Legion notes on veterans fraud and post activity in 1920
A Washington exposure reveals mass misappropriation of World War I veterans compensation by clerks in the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. The piece cites cases from Prescott to Palo Alto and notes widespread Legion posts, including Crewe Virginia, and Nebraska districts, plus local paving district ordinance details and civic actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington, D. C
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Prescott
Arizona
Ashurst
United States Secret Service
Alliance
Palo Alto
California
Nebraska ex-service men offered scholarships through YMCA
The YMCA offers or coordinates several thousand dollars for Nebraska ex service men to pursue education via the United Extension Correspondence School in New York City. Tuition is paid from county funds if needed, varying by county, with 270 to 125 dollars per course. Applications and catalogs are available from the State Educational Service Supervisor in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
United Extension Correspondence School
New York City
State Educational Service
Omaha National Bank
Omaha
Ordinance Creates Paving District No. 7 in Alliance
The City of Alliance Nebraska establishes paving district No. 7 on Box Butte Avenue extending nine feet each side from the center between Ninth and Tenth Streets. The ordinance provides for construction, notices to property owners, and procedures for objections and protests by benefiting real estate owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Alliance
Nebranka
Box Butte County
Eball
Hia Ordinanes
Box Butte Avenue
Said Street
Ninth Street
Tenth Street
Real Estate Transfers Highlight Alliance Purchases
Furnished by J. D. Emerick, numerous deeds show undivided interests and lot transfers in Alliance and surrounding additions. Transactions include H. L. DeLancey titles in 6-26-50 and 25-24-52, with values from $1.00 to $20,925, plus multiple marriages and single-party grants. Fred Smith of Antioch appeared in town on business.
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J. D. Emerick
J. DeLancey
H. L. DeLancey
Ruth Phillips
Bertha Messersmith
Thomas K. Gilshannon
Ferdinand Trenkle
Alton H. Robbins
Stella J. Robbins
Sheridan
Alliance
Hargraves
Anna V. Greggs
Block
John O'Keefe
James M. Kennedy
R. W. DeWester
Charles W. Wilson
Carrie Acker
Johnston
Bancroft Land Co
John McKeegan
Kate Stuht
Daniel Dunn
Ernest J. Hiskett
Frank Willson
Second County
Frederick W. Melick
George Schroeder
Jennie P. Lewis
Raymond Lewis
Hitchcock
Hills and Snedeker
James W. Miller
Melville T. King
South Alliance
Catherine M. Pahlow
Versie Wheeler
Fairview
Fred Smith
Antioch
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion
Camp Funston
K. P
Blunt, & D., Post
Post
Crewe, Va
Railroad Brother
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Todd Shipyards Corporation
France
Bergdoll
Freddie
A. D. Rodgers
Grace H. Kennedy
Alliance Creamery
Alliance Creamery Company
W. E. Spencer, Mer
Wyoming Oil
Wyoming
Mid-Continent
Appalachian
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Wyoming-Northeastern Oil Company
Mule Creek
Hidden Dome
Bureau of Securities
Department of Trade and Commerce
State of Nebraska
Bureau
4S Corporation
Nebraska Bureau of Securities
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