Delinquent list grows as Kansas aids war effort
The Kansas adjutant general reports 4249 delinquents on file with Washington bound lists to aid Crowder. Major Rahn urges timely notices of servicemen to local boards to avoid blacklisting. Red Cross nurses limited by rules about relatives in combat zones. Utilities regulate irrigation power rates. Garden City Plant supplies nearby towns. Kansas editor Robert Good to join Y M C A in France. Wheat production cited at 92 million bushels nationwide with a 20,000 bushel high-yield wheat program at Kansas State College.
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Kansas
Charles S. Huffman
Washington
War Department
R. Neill Rahn
Sam
Public Utilities Commission
Garden City Power Company
Arkansas Valley
Garden City
Deerfield
Lakin
Robert Good
Canker City Ledger
France
Good
State Guards Company
Cawker Commercial Club
W. M. Jardine
Kansas State Agricultural College
State Council of Defenese
Topeka
Jardine
Kansas Supreme Court Displays Service Flag For Soldier Lawyers
The Kansas Supreme Court hangs a service flag beside the American flag with 169 stars. Clerk D. A. Valentine prepared a list of Kansas attorneys serving in the armed forces as of July 1, including each soldier’s name, county, branch, company, and station.
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Kansas Supreme Court
D. A. Valentine
Kansas
Army Casualty List Details Local Kansans Killed and Missing
Lieut. Scott L Lennon Soldier Kansas died of wounds while five soldiers James A Dunham Whiting Roy L Finney Cambridge Joseph P Meagher Lillis and Charles E Patterson Paola were killed in action. Wounded severely include Jesse S Gustin Hanover Howard H McGee Olathe Albert T Mayer Westmoreland Anthony C Rupp Catherine L Troutman Lewis. Private E E Brunkow Wamego is missing in action.
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Scott L. Lennon
Kas
James A. Dunham
Whiting
Roy L. Finney
Cambridge
Joseph P. Meagher
Lillis
Charles E. Patterson
Paola
Kangas
Jesse S. Gustin
Hanover
Howard H. McGee
Olathe
Albert
Accidental shotgun death near Lebo claims two men
Near Lebo a man named Tom McReynolds was fatally shot when a shotgun discharged in his hands after a trade with a friend. The weapon was in the hands of McReynolds' brother in law and both men, about 30, had been threshing with a crew earlier that day.
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Lebo
Tom McReynolds
McReynold
McReynolds
Walton Bell Earns Officers Training Camp Appointment
Walton W. Bell son of Ben M. Bell of Marysville, a fourth year student at the state agricultural college, has received an appointment to attend the officers training camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. He left for the camp recently.
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Walton W. Bell
Ben M. Bell
Marysville
State Agricultural College
Fort, Sheridan
Railway publicity chief to join Red Cross service
Jy F Jarrell of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway will leave the company on August 1 to enter Red Cross work at the request of C B Merriam of the national headquarters in Washington.
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Jy. F. Jarrell
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Red’ Cross
C B. ‘Merriam
Nation Eadquarters
Washington
Sam Childs Paroled From Reformatory For Army Service
A sentence for highway robbery led to Sam Childs a Negro youth in class 1 on draft registration being transferred to Camp Funston after Governor Capper, following the Topeka board, ruled he could serve better in the army.
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State Reformatory
Wichita Doctor Appointed Major in Army Medical Corps
Dr HW W Horn of Wichita has been named a major in the Army Medical Corps by Surgeon General William C Gorgas. He expects to depart around August 1 for new duties, with no announcement yet on whether he will serve in France or at duties in the United States.
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HW. W. Horn
Wichita
Army Medical Corps
William C. Gorgas
Horn
France
Wichita Hospital
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Fireman Arch Bonnelel in Marine Hospital in France
Arch W. Bonnelel once a city fireman in Atchison is now serving with the marines in France. He lies in a military hospital there recovering from gas exposure while fighting in the field.
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Arch W. Bonnelel
Atchison
Marines
France
Doctor Randall Commissioned Captain in Medical Reserve Corps
Dr. C. L. Randall of Neodesha receives a captain’s commission in the medical reserve corps. The Tri-State Safety and Sanitation Association, representing mining operators of Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri, along with the Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce, will spearhead a drive to raise its monthly portion for the Kansas Oklahoma Good Roads Association to fund road building and maintenance in the mining district.
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C. L. Randall
Neodesha
Medical Reserve Corps
Tri-State Safety and Sanitation Association
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce
Kansas-Oklahoma Good Roads Association
Notable local figure Harry McMillan dies in California
Harry McMillan of Minneapolis died at Long Beach California after a career in politics including eight years in the Ottawa County state senate and seven years as mayor of Minneapolis. He also served as grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in Kansas. Thomas Hooper of Coffeyville, an elderly wealthy citizen, was killed when his car was struck by a Missouri Pacific train two miles west of Coffeyville.
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Harry McMillan
Minneapolis
Long Beach
Cal
McMillan
Ottawa County
State Senate
Knights of Pythias
Kansas
Thomas Hooper
Coffeyville
Missouri Pacific
Czech Soldiers in Italian Front Elect Their Own Officers
Special correspondence describes Czech and Slovak volunteers in the Italian army who elect officers by strict tests. The vow to die for their homeland binds both living and dead, with veterans carrying bodies to enemy lines and oathbound discipline shaping a potent force for liberty. Cheap teaspoons are being made from compressed cotton fiber.
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Bell
Veneto
Verona
Carl
Italy
Vienna
War Gardeners Respond to Call Across Regions
The National War Garden Commission reports about 4.9 million war gardens in the United States up to June 15, a 40 percent rise from last year. Officials forecast 1.5 billion quarts of canned produce and offer 10,000 dollars in prizes for best homegrown canned vegetables. Central Western states and the Pacific coast show the strongest gains, with 2,276,000 gardens in that region.
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Central West
Pacific Coast
National Commission
Washington
United States
Pershing
National War Garden Commission
Commission
Charles Lathrop Pack
United States Department of Agriculture
Camp Dix
N. J
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Atlantic
Park Department
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Oregon
Rural carrier faces draft dilemma after Navy rejection
Ernest Chase of Corvallis enlisted in the navy but was discharged as physically unfit after final exams. He then bought a horse and rig for rural delivery and invested $40, works 20 days before being drafted again. He now weighs selling his rig or taking a layoff hoping for a repeat rejection.
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Corvallis
Qre
Ernest Chase
Navy
Army
Man Too Heavy for Navy Turns Away at Recruit Office
Miltonvale resident W Emick twenty one weighed 275 pounds and was told at Salina recruiting office there is nothing doing him in Uncle Sam's navy after a preliminary examination. He had just been registered under the new draft law and left disappointed.
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Salina
Kan
Emick
Miltonvale
Uncle Sam
Skeletons of Three Indians Unearthed At Rush Run
In Martins Ferry Ohio workmen at Beech Flats Coal company unearthed three Indian skeletons during stripping of coal at Rush Run. The remains are well preserved with teeth described as perfect and white as ivory.
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Martins Ferry
Beech Flats Coal Company
Rush. Run
Tasmania Claims Richest Tin Blue in World
The Tasmanian region asserts it holds the world's richest tin blue value. Local officials and geologists cite ore assays and historic mining records supporting the claim.
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Island
Tasmania
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