American Legion War Echoes and Community Action
A summary of American Legion notes detailing wartime atrocity reports, postwar fundraising, memorial plans, and social activities. Highlights include William H. O'Keefe's tribute from Battery F, university Legion posts at Ohio State and Amsterdam, and community efforts in Missoula, Taft, and Brooklyn to support disabled veterans and memorial projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesco
Legion
Orm
American Legion Weekly
Althothie
Legionnaires
Chicago
Ohio State University Post
Columbius
Swean By
Allen Hearin
Pine Tuff, Ark
Missoula
Mont
Gatley
Aafiora
Veterans Societies
Fourth of Tely
Camp Zachary Taylor
Cireus
Army of Occupation
Rhine
Marine Club
University of Illinois
Naval Training Corps
The
American Legion
Advertisers Link Store Name With Local Ads
A newspaper passage highlights persistent local advertising tactics. It notes several ads from A Gray and Milli cent Co involving furniture, clothing, and household goods. The text discusses how retailers weave shop names into broad street banners to attract customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Gray
Millicent & Co
Saved by the Movies boosts revenues for small town merchant
In Carterville Missouri R J Leathers keeps a failing general store alive by buying a cinema and offering season tickets. Regular shoppers earn tickets with purchases, drawing families to the theater while Leathers preserves town trade before a rival movie house changes the dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tella Leathers
R. J. Leathers
Leathers
Carterville
Moving Picture
Concrete Blocks Strietion Casper Concrete Block Works
Casper Concrete Block Works on Wolcott Street near Burlington advertises concrete blocks with J A Hanson as manager and phone 981 M for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolcott St
Burlington
J. A. Hanson
Mgr
Poet's Troops Shell Small Italian Town
Troops under Annunzio shelled a small town near Fiume after Italian regulars occupied it, according to a report to the British foreign office. No confirmation of a planned concerted attack on Yugoslavs was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Troopa
Annunzio
Fiumb
British Foreign Office
d'Annunaio
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion News
National Shell Gtr
Tribune
M. P. Wear
Wyoming
Seventh Field Artillery
John E. O'Keefe
Atlanta
John Wyszomtorski
Amsterdam
N. Y
Amsterdam Board of Education
Woodhaven
Stanley H. Little Post
Taft
Calif
Sup Bor
H. H. Smith
Brooklyn, N. Y
Livre
Post
War Chest Association
Dougan County Post
Omaha
Neb
Peer Hirkma FF
Cash Post
Vincent B.elo
G. Spenxter Listwod
Washington, D. C
Estaly Olt
John Brandt
Children’s Society
New York
Norfolk
Dohn
C. E. Hood
Townsend Bldg
General Insurance
the Equitable Life of the
Batte
Auto Electrical CO
Midwest Ave
Times
Daily Telegraph
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
General Wartime Commission of the Churches and
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Laura Gardin Fraser
Borrep
Mansfield F! House Grmon
Allub
Altoona
William F. Gable
Wiliam F. Gable & Co
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Gable
Duy’s
Parrie Sheep Co
Palace
South Center St
Sandison & Fiddes Thos
Fiddes
Corner
Fourth and
Jefferson Sts
Iestead Ae
Bush
With
Brown & Probst
Casper Creek
Bishop Shearing
Bishop, Wyo
Richter Music Company
Casper
Dorothy van Meter
Gasper Ladies
Royal Rochester
For
Hotpoint
Mies Gracae
Manny
Natrona Power Co
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