Adventure of Captain West in a Mansion Rendezvous
A young engineer recruited by Natalie Coolidge journeys by luxury car to a country home for a dinner with unknown guests. Natalie reveals his true past and tests his courage, presenting him as Matthew West, a war veteran and engineer, while a mysterious plot unfolds around inheritance and danger.
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West
Natalie Coolidge
Natalie
Randall Parrish
Illinois
Wichita
Kan
Arizona
New Mexico
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
The Lady In the Limousine and a Mysterious Ad
West, an ex soldier now civil engineer, spots a cryptic classified ad promising "good pay" and "personal peril." He contemplates replying, drawn by adventure, while Thompson warns it could be a blackmail scheme. The ad offers purpose disclosed only in a personal interview.
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France
West
Hindhal
Miscellaneous
Jove
Thompson
Matt
Woman Vanishes In Empty Hall Mysteriously
A woman vanished from a hall described as empty and quiet, leaving witnesses perplexed as the space appeared void of any sign she remained. Authorities are checking surveillance and interviewing attendees for clues.
Flying High
A fragmentary passage discusses authorship and style, contrasting Shakespeare with a modern writer. The dialogue hints at repetition as a literary device and critiques the use of classic forms in contemporary work.
New Orleans Praises Legion Visitors at National Convention
The Times Picayune lauds visitors conduct at the American Legion national convention in New Orleans praising good humor and order. It credits Legion officials and local police for restricting a few offenders and notes harmless high jinks and carnival spirit. It also hopes returning Legionnaires carry pleasant memories and return as stalwart Americans.
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New Orleans
American Legion National
San Francisco
Times-Picayune
Legionnaires
Orleanians
Kansas City
American Legion
Legion
Times- Picayune
Legion Assembly
Bar retts lead in Legion Auxiliary aims for world peace
Dr Kate Barrett former head of the American Legion auxiliary helped inspire a plan for an International auxiliary to the Interallied Veterans association to promote world peace. The idea gained strong support at a New Orleans meeting with expectations to form alongside the Legion and its auxiliary. Barretts long service in Virginia history and her son Maj Charles Barrett’s wartime map of Chateau Thierry are noted as notable ties to military heritage. Helium used in airships is present in air at 185000 parts per million.
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Kate Waller Barrett
American Legion Auxiliary
United States
Paris
Barrett
Legion and Auxiliary Convention
Doctor Barret Hyves
Alexandria
Virginia
John Smith
Doctor Barretts
Daughters of the American Revolution
Alexandria Legion Post
Maj
Charles Barrett
U. S. Mlg
Neville
Coblentz
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Woods
National Museum
Washington
All Proud Of Her Success As National Legion Leader
Mrs Joseph L Wischer declined a top role at the American Legion Auxiliary national convention in New Orleans praising the convention success as a reward for volunteers. She led New Orleans society figures entertaining thousands of visitors, a daughter of late Judge Frederick Looker of Minneapolis. Educated at a Washington private school and the University of Minnesota, she moved to New Orleans after marriage and became a leader in women clubs and civic groups including vice president of the Louisiana League of Women Voters. During World War I she helped raise money for the Red Cross. her son served in Italy. She is a lineal descendant of Civil War hero Fighting Joe Hooker.
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Captain West
Natalie Coolidge
Washington
Tams
Matthew West
Robert Peel West
Atlanta
Georgia
Bullock
University of Virginia
Massachusetts
Wyant Contracting Company
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
France
United States
Natalie
Matt
Legge Ausiliary
New Orleans
Joseph L. Wischer
Fischer
New Orelins Society
Frederick Tlooker Ofinneapolis
University of Minnesota
Louisiana League of Women Voters
Louisiana
American Red Cross
Italy
Joe Hooker
Made Big Meet a Success Credit to Walmsley
T he fourth annual national American Legion convention is credited to T Semmes Walmsley of New Orleans as general chairman of the convention committee. Walmsley, educated in New Orleans public schools and Spring Hill college, served in military training roles in World War I and later held state hospitalization and national committee positions before withdrawing his nomination for national commander on the convention floor.
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T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
American Legion
Walmsley
Mr. Walmsley
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Ala
Tulane University
Southern Athletic Association
Leon Springs
Leon
Tex
Kelley Field
San Antonio
Ellington Field
Houston
Mineola
L. I
President Roosevelt Field
Planned Olympic Meet Led by James Murphy of Iowa
James Murphy of Iowa chaired the American Legion national athletic commission and organized the recent Olympic meet in New Orleans featuring ex service athletes in track and field boxing wrestling aquatic events golf tennis and marksmanship. Hanford MacNider appointed Murphy chairman in June as the commission formed. Murphy starred at the University of Iowa 1911 to 1913, captaining the football team, served as a captain in World War I, and the Legion’s athletics interest followed Provost Marshal Crowder’s report that under one third of drafted men were fit for service.
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American Legion
National Athletic Commission
James R. Murphy
Iowa
New Orleans
Hanford MacNider
The
Legion
Murphy
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Adventure
Judge Cable
Supreme Court
By Randall Parrish
University
University Club
Spaulding Park
Advertiser
Nan
Nso
Flo
Saish
Shakespeare
American Press League
American Legion News Service
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Legion Auxiliary
Idea For World Peace Body
Kate Barrett
Joseph Flacher
Jos, Fischer
T. S. Walmsley
James Murphy
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