Address on Rural School Education Texas Progress Will Continue
Dallas Tex Texas should place a free high school education within the reach of every boy and girl in the state S M N Marrs superintendent of public instruction declared in an address before the State Teachers Association Friday He urged state support for rural high schools to provide high school education at public expense for rural pupils and to pay tuition for those who must leave their home districts for town or city schools The Fortieth Legislature should approve needed funding to equalize educational opportunities statewide
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State Teachers’ Association
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Germany to Seek League Membership
Berlin reports Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stressmann secured parliamentary ratification of the Locarno security pact and treaties with France Belgium Poland and Czecho Slovakia. Parliament also approved Germanys bid to join the League of Nations by separate votes 300 to 174 and 278 to 188 amid six weeks of partisan debate.
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Locarno
League of Nations
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League
Game Fund Ruling Is Handed Down
Austin authorities say proceeds from activities affecting lands not owned by public funds must be credited to the game fund per Article 5847 of the 1925 revised civil statutes. The ruling, by Assistant Attorney General Sutton, clarifies the fund’s scope. Alice approves paving law to improve streets, sewers, and gas services as part of a broader modernization push.
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Attorney General's Department
J. R. Smith
Sutton
Public Free School Fund
University of Texas
Harvesting Feed Crop in Bishop Texas
Bishop Texas farmers rush harvest of the largest feed crop ever grown across the Bishop section. The bumper yields reflect favorable growing conditions and widespread field activity as crews gather crops for storage and sale.
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Legion Active in Welfare Service
American Legion pushes child welfare work across states from national headquarters to local communities. New Hampshire, Washington, and Oregon are first organized with district plans and local committees. State chairs named in NH Dr H K Benson in Washington Judge Jacob Kangler in Oregon, with others to follow in Utah and Utah.
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Iowa
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Marlboro
H. K. Benson
University of Washington At
Seattle
Jacob Kangler
Portland
Richard W. Burton
Columbia Trust Company
Salt Lake City
South Dakota and France Lead National Legion Membership Contests
The American Legion announced that South Dakota and France shared wins in the 1924 28 national membership contests. France won the Han ford MacNider trophy as the first foreign department to win a national contest, while South Dakota claimed the Franklin D'Olier cup for the second straight year. Nebraska placed runner up in both events, with Florida and Iowa also among leading departments.
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American Legion
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Nebraska
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Vermont
Will Get Our Rights Says Past Commander John R Quinn
John R Quinn former national commander of the American Legion criticizes attitudes toward World War I veterans. He notes rights will be earned through effort and cites human nature. A grocer recalls a wounded hero from Chateau-Thierry limping out with crutch and rice, asking the youth to stop visiting for praise.
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American Legion
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