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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
4
Copy for the American Legion News Service indicates material supplied to the Department. details are limited and no names, dates, or events are specified in the readable fragment.
Roger Sullivan, a World War I disabled engineer, learned photography in New York under the US Veterans Bureau. With James B. Pelkey he is producing the film Another Chance showing a disabled veteran’s journey from hospital to vocational training. The photograph of President Harding was by Pelkey and Haran.
W O Gentry, a World War II veteran and local hero, rescued six people during the Fort Worth flood of April 1922 before drowning after becoming entangled in barbed wire while aiding others. Mayor E R Cockrell urged a memorial in his memory.
Four hour old Rosalie Carol Larson of Worthington, Minnesota, becomes a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Her father Warner-Larson served with the Twenty-ninth division and her mother earned a nursing diploma after volunteering with the American Red Cross.
The American Legion Auxiliary in Indianapolis seeks a bakeable cookie recipe for hospital welfare work. The plan aims to collect a modern or family heirloom dish that yields many cookies, aids sick ex soldiers, and showcases good baking. A national competition will select the top bake.
A German linked con scheme duped American and Belgian victims in Brussels. The suspect escaped with money, wearing unfamiliar clothing and using false identities to mislead. Investigations pursue further details and potential accomplices.
The American Legion settled on the daisy as its official flower at its Kansas City convention, while the Auxiliary continues to use the poppy as its memorial flower. The auxiliary sells artificial poppies made by disabled soldiers to aid veterans, with Massachusetts units raising about $46,000 last winter for sick and needy World War I veterans. The organization now promotes flower cultivation among American children to foster patriotism and support for the Legion’s daisy.
In Pennsylvania the American Legion aided former service men to obtain 40000 from the government. The report notes Legion efforts across the state and indicates ongoing support for veterans within local communities.
The New York World profiles Harry Stevenson, Ohio-born newsboy who started selling papers at ten in Cincinnati, built corners, ran real estate and roofing ventures, and rose to preside over a major asbestos products concern with a path marked by discipline, invention, and shrewd deals.
Harry Steinholt twenty six a member of the Washington State Nationes Guard forged a check at a Tacoma cargo dealer to pay for a Bible a rosary and change The check bounced and he was arrested He now reads his Bible and prays with beads in jail
A girl attempted to poison a pet chicken by drinking poison from a bottle but her sister stopped her. The chicken likely died. the girl was treated and expected to recover.
Miss Doris Pitt, a theatrical manager by profession, has been elected to the Norwich city council in England. At twenty six years old she aims to be the youngest woman town councilor in the country.
Government guidance urges 18 foot minimum width for hard surface roads to ensure safety with two-way traffic. It argues 20 feet in high truck traffic areas to allow eight and a half foot wheel clearances and safe edge distances between vehicles.
A United States Department of Agriculture traffic study, in cooperation with Tennessee officials, shows motor vehicle registrations doubling since 1916 while the total vehicles on roads grow fivefold. Horse and mule drawn traffic remains sizable, with gas vehicles rising in share, suggesting traffic volume may outpace vehicle growth as roads improve and economic conditions change.
The head of the U S Department of Public Works notes the federal highway act builds an 80,000 mile nationwide road network. Inspecting every mile at 80 mph for eight hours a day would take about two and a half years.
Benefits of good roads are outlined as fresh food for city children, better schooling and wider opportunities for country youth, made possible by improved highways and motor transportation.
Fragment describes broad price deflation with dairy and poultry products showing the least decline while other farm commodities fall. Mentions rapid deflation affecting general form products and ongoing market shifts noted in the report.
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