Hope WARS END Archangel Michael Statue Gifted to Legion
A silver statuette of Archangel Michael, presented by Gen Armando Diaz to Commander Hanford MacNider of the American Legion, symbolizes peace as the Archangel sheaths his sword. The replica mirrors the bronze San Angelo statue in Rome, tied to Wadman's Tomb and Hadrian's mausoleum origins.
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Archangel Michael
Diax
Legion
Armando Diaz
Italy
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
St. Michael
San Angelo
Rome
Wadman
Hadrian
Gregory
Plans relief of afflicted veterans proposed in Illinois
John I Walkey longtime head of the Illinois State Federation of Labor proposes an official arrangement with the American Legion to aid sick and wounded World War veterans and dependents. Legion Commander Mace Nider welcomes the idea and review continues. Walkey began mining at age nine and joined Knights of Labor at eleven, serving in many miners’ organizations in Illinois.
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Ilinois
French deputy Doctor Monprofit dies in Paris
Doctor Monprofit a French chamber of deputies member and World War I veteran who popularized the steel helmet died in Paris. He had also developed plans for steel breastplates and conceived the idea of the tin hat while campaigning in the Balkans in 1914.
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Paris
Doctor Monprofit
Chamber of Deputies of
France
Ambulance Corps
Tal Kans
Squire and Carpenter Duel in New England Town
A squire orders a carpenter boss to arrive and fix a job, provoking a confrontation with the apprentice and prompting the boss to demand confirmation of the insult. The scene suggests a local quarrel set against a backdrop referencing American Legion correspondence courses in cavalry, infantry, and artillery as part of citizen training nationwide.
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New England
American Legion Weekly
War Department
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary asks towns to mail papers to wounded veterans
The American Legion auxiliary urges hometown editors to send free copies of local papers to 30,000 wounded or ill veterans in hospitals nationwide. Each state will supply lists of men from its hospitals, and editors may request the names from national headquarters in Indianapolis.
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United States
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Indiaanapolis
Ind
Ex soldiers seek aid from Washington Legion post
Stranded ex soldiers drift to Washington seeking compensation for delayed claims. BHS Franklin, post commander, and the Vincent B. Costello post help those with any chance of settlement, funding over five dollars per man on average. The District of Columbia has recently assumed much of this work.
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Washington, D. C
Bhs Franklin
American Legion
Bill Franklin
Franklin
Vincent B. Costello
Washington
District of Columbia
Walking Encyclopedia Pol lock shaped Army paper work legend
Marion E Pollock of the A E F and the American Legion, later chief of the personnel division of the U S Veterans bureau in Washington, D C, was famed as an expert on army paperwork. An enlisted man, he trained others and commanded respect from colonels to lieutenants. He served in France as chief of the orders division and could recall nearly every General HQ order from the war.
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Marion E. Pollock
American Legion
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
D. C
Pollock
France
Adjutant General’s Department
Blue devils to occupy Rhine lands amid evacuations
American forces withdraw from the Rhine areas with the famed French blue devils assigned to occupy. In Dover Ohio ex soldier David Phillips received a 2500 dollar compensation on a 210 dollar claim, returning 2250 promptly. Japanese tenants on Yakima reservation land are replaced by service men while Neb posts will report via radiophone. Forbes cites 3.5 billion in veterans war risk insurance. Congress extends medals for gallantry one more year. Army officers say many valorous acts by enlisted men remain unrecognized.
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Congress
Boys and Girls Like Club Work Scholarship Efforts Rise
United States Department of Agriculture reports in 15 southern states 2,042 club members offset school expenses from club earnings. 1,056 total attend high schools or colleges on club-earnings scholarships. Georgia reports 200 girls using club funds to attend school. Mobile and Birmingham clubs push savings and scholarships for home economics and demonstration work.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Mobile
Ala
Georgia
Birmingham
Warm reception for mites in hen houses
Wot wenother brings the roost mites and they multiply quickly, reducing egg yield. A. C G. Smith of University farm recommends kerosene as a simple control. Apply by paint brush or spray to roosts and supports, morning application preferred, and repeat every two weeks in warm weather.
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Wenother
A. C G. Smith
University Farm
Keep Up Vegetable Supply With Succession Plantings
Farmers advised to make successive plantings of vegetables to maintain a steady fresh supply. Radishes and beans are highlighted as timely crops. Pale snap and pole beans are noted as more reliable for green bean supply than bunch beans.
Superior Farm Implements and the Value of Good Tools
Good tools of far more importance than some farmers believe. Poor implements hinder farming and make success hard. Considering their utility, farm implements are cheap compared with the benefits they bring to productivity and efficiency.
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American Legion News Service
Ilinois Federation. of
Joh I. Walkey
Steel Helmet
American Legion and Auxiliary
The
Walking Encyclopedia
Rhineland
David Phillips
Dover
Phillips
Yakima
Wash
Nebraska
Charles R. Forbes
Alabama
Pig Club
Superior Farm Implements
OUR Comic
Mister John
Dick Fishers
Sunny
Harold
Warold
Wim
Charles Carre
Felx
MR. Feather Head
Western Newspaper Union
Ivan EU
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