Legion Meet Ends With Bonus Demand and Prohibition Repeal
At the 14th American Legion convention in Portland Oregon 1200 delegates voted overwhelmingly for immediate payment of the bonus and repeal of Prohibition less than a day after President Hoover warned the $2 billion bill could hurt recovery. Louis A Johnson was elected national commander to succeed Henry L Stevens Jr with next year’s gathering in Chicago. The convention also censured the war department over envelopes containing Hurley remarks at the bonus march.
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Portland
Ore
Prohibition
American Legion
Hoover
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
W. V., Attorney, To Succeed Henry L. Stevens, Jr
North Carolina
Chicago
Legion
America
Russia
United States
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Johnson
Charles A. Mills
Florida
John Maloney
Maine
W. H. Easterwood
Texas
Robert Flory
Nebraska
Russell Meadows
Arizona
Irving Wood
Pocatello
Idaho
Thrift Room to Open Fair Booth Early
The Thrift Room booth at the Tri-State Fair opens Saturday with Mrs. E. E. Finklea as chair. Proceeds support clothing for destitute public school children via the Amarillo Council of Parents and Teachers. Light lunches, including a special Thrift Room sandwich, will be served. schoolchildren are invited to visit.
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E. E. Finklea
Merchants Building
Thrift Room
Amarillo
Gandhi to Fast Despite Release Protest Against Government
London report says Mahatma Gandhi will continue his fast after release from prison to protest government communal policies. He plans no change in his hunger strike and maintains nonviolent struggle as the key method.
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London
Aharma
M. K. Gandhi
Cherokee Strip celebration opens in Enid with parade
Enid Oklahoma marks the 39th anniversary of the 1893 Cherokee Strip opening as thousands attend a two day fete. Pioneers in period dress join hundreds of Cheyenne Arapaho Otoe and Ponca tribesmen bivouacking by campfires in the city square. A grand parade opens the events with a pageant of Oklahoma history to follow.
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Enid
Okla
Cherokee Strip
Oklahoma
Mexia Banker Ready to Open Area Credit Bank
Mexia banker Ben B. Smith, former mayor, has orders to await Washington instructions to open the Tenth District Agricultural Credit Bank as manager. The branch is to be in operation within 30 days, serving a wide area from the Rio Grande to McLennan County and east to the Sabine River.
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MEXIA
Houston
Ben
Smith
Washington
Tenth District Agricultural Credit Bank
Rio Grande
McLennan County
Sabine River
Gandhi cables to friend on fasting and electoral reform
Gandhi states in a cablegram to Rev. C F Andrews that fasting is a divine call and postponement hinges on the withdrawal of separate electorates for depressed classes. He links the issue to the government's provision Gandhi opposes and signals settlement terms.
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India
Gandhi
Rev. C. F. Andrews
Mail Carrier Killed in Car Crash Near Ireland
Gatesville Texas September 16 J C Myers a mail carrier between Gatesville and Pearl was burned to death when his car overturned on a curve two miles west of Ireland and burst into flames. The tragedy was witnessed by a bystander.
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Gatesville
Tex
J. C. Myers
Pearl
Ireland
Cot
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