The American Legion at Fifty Five Years
The American Legion marks its 50th anniversary with a paid membership around 2.6 million, near a peak in 1946, while its National Security Commission begins a four day inspection tour. The fifth annual convention opens in New Orleans as the Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars represent about 13 percent of ex-GIs.
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Legion
National Security Commission
National Defense Machinery
New Orleans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
U.S
Veterans Administration
Nalion
American Legion
Minneapolis
Paris
Warce
Cirque de
Bennett Charap Clark
Missouri
Harold Ross
New Yorker
Mineazine
Alexander Woollcott
Crams
Belleletrist
Stars and Stripes
Congr
Army
Persiing Hall
Vivrre-Charon
St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Cal. Roosevelt
White House
USA
General Westmoreland
Successful Investing: Split Clarifications for Teens
A teen investor with 20 Marsh Supermarkets shares learns the split makes 40 shares after Sept. 4 and the price adjusts to the split ratio. The article notes holding remains advised and dividends may rise on new shares. It also explains pink sheets as OTC price compilations by the National Quotation Bureau including dealer marks and contact details.
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Marsh
Vacle
Tye
N.b
Marsit Super
Wall Street
National Quotation Bureau
Spear
Ghostly Gettysburg tale hides a lover beneath a veteran tale
A West Brookfield Cemetery gravestone conceals the true identity of Johnny Evans. The legend recounts how the famed horseman shielded his fallen brother Bill at Gettysburg, only to reveal the soldier was really his sweetheart Mary Owens.
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Bea
West Brookfield
Massilon
Ohio
Silon
Willian Evang
Johnny
Pennsylvania Volunteers Cavalry
Johny
Battle of
Gettysburg
Bill
Johnny Evans
Heaney
Danville
Oho
Mary Owens
Hilts
Fea, Corp
High School Football Concussion Debate and Welfare Concerns
A letter from a boy's uncle details an injury and ongoing headaches after a football concussion. It questions if the boy should play again, criticizes pressure to participate, and condemns rallies funding equipment while sidelining welfare and school medical guidance. Dr. William Brady responds for readers' health inquiries.
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Tero
Sissy
Ilis
Willy-Nilly
William Brady
el Camino
South
Bevtly Hills
California
Framing of a New Constitution Texted as Public Preambles
The provided fragment presents a ceremonial preamble language asserting aims for a united nation. It mimics constitutional style but contains spelling and phrasing errors, suggesting a draft or OCR artifact. The passage emphasizes unity, justice, tranquility, defense, welfare, liberty, and posterity.
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United States
United Sates of
America
The Worry Clinic on College Choice and Horse Sense
Larry 1 aged 19 asks whether to attend Harvard or a nearby junior college. The piece argues travel and cost are factors, urges choosing a local college unless a scholarship or family funds justify distant study, and notes great teaching can occur at many institutions. It also offers a teacher evaluation test for readers.
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Larry
Boston
Harvard
U.S.A
Folklore and curious notes from a small town newspaper
A fragmentary piece recalls readers’ letters about balance between sections and sports page headlines. It mentions a National Guard member blamed for rifle damage and a Iowa paper touting an exclusive but later retracting fire destruction claim. It ends with an old American saying about modesty at a feast.
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Iowa
de Moines
Jenkins & Bros
Amcrican
Joss Weir
Barbery Pirates Rebuffed In Eu Race Of Nations
Russell Kirk argues the Organization of African Unity is disunited ahead of a planned Algiers meeting. He cites sparse turnout from Assi Ehio pia Liberia Egypt and the Sudan and warns of Algerian pressure, Israeli captives, and Cold War alignments influencing Africa’s politics.
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Organization of African Unity
Algiers
Assi Ehiopia
Liberia
Egypt
Sudan
Hastings Banda
Malavi
Moise Tshombe
Mousri Bowne
Kenya
Ghana
Malawi
Rwanda
Lesotho
Betswana
Boumediene
Congo
Brazzaville
Tanzania
Black Africa
Afchca
Sahara
Algeria
Benmediene
Ben Bells
Slater
Israel
Houari Boumediene
Tel Aviv
Katanga
Tshombe
Boumbiene
Language gaps in family terms stretch across cultures
A guest editorial complains about English not naming every kinship and contrasts it with other languages. It cites examples from in laws and cousins, notes awkward phrases like my son's wife and daughter's husband, and questions how relations such as Eisenhower’s in laws would be labeled.
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Portus
Fortas
Sen
Sam 2
Bevin
D-N-C
Justice Fortas
Just Fortas
Son
Vin
Ralph Lacarus
Federated Department Stores, Inc
Vietnam
George Washington
Portas
Parcals
Manipslle
Parey
Lyier
Richard
Hl Eisenhower
Nison
Eisenhower
Es Publicana
Althoug
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