Oklahoma Legion aids tubercular patients and convention travel
Van Ughs B Davis of the American Legion seeks to have the Veterans Bureau take over Sulphur’s new Soldiers Tubercular Sanatorium for Oklahoma patients. Four trains will transport Legionnaires and Auxiliary members from Oklahoma to the National Convention in New Orleans October 16, with a return fare for members only. The third annual Department of Oklahoma Auxiliary convention is set for Bartlesville September 1 12. A ship charter to Cuba is planned after the New Orleans meet.
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Ughs
B. Davis
The
Legion
Oklahoma
Houston
American Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Sulphur
New Orleans
Rock Island
Medford
Duncan
Santa Fe
Newkirk
Ardmore
Katy
Cushing
Tulsa
McAlester
Atoka
Frisco
Afton
Sapulpa
Ada
Galveston
Legion and Auxiliary
Department of Oklahoma, American Legion Auxiliary
Blanch Freeman
Chickasha
Bartlesville
Robertson
Department
Edward K. White
Okmulgee
Cuba
B. W. Park
Argonne Post No 4 Holds Open Air Meetings at Lake View
Argonne Post No 4 in Enid stages its meetings at Lake View Assembly in the open air and follows with a communal swim in the lake. Attendance rises in summer, according to Chas R Born commander.
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Argonne
Enid
Lake View
Chas, R. Born
Ex-service men form tent colony in South Dakota wheat region
A tent colony of unemployed former service members has grown near Aberdeen in the South Dakota wheat belt. The group is part of the American Legion plan to supply farm labor while reducing veteran unemployment.
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South Dakota
Aberdeen
American Legion
Washington Legion post swaps meetings for field dinners
A Washington DC American Legion post, reflecting on happier moments in service, has abolished assembly calls and for the next months will sound only mess call. Regular meetings will be replaced with field dinners for ex servicemen.
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American Legion
Washington, D. C
Adjutant Stoneman Noted For Brevity In Letters
Lee J. Stoneman, adjutant of EF Reno post No. 34, is praised for conciseness in his correspondence. A recent missive to headquarters contained eight inquiries in eleven lines.
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Lee J. Stoneman
EF Reno
Legion Purchases Mountain Camp for Service Members
The New York Department of the American Legion has bought a mountain camp on Big Tupper Lake for 85000 cash. The site will operate as a vacation resort for service men under Legion oversight.
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Big Tupper Lake
New York Department of the American Legion
The
Legion
Legion members to aid police at New Orleans convention
More than thousand American Legion members will assist police as about 150000 visitors expected for the American Legion national convention in New Orleans. A former army officer is likely to lead the parade guard force.
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American Legion
New @reans
Donaldson-Walker Post Event Supports Legion Band
Donaldson-Walker Post No 108 held a large watermeter feed on August 16 in honor of the local baseball team and Legion band. The event took place on the Cimarron River bank and concluded with a swim in the river.
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Donaldson-Walker
Legion Band
Cimarron River
Compensation rules for dependents under veterans benefits
The article explains that compensation is payable to the dependent parent for one child and to a dependent mother in death cases. It defines widow as the survivor who would have depended on the deceased, excludes divorced wives, notes that a widow may aid ex service men in filing claims, and mentions Legion posts and service officers in Oklahoma aiding veterans with compensation claims.
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American Legion
Oklahoma
Sereb
Forest Fires Destroy Timber Across States Each Year
Each year wildfires burn through vast forests in several states, consuming enough timber to construct a sizable city. Fire patterns threaten timber industries and local economies while prompting federal and state firefighting efforts and land management responses.
Consensus of Opinions on Industrial Outlook Steady Hope
A fragmented item reports on views from business leaders in the busy marts of life noting a severe reversal but suggesting optimism as brighter times may come. Names like Westcow and Dill Pickles Prop appear as imagined entities in a satirical or stylized piece.
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Westcow. P. Dill Pickles
Editor s GWA column reports severe drought across Oklahoma
Depths of soil dryness reach five to six feet in western Oklahoma with bunkers at Binger Clinton Elgin Frederick and Elk City Test sites near Norman Konawa Ada Wapanucka Okemah Tulsa and other locations show moisture only from 10 to 24 inches. Cotton is hurt by early boll opening and square shedding while corn yields vary widely and little milk is sold. J A Whitehurst President State Board of Agriculture.
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Binger
Clinton
Elgin
Frederick
Elk City
Norman
Konawa
Ada
Wapanucgka
Okemah
Tulsa
Birheart
Pawhusa
Wagoner
Coffeyville
Kansas
Uplands
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Crouth
J. A. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Lahoma City
H. H. Schutz
Oklahoma
Wapanucka
Bigheart
Pawhuska
Kas
Schutz
Y Heads Planning Busy Student Year
Chicago August reports show cream deliveries down and butter fat prices rising while egg and poultry markets stay active. Stillwater plans a strong welcome for A and M College students with religious and social programs led by Y M C A and Y W C A.
Machine firm sues Adams over city debt for pumps
Merkle Machine company seeks 937.50 in district court claiming the city of Adams owes the balance on a 20 495 debt for pumping equipment at the reservoir during 1920 and 1921. Other suits include Sutherland Lumber Co vs Cameron et al foreclosure of mortgage and recovery, Lancaster et al vs Dickerson et al replevin, and Lawrence vs Joe and Harrison recovery.
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Frank Lawrence
Joe and
Harrison
Unmasked Bandits Beat Pryor Man In Rural Assault
A crowd of unmasked white men abducted J. Y. Battenfield, operator of a restaurant, drove him five miles out of Pryor and beat him. Reports say the assailants accused Battenfield of aiding the Ku Klux Klan and mentioned tactics used by the group. Battenfield sought medical attention afterward.
Super Cows Bred by Department of Agriculture
The U S Department of Agriculture reports on Beltsville Maryland dairy stock producing over 22 000 pounds of milk per cow per year enough for a quart daily for 170 children. The poster notes culling for vigor in poultry also boosts egg production and evenness, with late moulters producing more eggs and higher value in the same period.
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Department OF Agriculture
Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Beltsville Farm
Rhode Island
Department
United States Cruiser Picks Up Wrecked Aviator
The cruiser Denver rescued aviator Walter Hinton and a companion after their seaplane Sampaio Correiz wrecked near Nassau while en route from New York to Rio de Janeiro. The ship is heading to Key West, officials said.
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New York
United States Cruiier
Denver
Walter Hinton
Sampaio
Correiz
Key West
Massau
Haiti
Rio de Janeiro
Robed Ku Klux Klan administers lashings near Tulsa
In a quiet Tulsa area location, about 150 robed Klansmen held an informal court and lashed four men for selling liquor while a fifth sentenced woman captor fled after the proceedings. Names include Karl Lee Red Fork and Henry Denby Red Fork with lashes of 15 and 10 respectively. Claude Ivey of Garden City freed with pledge to reform.
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Tulsa
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Karl Lee
Red Fork
Henry Denby
Claude L. Ivey
Garden City
Bernice Ballard
Fow Dell Station
Illinois Coal Mines Reopen After Strike Settlement
Illinois and Indiana coal mines reopened August 23 after 144 idle days since the April 1 strike. The settlement followed the Cleveland agreement, hailed as a victory by miners and admitted by operators under public-pressure. The move mirrors actions in Michigan, Iowa, Wyoming, Montana and other states, affecting about four-fifths of soft coal fields. Two months after the Lester strip mine confrontation, the Chicago accord ends the local mine war in Herrin.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Wyoming
Montana
Kansas
Southwest
Philadelphia
United States
Dumois
Herrin
Ill
Lester
Here
Drought Deepens Across Western Oklahoma Soil Drying Deep
Oklahoma reports show ground in western counties dry to five to six feet with Norman Ada and Tulsa also recording moisture losses. Federal crop statistician H H Schutz notes wide moisture deficits as line crews from Southwestern Bell collect depths by post hole tests across the state.
U S Steel Announces 20 Percent Wage Increase
United States Steel Corp says day labor wages at all plants will rise 20 percent on September 1 and other rates will be equitably adjusted. The announcement comes from New York with no specific plant names included.
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New, York
United States Stel Corporation Today
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Patrick Hooligan
IOTY
Market Bulletin
Berg
Stillwater
A. and M. College
George Baker
A. and
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Pryor
Dee
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U. S. Steel Corporation
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