Legion News Service Presents Film About Disabled Veteran
Roger Sullivan, a World War I veteran and former engineer, stars in a new motion picture titled Another Chance. The film, produced under the U S Veterans Bureau program, follows the disabled veteran from enlistment to vocational training and qualification, highlighting his experience in photography and motion picture making.
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Roger Sullivan
Sullivan
United Naval Forces N .Prance
Young
OU. 8. Veterans’ Bureau
Q v.York
Vocanal
Ident Harding
Heights
Amerians
New York City
Legion Auxiliary Cookie Jar Plan Promotes Welfare Work
An American Legion Auxiliary initiative seeks a superior cookie recipe for hospital welfare work. Ex soldiers and local volunteers from Cudworth Mil an plan to place a well filled cookie jar at treatment centers, with recipes judged by national officers in Indianapolis.
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American ‘Legion
Cookihe
German Crook Dupes Yanks in Report Recap
A terse report describes a German con artist deceiving U.S. personnel while an allied unit recaps Belgian events. The piece notes the misdirection and the financial impact on the soldiers involved, highlighting the ongoing deception tactics observed on the ground.
Gentry Hero of Fort Worth Flood Sacrifices
After service in multiple branches, W Gentry returned to Fort Worth Texas from World War I uninjured. During the 1922 flood he rescued six people before drowning entangled in a barbed wire fence. Mayor Cockrell urged a memorial for his sacrifice.
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Infantry
Field Artillery
Motor Transport Corps
Navy
W. ©. Gentry
Fort Worth
Tex
American Legion
Young Gentry
Legion
Gentry
Hoe
B. R. Cockrell
Four Hour Old Admitted to Legion Auxiliary
Rosalie Carol Larson of Worthington Minnesota became the youngest member ever admitted to the American Legion Auxiliary at four hours old. Her father Warner Jarson served with the Twenty-ninth division while her mother earned a nursing diploma after volunteering with the American Red Cross, illustrating a family history of service.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Minnesota
Auxiliary
Rosalie Carol Larson
Worthington
Minn
Rosalie
Warner Jarson
American Red Cross
Flowers of the Legion how daisy won official status
The American Legion adopted the daisy as its official flower at the Kansas City convention, while the Auxiliary keeps the poppy as memorial flower. The auxiliary sells artificial poppies made by disabled veterans to aid sick and needy World War I veterans, raising funds like Massachusetts with over 46000 dollars last winter. The organization promotes children's involvement in cultivating patriotic flowers, especially the American daisy.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
France
Kansas City
Flanders
Legion Auxiliary
Massachusetts, Legion and Auxiliary
Légions
Children of America
S .American Daisy
American Legion aids claims in Pennsylvania month
The Pennsylvania American Legion helped veterans secure forty thousand dollars in government claims during one month. A Boston bridge project will memorialize Massachusetts World War dead across the Charles River. Anzae day services and Kaldiers gatherings were reported amid sweeping reminiscences and odd sensational notes about extraordinary figures.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania American Legion
Charles River
Boston
Mass
Newsboy at Ten, Now Is Rich Man
The New York World profiles Harry Stevenson an Ohio youth who began selling papers at ten in Cincinnati. He built a multi company career rising to president of a New York firm with a 125000 credit rating and later controlling interests. From hawking corners to real estate runs and a later leap into roofing and publishing ventures his open route illustrates American opportunity without mystique.
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New York
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Ike
Harry Stevenson
Ohio
Ohio Youngster—For He Is Still & Youngster
Fifth and
Sycamore Streets
Cincinnaii
Newsie
Cincinnati
Douginaston
L. F
Harry
News
Fifth
Syracuse
Iit
Dr. Eliot
Harvard
Farry Stevenson
Ellot
Stevenson
St. D. Stanley
Newale
The
American Circulators' Corporation
Guinea
Cleveland
Jie
Morris H. Elvidge
Thc
Elvidge
Elyidge
Norch
Marty Stevenson
Hima
Coloma
Fiking ii
Charles Somervilla
Forged to Buy Bible Ends Up In Jail In Washington
Harry Steinholt twenty six year old Washington State National Guard member entered a Seattle or Cmvcoma shop and tried to purchase a Bible with a check for a rosary and change. The dealer accepted the check which later bounced marked no funds. Steinholt was arrested and jailed for the incident and possession of the Bible and beads.
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Harry Steinholt
Washington State National Guard
Ettiie
Cmvcoma
Wash
Girl Takes Poison After Chicks Injury Incident
Edna Fonshel of Flint Michigan tried to poison herself after her mother said the pet chicken with a broken leg must be killed. Her sister knocked away the bottle before she ingested much poison. physicians said she would recover.
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Edna Fonshel
Filnt
Mich
Norwich elects Doris Pitt youngest woman town councilor
Milas Doris Pitt, elected to Norwich city council, is a 26 year old theatrical manager by trade and the youngest woman town councilor in England.
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Milas Doris Pitt
Norwich
England
Better Roads Minimum Width Of Highway
United States Department of Agriculture prepared report urges hard-surface roads to be at least 18 feet wide for safety. It notes typical truck widths and necessary clearances, with wider needs near large cuts and high truck traffic, suggesting up to 20 feet in certain areas.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Future Traffic Projections From US Department of Agriculture
A USDA Bureau of Public Roads traffic count, done with Tennessee officials in Davidson County near Nashville, contrasts with 1916 figures. Vehicle registrations rose, motor vehicles dominate roads, and horse drawn traffic declined to 1 percent by 1921, suggesting traffic volume may grow faster than vehicle numbers and depends on road conditions and nearby economies.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public
Grenter
Roads in Federal Aid Plan
The chief of the bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture notes the federal highway act creates an 80,000 mile nationwide system. If he personally inspected at 80 miles per day over eight hours on workdays, it would take about two and a half years to complete the journey.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Benefits of Good Roads and Fresh Food for All
City children gain fresh food and better schools as improved highways expand transportation. Country boys and girls gain wider social opportunities through expanded road networks and mobility.
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Chudren
Gts
Prices fall in dairy and poultry through 1924
Deflation of prices in dairy and poultry products persisted from 1920 to 1924, marking continued rapid price declines according to United records. The report notes that these sectors lagged in the overall deflation trend, reflecting broader economic pressures of the era.
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