Guardianship concerns in veteran benefit misuse prompt reform
William Raduszis of Cleveland has been sentenced to three to ten years for embezzling 11,872.42 from his brother, an insane World War veteran, with aid funds misused by guardians. The case spurred Legion investigations, recovering about 3,000 for the veteran’s estate. The Legion and Veterans Bureau push for a statewide judge advocate system to protect beneficiaries.
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William Raduszis
Cleveland
Ohio
John
Cuyahoga County
Legion Organization
William Baduszis
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Legion
National Guardianship Service
Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Ilinois
Maes
Davie G. Arnold
Forty Acre Tract Used for Legion Playground
The first unit of the national playground program is dedicated in the San Isabel forest near Pueblo Colorado. The Legion operates the camp on a 10 acre tract and government approval granted a 40 acre plot for exclusive Legion use. Posts from Westcliffe Pueblo Alamosa Walsenburg Florence Canon City Trinidad and Center run the camp.
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Gods Country
Legion
San Isabel Forest
Pueblo
Colo
The
Westcliffe
Puebla
Alamosa
Walsenbirg
Plorence
Canon City
Trinidad
Center
Library services planned for hospitals under Veterans Bureau
Director Frank T. Hines contemplates installing a complete library service in every hospital under the United States Veterans' bureau. The move, reported to the national rehabilitation committee of the American Legion, follows strong Legion support for the disabled.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
Frank T. Hines
National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Tlegion
Legion
Rural guest tastes farm life and beans on a visit
A city guest savors his first farm meal and beans while noting long field hours. The host agrees they must raise plenty of truck to stock many cans, as recounted in the American Legion Weekly.
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Host
The
American Legion -Weekly
Incurable Man Expresses Despair Over Death
In a quoted regional voice Rufus laments an incurable illness and his fear of death. He recalls a doctor saying his veins are too close and jokes about needing chicken broth and round-the-clock care, expressing disbelief that relief is possible.
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Rufus
Sam
American Legion Weekly
Variation No 26884 Why did you note your little boy Prescription
Mrs Naylor questions a colored cant in a humorous wartime caption. The reply cites delays in getting a prescription filled, reflecting difficulties in access to medical care for families. This item appears in the American Legion Weekly.
War on Accidents Called by American Legion Post
The American Legion post at RBearhank Cal declares a campaign against rising traffic accidents. A program of education and cooperation with traffic authorities has been undertaken.
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American Legion
Rbearhank
Cal
Hawaiian Lad Wins Firestone Four Years Scholarship
John Texeira, a sixteen year old Hawaiian youth, is named the sixth recipient of the Firestone Four Years University scholarship valued at over $4,000. His essay Heonomies Resulting from Highway Improvement was selected as best from more than 200,000 submissions by high school students nationwide in a contest by the highway education board.
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John Texeira
H. §. Firestone
Building Noise Heals Through Labor Day Reflections
The narrator contrasts construction sounds with wrecking, finding harmony in hammering and sawing. He recalls labor pride, and envisions builders as shapers of civilization, from workers to architects, stressing that every person can be a builder of society.
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Chen
Wille
Toum
Ife
Engagement Oak Joke Echoes Through Memory
Fragments recall a humor line about an engagement oak and an old street conversation between Black men about time and futures. The text references a joke tone and a quote about going nowhere. It also mentions a speller or synonyms book and carries a copyright note by McNaught Syndicate.
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The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Pe-ru-na praised by recovering patient in testimonial
Mrs. Katie Scheffel of Lowell Ohio says Peruna cured her chronic catarrh and improved her health after years of illness and failed treatments. She notes weight gain and renewed strength after taking ten bottles of Peruna and three of Manalin from March to August 1914 and urges others to try the remedy.
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Katie Scheffel
Lowell
Scheffel
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Austria
Biblia Latina
Mainz
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Johann Fust
Old Dobbin
Uncle Sam
Des Moines
Chicago
John Biffle
Vicente Vita
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Jack
Tommy
Haarlem
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