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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1924
Page
2
The piece profiles Edward Doheny and Harry Sinclair as famous, flamboyant magnates. It details Doheny’s vast California and international holdings, philanthropy, and wealth, and recounts Sinclair’s rise from modest beginnings to global oil assets and horse racing fame.
The American Legion warns members against so called peace movements saying groups like the Womens Peace Society and Fellowship of Youth for Peace seek anti-war pledges to bar patriotic Americans from defense. Garland W. Powell says such efforts aid Bolsheviks and radicals and urges turnout to oppose them, asserting there is no place for them in U S institutions.
Formation of Legion posts for specific trades expands rapidly with advertising men forming strong groups in Chicago New York Philadelphia and Boston Cleveland hosts an advertising post and similar posts include printers journalists and other trades in St Louis and Indianapolis. These posts contribute ideas for Legion advertising and may assist in future material preparation by officials.
The American Legion plans immediate efforts to wipe out illiteracy in Georgia. The Georgia Literacy Commission will receive Legion funding and manpower to open schools for some 70 000 white illiterates, with officials warning radicals may exploit illiteracy if left unchecked.
A large war canvas depicting American engineers along the Amiens line, titled by artist Harold Brett, now owned by a Massachusetts Legion post in Adams. The gift came from Arthur W. Safford, registrar of deeds, a noted donor and promoter of the work.
In the American Legion Weekly item readers note a playful dispute about a missing term in a short feature. The piece centers on Peggy and Polly with a light household joke about a toothpick.
Dr James Stone of Boston told Harvard Medical School that tuberculosis in cattle formerly linked to infant scrofula is declining due to pasteurization. He warned dangers remain, as TB can pass from cow udders into milk, urging continued dairy safety efforts.
A London responses column notes a practical business training claim from a ladies college. It asserts 60 percent of its graduates marry their employers in the first year.
A probate case turns on a will contest as a judge weighs the testament and related filings. Legal actions move through the court as relatives challenge the document’s validity and the distribution plan.
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