Actor Frank Tinney Joins American Legion Post
Broadway actor Frank Tinney is photographed joining the American Legion at F. W. Galbraith Jr. post in New York City. Tinney served in the navy as a seaman third class and had a stint in the army passport transport service during the war.
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Frank Tinney
Army
Navy
Tinney
Querre
American Legion
F. W. Galbraith Jr
New York City
R. Baines
American Legion Weekly
Legion Leader Tinney Recruits Actors for Membership Drive
Tinney rose from ensign to lieutenant junior grade in the navy before a 11 month transfer by executive order to the army as captain in intelligence and morale officer at multiple camps. Discharged three months after the armistice, he earned commendations from the Intelligence Bureau chief and the White House and now pursues the Legion motto to recruit actors and eligible colony members.
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Navy
Army
Intelligence Service
Intelligence Bureau
White House
Tinney
Legion
Actors’ Colony
Legion Man Burgess Pioneered North Carolina's American Legion
Cale K. Burgess, born July 15 1891 in Old Trap Camden County NC, rose from farmer boy to first department commander of the North Carolina American Legion. He became adjutant and finance officer, served in WWI from private to first lieutenant, and taught, studied law, and practiced before enlisting in 1917.
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Cale K. Burgess
American Legion
North Carolina
Pioneer Legionnaire
Burgess
Old Trap
Camden County
N. C
Whitsett Institute
University of North Carolina
Raleigh
F. A
St. Mihiel
Argonne
No Trespassers Allowed Plane Crash Scene
A plane wing breaks causing a crash into a concrete cellar. The pilot awakens in darkness and asks where he is. An ominous voice replies you’re in my cellar and that the speaker is watching him.
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American Legion Weekly
Legion veteran Mike Sullivan promotes liberty loans across nations
The German invasion of Belgium in 1914 forced Mike Sullivan from a Broadway hotel job into army service first with the Royal Irish Rifles then the 83rd Royal Irish Rifles. After wounds, hospital stays, and several transfers to Canadian units he returned to the United States. As a member of the American Legion on Staten Island he urged Congress to grant Americans who enlisted with the Canadians the same privileges as CEF veterans and is now seeking a hearing with Canadian officials in Ottawa.
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Royal Irish Rifles
Belgium
Mike Sullivan
Broadway
New York
Liverpool
Aberdeen
Scotland
Gordon Highlanders
Kilts
South Africa
France
Armentieres
United States
Mount Clemens Hospital
Canada
Three Hundred and Fifty-fifth Infantry
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
America
Congressman F. ©. Hicks
Sullivan
American Legion
Staten Island
Legion
Dominion
Legion Ship to Make Trial Run From Camden
Captain Alex C. Corkum, commander of the American Legion unit, is credited with sinking two German submarines while in command of the Amphion. A two day trial trip of the American Legion from Camden, N J is planned with John G Emery and legion officials aboard. The ship will operate between New York and South American ports and Corkum is noted for a trans Atlantic speed record.
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Alex C. Corkum
U. S. American Legion
South America
American Legion
Camden
N. J
New York Ship Building Corporation
United States Shipping Board
John G. Emery
Legion
Corkum
New York
South American
Every Member Get Another The Legion Campaign Launched
The American Legion begins an every member get a member drive at National Headquarters Indianapolis aimed at doubling total membership. F W Galbraith Jr former national commander planned the effort before his death in an Indianapolis auto crash. John G Emery of Grand Rapids likely signs the first new member as the drive opens.
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American Legion
Indianapolis
Legion
F. W. Galbraith Jr
John G. Emery
Grand Rapids
Mich
Variety in reading keeps the mind lively
The essay argues that reading variety aids learning and recreation. It cites Hughes, Darwin, Poe, and Johnson to show reading for pleasure and study both sharpen the mind. It notes detectives and fiction stimulate interest, while discipline through planned study complements casual reading.
The Girl On The Job How to Succeed and Succeed
A New England village girl graduates high school and seeks a sales position in a major department store. The narrator advises presenting a polished appearance and aiming for the highest class store to secure current work and future advancement.
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New England
Opportunities for Women in Sales Professions
The speaker praises sales as a major profession now open to women. She notes strong competition and extensive training required, plus hard work and natural aptitude. She believes the girl she met will succeed, emphasizing deserved success despite high salaries and opportunities.
The Many Sides of Jack In Language Use
The article explains how the name Jack became a generic noun in English and appears in terms like boot jack jackknife and Union jack. It traces the link to servants and laborers who were called Jack while noting the cultural use of Jack as a stand‑in for a common worker and tool name.
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Hile
John
Jacques
Jack
England
George
Mother's Cook Book Menu of Honey Mousse and Carrots
Honey Mousse combines honey eggs and cream chilled in a salt ice mold. Carrots a la Poulette use sliced carrots onion pepper and eggs yolks to finish. Tomatoes With Ham coats tomato halves in seasoned flour and fried ham slices with parsley garnish.
Apple and Banana Salad and Beurre Noir Beans
Verece Magwell presents a vintage recipe note featuring Apple and Banana Salad with lemon juice and paprika on lettuce, a Beurre Noir Beans dish with brown butter or pork fat, and Delmonico Peach Pudding with peaches in milk custard and a meringue topping. Published 1931 by Western Newspaper Union.
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Delmonico
Lyrics of Life Plan for Easing Everyday Woes
A reflective verse suggests measuring present troubles by their long term impact. It contrasts hidden hurts with money and gold, then offers a simple plan: question the lasting difference of current aches a year from now. The poem urges remembering past woes to soften new ones and end with a hopeful shift to laughter.
Paul and Barnabas Steering the Second Missionary Journey
The lesson outlines the Antioch controversy over Gentile salvation without Mosaic law, the Jerusalem council decision led by James, and the start of Paul and Silas with Timothy on the second journey. It highlights grace through faith, unity in the church, and ongoing mission planning.
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Jesus Christ
Paul
Asia Minor
Antioch
Jerusalem
Moses
Barnabas
Abraham
Peter
James
Amos
John Mark
Mark
Cyprus
Silas
Syria
Cilicia
Timothy
Hezekiah Builds Water Works Recorded in Chronicles
Passage recalls Hezekiah the king as he built a pool and conduit to bring water into Jerusalem. The chronicle notes these deeds among his acts and mighty works.
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Hezekiah
Judah
The Pure and the Defiled Verse Reference
A biblical verse from Titus 1 15 50 admonishes that purity depends on the believer. It contrasts the pure with the defiled and unbelieving, asserting that nothing is pure to them and that their minds and consciences are polluted.
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the AMERICAN @LEGIONG
American Legion News Service
Legion Man
New York City Post
C. R. Baines and
NEW
S. S. ‘Legion
F. A. Walker
Omeone
Charles E. Hughes
John Hay
Brown University
Hughes
Tennyson and
Longfellow
Charles Darwin
Poe
By Jessie Roberts
Jane’ To
Verece Magwell
Western Newspaper Union
By Douglas M
Allock
Rev
P. BH. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western
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