Janitor’s Midnight Interview With Marshal Foch Revealed
In St. Paul Minnesota during a visit by Marshal Foch the janitor Charles Schweitzer, then a sergeant, delivered a postal card bearing the phrase Dill-Allah Baquat which named two Algerian engagements from 1877. Foch recalled past towns and invited the comrade to his rooms for a long interview, praising the generalissimo’s unchanged kindness. The tale, told as an open sestumne, marks the longest interview Foch gave on his 42 state tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foch
Algiers
High Honors to Carlstrom Veteran of Three Wars Cited
Oscar Ee Carlstrom of Illinois receives national recognition as chief of the United Spanish War Veterans. He helped organize the forerunner of the American Legion in Paris in 1919 and later led Spanish War Veterans in Minneapolis. A lawyer and former captain in the Illinois National Guard, he served in the Philippines and commanded artillery in France.
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Oscar Ee. Carlstrom
Mlnnois
United Spanish War Veterans
American Legion
Paris
Carlstrom
Spain
Philippines
National Guard
Illinois
France
Minneapolis
Legion
Company C
One Hundred and Second Infantry
Ilinois
Legion Commander Seeks Public Confidence for Peace
Hanford Mac Nider told Philadelphia audiences the nation's love for the American Legion rests on building a steadfast spirit and doing right. He urged Legion members to earn the people's confidence by honoring veterans who sacrificed for the country and by fostering comradeship with allies in England France Italy and other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Hanford MacNider
Legion
Philadelphia
Mr. MacNider
England
France
Italy
Follette Seeks Aid for French Battery Family in Paris
William B. Follette formerly of Oregon now living in Paris appeals to his former battery members for donations to help a French village family billeted by them. The soldiers support their old friends to keep them from want.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Follette
Oregon
Paris
To Lose Canal Zone Jobs Threatens 700 WWI Veterans
The American Legion reports in Washington that over 700 World War I servicemen may lose jobs in the Panama Canal Zone after a broad government personnel cutback. Civilian employees in the canal zone have fallen 40 percent since March 4, 1921.
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Panama Canal Zone
Amrican Legion
Washington
Canal Zone
Ma Burdick Doughnut Heroine of World War I Service
Mrs Ensign F C Burdick of the Salvation Army, recently named national chaplain of the Legion auxiliary, recalled baking pies and making doughnuts for Allied troops from 1917 to 1919. She arrived in France with her husband in December 1917 and ministered near the Western Front and Brest before returning home in 1919.
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Ensign F. C. Burdick
Salvation Army
American Legion ‘Auxiliary
Burdick
Brest
Wichita Falls
Tex
The
Legion Auxiliary of Texas
Army
Actress Thais Magrane Elected President of New York Legion Auxiliaries
Miss Thais Magrane, whose brother serves in the navy, wins election as president of the New York American Legion state women’s auxiliary. She spent wartime hours aiding sick and wounded soldiers in Polyclinic hospital and helped form the auxiliary for Rankin Drew post of Broadway actors. A St. Louis native discovered in Los Angeles, she starred in Everywoman and led stock companies touring the country.
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American Legion of New York
Thais Magrane
Women's Auxiliary
Miss Magrane
Manhattan
France
Polyclinic Hospital
Rankin
Legion
Magrane
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Tittle
American Legion drives post projects and aid programs
The American Legion in various locales directs funds and builds. In Fairmont Minnesota the Home Guard has turned over a $400 war fund to help build the post. In Nashville Vanderbilt freshmen veterans form part of a Legion post. Sturgis South Dakota pledges half the memorial building cost from state bonuses. Hanford MacNider visits Houston with a loving cup from the Ninth Infantry.
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Home Guard Company of
Fairmont, Minn
Legion Post
American Legion
Sturgis
8. D
Ruffles
Hanford MacNider
Ninth Infantry
Houston
Tex
Better Sires Better Stock pledge grows nationwide
The USDA driven Better Sires Better Stock campaign reports 894 new pledges in the last quarter ending September 30, focusing on replacing scrub grades with purebred sires and improved females. Virginia leads in new signers, with Nebraska and Ohio also showing strong participation across cattle horses sheep swine and poultry totaling 643 943 animals.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Ohio
Belmont County
Ohe
Hardin
Ohio County
Licking County
Virginian
Kentucky
Nebraska
South Carolina
Washington
Massachusetts
Texas
Vermont
Connecticut
United State
Guam
Porto Rico
Feeding Silage to Sheep
Feeding silage to sheep requires care to avoid spoiled feed. Sheep are especially prone to injury from feeds that form gas and can be harmed by spoiled rations.
Colts Seek Quality Feeds for Growth and Health
The draft requires well fed, bone and muscle building feeds to sustain growth. Early feeding and care determine quality and development, emphasizing nutritious rations to support robust health.
Fat on Breed Sow in Winter
A brood sow should gain some fat in winter but not excess weight. Excessive fat can burden the animal and affect health and productivity.
Little Betty Sze Rides Saddle Boy Toy Dog In Christmas Fun
Betty Sze daughter of Dr Alfred Sze Chinese minister poses with her Saddle Boy toy dog amid a rack of Christmas gifts. The scene captures a festive family moment with a noted public figure.
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Pretty Httle
Betty Sze
Alfred Sze
Red Hair Club Forms at Goucher College
At Baltimore Goucher College students form a Red Hair Society open to all U S residents with genuine red hair. Women pay 1 token, men 2 tokens. funds go toward building a red brick hall on a new suburban site. Titian Tints led by Miss Ruth Wallace promotes red hair virtues.
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Sherlock Holmes
Baltimore
Goucher (Women's) College
Amy
United States
Ruth Wallace
It Gets Em All War Tax Court Sentence Chesapeake Story
A court scene from Chesapeake and Ohio Magazine shows a judge sentencing a defendant to one year and ten days in prison. The dialogue cites a war tax as the ten days’ purpose, illustrating a humorous or satirical take on a legal case.
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Chesapeake
Ohio Magazine
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American Legion News Service
Paul Janitor
Nation's
MacNider
Ma” Burdick
New York State
New York City
Minnesota
Seattle
Wash
Ranier-Noble
Old City Club of
Champaign
American Legion Post
Post
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Hendrick
Princess Mary of England
Buckingham Palace
Viscount Lascellés
Danville
Rufus
White House
Harding
Chamber of Commerce of
Little Betty Sze
Legislative
Wisconsin Territory
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Belmond
Wis
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