Blind British Captain Reunites with Old War Buddy in New Orleans
Captain William Appleby of Britain, a totally blind veteran, met Alfred Evans, Lancashire Fusiliers survivor, by voice on a train in Indianapolis during the Inter allied Veterans convention with the American Legion. Appleby, wounded 20 times and blinded at Ypres, recognized Evans after 22 years, recalling South African battles of 1900. His daughter Olga, 19, accompanied him.
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Willam Appleby
Great Britain
Veterans’ Association
New Orleans
American Legion
Captain Appleby
I Indianapolis
New Orleana
Lancashire Fusiliers
England
William Appleby
Drang
Appleby
Ypres
Olga
MWF
Washington Legionnaire nets multiple oarsman prizes
Granville Cude of Washington DC, a member of the American Legion, won junior, intermediate and association rowing events in a single afternoon at the Middle States regatta. Experts note oarsmen take years to develop, but he achieved a precocious feat after only six weeks of training. Buddies expect a national championship in the near future.
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Granville Cude
Washington, D. C
American Legion
Gude
Washington Legionnaire
Radio Outfit Brightens Hospitals in Midwest
Women of the American Legion auxiliary provided a radio system for patients at Colfax Iowa and Bellevue Vocational School near Omaha. Disabled veterans in various hospitals including Iowa and Nebraska receive receivers, a corridor megaphone, and musical instruments from the Nebraska group, with broadcasts shared across states.
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United States Government
Colfax
American Legion Auxiliary
Bellevue Vocational School
Omaha
Neb
Department of Nebraska
Iowa
Nebraska
Iown
Kansas
Missouri
Denver
Colo
Foayard
N. M
Legion Post Sells Clubhouse To Fund Mangum Playground
After two years seeking funds for a clubhouse the Mangum Oklahoma American Legion post chose to serve the town’s children. They secured an eight year lease on a site and used the collected funds to buy playground equipment for the new project.
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American Legion
Mangum
Okla
Legionnaires
Best Informed Legion Man Alvin Sparks Named
Alvin Owsley lauds Joe Sparks of Columbia as the best informed American Legion member on hospitalization and rehabilitation matters. Sparks, newly appointed chairman of the national rehabilitation committee, drew national attention for coordinating with the Veterans' bureau. Under his watch in the Fifth district, 92 percent district efficiency led all 14 districts as 2100 of 2600 ex service hospital patients rated total temporary disability and 499 claims were under adjudication. Sparks, a former buck private in the Fifty-seventh and Third Pioneers, was born in Laurence County, grew up in Columbia, and rose from newspaper reporter to city editor before joining the Legion work in Atlanta and New York.
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American Legion
Alvin Owsley
Legion
Joe Sparkes
Columbia
S. G
Sparks
United States Veterans' Bureau
Owsley
Legion Iaison
United States Veterans’ Bureau
North
Mr. Sparks
Laurence County
Columbia State
South
New York Life Insurance Company
The
Atlanta
New York
Welcome Cookie Jar Brings Smiles to Veterans Hospitals
Veterans in Kansas City and Leavenworth receive cookie jars from the American Legion Auxiliary. The article notes the grateful expressions of three ex-soldiers and estimates yearly cookie consumption would stretch 12 miles if laid end to end.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Government Hospital
Kansas City
National Military Home
Leavenworth
Need of Physical Exercise Prevents Draft Defects
Gar land W. Powell of the American Legion argues many draft disqualifications are preventable through physical education. A medical authority backs points that heart illness, limb malformations, vision defects, undersize, hernias, and foot problems can be reduced with exercise, nutrition, and proper training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland W. Powell
American Legion
Americanism Commission
Mr. Powell
A Little Hint Actor What Are the Rates at This Hotel
The notice notes a humorous exchange where the clerk answers the question about hotel rates with a jokey line three dollars up and three dollars down, reflecting a playful old time advertising tone from American Legion Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Weekly
Velvet Fashion: Furs and Chiffon Velvet Dominate Child Coats
In a 1920s style feature, chiffon velvet and fur trimmed outfits captivate designers. Small girls model sapphire blue frocks and muskrat, rabbit, and squirrel fur coats with lace, ribbons, and silver tissue. Coats feature belts, high collars, and fur cuffs while hats and turbans complete winter ensembles.
Bodies of Aviators Found in Desert Near Indian Oasis
Charred bodies of Colonel Francis N. Marshall and Lieutenant Charles L. Webber were found near Indian Oasis on Papago Reservation about 70 miles south of Tucson Arizona. Marshall a World War I hero and brigadier general and Webber an experienced cross country pilot disappeared after leaving San Diego December 7 bound for Fort Huachuca. Webber, 27, was born in Denver and trained at Berkeley before service in the Philippines.
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San Francisco
Frances N. Marshall
Charles Webber
Tucson
Ariz
Southern Pacific Railroad
Indian Oasis
Marshall
Webber
Southern Pacific
Papago Reservation
Francis Marshall
Cavalry
Washington
Charles L. Webber
Air Service
San Diego
Fort Huachuca
Marsphal
France
Neff Signs Ruling on Stock Car Movement
Governor Neff signed a proclamation adopting rules by the state livestock sanitary commission covering cattle movement and stock car use to start January 1, 192%. The changes require notices and certificates for crossing counties into infected zones and limit handling of exposed cars to Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio under federal supervision for cleaning disinfecting and dipping. J. & Boog-Scott, chairman, cites dirty cars as the reason for the update.
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Austin
Tex
Neff Friday
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Texas
China
J. &. Boog-Scott
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Experiments for Growing Sugar Beet in Texas
Fort Worth Tex The work of obtaining an acclimated sugar beet with a high per cent of sucrose and the determination of the best season for planting in Texas according to H M Means county agricultural agent gives promise of profitable cultivation on thousands of acres in the state Factors in beet growth are warm days and cool nights Mr Means says and sections of the state beets of commercial purity and sugar content may be grown within a few years For the last three years Mr Means has been conducting experiments on a small plot in Riverside and has sent samples to Washington for analysis Seed was obtained from the United States department of agriculture and produced at a government station in Michigan It will be some time yet before experiments are concluded and a superior variety fitted to Texas is found per Means
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Fort Worth
Tex
Meuna
Tuverside
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Texas
Means
Dedicate Shaft to Storm Dead in Corpus Christi
The American Red Cross will send representatives to Corpus Christi for the dedication of the monument erected a few weeks ago in memory of the unidentified dead who lost their lives in the September 14, 1918 storm.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
American Red Cross
Sir Edmund Robbins Dies in Sussex At 70
London. Sir Edmund Robbins, longtime manager of the Press Association from 1880 to 1917, died Thursday at Bognor in Sussex. He was born in April 1847 and was knight commander of the order of the British Empire in 1917.
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London
Sir Edmund Robbins
The
Press Association
Bognor Sussex
Order of the British Empire
Harding Renominates Interstate Commerce Board Members
President Harding renominated Interstate Commerce Commissioners Charlea McCord of Kentucky and Joseph B. Eastman of Massachusetts as their terms near expiration, renewing official positions for the agency amid ongoing transportation oversight.
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Washington
Harding
Interstate Commerce
Charlea (. McCord
Kentucky
Joseph B. Eastman
Massachusetts
Texas land office reports large 1922 sums and land sales
The 1922 24 biennial report from Texas Land Commissioner J T Robison shows more than five million dollars recalled in land and mineral payments over two years. It details 49 800 remittances, 1 163 579 acres paid for patenting, oil gas and gypsum royalties of 455 736, school land sales and forfeitures, mineral permits, river bed and university land permits, 3 309 patents on school lands, and concerns about oil and gas rights and mineral ownership shifts amid high loan rates and growing nonresident ownership.
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Austin
Tex
State General Land Office
J. T. Robison
Neff
Thase
the Land Office
Jensen
Land Office
Department
Eloven
Asylum Landy
Ioblaon
Kanda
Robison
Joan
Sotheny
Park Place Bonds Pass in Park Place Bond Election
Houston Texas residents approves municipal improvements by overwhelming margins. Voted 70000 dollars for a bevelake system 20000 for streets and bridges and 5000 for a city hall and fire station.
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Houston
Tex
Park Place
Bond Approval for Howie County Road District Bonds
The attorney general's department approves bonds totaling 80000 for Howie County road district. They mature in twenty years, are redeemable in ten years and bear 6 3/4 percent interest.
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Austin
Tex
Howie County
Attorney General’s Department
Sudan plans irrigation for cotton in Egypt move
Sudan government will resume irrigation development halted in 1913 due to financial strains and labor troubles as Egypt’s cotton output declines prompting regional measures in Cairo.
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Sudan
Cairo
Egypt
Stowell Schoolhouse Destroyed by Fire
Stowell Texas reports the Stowell schoolhouse was completely destroyed by fire on Tuesday.
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Stowell
Tex
Fort Sam Houston Formed From Fort Sam Houston and Camp Travis
An order of the War Department announced this week combines the military reservations of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Travis at San Antonio and to hereafter be known as Fort Sam Houston Tex. The action is taken under a provision of the army regulation centralizing the control of military reservations in the corps areas as much as possible.
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War Department
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Travis
San Antonio
Tex
Army
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