Naval Show At Convention in New Orleans
Chairman Neville promises a spectacular naval show for the American Legion national convention in New Orleans. A battleship and destroyers will participate, with Eagle boats from Florida and Texas ports, 12 hydroplanes from Pensacola to the river, and invitations to naval authorities abroad for the exhibition.
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New Orleans
C. W. J. Neville
Convention
Washington
Neville
Roosevelt
Eagle
Jacksonville
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Galveston
St. Louis
Naval Reserve
Pensacola
England
Canada
Australia
France
Italy
Brazil
Cuba
Mare Island
Cal
Legion's Sweet Singer Charles Young to Join New Orleans Convention
Charles Young, official soloist with the National American Legion band, will perform with the band at the national convention in New Orleans. A former U S S Louisville crew member and Sousa band soloist, Young paused concert work to tour with the Legion band, drawing widespread interest from Legionnaires.
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New Orleans
American Legion
Charles Young
Kansas City
Young
National American Legion
Louisville
John Philip Sousa
The
Las Societe Des 40 Et 8 Chevaux
Fake magazine solicitors face Legion crackdown in Syracuse
After the Fakirs, fake solicitors with dubious World War records and wound stripes are confronted by the American Legion and Syracuse authorities. Any licensure applicant is referred to the Legion for investigation as city and Legion unite against bogus fundraising.
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American Legion
Syracuse
N. Y
The
Legion
That Local Color in the American Legion Weekly
A humorous scene features Mrs Timothy Hay scolding Maria for her eccentric appearance and questions about family belongings as summer boarders arrive on the next train, reflecting small town rural life and family dynamics in a periodical vignette.
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Timothy Hay
Letting Him Down Easy
A dying rich man tells his longtime chauffeur Sykes that a long rugged journey lies ahead and the chauffeur consoles him by noting the road is downhill.
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Sykes
Down Hill
American Legion Weekly
Salaries for Legion Commanders Urged by Wicker
James Wicker Jr director of the American Legion tour of Europe argues department commanders should receive salaries. He sent a Virginia message declining to be named in the state convention election and urged leaders to devote full time to Legion work, noting the high duties and patriotic service involved. The issue, debated nationwide, may reach the national convention in New Orleans.
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James J. Wicker, Jr
American Legion
Europe
Legion
New York
Roosevelt
France
Wicker
Virginia
New Orleans
Heroic Former Soldier Rescues Woman From Lake Michigan
J N Hoffman a retired serviceman with a disability dived into Lake Michigan at Ardmore beach Chicago to save a woman who had wandered beyond a sandbar and panicked. Spectators cheered as Hoffman exhausted by the effort and still fully clothed towed the limp swimmer to shore. The woman refused to give her name and said she was out for a drive in her limousine when she decided to swim.
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J. N. Hoffman
Lake Michigan
Ardmore Beach
Chicago
Hoffman
New Orleans to Halo Streets for Legion Convention
Downtown New Orleans will glow with 28 000 electric lights and flags for the American Legion national convention in October. Streets will be renamed for the event with a court of honor across ten blocks representing allied powers and states. Canal Street will be lit in red white and blue, while divisions banners and insignia decorate routes and public spaces.
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New Orleans
American Legion National
Canal Street
Regenerative Radio Receivers Explained for Amateurs
The article discusses regenerative receivers for amateur radio, noting high cost due to Armstrong patent royalties. It explains how converting a vacuum tube detector into a regenerative receiver boosts signal strength and headphone output, but adds tubes and power for amplification. Different circuit methods and figure references illustrate converting loose couplers and using ultra audion and plate feedback for regeneration.
Opening of Fiffel tower station sparks joy and anger
The launch of the broadcasting station at Fiffel tower delights much of Europe and England but angers the French communications department. In Paris over 200 telephone receivers are said to be lifted daily and not returned, blamed on radio fans.
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Fiffel Tower
Continent
England
French Department of Communications
Paris
Army troop movements shift to permanent posts nationwide
War department announces reassignment of units across Second to Ninth army corps areas due to reduced enlistments to 125 000. Second Infantry elements move from Camp Custer and Camp Douglas to Fort Sheridan and Fort Logan. cavalry and artillery units relocate to Forts Douglas, Hubbard, and other posts in Utah Colorado Washington and California.
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Fort Sheridan
Ifty-Third Infantry
Fort Russell
Wyo
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort Logan
Colo
Seventh Infantry
Camp Lewis
Wash
Vancouver Barracks
Presidio
San Francisco
Ninth Training Center
Monterey
Cal
Sixth -Field Artillery
First Field Artillery Brigade
Sixth Field Artillery
Camp Dix
N.J
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Sixth Infantry
Camp McClellan
Ala
Fort Mctherson
McClellan
Jefferson Barracks
McClelland
Fort du Pont
Del
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Snelling
Minn
Army officers in schools quit posts amid budget cut
More than fifty army officers on active duty at colleges universities high schools and other educational institutions nationwide have been relieved of their assignments and from further active duty. The action follows reduced appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30 1923.
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Army
Congress
Indianapolis
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Chicago
Seeley A. Wallen
O. N. Taylor
Frank I. Beals
Lst
Major Beats
United States
Steel Mill Merger Challenged as Unfair Trade Practice
The Federal Trade Commission sues to block the Midvale Republic Inland Steel merger, alleging unfair methods of competition under the FTC Act. Chairman Nelson B. Gaskill says the deal violates section 5, while Commissioner Van Fleet dissents, calling the merger legal. The entities include Midvale Steel and Ordnance of Delaware, Republic Iron and Steel of New Jersey with plants in Youngstown, Niles, Newcastle, Sharon, Thomas, East Chicago, Muncie, and Moline, and Inland Steel of Delaware with plants in Indiana Harbor and Chicago.
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Federal Trade Commission
Midvale Republic Inland Steel
Federal Trade Commission Act
Bethlehem and Lackawanna Steel
Gaskill
van Fleet
T Harding
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
New Jersey
Youngstown
Niles
Newcastle
Sharon
Thomas, Ala
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Chicago
Extermination Contract for Capitol Buildings Approved
In a Congressional Record excerpt, House Concurrent Resolution 66 authorizes a contract up to 2500 dollars to exterminate insects in the House Office Building, the Capitol, and the Senate Office Building. The resolution covers contingent funds shared by House and Senate with approvals by chairmen. remarks note mice are excluded as pet rodents.
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Ireland
Speaker
Committee of Accounts
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Capitol
Clarke
New York
Mr. Ireland
Mr. Garner
Garner
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American Legion Tour
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Los Angeles
Oregon Agricultural College
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Western Maryland College
Sewanee Military Academy
Tennessee
University of Georgia
University of Minnesota
State University of Iowa
University of Kentucky
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nelson B. Gaskill
Commission
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