Indiana Approves Memorial Structure for Legion in Indianapolis
Indiana legislature appropriates nearly 10 million dollars for a World War memorial in downtown Indianapolis. Five city blocks are set for the site, including the federal post office, a city library, and a plaza. A national competition will select an architect with a 50 thousand dollar prize and 100 thousand dollars to fund the contest. Dr. T Victor Keene led the effort, credited for pushing the project forward as the World War era structure gains national and veteran organization support.
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American Legion
Tndhuipolis
Legion
Indianapolis
Federal Post Office
Wil HE. Hays
National Institute of Architecture
Architects of America
Legislatuire
Naional
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
Service Star Legion
American War Mothers
Spanish War Veterans
Women’s Auxiliary of the Legion
Mewortal
The
T. Victor Keene
National Executive
Indiana
Keene
Reserve Corps
Beas
Mother of the Bonus named Ita Walker State Legislator
Ita M. Walker, a Kansas state legislator, was honored by the American Legion as Mother of the Bonus for her work securing World War I bonus benefits. She directed women’s relief work, served county fund administrator, helps publish a weekly paper, and led the Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs. The Legislature faced terminology confusion as female lawmakers were once hard to distinguish from male members.
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Ita M. Walker
Fies
Kansas Jogielature
Amer Dcan Leggion
I. State
Walker
The
Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
Below Relief Fund
Kansas
Wilker
AID FOR THE LEGION BOYS DIRECTORY OF INFORMATION CENTERS
The American Legion has published a directory aiding World War I veterans to adjust with the government. It lists compensation claims, insurance, allotments, travel pay, vocational training, hospitalization, civil service, medals, lost papers, land, laws, graves, and employment. It directs contact points in Washington, D.C., and regional offices for each service.
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American Legion
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Washington, D. C
American Legion Weekly
New York City
Washington, C
Army Finance Office
Washington, D.C
Washington
Grand Army Finance Office
Army Vinahre
Federal Board For Vocational Education
U. S. Public Health Service
Adjutant General of the Army
D. C
Bureau of Navigation
U.S. Marina Corps
Signal Corps
U. S. Signal Corps
Public Land Office
Department of the Interior
Graves
Quartermaster General's Office
Legion Post
Department
Fargo Legion member tops North Dakota House succession
Robert J. Boyd, 25, of Fargo, is lauded as the youngest member of North Dakota's legislature. A former Fargo Trade and Labor assembly president and Pressmen's union activist, he backed labor-friendly bills, including Armistice Day holiday legislation, emblem protection, and tax changes for a bonus fund. He also championed a Moroney bill through allied labor groups.
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Robert J. Boyd
Ailbert C
North Daisuta Department
Legion
Diils
Armistics
Pms
Congress
Victory for the Legion at Markleton Veterans Hospital
The American Legion appeals a hospital policy shift as officials in Virginia report victory for ex service clients. National figures including Gide Braith, in Philadelphia last November, urged investigations and a public appeal from tubercular veterans receiving care.
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Legion
United States
Pre Health Service
Markleton
Vearsary Ewing Liporre
American Legion
Ellis
AIS
Ines Mithonus
Flw
Gidebraith
Inca
Philadelphia
Wigstand
Tinameraus
Feuding Posts Lead Early Membership Contest Chaos
In the first published list, Uy heads the feud within the Amerie Leyton Gal leadership contest as Mathewson post Nu Usa and Ldinund Nan bake first pli. Legions posts follow in Sterling deve bart Weir and Logan. Suvanty-elydit posts in Kansas have passed TO20 membership, while white tea postr over overdue members.
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Amerie Leyton Gal
Mathewson Post Nu USA
Iowa Forty-Ninth General Assembly Measures Summary
The Forty-Ninth General Assembly adjourned April 4 after 403 bills, many minor. Key acts include Whitmore-Weaver blue sky law, stock-sale regulation, 9 mill tax levy, cigarette sales to 21+, inheritance tax, vital statistics registration, loan company caps, bovine tuberculosis eradication, veteran and WWI bonuses, soldiers preferred and exempt status, drainage rules, wildlife seasons, and local authority on mobile business. Also school funding, vocational aid, road funds use, hog cholera control, and rural credits backed by farm bureau.
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Thirty-ninth General Assembly
Whitmore-Weaver
Iowa
Senate
General Assembly
Doolittle Vital Statistics
County Boards of Supervisors of Registrars of Vital Statistics
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Federal Bureau of Census
Knickerbocker
Pormer
Hauge-Parker
Army Training Corps
Farm Bureau
Rairoads
Ames
Iowa Legislature Debates Broad Reform Agenda
A wide range of proposed measures were discussed in the Iowa legislature, including penalties for aiding minor delinquency, ethics rules for state officers, and tighter regulation of rail and insurance activities. Other items cover chiropractic licensing, osteopath licensing, dairy herd examinations, and stricter campaign expense limits. Several bills failed passage, such as boxing legalization and a public utilities court proposal, while tax and funding changes for schools and conservation programs were considered.
Iowa News Roundup From Des Moines to Davenport
William T. Kavan of Storm Lake asked Omaha police to find a robber who assaulted him for $300. Canoeists Leslie Brazog and James Brooks drowned at Clinton. Brazog’s body recovered. Henry Lindt of Davenport observed his 100th birthday on March 29 with family. Dan Newquiet reported R G Cholmeley Jones’s reappointment to wartime risk insurance. Henry Sabin School in Iowa City planted a purple maple in memory of Genevieve Joy. Citizens league steps up crime suppression in Des Moines and Polk County. Robbery at Henry Hittenmiller’s Dyersville home netted $1700. Rome Savings Bank deposits total $47,000. insured in full. Western Passenger Association grants 1.5 fare to Des Moines convention delegates. Governor Kendall seeks federal investigation of Eliza Island deaths. Belle nursery near Knoxville suffers 10,000 trees killed by pests and rabbits. Fire rescue near Elberon saves a bedridden wife. Emerson Hough donates books and relics to state historical museum. Mrs. James E. Conlin of Cascade fell eight feet after seeing two hands tapping on a window. Harry Baker receives $250 reward for securing Fosdick murder conviction. Weeks’ appeal may release balance. Iowa Supreme Court denies Susan Herbig workers’ compensation claim. Purported prize Purebred Poland China hog dies. Buck sues American Railway Express, jury rules for Buck, costs to express company.
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Wiliam T. Kavan
Storm Lake
Iowa
Omaha
Leslie J. Brazog
James Brooks
Clinton
Braroe
Henry Lindt
Davenport
Dan Newquiet
War Risk Insurance Bureau
R. G. Cholmeley-Jones
National Wart Risk Insurance
Henry Sabin
Iowa City
Genevieve Joy
Citizens League
Des Moines
Polk County
Marshal Meyers
Stuart
Henry Hittenmiller
Dyersville
Hittenmiller
Rome
Cummins
Kenyon
Eliza Island
Lucia Leo
Belle
Mathews
George Kirkwood
Knoxville
F. A. van Dyke
Elberon
Amela Moke
State Historical Museum
Emerson Hough
P. M. Datlom
Orrie Cross
Eugene Weeks
George Fosdick
Baker
Weeks
Supreme Court
Crosa
Week
Towa
Susan Herbig
Western Canada Farmers Offer Hope and Money Hope
A Western Canada farming pitch at a Canadian government exhibit in St Paul appeals to young men seeking independence. A man describes quitting urban life for land, citing homesteads, easy payments, and rising values, with prices for unimproved land ranging from 18 to 25 dollars per acre and improved land at 30 dollars. The piece frames land as a path to personal freedom and financial gain, urging inquiry into available reports and opportunities.
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St. Paul
Western Canada
Towa
Chapa
Earth
Canada
Ael
Couldn't Reach It Story From A Child
A Franklin three year old loves his mother's jewelry case. He drops a ring at the register and is warned. While away, the mother moves the case high on a shelf. The child returns and exclaims I couldn't reach it in triumph. Indianapolis News reports.
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Robert of
Indianapoli Newa
Cow Sale Sparks Beefsteak Bedroom Budget Row
A farmer and his wife quarrel over money after the husband admits spending their cash in a restaurant on a beefsteak. The wife accuses him of selling the cow yesterday and still lacking funds, while he laments the loss in meek terms. Reported in American Legion Weekly.
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Eben
Amelia
American Legion Weekly
Long-Lived Ex-Governors Highlighted by Ferguson Death
The Oklahoma death of former Gov Tom Ferguson prompts reflection on the state's governors. Since 1880 when the territory opened for settlement, Oklahoma has had 11 governors, all but two long lived. Andrew qa Seay died at Long Beach California four years ago at age eighty four, and T B Ferguson was the other.
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Tom Ferguson
Oklahoma
Andrew Qa
Seay
Long Beach
Cal
T. B. Perguson
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Kendall
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