Prize Fight Promoter Mary Price Built Legion Fundraiser
Miss Mary Price of Huntington West Virginia became a unique women promoter south of the Mason Dixon line organizing multiple ten round boxing bouts to raise funds for the American Legion post clubhouse. She staged main events featuring Johnny Martin Patsy Haley and a West Virginia championship, managing tickets and ushers while tallying a net gain of about 2000 dollars before being summoned to Indianapolis to work in the Legion finance division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mary Price
Huntington
W. Va
American Légion
K. O
Price
Navy
Legion
Mary
Johnny Martin
New York
Patsy Haley
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Mike Kearney
Freddie Dunlop
Miss Mary
Benny Leonard
Johnny Dundee
Leonard
The
Indianapolis
Memorial Bridge Over Rivers at Cairo Proposal
The American Legion backs the Fullbright bill to authorize a memorial bridge at Cairo Illinois where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers meet. Kentucky Missouri and Maine were asked to support as the bridge would become part of a Tri State highway. No highway bridge currently links Louisville St. Louis or Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Fullbright
Congress
Ohio
Mississippi
Cairo
Ill
Kentucky
Missouri
Hainois
Mississippi Rivers
Louisville
St. Louis
Memphis
Sam confronts wildcat atop oak during canyon chase
Warned Sam is chased by a wildcat to the top limbs of a large oak tree at a canyon edge. The cat climbs outward, forcing Sam toward a decaying limb overhanging the precipice as he decides to remonstrate with humorous slang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Proud words from former Camp Travis judge advocate
Former Camp Travis judge advocate G Huntington told Yellowstone post of the American Legion in Billings Montana that the Legion should be proud of fighting virile insomnia allegations from Washington politicians. He said only clear action and expression will make ideas known and adopted, warning against the view that individual effort is futile. Washington men hear the ground and take note of public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Huntington
Camp Travis
Texas
Yellowstone
American Legion
Billings
Mont
Legion
Washington
Texas Legion Sanatorium Leased by U S Veterans Bureau
The United States Veterans Bureau renews the lease of the American Legion sanitorium at Legion Texas near Kerrville for years. Built to care for World War I veterans including tuberculosis patients, the 800 acre site features a large infirmary, private rooms, sun porches, a 95 foot water tower and a total cost of 1.65 million dollars.
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American Legion
Legion
Texas
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Kerrville
Tex
American Legion of
Lone Star State
Post Office Department
Roosevelt American Legion
Battle Creek
Mich
Benevolent War Risk Society of Texas
Legionnaires
Legion Officials Protest Veteran Preference in Massachusetts
Massachusetts officials protest civilian appointments as a woman is named attendance officer for Boston schools over 80 veterans on the eligibility list. The matter draws wide discussion among American Legion leaders in the state.
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American Legion
Massachusetts
Department
Boston
Miss Parker Helps Migrant Families Seek Clean Lives
Laura Parker leads a Council of Women for Home Missions effort aiding Polish and Italian migrants in New Jersey Delaware and Maryland. Volunteers set up nurseries in makeshift spaces to care for babies and offer baths meals and lessons while confronting squalor and disease to instill hygiene and pride with the slogan a good American keeps his body clothes and mind clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Parker
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Miss Parker
Council of Women For Home Missions
Tey
Ike
The Woman Who Cans It Makes War Time Canning Profitable
Melita Crawley of Edgewood Farm Mount Vernon New Hampshire runs a successful canning operation five miles from the railroad. She emphasizes blanching peas and corn, frequent fertilization, and steady cultivation to keep vegetables tender. Crawley also家raises berries for preserves and notes women should have outdoor usefulness patience and stick-to-it-iveness before profits appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melita Crawley
Edgewood Farm
Mount Vernon
N. H
Grace Virginia Hendrick to wed George W Patterson Jr
Portrait highlights Grace Virginia Hendrick daughter of Dr Ellwood Hendrick of New York and Simsbury Conn as she prepares to marry George W Patterson Jr assistant dean at University of Michigan School of Electrical Engineering. The wedding will be held in Simsbury Church on July 4 with four pet terriers given a special pew as honored guests.
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Grace Virginia Pomeroy Hendrick
Ellwood Hendrick
New York
Simsbury
Conn
George W. Patterson, Jr
School of Electrical Engineering
University of Michigan
Hendricks
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American Lesson News Service
Miss Mary Price
Want
Texas Sanitorium
Laura Miller
Ly 24
Dawes
Evanston Home
Charles G. Dawes
Rhepublican
Evanston, Il
Queen OF
Dorothy McBirney
James H. McBirney
National Bank of Commerce
Tulsa Okla
Tulsa
Miss McBirney
Ine Manor
Wellesly
Ruth Kimball
Chicago
Mary Wallace
Dr. Bruggman
Agriculture
Abs
Henry C. Wallace
Charles Bruggman
Paris
C. Francis Jenkins
Jenkins
U. S
Roosevelt
Hoboken
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