Bronze tablet honors Legion commander killed in service
A bronze tablet embedded in a large boulder dedicates memory to Fred eric W. Galbraith Jr National Commander of the American Legion. He died June 9 1921 in an automobile accident near Indianapolis while in active service. The rack and tablet were unveiled at a service attended by National Commander Hanford MacNider and American Legion Auxiliary President Mrs Lowell F Hobart.
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Frederic W. Galbraith, Jr
American Legion
Legion
Galbraith
Indianapolis
Steadabrien
Hanford Mac Nider
Lowell F. Hobart
American Legion Auxiliary
Kid Corporal Scores Again Wins West Point Appointment
John Shoemaker, who enlisted at fourteen and served in France with the American Expeditionary Forces, has received a presidential appointment to West Point. A Phoenix high school graduate, he studied military tactics under Maj. Claude Decatur Jones and served two years in the Fifty fourth Infantry machine gun company. A Phoenix American Legion campaign and Maj. Jones backed his bid to fill the vacancy left by Charles Barrett, who graduated last June.
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John Shoemaker
France
West Point
Shoemaker
Phoenix
Ariz
Claude Decatur Jones
Jones
Young Shoemaker
Fifty-fourth Infantry
Phoenix American Legion
Military
Charles Barrett
Poland seeks Legion plan for unemployment relief
The Polish government asked the American Legion to explain its wartime unemployment program. The Legion provided a detailed outline and received thanks from T Heinke, consulate general commercial department manager. More than 400000 ex soldiers found temporary work in the first week and about 500000 hold permanent positions largely due to the Legion’s efforts.
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American Legion
Legion
United States
Poland
T. Heinke
Ex-Tommies Cheer the Legion in London
Ex-Tommies at the first annual British Legion conference in London rise to cheer H. Neilson Jackson national vice commander of the American Legion as he reads greetings from Commander Hanford MacNider to the British Legion. Field Marshal Largal accepts the message of goodwill and comradeship.
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Legion
British Legion
London
H. Neilson Jackson
American Legion
Hanford MacNider
Laralg
Veterans travel by box cars to national convention
Many impoverished World War I veterans unable to get government aid walked or rode box cars to San Francisco for the Dis abled American Veterans of the World War II second annual convention, as noted by Raymond Creelman and Robert Mel Smyth.
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San Francisco
Raymond Creelman
Robert Mel Smyth
Faith and confidence key to veterans’ life success
Maj. W. F. Lent of the U S veterans bureau told the American Legion staff in Indianapolis that rehabilitated World War II veterans must have faith in themselves to meet life’s challenges. He urged employers to assist returning servicemen, placing them on usable paths through initiative and ability, not guaranteed positions. He noted veterans with physical injuries can still work effectively, countering the idea they are only “sippers.”
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W. F. Lent
Shief
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Major Lent
American Legion
Indianapolis
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Flapper of 1776 Draws Crowds at Cardigan Showing
Miss Hilda Scheurer wearing a colonial style outfit beside her sister flappers drew attention to Indianapolis American Legion’s sponsored showing of Cardigan a Revolutionary era film at a local theater. The event filled a major Midwestern venue with spectators confirming the promotional success.
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Indianapolis Amercan Legion
Hilda Scheurer
Middle West
Audio Frequency Amplifier Units and Coupling
The article explains practical limits in using multiple audio frequency amplifier stages. It notes three stages are typically sufficient to prevent noise from overwhelming the signal. It also outlines constructing two amplifier units and their use with a vacuum tube receiver on a small board.
Amplifier Tube Wiring For Early Radio Receiver
The article describes wiring an amplifier transformer with the receiver and a 45-volt B battery. It explains connecting the secondary to the grid and filament, placing the filament rheostat in series with the positive filament, and linking the plate terminal to the phone while the other phone lead goes to the positive B battery. It advises using a hard tube and tuning with the detector on first use.
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Ceiver
Amplifier Unit Details for Radio Receiver Construction
Instructional notes outline building two amplifier units to boost radio signals. It specifies panel and baseboard dimensions, wiring layout, and parts list including an amplifier tube transformer socket and filament rheostat. The diagrams referenced show placement and connections for mounting on standard radio receiver hardware.
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Minals
Pesticide use mirrors wartime gas tactics in wildlife control
Gases once employed in World War I are now used to exterminate farm pests. In the West, mustard gas is spread over rabbit warrens and gopher runs, irritating the animals and causing them to rub their feet across the face, accelerating the poison’s effect.
Clock for Airplanes Clock withstands wide temps and plane vibration
The air service of the United States War Department has developed a peculiar clock for airplanes. It keeps accurate time from 60 degrees below zero to 150 degrees above and resists aircraft vibrations, winding like a watch and powered by electricity.
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Air Service
United States War Department
Veteran Ben F. Taylor linked to 4 percent of Crystal Springs
World War I veteran Ben F. Taylor of Crystal Springs Miss died in 1918. Records show that excluding cousins he was related to four percent of the town's 1,305 residents. His stepmother and 15 siblings each receive monthly installments of 1.92 dollars.
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Bennie F. Taylor
Crystal Springs
Miss
Veterans’ Bureau
Taylor
Indian doll presented to Legion Auxiliary president during visit
During Mrs. Lowell B Hobart s visit to a South Dakota Sioux reservation a Standing Bear Sioux squaw gave an Indian doll to American Legion Auxiliary national president. A Dallas group began a 300 day walk to New York after a 10000 wager with two finishing the journey. Daniel Webster of Philadelphia, once five times wounded, ended his life after the Legion aided him with burial plans in a potter s field.
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Standing Bear
Lowell B. Hobart
American Legion Auxiliary
Dallas
Tex
New York
Chateau Thierry
Daniel Webster
Philadelphia
Potter’s Field
Américan Legion
Standardizing Radio Apparatus Through Government Cooperation
The National Radio Chamber of Commerce seeks to cooperate with government departments including the Bureau of Standards the Department of Commerce the United States Signal Corps and the United States Navy to standardize radio apparatus manufacturing testing and related methods. The group intends to assist these agencies in solving radio problems and to foster coordinated standards efforts.
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National Radio Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
United States Signal Corps
United States Navy Department
Radio amateurs face limits as stations expand broadcasts
A French radio hobbyist struggles to send and listen due to restrictions on government transmitters. Inmates in a Boston jail begin building a radio to enjoy programs during unemployment. Despite warnings, many use dry cells for vacuum tubes as batteries die quickly. Secretary Wallace unveils plans for weather crop and market broadcasts from Memphis Jacksonville Roswell Milwaukee, creating 41 agricultural information stations nationwide. Grounded aerials negate lightning rod sales, with advice to run a No 4 copper wire from a Whitin arrester to protect homes by deep earth grounding.
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France
Boston
Wallace
Memphis
Washington
Montana Secretary Certifies Act on County Government Plan
Secretary of State Stewart certifies a true copy of an act to submit to Montana electors an amendment adding Section 7 to Article XVI. The amendment would authorize the Legislature to provide a form and plan of government for counties or counties and cities and counties. The certificate bears the Great Seal and is dated August 1, 19.
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State OF Montana
I. C. T. Stewart
State of
Montana
Legislative Assembly
Helena
Srai
The Kitchen Cabinet AO 1922 Optimism and Ambition Quote
The item presents a reflective quotation from Lloyd praising optimism as essential to a first rate man. It links optimism with ambition enthusiasm and self confidence as core qualities.
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Lloyd
Fruit Cheese Salad and Other Recipes
A collection of old fashioned recipes including Fruit Cheese Salad with dates figs almonds cream cheese and lettuce hearts served with mayonnaise dressing. Also Chicken Jelly Brook Trout Baked in Cream Peach Canape Crab Meat and Red Peppers and Salmon Salad with celery coconut pickle and ginger whipped cream filling notes.
Speculative Gaze Reframes Looming Moral Tensions
A reflective piece on how minds reshape duties into imagined tasks. It contrasts loathing with scrutiny, suggesting study and foresight alter our perception of what we can or should do. The text invites readers to examine internal biases shaping judgment.
Unusual Cabbage Salad and Honey Rolls Featured
The recipe notes a striking Cabbage Salad with shredded cabbage almonds bananas sour cream and vinegar. Also included are Dried Beef with bacon fat bananas hot while Lemon Filling Nut Delight Rice mold and Honey Rolls with raisin and nut toppings.
Montana constitutional amendment creating County and State Board of Equalization
Notice of an act to submit to Montana electors an amendment to Article XII Section 15 and Article XI Section 16. It creates a County Board of Equalization and a three member State Board of Equalization with defined powers and duties, election procedures, terms, and qualifications. Approved August 1, 1922 by Secretary of State C. T. Stewart.
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Montana
State of
Board of Equalization
State Board of Equalization
Legislative Assembly OF
State OF Montana
Board of
County Board of Equalization
Senate
Firat
County Boards of Equalization
Notice of Montana Constitutional Amendment Election 1922
Notice details a proposed amendment to Article XVI Section 7 adding state authority for municipal government plans. It outlines submission to voters at the November 1922 general election, official ballot wording, and repeal of conflicting acts with effective date upon approval.
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Sharming Hilda Scheurer
Indianapolis Legion
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