Pillar From Belleau Church Arrives at American Legion HQ
A pillar from the altar of a Belleau village church in France has been donated to the American Legion national headquarters in Indianapolis. The pillar, scarred by German shells, survived the battle and was sent as thanks by Belleau villagers to U S Marines and the Legion. It is carefully preserved at the Legion’s headquarters with French and American guards.
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Belleau
American Legion
Indiaanapolis
Ind
France
Chateau-Thierry
America
Legion
Ameriag
Will Pay the Buckeye Boys
Robert Roberts of Youngstown Ohio former vice commander of the Ohio department of the American Legion has been named director of adjusted compensation by the state sinking fund commission. He will oversee payment of 25 000 900 to nearly a quarter of a million ex-service men, a move applauded by the Legion which seeks to keep payment operations from politics. Ohio pays ten dollars for every month of service up to a maximum of two hundred fifty dollars for World War fighters.
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Robert St. Roberts
Youngstown
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Roberts
Oho
Carnegie Steel Mills
State Sinking Fund Commission
American
Legon
Ohio
Address on adjusted compensation heard by Legionnaires
Wanford MacNider spoke on adjusted compensation to an audience in Pittsburgh Pa though listeners in Chatfield Minn. felt the talk was aimed at distant listeners miles away. If the speaker had known his real audience he might have spoken longer.
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MacNider
American Legion
Chatfield
Minn
Wanford MacNider
Pittsburgey Pa
Pei Tare
Londer
Does yo take this woman for thy lawfully wedded wife
A colored parson asks the bow-legged groom, with two hundred ten pounds of feminine assurance, if he takes the bride as his wife in a lively old time wedding tone from American Lesson Weekly.
Milwaukkee Woman Heads Legion Auxiliary Welfare Plan
Mrs. Maud R. Cudworth of Milwaukee serves as national vice president and welfare chair of the American Legion Auxiliary. She oversees hospital relief for disabled World War I veterans in Indiana Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Kansas and Missouri, urging local units to provide letters newspapers books magazines fruit robes slippers candy cigarettes and other comforts. A Milwaukee Legion post of 1000 men adopted her as Mother after she lost her only son in the war.
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Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Kansas
Missouri
Maud R. Cudworth
Milwaukee
Wis
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Two kinds of profiteers in Le Sueur war effort
Le Sueur Minnesota residents tout two profiteers during the war bad and good. One good is Henrietta A. Starkey owner of a moving picture theater who opened her doors for Liberty Bond Red Cross and other campaigns. She displayed pictures of Le Sueur boys in service 237 in all and provided gratis lights and heat for war time gatherings. The Starkey theater bore film costs and funds for service men, boosting morale and goodwill. Le Sueur Legionnaires hail her as an unusual profiteer who gave to the community instead of cash.
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le Sueur
Minn
Henrietta A. Starkey
Au Moving Picture Theater
Red Cross
le Sueur Legionnaires
Germany’s War Losses Reported by German General Staff
A German war department study cited by General Von Altrock estimates 46 killed and 109 wounded per hour of World War I. It claims 13,000,000 under arms, with 1,808,548 killed or died from wounds or sickness, 4,246,779 wounded, and about 12,000,000 deaths traceable to the war.
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German War Department
von Altrock
Altrock
Legion Carrying On With The Community Home Drive
The American Legion and Farmers supplied 200 trees and a village donated land for a community home in Methebethtown Indiana. A Gold Star Legion for families of the fallen is proposed. Washington ex servicemen carry 83 million dollars in annual renewable term and converted government insurance. Wartime draft dodgers are barred from New York public office. Legion posts exist in Sulcutta India New Zealand and Denmark for a total of 11050 posts worldwide.
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Ind
The
Legion
State of
Washington
New York State
General Assembly
Sulcutta
India
New Zealand
Denmark
Why and How to Cultivate Soil for Plant Health
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture this guide explains that soil cultivation serves weed control, aeration, and making nutrients available to roots. It warns against deep cultivation that injures feeding roots, promotes a dusty mulch when dry, and recommends shallow, frequent cultivation after dry spells. Tools include the hoe, steel rake, wheel hoe, and a home made loosener.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Soybeans Fit in Rotation for Profitable Field Plan
Soy beans fit perfectly in rotation replacing oats in a four year sequence of corn, soybeans, wheat, clover. They yield higher cash returns and improve soil condition, requiring little wheat preparation after mowing a well cultivated soybean crop.
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American Legion News Service
Buckeye Boys
Robert Roberts
Ohio Department
Partner
Maud Cudworth
Milwaukee, Wis
Legion Boys
Mid-West
Henrietta Starkey
le Sueur, Minn
Germany
OUR Comic
Palm Beach
Joohog
Nou
Charles
Dughpe
Felix
Western Newspaper Union
van Celm
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