Community building scheme backed by American Legion groups
Wyoming Legion leaders push a $100,000 plan to fund a new community house in Laramie with a five member Legion board and four civic appointees. Civil clubs including Kiwanis Rotary and the Red Cross back the project as a shared public asset.
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Ocaaper Heaquarlora
Inratile
Wye
Marol &Plata
Pont
The
American Legion
Hineke
Buidite
Aledk Andi
Ily of
Laramie
Pon
Kidhd Club
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Gat Aritsore
Whder
Hifte Trustees
Legion
Citisens
Figares
640 Acre and 320 Acre Homestead Laws Spread Growth
The article reviews the Mondell 620 acre law, the 320 and 1 640 acre homestead acts, and their impact on settlement in Wyoming and the arid West. It notes how combined laws enabled buyers to obtain unlimited patents up to 640 acres and approach mineral reservations, accelerating private ownership of arid lands and farm growth. It also covers intrastate freight-rate concerns raised before the State Public Service Commission.
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Wyoming Department of the American Legion
Wyoming
Congress
Galuaha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Frank W. Mondell
Weatherh
Laramie
Cheyea
Gherdan Commercial Club
Gherdan County Farm Bureau
Casper
Gheridan
Minneapolis
Omaha
Cheynne Chamber of Commerce
Wyoming State Farm Bureau Federation
H. 8. Kirk
Lingle
Kirk
Congress and Army Budget Debated Amid Defense Concerns
The article defends congressional defense funding arguing appropriations undergo extensive hearings and scrutiny. It notes the bipartisan process through House and Senate committees before passage, asserting national defense should not be crippled by delays or cuts and appealing to voters to support the thorough legislative review.
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Congress
Army
Navy
Tall House Appropriations Committee
House
Renning
Senate
Beily
Wny
Senator Ransdell backs merchant marine policy
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana urges support for the President and Shipping Board to build an independent merchant marine. He calls the situation critical and warns that delay would cede overseas trade to rivals, stressing a balanced fleet to uphold naval parity with Britain per the armament conference treaty.
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Senator Ransdell
Louisiana
Ransdell
Shipping Board
Great Britain
Resolution of sympathy by Greybull Encampment for Brother Gibson
The Greybull Encampment Home 24 L0 67 F issues a resolution mourning the death of Patriarch Wm. Gibson. They extend sincere sympathy to the bereaved family and arrange for a copy to be sent and recorded. A marginal note discusses Harding's Wales tax proposal as a bonus funding idea and its broad burden on taxpayers.
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Wm. Gibson
B. Chase
J. J. Whipps
C. H. Derby
Harding
Wales
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Medicine Bow
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Federal Reserve System
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James G. Noll Lumber Co
H. W. Horn
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Welsh Contracting Firm
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J. R. Goodrich
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