War Risk Insurance Affects 95 Percent of Army Families
Government figures show that over 1,800,000 soldiers and sailors hold war risk insurance totaling more than 16 billion dollars. About 4,200 clerks manage the program, with 2,300,000 checks totaling around 60 million dollars sent to families since December. Congress considers amendments to broaden eligibility and ensure support reaches dependent spouses and parents, amid reports of wives not receiving whom claimants wish to exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Congress
Thomas B. Love
Bureau
House Interstate Commerce Committee
House Committee
Cowie
Navy Department
Adimari Cowie
Rayburn
Texas
Interstate Commerce Committee
NAMES CHAIRMEN FOR EVERY KANSAS COUNTY
Women Will Spend Sam tting the Local Units the Shape for Active Duty Dr Hyde reports good progress of the University Women's Land Army and lists county chairmen across Kansas with central officers and advisory committee names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas County
University Women's Land Army
J. H. Hyde
New York
University
Kansas
Kansay
Irma Smith Kathrynavis
Glessie Blackburn
Carol Martin
Ida Ayde
Chirklige Kilzie Neuenschwanger
Margaret Lynn
Minnie Moody
Hanna-Oliver
Katherine Duffield
Luvene Spencer
Alice Winston
Cecelia Robinson
Atchison County
Jenna Smith
Harber
Dorothy Dawson
Burton
Julia
Kennedy
Bourbon
Margaret Fairchild
Brown
Jane Stratford
Butler
Miriam Hommies
Chase
Edith Whitcher
Cloud
Dorothy Flint
Crawford
Viola Engle
Dickinson
Margaret Devereux
Doniphan
Douglas
Winifred West
Edwards
Frances Greenwood
Graham
Helen Peffer
Greenwood
Frances Luderman
Harper
Helen Murphy
Leavenworth
Earline Alien
Linn
Mary
Cherokee
Ave Lockwood
Cheyenne
Ima Messing
Clark
Jessie Rankin
Clay
Carold Stephenson
Coffey
Carroll McDowell
Cowley
Alice Perkins
Elk
Evaline Watt
Ellsworth
Hazel Skinner
Finney
Lorna Ford
Lucky Hostetter
Franklin
Agnes Thomen
eGary
Myrtle Hege
Harvey
Olive Reynolds
Jackson
Jessie Craig
Jefferson
Mary- Pyle
Jewell
Local Names List From Historic Kansas Directory
A readable OCR fragment lists numerous personal names tied to Kansas locales and counties including Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Wyandotte, and more. Names such as Elizabeth Ainsworth Rice Esther Gillette Riley Minnie look Rooks Martha Deald Russel Margaret Walker Mable Garvin Evelyn Rorabaugh Clara Pittman Marjorie Roby Marie McKinney Ruth Bottomly Mildred Schwinn Majorie Gibson Suzie Bunger Jo sephine Montegue Ruth Trant Thelma Hale Woodson Paul ine and others appear without context or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ainsworth
Rice
Esther Gillette
Riley
Minnie Look
Rooks
Martha. Deald
Russel
Margaret Walker
Saline
Mable Garvin
Scott
Evelyn Rorabaugh
Sedgwick
Clara Pittman
Seward
Marjorie Roby
Shawnee
Marie McKinney
Sheridan
Ruth Bottomly
Smith
Mildred Schwinn
Sumner
Majorie Gibson
Trego
Susie Bunger
Waubunsee
Josephine Montegue
Washington
Pauline. Kimball
Wilson
Cleaning Up Red Cross Drive at University of Kansas
University of Kansas students in the School of Engineering sweep the campus soliciting funds. Each student interviewed. those who have not given are noted for possible later asks. Reports say women exceeded 100 percent of their quota and will receive the honor flag as the drive progresses toward final tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
City Y M C A Starts Sixth Annual Swimming Campaign for Boys
Lawrence Optica Co. and Jackson Blitz 927 Mass are noted, as the City Y M C A opens its sixth annual swimming campaign for boys. Beginning Monday at two o clock, free three-lesson instruction offered to non swimmers, with H W Boltz and Paul Evans in charge. Past campaigns enrolled 60 to 74 boys yearly, about half learning in lessons, 85 percent of city Y pool swimmers. Girls classes form on Tuesday June 4, with sessions in the forenoon. call the Y M C A office for details. Paris Green advertised at City Dirty Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Boltz
Paul Evans
Lawrence
Y. M. & Pool
Y. M.C
Athletic Honors Awarded To Four Women At Lawn Party
Athletic honors were given by the Women's Athletic Association at 1713 M. Katherine Reding received a service circle while Iris Russell Helen Brown and Jeannette Parkinson earned A letters. Loving cups honored the senior basketball team for the class tournament, the freshman swimming team, and the Alpha Xi Delta sorority for intra-mural basketball. Six service bars were awarded to Dorothy Querfeld Dorothy Tucker Margaret Hodder Ruth Endacott Joyce Brown and Sarah Trant. Conklin and Waterman fountain pens were promoted by McCulloch's Drugs Store.
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Ransa Athletic
Women’s Athletic Association
Dorthy
Querfeld
Dorothy Tucker
Margaret Hodder
Ruth Endacott
Lawrence
Joyce Brown
Sarah Trant
Belleview Ladies Aid and local sport notes in May report
The Belleview Ladies Aid met with Mrs Marion Strong on May 16 to do Red Cross work, with several garments completed. Belleview beat Franklin 6 to 5 in a local baseball game at Grosdidier pasture, and many residents were noted at gatherings, socials, and family visits.
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Marion Strong
Red Cross
Will Freese
Mary Freese
Sowers
Forsythe
Mildred
Geo. Ott
Conner
Duncan
Davis
Baby
Schoffstall
Blanch
John Shirck
Dupryk
Strong
Walnut Grove
Belleview
Franklin
Grosdidier Pasture
Louis Grosdidier
Charles Ott
Henry Blechel
Jack Eder
John Simnters
Sharstop
George Grosdidier
Rothberger
Albert Grossidier
Henry Grosdidier
Lou Shirek
Jim Shirek
John Shirek
Gee
J.H. Freese
CL Sanders
Lone Star
Carl Schubert
Geo, Ott
George Eichelmeyer
Gertrude Ott
McArthuur
Camp Doniphan
France
T. Harbour
E. Forsythe
Rain Promises Good Harvest and Local Social Notes
The rainfall arrives easing drought fears as wheat and oats look promising. Local social life includes anniversaries, dinners, visits by Mary Mears and Mrs Myers of Pasadena, and travels to Lyndon Kansas for horses. Community members attend church events, plan trips, and host gatherings across town including the Piper and Kirby households and a Keifer visit.
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Leland Colman
al Smith
Co. P. Davis
Mary Mears
Ann Myers
Pasadena
Calif
Rolfing
Lucretia Rigsby
George
Frank Crowdqv
Wilbur Jeffries
Grand Island
Neb
Will
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Ralph
Anna Kirby
Piper Home
Robert Lee
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Yeoman
Josephine
Will Orr
Webster
Leland Calman
Lyndon
Kans
Dom
Wilson Martin
Paris DeWitt
Kan City
Kirby
Keifer
Piper
Schaake
Grandma Keifer
E. K
Local notes from Clearfield and Douglas county
Local residents Mr Charley Fuchs spent the week in Lawrence. Edward Melville left for Manhattan to begin military training. The W M S planned a surprise for Mrs Roy Breithaupt. Families and friends visited and members attended Red Cross activities. Douglas county graduates from nearby towns are listed among the year’s scholars. Various visits to Lawrence, Baldwn, and Wellsville appear, along with a community play and furloughs from Camp Doniphan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Fuchs
Lawrence
Edward Melville
Manhattan
Roy Breithaupt
Edwin Ables
Will Smith Land
Eudora
Messers
Homer
Walter Gerstenberger
Edw. Melville
Red Cross Society
William Fuchs
Elsie Mathia
Minnit
Breithaupt
Bartle Breithaupt
Willie Divyer
Teddy Breiehisen
Pleasant Oak
Clarence Hausman
Clearfield
Douglas County
Lois Fuchs
Ther Grand
Bell Ot Baldtwn
Gideon, Grooge
Ray Breithaupt
Louis Schallack
Ahert Woldenhauer
Charles Kelley
George Schubert Rankis
Gideon
Camp Doniphan
SteHa
Vepa Breithaupt
Mtr
Atrs
Notice on Water Shutdown Across Five States Streets
Water will be shut off on Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania streets from Lath to Lath streets from Lop m to 7 po i Sandy May 26 1918 5 E H Dunmire Supt Baker announced May more than 40 000 American p iers already had been sent to France
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Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
E. H. Dunmire
Baker
France
A Creed of Faith in American Government and Union
An American creed affirms government by the people with consent of the governed and a union of sovereign states. It emphasizes democracy, liberty, equality, justice, and humanity, pledging loyalty, support, lawfulness, flag respect, and defense against enemies.
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United States of America
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Donnerwetter
Fantertie
United States
Nesbit
Matthews Lumber & Coal Co
Acre
University Womens Land Army
Lawrence Optica Co
Jackson Blitz
Paris
Drity Store
Conklin
Waterman
McCulloch
Warren
Mae Minter
Wellsville
Withan McKinney
Albert Miller
Howard
Devin Breithaupt
Feather
Philip Meader
Russell County
Stan Ines
oNewty
O. PL
Barber & Son Druggists No
Mass. St
Lawrence Building & Loan
Massachusetts Street
D. Corn .Byrn
DR. H Reding
Hartford_ Fire Insurance’ Company
R. C. Manley
Perkins Bldg. Telephone
Santaln
Sommers
Lawrence Iron Works
Lawrence Butterine Coq
Jaedicke
Farmers State and Savings Bank
Patria Net Andersen Witte. di Fine Corpelitbanrs
Roth Oee I
MF Tis
Mass
Watts
Orate Journal Woon
Swellias
Pepe
Wendy Ree
Willinas
Sour Barker
W. Smith
Robert E. House
E. M. Elliott
Ottawa, Kansas
Over Security State Bank
Peoples State Bank
We Bromelsick
I. J. Sweeney
S. A. Wood
T. J. Sweeney
D. Bishop
Robt. A. Steele
L. N. Lewis
George Innes
Jacob Radsky
C. EB. Friend
DUFFY
Massachusetts
Shofstad
Jonal Bank
GEO
W. Kuhne
Cashier
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