to 18, and dressed beef steers 14 to 17.50.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Nebraska
Colorado
A Gould
Kansas
Kaw Bridge Builder Dead in France
Captain Arty L. Hedrick, 28, of the 110th Engineers, died in a Brest hospital after a short illness from spinal meningitis. A Yale graduate and Wisconsin engineer, he helped build the Kaw bridge at Lawrence, the Twenty-seventh Street Trafficway project, parts of the Twenty-third Street viaduct, four bridges and a dam at Cedar Point. He was a partner in Hedrick and Hedrick of Kansas City.
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Brest
France
Kansas City
Arty L. Hedrick
110Th Engineers
Hedrick
Hedrick and Hedrick
Yale University
Wisconsin’ University
Kaw
Lawrence
Kans
Cummings Portrait Amid Campaign Leadership Snapshot
Homer S. Cummings is shown after being named commander of the Democratic campaign organization. The caption notes his latest picture and recalls Slayton recruiting the 110th Engineers in Kansas City in 1917, with Cummings serving overseas and slightly wounded in the Argonne drive.
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Homer S. Cummings
New Democratic
Slayton
110Th Engineers
Kansas City
Argonne
Dowling Consecrated Archbishop of St. Paul in Ireland Succession
The Most Rev. Austin Dowling, former bishop of Des Moines, was consecrated archbishop of St. Paul succeeding John Ireland, who died months ago. Despite bad weather, hundreds gathered outside the rear cathedral while over 100 bishops and priests took part in the ceremony.
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Ireland
St. Paul
Man
Austin Dowling
Des Moines
Ladey
John Ireland
G A R Meeting Noted at Lawrence High School
The G A R Will report at Lawrence High School at th and Kentucky Thursday March 27 at 2 p m. The Post Commander is Theonor[e] Gardner.
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Washington Post
Lawrence High School
Kentucky
Theonore Gardner
Kaw Valley on brink as league title hinges on next games
In the Commercial Basketball League final night, Budora leads with five wins one loss while Kaw Valley trails with eight wins two defeats. Eudora and Bowersock Mill clash as Lawrence Business College faces Lecompton, with season finale actions potentially deciding the championship depending on tomorrow results. Autobiographical notes mention local errands and condolences follow. Bread exports rise 50 percent in eight months, Washington reports.
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Commerce Basketball League
Y. MM. Cas
Budora
Kaw Valley
Ight
Bowersock Mill Five
Y. M
Eudora
Howersock Mill
Kaw Valley Wavers
Kiww Valley
Fudora
Eudorites
Lawrence Business College
Lecompton
Eudora-Bowersock
Allied Mission Interned in Budapest
Vienna reports the entire allied mission in Budapest is interned including Colonel Vix head of the French mission. Travelers arriving by automobile from the Hungarian capital confirm the action as of March 23.
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Vienna
Budapest
Vix
Farm Mechanics Course Draws Farm Interest
Washington March 25 Inquiries pour into the federal board for vocational education about the new farm mechanics course for disabled army navy and marine corps men. Farmers anticipate modern machinery and better efficiency as trained men replace unskilled labor though wage increases are not expected.
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Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Federal Board
Coast Shipbuilders and Union Brace for Next Month Clash
Secretary Beeves of the Metal Trades Department of the AFL announced today a forthcoming action between Pacific coast shipbuilders and the union. Separately, Business and Professional Women of the United States plan a national federation of clubs to be formed at a meeting in St. Louis next July.
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Union Metal Trade Workers
Beeves
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
United States
St. Louis
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