Francis Lawson Leads New York University Employment Bureau
Francis Lawson, director of the NYU employment bureau and commander of the 305th Machine Gun Battalion post of the American Legion, has placed over 400 graduates and students in jobs. A former Judson Memorial Church associate pastor and chaplain in the 77th Division, he was wounded at the Vesle and the Argonne, then led the bureau to match graduates with accountants clerks salesmen foreign trade specialists journalists and more.
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Bf Francis
Lawson
Bureau of Employment
New York University
American Legion
Judson Memorial Church
Washington Square
New York
Adrvice
Vesle
Argonne
Mrs Carrol Marks Leads Legion Auxiliary in California
Mrs Carrol Marks of Los Angeles has undertaken to handle thousands of women as supervisor in the American Legion Auxiliary in the Pacific Coast states. Eight years on the stage backs her fit for patriotic and social duties. She was California’s first Legion Auxiliary commander and has two sons who were disabled in the war and now receive vocational training from the government.
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Carrol Marks
Los Angeles
Cal
American
Legion Auxiliary
Reserve Corps Duty Names Thirteen Brigadier Generals Appointed
Thirteen pen brigadier generals have been appointed in the reserve corps. Five are retired regular army officers, one is from the National Guard, and seven are members of the officers reserve corps. The list includes Colonels Palmer, Pierce, James A. Sey, Milton F. Davis, Walter Babcock, Harold P. Howard, and others. former Brig. Gen. ry J. Reilly of the Guard, and Re-Corps. Also named are Colonels Carey, Spence, Ther vell, Mullally, George WT Hall, John J. Carty, William H. Welsh, Dr. William T. Mayo, and Frank Billings.
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Regular Army
National Guard
Palmer
Pierce
James ‘A.séy
Milton If
Davis
Walter
Babcock
Reg
Army
Carey
FB ‘Spence
Ther Vell
Mullally
George
Hall
John
J. Carty
William H. Welsh
William ‘T. Mayo
Frank Billings
Easily Won the Nomination for County Caretaker
Dr W J McGregor of Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania won the nomination for county caretaker by a large majority. A first lieutenant in the medical corps, he served in Manchester England and France with a machine gun battalion of the British Second Division. He lost both legs in March 1918 near Albert after a German shell exploded. He is a member of the Wilkinsburg Edgewood post of the Legion.
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W. J. McGregor
Wilkinsburg
McGregor
Setlng
Manchester
England
France
Albert
Wi Iinsburg-Edgewood
Legion
Blind veteran wins Harvard landscape prize under fire
Frank H. Schrepfer of Chicago, wounded heavily at the Argonne, blind in part and with use of one arm, has earned first prize in the general class competition at Harvard's graduate school of landscape architecture. His admission followed repeated appeals by the Veterans' Bureau, and his comeback shows a determined spirit overcoming disability to excel in his field.
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Frank Schrepfer
School of Landscape Architecture
Harvard
Argonne Forest
Frank H. Schrepfer
Chicago
Graduate School of Landscape Architecture
Schrepfer
Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans Suffer From Cold War Suffering
Veterans face exposure beside storage warehouses full of surplus army clothing. A bill favored by the military affairs committee would let the secretary of war work with the surgeon general to supply adequate clothing and equipment to disabled veterans in government hospitals and institutions. Thousands of dollars worth of material sit idle, while veterans shiver from cold exposure. House leaders push for quick floor action, contrasting with large foreign aid debates.
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House
Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of War
Ledders
Congress
Cold Service
Carrying On With the American Legion
The American Legion notes army officers hold higher ranks postwar and asks for war medals. Pvt Edward A Canoose reports 688 love letters received during week’s leave. French orders 20,000 box-like A C B motor trucks from captured army materiel. Harvard sent 11,808 men to WWI. 1,014 received decorations and 817 orders. Medal of Honor went to George G McMurty.
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Edward A. ‘Canoose
Coblenz
Harvard, University
Pee
Bigt
Real Washington intensely human a portrait of George Washington
A reflective portrait argues Washington was intensely human despite public reverence. It details his red hair as a youth, dental troubles, smallpox scars, melancholy temper, gambling weakness, and everyman flaws from youth to old age. It notes his writings, education, Mount Vernon library, and enduring preoccupation with mortality.
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Tie
Barbados
New York
Gilbert Stuart
Gambing
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Iite
Mount Vernon
Washington
Lafayette
Atlll
America’s Predominant Figure in History and Farewell Address
A reflection on George Washington born 1732 and died 1799 noting he never witnessed railways steamboats or electric lights yet remains the foremost figure in American history. The farewell address is praised as unmatched in American statesmanship.
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America
George Washington
Ogham and the Gaelic Script in Early Ireland
The article explains Ogham as an ancient Gaelic writing system developed by Irish monks in early Christianity. It notes Ogham’s 20 letters arranged in four groups, scratched on stone, with signs formed by length and position relative to a baseline. It contrasts Gaelic script with English signatures on treaties and cites a shopkeeper story to illustrate readers’ difficulty with Ogham.
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Ireland
Ogham
Scotland
Trishman
Is the Arctic Ocean Cold How cold is it
Vilhjalmur Stefansson cites weather bureau records to show no temperatures below 54 degrees Fahrenheit below zero in Herschel Island and Point Barrow. He notes an Arctic expedition report listing a winter low near 406 degrees below zero, a figure tied to a misinterpretation of the Surgane Lale resort.
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Arctic Ocean
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Poly
Herschel Island
Canada
Mackenzie River
Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic Circle
R. M. Anderson
Surgane Lale
New York State
Jazzed Morning Rise Method From Sheepshead Bay Family
In Sheepshead Bay a sleep-loving brood woke early after a mother tied string from a railway clock to a phonograph lever. The improvised device produced a musical jolt each morning, prompting the family to rise, wash, and dress by a set routine.
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Sheepshead Bay
Cloak
Java
Inventor of the Universal Aunt Offers Varied Services
London based Miss Wort claims invention of the Universal Aunt ready to perform services at a set hourly rate. She employs eight women offering child care, guides, nurses, teachers, shoppers, and chaperons. Demand remains strong as she leads this growing agency.
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Miss Wort
London
Sone
Feminine Finance and a Humorous Household Exchange
Fragmentary comic exchange shows Mrs Newdwed and her husband debating purchases and expenses. A misread advertisement hints at a savings offer of one million dollars, reflecting a playful, era-tinged domestic scene.
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American Legion News Service
Francis Lawson
Coast States
American Legion. Weekly
New Orleans
Ex-Servicementor-Allied Veterans’ Federation
Cabot Ward
Driigander
Américan On Weekly
Ald Boe
N Financa
Wilkinsburg, Pa
Chauncey M. Depew
Aeata
Cantigny
Monica
Baker’s
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Massachusetts
the Lloyd Manufacturing Company
Heywood-Wakefield Co
Dept. & Menominee
Michigan
Elkan Green & Co
N. Dearborn St
Chisans
Ommendinn Pareer
Scatal Rawleigh
W.T. Rawleigh Company
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Hunt
In Medicine Co
Sherman
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Geni Stearns
RAT & Roach Pal
Thosu Porta
Ermbo
Money Bank
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