Legion Endowment Drive Aims to Aid orphans and disabled veterans
The American Legion announces a nationwide endowment fund to aid orphans and disabled World War veterans. National leaders including President Coolidge are named, with emphasis on urgent funding, existing overcrowded facilities, and a push to redirect veterans compensation to child welfare and disabled veteran care pending congressional approval.
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Armericein Legion
Thaneledsion
Legion Reemnty
Coolidge
National Comommader Dimes A. Train of the Legion
Legion
Bilieto
Otter Lake
Michand
Oat Independence, Kans
Melee
American Legion
Congress
Trophies Not Removed From School Grounds
Local Montclair officials faced a clash over war trophies presented to the city in 1920 by the government. American Legionnaires opposed removing the trophies, arguing they memorialize 69 Montclair men who died in France and serve as a patriotism lesson for students. The city commission ordered the trophies to stay.
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Montclair
N. J
American Legionnaires
France
Washington
Lincoln
Proper Use and Honor to Flag to Be Urged
Defenders of the flag from the 1917 and 1964 eras plan to introduce a Connecticut legislature bill making flag teaching mandatory in schools. American Legion and G A R delegates drafted the measure and a Legion convention approved a resolution inviting veterans to share views on flag etiquette legislation.
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Connecticut
American Legion Post
G. A. R. Post
Legion
Aiding Foreigners at Golden Gate Post in San Francisco
The Golden Gate post of the American Legion aids foreigners to study for citizenship in San Francisco. Miss Mrytie R. Saylor leads the program, describing a simple direct method that uses naturalization bureau lists to locate proactive citizens and send them to the nearest place for instruction.
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Golden Gate Post
American Legion
San Francisco
Cal
Mrytie R. Saylor
Naturalization Bureau
Plattsburg Made Legion Leader Harold Davison
Harold K Davison of Woodsville New Hampshire rose from Dartmouth and Harvard Law to serve in WWI with the One Hundred and First Infantry Twenty Sixth Yankee division. He earned the Croix de Guerre three times cited in division orders and was promoted to first lieutenant before discharge. He later practiced law and served in the New Hampshire legislature and American Legion Tracy Ross Post leader He plans to attend the next national convention in Omaha as senior vice commander and commander.
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Plattsburg
Oat Plattsburg
Harold K. Davison
Woodsville
N. T
France
Tie
Chemin Des Dames
Chateau Thierry
Verdun
Tle
Camp Devens
Harvard Law School
Dartmouth
New Slampshire
Davison
Tracy Ross
American Legion
New Hampshire
Minneapolis
New Orleans
San Francisco
St. Paul
Omaha
Knitted shawls and hats for spring fashion trends
Enthusiastic overview of knitted shawls and hats as spring fashion, praising delicate shawls with fringe, hand painted patterns, and bold color notes. Describes beehive crown hats, cut-out felt designs, silk underlays, embroidery, and glitter accents, plus practical accessories for touring or staying domestic.
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Jong
Paris
Post Disapproves Plan of Disabled Veterans
Mayor Baker was advised by the Portland American Legion executive committee that the post opposes issuing permits to veterans to sell postal cards on the streets even if disabled. The Legion will seek compensation for disabled veterans through the Veterans Bureau and help find jobs, but disapproves of this fundraising method.
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Baker
American Legion Post
Portland
Ore
Post of
the Legion
American Legion
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Would Name Dirigible for American Legion
The American Legion post at Bellmore proposes naming the German built dirigible ZR-38 as American Legion to reflect a nationwide Legion influence and unity. A Legion official notes the name would cross regional lines and echo the postwar origins of both the 2-8 and the American Legion.
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American Legion
Wilbur
Navy Department
Bellmore
Legion
Illinois to Locate and Mark Veterans Graves
The Illinois military and naval department plans a state wide record of burial sites for soldiers sailors marines and army nurses buried in Illinois. It aims to mark each grave and help groups locate and decorate graves on memorial days with help from the American Legion Illinois department to locate unmarked graves and report marked graves to the Legion.
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Military and Naval Department
State of Illinois
Ilinois
American Legion
Department of Illinois
Frio County shows 800 percent profit from cotton poisoning
General Farm News reports Frio County farmers saved thousands with cotton crop poisoning demonstrations. Three applications raised average yields by about 150 pounds per acre, yielding an estimated net profit of 67 200 dollars from a 7500 dollar investment, based on results from about 20 farms.
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S. C. Hoyle
Extension Service Publications
A. and
M. College of Texas
Frio County
O. G. Tomlinson
Frio
The Poor Dress Finds Ordinary Clothes Cruelty
A plain dress consoles a party dress about being hated at school. The plain dress recalls how classmates, parents, and even teachers influence judgment, contrasting rich outfits with poverty and urging empathy over fashion snobbery.
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Pye
Downfall of Samson in Sunday School Lesson
A misread dialogue describes a Sunday school scene in which a teacher asks a pupil to name the cause of Samson's downfall. The child responds with a humorous misstatement about “some woman bobbed his hair,” reflecting a playful or garbled exchange likely from an old newspaper clipping.
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Casa Lesa
Johnny
Samma
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American Legion News Service
Southland
North
Post
Dirigible
Illinois
General Farm News
SY Mary Graham Bonner
Samson
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