Texas Veteran Charts Aid Plan From Hobo Trip
David McCalib of Dallas, a Texas veteran, rode the rails to study returning servicemen and craft a plan to assist them. He traveled 800 miles by rail with M K and Santa Fe routes, reporting to Texas American Legion authorities on three key findings about ex service men and the hobo population.
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David McCalib
Texas
David McCalb
War
Dallas
Tex
M. K
Santa Fe
Texas and Pacific
MecCalib
American Legion
Reds
Comic Opera War Draws Back American Legionnaires
Eight or more young Americans returning to New York from Ceuta after joining the Spanish Foreign Legion describe a farcical conflict with pay cut, mandatory uniforms, food, and arms purchases. They say enlistment promises and ranks shifted to privates, with debt rising for heavy fighting and risk for those conserving ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spanish Foreign Legion
Foreign
Ceuta
Africa
George Dimond
Brooklyn
Free Legal Aid for Need In War Survivors in Montana
Loy J. Mollumby of Great Falls Montana began a free legal aid bureau for sick and wounded ex service men. He filed the first suit against the government to secure hospital treatment and compensation for a war wounded sol dier who later became insane. He has filed a second suit for Chris Tuss to obtain war risk insurance for his dependents, contending tuberculosis originated in service. The government says the disease arose after discharge and after insurance lapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Loy J. Mollumby
Great Falls
Mont
Mollumby
Chris Tuss
American Legion
More Land Opened to Settlement for Service Men
Secretary Fall told the American Legion that one hundred service men stand for every government farm available, and the government cannot meet the back to the farm demand without new legislation. The Legion seeks greater land openings for returning soldiers and sailors.
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Secretary of the Interior
Fall
The
American Legion
Legion
Election fight at American Legion convention over 1922 chaplain
Miss Ivy Ann Fuller of Kansas emerges as a standout among emancipated voters at the American Legion national convention. The contest for national chaplain pitted East West North and South candidates with Fuller and a fighting parson favored, decided by a narrow margin. Fuller, once a movie actress, trained as a nurse at Vassar unit and served at Fifth Avenue hospital and Walter Reed in Washington.
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American Legion
Ivy Ann Fuller
East
West
North
South
Kansas
Miss Fuller
New York
Vassar College
Fifth Avenue Hospital
Walter Reed Institution
Washington
Insane War Veterans Seek Full Insurance in Providence Suit
James B. Littlefield, attorney for the American Legion, files suit in Providence asserting three ex soldiers Adam Miktliches Chuiseppe Vitnilo and James McGee are totally disabled by shell shock wounds and gas. The government bureau allegedly refused full payment, seeking permanent disability status and full insurance rather than temporary compensation. The case could influence similar actions nationwide.
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Providence
James B. Littefield
American Legion
Adam Miktliches
Chuiseppe Vitnilo
James McGee
Legion
Government Insurance Bureau
Littlefield
Medal of Honor man says he was duped by petition to free Debs
Michael J. Kelley of Chicago writes to the American Legion in Indianapolis charging his Medal of Honor brother John J. Kelly was misled into signing a petition to President Harding seeking release of Eugene V. Debs and 145 political prisoners. The veteran says he now regrets his actions and claims he should have trusted the President and the government.
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John J. Kelly
Chicago
Tarding
Eugene V. Debs
American Legion
Indianaplis
Michae J. Kelley
Congressional
Harding
Ex-service men block poll tax reform in Alabama
Alabama lawmakers passed an amended poll tax bill that exempted ex service men, but the change disenfranchised many voters. The amendment was ruled unconstitutional, leaving only wartime disabled veterans without $500 property to vote. George Bailes of the American Legion plans a new amendment for an extra session called by Governor Kilby.
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Alabama
George Lewis Bailes
Birmingham
American Legion
Kilby
Indifferent Crowd Debates Rail Car Picks to Greenwood
A rush hour crowd watches as a red faced woman elbows through the line asking which car to take to Greenwood cemetery. A stout man answers that it makes no difference, and slips away as she presses.
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Greenwood Cemetery
American Legion Weekly
Beltsville Pigeons Set Unmatched Long-Distance Records
The Beltsville government farm homing pigeons under A. Jacobson set a multi-year record across 100 to 500 mile races. From 1919 to 1921 they earned top placements in 100, 200, 400, and 500 mile events, beating all Washington area lofts and clubs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Government Farm
Beltsville
Washington Racing Mgeon Club
Nationality Concourse Association
Washington
Columbi
Mr. A. Jacobson
Vermin Destroyers and Home Pest Mixtures
Instructions for making homemade pest sprays using carbolic acid whitewash kerosene naphthalene and tobacco. The remedy suggests mixing one ounce carbolic acid per gallon whitewash one pound naphthaline per gallon kerosene and letting stand, then shaking before use. Also a formula for air slicked Mine stir with carbolic acid and tobacco to mix with a stick.
KEEP ONLY PUREBRED STOCK
The article argues that purebred stock boosts poultry success on any scale and offers intangible long term benefits. It notes pride in high quality stock spreads knowledge, improves surroundings, and attracts more purebred animals, with benefits extending from fields to the barn.
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Jook Shipshape
Grain for Geese in Winter
Geese should receive equal parts oats and corn each day with about a handful per bird. Provide abundant green feed daily year round, using green-cut clover hay or alfalfa. Offer mangels, cabbage, potatoes, and plenty of greens, plus apples as a favorite treat when available.
Smallest Pekingese Toy-Sen Weighs One Pound
Sig Hart of Chicago owns Toy-Sen claimed to be the world’s smallest Pekingese. The three month old pup, a son of Ah-Li and Shin-Hua, weighs one pound and may nearly reach full size.
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Sig Hart
Chicago
Toy-Sen
Ah-Li
Shin-Hua
Ant
Ministers Skating With Mrs Phillips in The Hague
When winter arrives in Holland, even diplomats join the ice fun. William Phillips the American minister to the Netherlands was seen skating with Mrs Phillips at the Ice Club in The Hague.
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Holland
William Phillips
The
Netherlands
Mrs.Phillips
the Hague
A Worth-While Game For Your Calendar
The Designer urges marking dates to perform acts of kindness. Plan autumn woods, summer sunrises, and a May rendezvous with apple blossoms. Set future dates to commune with beauty for the soul, then keep them as personal rituals.
Air force surveys erupting Popocatepetl by Obregon
President Obregon sends an expedition of airmen to study the sudden eruption of Popocatepetl. The Springfield Republican notes aviation adds to exploration and diminishes mountain climbing’s practical appeal for adventurers.
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Obregon
Popocatepetl
Springfield Republican
Thermopolis hosts world’s largest hot springs site
Excerpts note Thermopolis Wyoming claims the largest hot springs. Other figures include 6 million people paying 1922 taxes, 10 percent infant deaths in England, Spain origin for spaniel, Australia dairy output and US industrial payrolls.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
England
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American Legion Newa Service
Loy J. Motlumby
Montana
Homer
Vermin Destroyers
White House
the New Mountaineer
Carl Bronner
Colonel Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Maj
Arthur Dean
Bronner
Eddie Stinson
Ieft
Lloyd Berteau
Larsen
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Covington
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Spain
Australia
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