Bravest Legion Man Receives Medal For Valor In France
Lieut. Col. Joseph H. Thompson, former Pennsylvania American Legion commander, is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions near Apremont France on October 1 1918. He led his battalion under heavy fire and personally guided an assault tank to silence a hostile machine gun nest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thompson
Pennsylvania
Wears
Joseph H. Thompson
Pennsylvania Department of
American Legion
The
Legion
Bravest of the Brave
Congressional Medal of Honor
Charles H. Muir
Twenty-eighth Division
Thompson
Pennsylvania Legion
Washington
Congress
Apremont
France
One Hundred and Tenth Infantry
Checks Legion Men’s Cards In War Era Effort
Miss Florence H Meade of Chicago supervises the Library Bureau to check and distribute over one million American Legion membership cards arriving from Indianapolis. Directing 15 to 20 girls, the work handles about 12 000 cards daily. The follow-up extends for weeks after the initial batch. Meade previously served with the Y M C A in Brest and with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence H. Meade
Chicago
Library Bureau
American Legion
Indianapolis
Miss Meade
Brest
Army of Occupation
Coblentz
Warning To Ex Service Men On Veterans Bureau Contacts
Ex service men are urged to handle affairs with district officers rather than Washington offices. Many travel to Washington weekly seeking faster results, some walking long distances. Posts of the American Legion and Red Cross report limited resources to meet rising demands, as veterans learn they must transact business in their home district. The American Legion and others press the bureau to reinforce this guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Veterans Bureau
Washington
Baltimore
American Legion
The
American Red Cross
Bureau
the Legion
Oklahoma Legion Posts Build Park and Buy Church for Home
The Klingsmith post No. 126 of Bristow with citizens funded a city park named for the post, its pavilion costing 30,000 dollars and roads 5,000 with 10,000 in take. Wert Gray post No. 116 of Drumright bought a church building to convert into a post home, funded by American Legion money and post activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kliingensmith
Bristow
Okla
William Courtney
Fogaly
Legion
Wert Gray Post
Dramright
Ehurch
F. P. Schickram
American Legion
A. J. Fogaly
Drumright
Legion: Baseball League
Babe Ruth
Bob Meusel
Box: Inc
Milton Speigte
J. G. Fisher
C. W. Saunders
Christian Church
Weart Gray Post
Weart Gray Post, No. 116
Legion Man Is An Author
Stephen Noland of Indianapolis a World War II veteran and editor at the Indianapolis News wrote Sam Blick's Diary a humorous look at a prosperous businessman's daily life. A founder and first commander of Hilton A. Brown post he served as a first lieutenant in the Eighty Fourth Division in America and France giving Legion advice on post publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Stephen ©. Noland
Indianapolis
Sam Blick
Eighty-fourth
America
France
Legion
She Got the Job Helen Answers Ad For Typist
Helen attends interview and answers questions about work. When asked what machine she uses she replies Ford typewriter and secures the position. The prospective boss seems hard to please but is impressed by her quick wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Year’s Work on Fighting Pests Year’s Work on Fighting Pests
The Federal Horticultural Board reports vigorous pest control in fiscal year 1922 with 22 foreign and 15 domestic quarantines. It highlights pink bollworm, European corn borer, gypsy and brown tail moths, Japanese beetle, potato wart, white pine blister rust, and citrus canker as key targets and notes notable progress and ongoing dangers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Horticultural” Board
New England
New York
Ontario
Lake Erie
United States
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Europe
British Columbia
Puget Sound
Washington
Canada
Poultry culling boosts egg production and cuts costs
An exhibit by the U S Department of Agriculture at the Live Stock Exposition in Chicago demonstrates how culling poor layers increases profits. A pen of 12 hens retained unculled produced 100 dozen eggs with 90 pounds of feed costing 20.70, while a culled group of eight hens laid the same amount of eggs but used 600 pounds of feed costing 18.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Risk in unkempt orchard invites pests to overwinter
An article warns that tolerating an unkempt orchard and undernourished trees leads to San Jose scale, plum curculio, apple worm, shothole borer and other pests. Allowing garden refuse to remain creates winter homes for insect enemies in orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Excellent Flavor to Eggs
The Runner duck lays a perfectly white egg that sells well in the city market. The egg is praised for its excellent flavor and quality.
Harrow Invention Promises Operable Field Tool
The article describes a harrow by I G Biggerstaff of Kansas City Missouri that can be made operable or inoperable in motion via a cam lever. It allows debris clearance while raised and is designed for simple, durable, reliable, and inexpensive manufacture. The harrow may be drawn by a tractor or similar power source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
I. G. Biggerstaff
Tracey Avenue
Kansas City
Dairy Cows Need Grain With Pasture Shortage Ahead
Oklahoma dairying professor A C Baer notes spring pastures will be scarce. Cows without pasture should receive one pound grain per three pounds milk. on pasture one pound per six pounds milk. Include good hay like alfalfa. When pastures thin, have barley or wheat crops and limit daily grain to two or three pounds for cows yielding twenty pounds of milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Baer
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Potatoes See Big 1922 Increase Across 16 Nations
United States Department of Agriculture figures show 1922 potato production in 16 countries rising by 675 million bushels from the previous year and 40 million more than the 1900 1913 five year average. Total acreage for 24 countries with estimates stood at 20 261 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Highest paid railroad executives reveal huge salaries
Senate interstate commerce committee reports show Julius Kruttschnitt at Southern Pacific top with 100000. Eight chiefs earned 75000 or more including AM Smith of New York Central at 92580. Other leaders named include Lovett Gray Markham Pennington Holden Sproule Willard Loree Byram Noonan Maher with multi state railroad ties and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius ‘Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Railway
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Smith
New York Central
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Board
Carl I. Gray
Union Pacific
C. H. Markham
Minoigs Central
Pennington
Minneapolis, St.Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Hale Holden
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Wiliam Sproule
Southern Pacific Company
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
Southern
Chicago, Milwaukee & 8S
Paul
I. B. Byram
Eat W. T. Noonan
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
N. D. Maher
Norfolk & Western
John Sharp Williams to Leave Congress in March
The long serving senator born in Memphis in 1854 will depart Congress on March 4 after eight terms in the house and senate. In a cloakroom moment he attacked modern progressives, urging Christian brotherhood as he criticized selfish political stances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp) Williams
House
Senate
Congress
Jesus
Cain
Prince Caetani Ties To American Mining Legacy
Prince Celasio Caetani the new Italian ambassador in Washington is not a stranger to the United States. A civil engineer by training he studied at Columbia University and built a career in mining from Alaska to California. He later served Italy as an aviator and engineer and was elected to the chamber of deputies in 1921.
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Prince Celasio Caetani
Washington
United States
Duchess of Sermoneta
Rome
America
Columbia University
Celasio Cadant
Alaska
Mexico
Arctic
Gulf of Taku
Tome Bey
Smigeler Union
Colorado
Plymouth
California
Caetani
Thuy
Italy
Herbert Hoover
American Committee of Distribution
Belgium
Chamber of Depueties
Vis
Brookhart the Farmer Soldier-Lawyer Wins Iowa Senate Seat
Col. W. Brookhart of Washington Iowa the new United States senator is described as a farmer soldier and lawyer. At fifty three he weighs over 200 pounds and stands five feet ten inches tall. He credited visiting people county by county and local support for his victory. He led on repeal of the transportation act and is president of the National Rifle Association. He served in the Spanish American War and trained 10000 officers in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
United States
Iowa
Prockhart
National Rifle Association of America
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American Legion News Service
Jos. H. Thompson
Florence Meade
Veterans Bureau
Oklahoma Legion
Qne
Bullds City
Legion Man
Stephen C. Noland
Stephen GC
Noland
Federal Horticultural’ Board
Ukempt
Sharp
Senator Willams
Memphis
Tenn
Prince Caetani
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