Storm Ravages Central U S and Texas as Ice Blankets Loom
Edward W. Pickard reports a historic March-blizzard sweeping from the Rockies to New England. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, and Missouri suffered heavy snow, drifts, and transportation paralysis. Texas and Louisiana faced tornado-like damage with fatalities and millions in losses. War department favors a Mississippi River waterway plan and the economy shows signs of expansion despite unemployment. Prohibition politics and international diplomacy fill the remainder of the page with policy battles and defense plans.
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Arch
Rocky Mountains
Rio Grande
New England
Atlantic
Pacific
Middle West
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Kewanee
Havana
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Fort Madison
Kansas City
Midland Valley
Foraker
Okla
Rock Island
Enid
Texas Panhandle
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Liberty
Legion’s Chaplain Patrick Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Rev. Wilam H. Patrick of Bakersfield California national chaplain of the American Legion is one of the few World War I chaplains to receive the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in the Meuse Argonne offensive in 1918. He searched for wounded under heavy fire, aided evacuations, and inspired his battalion. Patrick later served as national chaplain, with a long Legion record in Massachusetts and California, and remains rector of St. Paul’s in Bakersfield. He was born in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1890, Harvard educated, ordained priest in 1916, married with three children.
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Wilam H. Patrick
Bakersfield
Cal
American Legion
Patrick
Twenty-third Infantry
Meuse-Argonne
Barviee Crow
Meuse River
France
The
Legion
Omaha
Neb
Philadelphia
Hefrer
Nath Andover
North Andover
Mass
California
Ventura County
Gambridge
Mase
Harvard
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
St. Paul's Church
Consolidation Plan At Legion Headquarters
The American Legion at Indianapolis enacted a four division consolidation approved by the national executive committee. Administration and membership become the administration division with Frank E. Samuel heading it while Emblem and Film divisions form the emblem division under Oakleigh E. Marquette. The post activities section joins the civic betterment bureau of the national Americanism commission, renamed the community service bureaus.
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Legion Headquarters
Natonal
American Legion
Indianapolis
National Executive Committee
James F. Barton
Frank E. Samuel
Emblem
Oakleigh E. Marquette
National Americanism Commission
Community Service
A Fitting Punishment From the World Series Ostracism Tale
In a clipped account from American Legion Weekly, a discussion among club members during the world series leads to ostracism of Ble Blick. The exchange notes anxiety about the game, with Blick claiming improvement though his prior approach was rotten.
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Ble
Blick
Bick
Iow
Nibbs
American
Legion Weekly
Home baked batter doughs and kid friendly greens
A recipe collection describes easy raised dough, coffee cake, and doughnut methods using bread dough, eggs, shortening, sugar, and spices. It covers sponge mixtures, milk and yeast, and a light batter for fillings, with guidance on frying doughnuts and shaping pastries. Also notes a child friendly vegetable approach with mayonnaise dressings and lemon enhanced dressings for delicate digestion.
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Mender Byrd
Thomas L. Woodlock
Interstate Commerce
General Pershing
Agin
Wibar
Sears
Ita Trail
Edward W. Pickard
War Department Board of Engineers
Wall Street
Coolidge
House
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Tn Retty Iw
Ir. Tilson
Rece Lad
Br. Conlhy
Tilson
Borah
Rep
Idaho
Edge
Congress
Dpfnte
Prohibition
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Andrews
Prohibition Division
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Anheuser-Busch Company
St. Louis
Pabst Company
James B Jones
Senate
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Interstar Comerce Commission
Taira
Morrow Aircraft Board
Jiampert Invest Gating Committee
Lassiter Board
Secretary of War
Davis
Robinson
Dem. Ark
American Debt Commission
Italy
United States
Reed
Ef. Mo
Committee On Foreign Relations
Howell
Rep. Neb
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Mina
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Painleve
Syria
Baron
Briand
Morocco
Preach
Abd-el Krim
Premiur Mingiolini
Britain
Spain
League of Nations
Brazil
Nue
Germany
League Assembly
Legion’s
D. S. Cross
William BE. Patrick
Em Crea Easassey
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